Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint (Web Novel KR) Chapter 456

“My concerns?”

“Yes. Uhm, like…. If you're unhappy about your work, or….”

The first person I went to speak to was Yi Seol-Hwa. She was wearing an outdoor scientist garb, and with a small magnifying glass, studied every nook and cranny of my face as if I was some sort of an unidentified herb. She then replied to my question. “Mm, well, I don't particularly have one.”

She might be saying that, but there was no way that she didn't have any complaints.

“As the head representative of the company, I can only apologise to you. I'm aware that you have worked hard to protect Seoul during our absence.”

“H-mm.”

“It must've been very difficult to….”

“Do you really think so? And not like, staying back in Seoul must've been so much easier?”

Her voice sounded sharp, prompting my lips to close shut before I realised it.

“I knew it. That's what you were really thinking of. You were just being sarcastic, yes?”

“No, never. I wouldn't.”

“I know that others had been entering dangerous scenarios. Even if that was the case, remaining in Seoul wasn't all plain sailing, you know.” Yi Seol-Hwa lowered her gaze and began searching for something within the bushes once more. “It should be around here somewhere….”

⸢Yi Seol-Hwa has never taken a day off.⸥

Her Fable began speaking up for her, instead.

⸢After the group departed from the [Industrial Complex], she operated its sickbay and looked after the patients. Every day, the injured suffering from similar types of wounds would rush in. She watched them die, and while looking at their passing, she thought about her companions.⸥

“I won't be much help in the latter half of the scenarios. I'm well aware of my own potential, and my Constellation is also only a Historical Figure-grade as well. But, I still do my best every day.”

For sure, the intensity of Status floating about her vicinity felt quite different from before. It wasn't as if her combat abilities had improved, but well, how should I put this? It was like her pool of knowledge in the skills had gotten even more profound.

“Whoever it is in the , I can save that person as long as he or she still breathes. I can ensure that no one will die.”

It was true that Yi Seol-Hwa's current growth rate was unmatched in any of the regression turns from the original novel. If my guess was correct, then she should soon reach the pinnacle of 'Life and Death Miraculous Doctor'. Without a doubt, she was a necessary person to achieve my dream ending.

“What kind of a person was I in the novel you read, Dok-Jssi?”

I got flustered for a moment there by the unexpected question. “You were an important person.”

“Okay, by how much?”

Yi Seol-Hwa was one of the heroines to appear in the 'Ways of Survival'. However, I couldn't come out and say that she was Yu Jung-Hyeok's lover from the past. From the get-go, I thought that he wouldn't want that to be known…. And most importantly, I wasn't sure if that would be an appropriate description offor the person called 'Yi Seol-Hwa'. Who was she, really?

“Well, that…..”

Just before I could carry on, Yi Seol-Hwa's expression brightened and she shouted out. “Aht! Found it!”

Her hand was holding a small flower. That must be the herb she was searching for. I immediately recognised what that was.

⸢White Ghostly Flame Flower. The final ingredient for the 'Life and Death' pill.⸥

At a casual glance, it looked like an ordinary wildflower. Eating this herb alone had no effect whatsoever. However, the miraculous elixir that was the [Life and Death Pill] could never be concocted without this herb.

She began smiling like a little kid. This sense of life that couldn't be felt from the pages of the 'Ways of Survival' was emanating vividly right before my eyes.

⸢This is Yi Seol-Hwa.⸥

That's why I gave up on recalling the words from the novel altogether. And then, I said some lame things instead. “You're the best doctor that I know of.”

Praise cooked up by a small kid might be better sounding than that.

Even so, Yi Seol-Hwa grinned back at me. “Thank you. Even if you didn't mean it.”

“I did mean it, though….”

“Please wait for me. I will turn those empty words into reality soon.”

I watched her leave in search of another herb, and came to a realisation. What she was curious about earlier wasn't the 'Ways of Survival'. Unlike me, she didn't need such a novel in the first place.

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I hadn't made any headway into the scenario, but I didn't feel so bad.

“It's not that easy, right?”

I looked behind and found Yu Sang-Ah once more.

“….Yes, it's not easy.”

“But, that's only natural. If you could finish up all the conversations you had been putting off as if it's some kind of an event, then that's something out of a novel, not reality.”

“I guess so.”

Fin.

Chapter end