Chapter 18. Trust (5)
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In the end, Leticia returned to her room. Camilla, who had been watching quietly, left, saying she would keep watch from her rooftop. So, only me and Cassandra were left in the lab.
“John. Let’s do a checkup first. “Open your mouth.”
Cassandra gently wiped the inside of her mouth with her cotton swab. It looks like they are trying to collect cells and analyze them. She finished drawing blood and applied Cybele ointment to her injection marks.
Usually, when blood is drawn, people are told to refrain from showering and bathing for a day, but if you apply this ointment, the weight will build up quickly and the discomfort will be less.
After activating her analyzer, Cassandra took off her sanitary gloves and threw them into her trash can.
“Today’s checkup ends here. Let’s do a detailed examination later. “First of all, we have to resolve Leticia’s health issues.”
“Health problems? But you didn’t say that before.”
“Nutrition is good. My health is also relatively good. However, the inflammation in the blood is severe and liver levels are high. I didn’t say it, but I also have a lot of cholesterol. Chronic fatigue and binge drinking cause severe stress. And now the Cro viruses are fighting each other.”
It may not seem like a big deal if you look at it one by one, but when it is listed, it looks quite serious. Could it be that Cassandra wasn’t intentionally aiming for that effect?
Meanwhile, Cassandra took out her medicine from her drawer and handed it to me.
“Bring me this. The red pill is a general cold medicine and the white pill is a painkiller. “Eating this won’t expel the Cro virus from your body, but it will ease the burden on your body.”
“Thank you, Cassandra. And, did anything happen?”
“No big deal? None. “It’s trivial compared to what’s going to happen next.”
It means it was there or it wasn’t there. Cassandra’s attitude became quite cold. Because he doesn’t even make eye contact with her and is tidying up his surroundings.
“What does that mean? “What will happen in the future?”
“Well, that means it’s not like someone takes the wrong medicine and vomits blood or develops a stomach disease that wasn’t there before.
Even the slightest mistake, like severing her left arm when you hit her right arm, won’t happen. But how can you know a person’s future?”
It was even more brutal because I spoke logically and calmly. I looked at Cassandra with her mouth slightly open.
“Cassandra was detained in the special ward of the 8th National Military Police Medical Corps. She said she was a special ward, but in fact she was detained in a psychiatric ward. Meanwhile, Director Virginia was threatening Cassandra, and she was forced to give her testimony.
And the Virginia deputy who transcribed my testimony is lying upstairs with a cold. “A nice man named John brought me here.”
“Has Leticia been mean to you?”
“No. It didn’t happen. I wrote down Cassandra’s testimony for three hours without saying anything. But Cassandra feels ashamed to have that woman here. Because it reminds her of something she doesn’t want to remember. But our John even slept with that woman?”
Cassandra tilted her neck slightly to the side. The sound of her crunching bones was terrifying.
“As a doctor, I think it would be better for you, Johan, to take care of Leticia. If there is a support group, the occupation will be faster.
Thanks to Römer’s quick occupation of Erza and its rapid colonization, there were no major conflicts even though exploitation and plunder occurred quickly.”
“Oh, the analogy is a bit scary.”
“Anyway.”
“Hey, Cassandra. I’ve been thinking about you a lot. Really.”
Maybe I should have just passed on. Cassandra let out her heavy sigh.
“When you think the same thing: two women aren’t enough, so there needs to be one more?”
“… No, it’s not like that… ”
While hesitating, Cassandra finished organizing.
“Go see the patient. Leticia’s problem isn’t just that. Since he was an executive who went to the field a lot, he must have been to a lot of contaminated areas.
In that case, the virus in your body is not usually a poisonous one. You may not know Cassandra, but for you and Camilla, this means that an alien virus has invaded your body. So, when the power is weak, it is better to adapt in advance, like receiving a vaccine.”
“Oh, then I guess I can nurse along with Camilla.”
I don’t know if it will work or not, but I thought it was a good suggestion, but Cassandra pouts at him.
“There is no need to do that. Anyway, after sleeping with Leticia, Johan is going to sleep with Camilla again, right? Then, herd immunity will naturally be formed.”
I guess it won’t work. What needs to be released must be released immediately. I stood in front of Cassandra.
“… Why.”
“You’re right, Cassandra.”
“What?”
“Because two women weren’t enough, I added one more.”
Cassandra glares at me. Still, I continued speaking seriously.
“I needed more people I could trust. Minsk mercenaries crossed the border and came here right now, right? I thought that bringing in another decent person would be the way to protect you and Camilla. “That’s it.”
“It’s sophistry.”
Cassandra turned away from me again. She held one of her arms lightly as she moved closer. She didn’t show any signs of pushing away, so I brought her body closer.
To push her away, she openly crushed her chest with her chest, as if telling her to push away. Finally, Cassandra looked straight at me.
“Why did it have to be that woman?”
It just happened that way.
“… I know.”
I think there is a better word.
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“Letty. “Take your medicine.”
I knocked lightly on Leticia’s door.
“Come in.”
The room was dark. Still, I could see Leticia lying down in her new bed, covered with her blanket. The baby doll one-piece dress was neatly hung on a hanger, and there seemed to be shirts, pants, and underwear in the basket next to her desk.
“Here, approx. “You can use the bottled water found here.”
Leticia sat down, hugging her blanket and wrapping it around her body. Using one of her arms, she held the blanket in place to keep it from slipping off.
“… “Can you believe it?”
“It’s frustrating to sleep with clothes on.”
“You’re sick right now.”
“Give me some medicine.”
For a sick person, Leticia drank the water quite refreshingly. Thanks to this, the blanket fell down to her chest.
“Kek. This isn’t rat poison or anything, right? I still treated Dr. Cassandra quite politely. If… ?”
“I should have tried half of it.”
She placed the back of her hand on Leticia’s forehead. It’s pretty hot. It seems like the virus inside her body is fighting fiercely. She was about to bring cold water and a towel, but Leticia grabbed my wrist.
“Just come in here.”
I had no intention of going in. However, she was caught because Leticia spread her blanket like a net. I could feel her body through her clothes.
“Everyone hates me. If it’s good, it’s even weirder. “It’s not very good on my part either.”
Leticia grumbled, putting her hand inside her top. Her hands are hot as she touches her stomach and breasts.
“It’s cool.
“It’s cool? I?”
“Try to be quiet. “I’m trying to make you feel better.”
Leticia hugged me stronger. As if I were a bamboo lady on a summer day. But strangely, I fell asleep.
“John.”
“Huh?”
“Do you take off all your clothes when you sleep?”
“No.”
“Do you want to try?”
Let’s try it.
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Two days later.
What Cassandra said was half right. They say that because of Leticia, Camilla and I can catch a cold. Camilla didn’t get it and I have a blind nose, so it’s like half a hit.
It’s not because I took off her clothes and fell asleep in Leticia’s bed. It seems like the virus from her body actually infiltrated my body.
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So Cassandra ran the ‘comprehensive inspection’ again. The viruses collected from Leticia and mine were placed in the same dish and left to stand. Inside the dish, the two viruses competed fiercely, and in the end, the virus from my body won.
“Leticia’s condition will soon become stable. It seems like a big hurdle has been overcome. Then this time… “
Cassandra took out one of her new plates. I already know what that plate is. This is a Cro virus collected from a person who had just died and was still warm.
Cassandra put ‘my virus’ on her plate. And then a day passes.
“Look at this. It’s interesting.”
Cassandra held out the results sheet in front of me.
“Interesting? “What shame is this?”
“Once again, the virus in your body won, John. It’s quite interesting. Not only that, but even the virus that came from the body of a person who has already been completely zombified eventually takes over.”
“What do you mean? So, zombies can be re-infected?”
Cassandra nodded her head.
“Yes. I think it’s possible. Any living creature can be infected. “Zombies are also living creatures.”
But what’s the point in reinfecting someone who has already become a zombie with my virus?
“Remember what I said before? John, your body has a very unique body odor. If you look closely, zombies also have their own metabolic activities. So, what if zombies can also emit certain pheromones to each other… And “What would it be like if you could understand that signal?”
Mc become the cure?