This is the Royal dical Office?! Really?!
I stood there gazing up at the large sign with my mouth hanging open in astonishnt. I couldn’t believe that I was standing in front of the Royal dical Office. This is the place that I’ve always wanted to visit. The skill and practice of the royal doctors of the Fla Dragon empire was famous throughout the land. Even in my small village, dical traders who visited would often speak about the advancent of dical knowledge and practices from the capital.
There was no way that a small town like mine would have the sa advanced equipnt or knowledge like the capital of such a large empire. I turned to Ren and cried out in joy as I clapped my hands together.
“You look so excited...” Ren teased.
“I’ve always wanted to co here!” I exclaid excitedly. I couldn’t stop smiling from ear to ear.
It was like my dream land was right in front of . Talk about a dream co true mont.
“Want to go inside?” Ren asked, needlessly.
Of course, I wanted to go inside! I wanted to live here, eat here, and breathe here!
“Yes...please...” I said, nodding my head up and down eagerly.
Ren laughed a little at how excited I looked. I bet I must have looked like an overly excited child to him at that mont and I didn’t bla him for finding my reactions funny.
“Don’t ntion to anyone about your intention to study dicine here, ok?” Ren said, his tone suddenly serious.
Oh...I guess it could cause so trouble if the doctors found out about that from out of nowhere...
“Ok. I understand,” I replied as I nodded understandingly.
“Good. I’ll give you a little tour,” Ren said as he squeezed my hand.
“Thank you, Ren!” I exclaid happily.
Without another word, Ren led through the large double wooden doors and into the building of the Royal dical Office. Once we were inside, the familiar sll that I found so pleasant filled my nostrils and made think of ho. It was the sll of dical herbs. You couldn’t find this sll anywhere else except dical clinics and dical herbal stores.
“This feels so much like ho...” I said without thinking.
“How so?” Ren asked as we walked hand in hand.
“This might sound weird but...the herbal sll of dicine in the air...it just reminds of ho,” I replied a little shyly.
“I see. I hope this will make you miss ho a little less...” Ren said as he gave my hand a comforting squeeze.
It hurts a little whenever I thought of ho and my hotown but having Ren next to has made feel more at ease lately. I wondered when I would finally get to go ho. However, while I still didn’t have the answer to that and I was stuck here in the capital, I fully intended to gather as much dical knowledge as possible.
“This way,” Ren said as he led through the hallway and deeper into the building.
“Wow...this building is huge...” I said in awe as I looked around us.
We were standing in the central courtyard, and I could see four buildings surrounding us. From the outside, I had thought that the dical office was one large building; however, I have just observed that it was actually four very large buildings.
“Of course, it is. The Royal dical Office also serves as the hospital and there are patients being treated here as well. That building over there in the North is the hospital where patients are,” Ren explained as he pointed to the building in the North direction.
“Wow...there’s a proper hospital and all...” I muttered in amazent.
There was no such thing on this scale in the town where I ca from. The best we had were independently run small clinics such as those ran by Uncle Gobei and Auntie. People couldn’t afford much, and it was common practice to hire travelling doctors who would visit and inspect the patient at ho.
“The building to East is for herb and dicine storage. Basically, it’s like a warehouse that is supervised by doctors and herbalist who are in charged of dispatching dicine to relevant patients. They are also responsible for providing dical aid to other provinces and town in the empire,” Ren continued with his useful explanation.
“There must be so many herbs and dicine inside...” I said excitedly.
I an, there was a whole building just for storing dicine and herbs. That’s like out of this world crazy! I couldn’t wait to see inside.
“Of course, and that building to the South is for research and testing. I don’t know much about the details because I don’t have knowledge about dicine, but the doctors try out new herbs and dicine there. They try to make new dicine there...” Ren explained, struggling a little to describe the activities that took place in that building in the South.
“Don’t worry. I honestly don’t know much about research and making new dicine either. My knowledge is probably basic at best...” I said humbly.
“On to the last building, the building in the West is the most commonly used building. It is where the doctors treat the patients. When new patients get hurt or sick, they would enter that building first. Many doctors also live in that building and there are doctors working there around the clock. I an, you never know when soone could get sick or injured,” Ren continued to explain as he pointed to the building in question.
“Who are treated here?” I asked, curious.
“Everyone in the Imperial palace. Officials and soldiers from outside the palace as well. In so cases, we also treat the commoners. Shin and I have the idea to send doctors out to treat the people in their towns as well, but we currently don’t have that many doctors who can do so...” Ren answered, his brows furrowing.
Frankly, I was impressed with Ren’s effort to help the people in his empire. His empire was vast and there were many people living as part of his empire. It ant lot to that he has been actively thinking of their welfare. The thought of sending royal doctors out to help the people would have been unheard of before.
--To be continued...
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