Doctor’s Rebirth - Chapter 23

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Chapter 23
“It’s Western Continental style. It will require specialized craftsmen, so it’ll be expensive, but we can manage. Or I could make it myself.”
‘Himself? Glass windows?’
I regarded Yoo Ho with puzzled eyes. The blueprints I’d drawn required one wall of the house to feature an enormous pane of glass.
The rectangular glass wall would dramatically increase the natural light flooding in.
‘This fellow is truly suspicious. No, never mind. Isn’t my master’s recovery more important than such concerns anyway?’
What I had designed was a triple-layered glass window. I’d eliminated the opening and closing mechanism entirely.
It was more a glass wall than a window. Naturally, I’d designed curtains for convenience as well.
And I’d drawn a separate ventilation window. That was glass too.
At this level, it might actually look like I’d done some architectural sketching.
Could Yoo Ho really construct all of this?
Yoo Ho rubbed his chin thoughtfully with his fingers before speaking.
“I was prepared to give you a thorough rebuke if this were nonsense, but this is something beyond imagination. And it certainly seems like it would be effective. Whether it works or not, it’s worth attempting.”
He honestly confessed his misjudgment.
It meant his trust in me was beginning to grow. I felt a little pleased.
“Of course, the faster the better, right?”
“Given your master’s condition, naturally so.”
“Excellent. I’ll have the heating stove and glass windows completed within a day. For the ondol, I’ll need to call in a specialist craftsman and restart from the construction phase.”
He rubbed his chin, lost in thought. After a moment, he added one more thing.
“Moving your master’s quarters elsewhere will require additional work, but we should manage it in no more than ten days.”
‘Perfect! This should significantly alleviate my master’s condition.’
An ondol. It was one of those things that anyone who’d spent time in martial arts web novels—especially fusion-style ones—had looked up on the internet at least once.
When the protagonist crossed into another world, they didn’t start by building an ondol for no reason.
‘Damn, I deserve praise for watching that entire documentary back then!’
While I could manage the design somehow, construction required an expert. Suddenly, I noticed something odd in Yoo Ho’s words.
“Wait, you can make both the heating stove and glass windows in a single day?”
“Yes, is there a problem?”
Yoo Ho looked at me as if wondering why I’d ask something so obvious.
‘Now that I think about it, this fellow must be cultivating some martial technique too. If he says it’s possible, then it must be. But how?’
Unable to contain my curiosity, I asked.
“How?”
“Haha, did you think you were the only one with secrets, young master?”
“Ugh.”
He’d hit the mark. Yoo Ho continued.
“My secrets might be nothing compared to yours, but still. Since you’ve given me quite a shock this time…”
“You’ll tell me?”
“No. I’m petty like that. This way, I can keep you curious.”
He laughed playfully.
At first I’d thought him frightening and inscrutable, but he had this side to him too. Yoo Ho spoke again.
“If all goes well, I’ll install one in your quarters too. This is your achievement, after all.”
Beneath the casual tone of his voice lay a profound gratitude.
* * *
A day later.
I rose at dawn and came outside to find Yoo Ho removing the old wooden window frame and installing glass windows in its place.
‘He actually made it. How did he finish this so quickly? Less than ten hours have passed? And without modern tools or equipment at that.’
A persistent bewilderment crossed my face. Still, I decided to let it pass for now.
The important thing was that glass windows were now installed!
Moreover, right beside it, a new building was being constructed.
Seeing that he was already laying the ondol heating system spoke to his remarkable execution speed.
‘He summoned craftsmen in a single day and put them straight to work. That’s incredibly fast.’
Though the form differed slightly from what existed on Earth, glass was still glass.
Furthermore, with triple-layered windows, the seal was far superior to wood.
“Once installed, the room looks so much brighter, doesn’t it, Young Master?”
“Yes. Much more sunlight will come through.”
In the past, I had to open the windows to receive sunlight.
Now there was no need for that.
‘Actually, I thought glass windows would be harder to make than the ondol, yet he completed it so quickly.’
That said, glass was not common in this world either.
The Yunlong Courier Bureau also used wooden windows with paper pasted over them. In human history, glass windows only became widely available much later.
‘Well, many things differ from actual Earth, after all.’
I scratched my head vigorously.
Yoo Ho spoke.
“Ah, the heating stove installation is also complete. The master is inside.”
“Is that so?”
I hurried inside.
A warm heat greeted me. My master, Jegalling, sat on a long chair, leisurely reading a book.
Warm sunlight poured through the large glass window, bathing my master in its glow.
It was radiant enough to be used in a film production.
‘Just closing the windows and lighting the stove in winter brings this much warmth… and with the improved lighting from the glass windows, we’ve gained considerable time.’
I felt my spirits lift as I gazed at the completely transformed room.
The sight of my master sunbathing while reading was profoundly peaceful.
“Ah, it’s you, Hee.”
Jegalling sensed my presence and opened his mouth.
When he called me by that affectionate name, my face flushed. At my age, being called such a name still felt strange to adjust to.
‘If my biological parents were still alive, would it have felt like this?’
Baek Rin-ui-seon, Jegalling, spoke to me.
“Come in. To be able to close the windows and use the heating stove—I cannot express how wonderful it is. My body has truly warmed. It feels as though I’m immersed in a hot spring.”
“How is your body feeling?”
“Until yesterday, I coughed all day long and my throat ached, but now it has subsided considerably. To think a heating stove could be so beneficial… Hee, now that I’ve used what you created, I can immediately tell it is a truly remarkable device.”
Jegalling urged me to sit beside him.
‘Since I’m small, even the chair looks big.’
My small body wriggled as I climbed onto the chair.
Jegalling smiled warmly, finding me adorable.
“How is it that our Hee is both so clever and so cute? No one has ever thought of installing glass windows to let in sunlight and raise the indoor temperature. The patriarch of the Namgung Family boasts so much about his successor, but I doubt they could even follow in your footsteps.”
“Hehe!”
“And this stove—how remarkable it is! It’s incomparably warmer than a fireplace or brazier. I wonder why I didn’t discover such a thing sooner.”
‘No, Master. Glass windows weren’t installed before because glass is incredibly expensive in this era, and besides, there’s no technology to manufacture glass this large. That’s why.’
I couldn’t fathom how Yoo Ho, that extra, had managed to produce glass windows in a single day.
‘And when did he even make this stove while crafting the glass windows? Is he using alchemy or something?’
I grew suspicious of Yoo Ho’s true identity.
Realistically, producing such glass windows in a single day was absolutely extraordinary.
‘Yoo Ho… I’ll have to investigate later. They say his loyalty to Master is exceptional, but something feels off about him. Still, since Master is so pleased, I’m happy too.’
I hadn’t known Jegalling for long, but he was far more devoted to his disciples than I had imagined.
Just look at him now.
His shameless doting was enough to give me goosebumps.
“I have known only medicine all this time. I was a frog in a well. You have removed the scales from my eyes.”
Unable to bear his shameless affection any longer, I spoke up.
“Ugh, Master, please!”
“What is it?”
Master tilted his head in confusion, then spoke to the attendant serving him.
“Ah, bring some candies. Our Hee must be bored. You’re still young and need to eat plenty.”
At Master’s urging, the attendant rushed off to the kitchen in a flurry.
* * *
Yoo Ho did not follow me inside. Yet he had not left either.
He stood listening intently to the voices coming from within the door.
And Yoo Ho let out a sigh.
‘From the moment I first saw him, he was fond of Jin Cheon-hee, but now he’s become utterly shameless in his affection.’
Who was Baek Rin-ui-seon? He was a peerless physician and the last successor of the Jegal Family.
Apart from the professional smile he used when necessary, he rarely smiled personally.
Moreover, as his health deteriorated day by day, the Medical Hall was filled only with cold silence and heavy air.
But since meeting Jin Cheon-hee, he had not stopped smiling.
‘So this is why people raise children.’
Not just any child. A child with many secrets
was
what he was.
The moment the child arrived, he began to transform the cold atmosphere of the Medical Hall.
For Yoo Ho, that was a small yet significant change.
There were also tangible improvements.
Baek Rin-ui-seon’s complexion had improved.
Baek Rin-ui-seon, who lost body heat rapidly due to his Yin Essence Severed Meridians condition.
For Jegalling, the warmth contained within that sealed house was something precious and absolutely necessary for extending his life.
A glass window. And a bronze brazier designed to expel smoke without allowing it to seep into the surroundings.
These two things alone would substantially support Jegalling’s health.
And when combined with the ondol heating system currently under construction, how much more exceptional would it become?
It was something of immense value to Yoo Ho.
‘So it wasn’t mere flattery. But it’s suspicious that he possesses such knowledge. Master said he has little time left anyway, so he wouldn’t concern himself with it… but…’
Yoo Ho’s expression transformed into something terrifying as he lost himself in thought.
‘Jin Cheon-hee. If you truly manage to save Master’s life, I will give you anything. Even this life of mine.’
A venom that no one could detect flowed from between his narrow eyes. Then suddenly, his expression softened.
From inside, the sound of Jegalling laughing could be heard.
The venom vanished silently from Yoo Ho’s eyes.
‘How many years has it been since Master laughed…’
A smile graced Yoo Ho’s lips.

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