chapter 8
8. I decided to raise a heroine
#8. I decided to raise a heroine
“Ah… It’s the head.”
“Are you okay?”
After saving Cynthia, she fainted immediately.
And when she opened her eyes, she was lying on the bed in her hospital room.
Beside me, medical staff were checking my condition in real time and taking care of me.
‘… Why are there so many medical staff?’
I frowned.
It was because I felt a headache when I was trying to find out who was who and what he was doing.
It has subsided now.
“Do you feel a headache?”
An elderly doctor asked me cautiously.
As soon as I woke up, my head hurt like it would break. What else is this
“… I am fine now.”
“I will call a healing hero for now.”
“Okay. And more than that… This is the center, right?”
I was in the mountains near the academy.
And the closest hospital there is, of course, the Academy Center.
The best-selling hospital in Korea.
“Yes.”
“Is this a VIP hospital room?”
“This is the VVIP room.”
“VVIP? Hmm… How did you get in?”
I pondered for a moment.
The center’s VVIP room. This place often appeared in novels and was a hospital room used by high-ranking heroic officials and conglomerates who needed secret treatment or illegal treatment.
And that’s why the entrance process is difficult.
So I wondered how I was able to come in here. There’s nothing you can’t enter if you set your mind to it, but I’ve never had that mindset. I even fainted in the first place.
‘Did Hoseok hyung find me and take me here? It’s possible if you borrow the power of the family… Hmm….
Around the time I had such a question, an old doctor in front of me gave an answer to my question.
“The chairman told me to move patient Seongjin Han to this place.”
“… If the chairman Are you the president of the academy?”
“Yes.”
“Ah. Ah… That’s right. That’s how it happened.”
Now I know how things are going.
Hoseok hyung brought me, but I got into an accident. Even though I shouldn’t have brought it with me.
Since it would be difficult for the outside world to know that I had been in an accident, I was put in a VVIP ward specializing in confidentiality.
Even though I’m retired, I can just cover up the media if I’m a top-notch hero, but the reason I went this far seemed to be because I was in a relationship with my son.
‘If you are the president of the academy, you are a former top-notch hero. Whoa… Didn’t you just hate me? Hoseok hyung tricked me into coming here.’
It was difficult to lose against a top-notch hero.
I know of top-notch heroes, but I didn’t have to increase my enemies to be good.
If you lose to those people, you will always feel uneasy in the back of your head unless you see the end. Besides, I felt like I would lose if they pushed me to see the end.
‘Oops. You must also have power. Wouldn’t it be nice if I was a hero too?’
Although he had a lot of money, it seemed that there was a limit to what he could do with money.
If it was the real Earth, at least it was like that here.
“By the way… Has anyone ever been here?”
I asked the old doctor, that is, the hospital director.
Judging by the attitude of the surrounding medical staff, it was clear that this person was the director of the hospital.
‘Couldn’t Cynthia have visited? She would have been hospitalized… She wondered if he was in the VVIP room as well?
I wonder if Cynthia was also hospitalized here. If she was hospitalized, she seemed to have a personality to come to, so she asked the hospital director.
But with a slightly nervous expression on his face, he pondered for a moment before opening his mouth.
Is this something to worry about so much?
“Ah, that… In fact, the first daughter of the chairman came to visit.”
‘… ?’
I had my doubts, but I didn’t ask them back.
When I didn’t know, I liked not showing any expression or questioning.
“Is Kim Yu-ha me?”
“Yes. I tried not to let outsiders in, but… As you know, she is the daughter of the president. It came in recklessly, but I couldn’t stop it.”
“Ah. It’s okay.”
First of all, the eldest daughter of the chairman was Kim Yu-ha.
But she came looking for me… Could it be that he needs some money to occupy the position of heir?
Could it be that the director introduced her to the hospital and put her in the hospital? Use it as her money line?
I was going to ask this about Cynthia, but I got an unexpected piece of information. It’s not particularly important.
“Are there any problems?”
“No. No problem whatsoever. It’s like Yuha Kim….”
If you want to use it as a money line, just give it away.
I’m going to seize on my weaknesses and use them. Only that much relationship can be maintained.
But nothing more.
In the first place, it is because there is nothing to see in the Changcheon Kim family unless it is Chairman Kim Yong-jin or his second son.
Why?
Because I can’t claim the family. Because it is the second son, Kim Yi-seok, who becomes the head of the Changcheon Kim family.
There was no point in putting a line on someone who couldn’t even be the head of the household.
If Kim Yu-ha sees a possibility, she just needs to go back and judge again.
But suddenly, the hospital director’s eyes on me changed.
What is it?
‘I don’t know. It’s not these things that matter now. More than Kim Yu and something like that… I have to think about the original.’
Cynthia almost died.
If I hadn’t saved her, she would have died.
This is no different from saying that the original was changed.
‘The original story must have been changed. The reason is… Is it because of me? Because I’m possessed? Is it because of the butterfly effect? Hmm. For now, let’s think so. Other than that, I don’t really have anything to pick on.’
I thought the reason the original story was twisted was the butterfly effect caused by my being possessed.
‘What I need to think about is how to act from now on… Since the original has already been distorted… My head hurts. Really.’
There was no guarantee that the heroine or protagonist would be able to handle a crisis like this.
But it’s impossible to raise a main character with no connections.
Wait a minute. Pull?
‘You made a connection while rescuing the heroine, Cynthia… If this happens, wouldn’t she just have to raise Cynthia? In the past, even if I didn’t want to intervene in the original work, I just let it go… The original has already been distorted. It’d be nice to grow them and make them stronger quickly!’
Yes.
I made up my mind.
Raising heroines.
An archer with the strongest talent among the works. It is to make those who have the late stage talent of [Late Lateness] Strong from the beginning.
***
Money is scary.
Cynthia knew that all too well.
She was only a minor and had only one reason for her fear of money.
The absence of a guardian.
Cynthia had no family of her own. She
She had to stand up on her own because she had to know that even though she was underage, she was a liability.
That’s why she realized the fear of money early on.
Then.
Now, her fear of him was reaching its peak.
“Hey, this is… ?”
Cynthia looked around as soon as she opened her eyes. She
She thought she would wake up in the hospital, she said.
But something was wrong with her.
Single room.
This is understandable.
If there is no seat, you can come to a place like this. It was the first time I was hospitalized, but it wasn’t something I couldn’t understand.
However, she was equipped with so many things that it was hard to believe that it was a hospital room.
Besides, it wasn’t a hospital room, it was spacious like a hotel. Cynthia had never seen a hospital room like this.
There was no way that a normal hospital room would have these things.
‘V, vip hospital room? … Omg! Wow, how much money does this all cost?’
Cynthia recalled a possibility she had been dreaming of. And she was sure. This must be a VIP hospital room.
How much money is this place? She
She said that even mid-level heroes are reluctant to be admitted to the center’s VIP ward because, from what they hear, it’s a burden, she said.
Cynthia received a sense of disorientation in her mind.
A nurse who entered without knowing whether she knew her feelings or not, smiled and greeted Cynthia.
“How is the patient?”
“It’s okay. Me, but why am I here… ?”
“Yes? Is that why you brought it?”
“Well, if you move me to a general ward… can’t it… ?”
Cynthia said that and closed her eyes tightly.
If you move now, it will cost you a lot of money, but it will be better than staying there.
With her tears in her eyes, she decided to take out her loan.
Although she pays for her dignity maintenance at the academy… She was at a loss as to how she would pay it off.
‘Loans… Let’s take it hard and pay it back. Huh. Where did you buy it?’
The positive thinking circuit was running.
Although this happened due to an unfortunate accident, the financial sector will give you a loan on good terms as a hero candidate.
But why does my heart hurt….
“Ah… If it’s because of cost issues, don’t worry~ Cynthia’s patient is a cadet at her academy, so the center doesn’t charge for treatment from the patient.”
“Really? Even in the VIP room… ?”
Cynthia’s eyes widened at her nurse’s words.
This is the VIP room of the Academy Center. To be able to use such a place for free… I couldn’t believe it.
“Oh. Has she never been to the center? Did other cadets use it a lot?”
“I saw her when she was getting a health checkup….”
Cynthia had never been hospitalized.
Being strong was one of her strong points.
She never even came to the center because she never got sick while attending the academy.
She had a few minor injuries, but then she went to the infirmary instead of the center.
When she goes to the center, she thinks money is going out… She didn’t even look at it.
Her classmates went to the center often, so I thought they were all rich… she wasn’t like that
She went because it was free.
‘I’m glad. I can’t get a loan…. That’s why you need to see what benefits you get… Huh. I’ll have to take a closer look next time.’
Cynthia recalled the booklet on the duties and rights of enrolled students that was given at the time of admission to the academy, which was over 100 pages long. She
She got tired of reading about halfway through and quit. She didn’t know there was something like this.
“Anything other than that time? So it is. Let me briefly explain. Originally, if an academy cadet wants to be hospitalized, they will be put in a general ward, but if they are hospitalized due to a problem during academy training, like this time, they will be put in a VIP ward.”
“Yes… ? But doesn’t she know the benefits and can also exploit them?”
Suddenly, I had a question.
I heard that the cost of the VIP room at the center is so absurd that non-conglomerates are reluctant to use it… I wondered if academy cadets who had tasted it could use this system.
Is it just going over like a big crowd?
“There is a way to find out everything~”
But the nurse grinned and left a meaningful message.
When she heard that, Cynthia thought she would never abuse this system herself.
“Come on. The condition is good. Can I go home tomorrow? If you feel any pain, there is a call button next to it, so please press it right away.”
“Ah… ! Now, wait a minute. There must be one person brought along with me. Is he okay… ?”
Cynthia asked about the person who had saved her.
She wanted to at least know what was going on and if she was okay.
“Well? I haven’t heard anything… I think she would have known if she was an academy cadet.”
“I am not an academy cadet.”
“Then maybe you’re in a regular hospital room, or maybe you’re in the emergency room.”
“Thank you.”
Cynthia bowed her head in greeting.
If she asks at the desk, she will know where she is.
She moved her body like that and made sure there was nothing strange about it, so she got her body up.
She was thinking of going to find her benefactor.
‘I don’t know how to repay her kindness, but… First of all, you have to say thank you. I’ll have to check her condition to see if she’s okay.’
Since Cynthia had given first aid properly, she thought that her benefactor’s life would not be affected.
But she’s just in case, so I wanted to find her and check her condition.
‘I can ask at the desk on the first floor.’
Just like that, Cynthia was about to leave her hospital room to find her benefactor.
Smart. Someone knocked on the door of the hospital room.
‘Are you a doctor?’
Cynthia tilted her head and opened her mouth.
“Yes. You may come in.”
“How are you feeling? Are there any painful parts?”
She would have thought she was a doctor if she had only heard the question.
But it wasn’t.
Because he was wearing the same hospital gown as himself.
The person who asked the question with her kind face was someone Cynthia knew well.
That would be too.
“That… I….”
The person who entered the hospital room was the benefactor who saved her.
Cynthia stuttered a little embarrassed.
She just went to see if she was okay, and if she was okay, she was going to say thank you… She did this. She never thought she would find herself first.
‘… Ugh I can’t speak well. Maybe it’s because I’m nervous.’
But when she stood in front of her like this, something about her didn’t open her mouth. Why? Why?
It’s not that I don’t want to say thank you….
“From the look on your face, it looks like you have something to say… Would you like to take a walk?”
Han Seong-jin smiled meaningfully at Cynthia.