# 92
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"Check? What?"
At that moment, the Duke's eyes sparkled sharply.
I swallowed, tried to keep my voice from shaking, and opened my mouth.
“The sound can be heard even outside the door, even priests and magicians can't heal it, right?”
The effect varies depending on the priest, but basically, the Holy Power fills you with life energy.
Since it cloy matches the patient's vitality, healthy people exhibit miraculous healing speeds, such as wounds healing or new skin growing in an instant, but for people who have been ill for a long time or whose vitality has been reduced due to addiction to severe toxins, it temporarily restores energy, it stands out.
Unlike external injuries, magic has little effect on internal injuries.
“Now, the holy power may have been used to temporarily increase the lady’s vitality, and slow down the rate of her body’s deterioration, am I right?”
I had no idea that reading medical books and learning about sacred ability in the main building's library would help me on this path.
As expected, the Duke nodded with a stern expression, as if what he said was not a mistake.
“But that doesn't mean you can do anything.”
“Ma’am, you have always been healthy, there have been no uncomfortable places, but I don’t understand why her condition has deteriorated so quickly.”
I spoke sternly as I checked on the Duchess, whose fingertips, toes and lips were turning blue from poor circulation.
“She was definitely poisoned.”
The Viscountess held her breath and opened her eyes wide, as if startled.
However, judging from the calm expression on the Duke's face, it seemed that he also assumed that it was somewhat 'poison'.
“But! Your Highness, when you examined the lady’s body, there were no traces of poisoning at all, and of course, we still need to do more tests to find out...”
“What if the poison doesn't even show up when tested?”
“Okay, this...but how can you be sure it's poison...”
“Senator, what do you hesitate to do in a situation like this where you don’t even know why? And I have a way to confirm that she was poisoned.”
The Viscountess, who was confused, opened her eyes at my words.
"What is it ?"
The Duke, who had a resolute expression on his face, also seemed to be nervous on the inside and immediately bowed down.
“It's Spliceia.”
“Splicia?”
Not only the Duke, who was not familiar with medicine, blinked, but also Viscountess Bardot, physician to the Duchy of Elade.
I took a short breath and said.
“As you know, the Spliceia plant is the legendary antidote that can cure any poison. If you let a lady eat Spliceia and watch her body develop, she would naturally be able to tell whether there is poison or not.”
Only then did the Viscountess widen her eyes as if she had come to a realization, and then she immediately took on a sad expression.
“Yes, Leah, and as you said, there is a way to do it, but, as you know, the cultivation of Spliceia has just begun, and it may or may not be successful. In addition, the research on herbal medicine to use it as an actual medicine is also insufficient. Using plants as medicine requires a lot of experiments, and above all, in order to maximize the effectiveness of the medicine without side effects...”
“I can do it.”
I closed my eyes tightly.
“I can cultivate entire sublicia, and… I also know how to transform them into medicines to achieve the ultimate effect.”
I can't tell you how that's possible.
I added a little and opened my eyes and looked at the Duke with a sincere heart asking him to trust me.
“Leah.”
The Duke, who had been unable to speak for a long time, slowly opened his mouth after a while, as if he had made up his mind.
“I believe it, my wife will definitely trust you.”
At that moment, I felt like tears were about to fall.
I decided to return this trust.
* * *
“Doctor! We need more Ceylon roots.”
At Lia's words, Viscountess Bardot nodded and moved quickly.
The Viscountess, who had just begun to uproot and grind Ceylon, was momentarily stunned by the sight of Spliceia, which had just sprouted a short while ago, growing as if it would blossom at any moment.
The Viscountess looked at Leia as she wiped the sweat from her forehead with fresh eyes.
Two days ago, the child, who said she suspected poison and wanted to make an antidote, asked everyone to bring all the Spliceia in the greenhouse to the infirmary without anyone knowing.
Even though he was worried that something so precious might be lost senessly, the Viscount had no choice but to follow the Duke's orders.
and.
<Hello ! Splicia. …!〉
It was funny how anxious the little girl was, and when the little girl with her eyes tightly closed placed her hand on the Seplicia plant, the Seplicia flower bud, which had only formed a bud, was in full bloom.
She later discovered that the change occurred because Leia injected her mana directly into Spliceia.
The Viscountess didn't have mana, so she didn't know how amazing this kind of control was.
However, I wasn't stupid enough not to know that this amazing scene that happened before my eyes was nothing ordinary.
“Doctor?”
"Ah! Yes, he's here."
“Then I'd like some splice, please.”
Leia has prepared an antidote an unknown number of times by mixing the Ceylon root juice she received with the already prepared sublicia extract.
Actually, I thought it would be easy to make since I've made it in the past.
Starting with the first antidote made from Spliceia plants taken from the greenhouse, we have already had many failures.
In the end, all the Seplicia plants grown with the magic stones were used up, and Leah had to start over by germinating the Seplicia.
So, the antidote being made now contained Spliceia, which was completely cultivated using Lia's mana.
“I hope I succeed this time.”
Leah stirred the sap of the Splicea plant and the roots of the gonorrhea until they were well mixed and prayed fervently in her heart.
“I hope this antidote works, and I hope she becomes healthy again.”
However, perhaps due to my multiple failures, I felt very uncomfortable.
I didn't know why I was doing this now.
In the past, it was difficult to cultivate Spliceia due to the small amount of mana, but we succeeded in creating the antidote in one go… .
Then Leia's face distorted as a memory suddenly came to her mind.
A long time ago, Leia worked hard to create an antidote to Ms.
Even though she knew that the lady was stronger than anyone else and could not be poisoned, she wanted to return the favor that saved her, even if it was just a little.
After working hard to create the antidote, he felt embarrassed for some reason and gave it to her before running away, but Leia thought the master would have laughed as usual.
Until the next day, when she found the bottle she had given as a gift thrown in the trash.
“Leah!”
At that time, Leia came back to her senses at the sound of the Viscountess screaming in surprise.
Leia turned pale when she realized that she had almost dropped the antidote she had been preparing in her thoughts.
“It's crazy, I can't believe I'm comfortable here.”
While Leia blamed herf, the Viscountess looked pitiful.
“I haven't slept properly for several days, and I keep using mana, so my body no longer has any energy left.”
The Viscountess sighed and spoke softly.
“It will take a few hours to see the effects, so keep your eyes peeled.”
“...Then I will come back and get some fresh air.”
Leia, who was about to take on the next task in case she failed again, realized that she wasn't in the best shape and nodded.
When Leia got up from her seat, the only destination she headed to was the Duchess's bedroom.
After briefly saying hello to Tice, who was guarding the door, I went inside and saw Allen and Diana sleeping next to the bed.
The Duchess appears to have fallen asleep while massaging her swollen arms and legs due to poor circulation.
My heart ached as I remembered the two children who had been standing in front of their bedroom with sullen expressions and slumped shoulders for the past few days.
'If the situation had been a little better, I would have at least said a warm word.'
It was unfortunate that I couldn't do that.
Not only did Leah not have much free time at the moment because she was busy preparing the medicine, but she was also deliberately keeping her distance from Allen and Diana.
Leia told the Duke that she was going to test the poison with Splicia and asked him to keep the fact that she was making the cure a secret from everyone.
They didn't want anyone inside or outside the palace to know, including the staff, as well as the other council members except Viscount Bardot.
〈If the person is truly poisoned, then of course there must be a culprit who tried to poison the person. However, if there is a rumor that they are creating a cure, I don’t know how the culprit will emerge.〉
〈Isn't it better to make them nervous and get them moving? That will be for sure.〉
〈. …What if the perpetrator doesn’t move?〉
This was kind of intuitive.
Leah was almost certain that the Duchess had been poisoned, as her symptoms had worsened quickly, unlike the past when she had been bedridden for more than half a year.
However, after looking at it cloy for a long time, I couldn't tell where it had been exposed to the poison.
Therefore, it was assumed that the perpetrator was a very careful and cautious person.
However, this time I acted rashly, and it seemed like I was going to regain my senses by now.
〈So it's better to let your guard down than to hope that he will move again.〉
Fortunately, the Duke accepted Leia's persuasion.
No one except Viscount Bardot, the Duke, and Lucio knew that Leia was making an antidote, and everyone knew that there was no way to prevent the Duchess's condition from getting worse day by day.
Among these “everyone” were Diana and Allen.
Since children can't lie and nothing is certain, she thought it might be a pointless torture for Hope.
“I'll be disappointed when I find out later.”
Even though she thought it was something that couldn't be helped, Leia felt sorry for no reason.
At the same time, I was amazed that the children were doing so well without complaining, so I patted their heads once, carefully covered the sleeping children with blankets, and left the room.
At that moment, Leia's eyes became sharp.
There was someone other than Tice in the hallway.