Chapter 33: Another Excellent Doctor [2] (1/2)
Ganghyuk found that Dolseok was right. There was indeed a doctor with a tidy look visible there. It seemed that he had seen many patients already, as he looked quite tired.
”Don't worry.”
His kindness could be sensed from his voice, and he reminded Ganghyuk of the pediatrics professor in Chungmu Hospital. That professor examined patients and had researched for the well-being of children over his lifetime, publis.h.i.+ng a book at last.
'He was a real teacher, even though we belonged to different departments.'
He felt that this doctor here must be excellent given his voice. After all, it was a reliable voice, giving the impression that one could trust him…
'Let's get going'
Ganghyuk approached the doctor after getting off the hose, but a servant blocked the way.
”Sir, please maintain the order.”
Order? It was clearly a misunderstanding. Ganghyuk shook his hands while smiling. ”I don't come here to be examined.”
”Then, why are you here?”
”I came to see him.”
It was very confusing, so the man who blocked Ganghyuk spoke with a puzzled face.
”It is same anyway.”
If Ganghyuk were a commoner, he would have been thrown out immediately; but, he seemed to be a n.o.bleman with status. His white face and imposing figure made him look dignified.
”Sir, the doctor might not like it.”
At this moment, Dolseok and Makbong came forward.
”Fellow! He is not a patient.”
”Do you know who he is?”
The man could not ignore two gangsters talking like that. But, Ganghyuk realized that if he did things this way, there would be no difference between him and the Mayor of Anseong.
'It is really irritating if somebody bothers an examination.'
He thus thought that it was not the right thing to do. Hence, Ganghyuk pushed away Dolseok and Makbong and then came forward.
'Heo... These guys misunderstood my intention. I understand. I will wait. When do you expect him to get free?”
”It will take quite some time. You can guess from the length of the queue.”
”Hmm…”
The queue was quite long indeed, reaching out of the house. It seemed that all of the villagers came to see the doctor.
When he thought about it, it was no wonder for the doctor to have a long queue. There were not sufficient doctors while many people were ill.
”It is already very late. Is he still seeing patients?”
Ganghyuk had left his place in the afternoon. It took them quite some time to reach here even though it was in the same city. The sun was about to set at this point.
If it were Ganghyuk, it would be the time to close the clinic for sure.
”The doctor pities the patients, so he may see patients until midnight.”
”Midnight?” In that case, he could not stay waiting there.
”Dolseok, let's go to the inn. The doctor is a human being at the end of the day, so he will surely take a rest at night.”
”Okay, sir. I will look for a room.”
They had been walking all day. So, when Ganghyuk said that he would take a rest, n.o.body had a different thought.
Back at the inn, Dolseok and Makbong rushed to book the rooms while Ganghyuk and Yeoju waited.
”I feel sorry for having to make you wait, Yeoju.”
”It is fine. I have enough time.”
”Okay. Hopefully we won't have to wait too much.”
Fortunately, the inn was quite big. As the village was located at the foot of the mountain, having some travelers was expected.
”Sir, we have two rooms. Is that good?”
”Yes, that will be fine.”
Even though Yeoni and Yeoju wore male costumes, he could not stay in the same room with them. Dolseok laughed when Ganghyuk confirmed it, then shouted with a big voice.
”Ma'am! We need food.”
”Yes, yes.”
”Sir, will you have a drink?”
”No.”
”Why? Why are you rejecting a drink?”
Dolseok felt strange when Ganghyuk rejected a drink. Seungmun was no longer sick, and there were no other patients. But, he still rejected a drink.
”When the doctor comes to me, I would like to be sober.”
”He seems to be quite good, but I feel that he cannot be better than you.”
Ganghyuk thought so as well. How could a doctor in the sixteenth century be better than him?
'No way!'
Ganghyuk had learned the knowledge acc.u.mulated for hundreds of years after this doctor died. Moreover, the medical knowledge in the last ten years of his life already surpa.s.sed all the knowledge before that point.
Actually, the textbooks got way thicker, and the students had a hard time learning it all.
'But, I feel there must be something that I can learn here.'
Although he saw the doctor from a distance, Ganghyuk liked his voice. It was somewhat familiar as well.
”We don't know that for sure. You can have a drink with Makbong. Don't mind me.”
”Thank you, sir.”
With that, Dolseok and Makbong started drinking after bowing many times.
Gulp!
Ganghyuk looked back towards the sound; Yeoni was staring at the drinking table.
'Ah! She is a good drinker.'
Indeed, she was a good drinker; if she made up her mind to win, she might even best Dolseok in drinking.
”Yeoni, you can drink as well.”
”Eh? Thank you, sir!”