Chapter 172: The Way of the King

"According to the Law of Horuthiah, if you have a plague, you must be quarantined immediately...... Even the princess is no exception. Albert said, staring at Princess Sophia in the crowd.

"Hey, do you have any humanity?"

"Isn't she your sister?"

Ignoring the provocations of Lilith and Julius, Albert went straight to the court physician: "But as soon as I give a similar order, there will be a steady stream of people who will judge my actions, and vice versa. A king who puts everyone at risk because he cares about his relatives, or a king who doesn't care about his relatives and is ruthless...... Doctor, what kind of person do you want me to be?"

"I ......," the doctor was momentarily speechless.

Whichever one you choose, you'll be saddled with infamy. What Albert is saying is indeed what is actually possible, and the talk about him has not subsided since he took the throne. If it was someone else, or if it wasn't Princess Sophia who was sick, he would never hesitate to say what was in his heart.

During the years of the Black Death, anyone who was suspected of being infected was treated as a patient. As a court physician, he listened to the practices of centuries ago in different ways. The plague is like a flood beast, and in order to fight this flood beast, it is believed that the local sacrifice is worth it.

Few people care how many people were killed by mistake and how many fell victim to popular panic during the catastrophe. Someone survived, Holutiah's history continued, and people felt that everything was necessary, and once someone put the issue on the table, people threw the guilt on the ruler.

It was he who gave the order.

We are also forced to do so.

I tried to oppose it.

However, aside from these problems of human sophistication, the most uncertain thing for doctors is...... To this day, no one has been able to determine the specific symptoms of the plague. Diagnosis can only be made when a person suspected of having the disease dies and the disease spreads. Centuries ago, doctors did not find a way to cure their patients, and that terrible catastrophe was more like a nightmare that suddenly ended one day.

Princess Sophia's symptoms at the moment were only somewhat similar to the plague, and every top doctor knew how unreliable the information that had been handed down at that time was. At that time, the desperate doctors just recorded all the possible symptoms they could think of, and followed these listed clues to carry out a large-scale arrest and quarantine.

Someone must have been killed by mistake because of a minor illness such as typhoid fever.

The crux of the matter was that he had never seen any symptoms in Princess Sophia, and he could not find a cure for them. What really scares him is the unknown.

Albert saw the doctor's difficulty and said: "Once you have the plague, you must be quarantined immediately, this is the law issued by the royal family at that time during a special period, but if I remember correctly, the plague is contagious, it is very hidden, and the speed of infection is amazing, which means that if her symptoms are really the plague, everyone present is infected...... Killing everyone who seems to be sick is the decision that an iron-blooded king should make, right?"

As he spoke, his gaze swept over everyone, including the guards, "especially those who had been in direct contact with the sick." ”

The man who restrained Sophia's arm was so frightened that he hurriedly let go of the former's arm.

"What do you mean by that?"

"We won't be infected!"

"That's right, no matter what disease you have, you can be cured by drinking a glass of hot wine and going home and sleeping!"

The only ones who dared to make a big fuss in front of Albert were the Lilith trio, and in order to prove his health, Jeff rolled up his sleeves and showed everyone that he was not strong muscles at all. The cold wind blowing outside the window made him chill, and he couldn't hold back for a while and sneezed.

When he rubbed his nose, he found that Lilith and Julius were more than ten meters away from him, and the doctors and guards were staring at him warily.

"Hey, what about friendship?" Jeff asked Lilith and Julius, who were faster than anyone else, the two guys who had learned the spatial abilities of the Sith at the moment of his sneezing, teleporting a few steps away in the blink of an eye.

"Doctor, it's definitely this guy who gets the plague, let Princess Sophia go, go study him!"

"Sect Leader Jeff, you can go in peace, I will burn paper for you today next year. ”

"Don't decide the life and death of others without permission!"

The originally solemn atmosphere suddenly became nondescript after the three of them made a fuss.

Regarding Jeff's symptoms, the doctor is sure that no, it has nothing to do with the plague at all, and anyone who shows his muscles in the perennial snowy imperial capital can be infected with wind and cold. The only thing that can be called unusual is that this guy contracted the wind chill so quickly that it could catch the Gilness World Record.

"We are trying to talk about more necessary topics...... "The doctor tried to bring the topic back on track. Even he had to admit Albert's statement that the horror of the plague, in addition to its near-100 percent fatality rate, was also the unpreventable contagion, often without the infected person even knowing it.

So strictly speaking, if Princess Sophia is really suffering from the plague, then all of them have become a high-risk group.

"So, I have a proposal. ”

"I really don't want to be caught up in this situation, given my personal reputation," Albert said, "so this daunting task is left to you, doctor...... From now on, you have one day to prove that Sophia is not infected with the plague, and tomorrow this time, I want to see a normal Sophia, and if you can't, then I can only fulfill the duties of a 'cold-blooded king'. ”

In response, Lilith protested: "Aren't you yourself in contact with Sophia, if you are really cold-blooded, you should even kill yourself!"

This time, Albert finally answered Lilith's question head-on: "In addition to 'cold-blooded', I already have other titles, such as 'sinister and cunning', 'evil' and the like, so please work hard as Sophia's friends...... Either survive with her or die with her, isn't that what a friend should be aware of?"

Then, Albert seemed to suddenly remember something: "Oh, by the way, don't try to escape, if you do something like that, my men will immediately treat you as if you were sick." ”

This was addressed to the doctor and the guards.

Immediately after, two knights in black armor appeared beside him without warning.

The elite of the Senate!

That awe-inspiring momentum shocked Lin Qiu, who was hiding in the shadows.

It seems that after losing Kroll as a guard, Albert received reinforcements from the Senate.

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