Chapter 48

Chapter 48

There Are Many Sick Cats

Going to Africa through the pianist requester.

Actually not a matter to ponder long.

“Please convey that rejecting.”

An ordinary university student Kang Bong-sik going to do ordinary overseas volunteer work is fine.

But going to work as the ‘Plague Doctor’ the risk is extremely large.

Would I not know that there are regions where my ability is desperate, people in difficult situations.

But I, can’t become an excellent person to the point of sacrificing for others while exposing myself to danger.

The pianist requester said giving a considerable fee and supporting even airline tickets and lodging, but in that process my identity will be exposed to an unspecified majority.

Not only the pianist requester and that father, but personnel who will disguise the Africa trip in the form of volunteer work, personnel who inevitably have to accompany etc.

Unlike Lee Mun-yeong, to numerous people who can’t be trusted.

“Really?”

“Yes.”

“Fortunate···.”

Lee Mun-yeong smiled with a relieved face.

“Actually worried what if you accept. That place has so many uncertain elements too···. Seeing the ‘Plague Doctor’-nim’s ability, what if bad people kidnap.”

Nod nod.

“I also honestly am scared of that.”

No matter how much my stamina and strength got stronger, the attack skills are only level 1 ‘Divine Punishment’ and ‘Bloodletting’.

If someone sets their mind and targets me, will be helplessly hit.

“Hearing Secretary Lee’s words that day, and not exchanging greetings directly with the requester also seems fortunate.”

Lee Mun-yeong also gently smiled.

“Still just in case, for a while it seems good not to receive requests. Originally once a month but.”

“Yes. By the way, this is a return for getting the baseball ticket.”

“Don’t have to give. Thank you. ···Um, ‘Plague Doctor’-nim.”

Lee Mun-yeong who was fiddling with the gift received from me briefly hesitated.

“Continuing··· is it okay to keep entrusting to me?”

“What meaning?”

“Because it seems like only selecting and receiving requests with my judgment too much.”

An expression with a bit less confidence than usual.

And come to think of it said friends with the pianist requester.

A privately close relationship, different from previous requesters who had a line drawn.

By any chance while hearing this proposal heard some story?

Even the same words, the influence received differs according to the person speaking.

“Secretary Lee. Swore to God, Buddha, promised would absolutely not do anything harmful to me.”

I bowed my head toward Lee Mun-yeong.

Bow.

“Please take good care from now on too.”

“······!”

Lee Mun-yeong’s eyes gently widened.

She smiled widely.

“Thank you.”

Parted with Lee Mun-yeong and got in the car.

Taking off the sunglasses worn throughout the view became bright.

“······.”

Became a bit complicated.

Really ignored people desperate for my ability··· well, that kind of feeling arose.

Should I at least donate to Doctors Without Borders.

Buzz.

“······?”

Somehow Sister called.

By the time it would have just ended the play.

Chattered noisily about interview stress or something, so handed over the play ticket received from Seong Eun-ji.

“Yeah.”

-[Hey. Why didn’t you say this is extremely scary?]

“Said it’s a horror play.”

-[Still because it was fun, I’ll buy what you want to eat in the evening. What do you want to eat?]

“Anything.”

-[Then buldak.]

“Except spicy.”

-[Aey, spicy weak. Understood.]

Click.

An ordinary and trivial, daily short call.

“······.”

But strangely the mood improved a bit.

“Parents also went out, Arong alone at home will be bored. Have to enter quickly.”

Muttering to myself started the engine.

***

Lee Mun-yeong as soon as coming home unpacked the gift received from Kang Bong-sik and looked.

Immediately a smile came out.

It was red ginseng and nutritional supplements.

‘Do I look like an age that has to take care of the body? Still still in the 20s.’

Still since received anyway, displayed so convenient to take then left the house again.

A short while later.

Lee Mun-yeong sat facing Emily.

[I’ll reject the proposal, Emily.]

[That person said rejecting?]

[Yeah. And I also stopped saying not going would be good.]

Emily made a surprised expression.

[Why? It’s helping people who are sick and having a hard time. Will also give money···.]

Lee Mun-yeong calmly smiled and asked.

[In your eyes Emily only those people are visible, and my effort trying to protect that person’s safety and secret is not visible?]

Emily as if briefly speechless, flinched her parted lips.

[······.]

[Sorry but to me that person’s safety is more important than those completely unknown people. And that person’s prayer, once a month whether heard or not.]

Emily’s pupils shook.

[What meaning that···. Once a month?]

[Yeah.]

Lee Mun-yeong nonchalantly nodded.

A little before parting with Kang Bong-sik, he said.

「Roughly if making that kind of excuse wouldn’t it do? One a month, that too with a possibility of failing.」

Of course Lee Mun-yeong knows very well that this is a lie. Because saw doing treatment prayers several times a day.

「To try to take this kind of suspicious person, persuading Father without plausible evidence and grounds, and even disguising this and that spending a large amount. No matter how much a fool with money rotting overflowing, a calculation that it’s considerably inefficient will come out.」

Lee Mun-yeong sighed and shook her head.

[Recently prayed for you, so from now on about 3 weeks···.]

[···Really?]

[If showing even the request fee account details will you believe?]

When Lee Mun-yeong took out the phone with a hurt face, Emily shook her head.

[No, fine. No way you would lie to me···.]

[Then do you understand why the fee wasn’t prepaid, and why the amount was expensive too?]

[Yeah···.]

Emily’s face with clear disappointed signs.

Lee Mun-yeong quietly drank coffee.

“······.”

Vowing that from now on absolutely must not receive requests from people in private relationships.

‘Anyway have to prepare countermeasures so Emily doesn’t carelessly blabber about the ‘Plague Doctor’-nim.’

***

Weekday morning.

Leisurely preparing to go to school, a DM came from Lee Mun-yeong.

-[Hello, Plague Doctor-nim! That friend just left Korea. Well made give up about the Plague Doctor-nim, so no need to worry more!:)]

[Thank you, you worked hard.]

-[And red ginseng and nutritional supplements, I’ll eat wellㅎ]

[Yesㅎ]

“Kang Bong-sik. Arong’s summer clothes, only this?”

Sister asked rummaging Arong’s clothes drawer.

“These days if walking during the day hot, have to dress cool and well-ventilated clothes. If not dressing at all continuously gets scratched somewhere and wounded.”

“Ah.”

I brought the carrier stuffed in the closet. Inside the carrier still full of dog clothes bought in Japan.

“Look here. Also bought summer clothes in advance.”

Poured the dog clothes in the living room.

Bark! Bark!

Whether knowing it’s his, Arong excitedly wagged his tail.

“Hiiik. Kang Bong-sik are you crazy? How much did you buy on earth? Did you win the lottery again? No. The thing then only won 1 million won is a lie right?”

“Caught.”

“Why always doing things that get caught? Wow, too many cute ones! Our Arong, shall we do a fashion show with unnie today?”

Bark! Bark!

“Bother Arong moderately. If dislikes don’t force dress.”

“Understood, understood.”

Put the carrier back in the room and came out.

“Arong, see you later.”

Bark! Bark!

Stroked Arong for a long time then left the house.

Buzz.

Pondering whether to drive the car to school after a long time, a message came.

-[How not even one guy coming?]

-[These heartless bastards]

I confirmed the name of the person who sent the message.

[Yu Ji-han]

“Ah.”

High school days friend.

A much better guy than Kim Jae-won who stole the allowance envelope Grandmother last gave before passing, or Lee Jin-seok who said nonsense to reconcile with such Kim Jae-won.

After awakening as the ‘Plague Doctor’ and experiencing various things and also returning to school, briefly forgot that this guy is discharging.

Even when Yu Ji-han came out on vacation a few months ago, times didn’t match so couldn’t meet.

I sent a reply.

[Me school]

-[Meat]

[8 o’clock]

-[OK]

Time flowed to night 8 o’clock.

As soon as becoming exactly the time a call came from Yu Ji-han.

-[Come out, Kang Bong-sik.]

“Yeah.”

Roughly put on clothes and went down, Yu Ji-han was noisily stretching in front of the apartment.

“Yah, Kang Bong-sik. Completely a civilian?”

“How long since discharged. If walking a bit more there’s a place worth eating.”

“Yeah. Heard Lee Jin-seok did a crazy thing?”

“You heard?”

“While calling during the day. You after that ignoring that bastard’s contact?”

“Because blocked.”

“Did well, man.”

Entered the restaurant.

“Hey. First 5 portions of samgyeopsal···.”

“Who are you?”

“······?”

Yu Ji-han who was about to sit opposite frowned and looked at me.

“Are you Kang Bong-sik?”

“Then am I Kang Bong-sik, Kim Bong-sik?”

“No, why did your skin get this good? Receiving some management? Yah, society water is good is good.”

“Don’t spout nonsense. Going to eat samgyeopsal right?”

“Yeah.”

While eating meat and drinking soju talked about the military with Yu Ji-han. Also about future plans.

“No thought of returning to school?”

“Yeah. As you know our house situation isn’t that good. So this year trying to work hard.”

“What part-time will you do?”

“Not part-time. Looking at your SNS Kang Bong-sik it seems like you got a license? Also bought a car.”

“It’s the car Mother rode. But why that?”

“Did you get a class 1 ordinary license?”

“Yeah.”

“Keu, as expected romantic. Anyway good.”

“What, man. Anxious.”

Yu Ji-han smiled brightly and cut the meat cooked to some extent.

“There’s a house where Grandfather lived in the countryside, no capacity to clean so abandoned for several years. First clean that cleanly and organize, trying to live learning farming.”

“Are you a crazy guy? What will a Seoul country bumpkin learn?”

Yu Ji-han grinned.

“You’ll help, friend?”

Receiving the promise that later will give a truck of crops, decided to help organize the countryside house.

A few days passed Saturday.

Arrived at Yu Ji-han’s countryside house by car.

Park Jae-yoon got off the car with a bewildered face.

“Why am I here?”

“Heard there’s a place good for night fishing near here and followed.”

“Thank you, Kang Bong-sik’s friend.”

“Yeah. I’m Park Jae-yoon.”

Yu Ji-han and Park Jae-yoon exchanged a handshake.

Throughout riding the car down from Seoul together only chattered well. Funny guys.

“Wow···. When will we clean this? To pull weeds will suffer a bit?”

Beyond the low wall, a house no different from an abandoned house with lush weeds was brightly visible.

“······.”

“Kang Bong-sik, what are you looking at so much? By any chance··· is there something? Is something visible?”

When I quietly focused on the empty house, Park Jae-yoon and Yu Ji-han alternately looked at me and the house.

“You guys stay still here. Don’t enter until I say enter.”

“What?”

“Hey, why so scarily. I know well there’s no way a ghost in this house···.”

“Anyway. Both stay still here. Absolutely don’t make loud sounds.”

I very carefully pushed the gate and entered.

[Contagious Disease Patient]

[(50)-3]

[Contagious Disease Patient]

[(65)-3]

[Contagious Disease Patient]

[(40)-3]

Hehe.

Cats.

The ‘Sloppy Treatment’ technique of the ‘Plague Treatment’ skill the hit judgment range doesn’t get smaller proportional to the opponent’s size.

People have to hit near the heart, but small animals like cats the hit judgment range is wide compared to the body so rather easy.

Even if the appearance is not completely visible, if throwing the ‘Plague Treatment’ skill below the [Contagious Disease Patient] text roughly hits.

For now focused below the closest [Contagious Disease Patient][(50)-3] text.

“Treat, yes.”

A warm colored heat haze that flowed from my hand slowly, flew into the house.

At that moment.

[Natural Enemy Relationship Activated]

“······!”

Somewhere bright red [Mouse] suddenly moved, and even the [Contagious Disease Patient] cats that were here and there in the house stirred.

“Ah, no···.”

The [Contagious Disease Patient] cat I was aiming at too.

[System]

-‘Plague Treatment’ sloppy aim failed.

[MP 180/190]

“Oh, cats.”

“Quite ugly.”

Park Jae-yoon and Yu Ji-han who were watching from beyond the wall let out peaceful voices.

“Oh, there are mice too.”

I swallowed a sigh inwardly and turned my head.

“······?”

The [Contagious Disease Patient] detection distance that increased while leveling up.

Behind the empty house, and behind the next house other [Contagious Disease Patient] came into view.

Low but seeing quiet these also seem like cats···.

More serious is the house beyond that.

Even roughly estimating over a dozen [Contagious Disease Patient] were gathered inside the building.

This neighborhood, why are there so many sick cats?

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