episode_0024

New treatments are needed.

The treatment I am giving Princess Cannabi right now is not even at the level of helping to maintain the status quo.

But there are no new treatments.

The knowledge given by the sun god was not enough to handle the growing severity of the curse.

‘It’s been a long time since I’ve felt this incompetent.’

I tried praying hard, but it was no use.

It’s also embarrassing to keep asking someone to continue without accomplishing anything.

‘You have to have accomplished something to ask for a reward.’

When you are a minor who has not yet fully grown up, it may not be a problem to nag your parents as you would, but as you get older, it is inevitable that you will feel embarrassed.

‘Furthermore, I’ve received a lot of knowledge that I haven’t even used yet.’

It’s hard to ask for more when you’ve already received that much.

I was wondering what to do when this thought suddenly occurred to me.

‘… Do I have to spend my whole life begging Him to tell me? I can figure it out on my own through research.’

If you do that, you’ll be considered a weirdo.

But I wasn’t the only one who thought of doing this.

There was someone who researched and created a new treatment method on his own.

‘Cardinal Caria!’

A great cardinal in history who is always mentioned in biographies.

Among Cardinal Caria’s accomplishments, I understand there is a record of him developing his own cure.

But since there was no immediate solution, I had no choice but to do what the cardinal did.

‘But how do I start this?’

Cardinal Caria has been deceased for a long time.

You have to start from scratch, and finding a way is not easy.

Maybe the monster would die before we could figure out a cure.

‘It would be better if that happened.’

You could say that it’s better to try something than to do nothing and wait helplessly for something to happen.

“A new treatment approach may be needed.”

“New treatment method?”

Princess Canabi tilted her head at my words.

“Did God give you a new treatment method?”

“No, I’ll try to look it up.”

“Directly?”

“It may be difficult, but I think it’s better than doing nothing.”

Princess Cannabi’s reaction wasn’t very good.

I thought you would look at it positively even if you weren’t happy, but I think you might be a little hurt because of your unpleasant expression.

Still, he spoke stubbornly and without showing any sign of being upset.

“This method will not be able to completely relieve the princess of her pain later. Aren’t the symptoms of the curse getting worse?”

Even if you get treatment, it will get better a little and then go back to normal.

The curse placed on her was that severe.

“Don’t priests cure patients with the cures given by God?”

“Most priests treat patients in that way.”

“Have you ever developed a cure?”

“No, I haven’t tried it.”

It wasn’t something I should have said confidently, but I couldn’t lie, so I answered honestly.

“I’ve never done it before, but I’m going to create a new treatment because of you… .”

“The princess is not in good condition to wait for his help.”

“Why?”

“Yes?”

“All I want from you is to waste time. No one would say anything if you did that, so I don’t understand why you would waste your precious time trying to treat me. It would be a pointless waste of time.”

In fact, the temple is still busy.

It was possible for me to frequently visit the princess’s hospital room because I took time out of my rest period.

Knowing that, I didn’t understand that I was sacrificing more for myself.

If you continue to give me just the amount of help you have now, I think you will be able to make a bigger donation.

If it were any other priests besides me, they would have just maintained the status quo and waited for the sun to rise, as Princess Canabi said.

It’s not like I’m doing something that wasn’t even asked for.

But am I not just another priest?

This is me.

“Why is the time spent on the patient meaningless? The healer has a duty to do his best to cure the patient’s illness.”

“You’re just saying that you’re going to find new treatments out of obligation?”

“Of course.”

Is it weird?

So I gave him something that could roughly serve as an excuse.

“I guess I can’t help but pay more attention to you since you are a precious person.”

“… … .”

In particular, the amount of donations is enormous.

Thanks to Princess Canabi’s donation, our temple was able to rise to the top of the list of donations in an instant.

Thanks to that, there were many bishops who wanted to go to the Labyrinth Temple, and things got a little awkward, but since all of that was currently being built up through my efforts, I couldn’t help but express my gratitude.

“I think that we should treat precious people specially, but even if it was someone other than the princess in a similar situation, I would have tried the same method. I swear to the sun god.”

When a priest swears an oath to the sun god, it means that he is not lying at all.

Even corrupt nobles do not swear to the sun god so carelessly.

Then, there was a case where a corrupt priest who broke his oath dozens of times died of heatstroke.

By the way, the priest died of heatstroke in a freezer filled with ice.

“… Okay.”

“Yes?”

“If the healer wants to cure the patient, how can I stop him as a patient? Do whatever you want.”

“Ah! Thank you for your permission.”

I’m glad she understood that I’ll be bothering her often in the future for treatment purposes.

It probably wouldn’t have been possible if the rapport hadn’t been properly established.

After finding out that I almost died because I refused the strange man’s offer, Princess Kanabi’s attitude toward me changed a lot.

Although it’s not perfect, it seems like he started to ‘trust’ me and started to treat me more comfortably.

‘It’s not that it’s obvious, but it’s different.’

Although it is not as strong as that of a subordinate knight, a rapport has been established between the patient and the healer.

And the effects were definitely taking effect now.

He gave permission even though he heard things that would have made others laugh.

Of course, it was a flaw because I felt like expectations for me weren’t that high.

“I should be grateful. You’re willing to do things for me that you don’t have to do.”

“I can’t possibly tell you to look forward to it.”

“Don’t worry and just do it, even if it doesn’t work out well.”

Even though I said I would work hard, Princess Canabi cheered me on to lessen the burden I felt.

“I will try my best.”

The fact that there doesn’t seem to be much expectation yet makes me even more motivated.

Actually, there was a reason I told Princess Canabi before we started.

‘Because it’s such a desperate situation.’

It took a strong will to do this.

I thought that if the situation didn’t work out, I might try a few times and then give up.

But if I tell the princess, I shouldn’t at least pretend to know since I’m not the only one who knows, right?

What I said to the princess was to whip myself.

So, it’s a bit disappointing that there are no expectations at all.

If I showed that I was expecting something, I would have worked harder, even if it meant lifting a heavy burden on my mind.

‘This is enough for now.’

Standing at the beginning, I still had enough motivation with that level of reaction.

After declaring to the princess that I would develop a treatment that would suit her and even treating her, I returned and sighed once again at the empty seat left by Sir Raphel.

‘What should I do first?’

start.

I don’t know how to do that.’

Honestly, I’m at a loss.

That’s because I never once thought about developing a cure.

‘Is this the heading of bare ground?’

What confidence did I have in suddenly telling the princess that I would try to develop a cure?

I’m already starting to regret it.

Then suddenly a brilliant idea occurred to me.

‘When things get confusing, isn’t it best to follow in the footsteps of your seniors?’

The problem was that Cardinal Caria had already passed away a long time ago.

After much thought, I finally went to see Father Ando.

“Is there any way to get a book about Cardinal Caria?”

“Cardinal Caria’s book… .”

You can find plenty of books about him in the city.

But I was in no position to leave the Labyrinth Temple.

So I went to find someone who might have the book.

“I have Cardinal Caria’s autobiography. Would that work?”

“Yes, fine. I would like to go and get it myself, but… .”

“If Father Arthur isn’t here right now, there will be chaos.”

Ando also knew very well why I couldn’t move.

“Yes, so I’m wondering how I can get the book.”

“Then how about asking the guild?”

“Guild? Do mercenaries do that kind of work?”

“There are various grades of mercenaries, and I heard that lower grade mercenaries take on small tasks. However, since it costs a lot of money to buy books, it seems necessary to find a mercenary with high credit.”

Priests have very high salaries.

It is unlikely that a wealthy church would neglect its priests.

Thanks to that, I had no problem purchasing the book.

But for a low-ranking mercenary, it was enough money to buy books and run away.

That’s why I advised you to hire mercenaries with high credit ratings.

“Okay, I guess I’ll have to make time to visit the guild.”

“But why are you looking for a book about Cardinal Caria?”

“I learned it during study time when I was young, but as you know, I didn’t learn it deeply, right? I regret it again, so I’m going to read it slowly during my free time.”

Ando Priest can’t hide his pleased smile.

It seems like you really liked what I said.