episode_0111

Episode 111. I Wish Every Day Was a Banquet

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Mint seemed to feel better for some reason.

The princess came back next to me with a start.

“What did Elise say?”

“Green dress. It’s not good for your body. There are also some cosmetics that are not good for your body.”

In a way, since it was also patient information about Ms. Elise, I didn’t explain it in detail. Mint nodded as if she was interested.

“Oh, really?”

“I would never wear it because the green dye can be made from arsenic. Mint Yang also avoids green clothes.”

The princess tilted her head.

“Elise’s dress is also green. Is that bad for your health? I see it sometimes.”

“You don’t eat clothes, so you won’t die from wearing them a few times. But that’s dangerous too.”

“I thought the teacher had fought with Elise and embarrassed her. I guess not.”

I shook my head. I didn’t mean to embarrass or offend Elise.

You look a little depressed. That wasn’t intentional. It can’t be helped, it just is.

Everyone takes the news differently. I once saw a young man who had his foot amputated due to a comminuted fracture and joked that he was lucky he hadn’t had to go to the military yet.

“Well. Everyone has a different way of accepting a situation. If someone told you that your clothes were poisoned, you would feel uncomfortable.”

Mint tilted her wine glass. As soon as the alcohol in the glass touched her lips, she frowned slightly.

“Wow, teacher. This is really tasteless.”

“That’s right, that. It was tasteless.”

Mint took a sip of the wine in her glass. It was the white wine she had been drinking earlier. It had no taste.

“Princess, are you old enough to drink alcohol?”

“Here it goes again.”

“Have you ever tried alcohol?”

“Once or twice? I don’t like it.”

Mint stretched out her arms and pretended to stretch, then put her arm on my shoulder and leaned in.

“We were together all day.”

“That’s right.”

“Thank you for playing with me all day long. Ah… … . I wish every day was a party. Then I could be with you all the time, teacher.”

“I think I’d be tired if I had a banquet every day.”

“I’m so emotional, really. I’m just saying that I really enjoy spending time with you, teacher.”

You have to wear a stiff suit and have small talk with people passing by all day long. You have to do it because you can’t help it.

To tell the truth, the princess is the best in the world, so she doesn’t have to worry about what other people think, so she’s relatively okay. I patted Mint’s head.

“Thank you for thinking so.”

Isn’t it time for the banquet to end?

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Elise thought about it. She thought that with a boring, ordinary professor who only did his best to study, Elise would definitely have the upper hand in the conversation.

Are you just saying that to avoid the situation?

Thinking back on it again, it seemed possible that the healer, offended by Elise’s words, could have said anything to tell her to go fuck herself.

If we consider only the possibility, then yes. Elise didn’t think that was the case. She wasn’t a person with particularly malicious intentions.

The atmosphere had completely changed.

That professor. He was talking back to me with an arrogant expression, and then out of nowhere he started talking nonsense, saying that my pupils were strange.

Are eye drops really the problem?

The healer knew right away just by looking at her eyes, so there really must be something different.

I told her not to wear a green dress, and not to use belladonna eye drops. I told her that continuous exposure to toxins is dangerous.

Haa. Elise pressed her temples.

I never understood why Mint was so attached to someone who wasn’t even a noble. But when I met him in person, I thought I would understand.

To be more specific, the reason why the royal family was watching it was also apparent. A skilled healer can save people.

There is no one who does not value their own life, and the same goes for the Imperial Family. Being the best healer in the Empire may in some ways be better than an average high-ranking noble.

Besides, when are you going to the hospital again?

There were originally a lot of things she wanted to do at this banquet hall, but Elise couldn’t focus on the situation at the banquet hall. Her mind was in a mess.

Rumors were circulating around the prince.

A new imperial company will be created, and those who participate will make a lot of money. At the center of it all is a scientist with close ties to the imperial family.

That was the rumor. When Elise first heard it, she just assumed it was true.

Even if you look at it roughly, it’s like that, right?

The person I just saw must have been the source of the previous rumor. They made eye contact for a moment and then proceeded to list a number of illnesses that Elise might have.

The claim that the empire was the best was not an empty boast.

At least that’s what Elise thought.

That means, the rumored licensed company is not just a money-grabbing scam or a means to steal money from the blind, but a proper investment opportunity with capable people involved.

I guess I’ll have to try my network and find out about this too.

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I went to work at the lab this morning too.

The splendid imperial banquet hall was a place where many people enjoyed themselves, and there were good points to it, too. I felt more at ease in the study than in the crazy banquet hall or under the chandelier that hurt my eyes.

It was nice being with Mint though.

I hope that handing out business cards at a banquet hall and seeing a few people will have some effect, but I’m not sure if it will have any effect. I hope to receive some research funds or investment funds.

The only person who will definitely send money is Arina.

Other than Arina, there were no concrete results. There were some people who showed interest, but I couldn’t find anyone who would definitely send me money. If word got around, I might get some letters.

“Hello, Professor.”

“Are you going to work now?”

Istina froze for a moment, then looked at the clock on the wall. It was exactly the time when Istina opened the door and came in.

It’s a little late.

“Oh, sorry. Starting tomorrow, I will try to get there before the professor… … .”

“Then it would be better.”

Istina put down her bag and plopped down on the study sofa. She opened a book in front of the sofa.

“Professor, I heard you went to the banquet yesterday.”

“Yeah, that’s right.”

“Honestly, I thought you’d be here for a few days.”

“It ended earlier than I thought.”

I thought it would take two days, too. Istina nodded and looked at me.

“Did you get any results?”

There were no major achievements, except that I almost got my hands on a freshman in society. I was wondering what to explain to Istina.

“Ah, yeah. You’ll meet a lot of high-ranking people, so soon you’ll be receiving a lot of research funds and investment money.”

“That would be great.”

It’s just a wishful thinking, but it’s not a lie because it’s still possible.

Who knows, maybe the people you meet at the banquet hall will be impressed and send you research funds?

Although that doesn’t seem very likely.

“That’s right. I went yesterday and got the gift for you. Take it home when you get off work later.”

“Oh, thank you. What is it?”

“I don’t know. Was it pound cake?”

Istina nodded.

“Istina. Did you know that green dye contains arsenic? I thought of it yesterday when I saw someone wearing a green dress at the banquet hall. I was worried that I might get arsenic poisoning.”

“Ah. That? Some people say that arsenic is dangerous. But I think there are also opinions that it’s okay to wear it.”

“How could that be?”

“Which one?”

“Go to a factory or workshop that handles arsenic. It’s not normal to wear something that will kill you if you eat it.”

“I guess so.”

I was freaking out when I saw Elise yesterday, but it wasn’t really that serious of a problem.

When I thought about it again, that’s right. The effects of atropine eye drops are temporary, and arsenic isn’t a toxin that accumulates in large amounts in the body.

If you don’t have any symptoms now, you’ll probably be fine if you stop exposure to the toxin. There are treatments for both arsenic exposure and atropine poisoning.

I looked at Istina for a moment.

“That’s right. How about the patient with the broken leg?”

“It seems to have gotten a lot better.”

“Did you check it carefully? Your legs aren’t bent, are they? Did you check the sensation in your legs every day?”

“Yes.”

There is a separate way to check the original sensation. You have to tap the left and right sides with something like a toothpick and see if the left and right sides are different.

I wonder if Istina and Amy did well. It’s true that they were worried and distrustful. Of course, they were smart friends.

If you ask Istina or Amy, can I trust my life to them? Well, I can only say, “Well, I’ll do my best.”

“Are there any changes in the patient’s skin color or any open wounds? Are there any signs of broken bones?”

“There was none.”

anyway.

I thought the patient was fine because Istina answered with certainty. If there had been even the slightest problem, there would have been chaos. Wouldn’t she have whined and said something terrible as soon as she saw me?

“Give me the medical records.”

I looked through the medical records of the patient who broke his leg last time. It was just as Istina said. The medical records showed that he was examined twice a day.

“You worked hard.”

“Thank you.”

“If you examine me twice or three times a day and it doesn’t work, then what? It’s a matter of good faith. So there wasn’t much of a problem? The patient didn’t even complain of pain?”

“Yes.”

Okay, then. This will be featured in the patient case story later. Now, all we have to do is wait for research funds to pour in from all sides!