It’s been three days since Theo and his friend came to my grandfather’s clinic. According to my grandfather’s view, the wound will soon no longer be a problem, and we should be able to move to purify the demonization.
So I immediately decided to go and observe the situation of Theo and his friend.
It is not easy to observe the magical power generating organs live in the process of purifying demonization.
“That’s why I came.”
When I explained the reason, my grandfather sighed very deeply and looked like he was looking at a useless child. No, you understand, right?
“Theo also confirmed it, but he said he wouldn’t tell the temple that I was doing research on the purification of maga.”
My grandfather looked at me suspiciously, then let out a big sigh.
“Amelia. If the situation changes, any good person can betray you. I can admit after being involved with him for a few days that he’s certainly not a bad young man. But don’t believe in him too much. If you don’t move while thinking about what-ifs, you’re the one who gets hurt.”
“But isn’t it too late because it was known when I told him why I wanted him to take off his clothes in front of me?”
I don’t know if Theo won’t betray me, but I’ve decided what I want to do. If so, I should get the information when I can get it. I don’t know when this opportunity will come again.
“Or should we spread false information that I gave up on the research when he leaves?”
“…That’s right. But even if you spread false information, if it is known, the officials of the temple may come here to investigate.”
“You’re worried about Theo leaking information to the temple side and crying that he was deceived, aren’t you?”
Since it’s already known, that’s probably the reason to stay away from it. Even if I hid it, it’s too late now. After that, it comes down to how much you can keep quiet.
“It’s okay. People are shocked because they have high expectations. That’s why I don’t expect anything from the beginning. If it’s revealed, that’s the time. Rather, it may be revealed, so I think it’s just right because it will be an opportunity to think about countermeasures to hurry up research, write down information, and let others know the results.”
I wasn’t expecting my ex-boyfriend to betray me, so I was hurt when I was dumped at that time. So if you don’t expect anything from the beginning, you won’t get hurt.
“…When you say that, it makes me worry. Rather, as the landlady said, is it safer to swindle Theo so much that he can’t betray Amelia? But that would put Amelia in danger. Rather, make it so sacred that you can’t touch it-”
“What are you being told by the landlady when I’m not there? Stop it. And I’m not suited for that kind of thing.”
I sighed with a disgusted face at my grandfather’s stupid remarks that made my head hurt. You know why I came back to the countryside, but how can you get the idea of being liked?
Ignoring my grandfather’s delusions, I went into the hospital room.
When I went inside, Theo was doing push-ups. ……Eh?
“Mr. Theo?”
“Oh, Amelia, good morning.”
“Oh, yeah. Good morning. What are you doing?”
“Muscle training?”
Yeah. It’s muscle training, right? There’s no reason to do push-ups other than that.
It’s a very refreshing smile, but… Mr. Theo is a sick person.
Theo, who seems to have noticed my confusion, laughed like he was embarrassed.
“I’m afraid of not doing anything.”
Saying that, I glanced at Alfie, who was tied to alog. For some reason, he’s shirtless. Compared to Theo, he has thin muscles and pale skin.
“Alfie seems to be calmer if he hugs the log naked. …Because mushrooms are naked.”
“Ah…”
“The doctor said that if it continues any longer, he will make his hair mushroom-shaped.”
“Ah… I understand.”
This is scary.
A friend who is infected with the same mushroom is steadily creating a black history in their life next to him.
Whether you’re injured or sick, you probably don’t want to think about a lot of things.
“Even so, I wonder how to do the work of removing demonization. I’ve never heard that you can do it without a saint in the royal capital.”
“For reference, how do you do it in the temple of the royal capital? Fortunately, I have lived without ever heeding to be taken care of.”
Students do outdoor practice to accompany the saint’s purification journey, and they may fall victim to monsters and be taken care of by them. But so far, I have retreated to the countryside without that happening.
“The saints themselves are not dealing with it, but they are healing it with the power of the holy water made by the saints. How to make holy water is a secret and I don’t know. However, in the case of holy water, if you start becoming a monster, it will destroy your body. That’s why it is said that even if a saint makes holy water, she will never see the treatment. Because the scene of destroying the body is not pleasant to see.”
Ah. I see. Is the saint’s overprotection also demonstrated here? If I were to treat someone myself, I would like to know what happened to the patient, but hiding it would be quite harsh if it destroys the body.
“Does it mean that the holy water is too strong? I’m sure you will be completely cured as soon as you use it, right?”
“Ah. Is the treatment here different?”
“You’ll have to take the medicine for five days. However, the medicine is a fine line with poison, and it is made of things that become poisonous when people who have not become demonized drink it. So, we change the amount of medicine you take for five days while monitoring, and we also prepare medicine to offset any side effects.”
“It’s a pretty dangerous medicine.”
As Theo says, it’s definitely a dangerous medicine.
I only know about this medicine after it was created, but I think a lot of people’s lives must have been involved in making this medicine.
In areas that do not benefit from saints, there are people who lose their lives by demonization every year. Now there is a medicine that my grandfather can use to handle it like this, but at that time, I’m sure they had no choice but to kill them if they turned into a monster. That’s exactly like how Theo chose suicide at first. I would rather do that than become a monster and sacrifice people close to me.
The result of trial and error using such people’s live is the current medicine.
“Yes. It’s a very dangerous medicine, so only those who are doctors know the recipe for the medicine. Because even if an amateur makes the medicine, it can’t be used correctly. It can be used because the doctor is responsible.”
“It’s different from the holy water, which is not used by the person who made it. Will it last for a long time after making it? It’s said that holy water is easy to make, but it’s only effective for one day.”
“We also make it every time because it doesn’t last that long. Only that point is the same.”
I think holy water is magical power that has been liquefed and dissolved in water, but if it doesn’t last long, it won’t be sold through dark channels, so you won’t be able to get it.
If it lasted longer, even if you had to pay a lot of money, you could have used it in the countryside. But there is no such story in reality, so the doctors in the countryside cooperated and completed the medicine.
“Here, you guys, I medicine for you. Phew. I’m tired.”
My grandfather, who came into the room from the examination room side while deliberately giving a jerk of his neck, had two bowls with medicinal water on a tray. The color is reddish brown without transparency, and it gives off a smell that does not belong to a decent drink.
The moment he saw the medicine, Theo’s face became stiff.
…I understand that feeling very well. It definitely looks like poison.
“I feel like it has a color that I shouldn’t drink?”
“Because healthy people can’t drink it. The magic in their bodies becomes too low. You can’t drink it unless it’s a place where a doctor can go right away within two hours.”
When magic is exhausted, humans will not be able to maintain life activities. This medicine has a medicinal effect that works on the magical power generation organ to temporarily reduce the magical power generating function, and at the same time forcibly excretes the magical power in the body.
But that’s not probably not what Theo meant.
“I’m not being mean, but everyone drinks this for the first time.”
“…I know. Amelia saved my life. That’s why I believe in Amelia.”
With a desperate expression, Theo received the medicine.
And after a little hesitation, Theo pinched his nose and drank it all at once. It must be quite bad. When he put down the bowl, he held his mouth.
“Because we use expensive materials. Don’t throw up.”
My grandfather’s words were correct, but I sympathized with Theo, who was in agony because of how bad it was.
So why does it sound like the countryside method of mushrooms and medical poison soup has a better chance of curing people of demonization than the holy water from the saints that the temple seems to be so proud of?
I hope you enjoyed this chapter and thank you for reading!
