The Crown Prince That Sells Medicine

The Crown Prince That Sells Medicine Chapter 337

Episode 337 Familiar yet vague (2)

“Your Highness?”

“uh.”

“Do you know where this is?”

“no. I don’t know.”

Damian’s question was heard softly. Rakiel quickly shook his head.

Of course it was a lie.

I know the truth. I know it very well. Of course. Because it’s close to where I lived. Because it’s near the oriental medicine clinic. Because it’s such a familiar street.

“….”

Could it be that the Dragon King sent us here on purpose based on our memories? Maybe so. If you are moving after coming to Korea, you may have thought that a familiar neighborhood would be a little more comfortable.

‘Should I be thankful for this?’

Rachiel secretly smiled bitterly. And then I looked around. Familiar roads and commercial streets. The season was midwinter.

Black, unmelted snow was piled up on every corner of the sidewalk block. People were busy walking as if they were avoiding a sharp wind.

But even during that time, he would pass by with his eyes always looking in this direction.

curiosity? Probably so. Anyone would be curious if they saw two foreigners trembling and walking in unfamiliar, unseasonal clothes in the middle of winter.

“Your Majesty, people are looking this way. “Do you feel a sense of discomfort?”

“well. “I think you feel sorry for me.”

“Is it because I look… sick?”

“I don’t know.”

Rachiel smiled bitterly again.

“First of all, you know what purpose we came here, right?”

“yes. “I heard your story with the Dragon King.”

“okay. “We need to find properly made insulin here in the world and copy it.”

“Do you know where it is?”

“uh.”

Rakiel lied again.

“Earlier, while the dimension transfer magic was being activated, the Dragon King gave me a little hint and told me. “You just have to go to a place called a pharmacy.”

“A pharmacy?”

“uh. excuse me. “Do you think it’s that one?”

Numerous commercial buildings lined up along the road. He pointed to one of them. There was a pharmacy on the first floor. It was just like the pharmacy I remembered.

‘thank god.’

He walked towards the pharmacy with Damien and looked around. A very familiar street. It was just as I remembered.

A pork cutlet restaurant that I often visit for lunch. If you order pork cutlet and pork together, it was really delicious. Next to it, I saw a cafe that I occasionally stopped by and a convenience store that I used to stop by to buy a lottery ticket.

“….”

Now that I think about it, I also remembered that two days before I fell off the Yanghwa Bridge, I bought an automatic lottery ticket worth 5,000 won at a convenience store over there.

I forgot about it because it was such a minor thing, but what happened? Even so, it would be of no use or relevance anymore.

Of course, the building where my Oriental medicine clinic was located, which is located a little further away, will no longer have anything to do with me.

‘Tsk.’

He shook off the bitter thoughts and opened the door to the pharmacy.

rattle.

“welcome?”

The pharmacist lady was shocked when she tried to say her customary greeting to a customer. Perhaps it was because of the unfamiliar appearance of this place.

“Hello?”

The warm kindness of the Korean people, who automatically get nervous when they see a foreigner, but end up conversing in English!

Rakiel asked, swallowing a bitter smile.

“I came here because I wanted to ask you something.”

“uh? Huh? you speak Korean well?”

“Oh yes…”

“But for some reason… could you please put on a mask first?”

“Oh yeah?”

“A mask. mask.”

“…what.”

Rakiel was startled. It was because I had been in that dimension for quite a long time and had completely forgotten the habit of wearing a mask. He hastily pulled the collar of his shirt to cover his nose and mouth.

“Oh, I’m sorry. “I forgot and just left.”

“I think I forgot my coat…”

“Oh yeah… I was in a hurry to leave.”

Is it a little suspicious? I could feel the pharmacist lady clearly looking up and down.

“….”

Should I leave right away?

Fortunately, that didn’t happen. The pharmacist lady asked as if she had returned to her usual customer-welcoming mode(?).

“Did you bring your prescription?”

“no. “That’s not it.”

Rakiel, who was internally relieved, quickly asked the name of the insulin she had in mind.

“I was wondering if there was a ‘Trezeo’.”

“Oh, insulin injection?”

“yes. “Do you have any?”

Maybe there is.

I asked expectantly.

But the answer that came back was unexpected.

“ah. Trezeo? “It’s hard to find that these days.”

“…yes?”

What does that mean?

The pharmacist lady continued.

“I did not know? Because the law changed. Regulations for shipping biological products. Still, there’s no fuss about that these days.”

“Uh…”

Rakiel was shocked.

for a moment.

Biological product shipping regulations?

I know that.

I vaguely remembered a time when I was in Korea. Just then, a pharmacist gave me an explanation.

“The law was revised because there was a problem with refrigerating the flu vaccine. What did they say? When transporting medicines made from raw materials or materials derived from humans or other living organisms, transport containers or vehicles equipped with automatic temperature recording devices must be used. In addition, it has become essential to keep distribution-related records for up to two years.”

“Is that so?”

“yes. Anyway, there was a lot of fuss because of that. That’s true from the perspective of a pharmaceutical distribution company. Suddenly, you have to spend money to buy expensive transport containers and facilities, right? Even if you do that, the distribution margin remains the same. So, from the distributor’s point of view, they don’t want to spend a lot of money and lose money.”

“So you don’t distribute drugs?”

“….”

Rakiel was at a loss for words.

It was like this even before I fell off the Yanghwa Bridge. There was an uproar as the law on drug distribution changed.

Because of that, I remembered the news that type 1 diabetes patients were suffering greatly, for whom insulin was a necessity for survival and was almost as good as air.

But that still hasn’t been resolved.

‘We’re in big trouble.’

I asked, trying to control my heart that was about to sink.

“Then can you tell me about another pharmacy that has Trezeo?”

“Uhm, I’m sorry. Other pharmacies nearby are probably similar. Better just place an order. “Bring your prescription and I’ll place your order.”

“Then when can I get it?”

“We will know that only when the medicine arrives. “There are quite a few people already on the waiting list.”

“Oh yeah…”

I’m going crazy.

The seriousness of the situation began to be felt. This was a very unexpected situation.

‘It’s already been two years since I fell off the Yanghwa Bridge and went to the other side, but I never thought this problem would still be resolved.’

I never thought it would be like this.

I became embarrassed.

‘What do we do?’

As I came out of the pharmacy, the bitter midwinter wind greeted me again. It became even more difficult. This is because the original plan went awry.

‘I thought you could find Trezeo at any pharmacy.’

I just checked to see if Trezeo, an insulin medicine, was available and tried to go into the pharmacy at night to make a copy.

How to get in? easy. These days, most commercial pharmacies are all on the first floor and have glass doors. I just tried to break through and go in.

Whether it’s a stone or not.

Whether it’s a fountain pen.

All you have to do is use whatever you have, break the glass door, go inside, and make a quick copy.

police? CCTV? What kind of algebra is that? As long as I activated the dimension return magic as the Dragon King instructed me immediately after completing the copy, everything would have been ok.

Compensation for a broken glass door? I took off a few solid gold buttons from my clothes and tried to put them on the counter. That way, even after paying for the glass door repairs, you will have at least several times more money left over.

A perfect scam.

That was the original plan.

But now there has been a serious setback to that plan.

‘It has become difficult to obtain Trezeo itself. No, if I had time, I could get it somehow, but the problem is… I don’t have the cash to last until then.’

Rakiel rummaged through his pockets.

Of course, there was no way that Korea would have any cash. Credit card? Of course not. No cell phone. I don’t even have an ID card. Literally, this is….

‘It just looks like a piece of shit.’

No, beggars would rather wear thick clothes. What about you and Damien now? In some ways, you could say that I am worse than a beggar as I am shivering on the street wearing clothes that are too thin for winter.

‘What do we do?’

If you have money, you can go and stay at a motel or sauna.

The colder the wind blew, the more oppressive it became. I thought about going to the gold and silver store right away and selling gold ornaments.

But soon I had to shake my head. When buying or selling gold at a gold and silver store, you must have an ID card.

‘Damn it.’

But I couldn’t give up. Since it’s a familiar neighborhood, you might be able to get lost less easily. With that mindset, I kept moving.

Tracing my memory, I visited the pharmacies distributed in the shopping center one after another using the optimal route.

However, Trezeo, the targeted insulin drug, could not be obtained anywhere.

Some pharmacies showed signs of embarrassment, while others showed caution toward foreigners asking for insulin without a prescription.

That’s how time goes by.

There are no clear results.

The sun is gradually setting.

The wind is getting colder.

As hope disappeared, a sense of crisis suddenly grew.

“are you okay?”

“Yes, Your Highness….”

“Your complexion is not good?”

“no. It’s okay…”

“…”

Damian was trembling pathetically. You must already be carrying the immortal Bbobok in your clothes. The flame fins would act as hand warmers. Still, it must be cold. Even the clothes are thin, and it’s even worse since he got sick.

Rachiel sighed.

‘If only I had the lottery paper I bought before leaving here…’

At least I would have been able to confirm my winnings. 50,000 won for 4th place or even 5,000 won for 5th place. If I had that, I would have been able to stop by the convenience store and warm up for a little while with some hot cup ramen soup.

He said, suppressing the feeling of becoming desperate.

“Whew. “Let’s stop by one more pharmacy first and get out of the wind.”

“All right.”

Rachiel walked in a familiar direction. There I saw a very familiar building. It was the commercial building where his Oriental medicine clinic was located.

As soon as I saw it, I sighed.

‘I didn’t want to come here.’

But I can’t help it.

This was because the last unvisited pharmacy on this shopping street was on the first floor.

‘Just stop by there and ask, and if you still don’t have Trezeo, go straight up the emergency exit stairs. There you can avoid the wind without being seen by people, and at least you can sit on the stairs.’

I will take a break there to avoid the wind and review my future plans.

He went into the pharmacy.

The scene of the pharmacy on the first floor was familiar. It was just like I remembered.

The image of the pharmacist with his bald head was the same, as was the TV on one side and the voice of the sports news reporter coming from the TV.

– The following is news about Tottenham Hotspur in the English Premier League. Tottenham Hotspur ended the first half of the season with a comfortable 3-1 win over Sheffield United FC in the 19th round of the Premier League, which started at 11 PM Korean time last night. In particular, Tottenham’s Son Heung-min played a decisive role in scoring through a corner kick in the 5th minute of the first half, contributing to the victory…

…huh?

Rachiel was shocked.

Tottenham? 19 rounds? Against Sheffield?

As soon as I heard it, I felt something powerful and like I was being shocked by electricity.

‘what. 19th round match against Sheffield? That… was the game I was waiting to see?’

I remembered it without thinking.

The day I fell from Yanghwa Bridge. I remembered that the game was scheduled for a day later. But that news is coming out on TV right now? The game was a day ago? that is?

‘No way…’

Is this year’s Premier League game schedule a copy of that season?

That can’t be possible.

It was then.

“Hey, hello? “What brought you here?”

I heard the pharmacist ask a confused question. Rakiel looked back at his uncle. And asked.

“I’m sorry, but what day is today?”

“…yes?”

“When is today’s date?”

“Um, it’s January 18th?”

“What year…?”

“Why are you asking that?”

“What year is it?”

“….”

The pharmacist frowned. And he responded as if he wanted to see all the strange people.

“It’s been 21 years. January 18, 21. So what about the prescription?”

“….”

Rakiel could not answer. Instead, he had to barely suppress the feeling of wanting to clutch his head.

It was because I finally knew clearly what time it was in this world.

‘So… at this time… it’s only been three days since I fell off Yanghwa Bridge?’