In an instant, Sharti’s vision was obscured, and she stepped back in surprise. At the same time, Ren approached the young man.
The turquoise eyes visible through the bandages flashed threateningly.
“If you came from that village, you might be in a diseased state. Is it okay to grab a person’s hand so assertively?”
Ren, who had also grabbed Sharti’s hand, growled lowly at the young man.
Perhaps due to his size, just facing him exuded an immense pressure.
The young man, taken aback, couldn’t immediately respond and swallowed dry saliva.
‘That’s the same for Ren!’
Squeeze. Squeeze. A white hand touched Ren’s arm.
While Sharti was conveying medical information behind Ren, he sighed heavily. Then he shot an unpleasant gaze at the young man again.
“Oh, no! I’m not infected.”
The belatedly sobered young man pleaded innocence.
“There’s a disease spreading in the village, and if you’re infected, spots come up. I don’t have any! Even during my time here!”
The young man anxiously pulled up his sleeves and showed his clothes.
Sharti, carefully examining his complexion and fingertips, internally breathed a sigh of relief.
‘But just in case.’
With that thought, Sharti turned and went to the bathroom.
At the fading footsteps, the young man shook his head with a relieved expression. Anxious about whether he should go back, he bit his lips.
“…….”
Instead of closing the door, Ren waited for Sharti.
She couldn’t send the patient away like this. To her relief, Sharti returned with gloves on.
‘Ren, wash your hands, cover your nose and mouth with this, and wear gloves.’
Sharti directed Ren to the bathroom and closed the door.
In a place slightly away from the old log house, where they needed to discuss matters openly, Sharti took out a note from her pocket.
The young man nodded fervently.
With the belief that coming to Sharti against everyone’s opposition was the right decision, the young man began to speak.
“It started with an elder in the village. You, Teacher, examined an elderly person here. Since then, people of various ages in the village started suffering. No one has died among the residents infected with the disease, but everyone, regardless of age, began to suffer.”
The young man explained in detail and specificity about what happened in his village.
There were no deaths among the infected residents, but everyone, unable to move and unable to eat, suffered, and the disease spread throughout the entire village without being able to determine the route.
“Previously, the doctor you saw, Teacher, locked his own house and hasn’t come out. Some residents think the doctor has already escaped…”
Since the means to deal with it had disappeared, what covered the village was not despair but fear.
‘So, the village chief’s son probably came here directly. Alone.’
The name of the young man with glasses is Ash Bart.
He was the eldest son of the village chief of the rural village that appears after crossing four peaks.
He was the only person who was consistently friendly to Sharti, who discovered his village a long time ago.
‘I told him the location of the old log house out of concern because it seemed like the village doctor was selectively treating patients.’
Naturally, revealing one’s residence to others was foolish.
Living in hiding, especially during on-site treatments, Sharti had been careful not to disclose her residence.
However, Ash, who had been considerate and welcoming, expressed frustration with the closed village policy, making it difficult for Sharti to refuse.
‘Anyway, fluorescent blue spots.’
According to Ash, an unknown disease causes blue spots to appear on the body, similar to fireflies emitting light.
It was not a typical symptom of an infectious disease.
Sharti’s expression under the hood became more serious.
‘I seem to be dealing with a disease I don’t know. And it seems to have contagious properties.’
Fortunately, Ash couldn’t see the serious expression behind Sharti’s hood.
“Yes. But our village, as you know, handles everything independently without bringing in goods from outside, including hunting, food, and supplies. So, it was quickly determined that it was not due to a cause like food poisoning.”
As it was an uncommonly closed village in the Newton Empire, different approaches were needed to identify the cause of the disease.
Sharti calmly reviewed the medical knowledge stored in her mind.
‘… I don’t know.’
Sharti bit her lips.
She wasn’t even sure if it was a common infection or an epidemic.
“Sha—”
At that moment, Ren came out of the house and approached Sharti.
Ash, who was hesitating about the approaching Ren, cautiously opened his mouth.
“Um, Teacher. I heard last time that you live alone, but…”
“Not now.”
“…!”
Momentarily surprised by Ren’s sudden interruption, disappointment settled on Ash’s face.
Ren tilted his head slightly and stared at Ash.
At that moment, Sharti handed a note to Ash.
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Xie Zhi and Fang Xianxing who had known each other for less than three days through a blind date sat in the same car in front of the civil affairs bureau. They had a disagreement and failed to get married.
Xie Zhi immediately took out his phone, slid through his contacts, and randomly selected the next marriage candidate.
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