A Terminal Healer Needs an Obsessive Maniac

Chapter 62

Choi Gang-hu lifted him with one arm and leapt onto the observation deck of St. Vitus Cathedral. Even standing on the open spire, he wasn’t afraid or anxious about being thrown off like before.

“Kitlova revealed it beforehand. That she was their pawn.”

He whispered softly into Choi Gang-hu’s ear, naturally embracing his neck. Approaching him when angry wasn’t scary like before.

“As an S-class healer, she must have been under close management.”

The order would have quickly found Ryu Seo-ha’s whereabouts, who had suddenly disappeared, as they were already monitoring this place.

“You entrusted yourself to that woman’s power even knowing that?”

Choi Gang-hu seemed to quickly realize the other party wasn’t an enemy. Instead of attacking Kitlova, who was left restrained below, he scolded this side for overlooking potential dangers.

“You really need to be punished.”

“Ah.”

He couldn’t help but let out a low moan as teeth gently bit his soft earlobe. When he reflexively tried to turn his head away from the stimulation, a large hand firmly grasped Ryu Seo-ha’s chin, holding it in place.

“We agreed to date, didn’t we?”

A slick tongue teased his ear.

“Then I should have a stake in Ryu Seo-ha now too.”

With a possessive statement, the moist tongue dug in as if to lick his eardrum.

“You can’t just recklessly use that precious body.”

Shuddering at the unfamiliar sensation, Ryu Seo-ha slightly bit his lip and cupped Choi Gang-hu’s cheeks with both hands.

“How are you going to punish me?”

As he asked in a whisper, narrowing his eyes, lips that had momentarily lost their target let out an “Ah” of exclamation.

“Like this?”

Slender white fingers pushed a small candy between parted lips. Tasting the cool mint on his tongue, Choi Gang-hu made an incredulous expression.

“...What are you doing?”

“Imitating Choi Gang-hu?”

Gently rubbing the slightly raised eyebrow with his thumb, he smiled at the unexpected answer. His smile shone brightly against the backdrop of the Czech cityscape reminiscent of a fairytale village.

Neither the square surrounded by pale yellow buildings, nor the lush forests and quaint red roofs shimmering a clear green beyond, nor the sparkling Vltava River could capture Choi Gang-hu’s gaze.

“Wasn’t it your specialty? Punishing with money.”

Feeling the arm around his waist tighten, Ryu Seo-ha asked. Not hiding at all the nuance that he knew Choi Gang-hu had been flirting indiscriminately with both enemies and allies.

“What does that have to do with candy...”

The tail end of his words, meant to be a retort, faded uncharacteristically. He seemed to recall his own past actions of forcibly feeding Ryu Seo-ha mint candy. Comparing mere candy to house deeds.

“Ah, really.”

Choi Gang-hu lifted the small buttocks with his strong arm. Ryu Seo-ha’s feet floated in the air. Even in such a precarious position, his smile resembling the morning sun didn’t fade.

“Aren’t you scared? Of what I might do.”

“Choi Gang-hu wouldn’t turn his precious stake into a scrap of paper, would he?”

“How on earth did you persuade the guild master?”

As he tilted his head and asked back, Han Gang-seok, who had been organizing measuring instruments, stopped his hands and his eyes lit up.

“You got permission to enter right after returning home. I thought the guild master would never allow it.”

His eyes were full of curiosity, like an aspiring detective who had witnessed an unexpected incident.

“Why?”

“Why? How could the approval come easily? When the guild’s precious healer, who they cherished like it might fly away if blown on or break if squeezed, said they wanted to go to such a dangerous place themselves.”

“...Was it that obvious?”

“Hm? Who doesn’t know about the guild master’s favoritism towards you?”

He was secretly taken aback. Is this how celebrities who choose to date privately and meet away from the public eye feel? Even small evaluations linking the two made his heart pound.

“After you joined, he replaced all the lounge furniture with luxury brands, created healer-exclusive facilities, and even established a special leave system.”

“Ah...”

Choi Gang-hu had been showing a lot of interest in Ryu Seo-ha all along. He expressed it so openly that most people probably wouldn’t suspect it was that kind of emotion.

“What logic did you use to persuade him to take a low-level hunter who awakened less than a month ago into an S-class dungeon? Of course, your talent is extraordinary, but still...”

Faced with his curious gaze, Ryu Seo-ha smiled faintly and shrugged slightly, imitating Han Gang-seok’s habit. He hadn’t tried any logical persuasion.

-I don’t want to be apart from Choi Gang-hu for even a moment.

He had only obtained approval with an embarrassingly mirror-like confession. Though it was a statement with a clear intention, perhaps Choi Gang-hu appreciated the sincerity mixed in those words. He had stamped the entry permit on the spot.

“If I don’t want to be a burden once I’m in there, I need to work harder than others. That’s why I wanted to get help from you, Doctor.”

“Well, that’s a given. It’s my duty to assist as a salaried employee.”

As he naturally changed the subject and took out the items to be worn on the day of entry, Han Gang-seok briefly clicked his tongue and scratched the back of his head.

“You mean you want me to set the direction for enchanting, right?”

“Yes. Is it possible?”

“Hmm. Since they’re all S-class items, it won’t be easy to additionally engrave skills or proceed with synthesis or reinforcement.”

“I guess so...”

Enchant. A term encompassing all production-related actions to upgrade item performance, and the reason he visited the production research lab today.

“The higher the item grade, the harder it is to find things that can be worn without level or stat restrictions... but all of these are that type.”

Han Gang-seok examined the S-class items laid out on the work table closely and muttered as if very curious.

Coat, top, bottom, underwear, and shoes. Casual clothing-type armor with a sense of uniformity in color, shape, and even material, as if custom-made.

S-class armor is originally more expensive than a luxury building piece by piece, but items with almost no wear restrictions like these were literally priceless.

“It makes me realize anew how incredible the guild master’s influence is. These seem sufficient in performance as they are... Is there a special reason you’re focusing on enchanting?”

Did he think it was excessive greed? Han Gang-seok asked the expected question with a subtle expression.

“I heard this dungeon is estimated to be a special type where missions are presented.”

Ryu Seo-ha nodded calmly and responded.

“I want to be prepared for various possibilities.”