Chapter 12: Birth Of An Excellent Doctor [3] (1/2)
It was an ordinary morning. Ganghyuk washed his face with warm water and then had breakfast.
'It is so simple and humble. But, it is edible nevertheless.' Ganghyuk thought as he looked at the empty bowl. It was a big development from the days when he could not finish even half of the bowl.
While he was taking a rest sitting in the hall, somebody knocked on the door.
”Are you there?”
It was Makbong. As Ganghyuk had been waiting for him, he rushed to the gate. But, Dolseok was still faster.
”Sir, may I open it?”
”Yes, he will come every day for the time being.”
”Wait a moment.”
The gate was very heavy, and it was not easy to open. But, Dolseok unlocked the latch easily as he said, ”Your medicine worked wonderfully.”
”Do you feel better?”
”It is better than just that. I have no pain at all. Usually, it would take days to recover from something like this.” Dolseok smiled while opening the gate, revealing Makbong and Yeoni standing outside.
As usual, Makbong knocked on the door, but Yeoni greeted first. ”Sir, how are you?”
Everybody in the place knew that Yeoni was a girl. But, she pretended to be a male and talked with the male voice.
It was awkward, but Ganghyuk did not mention it.
”Yes, I am fine. How is he?”
”He is good. But he could not get up due to the tiredness from the day before.”
”No problem. How long can you stay here for?”
Hearing the question, Yeoni rubbed her chin. ”Nothing is fixed yet. But, there are some big marketplaces near this town. Therefore, we do not need to worry about it.”
'Marketplace…Yes, it is best to ask them to find something.'
Ganghyuk handed the medicine he prepared and said, ”Good. Here are the medicines for today.”
”Thank you, sir.” Yeoni answered with a pleasant voice. But, when she was about to leave, Ganghyuk stopped her.
”Are you busy?”
”Do you have something to order?”
”I have something that you will have to investigate for me.” Ganghyuk lowered his voice. And along with his voice, Yeoni and Makbong lowered their bodies.
He was the savior of Pyeongsu, not to mention his status! He was a n.o.bleman. He was not the kind of person who would normally face them up close like this.
”Yes, sir. Please tell me.”
Makbong bent his head as Ganghyuk started to talk with some hesitation, ”Can you ask if there are people who know about Korea in the marketplace, or when you meet other people?
”What?”
It seemed that the new word Korea was difficult for Makbong to understand. Ganghyuk had already known that Makbong was not very clever, but this confirmed it for sure.
On the other hand, Yeoni nodded her head quickly.
”Did you say Korea?”
”Yes.”
”OK, I will ask people if they have heard of Korea.”
”Do not try too much.”
”Don't worry, sir.”
”See you tomorrow.”
”Yes, sir.”
The two people went to the dark lane after showing their grat.i.tude by bowing deeply. Whenever he saw them, he felt the same thing: they were very swift and agile.
”I did exercises, too.” Ganghyuk sighed with envy.
When he looked back the yard, it was bleak.
'I would like to have some exercise tools here. When I am accustomed to this environment, I will get some.'
He touched his chest to feel some remaining muscles. It was natural, since he had very good body. But, it was not as good as when Ganghyuk was twenty four years old in the other world.
'The body is not as good as the one in that world. I have some pains as well.'
He lived a busy life in that world, but suddenly he had nothing to do. He was bored. However, he did not want to read books like Seungmun. As a matter of fact, he could not read Chinese characters well, and he would not like to read even when he could read them fluently.
'It is better to go to the clinic.' He thought that it would be better to be in the room.
”Dolseok…”
”Yes, sir?”
”Let's go to the examination room.”
”Pardon? Aha. The separate building? Yes, sir.”
When he got into the room, he found that it was warm unlike the day before. Clearly, they had heated up the room.
He also saw a pot containing boiling water in the corner of the room.
It was a satisfactory view for Ganghyuk, but it was very strange to Dolseok. First of all, there was no aroma that they could smell in an oriental clinic.
”Sir, do you need some herbs?”
”Herbs?”
”Yes, sir. We can buy herbs in the marketplace. If you want some, I will buy them.”
”Ah! En…”
Ganghyuk remembered his childhood when he went to an oriental clinic after being dragged by her mother, and the bitter medicine that he had at that time!
'What was that medicine?'
He was not interested in oriental medicine, and had not done any related studies. Therefore, there were no herbs that he knew about.
'What I know of is only deer antlers.' Furthermore, he did not know of their effects.
'A doctor cannot give a medicine that he does not know the effects of.'
Ganghyuk looked at the bag that he held in his hand and thought that he could cure most of the diseases with the medicines in the bag.
”It is okay. I have this bag.”
”Then… You will not use acupuncture needles?”
”Acupuncture needles?”
”Yes, sir.”
Acupuncture…It was one of the traditional therapies, the effects of which had been proven. With the craze of alternative medicine, many researches were done, and many related papers were published.
It had started when Ganghyuk was still a student, so he had read some papers with interest.
'Yes, it is effective when it is injected to the place with inflammation. The elevated inflammation rate can be reduced with the needle.”
However, he had never used the acupuncture needles in that world.
”It is alright without it. Why are you pus.h.i.+ng me like this?”
”Eh? No, no. What I want is to help you.”
”You don't need to worry about me. Do you know how many patients I have treated up till now?”
Dolseok thought about hiding the impolite expression.
'Only two at most.'