The Quack Lady - Chapter 85

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Episode 85

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My days, including drug research, flowed by without rest.

During this time, I divided the work with Tenoa to make treatment a bit more efficient.

“It’s herpes. I’ll prescribe a moisturizing medicine after disinfection, so please go over there.”

I pointed to Tenoa who was beside me.

“Th-thank you!”

This was a system where after I finished the diagnosis, Tenoa would prescribe the appropriate medicine.

It was truly the perfect division of labor system between modern doctors and pharmacists.

Why?

Because this way we could see more people.

Most of the patients were those who had been abandoned even by the treatment facilities.

Perhaps because of that, they were even more grateful to me.

The more grateful they were, the more the number of patients increased.

“Witch! A witch has appeared!”

At that moment, a man from about the middle of the line jumped out to the side and shouted.

His face was filled with fear.

And in cases like this, usually…

‘An emergency patient.’

I kicked back my chair and stood up, walking toward the man.

“Cough… cough!”

“A demon! A demon has possessed her body!”

Where the brown-haired man was pointing, a woman had collapsed.

“Please move aside! I’ll examine her!”

I hurriedly placed the stethoscope on her chest.

The moment I confirmed the irregular heartbeat and wheezing sounds, I immediately hung the stethoscope around my neck and shouted.

“Tenoa! Bring me a needle and some Nivenius!”

Rough lung sounds, and above all, her whole body was swelling up.

‘It’s anaphylactic shock.’

This acute shock symptom occurs when someone eats the wrong food or gets stung by a bee.

The problem is that since it’s acute, it progresses quickly and needs to be treated swiftly.

“Here.”

Tenoa handed me the syringe and medication.

I skillfully drew the medication into the syringe.

“Is she going to perform bloodletting?”

“No, something seems strange about that? The tools are strange too.”

I smiled faintly at the words hitting my ears. Then.

“Excuse me.”

I made a long cut in the woman’s thigh area clothing with the scalpel Mr. Hanel had made for me.

As if they had been waiting, surprised voices could be heard from various places.

“My goodness!”

Regardless, I stabbed the outer side of her thigh with the syringe I was holding.

“Tenoa! Quickly secure the airway and connect the bag!”

At my words, Tenoa moved quickly and attempted intubation on her.

While Tenoa, who had become somewhat accustomed to this kind of work, connected the tube to the airway, I held the inflated balloon and connected it to the tube.

As soon as it was connected, the bag moved on its own, making a deflating sound.

“I asked someone who knows magic since it seemed like this was what you wanted. They said it was possible if it was just squeezing the bag. I hope it helps.”

The half-joking magic was quite useful to me.

Although this wasn’t yet a world where magic was fully developed, I was grateful enough for just this.

Of course, there was the disadvantage that when the magic power ran out, it would eventually go back to manual operation.

Anyway, thanks to this swift response, the woman’s complexion improved noticeably.

As if they had been waiting, exclamations poured out from around us.

“My goodness…”

“To see effects appear in such a short time…”

The patients who witnessed this entire situation couldn’t hide their amazement.

Regardless, I spoke to Tenoa.

“Tenoa. Move this patient inside.”

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Pairon looked at the documents on his desk with an indifferent face, saying nothing.

Soon his dry voice settled down.

“Stop that and come out. It’s bothering me.”

At those words, Hanel peeked his head through the door crack and revealed himself.

He grumbled and plopped down on the sofa located in the middle of Pairon’s office.

“You really have no charm at all.”

“That’s not something you should be saying.”

Pairon was endlessly frustrated that only Hanel had gotten to see Rtemeia.

Above all, he had missed the chance to see the unbelievable medical skills that were enough to shake the Duke’s heart.

“So, how’s the work I gave you?”

“How am I supposed to do all that work by myself!”

Hanel jumped up and down as if he had been waiting for this.

However, Pairon turned his bland gaze back to the documents and spoke calmly.

“It’s work I’ve been doing.”

Recently, as kingdoms merged together, unknown herbs from the annexed countries were pouring in.

To classify and test all those herbs, he had to squeeze even his sleeping time.

“Are you getting revenge?”

“As if.”

Pairon, who smoothly deflected Hanel’s words, chuckled.

Hanel immediately huffed and slammed both hands on Pairon’s desk with a bang.

“I said I was sorry.”

“Ah, when I was asleep?”

Pairon began teasing again. But his inner feelings weren’t as calm as they appeared on the outside.

‘He must have used some drug on me.’

Otherwise, there was no way he couldn’t remember what conversation they had before Hanel left…

Having thought that far, Pairon’s gaze once again busily scanned over the documents.

Hanel, who had been silently watching this, hung his head low as if defeated and said.

“I’m telling you, you really just fell asleep saying you were tired! I said ‘Then I’ll take that as permission’ to that and went.”

“Before that.”

“What?”

“I can’t recall the conversation we had before that. I think I was trying to ask you something. I don’t remember anything.”

“…”

Hanel’s mouth shut tight for a moment. And Pairon, who noticed this, turned his gaze as if he had expected this.

“So tell me quickly what drug you fed me. I should at least detoxify it.”

At those words, Hanel immediately protested with an aggrieved expression.

“I didn’t feed you anything! This is driving me crazy, really! Do I look like someone who would drug a long-time friend and run away just to avoid work?”

“…”

At Pairon’s silence, Hanel let out a hollow laugh.

“No, I might have threatened a fifteen-year-old, but I wouldn’t lie to an old friend…”

“…”

Pairon’s gaze turned toward Hanel.

It was a look that seemed to ask, if he threatens fifteen-year-olds, what wouldn’t he do?

“Really. I swear I didn’t give you any drugs.”

He even went so far as to raise one hand as if swearing to the gods.

However, Peilon didn’t even pretend to listen.

“So you’re saying that just as you were about to leave, I conveniently got sleepy and fell asleep?”

“….”

“And you’re asking me to believe that now.”

As if he couldn’t stand it anymore, Peilon’s gaze turned toward Hanel.

Hanel looked somewhat troubled.

At that sight, Peilon’s suspicion deepened even more.

‘He’s definitely hiding something.’

“If you won’t talk, then go back. Finish all the work you’re responsible for first.”

He thought there wouldn’t be a crack in his relationship with Hanel.

“Amela will definitely come back.”

He was the only friend who had stayed by his side during the most difficult time when he lost his daughter.

Above all, the reason he hadn’t held Amela’s funeral until now was also because of Hanel.

“She’ll definitely come back.”

He was the friend who had stayed by his side, saying there would be a miracle.

That’s why the fact that such a friend had secretly given him drugs felt quite unfair.

“Really… I didn’t give you any. You know my personality too.”

Soon Hanel’s serious voice was heard.

“Don’t give up. Until we find Amela. Keep it buried in your heart. She’ll definitely come back.”

Hanel had the personality to accomplish whatever he believed was right, no matter what.

Knowing this too well, Peilon let out a frustrated breath.

This time too, he would ultimately have to give in to him.

“Fine. Let’s say that’s true. But why won’t you tell me what conversation you had at the end?”

“….”

“If you can’t talk about it, I’ll have to reconsider my trust in you.”

“But…!”

Hanel furrowed his brow as if feeling very wronged, then let out a deep sigh.

Then.

“Wait, you’re the strange one here! Why are you questioning me when you might have forgotten due to your age?”

“…What?”

“I know everything! You’re just jealous that I saw Rtemeia’s medical skills alone!”

“…What?”

Peilon asked back with a bewildered expression, but Hanel became even more convinced at that sight.

“Look, you can’t say anything because I’m right. I should have noticed when you started obsessing strangely.”

“…Your mouth is quite free-spirited today.”

“Your thoughts are free-spirited.”

Hanel didn’t back down one bit and instead rubbed Peilon the wrong way.

Peilon was also at a loss for words at himself for not being able to deny it.

‘If I stop here, Hanel will smoothly get away with it as usual.’

“Hanel, so going back to what we were saying….”

“Enough! If I keep talking with narrow-minded you, I might become narrow-minded too, so it’s better to stop the conversation here!”

“…What?”

At Hanel’s last words, Peilon’s patience also reached its limit.

Just as he was about to get angry at Hanel, Hanel closed the door and disappeared.

Peilon could only stare helplessly at the door where Hanel had disappeared, his shoulders slumped.

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