Chapter 34 (1/2)
Chapter 34: Another Excellent Doctor [3]
Hoe Jun was a very diligent person, so he woke up Ganghyuk very early in the morning .
”It is time to get up . ”
”Why? The sun is still in its nest and the bell is not ringing yet . ”
”We cannot hear the bell here . ”
”Then, can I sleep some more?”
”You told me you would like to learn…”
”Yeah, that's true . Okay I am getting up . ”
Like Lee Suns.h.i.+n, Heo Jun clearly had some special characteristics .
Ganghyuk got up and saw Dolseok sleeping . It was no wonder that they had drinks till late night . Makbong had been calling the mistress of the inn constantly, but he was not to be seen anywhere now .
'They are good . Only I…' He thought that only he had to face hard times even though he was a n.o.bleman . He intentionally hit Dolseok as he went out .
”Ugh”
But, that did not make much difference; he did not wake up at all, and just continued to sleep like a log .
”Come here . ”
”Yes”
Heo Jun had already dressed up, so Ganghyuk followed him after making himself tidy . Although it was a noisy inn, there was no one there right now because it was too early in the morning . Perhaps, even the mistress of the inn was sleeping right now .
Makbong was a 'Byeongangsoi'(1) himself .
'It is quite pleasant . '
It was still spring, so the air was fresh . And because of the mist, the atmosphere seemed somewhat mysterious .
Heo Jun stretched his body in the yard .
”A doctor must handle somebody's body . Therefore, we must know how to control our own . ”
”Yes . ”
”It is the movement to make cold spirit rise up and hot spirit go down to circulate the spirit in the body . Follow me . ”
”Yes”
To control the body… It sounded great and profound . Ganghyuk agreed with the opinion completely .
'I trained myself in the gym . What will he do to control his body?' He wondered, not understanding about the spirit thing though .
”It is the 'Anmadoin' method created from arranging movements that have been pa.s.sed down . ”
”Anmadoin?”
Heo Jun started his body very slowly after that remark . He moved his mouth and then pulled his ears; he rubbed his palms and then put them on the ears, followed by rubbing his forehead .
'It looks like a ritual rather than an exercise . '
Ganghyuk could not understand the principle because he was soaked into the modern medicine . Ganghyuk felt good while following him, so he followed his actions faithfully .
”Now, I will do a little harder movements . Follow me carefully . ”
”Ok . ”
He expected something like Yoga, but Heo Jun moved to the right and then left like dancing . While Ganghyuk was feeling some kind of déjà vu, he heard a shout of concentration .
”Ik, Aek”
”…”
”Follow me”
”Ik”
”Aek”
”Aek”
He did not expect him to perform this movement . He thought he had seen it on the Internet in his previous world . But, he could not say that he would not do it, as he was the student anyway .
'If I have to do it, I would like to do it in the right way . '
He could not exercise after he had come to this world, so he felt like starting with something . It would not be bad to learn a martial art .
He thought that he would be able to learn 'Taekyeon' easily .
”Oh my G.o.d!”
”We are not even halfway yet . ”
”Oh my goodness!”
”Ik”
”Ik!”
But, it was not as he had expected; Taekyeon was not easy at all .
'It was said that a Taekyeon expert could beat several fellows at the same time . I did not believe it at that time . '
Heo Jun seemed capable of beating Ganghyuk in a second . After all, whenever he hit the air, a sharp wind sound was heard .
Without their knowledge, Makbong and Yeoni came out and watched them .
”Good!”
”Very good!”
Those two were martial art experts, and even they remarked in that way . That meant that Heo Jun was surely good at martial arts .
'If I do it constantly, can I be an expert as well?'
Ganghyuk followed Heo Jun sincerely, but he thought that he might die before being an expert because of breathlessness .
Heo Jun stopped just when Ganghyuk thought he would truly die .
”That's it for today . ”
”Whew… I thought today would be my funeral . ”
”You look very young and you cannot follow this?”
”Eh… I thought I had good strength . ”
”You must make more effort . ”
Ganghyuk could not say anything in response, as he just could not follow Heo Jun's movement quickly .
As the sun came out, the mist shrouding the area disappeared gradually . At that moment, the mistress came with rice with soup .
”Dolseok, wake up . ” Hearing Ganghyuk's shout, he hurriedly came out of the room .
”You are the last, Dolseok . Everybody else has already gotten up . ”
”Sorry, sir . ”
”Come and eat . You must give a hand from today . ”
”I will, sir . ” Dolseok felt that he had to pay back as his master paid him with good food and entertainment, so he hurriedly nodded his head . Yeoju had already dressed up and come out of the room .
She looked awkward in the male clothes, unlike Yeoni .
”Yeoju, come here . Yeoni and Makbong, too . ”
”Yes, sir . ”
When everybody came to the table, Ganghyuk stirred his soup, feeling that it would be just dog food back at his home; the rice was seen floating in the weak broth .
'Is it the food that we need to pay for?'
The food was not good at all . Dolseok and Ganghyuk were stirring the broth as they tried to eat, but they had lost their appet.i.te .