The Physician of Traditional Medicine Returns from Murim - Chapter 253

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Chapter 253

I brought Kim Ijin home.

I wanted to buy her some good food next time, but how did we end up suddenly coming to my house again?

“What would you like to eat? Should I make some simple spaghetti?”

“I like anything.”

As soon as I opened the car door, Cheongsori jumped onto my lap.

– Kyuuk! Kyuuuk?

Since I hadn’t set up any particular meeting signal, I gradually released the energy I usually kept stored to call him over.

Cheongsori, who had even noticed my bad mood, must have definitely picked up on such an obvious sign.

As expected, Cheongsori came home wondering what was going on.

“Cheongsol, can you call your friend by any chance?”

– Kyup?

“The hawk, I mean. The falcon. The one we always met at our house. Ijin says she wants to see it.”

“Oh, Clinic Director. If you put it that way. I’m fine with just Cheongsori…”

– Kyuuuuuk!

Cheongsori got angry and smacked my knee.

Then he jumped toward Kim Ijin too.

“Oh!”

Fortunately, Cheongsori didn’t use his Black Blood Divine Fist ability on Kim Ijin.

He was a spirit beast who could control his punches to be even weaker than an ordinary chipmunk, like soft cotton balls.

– Kyup! Kyuuuk! Kyuuk!

“Sorry. No, of course I wanted to see you. I wanted to see Cheongsori the most.”

Kim Ijin also very skillfully petted and soothed Cheongsori.

What’s this? What’s going on? Why is he protesting?

-Kyup!

Cheongsori shook his head side to side, showing off his cuteness to the fullest, then finally stopped punching.

And dashed off somewhere.

“What, is he sulking?”

Geez, really.

When I was dumbfounded, Kim Ijin scolded me.

“Clinic Director, Cheongsori must have been waiting for you all day, but how could you look for the hawk as soon as you arrived? How disappointed he must have been.”

You’re the one who said you wanted to see the hawk!

And he wasn’t waiting all day! I called him and he just came!

“That little guy gets jealous too.”

“Animals are so jealous. You have to take good care of them. You need to treat all the animals you raise equally, and never say things like who’s better where they can hear.”

Ah, I see.

As expected, since Ijin raises a dog, she was somehow different.

But I wasn’t Prime Minister Hwang Hui.

That great minister gained enlightenment from the farmer who quietly told him ‘the black cow is better,’ but I just wanted to throw soft punches and protest like Cheongsori.

‘I never raised those guys!’

Sigh, let’s just eat.

When I bring the hawk back, I should give Cheongsori some nuts too. If I give them filled with spiritual energy, his mood should improve.

When I chose this house, I considered Cheongsori too, and I only prepared food for Cheongsori, so isn’t this enough…? Ah, would people normally call this raising them?

Is that so… Was I the only one continuously denying it…?

I pondered while preparing to cook.

“Um, Clinic Director.”

After putting water in the pot and sitting at the table, Kim Ijin called me with a serious face.

“Yes, what is it?”

Unlike when she scolded me about Cheongsori earlier, Kim Ijin hesitated considerably.

Since waiting during times like this was also my specialty, I just smiled kindly.

“I… well… I don’t know how this will sound.”

“Yes.”

As expected, she didn’t come to see me just to look at the hawk.

Kim Ijin moved her lips for a moment before bringing up her business.

“My body feels strange somehow. I don’t mean it hurts. It’s the opposite. I should say it feels like it’s gotten too strong. I can’t control my own strength… I don’t know what to do with this excess power… Clinic Director, have you ever felt something like this?”

Ah.

My goodness.

This was a much more shocking statement than when Kim Jaegyu discussed the spirit of great ambition.

To think such chuunibyou otaku-like words would come from Ijin’s mouth.

But unlike Kim Jaegyu’s case, this was 100% my responsibility.

Kim Ijin must really be feeling something like that.

“I have.”

I tensed every facial muscle to absolutely avoid laughing, and answered seriously.

“Really? I knew it… I knew you would be like that, Clinic Director. Since you’re the one who taught me that meditation method… you foresaw this happening too, right?”

That wasn’t the case.

The mental cultivation method I had taught her wasn’t that remarkable to begin with.

I had only expected it to slightly improve cardiopulmonary endurance and muscle strength.

How could I have known that internal energy would accumulate to a level that even an ordinary person could feel?

“You should take a break from that meditation method for now. Rather than that, um… how to hide your strength? No, I’ll teach you how to handle it more naturally.”

If even such basic mental cultivation had led to this, I absolutely must not teach her advanced martial arts.

I should gradually stop this ecological destruction. Unless I wanted to unleash a myth like ‘I Dominated the NBA with Martial Arts’ upon the world.

“Yes, Clinic Director.”

Kim Ijin straightened her back and placed both hands on her knees.

Though she was sitting in a chair, her posture looked like formal sitting meditation.

“Have you tried suppressing it before?”

Kim Ijin clenched her fist tightly and extended it into the air.

Then she gradually moved her energy.

Huh, what? Why is that moving? How much has she figured out on her own?

But the energy that had been slowly moving along the meridians from her hand toward her torso was soon pushed back out again.

Instead, all the power concentrated in her fist, creating an explosive optical illusion.

It looked like trying to press down the lid of a boiling pot only to have the lid fly off.

“Ah, I see what the problem is. You can’t just try to suppress it like that. Your inter… strength isn’t something to be oppressed—it’s part of Ijin. To hide it, you need to accept the power as part of your being and naturally move it to your dantian like flowing water. Then return even the traces back to nature.”

“…”

Since it came so naturally to me, explaining it in words now wasn’t easy.

I told her to try it first and ask if she had any questions, then returned to the kitchen.

Water was boiling in the pot.

‘What if she asks how I know all this? Family martial arts manuals…? That’s too suspicious.’

I pondered repeatedly while boiling noodles and stir-frying them with spaghetti sauce.

“Clinic Director! I did it.”

“What? You got it right away?”

It took me several days.

That’s not something you master immediately like that.

My explanation had been abstract, after all.

Like when I first made the recording reciting acupoints, I had planned to teach her more concretely so she could more easily contain her internal energy.

But Kim Ijin had figured it out on her own.

The energy that had been scattering in all directions was nowhere to be found, and instead, an ordinary person who seemed to have weak energy was simply sitting there.

Unless one was a martial artist who had reached the peak, it would be difficult to see through Kim Ijin’s level.

“Well… done.”

Unable to hide my shock, I barely managed to utter a word of praise.

Kim Ijin looked up at me with eyes full of respect.

She didn’t ask how I knew such things.

“So what should I do now?”

She was simply moving forward on the path of the strong.

Uh, maybe eat some food?

I couldn’t bring myself to answer Kim Ijin’s gaze asking about ‘what’s next.’

Advanced martial arts are off limits. Absolutely not allowed.

“…Train hard and steadily strengthen your body. I’ll teach you the next stage of the meditation method when the time comes.”

Of course, that time would never come. Unless gates opened or something.

“Yes!”

Fortunately, Kim Ijin believed my words as they were.

And she resolved to train her body even more.

“Come on, let’s go in. The spaghetti will get cold.”

I managed to handle it somehow, right…?

I felt greatly relieved as I served the spaghetti onto plates.

Fortunately, Kim Ijin didn’t bring up any more topics related to this.

The conversation was about things like which team they were playing against, or how the new recruits were doing.

“Ah, it’s here.”

And just as we finished eating, the hawk arrived.

“What is?”

“The hawk you wanted to see.”

“…Did you really call it?”

“Of course…?”

Did you think I called it fake?

“How did you tame it?”

“I didn’t tame it. The hawk really just settled down here on its own.”

“How does an untamed hawk come when you call it…?”

I brought Kim Ijin out to the garden.

“Huh? Where is it?”

Kim Ijin looked around, but couldn’t see anything.

She hadn’t landed yet, but had sensed the approaching presence first.

“Over there.”

I pointed at the moon.

It was already past 10 PM at night.

Normally it would be pitch dark at this hour, but since it was a full moon, it was somewhat bright.

The moment I extended my hand.

A falcon with wings spread wide appeared cutting through the sky, instantly creating a shadow.

“Wow.”

And as the wing tips sparkled in the moonlight.

The creature descended, gliding through the air with fierce elegance.

“Amazing…”

Kim Ijin gazed at the falcon as if completely mesmerized.

Quite a fairy-tale-like scene.

Honestly, it was pretty cool.

– Fwooooosh.

The creature flapped its wings and landed on its favorite tree.

It was the tallest tree in our house’s garden.

“Oh, Clinic Director. What was its name again?”

“I haven’t decided yet?”

“Clinic Director, really!”

“Want to name it? Songgol?”

What? Why are you glaring at me?

Chipmunk, so Cheongsol. Falcon, so Songgol.

Isn’t that exactly the same way Kim Ijin named things before?

“Moon Night Flying Eagle…”

But Kim Ijin muttered an alias that sounded like Iron Blood Divine Fist.

– Kiiiiiiiek!

Does that mean you like it? Or dislike it?

Seeing it circle around Kim Ijin once while showing off its majestic form, it seemed pleased.

When I tried to name Cheongsol, what did you say then!

I could come up with any number of such aliases.

Heaven Wind Eagle, Blood Moon Hawk, Azure Sky Flying Eagle, Storm Flame Bird, etc…

– Kyuuuuk!

Just then, Cheongsol appeared and climbed up the tree where the hawk was.

And threw the same punch as before.

– Kyup! Kyuuk!

– Kiiiiiek!

Why does that creature even dislike other people’s cool names? Just how much jealousy does it have.

You should have accepted Black Blood Divine Fist then.

– Kyup! Kyup!

Cheongsol also protested to Kim Ijin.

Does it mean don’t give such cool names?

“Ah, it is a bit hard to pronounce.”

Did she understand, or is she just roughly guessing like me.

Kim Ijin nodded and accepted Cheongsol’s protest.

“Then what would be good, hmm… Songgol isn’t bad either.”

– Kiiiiiiiek!

Ah, now you don’t like that either?

There’s a good method for times like this.

Solomon’s choice.

“Let’s go with Moon Night Flying Eagle Songgol.”

Just give it a separate alias.

– Kyup!

– Kiik! Kiik!

Ha, are both of them roughly satisfied?

Fortunately, Songgol seemed pleased and circled above Kim Ijin and me again.

And Cheongsol ate the nuts I offered.

Keeping these freeloaders happy is so difficult!

“Um, Clinic Director. Could you take just one photo for me?”

Click.

Kim Ijin had a thoroughly enjoyable time with Songgol and Cheongsol.

She seems to really love animals.

Since neither Cheongsol nor Songgol rejected Lee Jin’s approach, she was able to fully enjoy Cheongsol’s cuteness and Songgol’s majesty.

She didn’t return home until it was almost midnight.

After winning the argument with Kim Ijin about taking a taxi.

By the time I took her home and returned, it was quite late at night.

We had spaghetti.

I learned how to hide my strength.

And saw Songgol too.

It must have been quite a satisfying schedule for Kim Ijin as well.

“Are you two going to sleep here?”

Since they were here, Songgol and Cheongsori remained up in the tree, apparently planning to stay for a while longer.

I took this opportunity to establish signals with them for how we could communicate in the future.

I wondered if there would be any reason to call them other than when Kim Ijin wanted to see them, but you never know what the future holds.

“Ah, I’m somehow exhausted. The Heavenly Martial Divine Body was too shocking.”

I had done various activities during the time when I would normally just do a little English study and gaming after finishing work before going to sleep.

Even considering that, I was quite mentally tired.

Fortunately tomorrow is a day off, I thought as I lay down on the bed.

I didn’t even have the energy to do my mobile game’s daily quests.

So I turned on my smartphone planning to just check in and go straight to sleep.

‘…Invitation to the royal palace, what?’

There was one suspicious email.

I wasn’t in the right state of mind to think something like “Let me take this opportunity to study by carefully reading the English!”

I immediately turned off my phone.

“What strange spam there is these days.”

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