SL:R

Chapter 8

“Are you okay? You were unconscious for two whole days!”

The person who entered the hospital room was none other than Assistant Professor Im. He looked at Sooho’s complexion as he sat on the bed, and when their eyes met… “I’m sorry! I’m really sorry for running away on my own!” he apologized abruptly.

In fact, there wasn’t much that an E-rank Hunter could do alone in a situation like that. E-rank Hunters didn’t have significantly different physical abilities compared to regular people, so they couldn’t fight at full strength even in dungeons.

The first caution that Assistant Im learned when he awakened as an E-rank was “run away with all your strength when you see a magic beast.”

But Sooho was just an ordinary person then and was exceptionally heroic.

‘Saving people until he fainted in that dangerous place!’

Thanks to Sooho’s remarkable achievements, Assistant Im felt humiliated and frustrated for the first time.

However, Sooho, who received his apology, remained resolute. “Well, it’s okay. You don’t have to apologize to me.”

“No, really, I have nothing to say even if I had ten mouths.” Assistant Im, who was repeatedly apologizing, took out a hot porridge from the shopping bag and prepared it in front of Sooho. “Come on, are you hungry? Since you’re on an empty stomach, eat the porridge first. Here’s a spoon.”

“Oh, what a thoughtful gesture.”
Gurgle! As soon as he saw the delicious beef porridge with a good texture and flavor with the aroma of sesame oil, Sooho’s stomach made a sound.

Without hesitation, he grabbed the spoon and started eating the porridge eagerly. It tasted like honey after not eating for two days.

“When you’re done, should I peel the apple for you?”

Come to think of it, there were apples in the refrigerator. It turned out that Assistant Im had been visiting Sooho in the hospital yesterday and today while he was unconscious.

‘I’m receiving all the care from the assistant professor even though I don’t feel any pain after leveling up.’

Sooho was thinking of checking out of the hospital today when Assistant Im handed him an apple and asked, “The people who left the hospital room earlier than that were the association staff, right? What did they say?”

“They were measuring my mana before leaving.”

“Oh? Did they measure it? Did you really awaken?” Assistant Professor Im’s eyes widened. “How was it? I heard that this dungeon is a D-rank, but since you survived there…”

“It’s E-rank.”

“Huh? Really?” Assistant Professor Im’s eyes widened even more.

Sooho unfolded the mana measurement result that the association staff had left behind.

“Huh? It really is E-rank? A mana value of 46 is low even among E-ranks.”

“Why are you disappointed, Assistant Professor? What did you expect? Wow, did you perhaps think of bowing down to me had I awakened as a great Hunter? No wonder you’ve been treating me well.”

“No, you brat! If you were such an amazing Hunter, would you have fainted in such a dangerous place? I thought you were at least D-rank.”

“See? I knew you were thinking that way.”

Assistant Professor Im jumped up, feeling unjust. Then he patted Sooho’s back and comforted him as he put down the result sheet, “Well, it’s actually better this way. E-rank is also good, you know. E-rank is much more stable than mediocre D-rank, don’t you think?”