The Quack Lady - Chapter 75

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Episode 75

I explained the treatment process to him so far.

“You really did put in effort.”

“Yes. I’m grateful that she’s endured this long…”

As I trailed off, Mr. Pairon gently placed his hand on top of my head.

“No, I mean you.”

“Huh?”

“You didn’t give up on the patient until the end.”

The meaning was clear.

Others would have given up.

But I couldn’t do that.

The smile Grandmother had shown me, the countless apologies she’d offered, and above all, how she silently endured my treatment…

“How could I do that?”

“But Rtemeia. There’s something you must remember.”

Hanel’s expression as he continued speaking was different from usual.

He spoke to me with a more serious look than ever before.

“There’s a fine line between doing your best and obsession.”

“…”

“It’s very difficult to distinguish between them.”

“…”

I couldn’t say anything.

“What truly caring for a patient means… you need to think carefully and act accordingly. Behind the patient there’s also a caretaker, but what the patient truly wants…”

That’s when it happened. Mr. Pairon trailed off and shook his head.

“What am I even saying…”

Soon, the muttering Mr. Pairon put on a playful expression again and ruffled my hair roughly.

“Why are you suddenly doing that!”

“Now you finally look like you have some energy. Earlier you had a face like soggy rice porridge.”

“Ah.”

“Don’t worry. This time I’m specially helping you, aren’t I?”

He said he was really tired from the long journey and settled down in a corner of the research lab to lie down.

I was about to ask what exactly he would help with, but decided against it.

Hearing his words seemed to give me a little courage.

“Tenoa. Let’s continue with the research!”

* * *

Hanel gently lowered Rtemeia’s head as she dozed off in one corner of the research lab.

Then he covered her with a blanket he had prepared in advance.

‘She’s working harder than I expected.’

The medicine created by combining various herbs looked quite sophisticated even to his untrained eye.

Above all, just seeing how meticulously she conducted clinical trials on small animals…

‘That means she’s being that careful with using the medicine.’

In this world’s medical practice, when problems arose, it was often considered the patient’s responsibility.

The idea that they received such punishment for earning God’s displeasure-.

‘How absurd.’

Soon he clicked his tongue and got up from his seat.

But to think she was caring this much.

Rtemeia, who had a face as if she too was wounded, seemed buried in concern for her patient.

‘She probably didn’t have time to take care of herself while caring for the patient.’

That’s why he uncharacteristically said more.

At the same time, he faced himself worrying greatly about the child.

‘I should check for myself after all.’

Reaching the Duchess’s chamber in an instant, he familiarly opened the door and walked in.

“Who’s there!”

The Duchess immediately spotted him and screamed.

However.

“If you don’t want to be treated strangely anymore, it would be better to stay quiet.”

At his words, the Duchess immediately looked around.

“Can’t you see this person! How dare you in a place like this…!”

Hanel sighed at the Duchess’s outcry.

“It’s useless. Others won’t be able to see me.”

In this unbelievable situation, the Duchess thought it must be a dream.

“You, raise your head and look at me.”

The moment she saw the light emanating from Hanel’s body, the Duchess’s gaze turned toward Hanel.

Long white hair and blue eyes positioned beneath it.

Above all, the unbelievable light emanating around him…

She asked with mesmerized eyes.

“Are you here to take me away?”

At those words, Hanel smiled faintly.

“No, quite the opposite.”

Soon Hanel’s eyes, having decided something, turned toward the aged Duchess.

* * *

“Mia, you must care not only for sick people’s wounds but also their hearts.”

“Why? Hearts don’t hurt.”

“No. When the body hurts, the heart hurts too. Even if it doesn’t show.”

Mother said this while poking my heart.

“Gasp!”

I trembled and bolted upright.

Bubbling flasks and tangled herbs came into view.

At the same time, I saw Tenoa sleeping weakly leaning against his chair.

“He must have collapsed.”

Seeing his drooped form made me feel a little sorry.

Just as I was about to carefully cover him with a blanket, I heard a familiar voice.

“Mia, are you awake?”

“Eruten?”

Eruten standing by the large window bathed in moonlight felt somehow changed.

More precisely, he felt somewhat more mature…

Was it because I hadn’t seen him in a while?

I ran up to him and asked.

“Are you okay?”

“What about this time?”

“Huh?”

He curved his elegant lips and smiled faintly.

‘Really… what a devastatingly handsome face.’

As I silently stared at his face that sparkled brighter than moonlight, he laughed as if I was cute.

“I’m fine, that’s why I came. By the way, was there any trouble?”

Come to think of it, I remembered asking him to find Father.

But he probably hadn’t found him yet, so it would be better to mention it later, right?

“Yeah. What about you?”

“For me, many things have changed.”

“Huh?”

“I have a new dream.”

Dreams? Come to think of it, I realized that at some point I had stopped dreaming, being too busy just getting by day to day.

“What kind of dream?”

I asked casually.

However, Eruten’s face had taken on a serious expression.

“If it’s difficult to talk about…”

“I want to create a garden.”

“A garden?”

I widened my eyes at his unexpected words.

“Yeah. Where I can plant any herbs and perform any treatments freely.”

“What’s that supposed to mean?”

I giggled at his words.

Eruten, who had been watching me like this, suddenly looked at me with serious eyes.

“When the garden is complete, I’ll give it to you as a gift.”

“Huh?”

My head tilted involuntarily.

‘Is this a confession?’

The atmosphere does seem like a confession…

A fifteen-year-old kid confessing by offering to give me land.

I chuckled and nodded.

“Really? Then I’ll accept it.”

There was no reason to refuse something being offered.

But then.

“Really?”

“Hm?”

“You really have to accept it?”

“Hm…?”

However, his reaction was somehow strange.

It reminded me of second-hand dealers from my past life who would say exchanges or refunds were difficult.

‘Did this kid hide some land somewhere?’

Just as my pupils were trembling with the sudden uneasy feeling.

“Lady Rtemeia! Are you there!”

At the sound echoing through the corridor, I looked toward the door in surprise as Chelonia’s maid shouted with a disheveled face.

“Please go to the Duchess quickly… quickly, please!”

She was trembling all over.

Eruten and Tenoa were also startled by the sound.

The three of us immediately headed to the Duchess’s room.

…I had a bad feeling about this.

* * *

When we arrived at the Duchess’s room in a rush, the Count and Countess as well as the Marquis and Marchioness had already all arrived.

Brien spotted me and immediately pleaded with me.

“Mother’s condition is strange! Please look at her, quickly!”

I pulled out the stethoscope hanging around my neck and examined her lungs and heart.

‘Why on earth is this happening…?’

I could hear the sound of fluid in her lungs. Her heart rhythm wasn’t good either.

I quickly hung the stethoscope around my neck and shouted.

“Tenoa! Give me the blade quickly!”

Tenoa handed me a laryngoscope that was nearby.

A medical instrument needed when inserting a tube into the larynx.

I quickly inserted the laryngoscope into the patient’s throat and shouted.

“Press on the throat!”

I immediately connected a tube that was nearby to the Duchess’s larynx.

“Tenoa! I’ve connected the tube, so squeeze the bag from the side!”

I immediately used the stethoscope to check if oxygen was being supplied properly.

At the hissing sound, I wrapped the stethoscope and secured the line.

“I’m going to inject medication, so please bring the medicine I asked for in advance.”

“Yes!”

The line was connected, and I began injecting vasodilators into her body.

However.

“The medication is leaking! Please replace the tube quickly!”

Medication was leaking from the tube connected to her arm.

Since it wasn’t a modern tube, there were limitations.

“Here!”

I immediately replaced and reconnected the tube.

I couldn’t think of anything else.

I just desperately hoped the patient would survive.

I checked her heartbeat again with the stethoscope.

But then…

“It’s V-tach…”

A condition where the ventricular muscles move irregularly and can’t smoothly send blood throughout the body.

The more treatment I provided, the further the patient was slipping away from me.

‘I absolutely cannot give up.’

I immediately climbed onto the Duchess’s body and began CPR.

“Please check the time!”

“Yes!”

At my words, a nearby maid turned over an hourglass.

The feeling of ribs rattling beneath my palms.

Faced with the chilling sensation of life fading before my eyes, I couldn’t think of anything.

Not yet… not yet.

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