My Younger Siblings Are the Greatest Masters in the World - Chapter 15
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15.
Judging by the graying hair at his temples, he seemed to be getting on in years.
It had been a while since I’d seen someone so suspicious at first glance.
When Hwa Seonhwa sat down across from him, the physician extended his hand.
What was she supposed to do?
The physician’s finger twitched slightly.
Ah! Pulse Reading!
When Hwa Seonhwa extended her hand, the physician firmly grasped her wrist.
Don’t they usually check the pulse with just two fingers?
The physician, who had been sitting with his eyes tightly closed, spoke.
“Your yin energy is very deep. That’s not a particularly good sign.”
“It’s hard to trust someone wearing a mask.”
“It’s not a mask, it’s Cotton Cloth. And I have my reasons for wearing it, so don’t worry about it.”
“When someone holding my wrist is wearing Cotton Cloth, it’s hard not to worry.”
“You seem to be past marriageable age, but it appears you haven’t married yet.”
“You should be a fortune teller instead of a physician.”
Yeon Seobi, standing beside her, asked.
“How do you know that?”
“No man would leave such a beautiful woman alone at night.”
“Oh my! You even guessed about the cobwebs in that place! You’re really amazing!”
As Hwa Seonhwa glared at Yeon Seobi, the physician said.
“What you need isn’t Tonic Medicine, but a man. And for the right price, I could…”
Hwa Seonhwa irritably shook off his grip.
“I didn’t come here to get Tonic Medicine for myself.”
“Then…”
“It’s for a young man I’m taking care of. He seems to have gotten weaker lately.”
“A man? How old is he?”
“Seventeen.”
The physician’s eyes narrowed.
“What do you plan to do after making a seventeen-year-old boy stronger?”
“Whatever I do, it doesn’t seem like something you need to worry about, does it?”
“My name isn’t ‘you,’ it’s Yeon Mo.”
“Is your name Mo as in fur Mo?”
“My surname is Yeon and my given name is Mo, which I cannot reveal.”
“If you don’t want to reveal your name, you could just use a false one.”
“I’m not good at lying.”
Hwa Seonhwa took out a Pouch containing Silver Coins.
“I heard the Tonic Medicine gets better according to how much money you pay.”
“I like precision. And for tonic medicine to be made accurately, the person must come in person. Since each person has different energy, we must use medicine that matches them. Still, I can accept a deposit.”
Hwa Seonhwa put the silver pouch back.
Regret showed in Physician Yeon’s eyes.
“I understand. I’ll come back later then.”
“I look forward to meeting again.”
What’s there to look forward to.
***
Steam was rising through the high window.
What came through the window wasn’t just white steam.
“Oh my! Hyeonyeong, your chest seems to have gotten bigger?”
“Come on! I’m still far behind compared to Sister Hyeonwol.”
“I’m worried because my bottom keeps sagging these days.”
Seol Mantong stealthily approached below the window where steam and voices mixed together.
The sound of the courtesans splashing water tickled his ears like heavenly music.
At seven ja high, the window was at a height where he could easily grab the ledge with one jump.
Just as the crouched Seol Mantong was about to leap up like a frog, someone suddenly grabbed his ear.
“Aah!”
“Saekgol, I knew you’d be here.”
“My ear! My ear! Let go! You wrinkled old hag!”
“At your age, do you want to peep at women bathing?”
“What’s wrong with my age! It’s the perfect age for peeking!”
Five years old was the perfect age since there’d be no consequences even if caught.
“You old geezer! Instead of showing such ugly behavior, just bathe together!”
“Do you know the thrill of peeking? Aah! My ear… let go of my ear and talk!”
Seol Ryeoseon only let go after making Seol Mantong’s ear about twice its size.
“Why are you doing this crazy stuff to me?”
“You don’t know why you’re asking?”
“I’m asking because I don’t know! Seriously, women.”
This time Seol Ryeoseon grabbed his collar.
“You have to keep promises, you brat!”
“What promise!”
“Bokhwaju!”
“Ah!”
He had completely forgotten the promise to make Bokhwaju for Seol Ryeoseon.
“Gack! Let go and talk… If I die, there’ll be no Bokhwaju…”
Seol Ryeoseon tightened her grip on his collar and asked.
“When are you going to make it?”
“I… first I need to prepare the ingredients.”
“So when exactly is that?”
“A… a fortnight?”
Pressure that felt like it would break his neck bones pressed down.
“Three days! No, two days!”
Whether the answer was satisfactory, his breathing became easier.
“Keep your promise. If you break it, I’ll cut off your thing completely.”
Seol Mantong politely clasped his hands in front of him and grumbled.
“What a cruel old hag.”
A bright smile appeared on Seol Ryeoseon’s face as she turned around after making a fierce expression.
“Brother!”
“Ryeoseon and Mantong, what brings you two here?”
Since moving, the triplets had no particular reason to come to Yeonji-ru.
“We came because we missed you, brother. But brother, you seem to lack energy.”
“Huh? No, I’m doing great!”
As he raised his arms high, cracking sounds came from all over his body.
“Ugh!”
Seol Ryeoseon gently patted Seol Mujin’s waist.
“That’s why I told you not to overdo it. Are you going to become the greatest master under heaven?”
“If I’ve started, I should work hard at it.”
“You’re so stubborn.”
Just then, Seol Mantong suddenly ran off.
“Hyeonwol!”
Hyeonwol, who had just finished bathing and still had water in her hair, caught the running Seol Mantong in her arms.
“Our Mantong was here!”
Seol Ryeoseon shook her head watching Seol Mantong rub his face against Hyeonwol’s chest.
‘I want to expose his true identity!’
Hyeonwol said to Seol Mujin.
“Mujin-i, Master Ruju was looking for you.”
As soon as Seol Mujin opened the door to visit Hwa Seonhwa, she frowned.
“Why does your face look like that?”
Yeon Seobi said.
“I told you his condition hasn’t been good lately.”
“I’m fine. I’ll get better in a few days.”
“This won’t do. I was going to go tomorrow, but let’s go right now.”
“Go? Where to?”
“The medical clinic.”
“Why there…?”
Hwa Seonhwa hurriedly left the room.
“Stop talking nonsense and follow me.”
Seol Ryeoseon, who was in the courtyard, followed Seol Mujin and asked.
“Oppa, where are you going?”
Seol Mujin shrugged his shoulders and Yeon Seobi whispered.
“Medical clinic.”
“Why?”
Yeon Seobi mouthed the word ‘tonic medicine’ with her lips.
‘A quack physician shouldn’t be making him take strange medicine.’
With that concern, Seol Ryeoseon decided to go along as well.
The medical clinic was still bustling with people.
As they were about to sit in chairs to wait their turn, an attendant came to Hwa Seonhwa and said.
“The physician asks you to come in.”
“But it’s not our turn yet…”
“It’s special treatment.”
With so many ears listening, was it okay to say it so openly?
When they entered the room, Physician Yeon Mo wearing cotton cloth greeted them.
“I didn’t expect to see you again so soon. Perhaps you missed seeing me…”
“Physician Yeon Mo should cure his own illness first.”
Hwa Seonhwa pushed Seol Mujin’s back to make him sit in the chair.
“It’s this child.”
Physician Yeon Mo examined Seol Mujin with his eyes for quite a while.
“He’s a handsome young man.”
“That’s obvious just by looking.”
“He seems to be in a very physically exhausted state. Aren’t you overworking him too much? The young lady has been avoiding masculine energy for quite some time, so it’s probably not her…”
Physician Yeon Mo’s gaze turned toward Yeon Seobi.
“That one over there?”
“If you could prepare medicine in that direction, I would be eternally grateful.”
Hwa Seonhwa said.
“Stop the useless chatter and just do the pulse reading.”
Physician Yeon Mo placed his hand on the desk and wiggled his fingers.
Seol Mujin’s arm trembled as he placed it on the desk.
“How much have you been overworking this child? Tsk, tsk, tsk…”
Seol Mujin hurriedly made excuses.
“N-no, it’s not like that. There were circumstances… I don’t need tonic medicine or anything.”
“The physician determines that need. Now roll up your sleeve.”
Physician Yeon Mo placed two fingers on Seol Mujin’s wrist.
Seol Ryeoseon, who had been watching the entire situation, raised her hand in front of her eyes.
Her palm covered the lower part of Physician Yeon Mo’s face, and only his eyes were visible above it.
‘Oh ho! Look at this!’
From the first time she saw him, she thought the broad forehead and large eyes looked familiar.
Then she heard his voice, and even his smooth, oily way of speaking wasn’t unfamiliar.
‘That’s definitely him, right?’
***
Seol Mujin, having finished his internal energy cultivation, was in a deep sleep.
Even sleeping seemed exhausting for him, naturally evoking sympathy.
“Brother pushes himself too hard.”
“His past life must have been that intense.”
“How intense could a seventeen-year-old’s life have been? Anyway, I need to completely eliminate brother’s suffering within three days.”
“It’s a matter of adaptation, so how are you going to handle it?”
Seol Ryeoseon smiled at Seol Changho’s question.
“Hehehe… Do you know who I met today?”
Seol Mantong, who was cracking peanuts beside them, said “I hope it was the Grim Reaper” and got smacked on the back of his head.
“Who was it?”
“Don’t be surprised. Black-Robed Yeon Gok.”
“What? How? You said he was in Jiangsu Province.”
“Turns out he came here two months ago and opened a medical clinic. Hehehe…”
“Are you sure?”
“He covered the area under his eyes with cotton cloth, but he can’t escape my hawk-like eyes.”
“Not hawk-like, but drunkard fish eyes… Ow— damn! That hand!”
Since she said he was wearing cotton cloth, Seol Ryeoseon’s words couldn’t be completely trusted.
“We need to confirm it.”
“That’s why I’m planning to go tonight. Yeon Gok has a mole on his chin.”
Seol Ryeoseon pointed to the area below her left lip.
“Let’s go together.”
Yeon Gok was a somewhat peculiar fellow, but his skills were definitely reliable.
The fact that he could survive until thirty-eight years old while being hated by so many people without even learning martial arts was entirely thanks to his excellent medical arts.
“Do I have to go too?”
His reluctant expression was obvious.
If they went out, he would obviously scurry off to Yeonji-ru.
“Of course you have to come.”
They left the house half an hour later.
Since it was late at night, only the barking sounds of dogs sensitive to movements could be heard.
Arriving at the medical clinic, they lightly jumped over the wall.
Seol Mantong asked Seol Ryeoseon.
“Where’s the bedroom?”
“I’m not Yeon Gok’s wife, so how would I know?”
They walked around the medical clinic once.
Judging by the number of windows, there were four rooms, but only one had breathing sounds coming from it.
The window facing the courtyard was locked.
The door leading through the main hall also wouldn’t open.
“If we had something like a flat iron plate, we could easily open it.”
As soon as Seol Changho finished speaking, Seol Ryeoseon kicked the door with her foot.
With a bang, the lock mechanism fell and the door swung wide open.
“Well, that’s another way to do it.”
As they entered the room, they could dimly see the physician bolting upright.
“Wh-who’s there!”
A black shadow fumbled around, then soon there was a hissing sound as fire tongs were lit.
Watching the physician light a candle, Seol Ryeoseon said.
“You don’t wear cotton cloth when you sleep?”
The physician moved the candlelight toward them.
“Wh-what are you people? Huh? Aren’t you that kid who came during the day?”
The physician recognized Seol Ryeoseon.
Seol Mantong pointed at the physician and said.
“Is that really him? I can’t see the mole.”
“Idiot, he’s grown a beard, how would you see it?”
The physician with his short graying beard asked.
“Why have you broken into my house in the middle of the night? You’re really ridiculous kids.”
Seol Mantong said.
“You, cut off that beard.”
“Huh? Why my beard?”
“When I tell you to cut it, just cut it. Why so many words?”
“Good heavens! I’ve lived nearly sixty years, but this is the first time I’ve encountered something so absurd. Get out of my house right now!”
“Let’s pluck it.”
As Seol Ryeoseon’s brief words ended, all three pounced on the physician simultaneously.
“Aaah—! What are you doing! St-stop!”
While Seol Changho and Seol Mantong grabbed both arms, Seol Ryeoseon climbed onto his chest and firmly grasped his chin beard.
With a ripping sound, the beard was plucked out raw.
The physician’s screams couldn’t stop Seol Ryeoseon’s hand movements.
“This beard is really tough!”
“Is there a mole?”
“Isn’t it around here?”
Seol Ryeoseon plucked the physician’s beard indiscriminately.
The physician flailed like a chicken having its feathers plucked alive.
“Oh? Look at this!”
On the skin that had turned red from the plucked hair, a slightly raised black mole was visible.
“Hehehe… I was right, wasn’t I?”
“Aren’t you afraid of the law! What kind of kids are so strong!”
Seol Ryeoseon firmly grasped Yeon Gok’s mustache and said.
“You wear cotton cloth because you’re afraid of the Bright Cult, yet you talk about the law.”
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