Chapter 2: Assistant Day 1 (2)

“Hmm. Are you perhaps not in a state to answer?”

The teacher shook my head back and forth, but only moans came out.

“Is your resistance higher than others… Let’s see in 10 minutes!”

Tap Tap

“Aah…”

My stomach feels like it’s burning.

What did he feed me?

“Ugh…!”

I felt nauseous.

“Uweeeek!”

I vomited out the black liquid that was inside my body until just now.

“Haa…”

After emptying my stomach, the pain began to subside.

‘Did I throw it all up?’

I looked at the puddle that had formed on the floor with a haggard gaze.

My body showed a rejection response, so there was nothing I could do.

‘It’s obvious the teacher will freak out.’

What should I do?

About 10 minutes until he returns. I need to find a way to clean this up.

I rubbed the puddle with my feet.

But it just left a long trail.

No matter how positively I tried to think, I couldn’t imagine that it would evaporate without a trace in 10 minutes.

‘No. It’ll be possible.’

I moved my feet hard and made the puddle as wide as possible.

Because there was nothing else I could do.

‘Please.’

I desperately prayed in my heart, but it was meaningless.

Tap Tap

“Ha-neul Yang? What are you doing?”

The total amount of the puddle didn’t change at all.

It seems it was a sticky medicine that didn’t even contain much pure water in the first place.

“This is a shame. Did you throw it all up?”

He crouched in front of the puddle I made.

“To treat the teacher’s kindness like this. It’s very sad.”

He made a crying face with the corners of his mouth turned down.

“Really, I’m sad.”

Zzaak

Lightning flashed before my eyes.

‘Huh?’

The pain came a step late.

“Ugh!”

I felt the agony of my flesh being torn on my cheek.

Recognizing the situation came next.

The sight that turned around. The teacher’s hand, which was extended with his palm facing up.

It seems like he slapped me.

“I don’t really prefer this violent method.”

“Aaaak!”

The teacher pinched my reddened cheek.

The pain was so great that I instinctively had to use my ability.

Saa-aa-aa

My ability, which specializes in external injury treatment, instantly calmed the skin that was flushed.

“Hoo.”

The teacher stroked my cheek with interest.

“You were a healer. I didn’t know that.”

Strictly speaking, it’s not a general healing ability.

Unlike healers, who can also relieve the pain of others, the target of my ability is limited only to my own body.

But the teacher didn’t seem to care about such things, and nodded his head.

“It seems that throwing up the medicine was also due to the self-repair unique to healers.”

‘Is it fortunate?’

It seems like he’s not going to hold me accountable for throwing up the medicine.

“If that’s the case… how about this.”

He took a syringe out of the inside of his white gown.

“If you can spit out the medicine that was put in your mouth, will the medicine put in your veins also come out?”

I shook my head, trembling.

“No, no.”

Glug

“I’ll tell you everything. I won’t lie, so please, just don’t do that.”

“Really?”

“Yes. So, please, just that…”

The teacher brought the syringe close playfully.

“Kyaaak!”

“Seriously. Aren’t you being overly scared?”

‘Damn bastard.’

But unlike my inner thoughts, my body trembled even more.

“Should I believe you or not?”

The teacher, holding the syringe between his fingers, started to flick it.

“Hmm… Should I believe you?”

I brightened.

Pu-ook

“Why, wh-whyyy…”

“But, Ha-neul Yang. You’ve already broken the promise, haven’t you? I was so sad that you spat out the medicine I worked hard to make.”

I trembled, but the damned rope still hadn’t loosened at all.

“Don’t be too afraid. There’s no way the medicine I inject into a student will cause bad effects, right?”

“Lies…!”

“Really. This is just a medicine that makes you feel good. That’s how all the medicines I make are.”

Juu-uuk

The piston of the syringe went down, and the sealed liquid began to be injected.

Pong

There was no need for hemostasis.

The small hole the size of a needle was covered as soon as the syringe was removed.

“I wonder how the healing ability will work?”

The teacher, who was looking at me with interest.

I really don’t like the way he treats people as experimental subjects.

But what can I do if I don’t like it?

I’m just a girl who happens to be born with a special ability.

Ah. To be exact, it’s not my ability.

I’m a possessor.

A possessor who was possessed by an extra who was used by the villain, then finally met a tragedy.

I tried to change my fate…

“Huk!”

My thoughts were cut off because of the tickling feeling all over my body.

“It seems there’s no particular way to resist the injected drugs. I’ve gained some very good information about healers.”

The tickling sensation intensified, and I even started to giggle.

I don’t feel like laughing at all.

The sensation of my mouth being lifted forcibly was not good at all.

Regardless, the teacher smiled, satisfied.

“Good. It seems the medicine is fully effective.”

Jjak-jjak

He clapped his hands and asked me.

“Now, what is your name?”

“Yu, Yu Ha-neul…”

I didn’t want to say it, but my mouth opened regardless of my will.

“Your affiliation?”

“Academy 1st grader… Class B…”

“Good, good.”

He seems satisfied that I’m answering obediently, even though he already knows because it’s written on my name tag.

“So, Ha-neul Yang, how did you find out about me?”

“I saw it in a novel…”

The teacher tilted his head.

“Say it again. What did you say just now?”

“In a novel…”

As I repeated the same answer, he approached and grabbed my face with both hands.

“It seems the effect is working well, as your pupils are dilated…”

He stroked my face a few more times and then let go.

“Do you really believe that? Geez, I was worried for nothing.”

The teacher muttered and started to write something on the memo he took out of his pocket.

“It’s just a hysterical act by a mental patient, but I overreacted.”

Sa-gak Sa-gak

“Okay. Novel. What kind of person was I in that novel?”

“A very bad villain… a crazy scientist who treats everyone in the world like a toy…”

“Haha, that’s interesting. I haven’t even thought about doing that yet.”

He chuckled.

“If I’m a villain, is there a hero to confront me?”

He seems to think it’s a funny joke.

“…There is.”

“Hoo. Who?”

He adjusted his glasses and brought his face close to me.

“Han Yu-seong.”

A shining hero who will save the world from the evil villain’s hand.

…Yu Ha-neul wasn’t included in the list of those who were saved.

“Interesting. Very interesting.”

Sa-gak Sa-gak

“Ha-neul Yang has a very rich imagination. As far as I know, Yu-seong is still far from me.”

“He’s a genius, so…”

I stopped speaking and closed my mouth.

The man in front of me is the enemy.

But why am I revealing information I wasn’t even asked for?

The teacher doesn’t seem to be listening to my words seriously, but there is no good point in revealing information about the future.

“Genius. Genius.”

He put down the pen and began to ponder.

“Well, he’s growing so fast that I’ve heard his name too. It might be.”

Kki-euk

“Now then. So, what should our Ha-neul Yang do?”

The drug that stimulates my entire body didn’t have any effect on me at this moment.

I looked up at the teacher with eyes mixed only with fear.

“I was trying to find out where the information leaked from, but it seems it’s based on an absurd imagination.”

He grabbed my chin.

“I don’t think there’s a need to torture you, but it’s also a bit unsettling to just let you go.”

“Ah, Augh…”

“Don’t ask me to let you go. It’s like catching a mouse while the cow is stumbling, but you really found out about my true identity.”

He clapped his hands briefly as if congratulating me.

Of course, I wasn’t happy at all.

“Then, let’s do it like this!”

It seems the teacher has finally decided on my situation.

“You’re going to be my experimental subject. There were many medicines I wanted to try. This is good. There’s no need to worry about side effects because you’re a healer.”

“I don’t…”

I tried to shake my head, but a brutal hand stopped my small resistance.

“There are no rejections, you know?”

The teacher gave a chilling smile.

“But I think you’ll spread rumors all over the place if I send you like this.”

He slowly took off his glasses.

“Let’s do it in a simple way first. Next time, I’ll prepare the tools for Ha-neul Yang in advance.”

I closed my eyes tightly, but he forcibly lifted my eyelids.

“Now, Ha-neul Yang. Look into my eyes.”

Ah.

The purple eyes that seem to suck me in.

The effort to focus on other places was useless.

“When I count to three, you’ll forget the memories of meeting me. Understood?”

“Yeees…”

“One, two, three.”

Tta-ak