The Impact of the Author's Intervention on a Blank Page - Chapter 8
At the same time, Ja-yun realized another thing he had overlooked.
His original self had eaten anything since childhood and was sturdy, so he rarely had food preferences. But this body was incredibly weak and had more sensitive taste buds. The agony in his mouth was so intense he almost spat it out – no wonder this body was so skinny.
He barely maintained his composure, suppressed his gag reflex, and forced himself to swallow. It tasted so horrible that he would have believed it if someone said it was assassination poison. Is this really safe to drink? His tongue was literally curling up.
He desperately missed modern medicine. He longed for coated pills, injections, and IV drips.
“Ugh…”
Suddenly his vision went dark and a system window popped up loudly. Really, this medicine seemed far from ordinary.
Isn’t this actually some kind of poison? No wonder the doctor’s eyes looked strange.
‘…..’
[Fatigue accumulates! Fatigue +10]
[Lifespan has increased! Lifespan +5 minutes]
‘…Huh?’
It was medicine, true enough. But the effectiveness was laughably small for medicine. The fatigue side effect was even greater. Hah… he felt completely drained. Why did they look so anxious over something like this?
Completely dumbfounded, Ja-yun stared at the physician with his mouth hanging open. But that terrible doctor pulled out five more black bottles from his bag and placed them on the table.
“Young master. This is your medicine until tomorrow. Since you need to take it three times a day, please take another bottle after dinner later. It’s good to warm it up before drinking, and you need to drink plenty of water.”
The black liquid sloshing up to the bottlenecks was almost horror movie level. If he had to drink three bottles of this stuff every day, he might end up having a seizure at the mere sight of cola later.
He had to drink that just to extend his lifespan by 5 minutes?
This was torture. Please make me a Sword Master, please. Sword Master… Knight… He thought rolling around training would be a hundred times better than this.
I’ll hunt down dragons or whatever, just make me a Sword Master…
As he endured both physical pain and taste bud agony, his desperation to become a Sword Master only grew stronger.
While he could already shoot out sword energy freely, this was somewhat different. After all, being a Sword Master was, well, the symbol of coolness in Western fantasy. Though it would only be a temporary role, he had been incredibly excited about the prospect of acting as a Sword Master….
Thinking about the gap between his shattered dreams and reality made him feel even more miserable.
He couldn’t take it anymore. He didn’t want to stay here, in this body, for long. He wanted to go back. He suddenly had a strong motivation to complete the contract conditions and return quickly. For a moment, words about canceling everything – contract and all – rose to his throat, but he held them back.
“Ugh. Urk… water, water please…”
That aside, he desperately needed to get rid of this rotten medicine taste from his mouth.
But a few minutes later, while coughing painfully, Ja-yun learned yet another thing: with this garbage body, even water had to be drunk carefully.
He had to endure about ten minutes of nagging about how if he wasn’t careful, it wouldn’t just end with choking – water entering his airways could develop into pneumonia and become life-threatening.
Ja-yun tried to hide his embarrassment and pretended to be fine. He spoke in a voice that had become somewhat calm.
“It’s okay… More importantly, I’d like a mirror brought closer.”
His completely worn-out voice sounded like it belonged to someone else.
Even looking at himself in the mirror brought closer didn’t change anything. It only became more certain. His appearance and height were identical to his original self. However, he looked as pale and emaciated as someone who had been locked in a warehouse for three months eating only three meals a week. It was fascinating to see himself looking so sickly – something he’d never imagined.
