The Divine And Demonic Doctor [EN]: Chapter 457

The Divine Doctor of Mount Hua (457)

Almost every day, with clockwork regularity, they witnessed the same old farce.

After about ten years, it had become a commonplace occurrence in Hae Nam, a part of their daily lives.

So, most people simply ignored it.

Beom Gye-wi, however, didn’t approve of the Hae Nam disciples’ apathetic attitude.

‘I really need to put them through another round of hellish training.’

If they overheard him, they would be horrified.

But the Hae Nam disciples, blissfully unaware of his thoughts, simply ignored Beom Gye-wi’s glare.

“Ahem. Shall we conclude today’s training here?”

“Freeze.”

The Hae Nam disciples, who were quietly trying to sneak away from the training grounds, stopped dead in their tracks at Beom Gye-wi’s command.

Beom Gye-wi growled at them.

“How many years have you been training, and you’re still like this? Huh? Like this!”

Kwaang!

Beom Gye-wi swung his fist and struck the air, causing a sudden roar and a burst of flames in the empty space.

“You need to use your strength like this, pababak! Why can’t you do something so simple?”

The Hae Nam disciples all wore troubled expressions.

The heavens had granted Beom Gye-wi the talent for martial arts that only a master could possess, but they had not given him the talent for teaching.

Or perhaps, they had taken away his teaching ability in equal measure to his martial arts prowess.

However fair the heavens aimed to be, the disciples certainly didn’t appreciate this particular brand of fairness.

In any case, they were the ones who suffered for it.

‘Is he going to start beating someone up again?’

Moreover, as the situation escalated, they began to feel uneasy.

They had witnessed countless times how he would leave his opponent half-dead, claiming he would let them experience the technique firsthand when he became frustrated with explanations.

The person who usually saved them from this predicament was none other than Beom Gye-wi’s daughter.

“Dad, how many times have I told you?”

“Huh? Told me what?”

“No one can understand properly even if you explain it that way!”

“That can’t be. Our Dan euwon [Dan euwon refers to Dan Ahk-seon, using a respectful title] understands right away and follows along well?”

“I’m not naive enough to believe that at face value.”

“Would this father lie to his precious daughter?”

Beom Gye-wi suddenly missed Dan Ahk-seon.

Dan Ahk-seon, who understood him even when he spoke nonsense.

Dan Ahk-seon was the only person in this world who could share his thoughts telepathically, without needing words.

The girl sighed softly at Beom Gye-wi’s wistful expression.

“Okay. Let’s just say Dan orabeoni [Orabeoni is a Korean term used by a younger female to address an older male she is close to] is a genius, so that might be possible.”

She had heard stories about Dan Ahk-seon so often since she was a child that they were ingrained in her memory.

So, even though he was a stranger she had never met, she felt a sense of familiarity with him.

“But you shouldn’t scold them by comparing them to him. Everyone has different talents.”

“Are you taking their side now?”

“That expression too! ‘Them’?”

“Ryeo-hwa?”

“What?”

“This father is sad. You know how much I love you, so why don’t you take my side?”

The girl called Ryeo-hwa didn’t back down and retorted.

“Think about it, Dad. Dong-myeong ajussi [Ajussi is a Korean term for ‘uncle’ or a respectful way to address an older man] over there has a son older than me. And Pil-jung ajussi’s youngest daughter is the same age as me! I’m embarrassed to face those friends because of Dad’s antics.”

Beom Gye-wi looked blank for a moment, realizing the truth in her words.

Come to think of it, unlike him, his daughter had an extensive network of friends and acquaintances throughout Hae Nam.

“How can our daughter be so smart? I can’t win against her arguments.”

“It’s because I take after Mom.”

“…….”

Beom Ryeo-hwa sighed deeply at Beom Gye-wi’s quickly sulking demeanor.

“But except for eloquence, you’re just like Dad.”

“Really?”

Beom Gye-wi brightened up instantly, as if he had never been discouraged.

The Hae Nam disciples could only admire inwardly at the sight of her manipulating the fearsome Mangsang Choja [Mangsang Choja is likely a title or nickname, perhaps referring to Beom Gye-wi’s martial prowess] with a few well-chosen words.

“So, promise me. That you won’t treat them carelessly in the future.”

“Keueung. I want to, but when I see those guys, my blood boils…….”

“Again!”

“……When I see those friends, I can’t stand it because I get so angry.”

“But they’re the ones who have cherished and cared for me consistently since I was young. Do you know how sorry and apologetic I feel towards them every time Dad does that? So, please. Isn’t it natural to repay the kindness and love you’ve received?”

“Not really?”

“Huh?”

“I love you, but I never expected anything in return.”

Beom Ryeo-hwa was greatly embarrassed by his unexpected words.

“Uh……. Euhm…….”

In the end, Beom Ryeo-hwa, at a loss for words, resorted to the ultimate move she had been saving for the very end.

She reached out and wrapped her arms around Beom Gye-wi’s face.

Her skin was scratched by his prickly beard, but Beom Ryeo-hwa didn’t mind.

Instead, she rubbed her face even harder and shook Beom Gye-wi with a terrifying barrage of aegyo [Aegyo is a Korean expression of cuteness].

“Can’t you just grant my wish? Huh? Daddyyy…….”

Beom Gye-wi finally surrendered to his daughter’s all-out assault.

“Okay. I will.”

“Really?”

Beom Ryeo-hwa, who had been delighted, wore a sullen expression at Beom Gye-wi’s following words.

“I won’t do it in front of our daughter.”

“Where does that rule come from?”

It was then.

“Ryeo-hwa, are you nagging Dad again?”

“Mom!”

“Dad has business to do with Mom, so won’t you let him go?”

Beom Ryeo-hwa pouted her lips at the sight of Byeok Hwa-ryeong entering the training grounds.

“Mom is so unfair! Mom always monopolizes Dad.”

“As I said before, Gaga [Gaga is a term of endearment, like ‘honey’ or ‘sweetheart’] is Mom’s.”

“That’s too much!”

“If you feel wronged, you should try to find your own Gaga. Do you know how hard this mom worked to get your dad?”

Beom Ryeo-hwa flared up.

“If you keep doing this, I’m going to sleep with Mom and Dad from today.”

Byeok Hwa-ryeong smiled at her daughter, who was exploiting her only weakness.

“Go ahead.”

“……?”

“But you won’t get the sibling you’ve been wanting so much.”

“Huh? How can you go back on your promise like that?”

“Mom and Dad are still trying. But if you’re interfering with that, what can we do?”

“When did I interfere…….”

“Everyone seems to know except you?”

Beom Ryeo-hwa looked around and belatedly saw the Hae Nam disciples awkwardly smiling and avoiding her gaze.

Beom Gye-wi lifted Beom Ryeo-hwa and sat her on his shoulders.

“Hehe. Don’t worry, our daughter. Dad will definitely make you a pretty sibling.”

“Oh, Dad. I’m ten years old now. It’s going to be difficult if you keep treating me like a child.”

“Euhaha. Let’s just be a child until you’re eleven.”

“You’ve been postponing it by a year like that since I was six.”

The Hae Nam disciples couldn’t help but smile at the sight of the affectionate father and daughter bickering.

No matter how much the mountains and trees trembled at the fearsome Mangsang Choja, he was just a father who couldn’t help but dote on his only daughter.

But…….

“Are you laughing at me?”

The warm atmosphere suddenly froze at Beom Gye-wi’s words.

“Dad…….”

“Ah! It’s become a habit……. I’ll be careful.”

It was then.

Beom Gye-wi, who spotted a man running into the training grounds, panting heavily, slightly raised the corners of his lips.

“Is it an attack? Did some crazy waegu [Waegu refers to Japanese pirates] raid a ship again?”

There was no other reason for the lookout monitoring the distant sea from the mountaintop watchtower to rush down like this.

Wegu, who had become extinct in recent years and had disappeared for several years, had never been so welcome.

“I wish a decent one would come.”

Beom Gye-wi muttered to himself and urged the soldier.

“Who is it? Who should I kill?”

“D, Dan euwon-nim!”

“Okay. I’ll kill a guy named Dan euwon……. Huh?”

Beom Gye-wi, who had nodded absentmindedly at the soldier’s answer, was startled and asked again.

“Who did you say?”

“Dan euwon-nim is coming!”

It was the message conveyed by the ship approaching from afar using signals with flags.

“Kyaak!”

Beom Ryeo-hwa’s shrill scream echoed immediately after.

Suddenly, the lower part of her body felt empty, and she was caught by a strong wind and fell into her mother’s arms.

“Our daughter, are you okay?”

Beom Ryeo-hwa sobbed at Byeok Hwa-ryeong’s words.

“Hing. Dad abandoned me.”

However, Beom Gye-wi, who would normally accept her grumbling, was nowhere to be found.

A speedboat heading towards Hae Nam, cutting through the waves.

A desperate cry of alarm erupted from the mouth of a sailor gazing ahead from the bow.

“Water spouts ahead! Everyone hold on to the boat tightly!”

“What!”

The captain, who was steering from the stern, couldn’t hide his bewilderment.

He had been sailing for over twenty years, so he knew what he was seeing.

He quickly turned the helm.

The speedboat swayed and quickly changed direction.

Even in the midst of that, he felt a chill down his spine as he watched the water spouts that continued to rise one after another.

He couldn’t understand why the Hae Nam faction was firing cannons at them.

Squeak.

Dan Ahk-seon, who was gazing ahead from the bow, with the screams of the speedboat groaning as if it would crumble at any moment, smiled slightly.

“Don’t worry.”

The sailors, who had jumped to the conclusion that the cannonballs had fallen just by seeing the water spouts rising in the distance, finally realized that the water spouts that continued to rise were gradually heading towards them.

It was right after they spotted the figure approaching rapidly.

The sailors couldn’t help but be amazed by the huge water spouts that soared every time he kicked off the surface of the water.

Kuoong.

It was also at that moment that the speedboat was half-submerged in water with a heavy impact sound, and then suddenly bounced up.

Shwaaaaa.

A huge figure revealed itself amidst the enormous water splash that poured down belatedly.

“Dan euwon!”

Beom Gye-wi, who strode forward, hugged Dan Ahk-seon tightly.

Dan Ahk-seon, who was hugged by Beom Gye-wi, was surprised again.

He had been an adult for a long time, and Dan Ahk-seon, who was a head taller than others, was hanging with his feet off the ground when he was hugged by Beom Gye-wi.

“I missed you, Ajussi [Ajussi is a Korean term for ‘uncle’ or a respectful way to address an older man].”

The sailors, who were finally relieved, also stroked their surprised hearts.

Shortly after, the speedboat carrying Dan Ahk-seon and Beom Gye-wi arrived at the Hae Nam dock.

“We greet Dan euwon-nim!”

The people of the Hae Nam faction who remembered Dan Ahk-seon rushed to greet him.

“You’ve changed so much.”

“I wouldn’t have recognized you if I hadn’t heard about it in advance.”

Beom Gye-wi cast a disapproving look at the Hae Nam disciples who were chatting among themselves.

“What’s changed? Except for being a little taller, you’re exactly the same! You have no observational skills.”

Dan Ahk-seon smiled and dissuaded Beom Gye-wi.

“Beom Ajussi is the only one who recognized me at a glance.”

In fact, Pung Jin-seong also recognized him right away, but he was slightly doubtful.

Beom Gye-wi wore a more than satisfied smile.

“I can recognize our Dan euwon right away no matter what he looks like. Why? Because Dan euwon is family to me.”

“As expected, Beom Ajussi is the best.”

“Euhaha. Really?”

The Hae Nam disciples who were watching the scene nodded their heads.

“As expected, it was Dan euwon-nim.”

“Come to think of it, I think you controlled him like that with praise before.”

“I wonder. Is that why there were no major accidents when Dan euwon-nim was by your side?”

It was then.

“Welcome, Dan Orabeoni [Orabeoni is a Korean term used by a younger female to address an older male she is close to].”

Dan Ahk-seon turned his gaze with a puzzled face.

The figure of a girl smiling brightly at him came into view.

“It’s been a while.”

A girl who looked to be about ten years old at a glance.

But Dan Ahk-seon couldn’t hide his embarrassment when that adorable and cute girl called him Orabeoni without hesitation.

“Who…….”

“I’m Ryeo-hwa. Beom Ryeo-hwa.”

“……?”

“Don’t you really remember? You even took my pulse directly before.”

Dan Ahk-seon was very embarrassed.

No matter how much he tried to remember, he couldn’t recall anything.

At this time, Beom Ryeo-hwa, who approached with a sly smile, grabbed Dan Ahk-seon’s sleeve and smiled mischievously.

“Of course, I was in Mom’s belly back then.”