156 10. Good people develop new drugs




"Dear Alec, I have something to report.

 At night, while I was camping again this day, my maid Amelia came to me.
 She has a serious look on her face, an unusual expression for a woman who is learning to be a head maid and gaining her composure.

Yes, what?
In fact, we suspect an epidemic in the middle of the queue.
"...... I see.

 We knew that this too would come one day.
 With 100,000 people, I knew that with this many people stuck together for so long, it was only a matter of time before there was an epidemic or an epidemic or something like that.

 So I didn't panic and asked Amelia back.

"What's the situation?
Sick people are grouped in one place to some extent. There are doctors, but I've never seen any symptoms or anything like that.
I see. ...... Then take me there.
"--Yes!

 Amelia led the procession back.

"Alexander-sama!
"Father of the Nation!

 Amelia leads me back, and on the way back, I'm cheered one by one by the people who are also camping.
 The cheers grew stronger and stronger.

 The closer you get to the quarantine where the sick are gathered, the louder the cheers become.

 Eventually, they were brought into a large tent, which seemed to branch off from the procession, several dozen meters away.

"This is awful,

 The tent was full of sick people lying in it, and at a glance there were more than a hundred of them.

Ah! This is Father of the Nation!

 A nurse, a middle-aged man, came running up to me and Amelia.

"You are?
"Red Ocean. I'm a practicing doctor.
I see. Do you know why?

 I'm getting reports from Amelia, but I asked her again because things might have changed.

I'm embarrassed to say that ......
"I see.

 You still don't understand.
 I looked at the sick man closest to me.
 He whimpered in pain and then grabbed a tray beside him and threw up on it.

 He threw up so much that he couldn't take any more water and was just groaning.
 He even had diarrhea.

 The other sick people are in the same boat, and the tent is ablaze with excitement.

Let's find out what's going on.
Do you also have some knowledge of medicine, Father?

 The middle-aged doctor was surprised.

"Not strictly speaking, but we'll see.

 I bent down and pulled a hair out of the suffering sick man.

Father! If you touch it, you can catch it--
"Quietly, please watch.

 The doctor tries to stop me, but Amelia gently holds him back.
 Her actions are soft, but her tone and expression are strong, as if she were talking to you.

 The pressurized doctor, unsure of what to do, eventually stopped moving.

 All the while, I continued to act.

 Using the hair of the sick man, I made a homunculus of the sick man, using materials I had pulled from the bag.

 And then - compare.
 The homunculus was compared with a hair-based homunculus (、、、、、、) that was exactly the same as the sick person's (、、、、、、) body.

 The homunculus is his "foundation".
 The homunculus is his "extra" in comparison.

 I compared the extra material to the homunculus to determine what the extra material (、、、、) was compared to the homunculus.

 The sick man's lower abdomen glowed.
 I put my hand gently on the light, and the light moved into my hand.

 Then the light subsided.

Ta!

 The doctor was astonished to see what was left in my palm.

"It's a bug.

 In the palm of my hand was a worm, a parasite.
 It was crawling with them.

A parasite in his belly, which means water, which means
"......
What do you think?
"Huh? Ahhh! Yeah, right!

 The exasperated doctor, upon further inquiry, came to his senses.

I guess so.
"Yeah, this bug would--

 It's easy to deal with if the real thing is right in front of you.
 Ask the wise man's sword for the names of the bugs and what to do with them.

 The wise man's sword has all the knowledge that exists in this world.
 He immediately tells me the name of the worm and the knowledge of how to make a potion to get rid of it from the body.

......

 I made a little thought and medicine.



 Put your hand into the bag of ingredients and make the pills with the materials you need.

 The next time I put out my hand, there were hundreds of pills the size of a pea in my palm that I could chew on.

Here, give this to everyone.
"I get it! I'll get the people here to drink right away.
"No, to everyone.

 I held out my hand and Amelia approached me.
 I handed all the pills to Amelia and reached into my bag of materials again to make and take out the same number of pills.

 The first one alone was more than the number of patients already here, but from there I added more.

 My words and actions.
 The doctor sees it and shakes his head.

"Guys?
"Yes.

 I gave it to Amelia again and made a third dose.

Of course, the people who have the disease are preferred, but let the people who haven't take it take it too.
"You're building up a resistance to bugs,

 A convincing-looking doctor, that would be a judgment based on his medical common sense, but .

No, it's not. This medicine doesn't work unless you have this worm inside your body, and it stays inside your body. And if it gets in, it works.
"Huh?

 Surprised doctor, with a pouty face.

What do you mean by 'stay'? What about digestion and excretion?
I won't.
"Yeah, I've heard of such a drug: ......

 Stunned doctor.

That's what I just made.

 Recently, there has been a slight change in my thinking.

 The sword of the wise man who has all knowledge, but it is Knowledge Now.
 Since the development of Alec's light--the lamppost, I've been thinking "one step further".

 And so is this medicine.
 Not just to heal now, but to heal the future.

 That's what I made.

Come on, we'll make more and more, and you can pass them out.
"Yes, yes!

 The doctor, who was ahead of his time in medicine, nodded with respectful eyes.