I Became the Oriental Doctor for Divine Beasts - Chapter 94

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A healer for Divine Beasts
#94
“……?”
I gripped the necklace instinctively.
Just for a moment, the Myoan Stone had definitely reacted.
‘But why all of a sudden?’
I quickly checked the jade bracelet, but the bead was clear and luminous as always.
Which meant a Fallen One hadn’t appeared nearby either…….
I found myself staring blankly at the man across from me.
“Are you alright?”
Just then, the Priest asked with a worried expression.
“……Yes?”
“You seemed quite startled.”
“Oh. I’m fine.”
I nodded hastily.
His lips curved upward gently.
“That’s good to hear.”
His smile was strangely warm.
At that moment, for no reason at all, tears nearly sprang to my eyes.
Flustered, I quickly bowed my head.
‘What’s wrong with me? Why am I like this today?’
It was really strange.
Just then, the stack of sheet music the Priest had been holding tilted again.
“Oh.”
“Be careful.”
I caught it quickly, and he laughed with embarrassment.
“I’m sorry. I’m naturally a bit clumsy.”
“So it seems.”
I teased him, and he scratched the back of his neck sheepishly.
There was something oddly familiar about the gesture.
When you picture a priest, you think stern and rigid—but this man was nothing like that.
Just then, children’s voices drifted from somewhere distant.
“Father! Are we playing soccer today?”
“Ah.”
He turned with an awkward expression.
Before long, children came rushing over and surrounded him.
“Hurry! You promised!”
“Alright, alright.”
The Priest burst out laughing.
The children hung from his arms and tugged at his clothes, making a fuss.
Yet he showed no sign of displeasure.
The Priest tucked the stack of sheet music under his arm and bowed politely to me.
“Excuse me. Then I’ll be going…….”
“Oh, no, that’s fine.”
I stared blankly at his retreating back as he moved away with the children.
Something in my chest kept churning.
‘Why does someone I’m meeting for the first time feel so familiar?’
The sheet music scattering across the corridor and the sunlight filtering through kept coming back to me like afterimages.
Suddenly, an absurd thought crossed my mind.
‘Did I…fall for the Priest at first sight?’
I immediately shook my head.
No. It felt different from that kind of excitement.
If anything, it was more like…a feeling of longing?
And the fact that the Myoan Stone had reacted was the strangest part of all.
I eventually asked Jo Mi-so cautiously.
“Mi-so, who is that man?”
“The Priest from earlier?”
“Yes.”
Jo Mi-so shrugged.
“I don’t really know much about him. I heard he’s a student of the Director Nun. He came here a few years ago.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes. He wasn’t there when I was at the orphanage.”
I looked once more in the direction the Priest had disappeared.
He was already surrounded by children, vanishing toward the Playground.
“……I see.”
My mood felt oddly unsettled.
But at that moment, I couldn’t even begin to guess why.
* * *
Even after leaving Saelbit Orphanage, my day remained hectic.
Time flew as I rushed through consultations.
But all the while, a heaviness lingered in one corner of my heart.
One afternoon during lunch.
“Mi-so, here you are.”
I set down two bowls on the table, steam rising gently from them.
It was mushroom cream risotto, fragrant with perilla oil.
We usually ate lunch on the second floor of Baek Myodang or grabbed something from a nearby restaurant, but today I’d prepared the meal myself.
Jo Mi-so let out a delighted shriek.
“Eek~ Your cooking skills are amazing! I’m so curious about lunch that I’d want to come to work just for it!”
“Ha, really?”
I sat at the table with a smile.
This cream risotto was something I enjoyed making regularly.
But then.
“Director.”
Jo Mi-so suddenly stopped eating and stared at me intently.
“Have you lost your appetite lately?”
I faltered and glanced at her cautiously.
“Why…are you asking?”
“You’re eating like you’re pecking at birdseed right now.”
“That’s not quite right…….”
“Oh, it is.”
She shook her head firmly and pointed at my bowl.
More than half the food remained untouched.
Meanwhile, Jo Mi-so’s plate was nearly clean.
“Today’s lunch is really delicious—why aren’t you eating?”
“I suppose you’re right. I’m just not in the mood…….”
I poked at the risotto with my fork absently.
Truth was, I knew the reason.
It was because Chuseok was approaching and I kept thinking of my mother, and because I was worried about Dong-su at Saelbit Orphanage.
“Hmm. No appetite, then.”
Jo Mi-so tilted her head and said,
“At times like this, you need to watch a mukbang.”
“A mukbang? You mean those broadcasts YouTubers do?”
“Exactly!”
She pulled out her phone eagerly.
“I have this favorite YouTuber I’ve been watching lately, and here they are.”
She held out her phone to me.
On the screen, a pleasant-looking man was eating food.
– “Hello, Gulpers! Today we have a special on street food from Jeonju!”
A round face and a friendly expression.
Most importantly, the way he ate looked genuinely joyful and happy—watching him made my appetite kick in despite myself.
He had millions of subscribers, and his view counts were astronomical.
“Who is this?”
“He’s a mukbang YouTuber called ‘Goldenglutton.’ He’s super famous!”
Jo Mi-so said admiringly.
“The crazy thing is, he eats this much but still doesn’t gain weight.”
“Really? That is surprising.”
“Right?”
A mukbang YouTuber, huh.
The world certainly has all sorts of professions.
I stared at the screen for a moment, then turned my gaze back to the bowl in front of me.
‘Right. I should eat too.’
I needed to eat quickly and gather my strength if I was going to see patients this afternoon.
* * *
After my consultations that day, I headed to the Tiger Clan’s residence.
What had looked like a palace the first time I saw it was now becoming familiar to my eyes.
“Director, welcome.”
The butler greeted me warmly.
“The Chairman has been waiting for you.”
I followed his guidance to Chairman Baek Ho-jung’s quarters.
The Chairman was sitting propped up on the bed, and Baek Eun-ho was also on the sofa beside him.
“Well, you’ve come, Doctor.”
The Chairman looked at me and smiled warmly.
“Hello, Chairman.”
“Please do your best today.”
Thanks to consistent treatment, the Chairman’s complexion had improved markedly.
It was hard to believe this was the same man who’d been lying in the street just months ago.
I took his pulse as I’d grown accustomed to doing.
And I examined the traces of Dark Magic Curse remaining near his heart.
‘Compared to when I first saw him, it’s much better, but it still hasn’t disappeared completely…….’
I posed a question to the Chairman.
“Chairman, how is the chest pain?”
“After treatment from you, Doctor, it’s fine for a while. Though occasionally there’s a sharp stabbing or a squeezing sensation.”
“As I thought… I think I’ll only be able to cure it completely if I find the Fallen One who cast the Dark Magic Curse.”
The Chairman’s expression hardened slightly at my words.
He gazed out the window for a moment, then murmured coldly,
“We need to catch those creatures soon.”
The eyes of Baek Eun-ho, sitting on the sofa, grew serious as well.
“It seems the one who cast the curse on Father is a high-ranking Fallen One. The level of the curse is formidable.”
The air around us grew heavy.
Silently, I prepared for acupuncture.
The Chairman, who had rolled up his sleeves and was lying back, gazed at the ceiling and smiled bitterly.
“Still, I’m grateful. If you hadn’t been there that day, I’d be dead already.”
“……”
“I really am thankful.”
His voice was sincere.
Embarrassed, I focused on disinfecting the acupuncture site.
“I was only doing what needed to be done.”
The Chairman smiled and asked casually,
“So, are you using the Black Card I gave you?”
Ah. That again.
I laughed awkwardly as I placed a needle on the Hegu Point of the Chairman’s hand.
“To be honest, I haven’t had much use for it.”
At that moment, Baek Eun-ho, sitting on the opposite sofa, made an astonished face.
“What? You still barely use it?”
He uncrossed his legs and spoke incredulously.
“Doctor, do you know tycoons stand in line to get that card issued?”
“But I don’t really need it. And these days, I earn well! My schedule is completely full.”
That last part had slipped out because I was feeling a bit proud.
At this, the two Baeks exchanged glances.
And then.
“Hahaha!”
“Heh.”
Both of them burst out laughing at the same time.
“Why are you laughing?”
I asked indignantly, and Baek Eun-ho, resting his chin on his hand, smirked.
“Right now, you look exactly like an elementary schooler bragging about their piggy bank.”
“……!”
How…how…arrogant of this tycoon……!
When I looked at Baek Eun-ho with hurt eyes, the Chairman finally burst into laughter again.
After laughing for some time, he finally composed himself and continued,
“In any case, Doctor, use the card out of respect for my gesture.”
“But still…….”
I tried to smooth it over with an awkward laugh.
But then.
Baek Eun-ho, who had been smirking, suddenly looked at me carefully.
“Doctor, is something troubling you?”
“Pardon?”
“Your eyes haven’t been smiling since we started.”
“…….”
I suddenly found myself at a loss for words.
Eun-ho asked almost casually, as if it were just a passing comment,
“Is it because of Chuseok?”

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