rc followed Bazar into Kirel, a cloth thrown over her mouth, till they arrived at a certain bedroom.
Edin had also begged to join them out of concern for his family, but they had left him waiting at the village’s entrance. After all, Edin would be at risk if the disease was too severe for rc’s Heal to handle.
rc guessed he was probably negotiating with Foldia and Svemir on the issue of their compensation.
Although he still might be too concerned about his wife’s condition to consider things like money.
rc thought, fretting over Edin. She quickly dismissed that, though, and focused on the room in question.
Inside the mostly empty room, a woman lay on a bed, her face contorting in pain as sweat stread down her face.
“That must be Denemis. What is her condition?”
rc inquired, looking at Bazar, who stood beside her.
“She’s had a persistently high fever ever since she beca ill. Furthermore, there is painful swelling in her groin, neck, and armpit areas, coupled with irregular breathing and weak pulse. However, the most distinctive of all are these.”
Bazar unrolled Denemis’ blanket from the side, revealing her right arm and leg, which were entirely covered with dark marks.
“This is all internal bleeding? This is terrible…”
Behind the cloth, rc spoke while biting her lips. Bazar agreed with her and rely nodded before pulling the blanket over Denemis.
“I agree. Eventually, if the condition gets worse, necrosis may form on the limbs. Internal organ disorders are certainly another possibility. If one of these two events happens, it won’t co as a surprise.”
“Even if we are successful in curing her, if she reaches that point, there will be permanent scars.”
“Correct. We must therefore prevent the disease from getting worse. Though I have yet discovered a complete cure, I have created a number of dications that can halt the progression of the disease.”
“What? You’ve developed drugs? So a vaccine of so form must also exist.”
“It doesn’t. I’ve only managed to develop drugs that halt the progression of the disease.”
Bazar said after a mont of silence, denying rc’s claim.
rc found his deanor peculiar and gave him a questioning look, but Bazar just shrugged and continued,
“To tell the truth, a vaccine does exist. However, its effects are insufficient.”
“What do you an?”
“The Emsnan Disease is problematic because it constantly evolves and grows worse. A drug that may have been effective in the past will eventually stop working. In other words, an early-stage vaccination won’t work against the Emsnan Disease in its current form.”
“It evolves? Now I understand. That’s why you said that strange thing about making various drugs. You have to co up with a new drug every ti the old one stops working.”
“That’s right.”
Bazar nodded, finally opening rc’s eyes.
This, however, raised so new questions for rc.
“You should have inford right away that there is a vaccine. Even if it isn’t very effective, there should still be a difference in the symptoms of individuals who have taken it compared to those who haven’t. Or does the vaccine have so side effects that you haven’t told about?”
“No, not at the mont. Although there have been a few unusual incidences of extrely high fevers, it is unclear whether those were brought on by the vaccine. Additionally, each of those cases was still in its early stages and was resolved quickly.”
“Then could I ask you to prepare one of those vaccines for ? Additionally, three more for those morons over there!”
rc yelled as she spun around to see the slightly ajar door.
“Oops. Busted…”
Foldia, who appeared to have no intention of hiding his presence, opened the door without showing any signs of remorse.
Behind him, rc could make out Edin, who had a frightened expression on his face, and Svemir, who was curiously peering inside.
Thankfully, all three of them were covering their mouths, but it didn’t give them a pass for breaking their promise.
“You three?!” Bazar exclaid.
“What the hell do you think you’re doing here? Is this so kind of ga to you?!”
rc yelled at the three.
“Foldia!!! It would have been alright for you to co here by yourself, but why did you bring Edin with you? He isn’t even an adventurer!”
“Now, now. Calm down. There’s a patient here.”
“You bastard…”
“Missy, is dis how ya are?” Svemir asked.
“S-Scary…” Edin exclaid.
Even Svemir, who appeared to have been through a lot and had likely survived many trials, took a few steps back in response to rc’s outburst.
On the other hand, Edin, who wasn’t even an adventurer, absolutely buckled at the knees under the intimidation of the otherwise beautiful young girl.
Even Bazar, who was standing right next to rc, took a few steps back, fearing for his life.
Now I’m the bad guy…
rc thought as she observed everyone’s responses. They were nonetheless in front of a patient, as Foldia had noted.
rc sighed after restraining her rage.
“I’ll scold you later.”
“What do you an scold?!” Foldia exclaid.
“Save your excuses for later as well.”
rc spoke sternly before turning to face Denemis once more.
“For now, let try healing her. If Healing can heal the disease, a drug will also be able to do so.”
“Miss rc… I already told you earlier, but I doubt that Lesser Heal will have any effect. I am also capable of using Lesser Heal, and I have already attempted it on several patients without success. While their conditions did temporarily get better, it was far from a total recovery.”
“I see… Nonetheless, let give it a try.”
rc did consider Bazar’s advice, but she was still completely confident in her Healing abilities. She couldn’t just back down here without trying, knowing that the disease had no cure.
“Heal!”
A soothing light emanated from rc’s palms and slowly enveloped Denemis’ body as she lay on the bed.
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