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“…”
In his hospital room filled with heavy silence, Se-Hoon awkwardly looked at Eun-Ha. She had just been staring at him from her seat beside his bed for a while now.
What’s with this atmosphere…?
He understood that she was worried since he had been unconscious for a week, but her current reaction seemed far more intense than simple concern. Her eyes were full of guilt as if she had been the one to knock him out.
The awkwardness continued. Then, when he twitched slightly due to an itch and saw her flinch and glance at him nervously, he finally decided to break the silence.
“Um, Dean,” Se-Hoon cautiously began.
“…Yes.”
Her voice was calm but somewhat more subdued than usual. Se-Hoon forced a smile.
“Professor An said my condition is recovering quite well, so there's no need to worry too much. He said at this rate, I'll be able to leave the hospital within a month.”
“A month…”
Her expression grew even darker upon hearing the estimated hospitalization period.
Noticing, Se-Hoon quickly added, “And my hands are fine too. I won’t have any problems forging, so you don't need to worry about that.”
While An Jung-Wan hadn’t said that explicitly, Se-Hoon had used his experience repeatedly walking the line between life and death to make an educated guess.
That should ease her worries.
After all, for Eun-Ha, his forging ability would be the most concerning issue.
But contrary to his expectations, her expression showed no signs of easing.
“Still, this incident is partly my responsibility. If I had just stayed at Babel…”
Just as Eun-Ha said, many criticized Babel for not having a single S-rank staff member on duty during the incident. The presence of a high-ranking hero significantly mitigated damages in most...
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