52 Guard 2 (1/2)
There was b.l.o.o.d.y smell coming from Yeoni's person. Yeoni's blood and that of the j.a.panese bandit splashed on her were mixed up, creating the pungent smell. He could not look at the wound in this state.
'I need to wipe it off.'
Ganghyuk opened the bag. Cutting an IV bag and soaking the gauze. There was no other source of water around, and he was afraid of infection.
”Eu…” The liquid was probably too cold, so Yeoni moved her body while groaning. Whenever she moved, more blood came out of the wound on her thigh.
”Stay calm. I need to wipe it out.” Ganghyuk cleansed her face with the gauze, removing the blood scabs. When the blood on the face was cleaned, he could see her more closely.
She had cat eyes, a prominent nose, full red lips, and tanned skin.
'She is pretty indeed.'
To run away quickly, she had shaken her hair out loose, showing her modern beauty.
”Ah!” Yeoni recovered consciousness while Ganghyuk was appreciating her beauty. Since he had rubbed her face with a cold liquid, it was natural to be awakened.
”Sir?”
”Yes, I was wiping the blood off.” Ganghyuk said while showing the b.l.o.o.d.y gauze.
”What happened to the enemy?” Yeoni asked while picking up the sword from the floor. Her face was tensed as she looked around to find the j.a.panese bandits around there. It seemed that she had lost her consciousness when she climbed on his back.
”It is alright. We ran away after killing the one with the mask. Some of bandits there pretended to chase us and then went back.”
It was a long and hard chase though,
Ganghyuk smiled, causing some blood to leak out of the wounds on his face. Yeoni approached him while opening her eyes wide.
”Sir, you are injured.”
”Ah, this? This is nothing. The branches in the forest scratched my face.”
”But, you are bleeding.”
”You are bleeding much more than me. Lie down.”
”Yes... Ouch!”
Yeoni seemed to be feeling pain in her thigh, so she looked down at her trousers, which were totally soaked by blood.
Because Ganghyuk ran with her on his back, his robe was stained with her blood as well.
”Sorry. I made you…”
”What are you talking about? You saved me.” Ganghyuk told her with sincerity. If it were not for Yeoni, he might have been dead indeed. He might have been killed in the fire, or by the j.a.panese bandits.
”I owe my life to you.”
”What?”
”The stone…”
”Ah, that is…”
He also felt that he owed his life to Master Samyeon.
'What on earth was the stone though?' Once it lost its mysterious light, it seemed like a normal stone. He could not distinguish it one from the others on the ground, regretting not taking it back.
In his defense, there was no time to think and get the stone back.
'It is good for us to have survived.'
It was a miracle for them to survive in that situation. They had literally saved their lives in the middle of a war.
”When did you learn stone throwing?”
”No, it was a coincidence…coincidence. Let's see your wound.”
”Yes…? Ah, yes.” Yeoni looked at him with her eyes wide open while she was nodding her head. After all, it was the thigh that was wounded, and the prospect of its inspection and treatment made her feel reserved.
”Don't worry. I am a doctor.”
”But this is a little…”
”If you leave it untreated like now, it will become a serious problem. Do you remember Yeoju?”
”Yeoju…”
She had almost died because of a needle, or she might have lost a leg. In Yeoni's case, as her wound was made by a sword, it could be more severe. She thought of Yeoju for a while, and then nodded.
”Okay, sir.”
”Good. I think the other places are fine.”
Ganghyuk nodded his head while investigating her face and upper body. Although there were scabs, it was not her blood. He had already wiped out the big scabs, so he was sure that the other body parts were good.
Therefore, the only part that he had to treat was her thigh.
”I will remove the bandage now.”
”Yes.”
Ganghyuk removed the bandage that covered the wound. Although some time had pa.s.sed, blood continued coming out. The wound seemed to be deeper than he had thought.
'The guy… He had good skills.'
In Ganghyuk's eyes, Yeoni's skills were as good as the bandit's. She had killed more than 10 ten other bandits after all. Clearly, she was far better than all the soldiers who ran away together.
Yet, the bandit had almost killed her.
'I should have removed his mask.' He ran away without thinking of removing the mask. It was mainly because of the other bandits following them, but the bigger reason was that Ganghyuk was truly afraid of doing it.
It was funny; why did he run away from such small people?
”How is it?”
”Ah, I think we need to clean the wound first.”
”Clean?”
”Yes, did you see him? He killed many other people before he cut you.”
The sword reflected the moonlight! The blade had blood and oil from the corpses. In other words, her wound was far from clean.
”While I wipe your wound, take these pills.”
”Okay.”
”As this water is salted, the taste might be queer. But, it is fine. I know because I had it before.”
”Okay…”
Yeoni swallowed the antibiotics and anti-inflammatory medicine that Ganghyuk gave her, frowning due to the annoying taste.
Not all doctors had tasted saline. It was not meant for drinking, anyway.
Ganghyuk only had to drink it to live. It happened when he was an intern; specifically speaking, he was an intern in the Emergency Room.
He did not know that they did not give water, not to mention food. He drank saline while cleaning the wounds of a patient, losing his reason.
'Son of a b*tch.'
The seniors exploited their juniors in the hospital, which was a deep-rooted evil that had to be removed.
”Now, is it cold?”
”Yes.”
”Let's see.”
Ganghyuk wiped her legs with the saline. It was natural to feel pain because the saline would go into the wound.
”Ouch!” Yeoni cried lightly in pain, curling up her toes.
To minimize exposure, Ganghyuk tried to clean it quickly.
”I need to know how deep the wound is.”