Chapter 5: A Tightrope And A Swing [1] (1/2)
'Deng Deng Deng!'
Although it was dawn, it was still quite dark.
'Are they crazy? Why did they ring the bell so many times?”
The bell was rung twenty eight times in total.
It was found later that it was a Paru. They rang it around five in the morning, signifying the lifting of the curfew for the day.
Ganghyuk was already accustomed to getting up early. So, he got up from the bed and opened the door, feeling the cool and clean air.
'This is good.'
The world he left was full of fine dust. It was a really long time since he had felt such a clean air. However, there were so many things he missed. As he did not have a mobile phone, his fingers did not have things to do, and he felt quite bored.
”Have you got up, sir?”
When he turned to look back, he saw Dolseok standing there, who brought a basin with hot water and placed it in front of him.
'It is a good thing to be a n.o.bleman.'
As soon as he got up, Dolseok served hot water for him to wash his face, seeing which, Ganghyuk nodded his head with satisfaction.
”Thank you. How is Okseok?”
”He is better now, but…”
Dolseok did not finish the sentence, looking down. It seemed like there was a problem.
”Is there anything wrong?”
Although it was a new style of speaking, he had already been accustomed to it.
He had never known that the historical dramas that he watched in his childhood, such as ”Teardrops of a Dragon”, would someday help him.
”The white and long thing that you gave me disappeared. I could not find it no matter how much efforts I put in. I am really sorry.”
”What? You mean the medicine that I gave you to grind for administration?”
”Yes, sir.”
”Em” Ganghyuk couldn't help but moan in exasperation. They were two tablets of antibiotics, something that usually wouldn't be thought of much. But, they were things that Ganghyuk could not get in this world again.
He felt sorry for that.
”I will give you more. Take a good care of them.”
”Yes, sir. I am really sorry.”
He opened the bag that he left at his bedside and searched for Mayact. But, something strange happened.
”En?”
There were 60 Mayacts in his bag!
”What is this?”
He thought that he had not counted well at first. But, he tried to count again and again, and found that there were indeed 60 tablets.
'No way!'
But, it was already absurd to travel back to Joseon. Ganghyuk opened the operation toolset that he had used yesterday to see if his guess was correct.
'The thread... It is intact.'
The blade that he had used with the mess was the same as before. The bag was exactly the same as the when he opened it yesterday.
'What on earth happened? Ganghyuk rubbed his chin with serious face.
He had lived his life thinking that he was a scientist. He believed that all the phenomena in the world had causes and effects, and the process must be logical.
'It is the kind of situation that I don't like.'
But, what else could he do? Sometimes, things that one could never understand would indeed happen.
'It is good to have more medicine, anyway.” It was always better to have a surplus than a deficit.
He took out two tablets and gave them to Dolseok.
”Here you are. Grind them finely… No, let's go together.”
”Thank you, sir.”
Ganghyuk washed his face and neck roughly, then went to see Okseok along with Dolseok.
Okseok looked completely different from yesterday. First of all, he could now sit up. He even tried to stand up when he saw Ganghyuk.
”Sir…”
”No need to get up. Lie down. I would like to see the stomach.”
”Yes, sir.”
He checked the incision that he had cut and sewed meticulously. Fortunately, there was thread in the st.i.tch.
”Do they stay if they were used in the body?”
If all the medicine disappeared, the ones in the body would go too. And if that happened, Okseok would never recover like this.
”Good! Now, it does not need to be ground. Swallow it.”
”Yes, sir.”
”Did you make a fart?”