The Physician of Traditional Medicine Returns from Murim - Chapter 254

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Chapter 254

For modern people, spam emails are part of daily life itself.

There were too many things to do and interesting things in the world to wonder why they come, where personal information was leaked from, or what content they contain.

I had quite naturally forgotten about the existence of spam emails.

So after spending a leisurely holiday the next day.

Until going to work at the clinic the day after that.

– Clinic Director, you received the email, didn’t you?

When I received Ahmed’s confirmation call, I suddenly realized.

The moment I heard his voice and thought of Prince Faisal.

The email I thought could only be spam suddenly became realistic.

“Wait, just a moment!”

It was fortunate that I was sitting in front of the computer.

It was also fortunate that I hadn’t deleted it and had passed it by.

I quickly translated the entire screen and read through the text at the speed I used to study during my school days.

“Invitation, they kept saying invitation and really… this is…”

A major incident!

– Haha, Prince Faisal said he really wanted to invite you, so I arranged an opportunity. How about it?

An invitation from a prince.

Ahmed’s face, smiling brightly as if he knew nothing, as if he didn’t want to stand out, somehow felt detestable.

When he was the one who brought the prince all the way here.

Go? Or not?

I quickly racked my brain.

There wasn’t really any reason I shouldn’t go.

For a week to ten days of leave, there were directors who could substitute for me.

But even so, the reason I couldn’t readily say it sounded too good was.

– Allah forgave the prince and let him meet the apostle… no, the clinic director, he says.

Because the people of that country are generally burdensome!

“Well, first of all, I’m not a scholar of oriental medicine. I don’t have anything to present at a forum…? No, are the presentations separate and it’s just an invitation seat? Whether it’s appropriate for me to attend…?”

After quickly grasping the content of the invitation, I first tried raising a light objection.

– Ah, that is a bit much, isn’t it? I suggested throwing a party with you as the main character, but His Highness said that would be burdensome for you.

And I immediately backed down.

“A forum would be good.”

– There’s also the option of coming as a state guest during the national foundation day events. That way there would be many other guests, but the party itself would be much bigger, or this year’s marrying princess could…

I could see a kind of madness, determined to invite me by any means necessary.

Private jet. Provision of the finest ultra-luxurious accommodation and meals.

And even gifts that wouldn’t make the income during the leave period disappointing.

Ahmed promised everything.

“I really want to participate in the forum.”

I couldn’t see a way to escape from this.

– Thank you so much for accepting so readily. Thanks to you, I, His Highness the Prince, and others who visited the Royal Hospital are receiving a lot of help. If we make a big deal of inviting you, we’ll be able to promote oriental medicine treatment more to citizens who aren’t yet familiar with it.

“Yes… Is there anything I need to do or prepare separately?”

– There are a few other princes who really want to meet you because of stories about His Highness Faisal or me, but I’ll appropriately fend them off, so don’t worry. Just eat, drink, shop, enjoy, and take photos – that’s enough.

No… that’s not right…

If I go that far, I should meet patients, so why would you fend them off?

“I don’t mind meeting them. I’m not confident about protocol, but if that’s okay, I’ll treat them wholeheartedly.”

– We’ll handle the protocol for you!

Let’s just think of it as going on house calls for a few days receiving large medical fees.

I was also curious about how the clinic directors who went to the Royal Hospital through my introduction were doing.

In the end, I accepted my fate.

* * *

After treatment ended, I gathered all the staff together.

“I have a major announcement. I especially need to ask for Dr. Hwang’s understanding.”

“…?”

Hwang Sanghun’s eyes shook greatly.

But it probably wasn’t the matter he was thinking of.

“Hanyewon, I…”

“I think I’ll need to be away for about a week, could I ask you for a favor?”

“Ah.”

Before Hwang Sanghun’s misunderstanding could deepen unnecessarily, I quickly revealed the matter.

“Hieeeek! A royal invitation? Do they have parties and such things there?”

“Um, it’s like something between travel and a business trip. Including travel time back and forth, I’ll probably be away for about ten days.”

“Ah, that’s great. You’re always busy working, so take this opportunity to have a good time.”

Fortunately, Hwang Sanghun readily agreed.

Just a few months ago when I went on volunteer work, I heard similar words.

“Sorry for leaving you in charge for ten whole days.”

“I was away for three months, so what’s this.”

Since it had happened several times before, though not frequently, the other staff didn’t pay much attention either.

“As expected, Director is amazing. A prince came as a patient and now this kind of thing happens.”

“Ah, I should ask Manager Seo for understanding too.”

“Don’t worry about the clinic and have a good trip. I’m envious.”

“What? What are you envious of?”

“Going abroad… eating delicious food…?”

What is Seo Inae talking about.

“Teacher Inae should naturally come along too.”

“What? Me?”

Even if not others, Seo Inae must definitely go.

“They wouldn’t have invited me too, would they?”

“Of course they said it’s fine to bring companions. Maybe next time you might go alone as my representative, so we need to make a good impression this time.”

“Wh, what, what, what?”

What’s this. Why did she malfunction.

Seo Inae gaped in shock.

I’d like to take everyone if I could, but I was concerned about the patients who would visit if we closed the clinic entirely.

“Hehe, leave the clinic to us!”

Since Gong Nari spoke confidently, I set the ten-day vacation schedule with the dazed Seo Inae.

“Then everyone get off work quickly! Thank you for your hard work!”

I announced this to the staff.

“Director Lee, there’s something I need to ask your understanding about…”

I called Lee Ahreum separately since she didn’t come to work today.

“Would anyone like to accompany us?”

Finally, I conveyed this to the branch directors.

Of course, I didn’t expect anyone to come along.

Only Jeju has two directors, and isn’t that place incredibly busy?

– You must take me along! I absolutely want to see the scene of globalization with my own eyes!

But surprisingly, there was a volunteer.

Of course, there was nothing wrong with that.

Hanyewon, Seo Inae, Kim Chunsik. A total of 3 people.

I confirmed the number of people to board the private jet and conveyed it to the embassy.

* * *

About a month left until the invitation.

Since there wasn’t much time left, I immediately posted the vacation schedule on the clinic door.

Since patients don’t like it when their attending physician changes during treatment, I decided to refer new patients to Lee Ahreum and Hwang Sanghun for a while.

Unless they were patients who came with a referral specifically requesting me.

“What’s your name?”

“It’s Ha Namsu.”

“How did you find out about our clinic?”

Like this, the desk staff lightly surveys the referral source during registration.

We compile statistics at the end of each month to check advertising effectiveness.

It was also to express gratitude if there were patients who made many referrals.

So normally it would just be part of the flowing conversation.

“Um… the members at the Taichi dojang I run all recommended it highly.”

Taichi.

The moment I heard those three syllables, I bolted upright from where I had been slouching in my examination room chair.

“…What would be the referrer’s name?”

“Kim Jaegyu and Kim Jinsang.”

Seo Inae immediately entered ‘Taichi Dojang Master’ in the chart.

And she left me a message to confirm.

Since I was already listening from the examination room, I quickly replied.

I would see him, so assign me as the attending physician.

I definitely wanted to see this patient personally.

What kind of person could he be.

From what I can sense inside, his energy doesn’t seem that special?

“You’ll be seeing Director Hanyewon.”

Seo Inae immediately checked my message and responded.

After going through routine procedures like checking his ID.

Shortly after, Ha Namsu entered the examination room.

My heart was pounding intensely.

If he could enlighten Kim Jaegyu, Kim Jinsang, and Lee Dajeong to this extent… would he exude the demeanor of a sage?

Perhaps he was hiding his power?

“Hello, you came today because your knee isn’t feeling well?”

I greeted the patient warmly.

“Ah, yes. It’s not extremely painful, just a bit… I think the strain has been building up. I run a small taichi dojang.”

At first glance, he was an extremely ordinary middle-aged man.

I opened my ki sense wide and concentrated, but I didn’t feel any particular energy.

So, slightly better than Myeong Seonju?

He had been accumulating internal energy bit by bit, but it didn’t feel like he had trained with advanced cultivation methods like those in the martial arts world.

“Welcome. Let me take a look at your condition first.”

But the possibility that he was hiding his power wasn’t zero either.

To conceal it even from me, he would need to have learned martial arts specialized in stealth or be able to handle ki similarly to Master—that is, at a level comparable to the Ten Supremes of the World. That would be quite difficult, but… it was possible, wasn’t it?

Of course, it was much more likely that he was an extraordinary person in aspects other than internal energy.

I didn’t let my guard down and examined him calmly.

“Let’s move slowly. Please tell me if anywhere hurts.”

I checked the range of motion of the knee joint.

“Does it hurt when I press here?”

“That’s fine, but ah, it hurts a bit below that.”

“I’ll also do an ultrasound.”

After palpation, I checked with ultrasound as well.

“Both the symptoms and imaging findings show pes anserine bursitis. To be precise, it’s not the knee joint itself but slightly below it. It’s the point where three muscles—the sartorius, gracilis, and semitendinosus—converge and attach. There’s inflammation in the bursa between this tendon and the tibia.”

I explained while comparing the shape of the pes anserine tendon on the computer screen with the inflammation visible on the ultrasound.

“Will it take long to heal?”

It depends on the severity, but pes anserine bursitis was generally better than actual knee joint problems.

“The inflammation shown on the ultrasound isn’t severe. How long have you had this?”

“About a week?”

“Let’s treat it consistently for 2 weeks. Please refrain from putting weight on your knee as much as possible. Ah, it might take longer if you don’t get enough rest.”

“That’s fine. I can just have Kim Jaegyu demonstrate instead… Please take good care of me.”

Ha Namsu nodded with completely ordinary understanding.

There were no peculiarities in his words or actions at all.

The condition itself was just pes anserine bursitis, which commonly occurs in people who exercise.

Wasn’t he just like any ordinary citizen you’d find in any household or company?

“I’ll treat you well.”

While I was having thoughts that would be considered rude if Ha Namsu could read minds.

Our eyes met.

“But this oriental medicine clinic is more ordinary than I expected?”

And he voiced the exact thoughts I’d been having since I first saw Ha Namsu’s face.

Since he couldn’t have read my mind.

It meant he had also been observing me similarly all along.

“Ah, I’m sorry if that was rude. After hearing what Kim Jaegyu said, I really… truly… thought this would be an incredibly unique place. Haha.”

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