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Chapter 36
‘Yeah, that’s right. Hahaha!’
‘As expected of Sir Heukdae!’
Heukdae, who openly ignored and bullied me, would often laugh like that with his subordinates right after beating me up.
“A divine beast without a master!”
Only a handful of rare sorcerers could give birth to divine beasts through their powers.
But on rare occasions, they could also be born in places where the power of nature was heavily concentrated.
Such beings were called “masterless divine beasts,” and could be raised either by sorcerers or even ordinary people.
Heukdae just happened to buy one at a market — a masterless divine beast — for dirt cheap.
It was a white snake with horns.
Masterless divine beasts had the ability to choose their own master.
They could strengthen a sorcerer, and in some cases, even awaken someone with no powers at all.
If someone like a healer or apothecary from the Heuk family got their hands on one, it would be easier to make elixirs.
But Heukdae had absolutely no talent — he was a disgrace of a physician.
“You damn… snake bastard!!”
When the masterless divine beast ultimately rejected Heukdae and chose to die instead—
—I was the one who buried it.
‘I was planning to find it in my third life, but the timing didn’t work out.’
This time, I’ll definitely find it and make it my assistant.
‘Plus, there’s a lot to buy and do today.’
Surprisingly, Dad had quite a bit of money.
When I asked why there was so much money at home, he seemed just as confused.
Apparently, he lost memories related to it.
It turned out not just Dad, but even my eldest uncle had a lot of money. Only my second uncle was dead broke.
‘Our youngest can’t save money~’
‘Shut it! I sent all my money to my daughter, okay?’
I remembered him going wild while my eldest uncle teased him with that sly grin.
‘Also, the money Uncle sent never even made it to the heroine, right?’
I should tell him that soon, too.
“Is it this way?”
“Yup. That’s the shortcut.”
“…This isn’t your first time, is it?”
Even at the market, Dad stood out.
People were blatantly sneaking glances, but he ignored them.
I gave him a playful grin.
“It’s my first time, but I know it well.”
“Why?”
“Because I know the future.”
“Ohh. You’re from another world, you know the future, and you have genius-level abilities?”
Yup. That’s me, Dad.
I nodded cheerfully.
Dad, unimpressed, simply replied, “…There are plenty of rough doctors I know. Want me to introduce you to one?”
“…Are you saying I need treatment too?”
“I didn’t say that. Well, kids do have vivid imaginations.”
That’s how you’re taking this?
Well, it didn’t matter. I just snorted and moved on.
How long did we walk like that?
When I started to recognize a familiar store, I lit up and smiled widely.
‘Ah, there it is!’
That’s when it happened.
Crash! Bang!
The door of the store — our destination — burst open, and someone was thrown out from inside.
“Catch her now!”
“Get her!”
It looked like someone had thrown her out — a woman in her 30s.
“Ugh, ptooey! Damn it…”
She quickly got to her feet and ran away.
‘Wait… that person.’
One of my targets for today. She was someone I had been looking for.
‘But why did she get beat up?!’
Three people came out of the store.
Two sword-wielding warriors with thick swords at their waists, and a potbellied man who looked like a merchant.
Judging by the pouch at his waist, he was an apothecary.
“This time I’ll make sure she can never do business here again…! Catch that woman! I said catch her!”
“Yes, sir!”
The two warriors ran after her.
The merchant clicked his tongue and went back inside.
“Dad, can you help chase after that woman?”
I heard wind-users were good at tracking.
Dad nodded.
“I’ll attach some wind to her. But if she gets too far, it’ll be hard.”
“That’s okay.”
She wouldn’t leave the market anyway. In fact, she probably moves around like it’s her own house.
“Let’s go inside that shop.”
I knew this place well. In my third life, I had worked here for a while. It was where I had traded medicinal herbs.
More precisely, it was a shop run as a hobby by a certain apothecary.
“Please, sir… Just this once, have mercy. I’m innocent…”
“Shut up!”
As we stepped inside, a loud voice was yelling.
It was the same apothecary who’d ordered the woman to be chased down.
A middle-aged man was kneeling and begging in front of him. His face was covered in dried blood.
I recognized him.
“Lady Yoonha is innocent… She would never steal from you. There must be a real culprit!”
“What do you know? If you don’t bring that wench back, you and your son are finished.”
“N-no, please. At least spare my son… He’s ill…!”
“Ugh, don’t touch me with your filthy hands!”
The middle-aged man clutched the apothecary’s leg.
The apothecary, visibly disgusted, raised his foot to kick the man in the face—
“Dad, help him!”
A gust of wind blew, and the large apothecary was suddenly floating in the air.
“Wh-who are you? H-Huh? A s-sorcerer?”
The apothecary’s eyes widened in horror when he saw Dad.
“Wait… You’re…!!”
Huh? Don’t tell me he knows Dad? But Dad hasn’t been active in years…
“What should I do with him now?” Dad asked while holding me in his arms.
I casually replied, “Throw him far away!”
“Not kill him?”
I hesitated.
Whoa, this guy… kinda scary?
“Dad, I know I look a bit delinquent, but I’m still a physician. And an apothecary!”
“Got it. You don’t want to dirty your hands — so you want me to handle it?”
“No, no!”
Why does he always interpret it like that?!
In the end, we agreed to just throw the apothecary far away.
Dad said he threw him into the farthest, most isolated alley he could manage.
Still, he looked dissatisfied.
He muttered, “Should’ve at least chopped off a leg,” and I quickly looked away.
‘So this is what seasoned warriors are like…’
Guess I forgot Dad used to be one of Heuk family’s warriors.
“Put me down.”
I walked over to the middle-aged man lying on the ground.
“Sir, are you okay?”
“Ugh… Thank you for helping me…”
Yup. Definitely a familiar face.
“I’ll treat you.”
I looked around. This was an herb shop. Which meant — ingredients were everywhere.
“Dad, let me know if someone comes.”
“Sure.”
Good. With Dad keeping watch—
—I opened a water bottle.
There was a chick doodle on the outside I hadn’t seen before.
My brother Gyewon had drawn it.
Said it looked like me?
‘But the feather color’s totally different though?’
I poured out the water and dipped my hand in.
Swoooosh!
The swirling water splashed all over the middle-aged man.
‘Whoa, good grief…’
He had broken fingers, a fractured ankle—
Bruises all over, and even internal bleeding.
He’d clearly been badly beaten.
It must have hurt so much. Yet he didn’t even scream, just knelt and begged.
‘I always knew he was an amazing person, but still…’
I let out a quiet sigh.
“Don’t move. I’m diagnosing you.”
“Y-Yes? W-wait… You’re a doctor?”
Even while trapped in water I created, he looked dumbfounded.
This was probably the first time he’d seen a three-year-old use this kind of power. Understandable.
‘Doctor Biyu, it’s time to eat.’
‘Ah, come on, mister. I told you not to call me that…’
‘Still, you’re a proper physician now, aren’t you?’
From my long life — one of my few warm memories.
Thinking of that gentle face, I smiled brightly.
“That’s right. A doctor. And an apothecary.”
And also… a genius.
