The following morning, I felt relieved that there were no more delays. I collected all of the vials of antibiotics and I made my way to the isolation area where the patients were. As soon as I got there, the doctors were relieved to see me. They noticed that I was carrying a basket filled with vials and their faces started lighting up.  “Is that the cure, my lady?” One of them came up to me, her eyes were so hopeful. I know these people have worked really hard for the past week and once I inject the patients with this, it’ll become easier and soon all of the infected will finally recover and the threat of the plague will be no more. I nodded and told everyone what they should do. Since every person that was infected had an IV, all I have to do is inject the antibiotics directly into that line. I’ll first d

“Excuse me, my lady. Prince Shiro is looking for you.” One of the guards stood by the entrance and called for me. I excused myself and I followed him outside of the isolation area. We made sure to disinfect ourselves before exiting the area, even though the antibiotics are available now, we still can’t risk infecting other people. I followed the guard back to the lab where I saw Prince Shiro was waiting for me. There was another guard next to him and they were talking when I approached them.  “Is everything okay?” I asked Prince Shiro. He nodded but the look on his face was far from okay. He looked like he was upset but at the same time anxious. I looked at the guard he was talking to and he looked anxious as well. Something must’ve happened.  “I called you because we’ve interrogated the woman who tampered with the medicine. She finally confessed ho

“If this was related to the ex-Empress, then we need to return to Nanto and investigate. To be honest, when we caught that woman, I did think that the Empress could’ve sent her to sabotage what you were doing. The look on that woman’s face, she was clearly from the fallen kingdom. The moment I noticed her features, I had already suspected.” Prince Shiro said. That’s why I thought that woman looked familiar. When the Palace was searched and all of the people from the fallen kingdom were discovered, most of the women looked the same as the woman we caught here in Taiyou. If that were really the case then we need to leave as soon as possible.  “I need to stay for at least 3 more days to check on the patients as well as to produce more of the medicine. I will also be teaching some reliable scholars on how to recreate the medicine so that they will be able t

“Is there a problem?” I asked while still trying to keep myself awake. I watched as Prince Shiro placed the tray of food on the table in front of me and he held my face, making me look up at him. I was confused as to why he did that but it’s not like I’m complaining. To be honest, I’m still too sleepy to comprehend what’s happening. “I’m sorry if I woke you up. I just noticed that you never came out of the lab to eat dinner so I decided to bring your food to you.” He said. He let go of my face and I stood up from the chair and did a stretch. It’s gotten so late already? I didn’t realize I had fallen asleep but it’s a good thing that Prince Shiro woke me up. It would’ve been bad if I had slept through dinner. I would’ve woken up so early in the morning and be unable to go back to sleep. 

“Wow! This place is beautiful.” I said. We sat down on the edge of the river and we continued to talk and admire the beauty of nature. Back in my old life, you could rarely see a sight like this. Most of the cities that I’ve been to had been industrialized so much that you could rarely see the color green anywhere. I’m glad I got the chance to witness something this magnificent. We stayed there for a while until we realized that it was getting really late. Prince Shiro took me back to the lab. He told me that he would be camping outside of the lab to ensure my safety. I told him it was unnecessary but he insisted so I had no choice but to say yes. We said our goodnights and I went inside the lab. When morning arrived, I continued to prepare the antibiotics while patiently waiting for Empress Yukina. We agreed to meet today so that I could discuss the details with her. I was ex