Numerous candles from the Abbey of Casariani illuminate the newly erected statue of Hippocrates in the center of the hall.

The gilded inscription on the statue is engraved with the oath made by every healer and monk in the city of Athens.

May Axel bless the creatures born of the blue sea......

"Sophia......

In addition to the monks, only John and the three attendants, including Yustina, remained in the Casariani Monastery. Although Arion tried his best to help Sophia lower her temperature in the afternoon, it had little success, and Casarianisius was not a Slou garden, so it was impossible to have so many ice cubes in the middle of summer. This season, the price of ice cubes can almost be equated with gold and stone ornaments.

"Brother......

Sophia's consciousness is still in a state of flux, and most of the time, she can only hear her dreams.

"Sophia! Justina, quick, go get a glass of boiling water! ”

Although the doctrine of fluid balance that prevailed in the Middle Ages was considered by later generations to be the scourge of such ignorance in medicine at that time, it was not entirely unreasonable. Vomiting and diarrhea caused by the plague can cause people to fall into a state of dehydration for a short period of time, which will undoubtedly aggravate the condition inadvertently. John was not a doctor, but he did understand the most basic common sense of modern medicine. In this era of no antibiotics and no targeted drugs, survival is a challenge in itself.

"Brother...... Cough...... If I can get better this time...... Take me back to Hagia Sophia first......"

John's hand holding the glass shook "Huh? ”

"Hee-hee...... If I can get better, I will go to Gregory III to apologize and do a good mass every week......"

Sophia had a forced smile on her face, but her voice sounded so weak. John knew it was just a joke, but she knew better that it was Sophia's solace in the midst of a dark despair in order to appear strong.

"Your Majesty will be very happy, but let's get some rest. Brother Arion will soon be able to heal you. John tested the temperature of the water and brought the cup to Sophia's mouth.

With Eustina's help, Sophia stood up and barely took two sips of water. Although for her, eating or drinking at this time only increased the discomfort in her stomach.

"Brother......

"What's wrong?"

"Shall we play a game?"

Sophia's leapy thinking always made John uncomfortable, even when he was seriously ill.

"Now that you're sick like this, you don't have any strength at all, what kind of game can you play?"

"I ask you a question, and you ask me a question. We are all to swear in God's name...... Can't lie! Sophia patted her face, trying to look as energetic as she could, and then looked at John expectantly with her eyes hidden in the blue waves.

Although he knew that this girl must have some "good questions" brewing, John had no reason to refuse this little wish.

"Okay, you ask."

Sophia then smiled happily and asked, "Brother, what happened when you fainted in His Majesty's Purple Palace a year ago?" ”

This question has been asked countless times since John and Sophia have lived together, and John naturally has a set of countermeasures in his heart that he has said countless times. It's just that every time this girl looks at John with suspicious but helpless eyes, and finally gives up with hatred.

However, as soon as John was about to open his mouth this time, Sophia said seriously word by word: "Brother, no...... Ahem...... Liar. ”

The phrase "I ......", coupled with Sophia's expectant and weak expression, made John swallow back the rest of the tirade......

"Sophia, do you really want to know?"

"Of course! Stop talking to me, hearing God's oaths or something! I know that people don't change that much overnight! These words, just lie to those stupid people, I'm so ...... Ahem......"

"Okay, okay, don't talk. It's just that I'll tell you the truth, if you don't believe it, it's not something I can control. ”

"I believe everything my brother says!"

……

It's not just the monasteries in Athens that are lit up for the sick. The Doge's Palace of Soratea, the last pure land in Athens, was also overcrowded.

The large and small nobles who usually don't move around at all, at this time, under the pretext of reporting on government affairs, have spent almost all the time in the governor's palace in the past year.

Latius was still drowned in reports flying in, except that reports related to the outbreak were laid out on top.

"Master Latius......"

"Brother Arion! Thank you! How's it going? ”

It was not Latius's intention to let an old man in his sixties or seventies wander through the plague-stricken city, but the existing monks in Athens could only play a role in caring for the sick and increasing the hope in the hearts of the sick through prayer.

"Although it is very troublesome to promote, everything is done according to what His Majesty said...... It's just that for the time being, there is no change, and the number of people affected by the plague is still increasing. ”

When Arion was powerless, John took over the jurisdiction of the plague by means of an urgent edict from the emperor. Subsequently, the co-emperor, who was only a teenager, issued dozens of edicts in front and back in front of the monastery of Casariani.

For example, the drinking water of all the people in the city, even from the cleanest water source, had to be boiled, or those infected with the plague had to report it to the Doge's palace at the first time, and keep a record of it immediately, or, on a household basis, the city of Athens was not allowed to interact with each other until the siege was lifted.

In addition to this, John ordered a group of mercenaries to be hired at a high price, not for the sake of war, but to clean up the filthy streets of Athens. Because of the spread of the epidemic, almost every alley in the city of Athens has filth left behind, and if it is not cleaned up in time, it is likely to become a hotbed of disease.

What also puzzled Arion was that John also encouraged the entire city to take a bath. Previously, it has always been a common phenomenon in Europe, and it is also a well-believed saying that opening the pores when rinsing with hot water will allow the devil and viruses to invade, and it is very difficult to subvert this concept for a while, whether it is in the aristocracy or the commoners. And it is not known in the future that any strange edicts will be issued from the monastery of Casariani.

"Lord Duke, you strongly oppose the establishment of the academy by His Majesty John, why do you fully support these strange edicts?"

"If I had been protecting the royal family and nobles, when the plague befell Athens, especially when Her Royal Highness the Princess had fallen ill, I would have unconditionally believed in any choice of His Majesty, and besides, I would have been a vassal of the empire and a vassal of Valleologo."