Memoirs of the Returnee - Chapter 81



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＃Returner’s Notepad Episode 81

Hospital(2)

I asked cautiously.

“… … “Is it kept secret?”

If it is discovered that I am a Danjeon cancer patient, my market value will plummet. Therefore, even for me, Libra Medical Center is a gamble.

I have to become the core of Libra, and it would be a big deal if secrets were leaked to Libra.

Then Juhains looked like a merchant who refuses to bargain.

“Are you asking the obvious? “Even if Libra’s direct descendants, the current head of the family, or even the chairman comes, the patient’s information is not disclosed.”

“… … “Umm.”

Since I knew him from the future, I felt quite trustworthy. It’s not that it’s not, but as soon as I heard that a pig with Danjeon cancer was in complete remission, I looked up all the information I could about Professor Lee.

“then-”

“First of all, there are currently two methods for Danjeonam. First, an anticancer drug that slows down the progression of Danjeon cancer. Drug treatment. Second, there is a surgery to completely remove the Danjeon.”

“They say if you remove your danjeon, you won’t live even 5 years.”

“However, Danjeonam’s life expectancy is six months at most. Living for 5 years is a miracle… … Have you ever tried to learn mache?”

The professor asked about Mache.

“no. “I haven’t learned the first line.”

“Didn’t you even pierce the belt?”

“yes. “Can’t you see that?”

“Because I don’t have the eyes to see magical power. “It’s a blessing in disguise.”

The biggest problem in Danjeonam is the ‘band’ of the one-to-one diagonal line.

To begin with, Danjeon cancer is a disease that is extremely distant from the general population. It is an incurable disease that can only be contracted if a person with some level of magical power stimulates the dantian forcibly or is injured in the dantian by external factors, especially if one is very unlucky.

“If a person who has completed the One Great Four Zens gets Danjeonam, the life expectancy is extremely short, whether he is a human or a monster. “Even the knight who appears to be the strongest in the world turns cancerous all over his body and dies just three months after being diagnosed.”

In other words, I am the luckiest among the unluckiest.

Have fun baby

“There is no complicated treatment for Danjeon cancer. “If you want drug treatment, we will inject ‘Mapurneia’, and if you want surgery, we will remove the Danjeon.”

This is a treatment that I know up to this point, but it is a man who treated a pig with Danjeon cancer. Whether it’s a pig or a human, it’s clear that they know some method.

“By any chance, is there any other way? more… … A better way?”

Danjeon extraction is of course ruled out.

Drug treatment has side effects. If you take medication, it will be very difficult to take the College Board.

“… … .”

Then Juhains looked at me for a while and raised his glasses. The eyes in the lens sparkled. He answered as if he had been waiting.

“There is something called a mana quark treatment device.”

“Manaquark?”

“It is a treatment that destroys cancerous tissue in the patient’s body by accelerating only ‘quarks’ among the components of mana to a speed of up to 60% of light. “Even a terminal cancer patient with a survival rate of 3% was cured.”

Mana Quark.

I don’t know the principle, but it was in my memory. It was the same as the pig treatment.

“How much is that? “I want to do it right away-”

“I can’t take it.”

“yes? why?”

“Because it doesn’t exist in Edcilla. “The machine itself exists only in the Kingdom of Salon, and the Kingdom does not allow treatment of foreigners.”

“Oh what. So you can’t use it at all? “What do you mean by mana quark?”

Juhains shook his head. Her short, messy hair swayed from side to side.

“We are creating it now. To be exact, ‘me’.”

“… … !”

Yes.

right.

This is why I came to you.

This guy will eventually make it.

I don’t know what they’re making, but it’s successful, and it puts a pig with Danjeon cancer in complete remission.

Even through my own efforts, without any investment or help from anyone.

“Will it take about 10 years?”

“It’s already completed.”

“I beg your pardon? where-”

“To my hospital.”

“… … “Isn’t this your hospital?”

“I am an adjunct professor. “I run a separate private hospital.”

It’s worth it. He is a very famous doctor, both then and now.

teacher.

No, Professor.

“If you receive Professor Juhains’ treatment, what is the probability of a complete response?”

“Less than 1%.”

Juhains spoke frankly.

“Patients with Danjeon cancer cannot live forever like ordinary people. Danjeonam continues to multiply as long as magical power is used.”

I also understood what he said.

It’s much better than the meaningless torture of hope. It’s okay if it’s 1% or even 0%. I have no intention of living long.

“Still, can we dramatically slow down the progress of Danjeonam?”

Of course, Danjeonam also has stages. Why, just like other cancers have early, middle, and late stages.

My last three years were spent with stage 4 Danjeon cancer. He became dizzy when he moved vigorously, and fell into a state of suspended animation the next day after working using his magic power.

“Yes. You can delay the progress. “Side effects will also be dramatically reduced.”

If only I could survive until Libra collapses without such symptoms.

If only I could destroy them with my own hands.

“great. I’m done with medication, but I want to get quark therapy. “How much does it cost?”

“impossible.”

“Oh, why again?”

“We have not yet received permission from Congress.”

Juhains looked into my eyes. His gaze had a different meaning than his words. Of course I caught it too.

“Taking all of those things into consideration. Have you ever seen a cancer patient waiting for permission?”

From the moment you start receiving drug treatment, it interferes with the College Board.

So, rather than wasting money on drugs or something-

“It’s 200,000 Ren per session.”

“… … .”

I was dumbfounded for a moment.

“Today’s medical fee is 2,000 ren.”

It felt like I had been hit in the back of the head with a blunt object, but I belatedly remembered this person’s nickname.

I almost forgot.

“… … yes. what.”

‘Hand of Ren’.

Usually, doctors are often nicknamed the Hands of God, but this doctor is said to be the Hand of Ren (Edsilla currency) because he does what he gets paid for.

It’s understandable.

Because you are the highest authority in the field of demonic disease.

“But I have a question.”

However, there was still one problem.

“what.”

“Why are you speaking informally earlier? Even if you are a doctor, when did you see me?”

* * *

Bench in the park near Endex. After returning from the hospital, I was looking at the receipt in my palm.

“… … “They don’t even give you a 1 ren discount.”

I clicked my tongue and muttered.

The total amount paid today is 22,000 Ren.

The treatment fee is 2,000 Ren, and 20,000 Ren is the reservation fee for Mana Quark treatment in a month.

“still.”

It feels like I see some light.

Even if cancer can’t be cured, if you can skip the side effects of chemotherapy itself.

If I could slow down my death and the progression of cancer even just a little… … .

Ssagraksagrak-

Suddenly, a tickling vibration occurred in my chest.

“what.”

I rummaged through my inside pocket and pulled out the reason. It was a shared notebook. As soon as I opened a page, a new sentence appeared.

[What are you doing there?]

“Hmm.”

The moment I read it, I hear a cough coming from somewhere.

I looked back there. There were many people on the roadside of the park, but my eyes only caught one person.

Soliet.

She came over with her red hair flowing and sat down on the bench across from me. Then she wrote one more line in her notebook.

[What a coincidence.]

I also responded.

[I know.]

I quickly stuffed the receipt into my pocket.

“… … .”

“… … .”

The two of us just sat quietly.

Solliet also had a thoughtful face of her own. It must be because of the bullshit that Sieric said at university today.

Suddenly, something occurred to me. I picked up my shared notebook and wrote down a sentence.

[Soliet, do you know the Three Swords Sik?]

Tomorrow is a swordsmanship class, and I don’t even know what the three swordsmanship methods are.

I skipped class and didn’t read the textbook at all.

[of course.]

[Can you teach me?]

I lifted my face. I looked at Soliet on the bench among the people coming and going in the park. Her eyes were fixed on her notebook.

“… … Hmm.”

Soliet purses her lips as if thinking, writes a line, and then stands up.

I looked at the notebook without any expectations.

[Please come out to the lakeside at 22:00 today.]

There was an unexpected reply.

* * *

10 o’clock at night.

Solliet took two wooden swords and went out to the forest behind Endex.

The road to this place is now familiar. This lakeside forest is beautiful, much more comfortable and cozy than the empty Presium apartment or the bustling Endex dormitory.

The tree branches seem to have been trimmed by someone, and they surround the lake like clouds. Thanks to this, the sky is reflected in the lake at night. The moon and stars are on the surface of the water like round cookies and chocolate chips, so you can see the sky without having to raise your head.

“You’re here.”

There is someone waiting for you there.

He looks at himself from where he sits, and Solliet throws a wooden sword at him.

“Get up. “I’ll let you know right away.”

“already?”

“There’s a swordsmanship class tomorrow, right?”

“Of course.”

He nodded and got up. Solliet swung her sword through the air and freed herself.

“The first three swords eclipse is the ‘lunar eclipse.’ “You know what.”

“What do you know? I don’t know. “It’s a name that seems quite real.”

“… … Don’t you know about lunar eclipses? “It’s the most famous swordsmanship in the world.”

Solliet’s expression was as if she had discovered someone who didn’t know what a carrot or cucumber was.

“uh. “I didn’t take a formal swordsmanship training course.”

Shion tapped the back of my neck with a wooden sword and laughed. Solliet’s brow furrowed.

“Don’t be rude. “What is that sword technique from the first swordsmanship class?”

“Oh, that? Our family’s swordsmanship. My grandfather and father also didn’t receive a good education. Neither of them even graduated from high school. “The educational environment was a bit bad in the past, right?”

“… … .”

It was a story Solliette did not know. It was a virtually non-existent phenomenon in her world. From her birth, she was a noble among nobles, and a member of the highest class.

“say it. “What is a lunar eclipse?”

“… … “The lunar eclipse is a sword eclipse based on the triangle cut.”

First of all, the triangle cut involves making a total of 3 cuts while taking steps. However, the lunar eclipse cuts a total of 9 to 15 times while taking steps. This movement of the sword seems to lead from the old moon to the new moon, so it is a lunar eclipse.

“You can think of it as a greatly expanded version of the triangle cut.”

“okay. “Show me.”

Solliet raised a wooden sword. She then took the first step and made six strokes, the second step five strokes, and the third step four strokes.

“This is it. Move the sword as you take steps, but pay attention to its center of gravity. If you cut too much, it will overload and collapse, and if you cut too little, the sword will not be completed.”

“… … “Umm.”

He had a slightly puzzled look on his face.

“It is a lunar eclipse because it resembles the rising and setting of the moon. “I don’t really know what’s similar, but give it a try.”

“Can I do it six, five, four times like you?”

“First, three times, 3, 3, 30,000. “If it’s your first time, it’ll be difficult.”

Lunar eclipse is the most famous basic eclipse, but if you are new to it, 3, 3, 3 will be quite difficult. This is because the steps and the sword often get tangled up.

“Take it as slow as possible. “There’s no need to do it quickly.”

Solliet spoke like a swordsman instructor guiding candidates.

“uh. “I’ll try.”

Sion Askal held a wooden sword.

and… … .