Queen of The Scalpel - Chapter 17
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Meanwhile, the Marquis and the Emperor are having their own conversation.
“The movements of Marquis Child of the noble party isn’t ordinary.”
“How?”
“His meetings with the Third Prince have been more frequent.”
“Those leeches that don’t even help the country.”
The Emperor clicked his tongue.
“I’ll continue to observe him.”
“Alright, but don’t interfere too much. Since they don’t look too nicely upon the Clarence family.”
Marquis El smiled.
“Don’t worry too much. The Clarence family isn’t that weak.”
Marquis El was the head of the imperial family. Even the noble party couldn’t easily touch the Clarence family.
“Your Majesty.”
“Yes, what’s wrong?”
“I apologize for what Elise said earlier. It’s all my fault. I’ll discipline her later.”
But the Emperor shook his head.
“Discipline what? Isn’t she so precious? A child who was raised under such a privileged environment having those thoughts.”
“…….”
“And I was surprised. Because I was reminded of Teresa.”
“…!”
Marquis El’s eyes widened.
“Didn’t her mother, Teresa, do something similar to that? She wanted to leave her family to become a nurse and her family completely flipped off.”
The Emperor reminisced about the past.
“Now that you say it, I remember.”
Marquis El bitterly replied. Teresa. His former wife and Elise’s mother.
When they were younger, the Emperor and he had loved her at the same time. A part of the reason why the Emperor liked Elise was because she reminded him of Teresa.
“Since we made the bet, I’m planning on giving her the opportunity of working at a hospital. After a few days, she’ll give up.”
The Emperor expected her to last for less than a week.
“Then which hospital? Should I look into the Imperial Cross Hospital?”
The Emperor shook his head.
“The Imperial Cross Hospital is the greatest medical facility in the empire. Even if it’s Lady Clarence, without any qualifications, she can’t just learn there.”
“Then….?”
“Why are you worrying? The Clarence family owns a hospital as well.”
“..!!”
The Marquis’s face hardened. They did own a favor. A big one at that.
“Teresa Hospital. Have her learn there.”
It was the largest hospital in the hospital.
“B-But…that place is….”
“What’s wrong? I think it’s perfect.”
The Emperor responded with a mischievous face. The Marquis shut his mouth. It was indeed a great place for education. But there was a problem.
The Clarence family sponsored the hospital not to help the rich, but the poor. And there were serious diseases that the hospital confronted. Elise, who had never lifted a finger her entire life wouldn’t even last a day, let alone a week.
‘That’s what he was aiming for.’
“It’ll be a good experience for her.”
The Emperor smiled. For some reason, it seemed like the devil’s smile.
***
So Elise’s education officially began.
“Elise, you’re going to become a doctor?”
Her family’s reaction…wasn’t the best. Putting it nicely.
“So you’re tired of throwing tantrums in the house and you’re gonna do it in the hospital now? Give me a break.”
Her eldest brother had an annoyed face.
“Um…Elise, if you want to be a doctor, do you want to play hospital? I’ll be your patient.”
Her second brother awkwardly tried to appease her.
“…”
And her stepmother was speechless. No one took Elise seriously. They were only in disbelief.
‘She’ll stop after a while.’
They all thought she was going through a phase. But Elise didn’t care what they thought. No, it was more like she didn’t have the mind to care.
She was too excited! She remembered when she had first had hands on experience in a hospital on Earth. How happy she had been, wearing the white gown.
The reason why she chose to be a doctor was to pay for her sins. But when she experienced saving someone in the surgery room, being a doctor became her destiny. No, to be more precise, it was her addiction.
Like artists become addicted to drawing, musicians become addicted to music, she was addicted to saving patients.
“Second brother.”
“Hm?”
“Can you take me to the Britia Library on your way to work?”
“Of course, it’s our Elise’s request. But I’m a bit busy these days, so I won’t be able to come find you until it’s late.”
“That’s fine. I’ll be there for a long time, so come after you’re finished with everything.”
Once she arrived at the library, she started to study the medical books. Of course, it wasn’t because she didn’t know it. Since the knowledge in her head was incomparable to the knowledge that the empire had. But it was to see the level of knowledge the empire knew.
‘I need to know how advanced the empire is to treat according to their standards.’
Her standards were set to the present Earth’s.
‘The medical supplies on Earth are completely different from here. And some diseases haven’t been discovered here either.’
So she stacked up books as high as a mountain and began to read. Without a single movement, focused on the books.
After half the day had passed with her reading without eating anything, she had a thought.
‘The level is quite advanced. And most medical supplies exist.’
She was surprised at how advanced the medical knowledge was for an empire that had just begun to have trains.
‘Especially the medical supplies! They already have antibiotics and anesthetics!’
On Earth, antibiotics were first discovered in 1929, but they were already in use in the empire.
And that wasn’t all.
‘X-rays are possible, and even some simple medical tests are possible too.’
Elise marveled at the knowledge. Everything was possible thanks to one person. The Great Alchemist Fleming! Fleming, who was called a crazy alchemist, was a genius of the century.
‘They say alchemist, but he’s more of a scientist or a chemist.’
He had invented numerous medical supplies.
‘Was Fleming someone who reincarnated from Earth too?’
His accomplishments were extraordinary. If this was Earth, he would probably receive at least 20 Nobel Prize awards.’
If there was one thing that she wanted to fix, it was the application of his inventions.
‘They can’t use that medicine for arrhythmia. And this too.’
It seemed like they didn’t know how to apply his inventions to their greatest potential.
‘I guess since the understanding of diseases isn’t that great, that’s to be expected.’
Elise got out a big notebook and a pen. She started to organize which medicines should be used for which disease.
‘For this disease, this medicine.’
And so hour after hour, the day had passed. Outside, the sun had set but she didn’t even notice. She was absorbed in her studies.