Chapter 17: Sword [1] (1/2)
He resembled someone he knew, but he just could not look up for the person in his memories. Ganghyuk went closer to him to get a better look, at which point, the man showed his number plate with '23' written on it.
”I am sorry to be here this late in the evening.”
His face looked very firm and stern, and he seemed to be in his thirties. But, there was a dignity in his face such that n.o.body could ignore him.
Ganghyuk answered with a polite language unknowingly, ”No, not at all. How is your injury?”
”It is not a big thing. I am sorry to bother you so late.”
He showed his right leg with calm face. Somebody had treated it a bit, as there were some splints here and there. But in Ganghyuk's eyes, this was not the treatment at all.
'En… His s.h.i.+n is totally dislocated. How can he stand like that?'
It was clinically impossible. He must be standing there with some superhuman patience for sure. When he looked at him closely, he found him to be sweating.
”Come in. Dolseok, I need to stay here tonight.”
Just a few moments ago, Dolseok was all happy and excited thinking about drinking and having a good time. But now, this situation was a sudden mishap for him.
”Ah…”
”He is the one that the governor wanted me to cure. Make a bed for him.”
”Yes, sir.”
Dolseok rushed into the room while frowning. Yeoni noticed the situation, and quickly a.s.sisted the patient to come in.
”Sir, I will help.”
”Yes Makbong, come and help him.”
”Yes, sir.”
As the man was quite big, it was not easy to help him move even with three a.s.sistants. It was a mystery as to how he could come here and stand up like this.
He must be a man of tremendous patience.
'He does not moan at all.'
He did not make a single sound even when his injured leg b.u.mped into the door's threshold.
Seeing this, Ganghyuk could not help being moved by the man, even though he was not very easily impressed normally.
”Ok. Please lie down here.”
”Good.”
The man frowned, but followed his orders.
When Ganghyuk looked at the wound in the bright light, he found that it was more serious than he had thought. It was quite swollen, and had gotten blue. Yeoni and Makbong turned their heads away because of the terrible look.
”You can go. Go home and take a rest.”
”We can stay, sir. No worries!” Yeoni answered gallantly. She would indeed stay if he told her to.
”No, we don't have many things to do. You can go. We have Dolseok here.”
”Okay, sir.”
She never engaged in empty talk. Therefore, she did not make Ganghyuk speak the same thing twice and left the room with Makbong, without any regrets.
As a result, Dolseok was left alone, and consequently became busier.
”Warm up water with the double boiler. It should not be too hot, okay?” Ganghyuk gave him an empty basin and a small IV bag.
”Yes, sir.”
Dolseok learned quickly, and was capable of doing things without supervision.
Thus, Ganghyuk did not need to follow him for supervision.
”It may hurt a bit.”
”No problem.”
Ganghyuk then moved on to examine his legs carefully. They looked strange even when he was standing, and when he examined them with his hands, he could clearly feel the abnormality.
”It is not a coincidence having a shorter right leg. The bone was broken and dislocated…'
Ganghyuk looked at the wound. The man had good muscles, showing that he was good at martial arts. The muscles showed strength even in such a situation.
'It is not possible to locate it without anesthesia.'
His leg had discolored; it was certain that he had a rupture inside. If not, the color could not have been so blue.
And, there was no other reason to have a swollen leg like this.
'I need to cut it. What can I do?'
Although he was an excellent surgeon, he could not alleviate the pain.
'I need anesthesia... A proper anesthesia.'
He needed to at least perform a spinal anesthesia. But, the problem was that he did not have the facility, medicine, or professional a.s.sistance to do it.
While he was wondering this, Dolseok got the water. The IV bag was warm enough.
'Even though I can mix a painkiller here, it will not be enough.'
The pain in the bone was much more severe than what a painkiller or local anesthesia could mitigate. The pain could send one into shock, and could even lead to death.
But, if he left it like this, he would surely die eventually.
'It will decay soon, and then he will die.'
Ganghyuk had to make a decision. He tried to somehow trust this guy's superhuman patience.