I only needed a few more to complete them but I really needed to meet with the Empress. I have to tell her about my speculations on the sabotage that happened this morning.
I was reluctant to leave the tent because of what happened. It was a good thing that Prince Shiro volunteered to stay and guard the lab while I was gone. I felt relieved knowing it would be him watching over the medicine.
I quickly made my way to the Empress.
We had set up a tent that’s far from the infection site but was close to the lab. I know the Empress would often come and check on the progress so I had the guards and other doctors prepare it.
It needs to be disinfected every hour or so to keep it safe for the Royal family. The last thing I want is for any member of the royal family to get infected with the plague. That could really be bad for all of us. I walked into the tent and I saw that the Empress was waiting for me. Since I came from the lab where there’s a possibility that I could be carrying the bacteria for the plague, I disinfected myself before I came close to the Empress. The disnifection process was relatively quick since I taught the doctors how to properly disinfect each other while working near the infection site. Plus Empress Yukina has made a lot of modern tools available here so it wasn't a problem for me.
“Lady Hima, I heard of what happened.” She said to me. I nodded and sat down on the chair in front of her. I explained to her what happened this morning and what the captured woman told me when I went to the jail cell to interrogate her. The Empress listened intently to my testimony and she would also ask questions to verify my story. This is one of the things I admired about Empress Yukina. Even if you were a commoner or a noble, she would always remain neutral while talking to all the people involved. This made me even more comfortable telling her what had transpired.
“I see… Then I shall have a talk with the perpetrator as well to hear what she has to say.” Empress Yukina answered. I nodded and told her that it was fine with me. I really had nothing to hide since I didn’t do anything wrong. The Empress also asked me about the progress of the cure. I sighed and admitted that what happened this morning seriously took my plan a step away from me. It caused a minor hiccup that could’ve turned into something big if I didn't catch that woman. The stress from what happened caused me to have a minor mental breakdown. I can't believed I cried so much this morning. Now that I think about it, I kinda feel embrassed letting Prince Shiro see me like that.
“Tomorrow morning, I will finally be able to administer the antibiotics and the citizens will start to feel better almost immediately.” I told the Empress. She smiled at me and told me to do my best. She thanked me again but I told her it wasn’t necessary. I loved what I was doing and it gave me the feeling I used to have when I was a doctor back on earth. Although the situations I used to handle were different, the main thing is that I save lives. After experiencing so much from when I first arrived here, I feel like I've finally become one with this world. Even though I originally didn't belong here, now I finally found my place.
“I shall take my leave now, Lady Hima. I look forward to your success.” Empress Yukina said to me as she had a smile on her face. I lowered my head at her as soon as she walked away from me. She also promised me that she would do anything to investigate the background of the woman who was captured. She wanted to do her utmost to catch these types of people and to finally catch the mastermind to all of this mess. As soon as the Empress was gone, I went back to the lab. Prince Shiro was still there and I could see that he would occasionally look inside to check if someone had possibly entered through a different opening.
“Thank you for your hard work.” I told him as soon as I was in front of the tent. Prince Shiro looked at me and smiled. He opened the door for me to enter and I thanked him for that. I immediately went back to my work to finish all of the antibiotics. This was going to take me a while but it’s definitely worth it. I promised the Empress that I’d create the cure by tomorrow morning. I just hope that I will be able to do this without any further delay. It took me almost a few hours more to finish all 10 vials but it was all worth it. Because of what happened this morning, I decided to camp out here in the lab so that no one will be able to enter without my permission. I'll have to prepare everything for tomorrow as well so staying here would be the best option.
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
“Everybody, please listen closely. I will demonstrate how to administer the medicine. After every patient has been injected with it, you’ll have to repeat it at least 3 more times for today. Does everybody understand?” I looked over the doctors that were in the isolation area. They all nodded and paid attention to everything I was doing. I showed them how much antibiotics should be injected per person. With the children, it was a bit different so I had to specifically give them proper instructions. The amount of medicine needs to be based on the children’s weight so they have to weigh them before giving the medicine. As soon as I finished demonstrating, all the doctors grabbed a vial and a syringe and they made their way to the other patients. “If the patien