56 Scholar 3 (1/2)
Dududu!
The governor and s.h.i.+n Rip left the village while leaving a trail of dust behind them. There were tens of soldiers left to protect the village, injured people, village residents, and Gagnhyuk's group.
”There are fewer injured people that I thought.” Ganghyuk murmured while going through the houses which were being used for injured people. To this remark, Dolseok responded, ”They were dead or had fled away.”
”Yes, I see.”
He remembered the time when they had started to run. There were many others who were doing the same, quite a number of whom were soldiers. But, most of them fell under one of the three cases that Dolseok had mentioned.
”Is this the place where the heavy wounded are?”
”Yes! Yeoni and I have treated the lightly wounded ones.
”Good!”
”Hehe…” Dolseok was happy to hear the praise. Although he did not have good skills like Yeoni, he had a good memory. Once he learned something, he would rarely have any doubts. He could treat simple tears of scratches without any difficulties.
”Where is Yeoni?
”She must be with Miss Yeoju. May I call her?”
”No, no. There must be something that they can talk as women.”
Ganghyuk shook his head. He had experience in losing his father as well. It was not cruel and sudden like in Yeoju's case, but he was clear that she might feel a bit of comfort if somebody were to be with her at this time.
'I need her a.s.sistance, though.'
But, he could not leave her with Makbong, who might 'console' her in a strange way.
”Where is Makbong?”
”He might be in the place where the villagers are gathered.”
”Why is he going there?”
”In the war, many people were killed. Especially men…”
That meant that there were more new widows. Ganghyuk did not want to hear anything more beyond that.
”He is crazy.”
”But, he saved my life, sir! He had good skills.”
”Did he? I would have been killed myself if it were not for Yeoni.”
Of course, without Ganghyuk, Yeoni would have been killed too. It was a strange karma.
'It is really strange.;
He saved Pyeonsu by chance, and they came here together. Ganghyuk opened the gate while wondering about their connections.
There was a bad smell all over the place, reflecting the fact that heavily wounded people were residing there.
”Eum…”
”These ones are fairly good, as the really bad ones died on the way. Most of the heavily wounded are the villagers”
”How much medicine have you used?”
”I used half of the antibiotics and half of the anti-inflammatory ones. I did not touch the others at all.”
Dolseok cited the dose of the medicine to show off his memory. He was better than Yeoni in terms of memory for sure.
”Bandage?”
”I used half of that as well.”
”Ok, let's see the patients.”
”Yes, sir. There are not many, though.”
Dolseok pa.s.sed Ganghyuk and opened the door, causing a gush of bad odor mixed with a b.l.o.o.d.y smell to slam into their faces. A man was lying there with a wound on his chest.
”He was the one fighting with us.” Ganghyuk recognized him at a glance. He had thought that all of them were dead. However, this one here was apparently not killed.
He was the one who fought to the end beside Changgweon.
”Dolseok, did you boil the water?”
”Yes, sir.”
”Then, bring some hot water. I need to cleanse the wound.”
”Yes, sir.”
Dolseok went out after hearing the command of Ganghyuk. While he brought water, the latter investigated the wound carefully: how much bleeding had occurred, what the depth of the wound was, and if any bones were broken.
'Ah, the sword was broken at that time.'
Owing to the broken sword, his wound was not fatal; his ribs were all intact. Naturally, the organs inside the ribcage were all intact as well.
If he had damaged his lung, he might have had been dead already.
'His pectoralis major muscle is broken, but he might live.'
Rattle!
At that moment, Dolseok came back with a container, making a splas.h.i.+ng sound. ”Sir, here is the water.”
”Ok! Wear the gloves and come here.”
”Yes, sir!”
Ganghyuk went on to cleanse the wound with gauze using boiled water. As the scabs were removed, red blood started flowing out.
”Sir, shall I press it?” Dolseok asked on his own volition, clearly quite experienced up till this point.
”Yes, press it.”
”Okay, sir.”
Dolseok knew the process as they wiped and then pressed repeatedly to remove all the scabs.
”It might not be too deep.”
”Yes! The sword was obstructed because of the bone.”
”He is lucky to meet you after being wounded.”
”Is he?”
Ganghyuk tilted his head and wondered. 'If he were lucky, he should not have been cut by the sword.'
…like himself.
Even Yeoni, who was an expert in martial arts, was slashed by the sword. However, he was totally fine, save for some scratches because of the branches of the trees in the forest.
”Now, I need to st.i.tch it up.”
”May I hold it?”
Doseok brought the skin together to let him suture easily. He was very sensible; if they were an ordinary a.s.sistant and a professor rather than Dolseok and Ganghyuk, he would have been praised by the professor.
”Yes, but you should not do it like that.”
”What do you mean?”
”His left and right nipples are not in the same line. If it is not done correctly, it will make it strange to look later on.”
”Heo… You are right.”
Ganghyuk had seen a patient with unbalanced nipples. He was st.i.tched well, but the location of the nipples was wrong. He could not forget the face of the resident who had done that.
'I had unst.i.tched it all and then sutured again.'
It was a really annoying work. However, as he was the one to suture today, there would not be such an incident.
”Let's give the anesthetic.”
”But, he is not conscious.”
”He will wake up when it is too painful.”
”Yes.”