Chapter 20: Sword [4] (1/2)
”Ah! Lee Suns.h.i.+n.” Ganghyuk repeated his name.
'If he is twenty eight, then he is older than me… Wait a second… Lee Suns.h.i.+n? The very Lee Suns.h.i.+n?' Ganghyuk opened his eyes wide.
”Your name is Lee Suns.h.i.+n…? Really?”
”Yes, why are you so surprised?”
”Sir, please let me sleep. Please.” At this point, Dolseok couldn't help but murmur because he had been woken up by the conversation between Ganghyuk and the patient.
'Bang'
Ganghyuk ignored his mumbling and kept asking after hitting Dolseok.
”Lee Suns.h.i.+n? Did I treat Lee Suns.h.i.+n?”
”You might be mistaking me for someone else. I am a n.o.body.” Suns.h.i.+n looked at Ganghyuk with puzzled face. As a matter of fact, the Lee Suns.h.i.+n at that time was not really famous…At least not at that moment.
'Yes, I had thought he must be an extraordinary man.' He showed a patience and will that no ordinary man could have. That was why he could win the war with only twelve s.h.i.+ps.
Ganghyuk looked at Suns.h.i.+n with a deeply moved face. But then, he felt something different.
'If I make a fuss now, he might change.'
Now that could get very serious; the very history of Korea might be shattered.
”Ah, nothing. n.o.body can endure this kind of an operation normally. Okay, let's sleep now. If you feel anything strange, please do let me know.”
”Ok, I will.”
Ganghyuk lied down after watching him lying down on the pillow, who fell asleep soon as he had been on his nerves all this while. Although he had a big operation just now, it seemed that he did not feel much pain.
'Admiral Lee Suns.h.i.+n is sleeping beside me.' Ganghyuk could not fall asleep, and one could not blame him really. To think of it, the famous Lee Suns.h.i.+n was lying beside him. If he did not feel anything, now that would have been far stranger.
'Then… is this the reign of King Seonjo? Then, I must be in Imjin waeran, right?'
He did not like the situation where he had to come to Joseon and then experience the war.
It was too much.
'No. I think, I have some time still. I should find a way to go back. If not, I will go somewhere else… But right now, I need to help in the rehabilitation of Lee Suns.h.i.+n.'
Ganghyuk was feeling extremely honored. He had operated Suns.h.i.+n, and had the chance to help him with rehabilitation.
'Ok, it is good to sleep now.'
It was a tiring day, so when he tried to sleep, he ended up falling asleep in no time.
”Sir, Sir…”
”Yes, Dolseok?”
Dolseok was looking at the yard with anxious eyes instead of preparing a basin with warm water.
”Please stop him. He will not listen to me.”
”What is it?”
”Look at him.”
”No… Hey! No… fu…”
Ganghyuk barely stopped himself from saying the whole thing; he had almost cursed him out loud.
'He must be scolded.'
Ganghyuk went out of the room with impolite thoughts.
”What are you doing?”
”Ah! I was practicing my swordsmans.h.i.+p.” Suns.h.i.+n answered while standing awkwardly.
”Ah, are you?”
He almost understood him because his answer even sounded logical.
'No, it cannot be like that.' Suns.h.i.+n just had had an operation the day before. So, Ganghyuk shook his head and told him. ”If the wound gets open again, what will you do? Come in right away.”
”My leg was injured, but my arms are perfect.”
He was a man famous in history. So when he said that, it sounded logical even though it was utter nonsense.
”This is what he has been doing.” Dolseok looked at Ganghyuk, asking his help.
”You must tell him not to…”
”He did not listen to even you, not to mention someone like me. How can I stop him?”
”Yes, that's true I guess.”
'Why am I losing my cool today?' Ganghyuk came to the ground with puzzled face while thinking. Even Lee Suns.h.i.+n must listen to the doctor, and if the doctor was Ganghyuk, he must listen to him.
Thinking this, he tapped Suns.h.i.+n's shoulder carefully, who was already absorbed in the practice.
”h.e.l.lo, bot. Stop the practice. You will kill me.”
”Why are you keeping me from practicing?”
”The st.i.tches might burst.”
”I know my body best.”
”If you know your body best, why did you come to the clinic almost dead?”
”I knew that status, so I came.”
”Ka.” Ganghyuk couldn't help but exclaim. He even thought for some time whether the j.a.panese came into the sea because they were irritated by the conversation with Lee Suns.h.i.+n.
”Sir...”
”What?”
”He is bleeding.”
”What? Where? Alas, I expected it.”
He had a big muscle. And now he practiced sword, causing the would to open again.
The bandage that covered his wound had become red. It was fortunate that the materials used on the body were not renewed. Otherwise, he might have been lying on the ground with pain.
”Come, come here again. You need to be st.i.tched again.”
”Oh, I am sorry.” Suns.h.i.+n finally went into the room while enduring the pain. He then pushed his leg without saying anything. Fortunately, it was not a big rupture, and would require several st.i.tches only at best.
”Dolseok, get the bag now.”
”Yes, Sir.” Dolseok brought the bag that Ganghyuk always grabbed tightly while sleeping.
”Let's see…” Ganghyuk searched inside the bag and found that the materials he used yesterday were all replenished as expected.
'Fortunately…' Without this bag, Ganghyuk would have been no better than a quack.
”Give me your leg.”
”Yes, here it is.”
Ganghyuk rubbed the wound with a disinfectant.
”You must not be adamant like this. If it gets ruptured more, what will you do?”
”I am sorry.”
He was very cool, and as he acknowledged his fault, Ganghyuk did not scold anymore.
”Please be careful from now on. Before the complete recovery, you must follow my orders. Do you understand?”
”Yes, I see.”
”It will be painful.”