068. Gray Plague (4)
“You guys first move Lord Haven to the dormitory together.”
One of the knights asked with an anxious face after hearing Seongjin’s words.
“Shouldn’t we leave it like this until the plague doctor comes? If you accidentally touch it and get sick… … .”
When the plague doctor comes and starts drawing blood, Haven might really die.
Seongjin shook his head.
“It’s not a plague. “It’s a disease I know.”
“… How can you believe that?”
Another knight standing next to him glared at Seongjin and asked, questioningly. He is a young knight with a long scar on his forehead.
Seongjin had recently become friendly with most of the resident knights, but that young man kept sending disrespectful glances at Seongjin as he went back and forth.
“Even if the prince says so, isn’t it our subordinates who ultimately die when the plague hits?”
“… … .”
It was a very arrogant attitude, but honestly, there was nothing wrong with what he said.
It’s strange that the young prince, who is reputed to be a bitch, would readily believe something he said wasn’t a plague when he didn’t have much medical knowledge.
Without answering, Seongjin slowly lowered his posture and grabbed the fallen Haven’s arm.
At that moment, there was a sound of the knights around them gasping for air.
Either way, Seongjin put Haven’s arm around his shoulder and made him sit up. Haven’s body is very small, and flowing the aura here and there through the muscles wasn’t that difficult even for the young Mores’ body.
Seongjin looked at the knights surrounding him in that state.
“Well, I’ll take half the responsibility, so you guys gamble half the time too. “You’re a colleague, right?”
“… … .”
The knights looked at each other’s faces and observed each other in silence.
Surprisingly, the first person to approach was the young knight who questioned Seongjin. He silently grabs Haven’s other arm and helps Seongjin raise his body.
Soon, the two men began to walk towards the knight’s quarters, supporting Haven.
‘I thought he was a spoiled brat, but he’s still loyal to dogs.’
When Seongjin glanced to the side, he saw the young knight staring straight ahead with his eyebrows furrowed, as if he didn’t like something.
“Where do you belong? “How long has it been since you were dispatched to Jinju Palace?”
“… why? “If I tell you, do you remember?”
“… … .”
What’s wrong with this guy? Don’t you know about social life? uh?
The atmosphere showed signs of getting a bit harsh, but fortunately, the section where Seongjin and the young knight moved the haven was not very long. Sir Kurt called the congressman and rushed to prepare a stretcher.
As soon as the young knight handed over Haven to the councilor, he disappeared from the spot without saying goodbye. He had a really unfriendly personality.
Soon Haven was placed on a stretcher and quickly taken to the dormitory.
“Since when has it been like this?”
Councilor Ninias asked. As always, my nose was red, and it seemed like it came from drinking.
“I was fine until yesterday afternoon.”
In response to Sir Kurt’s answer, Councilor Ninias quickly examines Haven.
I felt my pulse, looked inside my mouth, and even rolled back my eyelids.
Of course, his severe tremors still persisted, so I had doubts as to whether he had properly detected the pulse… … .
‘Did this old man call the Lyora School a quack before?’
It suddenly occurred to me that he didn’t seem to like the Lyora school very much. Suddenly, confidence in Rep. Ninias soars!
The congressman, who could not even dream of knowing Seongjin’s thoughts, studied Haven intently for a while and then spoke to Seongjin and his group.
“It certainly doesn’t look like the commonly known plague, as the prince said.”
“The plague… Isn’t it?”
Sir Kurt asked, somewhat relieved.
“Maybe so. Most plagues are often accompanied by a high fever at first, but this friend… … .”
The body temperature is dropping.
“Of course, as time goes by and the disease becomes more severe, the pulse weakens and the body temperature drops like this, but they say it hasn’t been that long since this friend’s symptoms began to appear.”
“Then, Councilor, if it’s not the plague, why is this guy like this?”
At Sir Kurt’s question, Councilor Ninneas wiped the sweat from his forehead with a slightly embarrassed expression.
“It is difficult to be certain at this time. I’ll have to watch the situation a little more… … .”
And he glanced at Seongjin, who was quietly listening to the story with his arms crossed.
Since he was the one who first said it didn’t seem like a plague, he seemed a little concerned about how much knowledge he had as an apothecary.
“Sometimes there are people who get stung by a bee and show similar symptoms. There was a young man in the neighborhood where I lived who died after being stung by a bee. He had a rash, his face was swollen, he had difficulty breathing, and most of all, his body temperature dropped so rapidly. “They say that my father and grandfather died from bee stings.”
Of course, this friend’s condition is not changing so rapidly as if he would die suddenly, Councilor Ninias added.
“Furthermore, it is currently difficult to guess why he lost consciousness before his pulse weakened. “It is not a typical symptom of poisoning, but I think we should consider the possibility that I have been poisoned by some new poison.”
Seongjin looked at Haven, who was lying unconscious on the bed.
His complexion had become so pale that his skin looked almost gray. His lips are bleeding, and red, swollen rashes can be seen sparsely on the exposed skin of his face and neck.
Also, some gray discolored skin was visible under the chest.
Could it be that place?
[That’s right, there’s a Loferum egg stuck in the chest. It’s already dead.]
The Demon King admitted.
‘What effect do Loferum eggs have on humans? ‘Is it poisonous?’
[Well, I don’t know because I’ve never laid an egg on a human.]
Seongjin was lost in thought for a moment.
Even though he lived on modern Earth, Seongjin did not have much medical knowledge. Before the Gate incident, he was just an ordinary office worker, and after the Gate incident, he lived as a superhuman hunter without worrying about illness.
However, even Seongjin knew that the reason why he suddenly died from a bee sting was due to anaphylactic shock caused by a bee allergy.
Loferum eggs cannot survive on the human body and simply die over time.
But what if those dead eggs cause a body reaction close to an allergic reaction? Or what if the dead egg continues to spew out something similar to poison?
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If so, the symptoms will not improve unless the dead egg is removed from the body.
The task to do was clear. Take out the egg.
“Councilman Ninias, isn’t their skin color a little strange? It looks a little different to my eyes… … .”
Hearing Seongjin’s words, the doctor took a closer look at the part of Haven’s chest that he was pointing to. Perhaps it was not easily noticeable due to the colorful rash and pale skin color.
When Councilor Ninnias carefully opened Haven’s shirt, a piece of discolored skin the size of the palm of his hand came into view. And in the middle of that gray skin, a small wound the size of a little fingernail was covered in crust.
Perhaps that wound is where the Loferum egg burrowed.
The doctor touched the discolored chest and tilted his head.
“Now that I think about it, it really is. The colors are different. There are also wounds. For some reason, my skin feels a little hard. … huh?”
He patted and gently swept the discolored skin with his hands. Then he raised his head with a slightly more serious face.
“in… “I’m feeling something strange?”
Has it been dug so thinly that you can touch it from the outside? Then the story becomes easier.
Seongjin was pleased and made a suggestion to the lawmaker.
“Shouldn’t we get that out?”
“yes?”
“So, I think I can take it out with just a small incision in the skin.”
“… ancient?”
Councilor Ninias and Sir Kurt simultaneously looked at Seongjin in astonishment.
“No, even if it’s strange, it’s not certain. Occasionally, it is not very rare to feel something like a lump in the body… … .”
As the congressman rubbed his nose in embarrassment, his already red nose turned red as if it was burning.
“I… “Sir, wouldn’t it be worse if you cut a sick person with a knife?”
Sir Kurt dissuades Seongjin with a puzzled look. It is a face that clearly shows the anxiety that this immature prince may cause Haven’s condition to worsen by meddling for no reason.
As expected, is this kind of persuasion unreasonable? Seongjin frowned.
But help came from an unexpected place.
Francis, who arrived late at the knight’s quarters with Masain, listened to Seongjin’s words and offered a word of help to the congressman.
“It’s different from the demonic energy of the devil species, but I still feel an uneasy feeling. “I think it would be better to get rid of it.”
“… … !”
This was the opinion of someone who was a lieutenant of the Knights of Saint Aurelion.
The doctor hesitated for a moment and looked around, but upon seeing Francis’ determined face, he soon gave up and prepared to make an incision.
“The academy students and that article have the same symptoms.”
Francis briefly explained to Seongjin the symptoms he had seen in the courtroom.
Pale complexion, cold body temperature, and rashes all over the body. Above all, he said he felt a strange energy near the students’ chests.
It is said that it was a strange energy that rebelled against divine power.
“It was definitely not a demon species. “If I were to find a similar feeling, it would be that strange creature from Diggory Manor.”
It is said that at the time, the presence was so faint that it was passed over without much thought. So they simply thought it was a plague.
However, after listening to Seongjin’s explanation, he began to wonder whether the strange energy may also be the cause of the academy students’ symptoms.
“If you rebel against divine power, then you are cursed by the demon race… “Isn’t it the same thing?”
Masain asks with a slightly pale face. Francis looked back at him and lightly clicked his tongue.
“I know what you’re worried about, but that’s not possible. In the first place, as long as His Majesty the Holy Emperor is present, the curse of the demon species cannot take root within the Delcross Capital.”
And then they fell silent and watched as Ninnias cut open Haven’s chest.
The doctor first disinfected the skin with high-alcohol alcohol, then made an incision in the skin while sweating beadingly.
There wasn’t much bleeding. Loperum’s eggs were actually located just below the skin.
Soon, Councilor Ninias trembled and pulled out a dark gray egg the size of a little fingernail.
While cutting the skin, part of the egg cracked and was soaked in blood, but it was clearly not a structure that could normally form in the human body.
The doctor carefully inspected the area around the incision and disinfected it with alcohol once more, then brought out a thread and needle and began suturing the wound.
For something I was reluctant to do because I didn’t want to do it, it’s a pretty neat feat.
What school of apothecary was Rep. Ninias? He seemed like he wanted to hide it for some reason, but Seongjin thought he should secretly ask at least later.
Seongjin and Francis then carefully examined the eggs the congressman had taken out.
The dark gray, translucent eggs are elongated and look like grains of rice.
Seongjin, who knew that this was a monster’s egg, was able to identify small nodes that were faintly visible inside the egg. If I hadn’t died like this and woke up, I would have turned into a caterpillar.
“This… “It looks like an egg of something?”
Francis, you are quite perceptive.
As Seongjin nodded to himself, Francis turned towards the entrance of the dorm.
“I will go to the court, Your Majesty. “First of all, we should tell the plague doctors to stop treating students with bloodletting and look for eggs.”
He shouldn’t have died from excessive blood loss yet.
Francis left an ominous note and quickly left.
After finally finishing suturing the wound, Councilor Ninias began moving around and pulling out various herbs. Then, mix the finely powdered herbs with water and drop them into Haven’s mouth.
Is it because of my mood? Although he was still unconscious, Haven’s complexion seemed to have improved a little.
Seongjin, who looked at the scene for a moment, ordered to be notified as soon as there was relief and came out of the dormitory with Masain.
‘That wound on the chest looked like a trace of someone artificially injecting an egg… … .’
My mind is complicated.
Who on earth is doing this and for what purpose?
Is Seonghwang aware of this situation? How far has the investigation been carried out so far, and how much action has been taken?
“Lowering.”
Suddenly, I heard a call from behind and turned around to see Masain looking at Seongjin with a slightly stiff face.
“I heard briefly about what happened at the training ground from Sir Maria. “I heard you personally helped that sick knight?”
“huh.”
Phew. Masain continued speaking with a sigh.
“You were too hasty. You should have fled the scene right away. Shouldn’t you have heard the results later from your subordinates? Fortunately, it is said that it is highly likely not a plague this time, but if something like this happens again in the future… … .”
“Sir Martha.”
Seongjin didn’t listen anymore and hung up on him.
“I am not a child who needs a babysitter.”
Masain’s eyes shook at the unprecedentedly firm words.
However, Seongjin thought that this should be clearly pointed out.
If Masain decides to remain as a knight commander rather than as Mores’ older brother, there will come a time when he will have to clarify his attitude a little more.
“I know very well that you are saying this out of concern for my safety, but I also had my own thoughts and convictions.”
“… … .”
“I will listen to sincere advice. But isn’t it difficult to make the mistake of thinking that that can limit my thoughts and actions?”
Seongjin looked straight at his face, which was clearly embarrassed. Masain looked at Seongjin with his mouth shut for a moment, then lowered his gaze and lowered his head.
“I am… I did something presumptuous. “I apologize, sir.”
“huh.”
Seongjin nodded and immediately turned around and started walking again.
The two finished their lunch in silence, and soon even finished their afternoon swordsmanship class without incident.
Seongjin, who returned to the bedroom late in the evening after parting ways with a somewhat dejected Masain, began to meditate prematurely.
Because I didn’t feel very good about being so cruel to that sagging dog-like guy.
In times like this, it’s training.
But the meditation did not last very long.
[Lee Seong-jin. She is that woman.]
Along with the Demon King’s warning, Seongjin also discovered the presence of a person quietly sneaking in.
Although it was still extremely faint, it was easier to detect than yesterday, having experienced it once.
Soon, a black new model falls from the third floor balcony onto Seongjin’s window. It was Dasha, Monkey Watchtower’s elite agent.
As she opened the window and crept into the room, she was startled to find Seongjin sitting on the bed and staring at her as she entered.
“No, sir. “How on earth do you know I’m coming?”
For some reason, he looked very proud.
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