Chapter 19: Sword [3] (1/2)
It was totally unnecessary and nonsensical to put these things in the bag.
Why were these medicines needed in the home visit? After all, n.o.body would have an operation during a home visit.
Simple dressing and treatments could be done undoubtedly, but…
'He told me that the things that the chairman requested for are in the bag.'
The president of the hospital was not a person to tell a lie. He was a very cautious man, but he was not a man who would put a 'plate' in a home visitation bag. Therefore, it must be the chairman who had made the request.
'Why did he do that? Who on earth is he?'
He tried to remember about that day, but he somehow just could not. It was a really strange feeling for Ganghyuk, because he was said to be a genius. It was literally as strange as the experience of him being brought to Joseon.
”Sir, my arms…”
”Yes, sorry.”
Hearing the remark, Ganghyuk came back to the present and tried to concentrate on the current matter.
Right now, there was a really important thing to be done.
He had put the plate on the s.h.i.+n that he had just located. As a matter of fact, it was the real beginning.
”You will feel a greater pain now. Sorry, but I cannot help it.”
”It is Ok. I feel much better now.”
The patient nodded with satisfaction.
By now, Ganghyuk had removed all of the old blood acc.u.mulated inside and relocated the bone in the proper place, although the process was quite painful…
”I trust your patience. Dolseok, hold fast.”
”Yes, I am doing my best.”
”Ok.”
Ganghyuk put the rivet in the plate and screwed it down. It was not an easy job because the bone was too strong.
'Squeak'
At this point, Ganghyuk was sweating profusely. If it were the operation room in that world, he could have used a drill. But right now, he was doing it with a manual driver.
Dolseok, who was watching what was happening, himself felt a sort of pain just from looking at it all
Ganghyuk was grinding the bone in front of him, and because of the sound, his own pain seemed to aggravate somehow.
But, the man in front of them was not an ordinary man at all.
”En…”
He groaned, but he did not move at all.
'He is a real man.'
It was said that organs were not very sensitive to pain. If not, the operation would have been even harder. But, the bones were an exception. It could be said to be extremely sensitive to pain.
Ganghyuk was grinding his bone, and yet he did not move even an inch.
”En…”
But soon, the frequency of his moaning became higher. He held his head high, but he looked very uncomfortable.
The man was a mortal at the end of the day nevertheless.
'I need to finish it quickly.'
All Ganghyuk could do for him as a doctor was to shorten the operation time.
'Squeak'
With the unpleasant sound reverberating in the room, the screw kept going down. Fortunately, the screw was a high-end product, so there was no possibility of it breaking mid-way.
”Good. We are almost done. Now, we are closing it.”
”Thank you.”
With the last word, he dropped his head on the pillow.
Watching him lying down there as if he had fainted, Dolseok expressed his surprise.
”I have been thinking this for some time now. He must be an extraordinary man.”
”Do you think so? I have never seen such a person.”
”My goodness, sir. He is bleeding from his palm.”
”What? Yes, I expected it.”
He could not endure such a pain without making some sort of reaction after all. As it turned out, he had held his fist so tight that his fingernails dug into the palm.
His red blood stained the futon.
”Leave it now. His wound does not seem very severe,”
”Yes, sir.”
Ganghyuk took a look at his leg again. The skin color had returned to normal, and the blood flowing like a stream had also stopped. And most important of all, his calf looked normal now. It was miraculous change compared to the beginning.
The exhaustion struck him in waves as the tension from the procedure finally dissipated.
”Let's do the urgent things first. I am too tired.”
”I was tired from the beginning of the operation… Ouch.”
Ganghyuk hit Dolseok's head with a driver and then threw it away. He had thought that he would not use it again, so it would be good even if it was to be contaminated.
”You hit my head with the driver which ground someone's bone.”
”It is your fault. You talked too much while I operated.”
”You said a lot as well.”
”I am the doctor in this operation.”
”What? Operation?”
”It is ok. Fellow, pull the thread.”
”Who knew that I would be treated like this.”
When he met him first, he was very polite. But, now that he had become familiar with him, he behaved like a friend with him. But this was something Ganghyuk did not want to correct.
It was better for him than being a master and a servant! It was not comfortable for Ganghyuk, who came from the 21st century.
”Is my cutting good enough?”
Instead, the relations.h.i.+p of a teacher and student would be good to him. By nature, he liked to teach. Especially when he had a student like Dolseok who wanted to learn.
”Yes. It is good to cut matching with the interval of the st.i.tch. Yes, that's it.”
”Thank you.”
”It is because I taught you well.”