The Time-Limited Baby Doctor Doesn’t Hide The Fact That She’s A Genius - Chapter 167

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The Terminal Baby Physician Doesn’t Hide Being a Genius

Chapter 167

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The area in front of the Family Head’s Palace, which would serve as the contest arena, was packed with people. I could tell even though I was waiting outside the gate.

The murmuring could be heard all the way here over the wall.

“Whew, there are damn many people.”

Uncle, who was holding Ayan in his arms, muttered. Besides Dad, Uncle and my other uncle were with me.

– Baby.

Oh, and Mother too.

Actually, I wanted to introduce Raon and Mother to each other, but it was unfortunate that Brother Gyewon and Raon happened to be away.

‘I definitely will after the contest is over.’

While I was making that resolution, Mother whispered to me while floating. It was amusing that she whispered like this even though only I could see her.

– Aren’t you nervous?

“Not at all.”

Everyone here knew about Mother’s existence, so they weren’t surprised when I talked to myself. Only Uncle would occasionally flinch as if finding it fascinating.

“I’m going to win anyway.”

Mother smiled gently at my confident voice.

– I had many occasions like this long ago too. Though it wasn’t a plaza as luxuriously well-made as this one, and it wasn’t packed with people either.

This was a bit fascinating. But then I suddenly felt like I understood what she meant.

When I lived as a wandering physician in my third life, I also received countless challenges.

Mother’s life, being even prettier than me, must have been twice as difficult as mine.

“I guess all sorts of strange guys clung to Mother too.”

– There were times like that.

Mother glanced toward Dad, saying it didn’t last long.

– But soon a capable bodyguard became attached to me, and I even ended up marrying that person.

“So he got his nose pierced like that?”

Dad flinched at these words.

“…What are you talking about with Sister?”

“Wow, I get goosebumps every time Brother calls her Sister. Elder Brother, can you see? I really got them.”

“Oh my, Youngest. Ayan looks more mature.”

“No! Ayan is baby!”

At Uncle’s words, Ayan, who had been acting mature, looked at me and quickly denied it.

It became chaotic for a moment, but I burst into laughter. It was an environment where I couldn’t possibly feel nervous.

“Daughter, you said you’d let us hear the sounds, right? I’m curious about what the people waiting inside are talking about.”

“Yeah.”

As soon as Dad nodded, Thread Wind blew around me. Soon I could hear the conversations that the audience and physicians waiting in the contest arena were having among themselves.

【…About 5 years ago, there was an epidemic that started with mild cold symptoms in a territory called Rikel.】

It was a man’s voice.

【The important thing is that they managed to stop it within that small territory. Thanks to that, when the same disease broke out later in other large-scale territories like Rederick, they were able to stop it immediately.】

【And then?】

【What’s amazing is that the same person treated this disease, made the medicine, and later spread prevention methods to stop the epidemic from spreading.】

I crossed my arms and tilted my head with a hmm. It was interesting. Since it was my story.

Dad could apparently hear this voice too, as he looked at me and chuckled. It was quite a stylish smile.

Then he gave me a thumbs up. This playful, childlike behavior was refreshing since I’d never seen this side of Dad before.

– After the contest ends, shall we have a little chat with Mother? It’s about your Dad’s illness.

On the day I first met Mother, these were the words she whispered to me before I fell asleep after safely returning to the lodging. Naturally, ghosts don’t sleep.

Since the buildings in the Eastern Wing had been expanded over 5 years, Mother was very curious about the scenery visible from my room.

She said when she was alive, this place was Dead Land.

– Our baby is a Physician who even brings land back to life. What a wonderful Physician.

Ahem, those words made my cheeks tingle for no reason, which was embarrassing.

Anyway, after finishing the contest, I could hear new facts from Mother, who must have researched Dad’s illness until her death.

This fact made my heart race. Enough that I wasn’t even worried about the contest.

‘It was really amazing when Dad gave me the Medical Journal that Mother had written.’

How much knowledge must Mother have? This is the first time I’ve looked forward to tomorrow this much.

But right now was the time to focus on the contest. No matter how certain victory seemed, complacency sometimes becomes a disaster that swallows Goliath.

“Oh, that person is…”

“It’s been a while since we’ve seen your face. I heard you’ve been devoted only to your studies? I wonder how much more amazing you’ve become…!”

It seemed Hei Haran had entered.

Soon it would be my turn.

‘Honestly, looking at it, the Family Head secretly likes showmanship too.’

Think about when she intervened between me and Hei Haran. She appeared dramatically with the wind as her backdrop and struck every possible imposing pose.

When declaring the contest, she probably calculated everything before speaking too.

For me, I’m very grateful that the stage was prepared as discussed beforehand.

【I heard marriage proposals came in just based on her beauty? Some Lord’s Son apparently fell head over heels and followed her around.】

【How cute. Hehe.】

As I entered the Contest Arena, I could hear people murmuring as they looked at me. I glanced at Dad.

‘Excuse me, I don’t want to hear such embarrassing things…?’

But Dad just smiled broadly even when our eyes met.

– Oh my, your Dad seems to be in a bad mood.

‘Huh? How can you tell? He’s smiling though?’

Since there were many watching eyes, I couldn’t speak and just tilted my head in confusion, when Mother chuckled and whispered.

– Your Dad used to smile when he was in a bad mood at that age. Look at that, oh my. How childish. That’s a sneer, that is.

“….”

– I guess it bothers you that someone was following you around.

Ah. That? I was a bit bewildered.

I hadn’t thought that sixteen-year-old Dad would have such strong attachment to me… No, that’s not right. He’s the person who held me and jumped off the cliff. I must have been thinking wrong.

While I was clearing my throat, feeling inexplicably pleased, I saw the Family Head coming out of the Family Head’s Palace.

“What a beautiful day.”

The Family Head said as she strode out. Despite her advanced age, she was still a dignified person, healthy except for her eyes.

“Now, everything must be prepared, right? This is a place where a member of my family and two genius physicians will show their skills without reservation.”

It was a voice filled with both amusement and displeasure.

The Family Head announced the start of the competition.

Strong wind violently shook the flags. I quietly gazed at the people in the wind.

And slowly turned my head.

My eyes met with First Aunt, Hei Haran.

‘Hmm?’

It was strange.

I didn’t think Hei Haran would shrink back just because our eyes met, but I didn’t expect her to be so confident either.

Moreover, she was strangely self-assured.

As if she had some secret weapon.

I quietly thought.

‘…Something that person could use in this situation.’

While I was thinking, a voice was heard.

“The competition will be conducted most fairly. Right here where all eyes can see.”

The Family Head declared the rules as the competition began.

“There are twenty patients total. Each of you will handle ten.”

“…”

“You may use any means and methods. Stake the honor of physicians, everything, and treat them. The competition will end the moment all patients under your care are cured.”

The Family Head turned her face covered with cloth. Then someone stepped forward as if they had been waiting.

There were three people total: a woman wearing gray clothes, someone from Hei Haran’s side, and lastly Hei Birang.

The person wearing gray clothes here was, as I remembered, the Vice Commander of the guard unit trusted by the Family Head.

What they had in common was that they were all Water Mages. The three people looked at each other, and the woman signaled as their representative.

Then ten patients smoothly appeared in the space where only Hei Haran and I were standing.

They had been here all along, but were temporarily isolated and hidden using water.

And the physicians who were watching groaned. They all made sounds of distress.

I stared at the patients expressionlessly. Exactly twenty patients.

‘You must have suffered greatly…’

About a week had passed from when I met Mother until today, the day of the competition.

Sometimes certain diseases could change rapidly in just two or three days. And unfortunately, the epidemic currently spreading through this territory was like that.

Dying patients.

They all had black spots covering their entire bodies. Someone was drooling greenish saliva, and someone else was coughing with a yellowed face.

In just a few days, the disease had worsened more severely than the symptoms I had expected.

I knew quite a lot about diseases like this. And this was among the most vicious of them.

My eyes darkened as I stared blankly at the patients.

No matter how hard or fast I moved, I was still human in the end. Even with advance preparations and measures, I couldn’t save every patient.

Above all, Hei Haran’s interference until the day of the competition was tremendous.

To the point where everyone dissuaded me when I tried to go out to the marketplace streets to treat even a few sick people.

‘…If only I had been a little more capable.’

That was it.

The epidemic that worsened over the week had caused a massive number of critically ill patients and deaths.

At the same time, the speed at which the disease progressed to severe illness the moment someone got infected became ridiculously fast.

This was different from what I remembered.

Which meant.

‘This must be Hei Haran’s doing.’

That woman had created the worst disease while interfering with me.

My eyes sharpened as they darkened.

The water barrier surrounding the patients was an isolation wall separating the physicians gathered here from the patients.

One that no bacteria, viruses, or any other agents could pass through. However, the two physicians participating in the competition, Hei Haran and I, had to enter this place.

“We consider a physician becoming infected with the disease or dying as one of the possible outcomes in the competition.”

The Family Head declared with a cold expression.

“In other words, we won’t take responsibility even if you die from the disease.”

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