Chapter 43 – Peace (2)

I woke up naturally from a dream after a long time.

I even felt somewhat refreshed, perhaps thanks to the sleeping pills.

I think I understand why people look for sleeping pills.

A small breathing sound was heard from under the bed.

I stretched out my creaky body and took a quick look to see Baek Ga-eun sleeping, covered in a blanket.

She stretched out her hand to pull up the blanket, but her position was uncomfortable, so she gave up and lay down.
I lifted her bandaged left hand and looked at it.

The doctor said I would be able to be discharged after a brief examination.

Even though my left hand is in this condition, I can probably do the bare minimum…

I searched her bedside and found her cell phone.

There were many calls regarding the sudden hospitalization.

Hyeon Ha-yeon’s name was not visible among the numerous communications.

*

I was busy starting the inspection in the morning.

She tried to send Baek Ga-eun away, but she refused to get up, saying she would do her duty as her protector.

I could no longer push her away by using her family situation as a weapon to contact her.

Thanks to Baek Ga-eun taking care of her, she was able to get tested without any discomfort.

As she underwent various tests, time quickly passed, and it was time for lunch.

Baek Ga-eun had food delivered to me, telling me to eat home instead of the tasteless hospital food.

She also had permission from her doctor, so she could legally eat food.

While she was eating, a nurse stopped by and told her that the results of a previous test had come back.

The test results came out faster than expected.

I was just 20 years old, and I put my food into my mouth, trying hard to hide my heart pounding more than before the physical examination.

Jiyeon Lee says that she is very healthy as a woman and has been diagnosed with no physical problems.

She was confident and made a detailed plan, but the result was a mess.

At this point, it was difficult to weigh whether it was better for me to be normal or better for me to be abnormal.

I was afraid of what impact the results would reveal.

She did not tell Baek Ga-eun what tests she underwent.

She didn’t bother to ask, and I didn’t feel the need to say anything.

Before she knew it, lunchtime was over, and she heard from Baek Ga-eun and told her to wait because she would come, but she said it was okay and followed her.

In the end, she told him to wait because she was embarrassed, but due to her strong attitude, he had no choice but to leave her hospital room, accompanied by Baek Ga-eun.

The results explained by the doctor in charge were quite shocking.

“Wow… That’s amazing. “The amount is huge.”

“···Yes?”

The doctor continued speaking with sincere admiration.

“If you look at the table, it is written from bottom to top, and all the numbers are much higher.”

When I checked the place the doctor pointed out, it was written that I was in the top 5%.

The doctor pointed out the table one after another and explained.

“Uh… There are a lot of sheep, and even though they are sheep, the number of sheep is huge.”

At that time, Baek Ga-eun quietly asked the doctor a question.

“···Teacher, what is the mobility here?”

She looked up in surprise at her question.
Baek Ga-eun was listening to the doctor’s explanation without paying attention to my gaze.

“Uh… Motility is to see how many of them are alive and moving… Only if they move in a healthy manner will it affect fertilization…”

She was listening to the doctor.

I couldn’t help but cut off the doctor.

“Well, anyway, it’s normal, right?”

The doctor answered with a slight smile even though I interrupted her.

“It’s not normal, but at this level, you are a top marksman.”

After listening to the useless analogy, my mind became more complicated.

Baek Ga-eun, who was laughing out loud at the doctor’s words, got up and headed to her hospital room.

I was laughing all the way to the hospital room, wondering what was so funny.

She arrived at the hospital room and Baek Ga-eun said she would come and take care of her business, but she left.

With a confused mind, she lay down on the bed and opened her phone to check her messenger.

[Did you eat well?]

[I feel uncomfortable alone…]

[Should I go?]

Her heart became heavy when she saw that Jiyeon Lee had left numerous messages.

A healthy man and woman had an accident and nothing happened…

She was afraid of what would happen if she informed Jiyeon Lee of the results showing that her scores were significantly better than those of other men.

[Jiing-]

While she was thinking, her phone started vibrating.

It was Lee Ji-yeon.

While she was wondering whether to receive it or not, the vibration stopped.

As she was holding her phone and groaning, Baek Ga-eun came back.

She said the nurse called her and told her to go for the next test.

“···Okay”

She left the hospital room again, thinking that if she made the excuse that she couldn’t get it because she was getting tested, she would be fine.

There were more tests than I expected, but it turned out that Baek Ga-eun had done her part.

“How good would it be to get a thorough check-up while you’re at the hospital?”

Since they said they would send her results to her home, I decided to quietly follow her and get a few more tests done.

During the examination, a young doctor asked.

“···Do you take any medicine or anything?”

“···I don’t take any medicine, I just take some nutritional supplements.”

The young doctor was puzzled by my answer and asked about the medicine I was taking.

“···It’s not the medicine I bought…”

When asked to explain in detail, I was taken aback and while I was wondering what kind of medicine I had taken, Baek Ga-eun, who was next to me, immediately answered.

“It’s a nutritional supplement.”

The doctor asked Baek Ga-eun back.

“···Oh, nutritional supplements?”

“Yes, I fed him this and that, but I guess it had an effect.”

The doctor looked at Baek Ga-eun blankly and then said to me.

“···If you take the nutritional supplements provided, you will feel better soon.”

“···Yes”

The young doctor continued the examination without saying anything after that.

I didn’t think much about her conversation with Baek Ga-eun.

I was busy this evening because I had to be discharged from the hospital.

Fortunately, she was able to get her tests done quickly thanks to Baek Ga-eun.

After completing the tests, I returned to the hospital room and someone was waiting in the room.

“… Are you still here?”

Ji-yeon Lee growled when she saw Baek Ga-eun coming in behind me.

I could guess how angry she was by her cold tone.

Baek Ga-eun, who followed behind, spotted Lee Ji-yeon and greeted her.

“Hello. “Senior, you seem to be quite free.”

“Go, Gaeun…”

As soon as I saw her, I was embarrassed by Baek Ga-eun provoking Lee Ji-yeon and tried to stop her, but she didn’t budge.

Lee Ji-yeon gritted her teeth and accepted Baek Ga-eun’s sarcastic greeting.

“···Do you think our junior has no intention of succeeding? “Is it because I have a lot of money to just follow men around leisurely?”

Baek Ga-eun smiled softly and did not reply.

“···I’m going to go to the bathroom”

Her cruel greeting took her breath away, and she ultimately chose to escape.
Although there was a bathroom in the hospital room, she quietly left the room.

She stopped by the bathroom and asked the nurse about her discharge.

As it turned out, she was told that Baek Ga-eun had taken care of her and that she did not have to pay the medical bills.

She didn’t understand that she only had to finish the test and be discharged, but she ended up being indebted to Baek Ga-eun once again.

She returned to her hospital room with a heavy heart.

When she opened the door, she was startled by the sight.

Baek Ga-eun and Lee Ji-yeon were fighting while holding each other’s hair.

Even though I came in, Lee Ji-yeon was swearing harshly and shaking Baek Ga-eun’s white hair.

“What a bitch…”

Baek Ga-eun also did not give up and grabbed Lee Ji-yeon’s brown hair, shaking it and shouting.

“Do you think we can just say we’re leaving like this?!”

I was embarrassed and went over to them and stopped them.

“S-Stop! Don’t stop!!”

I barely managed to separate the two, but the girls, who had been cheering, started crying almost at the same time.

Baek Ga-eun, who was holding me, was so sad that she whimpered and cried.

“Oh, oppa… I don’t like you… Sob…”

Jiyeon Lee was not to be outdone and shed sad tears.

“He, he was just tapping…”

I was afraid that neither of them would be actors, so I didn’t know who was lying.

I felt sorry for myself as I cried so sadly.

···I hope you don’t use your acting skills for something like this.

I couldn’t guess what happened that made them fight while holding on to their hair.

It was even more surprising because no matter how much they yelled at each other, they never crossed the line.

Now, Baek Ga-eun is an ordinary person with no memories of the Demon King, but if she had memories of her past life, something big could have happened to her ordinary person, Lee Ji-yeon.

The Demon King was a person who could still live like that.

Jiyeon Lee is my childhood friend who has been with me for a long time.

No matter how tired she is of what she’s doing, she’ll be very sad if something happens to her.

I managed to calm them down and continue the conversation.

Ji-yeon Lee stopped crying as if asking when she had cried and glared at me.

“···Why didn’t you tell me that the test results came out?”

Lee Ji-yeon’s sharp eyes sent shivers down her spine.

Did Baek Ga-eun say it?

I broke into a cold sweat and tried to make an excuse.

“···I’m afraid you’re busy, so I’m also doing tests…”

Lee Ji-yeon didn’t want to hear my excuses, so she cut me off.

“You said you’re healthy? Special gunner? “Baekbal, Baekjung?”

She laughed and said, as if she was dumbfounded.

“Thank goodness”

I was speechless at the unexpected reaction.

“But you’re not a eunuch, are you?”

It was difficult for her to like or dislike Lee Ji-yeon’s calmer reaction than expected.

Baek Ga-eun slowly approached and whispered softly.

“I’m sorry for telling you.”

She nodded slightly and said it was okay.

When Lee Ji-yeon saw me talking secretly, she got angry again and started pecking at me.

While I was walking on thin ice with no end in sight, a nurse came in and said.

“Patient Kim Cho-in, you can just put on another cast and be discharged.”

The corner of my mouth twitched without realizing it at the nurse’s words.

Being caught between the two is now over.

The time to be discharged from the hospital is finally approaching.