Doctor Player Chapter 44
[Quest has occurred!]
[Resolve the unknown epidemic that is spreading in the slums!]
(Medicine Quest)
Medical Grade: One Scalpel
Difficulty: Medium
Quest Description: An unknown epidemic spreads in the Bay Area is in progress As a healer, minimize your victims and stop the epidemic!
Clear Condition: Resolve the plague with minimal casualties.
Reward: Bonus level up x 2 skill points 20
Raymond shook his head after seeing the message.
I decided to think about what I should do.
‘Maybe I can get the medal again if I solve the epidemic.’
It wasn’t just a thought.
Because Prime Minister Galman and King Auden had clear rewards and punishments.
It was clear that he would not pass the credit for solving the epidemic in the middle of the capital.
‘Then you can get money and fame! Let’s use that as a base to advance into the commoners’ district!’
That was the moment Raymond burned his will.
Administrator Lao approached.
“I am not fooled by you.”
“yes?”
Suddenly, what kind of steak gravy is this?
Rao glared at Raymond with his monocle-wearing eyes.
“I don’t know how you managed to charm the naive ghetto people, but they must all be tricked by you. I guess your slick facade is hypocrisy.”
‘…How did know? Are you a genius?’
Raymond rolled his eyes in surprise.
A top graduate of the Royal Academy.
What an amazing insight!
“So I will not leave this epidemic to you. I’m the one who’s going to solve this problem, so don’t bother me!”
After declaring war, Rao quickly turned his back and disappeared.
Raymond looked at his back in bewilderment.
* * *
‘Then can I stay still?’
Hearing Rao’s declaration of war, Raymond thought blankly.
‘It would be nice if I could solve it on my own.’
Quest rewards are good, money and honor to be rewarded are good, but the best thing is for someone else to figure it out for you.
‘The epidemic is scary. It’s not like you can wear shield magic all day long.’
Raymond felt inwardly that he hoped the new manager would take care of it.
It was Rao Fighting!
‘But there’s no way I can do it well. He seems to be full of motivation, but he probably doesn’t even know the basics of mechanics.’
Epidemiology.
It is medicine that identifies the causes of epidemics through the distribution patterns and symptoms of the disease.
Without this epidemiological knowledge, there is no choice but to approach it in a fist-pumping way, like touching a blind elephant.
‘The same goes for other therapists. In the end I have to The problem is that I’m still not very familiar with mechanics knowledge.’
Epidemiology is knowledge included in ‘basic medicine’.
For reference, his basic medical grade is C.
It was lacking.
‘Compared to modern Earth mechanics experts, it’s a terrible level, but I have to do it anyway.’
First of all, Raymond checked the most important points first.
“Please check around the patient who died after being brought to the treatment center a few days ago. There may have been additional patients.”
“Your prince!”
The people of Raymond, who had unlimited authority in the Bay Area, carried out their orders in an instant.
“There are no new patients around the deceased.”
Raymond let out a sigh of relief at those words.
‘Fortunately, it’s not an infectious disease that spreads from person to person.’
Infectious diseases are divided into several types according to the route of transmission.
Worst of all, it is contagious from person to person. spreads quickly
Thankfully, it seemed to spread through other media rather than that way.
“But we can’t be relieved yet, so please allow those who have been in contact with the patient to stay at home for the time being.”
“all right!”
“Tell people to come to the hospital right away if you notice any blue spots on your body. It is not contagious from person to person, so please spread the word that there is no need to worry too much.”
After taking such necessary measures, Raymond pondered the identity of the epidemic.
‘Let’s think. Raymond. What is the nature of this epidemic? Having similar symptoms… ….’
But the answer did not come easily.
Epidemiology is a very broad and deep discipline.
The level of knowledge was insufficient to recall the answer at once.
‘Moreover, there are many infectious diseases in Leifentaina that are completely different from Earth.’
In particular, there were beings in Leifentaina that made the plague more complicated.
A race and monsters.
In many cases, the pathogens derived from them cause epidemics, and a far greater variety of infectious diseases were prevalent than on Earth.
‘I don’t know the exact name, but anyway, it’s likely a type of hemorrhagic fever.’
Hemorrhagic fever!
It is a type of infectious disease that causes fever and is accompanied by a decrease in platelets. Death usually results from cerebral hemorrhage or pulmonary hemorrhage.
‘Is there any contagious disease around here that could cause hemorrhagic fever? As far as I know, there is no epidemic like this in the Houston kingdom.’
Raymond was troubled for several days.
No matter how much I thought about it, there was no epidemic that showed these symptoms in the kingdom of Houston.
‘Has it come from somewhere else?’
It was when I had such a flash of thought.
The door to the treatment center opened and a person with an urgent face jumped in.
“Are you Baron Pennin?”
“Yes, what is it?”
Raymond made a puzzled face.
The opponent was wearing a straight suit, as if he was not an ordinary poor man.
“My name is Han, an attendant who works for Count Kaplan. I am serving Master Lao.”
“okay. But what about?”
That moment.
The opponent did something surprising.
Kneeling in front of Raymond!
“I came because I had a request. Please save our young master Lao!”
“…yes?”
“Brother Lao suddenly collapsed while investigating an epidemic! Please save the young master!”
Raymond’s face hardened.
* * *
Raymond ran to the official residence with his attendant Han.
Lao was lying on the bed with a high fever, suffering from pain.
“What happened?”
“I do not know. Until yesterday, I was walking around looking at every nook and cranny of the slums, and suddenly I became feverish and became like this.”
Raymond carefully checked Rao’s condition.
‘It wasn’t a brain hemorrhage. The heat boils and the level of consciousness temporarily drops.’
But it was not a safe situation.
The same pattern of petechial hemorrhage was observed in the two patients who had died not long ago.
It must have been contagious!
“Then why did you come to see me? Why don’t you go to other healers outside the ghetto?”
At Raymond’s question, Han, an attendant, made an embarrassed face.
“that…In fact, I went to Maple Treatment Center, one of the three major treatment centers in the capital… …Treatment is too expensive… ….”
“yes?”
“They called me a count, so they charged me over 2,000 penas for treatment. These damn bastards.”
Raymond opened his mouth in embarrassment.
2,000 pesos for treatment. It was an unimaginable amount.
“The count’s circumstances are worse than expected. I couldn’t possibly get 2,000 pence. In fact, Master Lao’s salary has been withheld because of his family’s debts.”
Attendant Han said in a voice that seemed to be crawling.
‘Still, life is coming and going, but I can’t pay 2,000 pence. It seems that the count’s situation is much worse than I thought.’
two thousand pennies.
It was a lot of money for the common people, but not a lot for the nobles.
It’s just the cost of living for two years for a commoner’s family.
It would not be the money that aristocrats would not be able to pay even if their family fortune declined, but it seems that they are in a very needy situation.
“…The Kaplan family is nearly bankrupt due to huge debts.”
Attendant Han said bitterly.
“Brother Lao desperately studied and became an official since childhood in order to save such a family…You suddenly become like this… …big.”
Upon hearing the story, Raymond felt pity.
It turns out that this cheeky young boy was a poor man like himself!
For some reason, I felt a sense of homogeneity (?).
At that time, Rao opened his eyes with difficulty and said.
“eww…I don’t need any treatment.”
“young master?”
“You’ll be fine when you wake up. like treatment… ….”
Attendant Han burst into anger.
“What nonsense is that? At this rate, you could die just like someone with another contagious disease!”
Rao bit his lip at the story being sufficiently probable.
“…Do I really need to be treated by Baron Pennin? What about the other therapists?”
“All the other therapists charge at least 1,000 pence or more…Even the Maple guys paid 2,000 pence.”
“Damn it, you can’t do that. I can’t pay that kind of money.”
Damn. therapist guys.
Lao spat out a curse.
“Then I’ll hold on like this. me lao I just don’t get knocked down by this contagious disease.”
“young master! Cut the bullshit! You could die!”
“Still, I can’t be treated by someone I don’t trust….”
Overhearing the conversation, Raymond sighed.
“Are you really going to stay still and die?”
“…!”
“I have severe petechiae. At this rate, there is a high probability of serious bleeding sooner or later, so are you going to stay still?”
Raymond thought.
‘I don’t really like it, but I can’t just watch them die.’
To be honest, Raymond didn’t like Rao very much.
Isn’t it obvious?
As soon as they met, they kept saying that there were no four things in the fight.
But I couldn’t pretend I didn’t see him dying right in front of my eyes.
‘I don’t think nature is that bad. Instead, let’s pay for the treatment.’
However, there is no way to cure without paying anything.
Especially when you treat a guy who doesn’t have four things like that, you have to pay for it.
Raymond decided to extort something other than money.
‘I’ll make you pay a much more expensive and expensive price than money. It’s to the point where I think it’s better to pay for it.’
It was at this moment that Raymond had such an evil(?) thought.
[I made a promise for the patient! ‘Heart of Steel’ is activated!]
[Skill: ‘Speech’ is activated!]
It didn’t end there.
[The patient is the truth!]
[The ‘truth response’ is activated!]
The heart of steel is equipped with a three-stage combination from speech to truth response.
“Manager.”
A deep voice echoed through the room.
“Look into my eyes.”
“…!”
Raymond deliberately and consciously tried to look for the patient.
Fortunately, the heart of steel was working, so I was able to do it without difficulty.
Now that he has accumulated experience, he can do better than a great actor in the theater company by showing sincere concern for patients.
“Do you think I am doing this with a bad heart? I’ll be honest. You and I have no relationship whatsoever. I don’t care what happens to you.”
“…!!”
Raymond continued speaking in a heavy voice.
“Nevertheless, I am only doing this for you.”
