Saved Him, Now I'm Obsessed (10 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 131

The number of patients was gradually increasing. Or rather, one might say they were beginning to appear little by little.

Compared to the days when no patients came at all, and I simply passed the time reading books or drinking tea, recently one or two patients visited each day. Most of them were maids working within the Imperial Palace rather than from outside.

They lacked the time to summon a healer or visit an external apothecary, yet felt too burdened to approach Count Perman, the palace’s official healer.

They had previously endured minor illnesses without complaint, but since word of my practice spread, they now came whenever they found a spare moment. Still, the numbers remained small.

Amid all these matters, I had begun to realize that serving as a physician in the Imperial Palace required a different approach from my previous work as an apothecary. Perhaps I needed to consider the broader picture rather than focus solely on individual patients.

When I ran the apothecary as Jane, I prepared medicines tailored to each visiting patient. Although technically a healer’s duty, I often took on the role of caring directly for patients seeking treatment.

In any case, my main duties revolved around ordering and managing medicinal ingredients based on the needs of those who came.

Of course, I occasionally placed bulk orders in advance when the weather seemed ominous and epidemics loomed, but overall, my workflow was always centered around individual patients.

Now, however, bearing the title “Physician” under the name of the “Imperial Palace,” a more comprehensive approach was necessary.

Previously, I only had to manage the ingredients stored within the apothecary itself, but now I needed to regulate the quantities of medicinal herbs available across the capital of the Carlobanian Empire.

Ordinary herb merchants naturally stocked mostly common, high-demand ingredients, which made it difficult to secure special herbs in emergencies like the recent incident. Had it not been for Chef Rene, the situation would have truly been dire.

Therefore, I began by organizing and storing special herbs within the Medical Bureau and studied extensively to establish reliable, steady supply channels.

First, I needed to identify which medicinal herbs the herb merchants along Apothecary Street typically carried, memorize herbs with unique properties, and learn their regions of origin.

Additionally, I had to find trading companies capable of transporting these herbs from their production sites to the Imperial Palace—that is, from those regions all the way to the capital—and compile a list of such routes while maintaining constant contact.

Lately, I was even beginning to wonder whether I was a physician or a merchant.

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