The Doctor Cured the Villainess and Ran Away

31 – 31. Drug Abuse (2)

I hold onto both of the commander’s biceps and stretch them out.

“Ouch!”

As I lower my head and stretch down to his back, an unexpected scream escapes, which doesn’t match his bulky appearance.

“Look, because you’ve been skipping exercise and stretching, your whole body has become stiff. Keep pulling until the end.”

-Ack! My arms are going to come off!

The effect of the muscle enhancer was significant.

Not only the goblins, but even the commander, who had grown on me, couldn’t move an inch in my grip.

From behind the commander, I hold onto his arm and forcefully pull it over my head.

This was a wrestling technique.

Is it called a cobra twist?

“Don’t forget to stretch your latissimus muscles as well!”

-Ahh! Wait, teacher!

The commander hits my knee repeatedly and trembles all over his body.

He tries to somehow remove his body, but my muscles, which once grabbed hold, won’t let go.

-It has quite the effect. How much did it increase?

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Strength: 41 (+30)

Endurance: 12

Magic: 1

Mana: 18

Divine Power: 22

Faith: 100

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Even if it’s for a short period, to increase it by 30…

It surpassed the level of ten years of training.

“In about a minute.”

When I let go of the lieutenant colonel, he lost his balance and rolled awkwardly on the ground, raising a cloud of dust.

Regaining his composure and getting up, the lieutenant colonel looked at me with a terrified expression and said, “Ah, where does that frail body get that strength from….”

I took out a candy and asked, “Are you from the northern region? It’s normal in our neighborhood. Right, Tanya?”

“The lord is weak, that’s the problem.”

“You call this weak… Do you really need a bodyguard, Teacher?”

“If you spar with Tanya, do you think you can last three seconds? I can’t even land a single hit.”

As I pointed to Tanya, the lieutenant colonel and the guards looked at her, their jaws dropping.

“If, if that’s the case… it’s only natural for our knights to lose.”

“Lieutenant colonel, what should we do?”

The lieutenant colonel immediately grabbed the heads of the flustered guards.

“These guys have been disrespectful to the Teacher, so they should apologize right away!”

Reading the atmosphere, the guards immediately bowed to me, apologizing.

“We’re sorry!”

“We apologize!”

The lieutenant colonel also scratched the back of his head and bowed to me.

“I’ll make sure to educate these guys properly. The recent decline in the knights’ physical condition must have led to their mistakes. Please forgive them and keep this incident confidential….”

If the Royal Knight Order were to be defeated by the attending physician and the bodyguards, their dignity would be greatly compromised.

The knights’ brains were no different whether they were from the north or the royal side.

Considering their attitude quite amusing, I decided to finish it here.

“Alright, be more careful from now on. Remember to do the stretching exercises I taught you and report to me regularly.”

“Yes, understood!”

I left the camp with Tanya.

***

“So, you’re saying that you didn’t genuinely challenge me to a duel but started an unfair dispute?”

Only after hearing my explanation did Tanya finally understand and pouted.

“I may not know, but I can’t forgive anyone who insults you, Teacher. Let’s go and retaliate right away.”

“I already scolded them, so it’s fine. Besides, I’ve gained a lot of information, so it’s enough.”

“Is it about information?”

It was quite an helpful incident.

Firstly, I was able to test the effectiveness of the strength-enhancing potion.

I was worried that I might turn into a green monster and my body would go haywire and my clothes would tear apart, but I guess I don’t need to worry about that.

One more thing.

“Asella’s faction seems to be quite weak within the royal family.”

In fact, it felt like being treated as a subordinate of the second prince.

Just a mere guard speaking to the physician was enough to say everything.

“Where do Asella’s knights stay?”

“As for them and me and Bruno, we reside in the Moonlight Palace. Since there is no separate training facility, we train ourselves in the palace courtyard.”

“It’s rather poor. The southern camp seemed to have better facilities.”

“Yes. It couldn’t compare to our Marquis’s residence. It truly had a royal feel to it.”

“It sounds intriguing.”

“The camp?”

“Including the powerful faction.”

Someday, Asella will become the strongest faction among the heirs to the throne.

Because she will be an Empress.

But as long as I exist, history will change little by little.

In reality, I recently managed to eliminate the bad ending, which resulted in the separation of Asella’s and the Crown Consort’s factions.

Originally, it was an event that would happen later in history.

Or more precisely, the Crown Consort’s faction disappeared.

“I can’t wait idle when I don’t know when it will become stronger.”

“Are you planning to participate in imperial politics?”

“No. Why should I jump into the pit for no reason.”

I might end up getting a blade in my throat by doing something reckless.

If I get too deeply involved, I might end up leaving the palace and getting assassinated.

“What then?”

“It’s easier to make use of the existing resources. Like the southern camp we just saw.”

Knights are simple.

The royal knights do not officially belong to any faction and unknowingly, one heir to the throne sets the atmosphere.

So they just need to make Ashella like them.

“Your skills were not bad. The swordsmanship of the institute was efficient.”

“But you lost to the leader.”

“Of course, I am strong, but…”

“You should learn some humility.”

“A subordinate learns from the lord’s attitude.”

Now they’re blaming me.

“But overall, I had the feeling that the knights were not up to my level. They all seemed lacking in some way.”

“Lacking?”

Come to think of it, the platoon leader also mentioned that the knights were not in good condition.

When I touched the platoon leader’s body, it felt warm.

It was understandable since body temperature varies from person to person.

“It is currently the change of seasons.”

There might be an epidemic going on.

I immediately used diagnosis on Tanya.

[Diagnosis activated]

[Injury status: None]

“Why are you staring at me like that?”

“Oh, it’s nothing. I just remembered the saying that fools don’t catch colds.”

Could there be a cold going around the camp?

Colds are annoying illnesses. They come without warning and make people miserable and stupid.

The reason they are incurable is that they constantly mutate, penetrating the immune system even if the body builds up immunity.

“Most colds can be treated with aspirin.”

The representative medicine known as a fever reducer.

Well then, I should make aspirin.

“I have already made willow bark painkiller. Aspirin is a subcategory of this medicine.”

Since there is [extraction], by extracting only salicylic acid from willow bark and changing it to acetylsalicylic acid through [chemical transformation], it becomes aspirin.

“This can be mass-produced.”

It will be interesting.

Without realizing it, a laugh escaped me.

As she lost her balance and fell for a moment, her leg muscles relaxed.

“Teacher.”

Fortunately, Tanya supported her before she hit the ground.

Text appeared in the status window.

[Side effect: Muscles will be paralyzed for 10 minutes.]

“Oh, this is it.”

It was a side effect of muscle enhancers.

“I knew you were pushing yourself too hard earlier. You used some weird medical technique, right?”

“Yes. Just lift me up to the Moon Palace.”

“This debt has been deducted with this.”

Tanya lifted me up confidently.

***

Unexpectedly, two days later, a cold epidemic broke out throughout the palace.

“Cough, cough.”

There were more healers walking around my clinic coughing.

Of course, there aren’t any masks. There was no concept of pathogens and infection, so there wasn’t even basic common knowledge that you should wash your hands well.

Healers can heal those with severe conditions, but their efficiency is poor.

For diseases like colds, where pathogenic bacteria infect the whole body, it doesn’t just heal when a specific part is healed, so no matter how much spells are cast, they won’t get better.

Even if I recover, I’ll soon be infected with a variant again because there are many patients around me.

Especially this cold was quite strong and had a fast virus mutation rate.

“The whole royal family is in chaos due to an infectious disease.”

“It’s not a deadly disease, but everyone is weak. I don’t know if the martial arts competition can proceed properly as it is.”

“Somehow we have to proceed with it. It’s an event that His Majesty the Emperor values.”

When I walked around the clinic, I heard stories among the healers.

Everyone showed great interest in the upcoming martial arts competition, which was just ten days away.

Most of the healers in my clinic are also participating, so it was a natural issue.

“The martial arts competition is important.”

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I looked at the pile of aspirin pills on my desk like a mountain.

I asked Neriah for birch bark when making pain relievers, and now I used it properly.

Compared to painkillers, the production difficulty was low, so I made it in no time.

“Teacher, it’s time to work.”

In the evening, Tanya and I head towards Moonlight Palace.

As we entered the palace, Assela, who had finished her educational duties, was watching the knights training in the courtyard.

I approached her and bowed before speaking.

“Your Highness, I will take your blood pressure measurement before you retire for the night.”

“Later, please.”

Assela’s voice was tired.

Now, even her usually expressionless face showed some distinction. She seemed slightly anxious at the moment.

“Cough, cough!”

The knights exchanging swords coughed.

Even among the knights waiting, there were some staggering individuals.

“The knights seem to lack energy.”

“I can see that too. A contagious disease is spreading. There are no healers left in our infirmary, and since Moonlight Palace has a lower priority, they don’t even come here. What have you been doing all this time…”

Finally, Assela turned to me and tilted her head slightly, as if surprised.

“Oh, this?”

I was wearing a mask.

During these times, they didn’t make those crow-shaped masks that plague doctors used to wear, so I layered several layers of fabric to make a modern-style mask.

“What’s that? No wonder your voice sounds muffled…”

“It’s a protective gear that reduces the probability of contracting the contagious disease by less than half.”

“And only you are wearing it?”

“The production just finished.”

“You made it yourself? Hm.”

Assela became interested and observed my mask attentively.

What are you looking at so intently?

You probably want me to give it to you.

“Of course, there is one for Your Highness as well. Above all, Your Highness’ health is the most important.”

I took out the mask prepared in my embrace.

Pulling the earring part, I extended my hand towards Assela’s face, but she quickly moved her head backward.

“Wait, what are you doing?”

“Please wear it whenever you interact with others. It’s not necessary for sleeping.”

“I will write it.”

“Since it’s your first time, I will guide you. If the fitting is wrong, the effect will diminish.”

Asella rolled her lips tightly inward.

Then she slowly straightened her body.

I unfolded the mask and lightly placed it over her nose, attaching it to her ears.

I did the same on the other side.

In the process, my finger lightly brushed against her earlobe.

“Hm.”

At that moment, Asella squinted one eye and made a strange sound as she shrugged her shoulders.

…Is her hearing sensitive?