I Became the Oriental Doctor for Divine Beasts - Chapter 76

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She had become a physician to the Divine Beasts.
#76
‘Ah, come on. Go Yeon-hee. You decided she was nothing special that day.’
Yun Se-rin frowned at herself, bewildered.
Why had Go Yeon-hee’s face suddenly surfaced in her mind?
The place where she was currently taking Diet Herbal Medicine was Oroji Oriental Medicine Clinic.
And it was also O Ro-ji who was actively reaching out and networking for broadcast appearances.
‘Probably names like Jeong Ra-bit and Yang Si-heon came up during the meeting, and it just made me think of Baek Myodang for no reason.’
Yun Se-rin shook her head and cleared the thought.
Then she carefully opened her mouth.
“What do you think of the person from the Owhee Korean Medicine Hospital?”
“Hm?”
PD Kang Tae-wook’s eyes lit up immediately.
He straightened his posture as he asked.
“Can you reach the director at Owhee?”
“Ah, the director I mentioned before—O Ro-ji. She’s the daughter of the Owhee chief director and opened her own clinic recently. She seems quite interested in broadcasting.”
Kang Tae-wook’s face showed recognition, an understanding nod.
“Oh. That person? But honestly, doesn’t she still seem a bit green?”
Yet Yun Se-rin continued calmly with her explanation.
“Still, being a fresh face means the visuals will feel fresh. She’s got a really proactive style too. If things go well, there’s even a chance she could connect us to Director Owhee later.”
PD Kang’s fingers tapped on the table. Tap. Tap.
He rubbed his chin and muttered.
“Hmm. Looking at the bigger picture, it wouldn’t be bad. Let’s at least reach out. See if she’s available as a one-time guest.”
“Yes.”
“But that alone isn’t enough.”
PD Kang swept his sharp gaze across the entire meeting room once more.
“Everyone bring me by tomorrow a summary of who you’ve contacted, who looks promising. We need something fresh to come out of this. If things stay like this, we’re really in trouble.”
The atmosphere in the meeting room became heavy in an instant.
Everyone’s faces darkened.
‘Here we go again. Ratings drop and he always comes after the writers first.’
Instead of answering, Yun Se-rin just stared down at her laptop screen.
Stress pressed all the way up her throat.
Already exhausted from insomnia, these days she felt chased from morning to night.
And then, right at that moment.
Thump—
Suddenly her heart dropped with a sickening lurch.
“……!”
Her breath caught short.
Yun Se-rin’s fingers trembled slightly.
Her heart began to race wildly.
Thump. Thump-thump. Thump-thump-thump-thump.
She felt as though her heart might burst right out of her throat.
‘What—why is this happening?!’
Her hands and feet went cold.
Cold sweat ran down her spine in streams.
“Gasp, h-huff……!”
Something was wrong.
Though she was breathing, the air didn’t seem to reach the bottom of her lungs.
Her breaths kept breaking off mid-way.
Yun Se-rin’s face drained of color in an instant.
“Se-rin?”
Another writer at the next desk opened her eyes wide.
“Are you all right?”
“……h-h.”
She was too breathless to answer.
Strange, strangled sounds leaked from her throat.
Her vision swayed wildly.
By then, her palms were slick with sweat.
“What’s wrong? Se-rin!”
PD Kang Tae-wook jolted to his feet, alarm written across his face.
The other writers hurried over in a cluster.
“Why is her face so pale?”
“Try to breathe, breathe!”
“Hey, somebody get some water!”
“Should we call 119?”
The meeting room dissolved into chaos.
Yun Se-rin gripped the armrest of her chair and managed to gulp in air.

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Yun Se-rin returned to Oroji Oriental Medicine Clinic.
To be honest, at first she hadn’t thought it was the Diet Herbal Medicine.
‘I guess I just haven’t been getting enough rest lately. Or the stress got to me.’
She’d thought a few good nights’ sleep would fix it.
But it didn’t.
Her heart continued to race for no reason.
At night her body was exhausted, but her mind remained oddly alert—sleep wouldn’t come.
The moment she finally drifted off, her heart would flutter and jolt her awake in the pre-dawn hours.
‘And it gets worse the moment I go to work.’
Even the sound of the meeting room door closing made her chest lurch; when the PD called her name, she couldn’t breathe.
Coffee made her hands shake; editing scripts could send cold sweat running down her face without warning.
One day she’d suddenly felt breathless in the makeup room and spent a long time clinging to the wall.
Another day, the moment she heard the director call “Action,” her heart raced so violently she bolted for the bathroom.
Still, Yun Se-rin pushed herself to work.
‘That’s just what being a broadcast writer is like…….’
Work doesn’t make exceptions because your body’s acting strange.
In the meantime, Yun Se-rin had even called O Ro-ji directly to propose her for the medical variety show panel.
O Ro-ji answered the call and was delighted immediately.
– Oh my, writer~
Honey dripped from her voice.
– I absolutely love that program! Thank you so much for calling me. I’ll make sure to give you great visuals.
She’d been all sweetness and enthusiasm.
Until that point, Yun Se-rin hadn’t thought of visiting O Ro-ji again.
But her condition only worsened, and eventually her mother, Kim Mi-jung, stepped in.
“Isn’t that the diet medicine doing this to you?”
“No way. I never heard of side effects like that.”
“Still, get a follow-up consultation. From what I can see, something’s wrong with you.”
Only then did Yun Se-rin feel a chill of fear.
Could it really be the medicine?
In the end, she went back to Oroji Oriental Medicine Clinic.
But—
This time, O Ro-ji’s demeanor toward Se-rin had shifted completely.
It was strange even in the waiting room.
‘I made an appointment, so why am I waiting this long?’
It seemed like patients who came later were being seen first.
Yun Se-rin grew increasingly anxious.
By the time her name was finally called and she entered the director’s office, she was already worn out.
O Ro-ji flipped through the chart and spoke flatly.
“Ms. Yun Se-rin. But there’s no real evidence that those symptoms are caused by the medicine, is there?”
“……What?”
“You got the weight loss you wanted, didn’t you? Aren’t you seeing results?”
Her tone was completely different from the initial consultation.
Then she’d been the one speaking of losing at least such-and-such amount per month, flashing warm smiles.
She’d been kind enough to share body-care tips too.
“You have the kind of figure where just a little line adjustment would make you so much prettier,” she’d said with all sorts of flattering remarks.
But now her eyes were different.
‘That’s the look she gives troublesome patients.’
Yun Se-rin suddenly felt a flash of anger.
“But, director—I’m telling you I can barely breathe and my heart’s racing so hard. I had to leave the middle of a meeting.”
Se-rin raised her voice.
“Is it safe to keep taking the diet medicine? Can’t I get a refund on what’s left?”
At that, O Ro-ji’s expression visibly hardened.
Even the polite smile she’d been wearing evaporated completely.
“A refund?”
Her voice had turned glacial.
“You received a promotional discount, so any refund would be calculated at full price with a deduction.”
She tapped the calculator and turned it toward Se-rin.
“This is what you’d get back.”
Yun Se-rin’s eyes widened as she looked at the number on the calculator.
“What? That’s all I get back?”
“We normally don’t issue refunds for reasons like this.”
O Ro-ji let out an irritated sigh.
“I’m only doing this much because you’re Nurse Kim Mi-jung’s daughter.”
Yun Se-rin’s face went rigid.
Wait—she could barely breathe, she was saying.
Her heart was racing and she couldn’t sleep, and this was what she had to say?
“So you’re saying this isn’t a side effect?”
When Yun Se-rin clenched her fists and asked, O Ro-ji gave a light shrug.
“Dieting can make you a bit sensitive. Especially if you’re stressed like you are.”
“…….”
“Don’t take it so hard.”
The moment she heard those words.
Something snapped inside Yun Se-rin.
‘What? You’re blaming me?’
Fury surged through her.
This person had pushed strong medicine on her for months.
And now she was saying it was because Se-rin was just oversensitive?
‘And I even recommended her for the broadcast panel myself!’
Of course O Ro-ji didn’t know that, but suddenly Se-rin regretted the recommendation entirely.
O Ro-ji closed the chart with an audible snap and said.
“Ms. Se-rin, you already have trouble sleeping and live under a lot of stress anyway. Try managing your body first, and continue taking the medicine. Once you adjust, it might clear up.”
A sigh.
Yun Se-rin clenched her teeth hard.
She could not get through to this person.
It was then.
A clear, resolute voice suddenly echoed sharply through her mind.

— “Now is not the time to diet.”
— “Your body is already sending danger signals.”

In that moment.
Yun Se-rin recalled Go Yeon-hee’s warning, which she’d carelessly brushed aside.

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