PMBPHP Chapter 81

It was around 4 o’clock in the evening when I arrived at the guest room while being carried by Gresis-sama.

“I’m sorry that I couldn’t protect you this time and you got hurt.”

Agar, who was waiting in front of the room, bowed deeply as soon as he saw me.

“Raise your head, Agar. You were protecting me properly. Besides, I’m glad you’re safe. Thanks to you, I was able to get help. Thank you.”

Agar has an arrow wound on his chest, and his face is red and swollen.
He must have had a terrible time. But I’m glad he looks well.

“I’m glad you’re safe, it’s this line.”

The kind Agar always cares about me.
And he was very serious.

“Gresis, I have a report. Give me some time later.”
“Understood. Please wait in front of the room like this.”

Exactly like breathing.
Even without Gresis-sama saying anything more, Agar knocked on the room, opened the door, and Gresis-sama brought me into the room.

“Your Highness, I hope you’re safe and. . . you’re not!”

For a moment, the hair on Mai’s tail stood on end.
She heard from Agar that I was kidnapped.

“Mai, call Crane. Tell him I want him to see Lilith’s injury.”
“Yes.”

Gresis-sama gave instructions to Mai, the maid, and carried me to bed.
Crane, who was called by Mai, came right away.

“Please take a look at her right shoulder, right ankle, and anything else. I’ll go back to my room once. Crane, please report when you’re done. Mai, I’ll have dinner with Lilith. When you’re ready, come and call me.”

“”Understood.””

To check the wound the skin must be exposed.
Gresis-sama cared about me and left the room.

“The pain in the right shoulder will continue for a while. It must be hard to move your arm. I’ll serve herbal tea for painkillers, so please drink it before going to bed. The swelling of the ankle will be reduced in three days.”

Crane prescribed herbal tea and medicine to apply to my feet, and sat back on the chair beside the bed.
There seems to be something else.

“Actually, after the tea party, I exchanged opinions with the royal doctor of the Kingdom of Howl with Prince Nell. So I found out how to detect people infected with the insanity disease early. When I reported it to Prince Harence who came at the right time, he immediately gave me instructions to investigate all those involved with the infected people.”

“It’s a great development. So, how did you find it?”

If you talk about such a thing, I want to hear it.
Crane also wanted to talk, so it seems that he had no choice.

“Did you notice that the herbal tea used for nutrition administration was discolored when it touched the patient’s mouth?”

“Huh? Is that so?”
I didn’t notice at all.

“I talked about it from the flow of talking about medicinal herbs with the royal doctor who is studying the insanity disease introduced by Prince Nell. Maybe. . . and I examined it with the saliva of the insanity disease patients that were collected in the laboratory and our saliva, but I found that only the ones from the insanity disease patients had changed!”

“It’s a great discovery!”
I can see that Crane is excited.

“That’s right! So, after everyone gave an opinion, it was decided that if we soak the paper with herbal tea, and put it in your mouth, it is easy to inspect and mass-produce. When the opinions were gathered, Prince Harence came to look for Prince Martis at the right time. I didn’t think Prince Gresis was looking for me.”

While I was being kidnapped, Crane seemed to have had a good encounter and had a meaningful time.
It’s a pity that I couldn’t be present.

“This is the real thing that was made at that time. It has already been given to those who have been involved with the patients.”

Crane put out an elongated paper of about 10 centimeters.
Half of the paper is white and half is brown.

“You just put this brown part in your mouth for about three seconds. Please try it too, Your Royal Highness.”

I received the paper, as I was told, I put the brown one in my mouth, waited for about three seconds, and took it out of my mouth and looked at the paper.
It remains brown, and there is no change.

“Your Royal Highness is not infected. If you’re infected, it will turn red.”

I should have heard the story earlier, but I was surprised.

“It’s amazing that you can know the result so quickly and easily! If you have this, you don’t have to wait for two weeks. Besides, you can treat it while they are healthy, and if you treat it in a humanoid state, you don’t know how long they should rest, but with this paper, you can confirm that they have recovered.”

Mai is here, so the Healer talks will be hidden.

“According to Prince Nell, today and tomorrow, over the course of one day, we will identify those who have been in close contact with the patients who have been treated in the past month and the people around them, and investigate the infected people with this paper.”

There have been no new infections in the past two weeks, and there were only a few people before that, so even if you go out, you can expect that there will be less than 20 people a day.
Then, we can heal the infected people as early as tomorrow and the day after tomorrow at the latest.

The day of return is the day after tomorrow, but if you find an infected person in humanoid form, I can use Healer at the last minute.
In this case, we can finish the treatment of all infected people in the incubation period.
I was relieved that the outlook was good.

“It looks like it’s going to be just before returning home the day after tomorrow, but I think I can declare the end.”

I’m happy to be able to return home with Gresis-sama and everyone.
However, when I thought about the possibility of a new infected person two weeks later, I felt a chill down my spine.

“Yes. With this, we can return home without hesitation.”

Crane seems to have felt the same as me.

“It’s still in the research stage, but there is a possibility that something that can return this discolored paper to its original brown color will be a treatment for the insanity disease.”

“If you find that something, you can cure it in your own country, and you may not be afraid of insanity.”

I want you to find it soon.

“Yes, if the Princess had not proposed the administration of nutrition, we would not have been able to get this far.”
“That’s not true, because Crane prescribed herbal tea and noticed the discoloration.”

“The Princess’s request came first. . .”
“Because Crane found it. . .”

We always want to acknowledge the other person for the good things.
At times like that, neither of us usually back down.
When we realized that, we laughed while looking at each other.

“I’ve stayed for a long time. I have to report it to His Imperial Highness as well. Then, I’ll come again tomorrow. Don’t force yourself to move. I hope you understand.”

“I got it. Thank you.”
I was reminded that I was not trusted by Crane.

“Lord Crane, please don’t worry. I will never allow the Princess to force herself.”

I felt a strong intention that Mai has never had before.

I want to think that it’s just my imagination that I have a bad feeling.

 

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It would be nice if they can find a cure soon, but it might be difficult unless there are more people who get sick. They can’t test the paper turning from red to brown if they don’t have enough that are red to do tests on.

I hope you enjoyed this chapter and thank you for reading!