The Physician of Traditional Medicine Returns from Murim - Chapter 320

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Chapter 320

Park Seon-yun, who had risen from her seat to greet Hasha, stopped awkwardly mid-motion, and Faisal’s eyes widened in surprise.

While Faisal might have known that Sasha Rian would come to the Olympics, her appearance here was probably unexpected.

“Sasha Rian…?”

Park Seon-yun looked back and forth between me and Sasha Rian in shock.

“Yes! I’m Sasha Rian! Nice to meet you!”

“Oh, hello.”

She even pinched her own cheek lightly.

“Well, actually Sasha came to Korea before and received treatment. The reason she came here is…”

I had no idea how she became close with Hasha and even planned this surprise.

So I was about to ask them both.

“Ah, I see.”

For some reason, Park Seon-yun was satisfied with just that explanation.

Moreover, even Faisal seemed to suddenly feel friendly toward Sasha Rian.

“Nice to meet you. Please sit over here! It’s amazing that even America’s top star met the director and found hope. Thanks to Director Han Yewon, I was able to cure my chronic headaches. I can now see the world clearly.”

“Ah, I had a twisted back that was bothering me, and it was completely healed.”

Receiving their warm welcome, Sasha blinked a few times and smiled brightly.

“Oh, so this is how you greet each other here? I, um… took medicine to restore my energy. Thanks to that, I was able to sing again.”

“Wow!”

“Uh… I had my skin hives treated.”

Since Faisal strangely started introducing himself, everyone got swept up in it.

Even Park Seon-yun and Hasha, who had been fine, introduced their treatment areas.

This isn’t a gaming meetup where you talk about your main character and favorite raids!

“Yes. I’ve been treated from head to toe.”

I sighed.

Since I practice breathing exercises and condition my body daily, it wasn’t wrong.

“But did you really come just to surprise us? That does seem like something Sasha would do.”

When I belatedly asked about her purpose, she showed a meaningful smile.

“Hmm… is a surprise not enough?”

“No, it’s not that it’s not enough.”

“Then let’s talk about something that could help your business! If you expand to America, I could do something for you. If you open an LA branch, I’ll talk about visiting on my show!”

It was an astounding proposal.

Since we exchange trivial stories through email, I sometimes forget, but Sasha Rian was truly a world-class superstar.

Didn’t Melon Soda Horizon’s song reach the Billboard charts just from her mentioning it on social media?

Of course, it was possible because their song was good, but the trigger was definitely Sasha Rian.

“I have absolutely no plans for expanding to America yet.”

“Yet?”

“I said absolutely none! NO PLAN at ALL!”

“Really? Hmm… that’s too bad. Would it take about 5 years?”

Doesn’t she understand the word “none”?

“But if you want to do it, anything’s possible! If not a branch, then um… the medicine you developed? There’s also a way to promote it by sponsoring my charity concert. This time is urgent, but it would be good when you’re ready to expand too.”

“That’s a good idea!”

I tried to clear up the misunderstanding.

I wanted to clearly explain that it wasn’t medicine I developed, but prescriptions that had been passed down in the East for a long time, and about the role my company with Park Seon-yun had played.

But Park Seon-yun beat me to it.

“We might be able to provide product sponsorship and such from our company level. Ah, I’m Park Seon-yun, director of PK BioLogics.”

“Ahaha, I heard from Hasha.”

His expression had completely changed when business was mentioned, and only then did he realize he had only introduced his treatment area without even mentioning his name or affiliation.

“Charity work, huh. Come to think of it, you said you wanted to invite Hasha to a music video, right? It would be interesting to do something together in a place with public benefit meaning.”

Even Faisal showed a positive reaction to Sasha’s idea.

“Is that okay?”

Even Hasha was delighted.

“It’s fine to sponsor under your name, and there’s also the option of inviting you when we host an event in our country next time. Of course, that would be if you welcome media exposure.”

Although the music video appearance was rejected on the spot, seeing that Faisal knew about it, she must have mentioned it to her older brother.

While Arab royal families are generally conservative, Saudi Arabia was on the more open side.

I think I’ve heard stories about princesses doing charity work or getting involved in politics.

“Aah…!”

Since she had just come of age, she could consider various career paths.

“This isn’t something to decide here. Let’s think about it slowly.”

“Right, the lineup for this concert is already finalized anyway!”

“Let’s just say you came to hang out comfortably today.”

I cut off the conversation that was jumping in all directions.

When you put people who like business and investment together and the scale starts growing, it becomes uncontrollable.

Hasha would have plenty of opportunities even without deciding right here.

And it was still way too early for me to do anything in America.

“Then let me tell you how much strength I was able to draw out at the concert venue after taking the medicine the Clinic Director prescribed for me.”

Yeah, this is actually better.

I listened to the three people’s confessions of faith… no, their treatment experiences, while feeling somewhat mentally detached.

As the stories continued, all sorts of tales came up, eventually leading to Hasha’s H University entrance exam story.

“So you two met at university?”

“Yes, Clinic Director. I originally liked Sasha’s music, so when I heard she was coming to give a lecture, I immediately attended. But my goodness, she recognized me!”

“There was someone sitting in the front row who looked exactly like the description the Clinic Director had given, so I asked if she might be the Princess.”

…So in that vast land of America, they had expressed a chance encounter as becoming best friends thanks to me.

“Hmm, I’d like to talk more, but I’m sorry. I have another appointment, so I’ll get up first.”

Faisal had also been listening to his younger sibling’s story with interest.

But after glancing at his watch a couple of times at 5-minute intervals, he reluctantly pulled back his chair.

Right, he had carved out time from his busy schedule just to see my face briefly, hadn’t he?

With only a week left until the Olympics, there must be countless people he needed to meet.

“I’ve kept you too long. Thank you for inviting me again this time, and it was great to see you.”

Following his lead, Park Seon-yun also quietly picked up her bag.

“Since I’m leaving anyway, I’ll excuse myself as well. Please enjoy your time comfortably among the ladies.”

“Oh, do you also have another appointment, Director?”

“I don’t have a scheduled meeting, but there’s a place where acquaintances are gathering.”

Everyone kept asking me to hang out, so I thought she didn’t have many friends, but that wasn’t the case after all.

I was worrying needlessly in front of these MBTI extroverts.

“You don’t need to come out.”

Faisal and Park Seon-yun declined, but since they had taken the time to come all the way to the villa, it was only proper courtesy to see them off to their cars.

Sasha and Hasha also got up and followed us to the parking lot.

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The parking lot on one side of the villa.

Park Seon-yun’s car seemed to have only one driver.

On Faisal’s side, there were as many as four people waiting, whether they were attendants or bodyguards.

As if Faisal had really stayed at the villa until the very last moment, they showed signs of being somewhat anxious and opened the car door first.

“If there’s a match you urgently want to see, please don’t hesitate to contact me. I’ll do my best to arrange whether there are any available seats.”

Faisal immediately made a gesture to get in the car with a hearty farewell.

“…Your Highness Faisal, wait a moment.”

“Hmm?”

It seemed I shouldn’t let him go right now.

“Don’t look back. Do you happen to have security personnel waiting behind the wall as well?”

“…!”

It was because of the suspicious presence I’d been sensing from the moment we left the villa building.

It wasn’t a street where people never walked, so I hadn’t been particularly conscious of it while we were chatting away.

But when we came to the parking lot, wasn’t someone suspiciously lingering by the wall?

If I hadn’t sensed the presence, I probably wouldn’t have noticed.

From earlier, something had been peeking up and down over the wall, hadn’t it?

It felt very unsettling, as if someone was watching.

‘Who are they targeting?’

There had been a terrorist incident during the last visit.

I had put out the fire, but had someone with good night vision seen my face? They said all the low-level members of the organization had been imprisoned, but if there were any remnants left…

If the target was me, it would actually be easier to handle quietly.

But if they were targeting Prince Faisal or Princess Hasha, it would be proper to catch them here and now.

“The people here are everyone in my entourage.”

Faisal whispered quietly.

The opponent was just one person.

Security would have been tightened ahead of the Olympics, and something like last time wouldn’t happen in the middle of Riyadh.

But.

“Don’t be startled.”

I quickly lowered my body.

What I was aiming for was a date that had fallen near my feet.

Since it wasn’t yet the season for dates to ripen and fall, the date that had coincidentally fallen in the wind was unripe and quite hard.

‘If I throw an acupuncture needle, I’ll arouse unnecessary suspicion, right?’

I quickly finished my calculations and picked up the date.

Whoosh!

I threw it toward the suspicious presence.

The date flew through the air, cutting past Faisal’s ear.

Thwack!

It hit the suspicious person.

From where we were standing, it was quite a distance across the wide garden to beyond the wall.

If I ran after them at normal human speed, they would escape.

I could catch them if I used lightness skills to leap in one bound, but there were too many eyes watching, weren’t there?

As expected, long-range attacks are the best.

“□□□□? □□! □□□□□!”

“□□! □□□□□□□□□!”

The moment it hit, Faisal’s bodyguards rushed toward the direction of the sound.

Faisal was also startled and gave them some instructions in Arabic, then belatedly asked me.

“What was out there?”

“There was a person. Their head popped up like this, and something like a scope went up and down, so I caught them.”

“A scope?!”

“I couldn’t see clearly. It was too far away and disappeared quickly.”

“Good heavens…!”

Hasha covered her mouth and her eyes welled up with tears.

Faisal and I advised the others to stay in the villa, then followed the bodyguards.

“Did you catch them?”

“Yes! They’re collapsed here!”

But Park Seon-yun, Hasha, and Sasha followed us despite their anxiety.

“Ah…”

“Damn it! That’s my paparazzi? They followed me all the way here?!”

Sasha immediately recognized the identity of the suspicious person.

It wasn’t someone related to terrorists, but a paparazzi who had followed Sasha Rian all the way to Saudi Arabia.

“No weapons.”

What they were holding wasn’t a gun but a mirrorless camera.

“This person isn’t dead, right?”

Hasha asked cautiously, but naturally, the man’s heart was beating fine. His breathing was normal too.

Come on, do you think I can’t control that?

“He’s just unconscious.”

He had lost consciousness after being hit precisely in the center of his forehead with a date, but there was no danger to his life whatsoever.

“Is this guy alone?”

“Yes. We’re still checking, but so far it appears so. We’ll request cooperation.”

From what I could sense, he was indeed alone.

“He’s carrying a US passport. We’ll verify his identity.”

…Given the circumstances, he really must be paparazzi.

Everyone who had been tense, including me, felt relieved.

Faisal, who had coldly hardened his expression, smiled again and comforted his younger sibling.

After a moment, he spoke up.

“To throw an unripe date from that distance all the way here…”

He glanced at me once, then at the date that had bounced off the paparazzi’s forehead.

“Clinic Director, by any chance at the hotel last time…”

Since he was about to bring up something that shouldn’t be mentioned.

I quickly changed the subject.

“If he’s not a dangerous person, it would be better to wake this man up right away. There’s no danger to his life, but prolonged loss of consciousness isn’t good.”

I tried to wake the paparazzi by shaking his shoulders, but that wasn’t enough.

Right, for fainting, it’s definitely the ten declaration points.

Goodness, to think I’d see an unconscious patient even in modern times!

I pulled out medical acupuncture needles from my sleeve.

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