Chapter 46
“Yu, why are you asking that…?”
“He was good with his hands and used to help repair the main hall when he stayed at our temple for a while.”
Yu explained with his characteristically calm face.
“…And how should I put it. He wasn’t the type to quietly do just physical labor. I can somewhat guess why he might be hiding his abilities.”
Huh? What does that mean?
While I was bewildered and did not understand the meaning, Kim Young-hoon spoke.
“Standing out in construction… Ah, do you mean ‘Clang-clang’?”
“Clang-clang…?”
When I asked curiously, the man nodded and answered.
“I have received reports that a pretty good technician appeared in Building A. They call him ‘Clang-clang’ because he makes everything by clanging and banging.”
Yu and I looked at each other simultaneously.
Choi Yudam’s other ability, contracted with Gandharva, was tool-making.
“By any chance, is this person tall with a teardrop mole under his left eye?”
When Yu described Choi Yu’s appearance as if she remembered it from the temple, Kim Young-hoon immediately nodded.
“That’s right. Do you know him?”
…We finally found him!
The person who could heal Baek Yi-heon!
I hastily asked, as if urging.
“Then, where is this man now?”
“Probably… at the construction site of Building A.”
Building A, is it…
I glanced slyly at Kim Young-hoon.
While I could somehow excuse wanting to come to Building E, searching for that man might raise suspicions.
However, contrary to my concerns, Kim Young-hoon didn’t seem to have any intention of stopping me.
He simply detached the emblem from his waist and handed it to me.
“Take this. If you say you’re on my errand, no one will block you or try any funny business.”
Instead of immediately accepting the emblem, I glared at him with a wary expression.
“…But why are you helping us?”
Without Sehun, it was impossible to use ‘lie detection’ in this situation.
When I asked with a suspicious expression, distrustful of humans, the man’s gaze fell on the magic stone necklace around my neck.
“Well? Somehow, I feel like you can do what I couldn’t?”
“What do you mean…”
“I still don’t know. Whether all these things I’m doing here are good or evil, how to live in these turbulent times.”
“…..”
“But you’re heading somewhere with conviction. Isn’t that right?”
I nodded with unwavering eyes.
Meet Choi Yu. Bring him to Baek Yi-heon. Heal Baek Yi-heon.
Right now, I have no other important task besides this goal.
I was determined not to tolerate anything that stood in my way, be it person or monster.
“Go towards what you’re looking for. …Somehow, I feel like there might be a great good at the end of it.”
[(Messenger) Indra is expressing satisfaction, saying he quite likes that avatar.]
Only then did I accept the emblem from Kim Young-hoon.
“…Thank you. Well then.”
And with that, I immediately turned and started running toward Building A.
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The path to Building A was incredibly smooth.
We occasionally encountered guild members trying to stop Yu, who was wearing sauna clothes, but when I showed the emblem from Kim Young-hoon, they were startled and immediately backed off.
The scene at Building A, which we reached this way, wasn’t much different from Building D where I had been.
People moving huge rocks and workers stacking them.
The occasional sound of whips tearing through the air.
‘How do I find Choi Yudam among these?’
“He’s probably in a place where he’s comfortable.”
At that moment, Yu responded as if she had read my mind.
“He’s definitely not the type to be working.”
…What kind of behavior did he exhibit at the temple for Yu to say that?
From what I read in ‘TOAA’, he was supposed to have a quiet and diligent personality.
Following Yu’s words, we headed to a corner of the construction site.
“Who? Clang-clang?”
“Yes. A man with a teardrop mole under his left eye.”
A man wearing a hat was standing in a shady corner.
When I asked urgently while holding Kim Young-hoon’s emblem, the man answered as if he understood.
“…Ah, Choi Yundan?”
Choi Yundan…?
‘He didn’t put much effort into his alias.’
I quickly nodded.
“…Why are you looking for him?”
“It’s an errand from Kim Young-hoon-nim, it’s urgent.”
“Kim Young-hoon-nim? Oh my. …Choi Yundan is in that office. You should go in quickly!”
The man answered urgently, pointing to a gray temporary container in a corner of the scene.
“I hope you find Choi Yundan! Then I’ll… Ah?”
The man who was trying to slip away was startled.
I reached out and grabbed him without even turning my head from looking at the container.
I turned my head, looked up at the man, and calmly recited,
“That hat. Can you take it off?”
“…..!”
He was wearing the hat low, but because I was shorter, I could clearly see through the shadow of the hat.
The teardrop mole below his left eye.
The man was horrified, shook off my arm and turned around, but Yu was standing there.
“What, what is it, you guys…!”
“There’s a patient who needs your help. Choi Yudam.”
“How… how did you know my real name…!”
Following Yu’s words, I spoke to the flustered man.
“You can heal them, can’t you? Since you’re an awakened healer…”
“Shh! Keep it down! … First, come this way.”
The man, keeping an eye on his surroundings, grabbed me and hurriedly led me into the container.
As he unlocked the door with a key, the first thing that greeted me was an unfamiliar chill.
Surprisingly, the air conditioning was running in the empty office.
‘In these times when electricity is scarce, they’re running the AC this strong?’
It’s not even that hot yet, it’s only April!
Remembering how I had been hand-washing clothes like a human washing machine for the past three days to save electricity, a vein popped on my forehead.
The man slammed the door shut and roughly took off his hat, shouting,
“Geez. Who are you guys! Suddenly showing up!”
“…..”
Without answering, I first carefully examined the man’s revealed face.
Light brown hair, tall with a slightly slim build.
A teardrop mole under his left eye.
I could immediately understand why ‘TOAA’ described Yoo-dam Choi as a handsome man.
Perhaps because he was a leading character in a novel, he was a man of rare beauty.
However, unlike his pure appearance, perhaps because of that prickly expression.
Unlike the image of a healer, he seemed somewhat sensitive, and a bit…
‘He looks like a jerk…’
The man looked at me and Yu alternately, then pointed at Yu and shouted,
“Ah, I didn’t recognize you without the monk’s robes. You’re the monk from that temple, aren’t you?”
“That’s right. Choi Yudam.”
“Damn it. I should have hidden this ability better… Why did you come looking for me? All the way here!”
“I told you. There’s a patient who needs your help as an awakened healer.”
I answered instead of Yu.
As it became certain that he was indeed Choi Yudam, I felt increasingly anxious.
“The patient is dying. Only you can cure them.”
“Dying… you say…?”
The man’s expression wavered greatly at my words.
But only for a moment.
He squeezed his eyes shut and turned his head away from us.
“…What’s that got to do with me?”
“What do you mean, what’s it got to do with you!”
“In these chaotic times, those who are going to die will die anyway. It’s not like that person is the only one dying.”
“What?”
Is this what someone who’s supposed to be an awakened healer should say?
“I’m not a god, nor am I a rescue worker. Just because I’m a healer doesn’t mean I have any obligation to go around saving everyone.”
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