Chapter 23 Part 2 - Since I was reborn as Saito Yoshitatsu, I'm aiming to hand over the territory to Oda Nobunaga and live longer!
1537 (Tenbun era, year 6)
TL: Yuina The new year has come. It was the sixth year of the Tenbun Era (1537). I was barely 11 years old. Children my age still haven't finished their compulsory education, Father. Though because my father is the viper, I can't actually voice out any protest.
Tomorrow, I have to go to Oga to greet Toki Sakyo no daibu Yorinari, the Governor General, for the New Year. I hope you will let me rest during those three days.
The merchant from the other day recovered well. Even the wound did not become festered. He left the inn after fifteen days of rest.
Due to work, I couldn't check on him every day, but I'm glad that Toyo could go to the inn and report to me about his food and daily condition. Once again, I felt the inconvenience of not being a doctor at the moment. It was definitely the right choice to have it removed, knowing the high risk.
He was a wholesaler from Kuwana, and rumors of the operation spread quickly in the surrounding territories. The fact that he was seen by a merchant of Tsushima also contributed to the spread of the news.
It is said that Saito's young master has miraculous hands that can cure the diseases of the internal organs.
Incidentally, this also caused Asakura's opposition. Last year, Asakura had a doctor named Tanno Ippaku translate a Ming Dynasty medical book and spread the idea that it was the best medical source in Japan. The success of this surgery has completely obliterated their efforts. Isn't that just resentment?
My father, Sakon no daibu, also came to talk to me about it about three days later. I thought he would be suspicious, but all I was asked was how I cured him and the tools and medicines I used.
It was a bit of a letdown. I felt like an idiot for rushing to create the "New Text on Anatomy", all these efforts for nothing.
My mother, Miyoshino, seemed to be a person with no regards for such details.
"Toyotamaru is really well versed in the sciences of the Ming Dynasty."
Everyone was excited. Even the nurses, who don't actually understand how amazing it is, were saying that the next generation of Saito's clan would be safe. Does it mean that I did manage to get through?
Not even 11yo and already performed his first surgery.
ReplyDeleteI can't remember what I was doing when I was 11. Maybe I took the dog for walks a few times.
considering that the mc should have a lot of servants monitoring his every move, if i was his father i would be pretty suspicious, like how did he get the books, or how he can comprehend Chinese(ancient Ming) so fluently, and was wondering if his son got replaced.
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