The Quack Lady - Chapter 92

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Episode 92

At those words, Mr. Pairon covered his mouth.

“Really… can you really save her?”

“I can’t guarantee it. But I know the method.”

At my serious gaze, Mr. Pairon nodded.

“Alright, then what should we do…”

“But Mr. Pairon, how long can you delay this patient’s—no, Amela’s time? Is it possible even during surgery?”

At my words, Mr. Pairon’s complexion darkened rapidly.

He shook his head with deep regret.

“Amela’s time is flowing very slowly, so if we want to take any measures, we need to bring her to our time.”

It can’t be helped.

I quickly spoke to Mr. Pairon.

“Then shall we go deliver the surgery details to our caretaker?”

* * *

And so Mr. Hanel and I stood in front of Mr. Pairon’s door.

We argued outside the door, telling each other to go in.

“It’s your accident, Mr. Hanel! You should resolve it!”

“You’re the one who said we need to give sufficient explanation to the caretaker before surgery! So you should be the one to tell him!”

“That’s obvious! Where is there a madman who would put a knife to a minor’s body without parental consent!”

Mr. Hanel and I growled at each other.

Soon the door opened with a creak.

“You’re being noisy, so come in and talk, Hanel.”

Mr. Pairon walked sluggishly with a clearly exhausted expression.

“I’m tired today, so please understand. I wonder if the workload was too much—my body feels strangely drained.”

He lay down, casually placing his long, well-shaped legs on the sofa armrest.

“Um… well…”

At my words, Mr. Pairon slightly turned his head to look at me.

Facing the sadness filling his gentle emerald eyes, I had no idea where to begin.

“I think it would be better if you spoke, Mr. Hanel.”

I immediately nudged Mr. Hanel’s arm, who was sitting next to me.

Mr. Hanel gasped and shook his head.

As we continued to push each other forward, Mr. Pairon frowned and asked Mr. Hanel.

“What’s causing another commotion now?”

“Ah, well, you see, that is…”

Mr. Hanel hung his head low.

“If it’s about last time, it’s fine. I’m somewhat okay now.”

“R-really?”

Mr. Hanel immediately brightened up, then seemed to realize this wasn’t right and pursed his lips.

“Yes. So if it’s nothing important, go back.”

“…”

“…”

Mr. Hanel and I just glanced at each other nervously.

“R-really? Then I’ll just… Ack!”

I quickly grabbed Mr. Hanel’s arm as he tried to get up from his seat.

Soon the cold handsome man’s expression twisted, but I didn’t care and spoke to Mr. Pairon.

“Then please help me.”

“Hm? With what?”

“I’m going to prepare for surgery.”

“Surgery?”

Mr. Pairon bolted upright at the mention of surgery.

“Th-that surgery you performed at the Marquis’s mansion?”

As if slightly interested, life flickered in his eyes.

“…Yes. The patient’s condition is very poor. I don’t know if I can save her, but I know the method.”

“Hmm, that’s quite unfortunate.”

Mr. Pairon nodded sympathetically.

Dragging this out any longer would just make fools of us both.

I quickly explained Amela’s condition.

“She fell from a high place and broke her ribs. The broken ribs injured her chest cavity, so she’s not breathing properly right now.”

“…Fell?”

“Yes. If we treat and heal her quickly, she’ll be able to keep breathing. It’s a major surgery so recovery will take some time, but if she recovers, she can survive.”

“Hmm…”

Mr. Pairon looked somewhat complicated.

I took a breath and spoke to him.

Now, it was time to drop the bomb.

“The patient’s name is Amela, Mr. Pairon.”

* * *

A silence colder than expected descended.

Mr. Pairon stared at me blankly as if frozen.

His eyes looked as if he was trying to distinguish between reality and dreams.

I quickly nudged Mr. Hanel’s arm.

“…Ah!”

He sighed and carefully began to speak.

“Th-that Amela, I put her in a safe place…”

“What…?”

As expected, Mr. Pairon seemed to be experiencing great confusion.

Mr. Hanel slowly explained what had happened.

“That day, due to my mistake, one soul went astray, and Amela who saw that…”

“…What are you saying right now…”

“When I realized something had gone wrong, it was right after the child had fallen to the ground. I used all my power to make the child’s time flow slowly.”

“…”

“That was all I could do…”

Mr. Hanel spoke with a face that looked ready to cry.

However.

“Right now Amela is… really alive…”

Mr. Pairon seemed unable to process the situation due to the sudden flood of information.

“Take a deep breath in and out while listening to the story.”

“…”

“Mr. Hanel saved Amela at the moment she fell and has been preserving Amela’s condition.”

“What are you saying right now…”

“Amela is still alive, Mr. Pairon.”

Before I could even finish speaking.

Tears flowed from Mr. Pairon’s eyes as if they had been waiting.

“Really… our Amela is alive…?”

His clearly trembling voice showed the pain he had to endure all this time.

“Yes. But her condition isn’t good due to the fall. So we need to perform surgery, but it won’t be an easy operation. That’s why we need to prepare as well.”

“…”

“The general surgical process will involve restoring the broken ribs and suturing the torn chest cavity.”

I then explained the surgical process for tension pneumothorax to Mr. Pairon.

“So… you’re going to insert a tube into Amela’s body right now…”

“Yes. It’s quite a major surgery.”

Pneumothorax surgery was a common procedure, but it was quite high in difficulty.

Especially in the case of children.

“We need to connect a tube to the thoracic cavity without touching the exact broken part.”

“….”

Mr. Pairon didn’t say anything.

No, to be precise, like the countless parents I had seen, he couldn’t even breathe properly as if he were the one in pain.

“Pai, Pairon, calm down first…!”

Mr. Hanel hurriedly approached Mr. Pairon and supported him.

Mr. Pairon, who normally wouldn’t have cared, quietly leaned into Mr. Hanel’s embrace.

“Sob… Amela….”

Mr. Pairon, leaning weakly against Mr. Hanel, didn’t seem like the Mr. Pairon I knew.

He was just an ordinary father who missed his daughter and endured pain several times greater than what his daughter must have suffered.

I then calmly explained the situation to Mr. Pairon.

Including Amela’s preserved state.

“Because time flows very slowly, Amela is only feeling very minimal pain. It’s hard to explain in words….”

I couldn’t possibly tell Mr. Pairon in his right mind that there was a large sphere surrounding the child, with droplets of blood floating around Amela inside it.

‘Mr. Pairon might faint.’

Instead, I conveyed the facts to Mr. Pairon as much as possible.

“According to Mr. Hanel, the moment the magic is dispelled, all the pain will be transmitted to Amela. That’s why we need to operate quickly.”

“….”

“But….”

I swallowed my words.

Honestly, I was doubtful whether I could handle it, and I was afraid.

If I were to fail this surgery.

If I were to face a result that was truly beyond even my power.

‘Mr. Pairon’s pain would be unimaginable.’

I clenched both fists tightly.

“But if we don’t do all of this… we can let Amela go without any pain.”

“Rtemeia!”

Even at Mr. Hanel’s following outcry, I didn’t look at him.

My gaze was fixed solely on Mr. Pairon.

“Then….”

Mr. Pairon, who spoke with difficulty, seemed to have received a great shock.

Seeing him trying hard to regain his composure, I bit my lips hard.

“You’re saying if we don’t operate, we can let the child go comfortably.”

“Pairon!”

This time Mr. Hanel stopped Mr. Pairon’s words.

His eyes were already glistening too.

“Yes. But I want to try. I don’t want you to part with the child so helplessly like this, Mr. Pairon.”

“…Really… can you do it?”

He asked with difficulty as he spoke.

Mr. Pairon was desperately biting his lips, swallowing his grief.

‘….’

That sight was so pitiful.

I decided not to say empty words.

“I’ll do my best. Of course, you’ll have to help too, Mr. Pairon.”

“….”

“I’ll do everything I can to save her. Even if it means threatening Mr. Hanel if necessary.”

“What?”

Mr. Hanel suddenly looked at me with a dazed expression.

I smiled toward those men.

A doctor can only say these words.

“I’ll do my absolute best to save her. Please trust me.”

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