TFSG 96

Chapter 96

 The Terminally Ill Baby Physician Didn’t Hide Their Genius

I opened my eyes wide.

They know everything…?

“Everyone… not even a little…”

Ah. I stopped speaking mid-sentence as I realized why, ever since I started treating people in this village, the families kept holding me.

“Brother, this time it’s my turn to hold them.”
“Biwon wouldn’t know about that, right?”
“No, it’s my turn!”
“It’s funny to fight over it when there’s a father around.”
“Ugh, the father who hasn’t parented for three years, get lost.”
“……”

It wasn’t like that at home. In the end, it was just the worries of my father, uncle, and great-uncle in their own ways.

My chest felt warm.

When I first went to see my uncle, I never imagined things would go this smoothly.

“No matter how much I treated them, I thought they’d just take the medicine and run or not listen to me properly.”

It wasn’t strange to think that way. Most of the people I met in my third life were like that.

Betrayal was the norm.

I had thought I could no longer trust anyone.

But…

“These people are different.”

I fidgeted with my hands.

“Really… I’m so glad I sought out these three, no, four people in this life.”

I lifted my head.

I grabbed Raon’s hand firmly and smiled brightly.

“Thank you. If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have known.”

I gently shook the hand I was holding.

“I think I might be duller than I thought. Maybe… I’ve just gotten used to living alone, solving things by myself.”

“I!”

At that moment, Raon’s face drew close. The hat slipped slightly, revealing their expression clearly.

A beautiful face, eyes framed by long lashes, staring with a serious look.

“I think Biwoo is amazing! Very much so…!”

“Huh? Oh, th-thank you?”

Was this something to declare so solemnly? I nodded, bewildered.

“And… remember I said I had a special ability?”

Yes, they had. On the day they transformed from the person in the wardrobe.

“I have a special ability. I’ll be of help!”

But I hadn’t heard exactly what the ability was. And with things moving so quickly here, it had been put aside for a moment.

“I’ve been putting off explaining because I wasn’t sure how… but it’s not like I don’t have an ability!”

“It’s okay. Take your time. And even if you didn’t have an ability, you’d still be Raon.”

Raon’s cheeks tinted slightly. They seemed happy.

“Ah, the ears came out.”

I hurriedly pressed Raon’s hat down, whispering, “Ears! Ears!” Raon nodded quickly.

“I think I now know how to use this ability.”

It turns out Raon was two years older than me, yet their pronunciation didn’t slip—something I envied.

I wanted to quickly become a sharp, articulate young physician too.

Raon held my hand tightly.

“I can help you!”

They didn’t actually have to help. Maybe they just wanted to repay a kindness?

“What kind of ability? What kind of help?”

I asked lightly. We hadn’t even considered our surroundings.

To explain briefly, we had just finished clearing the village square and gathered all remaining patients, including those from the Sinion district.

“Yes! I’ll show you.”

Raon closed their eyes gently, like praying, while holding my hand.

For a moment, I thought they looked like a little angel with long lashes.

Flap.

Our clothes fluttered wildly. White light flowed from Raon.

It was a sacred, refreshing light.

“…The sky?”

A vivid blue sky spread before my eyes.

“It’s not real.”

I knew it was an illusion, but it felt real.

Under the sky was a field. A massive creature stood on the field.

“…A fox? But the tail…”

It had many tails. I couldn’t count exactly, but there were far more than Raon. Wait, nine? Maybe?

As the fox howled, something enormous appeared in the sky.

And then…

Boom!

A dazzling pillar of light shot up from the field, and I closed my eyes tightly.

When I opened them, my body was bathed in white light. I could feel the light seeping into me.

“My body… is full of energy.”

It was a strange feeling. Like waking up after a deep, restful sleep.

My body felt lighter, and the lingering cold and fatigue were gone.

“Energy restored? Wait, no.”

I checked my body and was startled. This feeling was…

I quickly opened the nearby water container and soaked my hands.

Clap.

When I clapped, whoosh!

A massive pillar of water shot up, as if made by my uncle, the water mage.

“Hah…”

The patients lying nearby, the junior physicians, the apothecary, even the knights and soldiers—all stared at the water pillar I had made.

“It wasn’t a mistake.”

I had created something like this before.

This was… something I could only do near my peak in my third life.

Strictly speaking, it wasn’t my full peak skill, but the youthful body’s lack of experience had been overcome.

“Raon, you…”

“Do you like it?”

Raon opened their eyes, which shone brightly, sparkling like stars.

“Mom said only our family could do this. It’s a secret, but Biwoo is okay.”

I kept my mouth shut rather than asking more.

“There are a lot of people around.”

No one was close enough to hear our conversation anyway. We could talk later.

I smiled widely.

“Yes, this seems like the ability I need most right now! Truly amazing!”

Raon’s cheeks turned pink.

“So I’m useful too…”

The child, ears and neck red, was utterly adorable.

I even wondered if Dad saw me this way sometimes.

I chuckled.

“It’s not just ‘useful.’”

Could I feel this happy? Facing an ability I had waited ten years to refine, now in front of me, was exhilarating.

It felt like a mermaid returning to water.

“Let me show you how incredible what Raon did is.”

I bravely reached forward.

“Watch closely. I’ll show you a miracle.”

This happened during my third life.

In my late teens, I arrived at a village.

Caw caw.

There seemed to be more crows than people in this abandoned, plague-ridden village, considered cursed and dirty.

“Coming here was almost out of stubbornness.”

Even the surviving villagers distrusted and rejected me.

“G-go away! You’re just going to run away anyway!!”
“The guardian has abandoned us… everyone will die…”
“Please save us…”

I spent four days diagnosing every person and analyzing the disease, then gathered all the patients together.

The process was exhausting, and I was scolded and insulted in various ways.

Eventually, I gathered all surviving patients.

“Alright, everyone, are you all here? Don’t move.”

I gave the instructions flatly.

“Do we really have to go this far?”

Beside me was a ‘friend’ who had belatedly chased after me—my only friend.

Around my age, lazy and arrogant, yet his eyes had a strangely fierce look when opened.

Even some patients cast furtive glances at this strikingly handsome young man.

“Why do you do what no one else does? Why come to a village full of disease?”

“Lower your voice.”

“Just live comfortably like someone like you!”

Even though he himself was a patient, he insisted on chasing me to this diseased village and scolding me.

A strange guy.

“How could I live comfortably? I really want to know.”

“Are you the only one who’s fallen for me?”

Not funny logic at all. The ones who had fallen for me, or wanted me as their physician, all had one thing in common—they wanted to monopolize me.

“So I should marry them and live trapped in the house they make? I can’t do that. I’m allergic to confinement.”

“Then I’ll live with you!”

The young, arrogant face scrunched up as he shouted, and I paused for a moment.

His face was flushed red, but he was determined.

“…Have you taken your medicine?”

The squabble didn’t last long.

Still, I was grateful to the friend who had chased me to this plague-ridden village.

At that time, I was clumsy and couldn’t even properly greet him.

“…You chased me all the way here on your own? If you die here, it’s not my responsibility.”

“Physician, you really don’t speak kindly, do you?”

Seeing all the patients gathered, I coughed awkwardly.

“…Ahem, still, thank you for coming this far.”

I smiled brightly.

“I’ll show you a miracle.”

That day, I healed the entire village for the first time.