The Time-Limited Baby Doctor Doesn’t Hide The Fact That She’s A Genius - Chapter 123

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The Terminal Baby Physician Doesn’t Hide Being a Genius

 

Chapter 123

 

I was so shocked that I couldn’t say anything at all.

 

“Um, Biyu… Something seems strange.”

 

If it hadn’t been for Raon’s hesitant, careful voice, I would have stared for much longer.

 

“Ah, yeah.”

 

I looked at the baby who couldn’t find where Bunting was and was groping through the air, making a pained expression.

 

“It must be…”

 

I stopped talking there. I remembered that Ayan could hear voices now.

 

‘It’s poison or illness.’

 

But a disease that suddenly causes vision loss was unlikely.

 

Although things had diverged from the original work, there was no content about getting such an illness.

 

‘Besides, according to the original work’s setting, that child’s body is twice as strong as others.’

 

Even if things had diverged from the original work, such settings wouldn’t have changed.

 

‘…Crazy bastards.’

 

By my estimation, Ayan probably hadn’t been in this warehouse for very long.

 

So if they had fed this child something, it likewise wouldn’t have been more than a few days.

 

Of course, that didn’t make their crime disappear.

 

“…Put me down.”

 

I could clearly feel that my voice had sunk. I felt Dad’s gaze on me, but I didn’t have the composure to care.

 

I frantically bit down hard on the flesh inside my mouth.

 

‘Hei Biyu, you’re a regressor, aren’t you? You should have anticipated this much. It’s not like this is the first or second time!’

 

No matter how it had only been a few days, the burden and guilt that settled heavily in my chest didn’t lighten.

 

“Uncle, there’s no time. Quickly put me down… Hm?”

 

Dad’s hand suddenly pinched my cheek. I turned my gaze with a bewildered face.

 

“Putting you down isn’t difficult…”

 

Dad’s eyes were as deep as the ocean. They seemed serious and also like he was examining me carefully.

 

“If you keep biting like that, it’ll all get torn up.”

 

As if he was worried…

 

I felt a little queasy because it seemed like he had pinched my cheek with this same face before.

 

‘Your view of the world is cynical and twisted, just like mine. Is that why you’re my daughter?’

 

Because he had a similar face to the day he said those words.

 

“Remember this. What I told my brother applies to you too.”

 

“What?”

 

“That it’s not your fault.”

 

I flinched. It was as if Dad knew something, the way he spoke.

 

‘As if he knows that I guess the future through regression.’

 

But that couldn’t be possible.

 

Right, this is also correct. I can’t predict everything. So I just need to be faithful to what’s happening in front of me now, to the present.

 

Above all, who am I? I’m a physician called a genius.

 

‘A physician should speak through treatment.’

 

I nodded and asked to be put down. Dad set me down with a slightly more relaxed expression than before.

 

“Tell me whenever you remember something. Hearing it… doesn’t seem too bad.”

 

I said that to Dad, then turned around and walked toward Ayan. Dad seemed surprised.

 

“…Understood.”

 

I heard his voice from behind but didn’t turn back. Looking straight ahead, there sat the baby.

 

‘So small.’

 

Is this how Uncle and Uncle felt when they looked at me?

 

Bunting came fluttering over.

 

Chirp, chiiirp, chiiiiii. Chirp…

 

It cried mournfully as if it had something to tell me.

 

Tap tap. I heard footsteps, then Raon’s voice beside me.

 

“…Please, I’ll do anything. Please help our master, please help our master…”

 

“…”

 

“That’s what it says.”

 

I smiled softly.

 

How fortunate. That you have such a caring divine beast by your side.

 

Even when I watched the original work at my friend’s insistence, I thought it was fortunate that this child never seemed lonely.

 

I never liked seeing orphan protagonists like myself, even in books.

 

“Hello.”

 

The child’s shoulders trembled slightly. She was still looking somewhere else. Her focus wasn’t right either.

 

‘Now I can tell from up close.’

 

Even before diagnosis, I could tell from experience that she’d been poisoned. It’s fortunate that this child is sturdier and healthier than most adults…

 

‘Poison is even more deadly to children, you damn bastards…!’

 

Tak Minjae didn’t die early in past cycles for no reason.

 

“I’m someone who came to treat you.”

 

“Ta?”

 

“Yes. Treatment.”

 

If I remember correctly, there was a one-year age difference between this child and me. Whether this child is big or I’m small, our builds are quite similar.

 

…Normal baby development should be about this level.

 

“So don’t be surprised.”

 

I thoroughly wet my hands with water from the water bottle. I clapped my water-soaked hands together.

 

Whoooosh.

 

A wave rose up and engulfed the child.

 

‘I don’t have medicinal materials, but… if I combine the medicine I have now, a temporary measure should be possible.’

 

Just in case, I always carried poison and medicine in my bag, especially various types of antidotes.

 

“Kyaa, mu, mu!”

 

“Yes, it’s water.”

 

This child has no fear. She seemed excited floating around in the water. Seeing her innocent expression, my heart softened without me realizing it.

 

It would have been nice if I had a connection with you in the previous round too.

 

Would I have been a little less lonely then?

 

I newly compounded the medicine I had and dissolved it in water. The water stream where the medicine dissolved and flowed smoothly reached the child.

 

“Huaaaaa!”

 

The child made a surprised expression.

 

I can’t treat her eyes right away. But as a temporary measure, she’ll be able to see somewhat blurrily.

 

“Is it uncomfortable? I’ll fix it properly soon.”

 

“Keo! Keo!”

 

The child’s already large eyes became even rounder, looking so cute that I couldn’t help but smile.

 

Maybe she looks even cuter because her front teeth happen to be shaped like a rabbit’s.

 

“So cute, right?”

 

When I spoke to Raon, Raon made a strange expression. A somewhat puzzled face, I’d say.

 

“I think you’re prettier and cuter.”

 

“Huh?”

 

“Biyu is the prettiest.”

 

“Uh, umm thank you?”

 

Did I look like I was going to be jealous? I touched my cheek awkwardly for no reason.

 

Now it’s time to think about how to take this child with us.

 

‘She’s practically been abandoned in this warehouse, so can’t we just take her?’

 

Of course, there might be devices or things like that I can’t sense. I should listen to the expert’s advice behind me.

 

“I sense a presence.”

 

That expert approached with big steps and whispered. I looked at Dad in surprise.

 

‘Did the guard come back quickly?’

 

But Dad’s face was too calm. What’s this? Does he have confidence he can take them down?

 

Soon someone appeared through the opened door, breathing heavily. No, to be precise, I only heard footsteps and voices.

 

“Haha, I told you there was no need to run like that.”

 

“Haak, shut, up, damn brother…! It’s not your business!”

 

“As if.”

 

It was a familiar voice. Soon a water barrier appeared in the air with a swoosh, then faded away to reveal Uncle and Uncle, and even Brother Gyewon tucked under Uncle’s arm.

 

‘They came!’

 

Even though they went in a different direction from us and that direction was similar to where the sentries went, they arrived faster than expected.

 

Oh, is this finally the touching father-daughter reunion?

 

“Uwaat…!”

 

Wind blew whoosh next to me. Uncle ran over and pulled Ayan into his arms.

 

Surprised by Uncle’s sudden appearance, my body tilted unsteadily, but Raon supported my hand and Dad supported my back.

 

“Be careful…!”

 

“Be careful.”

 

“Ah, yeah, thanks.”

 

While greeting with my mouth, I couldn’t take my eyes off the scene before me.

 

The child was blinking her eyes while being held in Dad’s arms. She had a surprised expression.

 

‘…Will she remember?’

 

Though I had spoken confidently to Uncle, Ayan had been entrusted to Hei Jihye when she was even younger than now.

 

In a way, when compared to my relationship with Dad, it was as if Ayan was playing the dad role in that relationship.

 

Would she remember?

 

However, my light worry was nothing but needless concern.

 

Soon my worry melted away completely.

 

The baby’s eyes curved, and her heart-shaped mouth opened wide prettily.

 

“Dada!”

 

She called him Dad.

 

The child remembered the dad she hadn’t seen for a long time.

 

“Pa! Da! Dada!”

 

“…Yes, it’s Dad.”

 

Uncle, who couldn’t understand my baby talk at all, miraculously grasped the meaning of his daughter’s words.

 

“It’s Dad, Ayan…”

 

I stared at Uncle’s back as he sobbed softly for a long time, a very long time.

 

“I’m sorry… Dad is sorry…”

 

Dad, will the day come when I hear an apology from you again too?

 

I thought such pointless thoughts.

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