Chapter 102: |
Chapter 102
As his skill was revealed, much of the intimidation was relieved.
Of course, Raymond’s heart was still pounding, but he was able to open my mouth somehow.
“I didn’t say I was going to treat him.”
“……What?”
At that moment, Duke Raif frowns deeply.
“Lord Calpenter’s doctor is Viscount Rand. So, it doesn’t make sense for me to treat him.”
“.…l”
Raymond looked at Viscount Rand.
Viscount Rand’s expression hardened.
He noticed Raymond’s trick.
‘Well, who is going to treat a poor guy just because of someone’s ill intentions? Even if I have to treat this patient, it has to be done in a favorable situation.’ Raymond sneered to himself.
In this case, the situation is rather reversed. The ball goes to Viscount Rand.
Raymond, on the other hand, is relieved of the burden.
Even if the treatment fails, the Viscount Rand will not be criticized because he raised the white flag on the patient. On the contrary, if the treatment succeeds, he will have a greater reputation than Viscount Rand.
Viscount Rand, who was cornered, gritted his teeth.
“What are you going to do, Rand?”
“That…….”
“Can you cure him?”
“If you give me a little more time…….”
There is no cure.
Viscount Land’s face said so.
But it didn’t seem to come out of his mouth.
When Duke Raif’s eyes turned cold, Raymond stepped up.
“If you force yourself to hold out because of your pride and miss the time for treatment, you will end up feeling sorry for the patient.”
“Viscount Rand seems to have a lot of concerns, so I’ll try to help him. There is just one condition.”
“What is it?”
“I’m a healer, not a god. I’ll do my best, but sometimes I can get bad results. So, please do not hold us unfairly responsible for inevitable results.”
Raymond’s heart throbbed as Duke Raif gave him a look.
As expected from a sword master.
Even with the help of Heart of Steel, the tremors in his chest did not subside. However, Raymond still didn’t back down.
‘It’s an important matter.’
In the future, as the war intensifies, there will be numerous deaths.
It would be difficult to pick a fight like this every time.
“You’re arrogant.” said the Duke of Life.
“….…!”
“Isn’t your treatment supposed to be the best? Do you really deserve to say such a thing?” There was a greater, stormy sense of pressure.
Raymond hardened his face. His fingertips trembled regardless of his will.
With desperate will, he barely opened his mouth.
“Then I’ll prove it.”
“……!”
“I will treat Sir Calpenter now, so please do not hold me unfairly responsible for the treatment I do afterwards.”
The moment he heard the answer, Duke Raif turned his back on him.
“I hope you’re as good as your confidence.”
***
Back in the barracks, Duke Raif recalled Raymond’s appearance.
“You’re arrogant.”
Duke Raif assessed him that way.
But that wasn’t the end.
“But you seem to have the will.”
Even though he’s under the pressure of a sword master.
So, even though he was scared, it was impressive to see him show his will until the end.
It was something that even a decent knight could not do.
“Wasn’t the rumor false?”
A letter entered the Duke of Life’s eye.
It was a letter from the Fourth Queen.
[Brother, please kill that lowly thing – Raymond.]
Duke Raif frowned gently.
The fourth queen and Seytil. They were the only stain of his life.
He threw the letter over the firewood in a flash.
The letter was reduced to ashes along with the flames.
Instead of ugly correspondence, Duke Raif recalled Raymond’s eyes, which he had just seen.
“I’ll see if I watch.” He murmured quietly.
“Is he a seemingly plausible guy, or is he a real brat?”
***
The surgery began immediately
Christine decided to take charge of the assist.
“Don’t worry.”
“What?”
“If something goes wrong with this patient and Duke Raif tries to harm him, I will protect you.”
Because she is not only a healer now, but the representative of Duke Raven.
She now has the strength to protect him from undue pressure.
But Raymond shook his head.
“Thank you, but it’s okay.”
Squeak.
The scalpel cracked the abdominal wall.
“Because I’ll treat him without a problem.”
In fact, there was a reason why Raymond was able to step forward like that earlier.
He guessed what complications occurred in the patient’s wound.
If his guess is correct, he will be able to treat it without much difficulty.
[Skill: “Seojun’s Hand Movements” is activated!]
[Skill: “Seojun’s Experience (D+)” is activated!]
His sensory levels have risen sharply.
For reference, his experience has risen to ‘senior resident and his skill level rose to D+. So, the start increase rose from 3 to 4.
[Sense: 34 → 40 → 44]
The tip of his fingertips became sharp.
Feeling a subtle sensation, Raymond moved his hand.
The abdominal wall split, revealing the inside of his abdominal cavity.
“What?”
Christine swallowed a groan.
This is because the condition inside the abdominal cavity was terrible.
The waste leaking from the intestines was contaminating the abdominal cavity.
It was a leak.
‘As expected, my guess was right. The intestines were torn to shreds, and they couldn’t stick together completely, resulting in a leak, and peritonitis!’
Most penetration injuries can be recovered with a grade A or higher heal. This is because it strongly promotes vitality and forces the wound to heal.
However, if the intestine is torn to shreds in this way, the story is different.
‘The cut cross section is torn in a mess, so it cannot be healed properly. Of course, the strength of A-class heals is great, so they stick together.’
The problem is that it is loosely attached, creating gaps in some sections.
Even a small hole in the intestine is fatal to life.
“The feces and dirt in the intestine leak into the abdominal cavity. This will cause death from septic shock.”
These wounds had to be resolved with surgical treatment.
Fortunately, it wasn’t a difficult operation.
‘It’s very easy compared to the lung resection I did a while ago!’
“Lindon, please give me clean and disinfected water.”
“Yes, Master!”
Raymond sprayed disinfectant water on the contaminated area.
The wound was so severe that the contamination was severe.
It was washed by pouring almost 10L of disinfection water.
“Are you going to cut off his intestines now?” asked Christine.
As she gained more experience as an assistant, she also began to understand the approximate surgical process.
“Yes, I will cut off all the torn ileocecal appendages and connect them.”
“I see.”
Christine shut up for a moment and asked. “When will I be able to have surgery like this?”
“……!”
Christine’s eyes were burning with heat.
‘I don’t want to be an assistant forever. I’d like to conduct the surgery myself,’ thought Christine.
‘I just don’t want to follow his lead.’
‘I want to stand tall next to him and help him even more.’
‘Now he’s the only one in charge of surgery. No matter how stupid he is, he must feel a lot of pressure.’
Sometimes, when she sees him falling asleep from exhaustion, she feels frustrated and angry.
‘My incompetent self.’
‘I was angry and pitiful at myself for being weak that I had no choice but to pass all the burden on him, even tough I was talking about being the best healer.’
“……It’s probably too much for now.” Raymond said carefully.
In his opinion, Hanson and Christine’s current medical skills were at the level of medical trainees.
They were both tremendously hard-working people, so they were far better achievements than the period they learned.
Lindon was slightly behind that. The new healers are still in their infancy stage.
In any case, it was too early for anyone to think about performing a surgery.
“But…”
Raymond said while moving the scalpel.
The worn-out intestines began to be cut off.
“…Because you are a genius who tries hard. I don’t think it’ll take long.”
He meant it.
Thankfully Christine was a genius. She’s a genius who also works hard.
Hanson was also intelligent, but Christine was slightly ahead in terms of talent.
Christine responded to his positive answer in a determined voice.
“Please wait. I’ll try to come as soon as possible, so I can stand next to you, master.”
Afterwards, Christine focused on Raymond’s hand movements, not missing a moment, and assisted him.
‘It’s going smoothly.’
Raymond thought under her assistance.
At the moment of need, her hand was at the place.
A deeper sense of communication flowed between the two than a hundred words.
Of course, it is not perfect. There were still more inexperienced parts, but this was still a major development.
‘I could see how hard she was trying.’
There was a pleasant silence in the barracks.
“I’ll close it.”
The operation was successfully completed.
***
Is it because he has strong physical strength and is an intermediate Sword Expert?
Lord Calpenter recovered quickly.
“Thank you, Baron! You saved my life!”
Lord Calpenter greeted Raymond with heartfelt appreciation.
“You do not have to thank me. It’s something I have to do as a healer.”
Raymond pretended to be nice as usual.
‘Always maintain the image of a good healer. That way, more and more patients will flock.’
Of course, there are still many patients.
But he continued to be thirsty.
‘Like a monkfish, I wanted to treat the patient endlessly.’
‘That way, it will be more meritorious! Come, the foundations of my wealth film!’
Raymond hid that feeling and pretended to be serious.
“How should I repay this grace?”
“What do you mean, grace. It’s a relief that the Lord has improved his conditions. Never mind that.”
‘Heheheheh. You’ve already been paid enough. You’re an expert intermediate, so how much merit will I accumulate from that single surgery?’ Raymond laughed out to himself.
Meanwhile, Calpenter misunderstood Raymond’s appearance and spoke more admiringly.
“I can’t believe I’ve doubted such a great person after hearing the slander from healers who only care about money. I feel sorry for myself. I am so sorry.”
“Hmm? What do you mean?”
Calpenter lowered his voice. “In fact, the healers continued to spread bad rumors about the baron to the aristocrats around them. That are giving a terrible treatment that no one should ever get.”
“…”
Raymond blinked.
It’s a fact he didn’t know.
“What exactly were they talking about?”
“There is a lot of bad content in it, so it will be unpleasant for the Baron to hear it in person.”
“It’s alright. Please tell me.”
Calpenter explained in detail what kind of curse the healers used in the background, which was truly a spectacle.
Of course, fabricating facts that don’t even exist. There were rumors that were embarrassing to hear.
‘No wonder. The nobles rarely come for treatment.’
Come to think of it, there were no nobles to visit except some nobles in the capital who knew Raymond’s performance before.
Christine frowned upon hearing the story.
“I won’t leave you alone. Spreading false rumors is a crime. They will be punished.”
It wasn’t even a job to punish the healers who had done something wrong.
Raymond didn’t stop Christine from acting like that. Because he’s not a good pushover.
In fact, she was one step better than Christine.
“In addition to the crime of spreading rumors, the crime of insulting nobles and malicious defamation should be added.”