The Quack Lady - Chapter 91

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Episode 91

Holy water.

The holy water that made one forget all pain and suffering had the characteristic of bringing peace to the mind as well.

As if it truly was God’s arrangement.

Afterwards, Riben’s complexion improved noticeably, and he uttered hopeful words that he would wake up soon.

However, Clint did not pay attention to those words.

Instead, he frowned with displeasure at the word “holy water” that was stuck in his ears.

“But the side effects are just as certain, aren’t they?”

When he asked, Riben moved his lips while hiding his flustered expression.

Soon, Zenhauer extended one hand and blocked him.

“Then you must also know well that there are no side effects for those who believe in God.”

The side effects were clear.

Namely, pain so severe it felt like one’s breath would stop.

The sight of movements that seemed like demons walking around in that pain was truly eerie, as if receiving punishment.

Just like his sister had been.

Clint’s tightly clenched fist trembled violently.

“Still, please don’t worry too much. You are maintaining life through God’s mercy so far.”

A satisfied smile appeared on Zenhauer’s lips.

Clint immediately snapped at him.

“Cardinal. You speak as if barely maintaining life is the goal.”

At his words, the smile on Zenhauer’s lips slowly disappeared.

Regardless, Clint moved his steps.

Having reached him, he whispered quietly in Zenhauer’s ear.

“Even if hidden behind clouds, would the essence of the sun become obscured?”

“….”

“Keep this in mind. Fog is bound to lift eventually.”

At his chilling warning, Zenhauer’s expression hardened coldly.

Clint passed by him with a completely hardened expression.

It was then.

“Count, do you know when fog is most dangerous?”

At those words, Clint turned around.

Then he saw Zenhauer smiling leisurely.

He calmly stepped forward and said.

“Precisely when it lies there making it seem like you can almost see ahead, but not quite.”

“….”

“And usually, such fog occurs naturally more around the periphery than at the center of the fog.”

Zenhauer, who had approached right in front of Clint, whispered low in his ear.

“Before worrying about fog, you should first determine where you truly need to stand.”

Zenhauer left the Emperor’s Bedchamber with a satisfied smile.

Clint could only stare blankly at his retreating figure.

‘Where I truly need to stand….’

Mulling over what Zenhauer had said, he hurriedly moved his steps.

A shadow followed him as he left through the door and asked.

“Should I track him?”

“No.”

It was a firm voice. Clint commanded with a more calm and settled demeanor than ever.

“Investigate the situation in the Eastern Region right now. Immediately!”

* * *

“You, what are you saying right now….”

“I’m saying I’ll help you. I haven’t examined the patient’s condition yet.”

Above all, pediatrics was also my specialty.

“So let’s do it together. How could anyone save a person alone?”

The weight of life is tremendously heavy and can never be borne alone.

It must be supported by the desperation and efforts of many people.

If it weren’t for all those people who helped me when I performed the cesarean section with this body.

The surgery never could have succeeded.

I said with a trustworthy smile.

“I’ll do it together with you.”

At those words, Mr. Pairon’s eyes became moist.

Mr. Pairon hurriedly rubbed around his eyes with his sleeve to wipe them.

“You’re just a kid.”

“But my medical skills might be better than yours, Mr. Pairon.”

“….”

Mr. Pairon, who would normally scold me for being cocky, smiled gently for once.

“I guess this is why everyone trusted you.”

“Huh?”

Mr. Pairon ruffled my hair as usual, then suddenly approached me and asked.

“Then are you ready?”

“Huh? Liv and Hetia will come soon… Ahhh!”

“Those girls have a long way to go to get up here. We can go and come back quickly, so hold on tight.”

“What? What did you say?”

When I was very flustered, Mr. Pairon chuckled as if amused. Then he arbitrarily picked me up.

“Ahhhhhhh!”

“Hold on tight. If you fall, who’s going to treat you?”

The speed was incomparable to before.

Mr. Pairon landed lightly in front of a cave next to the place we had climbed up earlier.

‘Wow, it’s like a roller coaster.’

The thrill was beyond imagination. When I staggered briefly from the unfamiliar excitement, Mr. Pairon narrowed his eyes.

Then.

“Tsk tsk.”

He soon clicked his tongue and shook his head.

“Why? Don’t you think it would be stranger to be used to this kind of thing?”

“Really? It’s just falling from up to down.”

After Mr. Pairon made a few more silly jokes, he pointed to inside a cave.

“Follow me.”

The place he pointed to was a cave covered with white stones.

I slowly moved my steps and followed behind Mr. Pairon.

‘It’s dark….’

Just because the stones were white didn’t make the inside of the cave bright.

As soon as we entered, thick darkness descended along with damp humidity.

“Here.”

Mr. Pairon created a sphere-shaped light and placed it on my hand.

Finding it fascinating, I stared blankly at the pure white glowing light.

“What are you doing? Aren’t you coming?”

“Wow… this is like a shadowless lamp*.”

A lamp in the surgery room. No matter which direction it shines, it doesn’t create shadows.

“What… what?”

“Never mind. Should we go?”

I moved forward relying on the light placed on both my hands.

‘Come to think of it….’

As we entered the cave, Eruten suddenly came to mind. Just thinking about all the hardships from that time really….

‘By the way, is he really doing well?’

His face, always silently cheering me on, came to mind.

At this point, I thought I should probably go visit him once.

I had been away for so long, and I felt sorry for being so neglectful.

“Mia!”

“Yes?”

“What are you thinking about so deeply.”

Mr. Pairon scolded me and snapped his fingers. Then the inside of the cave lit up brightly.

“Wow!”

The cave walls were filled with yellow lights as if torches had been hung up.

“Amela is over there.”

Soon Mr. Pairon pointed to a square coffin that looked like an altar.

“No! Good heavens. How can you keep a patient in such a humid environment! Bacteria will multiply and make the wounds worse!”

I kept nagging endlessly as I ran over quickly.

But.

“What is… this?”

Inside the coffin was Amela, beyond my imagination.

Usually with external injuries, because the whole body is covered in blood, at first glance you might feel the injury is serious.

But in reality, it might just be a slightly swollen stomach, or a slightly swollen body, or some aching around the heart area.

There are many cases where patients who look perfectly fine on the outside are actually in serious condition.

“No, how is this….”

Around Amela, droplets of blood were floating in the air.

Even seeing it with my own eyes, it felt surreal.

“Slowing down time means making everything around it flow slowly as well.”

Mr. Pairon looked bitterly at Amela lying in the coffin and snapped his fingers once.

Soon Amela, who was lying in the coffin, floated up into the air.

With the blood droplets scattered around her, she looked like she was trapped in a giant snow globe stained with blood.

“As soon as I found her fallen, I thought of everything related to the child.”

Around the child’s eyes, small teardrops had formed.

They were teardrops that couldn’t even fall, hanging precariously.

“I tried to assess the child’s injury condition with magic, but her condition was too poor….”

I busily examined Amela with both eyes.

Suddenly, her sunken chest came into view.

‘Tension pneumothorax with internal bleeding.’

Tension pneumothorax is one of the conditions caused by external trauma.

“If there’s a problem with the organ called the lungs, it’s likely pneumothorax*. The broken ribs from the impact of falling from a high place would have directly pierced the lungs.”

A phenomenon where the lungs are torn and air from inside the lungs leaks into the pleural cavity.

“What…?”

“Then the air that leaked from the lungs will enter the pleural cavity. In other words, air can only go in but can’t come out.”

“….”

“Most importantly, when the pleural pressure increases like that, the pressure also rises, and if this presses down on the opposite heart and lungs….”

Shock death.

I swallowed the rest of my words.

The movement of the lungs and heart is so directly related to life that it’s classified separately as vital signs for checking.

“It seems like there’s already a lack of oxygen.”

Amela’s brown-haired lips were blue as if they had absorbed watercolor paint.

When I even confirmed that the blood vessels in her neck were slightly swollen, there was nothing more to see.

“We need to operate.”

“What?”

Mr. Pairon blinked his eyes as if surprised.

“Because we can save her.”

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