I halted everything I was doing and ran to Tishrit Palace.
I could feel the commotion all the way from the palace’s garden.
As I entered the bedroom, I saw the assistant chief physician who had arrived first, looking very agitated.
“Princess!”
The Empress, too, greeted me with a worried expression.
“I greet Her Majesty the Empress.”
“Yes, I really don’t know what’s going on anymore.”
The maids emerged from within the canopy, carrying a bed sheet stained red.
As I lifted the canopy and looked inside, familiar memories from the past overlapped.
‘This is……!’
The Emperor’s entire body was red.
Blood was oozing from his body, continuously staining the sheets.
It wasn’t a large amount, but it was enough to be seen with the naked eye, and the blood was soaking his body like sweat.
It felt like I was witnessing my mother’s final moments.
The memories from that time flooded my mind like a torrent, obscuring my vision.
My mother, suffering even in an unconscious state.
The maids refused to serve her believing she was cursed.
In the end, my mother’s lifeless body, crumbled.
“Assistant chief physician, I brought the Repetora you requested!”
I refocused on the present, responding urgently to the voice of the palace physician offering a vial.
Repetora was a medicine used for hemostasis.
And it was a medicine that was used on my mother.
‘Because of that, Mother passed away even faster.’
I urgently grabbed the wrist of the assistant chief physician who was opening the lid of the vial.
“Repetora won’t work.”
“What do you mean, Your Highness?”
“It will only make it worse.”
“This is a simple hemostatic agent. Since His Majesty is bleeding like this, shouldn’t we do anything to stop the bleeding first?”
At first glance, it seemed like the right thing to say, but there was one thing he was overlooking.
It is beneficial to let dead blood come out.
And the blood that the Emperor was shedding like sweat right now was all filled with toxic substances.
“If the Emperor’s illness is what I think it is, then he needs to lose more blood.”
“What does that mean……, Your Highness, are you saying that you’ve figured out the name of His Majesty’s illness?”
The assistant chief physician’s eyes widened.
The other physicians waiting nearby and the Empress herself also appeared greatly surprised.
Instead of answering, I told the assistant physician the necessary ingredients.
“Bring Bellutia, Goam, Tamiret, and Chechil roots.”
“Yes, yes?”
“And a bucket of cold water. Hurry!”
The attending physicians hesitated while looking at the assistant chief physician. The Empress finally spoke up.
“Do as the princess says.”
In the end, the attending physicians quickly rushed to the palace infirmary, and the assistant chief physician withdrew with a bewildered expression.
“Thank you, Your Majesty.”
“…Is it true that you’ve identified the illness?”
Desperation shone in the Empress’ eyes.
So far, no one had been able to find out why the Emperor had fallen.
In a way, it was natural.
This was the illness my mother had suffered from, and my mother hadn’t naturally contracted the disease.
It was a deliberately inflicted illness in Cassian.
In other words, it was an artificially created disease that didn’t exist in the world.
If only I had known this fact a little sooner.
If I had, maybe I could have treated my mother.
But at that time, I was still young, and I only knew it as a rare illness, so I had struggled to find a cure.
‘I was uncertain as well, but seeing the current symptoms, I was convinced.’
The physician who had gone to get the cold water returned first.
I received the bucket of cold water from the physician who seemed puzzled about what I intended to do with it.
“I will explain the details later. For now, let’s extinguish the urgent flames.”
“…Alright, but what are you going to do with that bucket of cold water?”
I swallowed hard.
This is because what I am about to do is something that cannot be tolerated, no matter my status as the Crown Princess.
“Your Majesty, surely you have given me permission to treat the Emperor.”
“Yes, but.”
“Everything I do from now on is part of the process to treat the Emperor, I want to emphasize that once again. Even if it seems somewhat strange, please trust me and watch over it.”
“…What is it for?”
The Empress appeared somewhat confused, but soon nodded her head.
“Alright. Whatever you do, I will trust and wait.”
I bowed my head briefly in gratitude and then overturned the bucket of cold water directly onto the Emperor’s body..
Splash!
The cold water poured down onto the Emperor’s body, making a refreshing sound.
“……!”
At the same time, everyone in the bedroom gasped in shock and held their breath.
Just like the Emperor’s body that had become cold, the air around also grew chilly.
I could feel goosebumps on my arms to the point that they felt like pins and needles.
‘Indeed, the Emperor’s shadow guards were lurking.’
Perhaps if I had boldly poured water on the Emperor without seeking permission from the Empress in advance, a sword might have been at my throat.
Pouring water on the Emperor’s sacred body was a grave offense that no one could have imagined.
While the Empress seemed surprised, she did not stop me.
As she did, the others, including the assistant chief physician, could only gape at me, unable to say anything.
‘It’s still not enough.’
A faint pinkish mixture of blood and water continued to flow down along the Emperor’s skin.
Where the water had passed, tiny blood droplets were forming again.
“One more. No, bring two more buckets.”
The attending physician, prompted by me, hesitated but brought more buckets of water.
In the oppressive silence where no one dared to speak hastily, the tension was palpable.
“Are the medicinal herbs still not ready?”
“Well, it seems to take a while to find them since they are uncommon.”
“If there’s any Latium seed oil, bring that too.”
“Yes, yes!”
The buckets were placed in front of me again.
I immediately splashed it over the Emperor’s body.
And then one more time.
“Oh my!”
The assistant chief physician involuntarily exclaimed, mixed with amazement.
This was because something was rapidly spraying out of the Emperor’s entire body.
It was a liquid that had a greenish glow, neither pink nor deep red.
It was a type of sleep poison that had been keeping the Emperor from waking up.
Mordheim poison.
“That’s enough. When will the medicinal herbs…”
Even if it was a poison, it was being discharged along with the blood, so I had to quickly concoct a medicine to replenish it.
As soon as I said that, several palace physicians rushed in gasping for breath.
“The requested medicinal herbs have arrived!”
In the blink of an eye, the medicinal herbs were laid out in front of me, and I began unpacking the medical bag I had brought.
Zenid quickly assisted by standing by my side and started categorizing the herbs for their respective uses.
The other physicians looked at Zenid with puzzled expressions.
Since Zenid was not a physician or a pharmacist but just a noblewoman and lady-in-waiting, their curiosity was understandable.
‘But Zenid is more skilled than anyone else in assisting with this medicine.’
What I was about to make was a medicine that I had made countless times for my mother.
“Then let’s get right to work, Zenid, 35 grams of Chechil’s root.”
First, mix 35 grams of Chechil root powder with Latium seed oil.
Then heat it. When the color begins to turn yellow, dilute it with 200 milliliters of Bellutia.
“We’ll use only two Goam fruits. Do you know the method?”
“Of course, Your Highness.”
Zenid expertly emptied the contents of the Goam fruits, leaving the thick brown peel in the shape of the fruit in front of me.
“Lastly, Tamiret.”
Tamiret was a mucilage that could be harvested from specific mushrooms and helped the ingredients stick together.
After heating, I took out the diluted solution and mixed it with Tamiret, then placed it inside the thick peel of Goam.
As the heated herbal mixture entered the Goam peel, the thick peel began to melt and become gooey.
“How can you make such a medicine…….”
“The Goam peel is difficult to work with and must be processed for a long time.”
“What did you put in it? Was it 35 grams of Chechil root in Latium seed oil?”
“It seems she also added 200 milliliters of Bellutia.”
Although the physicians muttered in confusion, there was no time to answer each of their questions.
The Goam peel had almost melted, and the herbal mixture, now in a round shape, was promptly immersed in cold water.
The once hot mass cooled down with a crackling sound and hardened.
“Administer the pill.”
With the completed pill in hand, I slowly opened the Emperor’s mouth.
At that moment, the assistant chief physician became contemplative and exclaimed,
“Ah, no! Your Majesty is unconscious. If this goes wrong and he chokes, what will we do?”
“It’s fine. This pill vaporizes upon contact with saliva.”
“Vaporize……?”
“It seeps into the lungs and circulates throughout the body.”
It was a method devised to administer medicine more effectively to an unconscious patient, like my mother.
The assistant chief physician looked bewildered as he alternated his gaze between me and the pill in my hand.
“Then, I’ll administer it.”
With everyone holding their breath and watching, I inserted the vial into the Emperor’s mouth, which had been slightly opened.
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