DVMM Chapter 24
Upon seeing Rohiriel collapse, Julion jumped up.
“Rohiriel!”
In the blink of an eye, Julion leapt forward and managed to catch Rohiriel just before her body hit the ground.
Julion, holding the pale and stiff Rohiriel in his arms, urgently called out, “Summon a physician immediately!”
Rohiriel’s whole body was cold.
Rohiriel’s entire body had turned cold. If it weren’t for the faint heartbeat, she might have appeared lifeless.
“What in the world…?”
Do people usually faint like this?
Come to think of it, the emperor suddenly collapsed one day and has not been able to open his eyes since.
The images of the emperor collapsing and Rohiriel were overlapping.
Julion unconsciously bit his lips and swallowed hard.
“Your Highness, the crown prince!”
Just before Julion’s anxiety reached its peak, the physician, who was called, waddled and ran.
He was a physician with chestnut hair and thick chin fat.
“The crown princess suddenly collapsed. What could be the issue?”
“Let me examine her first, Your Highness.”
The physician, glancing at Julion, gently laid Rohiriel flat on the ground.
He then began his examination, checking Rohiriel’s pulse, body temperature, pupil response, and various other aspects.
“Well.”
“Why are you hesitating? Is there a serious problem?”
At Julian’s urging, the physician hesitated for a moment before asking one question.
“Forgive me, Your Highness, but does Princess Rohiriel have any underlying medical conditions?”
“Not as far as I know.”
“Has she by any chance complained of headaches recently?”
“…Not that I’m aware of.”
Julion’s expression darkened.
Rohiriel had become his wife through a contractual arrangement, and he had no knowledge of any underlying medical conditions or any places where she might be in pain.
“What’s happening? Why can’t he speak clearly? Is there really a problem?”
“No, Your Highness. It’s not like that…”
The physician elongated his sentence and glanced at Rohiriel. Rohiriel’s relaxed expression, with her eyes closed, made it seem as though she was peacefully asleep.
“It appears that accumulated fatigue has taken a toll on her body. Providing proper nutrition and allowing time to pass should help her awaken. But something is strange.”
“I still don’t understand what you’ve been trying to say since earlier. So, what’s the conclusion?”
“It’s…….”
The physician hesitated to speak, choosing to remain silent. Even after living in the palace for ten years, it still wasn’t easy for him to bring up such matters.
“Your Highness!”
However, when Julion pressed him with a sharp gaze, he reluctantly spoke in a subdued voice.
“Well, it’s hard for me to say for sure. I think I’ll have to take a re-examination with another palace physician.”
In other words, he was admitting that his own skills were insufficient to make a clear diagnosis.
Julion glared at the physician with narrowed eyes.
“Are you implying that you, despite your doubts, dared to examine the Crown Princess?”
The physician could only lower his head, unable to offer any excuses.
The servant approached Julion and whispered in a small voice.
A courtier of humble stature approached Yullion and whispered softly, “Your Highness, He is the assistant chief physician.”
“The assistant chief physician?”
Julion’s eyebrows bent and his eyes widened.
If even the assistant chief physician had doubts about his skills, it was a troubling situation.
“Enough of this. Bring someone who can make a proper examination.”
“My apologies, Your Highness. In that case… I request the presence of Dr. Barmid.”
The assistant physician’s earlobes turned red, and Julion looked at him with a disapproving gaze, and soon turned to Rohiriel.
Unlike the chief physician who was lacking in skills, the assistant physician was someone who had risen through the ranks, starting with apprenticeship and rigorous training within the palace.
The moment the assistant physician mentioned that there was something unusual, he became even more uneasy.
He originally thought she was a person with a bad complexion, but collapsing like this was not something that usually happened.
No matter how much fatigue has accumulated…
Then he noticed a servant and a physician rushing over from a distance.
“I have brought Dr. Barmid, Your Highness!”
“Her Highness the Crown Princess has collapsed!”
Dr. Barmid knelt before Rohiriel, her half-white, half-blue hair fluttering around.
“This can’t be…”
He looked at Rohiriel, who was lying as if she were asleep, and unknowingly uttered a sigh.
Although her eyes were closed, her facial features and aura were so reminiscent of the past that it stirred memories.
The memories of the time when he was a professor at Yalon Kingdom’s Medical Academy.
The memories of a beloved student who never missed being at the top, and who was also a princess.
He had heard about her being the daughter of that person, but he didn’t expect her to resemble her so much.
In that moment, memories from that time flooded Dr. Bamid’s mind like a rushing river.
“Why are you surprised? Is the princess in very bad condition?”
Dr. Barmid came to his senses at the voice of Julion, who was nervous.
“Why are you so surprised? Is her condition very serious?”
He stopped a few times in the middle and shook his head. His expression gradually darkened.
“There’s definitely something strange, even though it looks like a simple accumulation of fatigue.”
“So what is the strange thing about it? Everyone has been saying it’s strange, but no one is getting to the point!”
“At this point, I can only say that there are symptoms of poisoning.”
“Poisoning? But just a moment ago, she was perfectly fine. She hasn’t eaten anything unusual, hasn’t been attacked. What kind of poisoning are you talking about?”
“To know for sure, we need to conduct a blood test, Your Highness.”
“This is frustrating. If it’s necessary, then do it.”
Julion unbuttoned his shirt, feeling really stuffy.
Dr. Barmid opened his mouth cautiously, his head deeply bowed.
“Blood tests are treated as a vulgar procedure within the palace. If I were to perform it on Her Highness the Crown Princess, I might face severe consequences.”
Julion looked at Dr. Barmid with a bewildered expression but soon turned his gaze toward the assistant physician.
“What nonsense is this, assistant chief physician?”
“……I’m sorry, Your Highness. But it is unacceptable to touch the blood of a person of such high rank…”
“Didn’t Rohiriel already do it? That blood test?”
When Ares was poisoned and collapsed suddenly in the palace, despite the opposition of everyone, Rohiriel drew his blood.
There was nothing wrong as a result.
Rather, they were able to know exactly about Ares’ condition.
“Your Highness, the subject was a knight at that time, but now it is the noble Crown Princess. Please consider that.”
When the assistant chief physician took the opposite position, Dr. Barmid no longer insisted on his opinion and remained still.
In any case, this was the Imperial Palace, and Barmid was a foreign physician.
Even if he says it was necessary and good, it will only serve as a reason to be kicked out.
His willingness to comply and his readiness to surrender were among the reasons Barmid, despite being a foreigner, had managed to endure in this place.
“This is ridiculous.”
But Julion put an end to this absurd situation with a single statement.
“I need an accurate diagnosis of the condition of the princess. It’s an order as a crown prince, so if you need a blood test or anything, do it right away.”
“……I accept your order.”
Eventually, Barmid took a syringe from the medical bag he brought.
No one in the palace uses it, but he always carries it with him because there were many occasions to use it outside the palace.
“Then I will begin blood collection.”
Dr. Barmid looked for veins in Rohiriel’s pale skin, and slowly inserted the needle after confirming it with a tap.
Soon, dark red blood began to gather in the syringe.
It was a color far from fresh to anyone’s eyes, and the expression of Zenid and the servants, who were next to Julion, as well as the assistant physician, became dark.
“Your highness……..”
Among them, Zenid made the most serious expression.
She was a layman when it came to medicine, but after observing Rohiriel’s mother and even Rohiriel’s subcutaneous blood collection, she had developed some understanding.
One thing was the color of blood.
Healthy blood is a clear, deep crimson color.
Blood with problems was darker and duller in color
Like Rohiriel’s blood in a syringe now.
Dr. Barmid, who had finished collecting blood, rose from his seat when all the people surrounding Rohiriel were lost in their respective thoughts.
“I will proceed with the examination immediately. I have to do it myself, so I will go to the palace infirmary, Your Highness.”
“Please do so. When will the results come out? Can’t we treat the princess until the results come out? When will she wake up? It’s not something serious, right?”
Dr. Barmid smiled perplexedly at Julion’s barrage of questions.
“First, let’s wait for the results. It will come out quickly. After confirming, we will look for a treatment method.”
“What if something worse happens if we leave it like this?”
“It’ll be alright. If you move her to a comfortable place and rest, she might wake up before the results come out.”
In Barmid’s view, the biggest cause of Rohiriel’s fall was the accumulation of fatigue.
However, it was puzzling how she collapsed like this with just a little fatigue accumulating.
As he carefully examined various aspects, he saw something strange.
Barmid, who answered Julion, who asked a few more questions, quickly returned to the palace infirmary.
Later, Rohiriel was moved to the Garnet Palace
Julion heard the results of the examination two more days later, when the sun was setting.
