Chapter 99

Volume 3, Scheduled for Release on June 7, 2024

In the midst of cherry blossoms dancing in the wind, Misaki opened the old diary and read the words of promise written there.

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Ruru held the patient's feces-covered hand gently as the patient tried to speak.

"You don't have to force yourself to talk."

"A... a..."

The patient's vocal cords seemed to be damaged, making it impossible to speak. With tears in his eyes, he gripped Ruru's sleeve with his feces-covered hand.

"Let go of the lady!"

Thomas's eyes changed color. It was his duty as a servant to keep her away from danger.

"Thomas, I'm sorry, but it's okay. Daru, Yagi, Caro, Korko, please hold them back."

"Bau bau," "Mee~," "Kyu kyu," "Koh"

"Don't let go!"

After apologizing to Thomas, Ruru began the examination.

"It's okay now. You don't have to talk."

She spoke gently while observing the patient's condition. Despite the feces, she estimated the patient to be around fifty to sixty years old.

He was muscular for his age but severely weakened.

"Shui, can you clean it up? It's hard to see."

She thought about using magic to clean the feces, just like she did with Daru.

"I can, but it's dangerous if the patient doesn't have enough strength."

"Oh, I see."

Taking a bath requires strength. It might be dangerous to put a severely weakened patient in a bath.

"Let's take off the pants... Wait, where are the buttons?"

The patient's clothes were so covered in feces that the buttons couldn't be found.

"...I'll help. Roa, hold Mia for me."

Mia is the name of the stick figure that Sara always carries.

"Ryam!"

Roa took Mia from Sara with a serious expression.

"Sara, step back."

"I won't. Ruria won't either, right?"

Sara wiped the feces from the patient's face with a handkerchief. Ruru didn't have a handkerchief, but Sara did.

"Clothes like this usually have buttons around here... right?"

Sara skillfully unbuttoned the feces-covered clothes, adjusted the undershirt, and exposed the abdomen. There were numerous swollen lumps on the abdomen, and they were oozing pus. The patient's skin was also covered in feces.

He must have fallen into a cesspool.

"A... a... Ah..."

The patient shed tears.

To fall into a cesspool while suffering from numerous swollen lumps must have been truly pitiful.

"It's okay. Falling into a cesspool is very sad."

"Ruria, have you ever fallen into a cesspool?"

"......I can understand how it feels."

She couldn't say she had fallen into one in her previous life, especially with Thomas listening. She had been pushed into it by her cruel cousin, the princess.

It was really smelly. The wounds stung terribly, and bacteria entered, causing swelling. If she hadn't been a healer, she might have died from falling into the cesspool.

"But it's okay. I'll heal you quickly."

"Let's go. Shui, please clean the clothes."

"I'll take care of it."

Sara took off all the patient's clothes except for the underwear and handed them to Shui. Shui skillfully used water balls to clean the clothes. Meanwhile, Sara wiped the feces with a handkerchief, which Shui cleaned for her.

"I'll help."

Ruru also used her sleeve to wipe the feces. Whenever it got dirty, Shui cleaned it immediately.

After Ruru and Sara cleaned most of the feces from the skin,

"Underwear can be washed while it's still on, right?"

Shui cleaned the patient's feces-covered underwear. Once the feces were removed and the skin was visible, the severity of the condition became apparent.

There were countless swollen lumps covering the entire body.

The largest were as big as Ruru's fist, and the smallest were as small as the tip of a pinky nail. All of them were oozing pus and blood.

Given this condition, being covered in feces was extremely dangerous.

The lumps could allow contaminated substances to enter the bloodstream. When contaminated substances mix with the blood, which should be clean, a person can die.

"A... A... Ah..."

"Are you cold? I'm sorry. It will be over soon. Sara, please put the clothes back on."

"Okay, I understand."

Only after cleaning the clothes did Ruru realize they were of high quality. She helped put the clothes back on before speaking to her servant.

"Thomas, pretend you didn't see anything?"

"Miss, what are you..."

Ruru didn't respond and began the examination with magic. Magic should not be used in front of others.

However, if she didn't treat the patient here, he would probably die within an hour. There was no time to waste.

"Hmm?"

She had never seen this condition before.

There were lumps in the throat, making it difficult to breathe. The inability to speak was due to this.

Moreover, there were parasites in the stomach, trying to break through the stomach walls. However, the lumps were not caused by the parasites.

"...What's the cause? Ah..."

Only after a thorough examination did she realize the cause. She sensed a curse.

"What does this mean?"

Until now, she would have immediately recognized a curse. But she only realized it after a thorough examination. Ruru looked at Crow's eyes.

'What's wrong?'

"...He's cursed."

She whispered so softly that only Sara and the patient could hear. The patient, in his suffering, probably didn't have the energy to listen.

'It can't be... Ah! It's true.'

A curse so powerful that even Crow couldn't detect it. Its effects were terrifying.

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