The Time-Limited Baby Doctor Doesn’t Hide The Fact That She’s A Genius - Chapter 159

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The Terminal Baby Physician Doesn’t Hide Being a Genius

Chapter 159

Dad’s face was filled with something like confidence. It was an emotion of a different quality from arrogance.

Even with so many Warriors and Earth Mages around, he looked confident while holding his young daughter.

‘Dad has changed a lot too.’

He no longer showed only the indifferent or expressionless face from five years ago, but displayed various expressions.

Sometimes I got confused and didn’t know which Dad was the real Dad, so I once quietly consulted Uncle about it.

‘Haha, I could tell though? It was the face of a father who adores our little chick terribly. Making Uncle jealous~’

So don’t worry, Uncle said. Even if Dad’s memory flies away and returns to a few years ago, he’s still someone who ends up loving you.

That’s how I came to this day with confidence.

Finishing my brief reminiscence, I firmly gripped Dad’s shoulder.

Wind Power was also excellent at suppressing presence. Once Dad made up his mind, they wouldn’t be able to find us from over there.

‘There’s still quite a way to our destination.’

On the way, we’d need to either deal with the pursuers or shake them off before heading to the Herb Garden.

We couldn’t let them steal too much of our time.

I roughly recalled the geography of this mountain and came up with a plan that might help Dad.

“Dad, first let’s lure them and…”

“…”

But something was strange.

“Dad?”

I stopped explaining the strategy and looked up.

Dad’s expression was blank. No, his eyes were unfocused. I stiffened like a rock seeing that look.

Dad? No, no.

Cold sweat ran down my back.

‘No way… Why now of all times!’

He was fine when I diagnosed him this morning. There were no signs!

That’s right. That expression was what Dad showed when he lost his memory or was about to lose it.

I bit my lip.

‘What should I do?’

Naturally, there were no measures I could take in this situation. All the methods I could think of required time.

Then Dad, who had been staggering, barely regained his balance and slowly turned his eyes toward me.

I saw unfamiliar wariness directed at me in those alien eyes.

Rustle rustle rustle!

At the same time, I noticed the faint sound of approaching pursuers.

Neither surprise nor despair was as urgent as the approaching pursuers.

Just as I was about to quickly open my mouth.

“Hmm, little one. What are you?”

…I hesitated.

His voice and tone were somehow strange.

A completely different way of speaking from what I’d heard so far.

Dad’s expression was also strange.

‘It’s different from how he always looked at me with wariness every time he saw me!’

It really didn’t suit him, but… it was a face that even felt innocent. It was a strange feeling.

“Excuse me, Mr. Hei Bihu!”

In my urgency, I grabbed Dad by the collar.

“Oh, you know me?”

“Yes, I do. Answer me right away. It’s urgent!”

I had a Water Bottle at my waist, but there was no time to use Diagnosis with it.

I asked the question I had asked countless times over the past 5 years.

“What’s today’s date?”

“Huh?”

“Quickly!”

The Man blinked his eyes. Befitting his handsome face, even a slightly dazed expression suited him.

But this was brief as the Man answered.

“Ah… Year XX, Month X, Day X? No, Day XX.”

The moment I heard his answer, I was stunned.

‘Crazy, what the hell is this now.’

Movements more restless than usual, and eyes full of curiosity.

I barely managed to move my reluctant mouth.

“By any chance, how old are you?”

“Hmm? I’m curious why you’re clinging to me… Isn’t this Northern Mountain?”

“Sorry, but it’s urgent. Please answer quickly.”

Did he feel some strange pressure?

“Hmm, you’re the second girl to grab my collar like this.”

The Man seemed displeased for a moment, but this was brief, and he tilted his head and obediently answered.

“I’m 16 years old.”

…What kind of damn situation is this.

I stared at Dad with bewildered eyes.

While facing a symptom that had appeared for the first time.

‘Even when he lost his memory before, has it ever gone back this far?’

Dad from his childhood.

I had never imagined it even once.

‘Certainly this disease does have aspects similar to Alzheimer’s, but…’

I held my head in my hands.

First of all, there was no time.

“Excuse me, can you hear those footsteps coming from behind?”

The man, no, Dad whose essence was that of a Young Boy, stared intently at me. His face showed he understood.

“We’re being chased right now! Please get out of here for now. I’ll explain why you have no memories when we get there.”

“A Physician?”

Dad said while looking at my clothes. I nodded.

“Alright.”

“Would you rather fly up to the Sky? You can fly, right?”

It might be better to observe the situation from above. Earth Mages are generally vulnerable to those with Flight Ability too.

“What? I don’t know how to fly.”

I was a bit stunned by the answer I heard. Dad made an expression I couldn’t read, then kicked the ground.

“Don’t worry. I’m confident in hiding instead.”

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“They were definitely here just a moment ago!”

“Find them immediately!”

“We must eliminate them before they reach the Herb Garden!”

I quietly held my breath.

The ones who had been making a commotion in front of us soon disappeared somewhere. They had moved to another location.

Even after those guys became black dots and completely disappeared from view, I waited quietly for a while before moving.

“I used Wind Power to create Presence Detection elsewhere, so they probably went that way.”

“…There’s an Earth Mage mixed in with them. Will they be fooled?”

“Hmm, I’m not sure about that.”

Dad tilted his head.

“An Earth Mage. Which guys are they? From Sinion? I haven’t seen them many times.”

I clicked my tongue inwardly. He said he was 16 years old.

Certainly, no matter how much of a genius Dad was, if this was his childhood, his experience would be different from now.

‘Isn’t this before he was active as an Assassin?’

I pressed firmly on my temples.

“For now, let’s go the opposite way. You’re going down, right?”

Should we descend the Mountain?

But I could instinctively tell. The path down the Mountain would be more difficult.

‘In that case, it would be better to go to the safe Herb Garden and contact Outside.’

I need to call Uncle and Second Uncle.

“No, we need to go inside. That’s safer. We shouldn’t go down.”

“Why?”

“Because there will be more Warriors stationed over there.”

“I see. You’re saying I can’t handle them.”

I lifted my head up. My gaze met with red eyes staring down at me intently.

The murderous wariness that Dad usually showed when he lost his memories wasn’t visible now. Instead, he was just full of curiosity.

A dangerous glint flashed briefly in his glossy eyes.

“Strange. I don’t remember anything at all, but you don’t really bother me.”

“….”

“I hate touching other people, so why is that? Are you perhaps also an assassin from somewhere else? Have I been bewitched?”

That can’t be it, Dad muttered.

Then he lightly touched my hair with his finger.

Dad smiled a little cheerfully.

It was a fresh smile I’d never seen before.

“This hair color is exactly the same as some bad-tempered older sister from our neighborhood.”

“….”

That bad-tempered older sister is probably your wife and my mother.

“So I have this strong feeling that I shouldn’t let you go. Will you explain this reason too?”

“…Really?”

At those words, I forgot about my current situation and felt a little moved.

Even though he’d lost his memory, he instinctively thought he should protect me.

Ahem, this isn’t the time to be moved.

“I’ll explain as we go.”

Seeing Dad in his childhood, I could definitely understand why he was brothers with Hei Birang and Hei Biwon.

In other words, he resembled those two a lot.

Especially his way of smiling and speaking.

‘He must have changed quite a bit as he grew up.’

However, being calm and composed in the face of crisis was similar to his current self.

“Wow. So I got married and even had a daughter, and that’s you?”

“Yes, well. That’s how it is when I explain it.”

Dad, who had been listening casually as if hearing an interesting fairy tale, looked at his reflection in a nearby spring and became serious.

Seeing his adult face, he made an expression that said ‘I’m screwed, aren’t I?’

That face looked exactly like Hei Birang’s, which was a little funny.

“Do you happen to remember the name of that bad-tempered older sister from the neighborhood?”

Dad tilted his head slightly while holding me.

“No.”

Dad frowned slightly.

“Wow. Don’t tell me I really married that older sister? That’s ridiculous. Who I married. Plus, not remembering my wife’s name is serious, isn’t it?”

The absurdity was brief, and I replied half-heartedly.

“Isn’t not remembering your daughter’s name serious too?”

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