I Became the Oriental Doctor for Divine Beasts - Chapter 112

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Becoming the Divine Beasts’ physician
#112
Huh? That voice…?
I rose from my seat and opened the gate.
“Hello, Director Go~! We’re here~!”
“Angel sister!”
Standing at the entrance was a young woman holding the hand of a small girl—Jo Mi-so and her daughter, Jo Soo-ah.
“Mi-so? And Soo-ah!”
“It’s been so long, sister!”
Soo-ah waved brightly at me.
But the cheerful mother and daughter froze the moment they spotted the crowded courtyard.
“……Huh?”
“……What?”
Jo Mi-so’s eyes widened progressively.
“Good heavens! Is that… Baek Eun-ho, Executive Director of Baek Ho Group? And next to him, Lunar—Jeong Ra-bit herself? Along with Ma Yun-sang and actor Yang Si-heon? And Detective Jin Do-gyeong?!”
She cried out in astonishment as though she might faint.
“Heavens! Director Go, what on earth is your background? I knew you had some celebrity patients, but for you all to be spending Chuseok together like this?!”
Ah. To me they were simply friends, so I’d opened the door without thinking.
‘Now that I think about it, this must look incredibly strange to outsiders.’
Usually the Divine Beasts came by the clinic after closing hours when no one else was around, or they’d visit in disguise.
This was the first time Mi-so was seeing them so directly.
‘What do we do about this?’
‘What indeed?’
The Divine Beasts and I stiffened simultaneously.
We couldn’t let Mi-so and Soo-ah, ordinary humans, know about the Divine Beasts.
I didn’t want them caught up in anything dangerous.
But then it happened.
“Lu……”
A small voice escaped from Soo-ah’s lips.
Her eyes, which she’d been covering with her hand, were sparkling like stars.
“Lu, Lu, Lu, Lunar Jeong Ra-bit… sister! I’m a huge fan!”
Right, now that I thought about it, Soo-ah was an enormous Lunar fan.
Among elementary school students, Lunar was practically a princess—almost a president, you might say.
At those words, the frozen Jeong Ra-bit came to life.
“Hi there!”
Ra-bit crouched down in front of Soo-ah with a fresh smile.
“I’m Ra-bit! What’s your name?”
“I’m Soo-ah, Jo Soo-ah! I’m really your fan, sister! I’ve memorized all your songs!”
The excited Soo-ah chattered without pause.
I felt a warm glow watching her naturally introduce herself as Jo Soo-ah, naturally taking her mother’s surname.
As the atmosphere loosened, I gathered courage and spoke to Jo Mi-so.
“Mi-so, I can see why you’re surprised. The truth is… they’re all my patients and acquaintances.”
“All of them?!”
“Yes. Somehow I came to know Baek Eun-ho, and through him I met Ra-bit, and then one thing led to another…”
As I spoke, my confidence wavered and I trailed off.
It wasn’t a complete lie, but honestly, even I found the explanation hard to believe.
But then…
“Ah.”
Jo Mi-so nodded readily.
“Well, with your skill, Director, everyone would be smitten. Even I can’t quit after one taste of Baek Myodang!”
…? She’s accepting this explanation just like that?
I was the one caught off guard now. “Um, Mi-so. Is that… it?”
“Of course, Director! With your skill, it’s only natural!”
She truly seemed unbothered.
Wow… she really accepted it just like that?
I was grateful, but it felt oddly anticlimactic.
“By the way, Director. I’m so glad I changed jobs!”
Meanwhile, Jo Mi-so was now going around eyeing the Divine Beasts one by one, delighted beyond measure.
“Good gracious! So our Director has made it this big!”
The Divine Beasts welcomed the mother and daughter warmly with smiles.
“Come sit with us. Let’s have fun together.”
“Really? Can we really?”
Jo Mi-so’s gaze, in particular, lingered on Yang Si-heon.
“Si-heon, I really enjoyed watching !”
“Ha ha, thank you.”
It seemed Yang Si-heon, a handsome actor, was indeed the first choice of countless Korean women.
And Soo-ah, a Lunar fan, was literally shooting hearts from her eyes at Jeong Ra-bit.
“Ra-bit sister, I can do this dance!”
Soo-ah jumped up and began clumsily imitating Lunar’s choreography.
Ra-bit clasped her hands together and exclaimed with genuine emotion.
“Wow, you’re so good!”
“Really?”
“Yep! Your line work is absolutely beautiful, Soo-ah!”
“Hehe.”
Soo-ah’s face lit up instantly.
It was a side of the usually shy and timid Soo-ah I’d never seen before.
‘Heh.’
I sipped my sikhye and smiled contentedly to myself.
Well, perhaps this was for the best.
Given that the Divine Beasts were coming and going from Baek Myodang, they would have crossed paths with Jo Mi-so eventually anyway.
And so Baek Myodang’s Chuseok grew even livelier.
‘How strange.’
My mood felt oddly different.
I remembered past Chuseoks spent quietly with just Alfred and me.
But now, there was no room for melancholy to slip in—it was loud and warm and joyful.
‘How long had it been since I spent Chuseok laughing with so many people?’
I gazed out at the courtyard filled with raucous laughter and quietly curved my lips upward.
This would surely be a Chuseok to remember.
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After everyone had laughed and talked for quite some time, the sun began to sink beyond the ridge. The glow of sunset slowly settled over Baek Myodang’s courtyard.
The dishes piled on the bench had nearly emptied.
“Go Yeon-hee.”
Baek Eun-ho set down his teacup and offered a casual comment.
“The food today was decent.”
“Decent? Do you mean it was tasty or not tasty?”
“The former.”
“Then you should just say it was delicious.”
I grumbled, and Eun-ho dodged the issue.
Yang Si-heon chuckled softly from the side.
“I enjoyed it very much, Yeon-hee. Everything was truly excellent.”
“That’s right, sister!”
Ra-bit clasped her hands before her chest.
“It was really delicious. The miso soup was delicious, the japchae was delicious!”
“I always think your cooking is really wonderful.”
Yun-sang nodded with a serious expression.
“At this level, it could go out as a national team diet.”
“Oh, come on.”
I scratched my cheek, embarrassed.
“The truth is, it’s not that I did anything special… It’s just that I received soy sauce passed down through the Hae Clan. When I cooked with it, the flavor really came alive.”
“Ah.”
Jin Do-gyeong exclaimed in admiration.
“No wonder that miso soup tasted so exceptional.”
Alfred too, wagging his tail beneath the bench, nodded in agreement.
[Hmm. That sauce is certainly no ordinary thing. Brush some on chicken and roast it—that would make a fine breakfast tomorrow.]
“Are you planning tomorrow’s menu already?”
[One’s belly must never empty on a holiday, as is the law of holidays.]
“……”
He said it so confidently I had nothing to say.
Speaking together under the sunset in that comfortable atmosphere, everyone gradually began preparing to leave.
“Sister, today was really fun.”
Ra-bit squeezed my hand tightly.
“Let’s do this again next time. Promise?”
Yun-sang picked up the board game box and said, “Next time I’ll bring something even more fun.”
“Today was fun enough.”
“Really?”
“Yeah. Ra-bit going bankrupt three times in a row was the most fun.”
“Oh no, sister Yeon-hee!”
Ra-bit’s cheeks flushed as she shot me a playful glare.
Soo-ah, watching her with adoring eyes, tugged at her mother’s pants leg.
“Mom, getting a job at Baek Myodang was the best decision. You have to work here forever, you hear? Even after we’ve turned to dust, you must remain loyal to Angel Sister!”
Where did Soo-ah learn such difficult expressions?
And why do mother and daughter alike seem so fond of loyalty?
Just as I was laughing awkwardly at Soo-ah’s words, I suddenly noticed Baek Eun-ho preparing to leave his seat.
“Oh, Baek Eun-ho. Wait, come here for a moment.”
I hurriedly pulled him to a corner of the courtyard.
I’d been curious about something for a while, and since I had the chance to see him today, I wanted to ask.
“About Father Seon Yo-han…”
“Hmm?”
“Before, you spoke as if you had some suspicion about him. What was it?”
“Ah… that?”
Baek Eun-ho swept his bangs back with his finger, fell silent in thought for a moment, then spoke.
“At first, I suspected he might be a Fallen One in disguise. Your Miao Eye Stone had reacted to him, you said.”
Beneath his sharp, well-defined eyes, his grayish-blue irises darkened.
I tilted my head. “That’s true, but the Jade Bracelet showed no reaction.”
“Right. So I combined the other investigation results and concluded he wasn’t a Fallen One.”
“Then what?”
Eun-ho continued slowly.
“The next possibility is… an ordinary person with Spiritual Sensing.”

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