36: [Encounter with the Chief Physician]
I heard the sound of a carriage stopping outside the guesthouse.
Ciel must have returned with the Chief Physician.
A moment later, there was a knock, followed by Ciel’s voice.
“Lady Adelheid, I have brought the Chief Physician.”
I glanced at my sister.
“Leticia, the doctor is here.”
“Okay…”
My sister reached out her hand.
I naturally took it and helped her sit up… but I wondered if this was behavior befitting a villainous sister.
…I would forget about that for now.
She was unwell. This wasn’t the time for games.
Besides, I wasn’t involved in this part of the story.
Would a ‘villainous sister’ really stay to watch her sister’s examination?
“Leticia, I’ll be leaving—”
“No…”
My sister’s hand grasped my sleeve, as if pleading with me not to go.
It would have been easy to shake off her weak grip, yet I couldn’t.
“Stay…”
“W-why?”
Why would she want someone like me to stay?
She must be feeling vulnerable because of her cold.
But even so… I shouldn’t be the one she wanted by her side.
“I’ve… never seen a doctor before…”
That gave me pause.
…Medical care wouldn’t reach the “back alley.”
While there might be something resembling a town doctor, they were probably closer to quacks.
Being sick made one feel vulnerable.
And being examined by an unknown person would amplify that feeling.
My sister gazed at me.
Her face was flushed with fever, her eyes looking up at me.
“…Is that… not allowed…?”
How could I say no?
…No, wait, I should refuse, I thought, coming to my senses.
I was afraid of disrupting the scenario.
“…Lady Adelheid?”
Ciel’s puzzled voice came from outside the door.
I hesitated—and then made up my mind.
“You must promise to cooperate with the examination. If you can promise me that, I will stay.”
“…Okay. I promise.”
My sister nodded.
Her words were both childish and resolute.
“—Enter.”
The door opened, and a young man entered with Ciel.
“[It’s a pleasure to meet you, Leticia.]”
He wore the white coat with black trim of the Royal Medical Corps of the Kingdom of Eustasia.
The small brass badge, a stylized holly and laurel leaf design, also identified him as a member of the Royal Medical Corps.
The round cap he wore also had a patch with the same crest.
While the round cap, with its white and black trim matching his coat, added to his height, without it, he was about the same height as me, perhaps a bit shorter.
However, standing next to my sister, it might be a suitable height difference.
Short black hair, kind black eyes behind round glasses.
He greeted her with a gentle smile.
“[My name is Louis. I’m the Chief Physician of the Eustasia Royal Medical Corps.]”
He looked like an ordinary young man, but at the young age of twenty, he was not only allowed to wear the coat of Eustasia’s prestigious Royal Medical Corps—but, as indicated by the brown raptor feather attached to his cap—he had also been chosen as Chief Physician, a brilliant talent.
Since the Royal Medical Corps operated on a council system, the position of Chief Physician didn’t hold much authority in peacetime; it was closer to an honorary title.
However, he possessed both medical skills recognized by all and a sincere heart.
His name, and his slightly different skin tone from what was common in the city… Like Knight Commander Felix, he wasn’t a pure Eustasian; there were rumors of Eastern blood, or conversely, Western blood.
No one knew the truth—probably not even himself.
He was from the ‘nomadic people.’
People who traveled across borders, gathering and passing down medical knowledge, their mission to save as many lives as possible.
They welcomed promising individuals, offered protection to those in need, and sometimes settled down as local physicians.
Divided into groups of a few dozen, they traveled through various countries. ――Currently, all the countries on the continent had a treaty granting them the privilege of crossing borders freely without paying tolls.
The rural villages of each country relied on the medical care provided by the nomadic people.
They had a deep connection to this land, as the founding king of Eustasia had once offered them protection when they were persecuted as undesirables in other countries, laying the foundation for the later treaty.
It wasn’t hard to imagine that the nomadic people had played a part in this country’s rise to power.
――If fewer people died from trivial injuries and minor illnesses…
That directly translated to national strength and prosperity.
It was said that the nomadic people were also involved in the foundations of Vanderwaals’ herbal medicine, but it was an area of ongoing research, and the details were lost to history.
Chief Physician Louis had settled in this country when he was about ten years old.
Despite being underestimated as a suspicious boy, he had earned recognition through his sincerity and, above all, his skill, rising to the position of Chief Physician in ten years through extraordinary effort.
…He was clearly not someone you would call for a simple cold.
“…Lady Adelheid, may I begin the examination?”
“Yes.”
He held immense authority in medical matters, and, even more so than the Knights, he was absolutely inviolable.
The Medical Corps was an independent organization directly under the nation, immune to any outside interference.
That being said, realistically, he couldn’t ignore the authority of the nobles, so his demeanor towards me, the head of a ducal family, was polite.
Medicine was also politics… everything was a tool of politics.
He sat down on the round chair I had been using and looked directly at my sister.
“[Hello again, Leticia. I’m Louis. Please relax.]”
With the [Official Line], the examination began.
Eustasia Royal Medical Corps, Chief Physician
Louis
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A physician of the Eustasia Royal Medical Corps. One of the capture targets in [Moonlight Liberium].
Coming from the “nomadic people,” he possesses insight and skills beyond his young age of 20 (at the time of his appearance).
He has a gentle and honest personality. While he values the Vanderwaals’ medicine and respects their experimental results, as the head of the Medical Corps, which prioritizes the weakest, he sometimes clashes with Adelheid. He likes to see his loved ones smile.
However, since this is a Yuri game, he’s just a normal capture target.
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