Chapter 30

Chapter 30

Wandering Wandering

While walking with Arong, there was a [Contagious Disease Patient] coughing with difficulty at the bus stop so I casually treated from behind.

[System]

-Used ‘Plague Treatment’.

-‘Plague Treatment’ proficiency +1

-Skill ‘Plague Treatment’ level up!

-Experience +2.21%

-Skill level up bonus experience +35%

[MP 140/140]

Last time level up proceeded simultaneously so I didn’t know. Even if skill levels up MP fully fills.

Anyway ‘Plague Treatment’ skill became level 3. MP consumption will also decrease more as much as the improved treatment effect?

My mood improved.

“Arong, shall we go buy snacks with hyung?”

Just in time it was near a pet supplies store. The store we often went together to buy snacks and toys.

When I pointed there, Arong spun in place.

Bark! Bark!

While barking in a good mood.

Fortunately I brought money just in case.

Ding.

“Welcome.”

“Hello.”

I entered the store holding Arong.

It’s a store that allows dog entry, but worried if I put him down on the floor he might scratch fine products.

“It’s Lunar New Year. Thank you for opening the store, boss. Happy New Year.”

“Thank you. Customer also Happy New Year. Our doggy also Happy New Year~.”

Bark!

Exchanged greetings in a good mood and looked around the store.

Thinking about it I haven’t gone to the abandoned animal shelter for a while. Shall I buy snacks and take them tomorrow?

After some celebrity paid all the unpaid bills piled at the animal hospital, and also made them receive checkups and preventive vaccinations the sick dogs and cats decreased sharply.

So before moving to another experience hunting ground, to look around lastly.

I held the shopping basket with one arm holding Arong.

After finishing the walk and shopping and returning to the apartment, I loaded everything except what to give Arong in my car trunk.

“Bong-sik, go bring Sister.”

Entering the house, Mother’s words.

“Yes.”

After wiping Arong’s feet, I came out alone again.

A short while later.

The cafe Sister is doing part-time.

“Please give one of the hardest to make and with many pretenses.”

“I’ll brew one espresso full of sincerity.”

“Just give iced americano.”

“Yeah.”

Closing time was near but customers remained in the cafe.

I watched the scene of Sister chasing customers in a polite tone, roughly exchanged greetings with Sister’s colleague part-timers then stood up.

While returning home with Sister I asked.

“What will you do? Shall we tell right tomorrow?”

Sister’s stalker caught yesterday.

Not enough to possess a weapon he even swung it at me. This is clear special assault. Still in the detention center, but the possibility of an arrest warrant coming out is large.

“Have to. If that guy is released by any chance, the detective said he’ll inform right away?”

“Yeah.”

Phew.

Sister let out a big sigh.

I cautioned Sister.

“Even if that guy is arrested, don’t think of wandering around alone at midnight saying good.”

“I don’t think that kind of thing? But will you be okay? If they hear yesterday’s matter, they’ll scold why you chased that guy dangerously. Last time you almost died from lightning.”

“If I knew he had a knife I wouldn’t have chased. And it wasn’t that I was struck by lightning, lightning fell beside and that current···.”

“Got it. Anyway, is there something you want to have?”

I made a shocked expression.

“I don’t want to receive alms from an unemployed?”

Thud.

“Ouch.”

The next day.

Before going to the abandoned animal shelter, I headed to the amusement park where Kongkongi is. Whether because of the Lunar New Year holiday there were tremendously many people.

The atmosphere was a world of difference from when I entered through the related person exclusive back door at midnight. Extremely bright and noisy so full of vitality.

“Good that I left the car.”

I bought the zoo admission ticket, and walked hard to the place where the tigers are.

“Waa, it’s a tiger!”

“Tiger···!”

The indoor enclosure I came to last time.

Especially many children on the viewing path where the tiger is visible.

I looked around searching for Kongkongi a bit away.

Honestly they all look the same so I can’t distinguish. Everyone is also far.

“Come a bit more this way.”

“Tiger, tigerrr.”

In front other customers grumbled.

I looked around with leisurely steps then went outside. The sky was clear, but still winter so the temperature was low.

Is that why.

The tigers who came outside were also sprawled in places where sunlight reaches blanking or sleeping.

I looked at the tigers with my back to the wind.

By any chance because the indoor enclosure glass wall is so thick, didn’t they smell me then?

I was curious what kind of feeling it would be to get close with a tiger.

A bit regrettable.

“Hwaaang! Hwaaaang!”

Beside a young child carrying [Contagious Disease Patient] text was crying.

“Why is this kid like this today of all days? Stop. Don’t cry. There are many people too really.”

“You begged saying you want to come so I brought you. If you keep crying, the tiger will come catch you saying noisy roar?”

Even the child’s parents, not knowing their kid is sick were only scolding.

“Let’s go, let’s go.”

“Hwaaang!”

“Not going?!”

The child also while sick seems to want to keep seeing the tiger, held the railing and endured.

“Hwaaaang···!”

[This is a Contagious Disease Patient. Do you wish to treat?]

[(Estimated MP cost 20)]

Murmur murmur, noisy.

I sighed inwardly, and muttered while putting on a mask.

“Treat, yes.”

[System]

-Used ‘Plague Treatment’.

-‘Plague Treatment’ proficiency +1

-Experience +1.08%

[MP 120/140]

“If you keep crying, I’ll leave you here and go?”

“Look at that. The tigers are coming to do ‘this guy!’.”

Hmm?

I turned my head.

A huge tiger and a smaller tiger than that were approaching this way wandering.

The child sniffled and smiled brightly.

“Tiger···.”

“······.”

I also looked at the tigers.

The outdoor enclosure is much lower in elevation than the viewing path. Several safety structures are also installed, so they absolutely can’t approach beyond a certain distance.

The two tigers approached as close as possible and sat side by side.

“Oh my, look at that!”

People who saw that gathered.

“······.”

I tightly closed my mouth.

It was a bit moving.

Kongkongi and the nameless tiger.

Did they sense the energy of the ‘Plague Treatment’ skill, recognize me and approach.

Leisurely even blinking eyes, that appearance was extremely cute.

I can’t just let this moment pass.

I immediately took out the phone and took photos of the guys.

Click, click.

People gathering while finding it amazing gradually increased, so I waved my hand toward the guys.

Live well.

I’ll come see again.

And I moved requesting understanding from people.

“Huh? The tigers are going.”

“Uh uh?”

The two guys also moved in a similar direction to me.

“······?”

I stopped briefly and looked.

The two guys also stopped and sat in place again.

Looking at me mixed among people.

“······.”

When I moved again, they followed again.

You guys, doing this is somehow strange.

I gradually moved back, and completely left the guys’ view.

“Going.”

“They left.”

Soon regretful sounds flowed from people.

Arriving at the abandoned animal shelter was late afternoon.

Volunteer work is mainly proceeded in the morning, so only the sound of dogs barking was noisy at the shelter.

“Welcome, Bong-sik. How long has it been?”

The staff and director welcomed me with bright smiles.

“Hello. I bought some snacks to give the dogs and cats. And this is a Lunar New Year gift for the director and teacher. I bought it while playing in Japan.”

I handed dog and cat snacks, and the Japanese confectionery gift set I bought a lot as souvenirs in Japan.

“Really thank you, Bong-sik. How can I only receive like this?”

“No.”

“Come in and drink some coffee. Cleaning ended a little earlier.”

“Yes.”

After chatting briefly in the office, I headed alone to the container building where the cats are.

No [Contagious Disease Patient] was visible.

In the kennel there were three [Contagious Disease Patient], all light level.

An empty straight passage.

After confirming no people, I treated the guys.

“Thanks to you guys I easily stacked experience in the meantime. Thank you. Live well. I’ll come see occasionally.”

Woof woof!

Bark bark!

Dogs barking as if answering.

I stroked the guys almost sticking to the iron bars.

“Don’t get sick.”

I got attached to the point of remembering all faces and names.

“I hope everyone meets a good owner and turns their dog life around.”

I slowly moved my steps.

In the evening I told parents the matter that happened on the night before Lunar New Year as it was.

As Sister expected I was scolded a lot.

Even so, chasing such a suspicious guy alone without fear.

“What if Arong hadn’t found you! It almost became a big problem!”

Thud thud.

I got hit on the back several times by Mother.

Yes. Fortunate that Arong found me.

Since he stopped me from half-killing that stalker.

“······.”

Father only listened silently, then later only stuck his hand into my room.

Thumbs up.

“Heh.”

I also smiled and raised my thumb.

***

Weekday morning.

I entered the currency exchange with a tense face.

“······.”

Came out again in less than 1 minute.

As expected.

To exchange above a certain amount have to present ID.

The 1 million yen received as treatment prayer fee in Japan. I spent lavishly as tourism funds and bought a lot of gifts, but still quite a lot remained.

When will I change this little by little in small amounts.

I should have asked for won from the beginning.

Foolishly.

Ding.

-[Hello, Plague Doctor-nim! Did you spend Lunar New Year well?]

It was Lee Mun-yeong.

[Yes, hello.]

-[Are you busy?]

[I’m free.]

-[Fortunate^^ Actually··· there’s something I want to request.]

Not the usual treatment prayer request?

Subsequently a DM came.

-[I want to investigate in detail to what extent the Plague Doctor-nim’s treatment prayer affects animals. Regarding antibodies or virus mutation or extinction etc.]

Honestly I’m also curious about that.

I’ve treated numerous animals so far, but I couldn’t properly know if it just got better from being sick or if antibodies even formed.

People are also animals.

I also think the aspect would be similar.

-[I’m also curious about the limits.]

I nodded.

Whether my skill works even on contagious diseases where not even a vaccine let alone a treatment has been developed, I was also curious about this.

[Yes. Instead there’s something I want to request too.]

-[What is it? Please just say anything!]

[Is there a place where I can safely exchange 1 million yen?]

Somehow it seems she’ll laugh as soon as she sees this request, but soon it’s the tuition payment period.

There’s still the money received as Kongkongi’s treatment prayer fee intact, but is it done just by paying tuition?

I have to buy new clothes and a tablet PC too.

-[Yes, if you bring it I’ll prepare right away. I’ll also give this request fee separately!]

Oh.

As expected, fitting the secretary of a large pharmaceutical company representative.

[When, where should I go?]

That night.

I followed Lee Mun-yeong and walked a dim path.

Pure white protective clothing, boots, mask etc. Thoroughly covering the whole body.

The place stopped was in front of a small barn.

Beyond the wall one [Contagious Disease Patient] was visible.

They said a pig who caught a high fatality contagious disease with no current treatment.

It’s yellow?

[This is a Contagious Disease Patient. Do you wish to treat?]

[(Estimated MP cost 170)]

The system is asking if I’ll treat?

I gently put my hand on the wall.

Since even the ears are all blocked, if I mutter small it won’t be heard by Lee Mun-yeong.

“Treat, yes.”

[System]

-Used ‘Plague Treatment’.

-‘Plague Treatment’ proficiency +2

-Experience +7.84%

[MP 5/140]

The yellow [Contagious Disease Patient] disappeared.

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