SL:R

Chapter 39

There was a commotion for a while.

Dr. Min Byung-gyu, who’d suddenly fainted, woke up and awakened. Thanks to that, Min Byung-gyu had to measure his own mana in front of everyone.

And the long-awaited test result was…

[C-rank]

“Wow! C-rank!”

“Amazing!”

“Congratulations on your awakening, Dr. Min!”

Congratulations from the association staff poured in for Min Byung-gyu.

“Moreover, you’re a Healer!”

Being a healer was an outstanding job where one could earn a lot of money safely without directly participating in combat.
But Min Byung-gyu, the actual person in question, didn’t really care about that. He was already over 60 years old. At his age, he pursued stability rather than thrilling challenges. Even after his awakening, he had no intention of entering a dungeon to fight magic beasts and catch looters. He would leave the dungeon to the younger generation and focus more on his main job.

‘Good. Now that I can handle mana, I can put more effort into researching Stardust.’

Min Byung-gyu smiled satisfactorily as he moved his mana around with his hands.

***

“…That’s what happened.”

Meanwhile, Sooho nodded as he heard the details from Beru outside. Then he became curious.

“But how exactly did you awaken that doctor? Did you return his swallowed power to him?”

[No, returning power is impossible. His power was already fully digested in my body.]

“Then what?”

[To put it simply, I gave him ‘blessings’.]

Blessings.

In the end, Beru’s method of awakening Min Byung-gyu perfectly imitates how the Beast Monarch blessed Sooho.

[Originally, the conditions for such an event to be possible were very strict. It requires the ‘qualification’ to accept the power, just like in the case of the Beast Monarch.]

However, for Min Byung-gyu, the qualifications overflowed to the point of being more than enough. After all, the blessings that Beru gave him this time were originally his own.

Having heard the explanation, Sooho was disappointed. “Well, that’s a shame.”

[What’s disappointing you?]

“I was hoping I could receive healing skills from you too, but if it’s done in that way, I don’t have the qualifications.”

[Kieek!?]

Upon hearing this, Beru jumped up and prostrated.

[How dare someone like me bestows blessings on your noble identity? Even imagining it is disrespectful. Oh my, oh my.]

A blessing was usually a grace bestowed by a high-ranking being upon someone lower than themselves. However, Sooho and Beru’s ranks were the opposite, so it was not a situation where qualifications could be discussed in the first place.

Anyway, his curiosity was satisfied…

“Should we start heading back now?”

Sooho looked back at the re-evaluation room where Min Byung-gyu was.

Due to the commotion caused by Min Byung-gyu’s sudden awakening, Sooho had briefly stepped outside while undergoing the re-evaluation, especially because he had failed to register essential skill information in the Association’s data.