Chapter 112: The sky-high cost of medical services at the Siwa Clinic
"Sister Cortrow, I want to stay and erect a tombstone for Virginia, so you go first. www.biquge.info"Norri said with a sad face, because as a person of the same soul, she felt more sadness in her heart than anyone else.
"I'll stay too, or Norri is here alone, I'm not at ease, you all leave first." Otel said softly.
"Okay, then let's all go back to the assembly point to rest first, after all, it's almost dawn, and after a night of fighting, they should be very tired, and you two should also take good care of yourself." Kirtlow said with a smile.
"Don't worry, with me by Noorly's side, nothing will happen." Ottel patted Norri on the shoulder and smiled.
Clio and the others all sat on the Giant Vein Dragonfly, and Anse and Tilzer sat on the Titan Bird and left the underground cavern, leaving only Norri and Otter.
"Senior Sedgwick, I want to erect a tombstone for Virginia in front of the cherry blossom forest, although she is gone, I can still sense that she is actually in the sky, watching me." Norri said with a sweet smile as she stared at the turquoise sky.
"I agree with you, there's a huge rock over there, I can carve a piece of writing on it with magic, how should I write Virginia's name?" Ottel asked.
"It's called Virginia's soul, I'm sure she'll agree with me calling her that, I really hope that Virginia can live happily ever after in that invisible world." Norri said with infinite tenderness in her ice-blue eyes.
Ottel nodded, used his magic to move a large rock next to him, and borrowed Norri's butterfly knife, engraved Virginia's soul on it, and then stood the boulder in front of the cherry blossom forest, where Virginia had disappeared.
At this time, a soft breeze blew from the sky, blowing down the pink cherry blossoms hanging from the branches, and the beautiful cherry blossoms were like light butterflies, flying all over the sky in the blue sky, as if they were singing Virginia's song of fate, and let out a holy sigh for Virginia's departure.
In the Siwa clinic in the Red Rose Town, Hezeil's little assistant Lucy is sorting out the medicines ordered by Gulasha from the black market and the northern town of Harya, the source of the drugs produced in Haryashi is very mysterious, but Harrier's medicines have always been known for their special effects and cheapness, so Hazeil especially likes Harried's medicines, and almost all the medicines in Siwa's private clinic come from there.
"Lucy, what fresh medicine has Gulasia ordered lately, and who is my patient this week?" Hezeil had just gotten up, and said to Lucia who was sorting out her medicine in front of the medicine cabinet with sleepy eyes.
"Miss Caldick, the patient you have booked for today is Countess Sarathea, wife of Lord Neptune of County Lygaia, and she will arrive at about nine o'clock this morning." Lucia said coquettishly.
"Duchess Sarathea, I know, it's the Manor of Neptune in County Lygaia, but the people of the royal family, although I often treat the great nobles, I rarely see the people of these royal families." Hezer put on his red-rimmed glasses and said thoughtfully.
"Yes, I also received a call from their housekeeper at home, Miss Alin, on Friday, saying that Mrs. Sarathea has a serious headache and has been close to 20 years, and she has seen countless doctors and taken countless medicines, but her condition does not necessarily improve." Lucy said with a sigh.
"I see, by the way, where did the medicine that Gurashia ordered recently come from, and what exactly are they?" Hezeil asked.
"Mr. Gulasia ordered a lot of medicines from Harri, a small town in the northern part of the royal capital, in addition to the ordinary mint potion that can treat colds and fevers, as well as lavender pills that can be used as sleeping pills, hyacinth potion, carnation potion, and a box of sage essential oil, which can be used to disinfect the room, but the most unusual thing is that Harriar County has recently produced a batch of new medicines, the raw materials are very scarce, there are blue cherry blossoms from Moon Island, red Mansha Zhuhua, sea water from the glacial sea, sea lilies from the primeval sea, moon jellyfish, and straight-shelled nautilus, Strange shrimp, sea scorpions, golden cherries from Pellinoët, red mint, purple monarch butterflies, and a box of extremely toxic potions, which are made of venom extracted from the bodies of giant scorpions, giant spiders, and giant horses in the Cloud Forest, plus the purple fountain of life, which is particularly poisonous, and a drop can poison a cow. Lucy said as she pulled her out of the box.
"Why did Gurasia order these highly poisonous potions, I am a doctor who treats patients, and I don't need these highly toxic potions." Hazeil said softly, brewing a cup of mocha coffee and adding a white sugar cube to it.
"I don't know much about this, maybe Mr. Gurasia needs to use it on a mission this week, by the way, Mr. Gurasia should be back here today." Lucy said coquettishly.
Through the glass window, Hezeil saw a black sedan drive in outside, and it was none other than Sarathea and her maid Wallis, but Amanda did not follow.
"Lucy, go and get ready to open the door, I see Lady Sarathea coming." Hezeril said, ready to change into a white coat.
"Hello, it's Lady Sarathea, we're ready to wait for you, please come in." Lucy said very politely.
For a pampered royal lady like Sarathea, even if she goes to see a doctor, it is to go to those tall and bright national royal hospitals, if Amanda hadn't told her that there is a skilled doctor in the town of Red Rose, she would never have come to such a remote town to see a doctor, just the driver drove into this winding alley from a very wide road, this is the downstairs of a civilian residential area, and the residents of the tall buildings above are drying clothes, And those wet droplets actually fell on her golden hair that she had carefully combed in the morning, which made her quite annoyed, but because she was a royal family, of course she couldn't be too ostentatious when she came to this kind of place to see a doctor, so she could only be angry in her heart.
When she came out to see a doctor today, Sarathea did not wear gorgeous clothes, but wore a black accordion pleated dress and a white shirt, a gray knitted sweater, long golden hair was also coiled, and she did not wear any jewelry, she looked like a gentle commoner lady, not like a luxurious and beautiful royal lady, but she looked much more approachable.
Next to her, Wallis was wearing a dark green accordion pleated dress, a white shirt and a black waistcoat, her long silky dark green hair was tied into a high ponytail, and she was holding a silver saber in her hand.
Sarathea walked in, thinking it was at least a small private practice, but it turned out to be a small private clinic with only a desk and a white hospital bed, and except for Heloise, it was a quirky little girl who didn't look like she was yet an adult. And the clinic is dark, the air doesn't seem to be very fresh, but a 1.2-meter medicine cabinet is filled with all kinds of medicines, and the little girl is sorting out the medicines that have just been unpacked from the box.
Sarathea couldn't help frowning, but after all, she was here to see a doctor, and she was too embarrassed to directly express her dissatisfaction with the environment here.
"Lady Sarathea, please take a seat, and let's go to the doctor." Heloise took "Philins' Dream" out of the drawer, and took out a magic guide stethoscope from it, as well as a black flashlight.
"Lady Sarathea, please give me a brief description of your condition, so that I can diagnose your condition." Heloise said softly.
"I just have frequent headaches, and I also have a certain degree of insomnia and heartache, especially when I sleep at night, and it's been almost 17 years, which is as long as my youngest daughter's age, and it's really miserable." Sarathea said with a sigh.
"I'll take a look at it for Madame first." Heloise pulled out her magic stethoscope and auscultated Sarathea, examining her eyes and tongue with a small black flashlight.
"Dr. Kardik, is there any hope that my condition can improve?" Sarathea asked expectantly.
"It's a pity that you have delayed for too long and missed the best time for treatment, but when it comes to improvement, I can prescribe medicine for you, and if you want to treat it thoroughly, I recommend that you have surgery, which may be related to a tumor in the skull." Heloise said earnestly.
"What, the surgery sounds a little scary, Dr. Kardik, please be sure to treat this disease for me, I am now in charge of the whole family, so I can't feel overwhelmed by this condition." Sarathea said with a hint of pleading in her tone, you are the wife of the royal family, you have been pampered since you were a child, and you have fine clothes and food, but once you are in the face of illness, there is no difference between high and low.
"Miss Caldik, there is a new batch of medicines today, the ace powerful pills in Harya, which can treat headaches, you might as well prepare these medicines for Lady Sarathea." Lucy said in a milky voice.
"Really, if my headache can be cured, no matter how much money it costs, I am willing, and I hope Dr. Kardik can understand my painstaking efforts as a mother of four children." Sarathea said.
"Don't worry, Mrs. Sarathea, I'll do my best, Lucy, bring me a box of all the headache pills in the cabinet and today, I want to prepare some medicines for Madame." Heloise said to Lucy.
Lucy brought a white oak stool, opened the glass on the top of the medicine cabinet, and took out the headache medicine inside, plus the ace headache medicine that had just been opened in the box.
Heloise carefully looked at the ingredients of the ace potent medicine, which is made with sage, lavender, and iris from Pellinoue County, the largest flower and herb production town in the Urania Federation, and glacial water from the glacial sea, these ingredients have a great improvement effect on the treatment of headaches, and it is indeed a great help for Sarathea's condition.
"Lady Sarathea, then I will prescribe some medicine for you that can improve pain and insomnia, but at the beginning of your appearance, you have to come to me every week to inject the medicine, so that it can have a better recovery effect." Heloise said softly.
"Thank you very much to Dr. Caldick, and if I can cure my headache, I will definitely reward me heavily." Sarathea said gratefully.
"You're welcome, ma'am, it's actually my honor to be able to treat the noble lady of the royal family." Heloise said with a smile.
"LUCY, YOU ALSO NEED TO BRING ME A 500ML BOTTLE OF POPPY POTION FROM SUSA COUNTY, AND A 100ML BOTTLE OF COCA LEAF POTION FROM ASIA COUNTY, WHICH CAN IMPROVE LADY SARASIA'S NEURALGIA, AS WELL AS A 700ML BOTTLE OF LEMON BALM FROM RAMPADS UNDERWORLD ESTATE, AND A BOX OF CATNIP PILLS TO TREAT FEVER CAUSED BY HEADACHES." Heloise said methodically.
"All right, Miss Caldick, I'll be ready in a moment." Lucy said in a milky voice.
"These medicines don't sound like a common occurrence, Dr. Kardik." Sarathea said with a smile.
"Now I can give you a magic needle first, which is a specially configured medicine for me, and I have a fixed injection every week, which can effectively improve the situation of headaches." Heloise said.
HELLOISE OPENED HER MEDICINE BOX AND TOOK OUT A YELLOW POTION NEEDLE ABOUT 13 CENTIMETERS LONG FROM FILINS' DREAM, AS WELL AS A BOX OF WHITE COTTON BALLS AND A 50ML BOTTLE OF MAGIC ALCOHOL.
Heloise asked Sarathea to stretch out her arm and put it on a white cloth cushion on the black desk, Sarathia's complexion was very white, as smooth as the best oriental white jade, worthy of the royal lady, and even the maintenance of her hands was so in place.
Heloise wiped the magic alcohol on the inside of her arm, and the smell of alcohol instantly volatilized, filling the entire private clinic, and Sarathea's blood vessels were very easy to find, because she was not only fair-skinned, but also delicate and smooth skin, unlike the usual women in civilian areas, although they were not very old, but their skin looked very rough because of the wind and sun, and sometimes it was difficult to find the location of the blood vessels even for injections.
Heloise pricked the 13-centimeter-long needle, and Sarathea gritted her teeth slightly, after all, it was a little painful, but as a royal lady, of course, she couldn't be ashamed to say that it hurt.
"Mrs. Sarathea, it's already good, the medicine I prepared for you is due to the fact that the raw materials are relatively expensive, so it costs a total of 1,000 muses." Heloise said with a smile.
Originally, 1,000 muses was of course nothing for a royal lady, but Sarathea had recently sold a lot of porcelain and jewelry in the family because she borrowed money for her brother's company, and even her own dowry, so the recent expenses of the royal family's family have been reduced by half, but I didn't expect a few boxes of medicines to cost 1,000 muses, which is simply a sky-high price of medicine, but as a royal lady, how can it be obvious.
"It's okay, Dr. Caldick, as long as it can cure my headache, it doesn't matter how much money you spend, Wallis, help pay for it." Sarathea suppressed her displeasure and said to Wallis.
"By the way, Dr. Kardik, I want to ask you to prescribe some medicine for the skin, I wonder if you can arrange one for me." Sarathea asked softly, because her daughter Mister had a lot of rough freckles on her face, and there were many scars on her body, and her skin was also very much like a servant in the wind and sun in the daughter of the royal family, no wonder she was compared to Beludandi, whose skin was like delicate and warm jade.
"OF COURSE, MA'AM, PLEASE WAIT A MOMENT, LUCY, HELP ME GET A 400ML BOTTLE OF NADES BRAND LAVENDER ESSENTIAL OIL, AS WELL AS A BOX OF CHERRY BLOSSOM PILLS FROM KAZUKI ISLAND, A 100ML BOTTLE OF SAGE ESSENTIAL OIL FROM PLINAURE, A BOX OF 12 BAGS OF VIOLET FLOWER TEA, A 500ML BOTTLE OF APHRODITE BRAND ROSE ESSENTIAL OIL, AND A 60ML BOTTLE OF HARRY-COUNTY JASMINE ESSENTIAL OIL, REMEMBER NOT TO GET IT WRONG." Heroise smiled at Lucy.
"Understood, Miss Caldick." Lucy said with a smile on her face, only to see her hands and feet nimbly find her target in the rows of medicines and glass jars.
"Looks like Dr. Caldik has a complete range of medicines, everything." Sarathea said politely.
"As a doctor in a private practice, I don't have the same variety of advanced medical equipment as those royal hospitals, but rare and effective medicines are what I have always been looking for." Heloise said, pushing her red-rimmed glasses.
"Found them all, Miss Caldick, here." Lucy smiled and held several glass bottles of essential oils, and the raw materials of these essential oils were not ordinary manor flowers and plants, but flowers and plants from the large botanical garden of the Urania Federation in another country, which were not only valuable but also many times more effective than ordinary flowers and plants.
"Lady Sarathea, these essential oils can be diluted and applied, cherry blossom pills can be taken after meals, violet flower tea can be taken in the morning, and rose essential oil can be added to the bath to beautify the skin." Heloise introduced Sarathea.
"Thank you, Miss Caldick, how much do these beauty and skin care medicines cost?" Sarathea asked.
"Because these are precious medicines, a bottle of lavender essential oil costs 500 muses, a box of cherry blossom pills costs 200 muses, sage essential oil costs 300 muses, violet flower tea 200 muses, rose essential oil 500 muses, and jasmine essential oil 300 muses, so a total of 2,000 muses." Heloise said with a smile, for a royal lady, the price of these medicines should be less than a fraction of her jewelry.
Sarathea was secretly surprised in her heart, but the medicine had already put Lucy in a white paper bag, and she was embarrassed to say that she didn't want to buy it because it was too expensive.
"Wallis, help me pay." Sarathea said with an elegant smile, and Wallis, who had kept a poker face all along, pulled out 20 blue muses with the heads of the previous kings from a brown leather purse.
Looking at the stack of thick bills and just buying a few bottles of essential oils, Sarathea's fingernails were pinched into the palms of her hands.
Just when Sarathea and Wallis were about to leave the private clinic in Siwa, a red magic motorcycle suddenly came to the door, and a young man came down from above, he had a slender figure, short black hair, and a pair of slender black phoenix eyes, looking like a beautiful man with a classical and cold temperament, wearing a black suit uniform, a white shirt inside, with a black tie, and a black butterfly tattoo on the back of his left hand, which felt like a poker-faced iceberg beautiful man, He removed a katana from his motorcycle, a black pistol around his waist, and a pair of black leather shoes with some mud on them.
"Mr. Gulasia is back." Lucy's cheerful voice came out.