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Chapter 39 – A Disease That Does Not Exist on Earth
A cute rabbit appeared at the dimensional gate.
It kept tugging at my sleeve and said,
“Divine Doctor! There’s no time to waste!”
“What in the world is going on?”
“A major incident has occurred in the Divine Beast’s Paradise!”
“A major incident?”
Hyangdan continued speaking urgently.
I looked straight at him and said,
“Your name’s Hyangdan, right? First, how about you calm down a bit?”
“Yes, right now, we can’t understand what you’re talking about at all.” Nureongi continued.
“I-I’ll calm down…”
Hyangdan finally calmed down.
Then I asked Hyangdan,
“What exactly happened in the Divine Beast’s Paradise?”
“A plague suddenly broke out!”
“A plague?”
“Yes! Because of it, all the other divine beasts got sick!”
“This is definitely a serious situation.”
A plague broke out in the Divine Beasts’ Paradise.
I don’t know what kind of plague it is.
But one thing was certain.
“It seems highly contagious.”
“Yes! Only I am safe; everyone else got sick!”
“That’s strange. How could you alone have been unaffected?”
“I think it’s thanks to a treasure passed down in my family!”
“Treasure?”
Hyangdan showed the necklace around his neck.
It was a carrot-shaped necklace.
It was dainty and cute.
“This necklace grants wishes for freedom from illness and a long life!”
“I see. So that’s why you alone are safe?”
“That’s why, since I’m perfectly fine, I came to ask the legendary Divine Doctor for help!”
I roughly understood the situation.
I also understood why Hyangdan was in such a hurry.
However, one thing bothered me.
“Can you bring all the patients here?”
“That’s difficult! They’re all too weak to move!”
“I suppose so.”
They’re all sick.
In order to treat those divine beasts, I absolutely have to go over there.
But I wondered if that was even possible.
[Field treatment requests have been submitted for the Divine Beast's Paradise.]
[Field treatment generally grants bonus points.]
[Bonus points increase based on the number of patients treated.]That message popped into my head.
“So it’s a field treatment this time.”
“Crossing over shouldn’t be a problem either!”
Fortunately, the field treatment system existed.
They had most of the hospital systems, just like when I admitted Nak-yong.
This eased my worries about going to the Divine Beast’s Paradise.
“Divine Doctor, I hope you can help the Divine Beast’s Paradise…”
Hyangdan gazed at me earnestly.
I found him so cute that I stroked his head.
Then, I put on my white coat and said,
“Leave everything to me.”
Whether human or divine beast.
After all, saving lives is what doctors do.
* * *
Nureongi and I were fully armed.
Our clothes were disinfected with clean air, and we wore special masks.
We also wore gloves.
“This should keep us safe!”
Caution is paramount in a place where plague runs rampant.
Having finished our preparations, we stepped into the dimensional gate.
At that moment,
[Field medical service commencing.]
[Destination: Divine Beast's Paradise]
[Traveling to destination dimension: Divine Beast's Paradise.]My vision began to shimmer.
“Ooh! Something is happening!”
“…Ugh!”
“Y-Young Master? What’s wrong?”
“I-I’m getting motion sick…”
This weak body is causing trouble again.
Those semicircular canals of mine can’t even handle dimensional travel!
I vomited a few times during the dimensional shift.
Simultaneously,
[Arrived at Dimension: Divine Beast's Paradise.]We finally arrived at the Divine Beast’s Paradise.
“This is our dimension, the Divine Beast’s Paradise!”
“Waaah! Something feels familiar here!”
“First, let’s catch our breath.”
I slumped down where I stood.
In this state, I couldn’t perform any medical treatment.
I looked around, trying to regain my strength.
“So this is the Divine Beast’s Paradise.”
The Divine Beast’s Paradise was a mysterious place, starting with its name alone.
After all, it was the dimension of the legendary divine beasts.
Indeed, this dimension was like paradise.
“There’s so much grass and trees all around! The sky is perfectly clear!”
“It’s truly paradise.”
“Who knew such a place existed? Moving here wouldn’t be so bad!”
“Would you live here alone, Nureongi?”
“…I won’t if it’s not with you, Young Master!”
With those words, Nureongi snuggled into me.
I smiled and stroked Nureongi’s head.
Hyangdan looked at me with a worried expression.
“Divine Doctor, are you all right?”
“Yeah, it’s not life-threatening.”
“I’m sorry. It seems like we’re causing you trouble for no reason.”
“Don’t say that.”
I told Hyangdan firmly.
“A doctor always rushes wherever there’s a patient.”
“Th-that’s so cool! Are doctors always that cool?”
“Indeed! Especially our young master—he’s exceptionally cool!”
“Puppy, are you a doctor, too? You’re not cool.”
“I-I’m still just a nurse! And I’m not a puppy—I’m Nureongi!”
While Nureongi and Hyangdan were talking.
I noticed something strange around us.
“Come to think of it, this is a dimensional gate, too.”
Nak-yong originally said he found our dimension behind the waterfall in a cave.
Ain also seemed unaware of the dimensional gate.
Yet here, a dimensional gate was clearly present.
“Come to think of it, that’s how it was with Mary, too.”
She seemed to already understand the dimensional gate system.
That’s why she must have offered me extra rewards.
It seemed wise to etch this information into my mind.
“All right, shall we check on the patients first?”
“I’ll guide you right away!”
“Slow down. You’ll trip.”
Nureongi and I followed Hyangdan.
The first divine beast to appear was a horse. But this horse had pure white fur and a horn on its head.
“Could it be… a unicorn?”
“Ooh! I never thought I’d see a legendary unicorn!”
The divine beasts’ paradise truly lived up to its name.
The moment we arrived, we were greeted by an awe-inspiring divine beast.
But this wasn’t the time for admiration.
We immediately rushed toward the unicorn.
“Uni! I brought the divine doctor!”
The unicorn didn’t respond to Hyangdan.
I approached the unicorn closely.
Then, I activated my Spiritual Eyes skill.
[Skill: Spiritual Eyes activated.]Simultaneously, the unicorn’s internal structure became visible.
Its blood vessels and anatomy were completely different from those of humans.
Unless I were a veterinarian, it would be quite baffling.
But would I give up just because it was an animal?
I immediately began examining the unicorn’s body.
“A black aura is spreading throughout its entire body. Why is its skin like this? Was it always like this?”
I touched the unicorn’s skin and knew something was off.
Its skin had transformed into something resembling tree bark.
“It wasn’t always like this! All the divine beasts afflicted by the disease have become like this!”
“Hmmm…”
I fell deep into thought.
There was indeed a disease on Earth that caused skin to turn wood-like.
“There are four main types that resemble this.”
Common warts.
Erythema multiforme.
Scleroderma.
Bullous epidermolysis.
For now, I could narrow it down to these four.
Which of these diseases is contagious?
“Only common warts and scleroderma…”
Honestly, these symptoms were far removed from those of either disease.
Should I say it was a disease type I’d never seen before?
It didn’t resemble any disease I knew.
Then—
Crack!
Wood-like bark suddenly popped up on the unicorn’s body!
Seeing that, I let out a sigh.
“Young master, what’s wrong?”
Nureongi tilted his head at my sigh.
I spoke softly to him.
“I don’t think this is a disease you’d see on Earth.”
These patients had diseases that I didn’t recognize.
* * *
I can confidently say that I have encountered most of the diseases on Earth.
That’s why I can state it with certainty.
“This isn’t a disease you can find on Earth.”
“I-is that so?”
“And this dark aura… Upon closer inspection, it’s not flowing through its entire body but only through its qi.”
Was it because it was a divine beast?
A mysterious power flowed within its qi.
It was a power similar to my own clear qi.
It was undoubtedly a magical power.
But that wasn’t all.
“Is this black qi moving by riding on magical power?”
The black qi rode the magical power, gliding through the entire body. Where was the black qi particularly concentrated?
“The tree bark transformation is progressing faster.”
If this continued, the entire body would harden completely.
But I couldn’t understand.
What on earth had happened to cause such a disease to arise?
“Hyangdan, may I ask you a few questions?”
“Feel free to ask anything.”
“Before this plague broke out, was there anything unusual?”
“Unusual things… I think there were?”
“I knew it.”
I nodded at Hyangdan’s answer.
There’s no effect without a cause.
There must be a reason this plague broke out.
We’ll find the cure within that reason.
“What exactly happened?”
“A strange man came through the dimensional gate!”
“A strange man?”
“Yes! That man threw a strange bundle and vanished!”
“And the bundle?”
“It emitted something like spores and disappeared.”
Hearing Hyangdan’s words, I realized something instinctively.
The bundle was the cause.
That strange man had deliberately caused the plague.
“Who on earth was that man?”
“He sounds like the uninvited guest Nero mentioned last time!”
“Uninvited guest? Nero definitely warned us to be careful.”
“That unwelcome guest must have spread the plague to this dimension!”
“But why would he do such a thing?”
Unleash a plague in another dimension and then flee?
Does that even make sense?
No sane person would do such a thing.
But I know differently.
Not everyone in this world is sane.
“I suppose I should relay this story to Nero, too.”
If someone like that is running around, they absolutely must be caught.
That’s Nero’s job.
That’s why I decided to tell him about the uninvited guest.
“So, young master, what are we going to do now?”
“You’re right. This is quite a predicament.”
As I scratched my head, Hyangdan asked, looking worried.
“Divine Doctor, is there a problem?”
“A problem? Well, this illness isn’t something I’ve encountered in my own dimension.”
The patients I’d treated until now?
They all had illnesses that I had seen on Earth.
But this case was different.
The patient and the disease were both cases I’d never seen before.
“So, I can’t clearly figure out a treatment method.”
“I figured as much,” Hyangdan said with a gloomy expression.
“I’m sorry, Divine Doctor. I’m ashamed I brought you to such a dangerous place.”
“Sorry? You don’t need to apologize.”
“But if you don’t know the cure, there’s nothing we can do. Divine Doctor, you should escape this dangerous place quickly.”
Hyangdan spoke resolutely, as if he had already made up his mind.
It seemed as if he intended to solve this alone.
It was as if he were telling Nureongi and me to flee immediately.
But I didn’t respond to Hyangdan’s words.
Instead…
Swish!
I began examining the unicorn’s skin more closely.
“Di-Divine Doctor? What are you doing? Escape before you get infected!”
Hyangdan exclaimed in panic.
I spoke to him.
“What kind of doctor would abandon a patient right before their eyes?”
“Divine Doctor…”
“Besides,” I continued, “there’s something my father always used to say.”
With those words, I recalled my father’s teachings:
Never abandon a patient.
Remembering his words, I declared,
“I will never abandon a patient.”
“But even the Divine Doctor has no solution! You don’t even know what disease it is. Treatment is impossible!”
That’s true.
How could treatment possibly work when we don’t know what disease it is?
But that’s…
“Yakseon’s Notebook.”
This was back when I was just a regular doctor.
I had a very special “recipe” now.
[Skill: Yakseon's Notebook activates.]Simultaneously, the notebook began unfolding before my eyes! Holding the notebook, I declared,
“Just trust me. I’ll cure everyone.”
At that moment, tears welled up in Hyangdan’s eyes.
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