The Three-Year-Old is the Administrator's Daughter - Chapter 3
Children are naturally fragile beings who quickly have fever over even the smallest things.
‘I don’t know why he’s so sure, but from what I saw, he got it wrong.’
The healer snorted inwardly.
“…”
Shinjae wasn’t unaware of such feelings of opposition, but since there was nothing good about creating friction with the only healer, he chose to let it be this time as well.
“Take care of the child.”
“Yeees. I’ll be checking her, so please go.”
The healer answered half-heartedly until the end and even told them to go out.
Shinjae wiped the child’s sweaty forehead once and then sadly left.
Hwan looked at the healer with cold eyes, and then reluctantly followed Shinjae’s call.
After moving some distance away from the infirmary.
“Are you going to leave him like that?”
Shinjae burst out laughing.
“Healers are a valuable resource.”
“I don’t think he can take proper care of the child.”
“Hmm… If you’re worried about that, Hwan, how about you take a look at the child?”
“Ugh.”
“Ugh, you say.”
Shinjae smiled softly and ruffled Hwan’s hair.
“I’ll be back in the morning. Until then, please keep quiet at home. I’ll be back soon.”
“…Yes.”
Hwan looked at Shinjae’s back as he approached the people waiting for him.
[If you’re worried about that, Hwan, how about you take a look at the child?]
“…Tsk.”
Hwan clicked his tongue and took out another cigarette.
He heard an annoying noise, but even if it was just a meaningless noise made by Shinjae as he passed by, Hwan couldn’t ignore it.
***
A thin, gasping breath escaped.
The heat rose to my head and even my eyes were sizzling hot.
Memories sporadically appeared in my tangled mind, and it was unclear when.
[It’s because of you! Even if you hadn’t made me have a child, I!]
Where did I hear this?
I couldn’t tell if it was something that Ahyoon’s body had heard or if I heard them much longer ago.
‘Is it because we live very similar lives?’
Even before possession, I started my life at an orphanage at a young age.
“Hicc…”
Tears streamed down the corners of my eyes, which were almost swollen from crying so much.
I whimpered softly and rolled up into a ball.
Even though I tried to hold it in, I kept breathing heavily.
At that very moment, a tingling sensation struck me from the top of my head.
“Ah!”
I opened my eyes in surprise without realizing it. At the same time, a translucent window appeared before my eyes.
[Local Korea, Channel Seoul. User Lee Ahyoon awakens!]
[Lee Ahyoon, congratulations on your awakening.]
Awakening?
At this timing?
As I opened my mouth, a slightly larger window appeared in front of me.
Name: Lee Ahyoon 李峩尹
Type: Specialized
[Lee Ahyoon is a specialized awakener. Lee Ahyoon’s specialized ability is—-(pre-manifestation).]
Just then, the curtain was violently pulled apart.
“To think that it feels filthy to death and this bastard is still here idling away.”
A man came towards me, muttering in an angry voice.
“Can’t you stop getting up?”
“Ah!”
The man jerked me up and made me sit up as I was lying down in a daze. My arm hurt from being pulled so hard.
My feverish head was spinning, and something suddenly appeared in front of my eyes.
“…?”
It was a pill.
“Swallow it.”
W-What should I do?
I was truly bewildered.
‘I don’t know how to take pills…’
“The hell you’re doing! Aren’t you swallowing it right now?”
Without realizing it, tears formed in the corners of my sunken eyes.
“It’s driving me crazy. Is this even worth it?”
I was so scared that I picked up the pill from the man’s hand.
‘I have to swallow it.’
Just thinking about it made my throat tighten, but there was no way around it.
Since the man didn’t even bring me water, I had to swallow the medicine without a sip of water.
I put down the medicine with trembling hands and put it in my mouth.
I tried to cover my mouth with my chubby hands, yet the pill ended up stuck to the back of my tongue.
‘W-What should I do!’
It’s really, really bitter!
I eventually couldn’t bear it anymore.
“Blergh.”
Nausea struck me even though I was already feeling nauseous.
“Hey, you!”
The man shouted, yet I had already vomited the medicine along with gastric juice onto the floor.
“Huwaaaa.”
It was so painful that I kept crying. But the man wasn’t in the mood to look at me like that.
“This dirty thing…!”
His hand flew up. I forgot I was nauseous and flinched.
‘Here it comes!’
I closed my eyes tightly and prepared for the shock to come.
‘…Huh?’
However, the expected shock didn’t come.
‘What?’
I slowly opened my eyes. Then an unbelievable sight appeared before my eyes.
“What is this trash doing?”
The young man I saw before I collapsed, named Hwan, was holding the arm of the man who was trying to hit me.
“Y-You’re not letting go?”
Instead of answering, Hwan jerked the arm of the man he was holding back.
“Uaaagh!”
The man screamed, accompanied by an eerie cracking sound.
‘Hiiik.’
I was so scared that I got goosebumps all over my body.
The man shouted, twisting his body.
“Let go of this! On the subject like Kim Shinjae’s dog! Do you know who I am…!”
“You want to die, so I’ll hurry up.”
“Aaaarghhh!”
“Hiccup.”
The painful scream made me hiccup without realizing it.
“!”
Hwan made an expression of regret. It seemed like he had once again realized my existence, something he had briefly forgotten about.
I covered my mouth with my chubby and inconsistent hands, shaking my head.
It meant I’d be quiet and well-behaved, yet when Hwan saw me like that, he made a hissing noise and roughly let the man go.
“Ugh!”
The man who had been pushed around caught his balance and pointed a finger with his red-faced face.
“You! How dare you do this to me!”
There was a lot of saliva splattered. The man’s mouth was about to bubble up.
“I am a healer, healer! Do you know what will happen if I leave this guild?”
Hwan gritted his teeth. I was dumbfounded.
‘That man was a healer?’
To think that someone with great character who raises his hand when a three-year-old says she couldn’t take a pill is a healer.
It was right then.
“Why is it so loud?”
The man with warm brown eyes appeared.
“What is this situation now?”
“What situation, you say!”
The healer shouted excitedly.
“Your bastard broke my arm! What are you going to do with this?”
“What?”
The man looked at Hwan. It was a look that demanded an explanation.
Hwan answered briefly.
“He hit the kid.”
“W-When did I!” This jerk is even lying now…!”
“Stop.”
The man raised his hand. I felt a strange sense of intimidation from him.
The healer must have felt it too, so he pursed his lips.
“Baby, I think you need to answer.”
The man asked me.
“Did he hit you?”
“Wait!”
Before I could answer, the healer shouted again.
“Does that matter in this situation?”
“Sir Jang Daewon.”
“If it has been like this, I have no choice but to reconsider being a part of this guild!”
“!”
I thought quickly.
‘It’s clear from the novels I read.’
It was said that healers were essential on the battlefield, but their number was extremely small.
It’s not that training is difficult, but the number of people who awaken to healing in the first place is extremely small.
‘And that person is the only healer in this guild.’
This situation right now is like a precious healer threatening to leave the guild because of me.
‘W-What should I do?’
Becoming impatient, I reached out and pulled on the man’s clothes.
“…Hm?”
“I-It washn’t wight.” (It wasn’t right.)
I desperately tried to explain.
“That uncwe towd me to take medishwin becaush I wash shick, but I compwained.” (That uncle told me to take medicine because I was sick, but I complained.)
“Sir Jang Daewon.”
Before I knew it, the man’s gaze had landed on the traces of my vomiting a little while ago.
He asked, frowning.
“Could it be that you gave the child a pill to take?”
“That…”
“I think I told you to take good care of the child.”
No!
The atmosphere was getting worse. I cried out without realizing it.
“D-Down’t fwigh!” (Don’t fight!)
Thump!
“!”
“!”
As soon as my words fell, the air briefly shook.
“What did you just…?”
That was the moment when the eyes of two people landed on me.
“Excuse me…”
Someone stuck his head into the mess of the infirmary and said.
“What’s going on?”
“The woman who came with us yesterday wakes up and asks for the child. What should we do?”
“That’s a good thing. Ask her to come in.”
“Yes.”
The man left, and soon after, Teacher Eunah, who looked as if she had become emaciated overnight, came in.
“Ahyoon!”
“Tweachew!”
How did Teacher get here?
Teacher Eunah hurriedly came over and hugged me.
“Our Ahyoon. Why was Ahyoon crying, huh?”
“Tweachew…”
‘Now that I think about it.’
In the original novel, it’s said that healers were rare and gave examples of existing healers.
‘One of them is…’
It was Choi Eunah.
I was so shocked that I covered my mouth.
‘Teacher Eun-ah was a healer!’
At the same time, a translucent window appeared before ㅡㅛ eyes.
[system] Specialized ability awakening quests will occur.
You have recognized the sprout that will awaken to healing abilities.
Accelerate your awakening with your unique ability, ‘—-’!
When successful, your unique ability ‘—-’ blooms.
Well, what do you want me to do?
‘First… Does that mean that Teacher Eunah is a healer and that I can help her awaken?’
But what and how?
“T-Tweachew.”
When I looked up at Teacher Eunah with shaking eyes, she sweetly humored me.
“Yes, Ahyoon. Tell your teacher.”
“Sho…”
I said this without even realizing it.
“Pwease awakewn…?” (Please awaken…?)
Storyteller Lipzoldyck's Words
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