The Time-Limited Baby Doctor Doesn’t Hide The Fact That She’s A Genius - Chapter 77

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The Terminal Baby Physician Doesn’t Hide Being a Genius

 

Chapter 77

 

“I don’t know what I was thinking back then. It’s not my concern either. But if it were me now… if I had to protect you, I think I could abandon everything and leave.”

 

“…”

 

“Wasn’t it a similar feeling?”

 

I opened my mouth slightly.

 

‘Does he even know what he’s saying right now?’

 

Dad, who had made the statement, calmly turned his body toward where Uncle, Uncle, and Brother Gyewon were preparing the meal.

 

“Ah. It seems the meal is all prepared. Let’s go.”

 

I nodded in a daze and followed Dad.

 

‘…Has he come to like me that much already? Enough to run away with me?’

 

* * *

 

After riding for quite a while longer, we safely arrived at Cheimik.

 

Our destination.

 

“…Is this really a village where people live?”

 

Cheimik may be small in scale, but it’s a commercial hub where many people pass through.

 

As such, it’s a place friendly to outsiders, but the village we arrived at was utterly desolate.

 

‘…Please enter. We will also inform the Village Chief that a physician from the Hei Family Estate has arrived.’

 

The soldiers guarding the Gate also had stiff, hardened expressions.

 

However, they seemed relieved after seeing our party and the Hei Family Crest carved on the Carriage.

 

‘Besides, no matter how I look at it, they were looking at Dad or Uncle and mistaking them for the physician, probably?’

 

The Hei Family issues a Physician Badge to physicians they dispatch.

 

The Physician Badge has a grade marked on it, which serves as the Hei Family’s guarantee of this physician’s identity and skills.

 

But even though I showed it, they naturally seemed to think Dad or Uncle was the physician.

 

Well, it can’t be helped.

 

The village we entered like that was eerie, and not a single person could be found.

 

I felt there was nothing strange about it.

 

“Hey, are you listening? Brother. Don’t you brothers feel anything?”

 

“Uncle Poo is seeing a village with an epidemic for the first time.”

 

“That’s true, but… you talk as if you’ve seen it before?”

 

Hei Birang looked at me, who was calm, and frowned as if finding it strange.

 

I shrugged my shoulders.

 

Of course I’ve seen it. And quite thoroughly at that.

 

The condition of villages where disease has spread is generally similar. Especially when it’s an unknown disease for which no medicine has been developed yet.

 

Before long, a large pit came into view, along with fences set up to prevent people from getting too close.

 

Besides that, I could see mounds of raised earth and lumps covered with straw or cloth.

 

‘Their response is completely disastrous.’

 

I could tell just from this.

 

Not only does this village lack a proper physician.

 

Even if there is one, they don’t consider hygiene and have no idea how to respond to infectious diseases.

 

Dad stopped walking.

 

“Are we going further into the village?”

 

“Hm? Of course.”

 

Dad looked displeased.

 

“Since you’ve come, shouldn’t the Village Chief come out to greet you personally?”

 

“Uncle agrees with that. There are too many corpses. Little one, should Uncle help? One Lightning Strike and they’ll come running saying ‘Ouch, that stings!'”

 

Would that work, human?

 

“It’s fine. They might be busy with funeral rites.”

 

Soon after, we were able to meet someone who had come to greet us.

 

“Greetings!”

 

It was a physician wearing the Bird Beak Mask that Uncle had thrown from the carriage.

 

“I received the message, and I also received the supplies! I am Coma, an intermediate physician from the Lord’s Castle, sent by the Count who rules Rederick Territory, a nearby city! I’ve been in charge of this place for three months now. It’s quite filthy, isn’t it?”

 

The man who appeared to be in his late thirties just said what he wanted to say.

 

“The patients’ symptoms are so disgusting that it would be better not to touch them. They’re dirty, you see. You physicians only need to examine the ‘special’ patients we’ve carefully selected.”

 

…What is he talking about? Distinguishing between patients? What’s a physician supposed to do if they don’t diagnose patients fairly?

 

Regardless, I could sense excessive joy in the physician’s voice.

 

“This is the third time I’ve seen a Hei Family physician in my life, but they’ve all shown tremendous abilities. My expectations are high!”

 

Since Eastern Continent physicians appeared and changed all medical and treatment systems on the Western Continent, the title was unified as ‘physician.’

 

So he’s probably subtly showing off that he’s a state-certified intermediate physician.

 

‘That bastard Peiman was also an intermediate physician. But his skills were shit.’

 

He’s similar to Peiman. Even though he’s temporarily in charge of medical affairs here, the village was a mess.

 

“It’s an undeserved honor to meet a physician from the Hei Family, famous for their excellence. May I ask which of you I should report the situation to?”

 

As expected.

 

This physician also looked back and forth between Dad and Uncle as if it were natural.

 

‘First of all, Uncle looks like a warrior by appearance alone. And he’s wearing his clothes all disheveled.’

 

Physicians generally dress neatly. In that sense, Dad and Uncle fit that image.

 

“I am not a physician.”

 

“What? Ah, I see. No, I see. Then are you the physician?”

 

“Heh, nope.”

 

I was currently being held by Dad.

 

For some reason, Hei Birang grabbed one of my hands with a confident and proud expression and lifted it up.

 

“We’re just followers, and this is the great physician.”

 

The intermediate physician’s eyes turned toward me.

 

Since the goggles were transparent, I could clearly see the look in his eyes.

 

A flustered face, then bewilderment, and finally anger. I could feel mockery and ridicule.

 

“Did I mishear? Or are you trying to mock me? What I see before me is just a very young baby.”

 

“So?”

 

“Excuse me?”

 

At Dad’s calm voice, the Physician unconsciously raised his voice.

 

Dad tapped the Physician Badge I was holding in one hand.

 

“There’s no law saying a young child can’t become a Physician. And what’s important is that the badge was shown to you. That means this person is who you should report to.”

 

“Uh…”

 

Intermediate Physician Coma laughed.

 

His laughter could be heard clearly, showing just how absurd he found it. He openly displayed his mockery.

 

“…Are you all insane? What do you mean a child is a Physician? If that kid is a Physician, then I’ll eat dog shit.”

 

“…”

 

“I heard rumors that the Hei Family Head has lived too long and gone senile. I guess it was true?”

 

The respect he had shown during our first greeting, which had been burdensome, had completely disappeared.

 

“What kind of medical treatment could that tiny kid possibly provide? The world’s gone mad, even the child has lost their mind… Ugh!”

 

That was the moment. The Physician went flying backward.

 

Splash!

 

A Water Bomb fell on top of him.

 

The wind that sent the Physician flying was Dad’s, and the water was naturally Uncle’s handiwork.

 

“Oh, hey. Sorry about that? Hei Biyu Physician? I saw something dirty so I tried to wash it.”

 

Uncle scratched his neck with an expression that showed no remorse whatsoever.

 

“I thought something filthy was entering your ears, so I cleaned it. Hei Biyu Physician.”

 

Dad responded even more shamelessly. At least get my name right, you man.

 

I scratched my cheek.

 

‘Actually, I’m used to being looked down on for being young, so I wasn’t even angry…’

 

I was smiling, feeling inexplicably good, when Uncle stuck his face close to mine. Whoa, that startled me…

 

“Uncle held back a little. Using abilities on someone who’s wet really hurts a lot.”

 

“…Yes, good job.”

 

I looked at the Physician who had been sent flying.

 

He wasn’t unconscious, but was looking at me with bewilderment, fear, and still a face full of defiance.

 

‘This situation is a mess.’

 

The epidemic had grown beyond control. That was largely this Physician’s fault.

 

Having finished my assessment, I smiled slightly.

 

In the past, since I did everything alone, I had to kindly persuade even prejudiced fools like him.

 

But now there’s no need for that.

 

‘The situation is more serious than I thought.’

 

I clapped my hands together.

 

“Now then, Warriors.”

 

Why else would I have brought three very strong Warriors all the way here?

 

I pointed at the fallen physician.

 

“It would be better to scare him a bit more.”

 

Let’s make him listen first.

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