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Chapter 69
The Terminal Baby Physician Doesn’t Hide That She’s a Genius
“Ah, ah.”
I felt the cool breeze linger beside me. My voice, when I tested it, boomed out in echoes.
Oh, that works well.
“Respected Aunt.”
My clear, ringing voice carried far and wide.
“I am Heuk Piyu, daughter of Heuk Bihu. I would like to make one proposal.”
“Who gave you permission to speak?”
Heuk Haran’s face twisted in displeasure.
But I had just studied an excellent example from my uncle.
‘If you want to do something, ignore the rest!’
Sure, the witness hadn’t actually been beaten to death by my uncle just now, but the lesson was unforgettable.
The moment I saw the family head here, I had to change all my plans.
I, a regressor, was deeply inspired by my uncle. If you want to go wild, you can go that wild!
“My uncle and second uncle never went outside— I, who live with them in the eastern wing, can guarantee it.”
But unlike my uncle, I didn’t have overwhelming power to press my point. So I had to play it my way.
Smiling brightly, I made my statement. Haran sneered.
“Hah… ridiculous. What do you know? Do you think anyone will accept the word of a child who can’t even sense tracking incense?”
“Why not? Maybe the witness just bullied someone into testifying earlier?”
“What?”
“The two uncles were forbidden from leaving because of illness, weren’t they?”
My aunts weren’t fools.
In this life, they were planning to borrow the authority of the family head to crush their brothers.
To them, my father and his brothers weren’t supposed to act independently— only serve as tools.
So I hit them with an idea completely outside their logic.
“Then, if their illness has improved, wouldn’t that ban be lifted?”
Everything began with the illness.
The sickness, the accidents it caused, all of it led to this— the travel ban, and the curse of living under tracking incense.
“Impossible! What nonsense are you spouting? Hmph… father and daughter, both the same. Heuk Bihu! Stop using that sound-amplifying ability at once!”
“No.”
“Oh! My apologies, I should have asked properly!”
I quickly raised my hand with a cheeky grin.
“After all, the master here is the family head.”
Right— if you won’t answer, I’ll just ask the family head.
And the family head I know…
Seated in her chair, grandmother laughed quietly.
“How amusing.”
Because of the cloth covering her eyes, her expression seemed eerie.
‘The family head I know… pretends to be retired, but she still sees through everything.’
She may seem to watch her children’s infighting idly, but in truth, she still bore the ambition and obsession to restore the clan’s glory.
So.
If I mention the improvement of an illness no one could ever cure, her mind will start turning immediately.
“This is my first time meeting my granddaughter. Cute, how she worries for this retired old woman.”
See? She took the bait.
“The disease afflicting my third and youngest sons— no physician in this world has ever been able to heal that. Do you really think it possible?”
“But, Family Head, you’ve already seen my uncle using his powers again.”
I responded politely, without backing down.
Grandmother raised her hand and removed the cloth from her eyes.
Her eyelids, calmly closed, came into view.
“You are right… if their treatment is truly possible, then it is something worth considering.”
That serene smile on her face— no one could dismiss it.
“Even something I myself could not achieve.”
A sharp wind swirled around us.
“Pitiful child, you too must have been trapped in the east wing because of your father’s fault. But your misfortune cannot defend you here.”
Her voice pierced me, calm but unyielding.
“If those words were merely deception to escape a temporary crisis, you will bear the consequences.”
A strange discomfort came over me.
The wind howled—
‘This isn’t Father’s wind.’
It was scorching hot, and it drew closer and closer.
The wind became visible, coiling like a vortex.
Just as the searing wind closed in around me— a cool, refreshing breeze wrapped me instead, tinged with blue light.
BOOM!
The air scattered.
“If you wish to speak, Family Head, kindly spare us the intimidation. My child is still far too young.”
Father pulled me into his arms.
‘So Grandmother tried to surround me with her wind?’
That meant only one thing: diagnosis.
Diagnosis…
Letting my condition be exposed would do me no good.
“I only meant to check the child’s nutrition, my son.”
“I verify that every day myself. There’s no need for your concern.”
“You, is it? Hah, how long has it been since we’ve spoken properly?”
The family head smiled faintly and fell silent. Then, opening only one eye—
“Bihu, if your daughter mentioned it, does that mean you too have improved?”
Her eyes were blank, unfocused, yet the sheer pressure they radiated made one’s skin crawl.
“How interesting… granddaughter.”
Father hugged me tighter, his wind surging.
“Then prove it. Either heal Heuk Biwon and Heuk Birang’s illness, or prove they have already improved.”
Perfect.
I turned my gaze on my uncles.
‘Well? Hurry up, uncles. Show them you’re fine!’
But strangely, my eldest uncle wore a dazed look, while my second uncle looked utterly shocked.
Especially the second uncle— his expression screamed, “Are you crazy?”
I grinned and pointed at my eldest uncle.
“Then let’s start by proving it with Uncle!”
Everyone gathered must have felt the strangeness.
They had come for a meeting, only for it to turn into a trial. Then the accused knocked out a witness.
‘And no one could stop it.’
As if that weren’t enough, a three-year-old girl raised her hand and directly asked the family head to let her demonstrate her ability.
Despite being the accused!
‘Considering the family head is revered by all physicians and apothecaries here…’
To them, this situation made no sense.
And yet, instead of scolding and rejecting me outright, the family head accepted the proposal?
‘That must seem even more incomprehensible.’
But I alone knew.
How devoted she was to reviving the clan.
Physicians and apothecaries— even her own children— came second to the clan itself.
‘If, in my past life, I could have met the family head without my aunts’ interference… would things have been different?’
But that was meaningless speculation now.
“Family Head… forgive my boldness, but will you truly accept such an arrogant proposal?”
“Yes, how dare she demand such a thing from you! It’s outrageous!”
People glared at Heuk Biwon with hostility, muttering that it was impossible.
The aunts on the stairs also raised their voices, trying to dissuade the family head.
“Mother, will you really accept such nonsense?”
“Elder Sister is right! Family Head, our brother is just insane. His madness won’t disappear. This is just an excuse to escape punishment. We need a proper investigation and a sentence!”
“…”
The third aunt sided with the eldest.
Even so, the family head remained silent.
The third aunt, unable to stand the quiet, pressed further.
“You saw him earlier, didn’t you? Knocking the witness down. Is that normal?”
“Enough. Be quiet, Gye-ra.”
With just a small gesture, the family head silenced her.
“You talk too much.”
Then she stepped forward to the edge of the stairs and looked down at us.
“My son Heuk Biwon’s condition— I will judge myself whether it has truly improved. If it has, then I promise, here and now: the travel ban on the two brothers will be lifted.”
“…!!”
The aunts’ eyes widened in shock, furious.
Even their husbands clenched their fists, struggling to contain their anger.
I smirked inwardly at the sight.
‘And what if you can’t hold it in? All I need is to win over the family head.’
