The Terminally Ill Youngest Daughter of a Medical Dynasty Is a Genius Physician - Chapter 7

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Chapter 7
In that instant, every eye in the Main Hall fixed itself on the medicinal pill resting in my palm.
“You…?”
Grandfather’s eyes narrowed. I nodded silently in response.
Watching this unfold, Yeon So-taek’s expression twisted.
Yeon Hui-cheon, whom he had groomed as his heir, had prepared nothing for his grandfather’s return after such a long absence, and worse—he had tasted rare medicinal ingredients only to reveal his own inadequate skill.
The situation must be infuriating beyond measure.
“Father, how could Ryeong-hwa possibly know anything well enough to make a proper medicinal pill? It’s nothing but a child’s idle play. However…….”
“Silence.”
Yeon Baek-yu cut off Yeon So-taek’s words, then slowly picked up the medicinal pill.
First he inhaled its scent, then crumbled a fragment of it between his fingertips.
The moment he placed the powder on his tongue, his pupils flickered—a barely perceptible tremor.
“This is…….”
Yeon Baek-yu’s voice dropped, growing graver.
“You truly made this yourself?”
“Yes, Grandfather.”
“A child who has done nothing but lie in sickness all this time—how on earth did you…….”
I did not waver under his gaze.
“The medicinal pill I made uses Astragalus and Seorhon Herb as the primary ingredients. Three parts each, and I added an extra one part of Licorice.”
After steadying my breath, I continued.
“And at the end, I added just a touch of Hyeonryeong Root.”
As my words finished, the murmuring Main Hall fell silent as though cold water had been poured over it.
“Don’t lie! Where could you possibly have obtained such precious medicinal ingredients in the first place?”
Yeon So-taek stepped forward first, his voice rising.
“Enough.”
But Yeon Baek-yu immediately cut him off.
“Father, this is no trivial matter. Regardless of her age, a child must never speak falsehoods regarding medicine.”
“It is not a lie.”
At Yeon Baek-yu’s answer, Yeon So-taek hesitated.
Yeon Baek-yu slowly lifted his head.
His eyes held an unmistakable admiration he could not conceal.
“This medicinal pill possesses the same efficacy as the decoction I prepared.”
The moment Grandfather’s words fell, I felt a surge of triumph bloom within me.
‘It worked……!’
In my past life, I had tasted that very decoction.
Its name was the Hyeol-on Decoction.
Grandfather had devised it anew, though he had yet to reveal it to anyone.
Later, after my father returned, Grandfather had me drink the Hyeol-on Decoction.
Though it did not cure my illness completely, my condition improved noticeably for a time.
After that, I immediately began studying the Hyeol-on Decoction.
I analyzed its efficacy and blended various ingredients until I succeeded in recreating the same effect in medicinal pill form.
‘This will be my first step toward proving my capability and earning trust.’
I swallowed hard and clenched my fists.
Grandfather examined the medicinal pill in disbelief before asking.
“How did you create this? It shouldn’t appear in any written text.”
I fell silent for a moment.
I had wrestled long with how to answer this question.
And I had reached one conclusion.
Not to reveal everything, but to conceal what must be concealed and expose what must be exposed.
A sharp throb.
At that very moment, pain bloomed from the wound I had just treated. I wrapped my injured hand as though grasping at that sensation.
And I spoke quietly.
“Because I wanted to… live.”
I felt everyone freeze as I forced those words out, suppressing my emotion.
The people who had abandoned me.
With deliberate clarity, I addressed the members of the Yak-ryeong Family who had regarded me as a burden soon to be discarded.
“I studied alone because I wanted to live…… and that’s how I came to make this by chance.”
I am still alive.
“Are you saying you created an entirely new medicine by yourself?”
“Yes. I fell ill with a disease that existing medicines could not cure. I thought I had to try something, anything.”
Grandfather’s eyes wavered for a moment. His lips parted as if he meant to say something.
But in the end, he closed his mouth without uttering a word.
‘I couldn’t know what he’d been about to say…….’
At least, I was certain he hadn’t dismissed my words.
“And…….”
I was about to tell him the real reason I’d made the Medicinal Pill and sought him out.
But in that instant, my vision tilted as if the world itself had become a lie.
‘What?’
The floor lurched beneath me, and my surroundings began to tilt.
‘It couldn’t be.’
I squeezed my cold fingertips hard.
‘The medicine’s wearing off already……?’
What I’d taken was a temporary formula made only from medicinal materials I could gather here on short notice.
Since it was still incomplete, the weakened potency was unavoidable.
But it seemed the effect had worn off faster than usual, thanks to pushing my body so hard today.
‘I can’t collapse now…….’
I still had something to tell Grandfather.
Swirl—
The world spun in circles.
“Ryeong-hwa!”
Impossibly, Grandfather’s voice, pale as death, reached me like an auditory hallucination.
Then I saw Yeon So-taek and Yeon Hui-cheon approaching, their forms blurred.
“Miss!”
“Miss has collapsed!”
“Family Patriarch!”
I felt Grandfather’s hands catching my falling body, his fingers urgently finding my pulse.
And then my consciousness cut off abruptly.
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How much time had passed?
Sensation began returning to my numb fingertips, and then my eyes flew open.
“Cough!”
The familiar pain arrived without fail.
My chest tightened as if it might burst, breath came short and labored, and a cough tore free. My head throbbed as if it might split.
I steadied my breathing with effort and looked around.
It was certainly my room, yet somehow utterly different from before.
The blankets spread on the floor had been replaced with something soft and thick, and not only were the pottery shards gone, but the entire room was meticulously arranged.
It was as if someone had aired it out—the stale smell was gone, replaced by a subtle herbal fragrance.
‘A room that was always damp and stuffy, and now even warmth…….’
I lifted my head toward the soft sunlight seeping through the window frame.
A bowl of rice porridge sat steaming at my bedside, and I noticed it immediately.
As I considered where this change had come from, the answer came to me, and I nodded slightly.
‘He’s doing this to deceive Grandfather’s eyes.’
All this time, Grandfather had never directly visited my room because of Uncle’s interference.
But having witnessed me collapse before his eyes, he would surely be watching now.
Uncle must have acted quickly, certain this might happen.
‘A small thing, perhaps…… but this time I’ve changed something.’
I exhaled softly with relief.
‘Still, it’s been so long since I felt such warmth.’
Carefully, I wrapped both hands around the bowl.
As warmth spread across my palms and the rich aroma filled me, appetite returned unbidden. I managed to lift a spoon with my weakened hand and brought it to my lips. After taking a few spoonfuls and warming my stomach, it happened.
Bang—!
Someone threw open the door without any restraint.
Wind rushed in, scattering the quiet stillness of the room in an instant.
“Miss!”
The uninvited guest was none other than Hong Dan.
“You’re finally awake.”
She stormed in with her face flushed with anger, her breath heavy, and stood over me with both hands planted on her hips.
“So you went wandering out of your room on your own and made your way all the way to the Main Hall?”
Hong Dan raised her voice and threw open the window with as much force as she had the door, as if venting her anger.
“Why on earth would you do such a thing? And where did you find the strength to get there, when you could barely walk around your own room?”
The wind cut through the room, and I drew my shoulders in.
Then I lifted my gaze to her, my eyes cold and settled.
“You have no idea how much everyone tensed when you came to the Family Patriarch’s attention like this—they were afraid he might visit the Separate Quarters.”
“And?”
“Really? And? You should know your place, miss!”
Hong Dan shook her head as if my question were absurd.
“Did you have the shame to leave the family in this state and still aspire to more?”
I watched Hong Dan curl her lip in disdain, then my gaze drifted toward the window.
And in that moment, I froze.
‘That person…’
Heo Jin-byeok.
The people of the Yak-ryeong Family now did not know who he was, but I did.
He was the closest aide the grandfather had brought in from outside, and second only to my father in martial prowess within the Yak-ryeong Family.
So why had he come to the Separate Quarters now, when in my past life he had never visited even once?
‘Could it be that Grandfather has realized my injuries were not simply from an accident?’

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