The Reincarnated Young Girl Is Adored by the Spirits She Helped in Her Previous Life
I gently hold the patient’s soiled hand, which seems to want to say something.
“You don’t have to force yourself to speak.”
“Ah… Ah…”
It seems the patient can’t speak, possibly because their vocal cords are injured.
With tears in their eyes, they tightly grip my sleeve with their soiled hand.
“Let go of the young lady’s hand!”
Thomas’s eyes have changed color. His job as a servant is to keep me safe from danger.
“Thomas, I’m sorry, but it’s okay. Daru, Yagi, Carol, Koruko, hold them down.”
“Bau bau,” “Mee~,” “Kyu kyu,” “Ko~.”
“Let go!”
I apologize to Thomas and begin the examination.
“It’s okay, you don’t have to speak.”
I softly speak while watching the patient’s condition. It’s hard to tell because they’re covered in filth, but I estimate they are around fifty to sixty years old.
Though muscular for their age, they are extremely weak.
“Sui-chan, can you clean this up? It’s hard to see.”
I wondered if, like I did with Daru earlier, we could use magic to clean the filth.
“I can, but it’s dangerous if the patient lacks strength.”
“Ah, right.”
Taking a bath requires a lot of energy. It might be risky to put a severely weakened patient in the bath.
“For now, let’s take off their clothes… Huh? Where’s the button?”
The patient’s clothes are soiled, and I can’t find the buttons.
“…I’ll help. Loa-chan, hold Mia.”
Mia is the name of the doll that Sara always carries with her.
“Ryamu!”
Loa takes Mia from Sara with a serious look on her face.
“Sara-chan, step back.”
“I won’t. You can’t step back either, right, Luria-chan?”
Saying this, Sara uses a handkerchief to wipe the filth from the patient’s face. I don’t have a handkerchief, but Sara always carries one.
“Clothes like this usually have buttons around here… right?”
Sara efficiently unbuttons the soiled clothes, shifts the undergarments, and exposes the patient’s abdomen. There were numerous lumps on the abdomen, swollen and festering. The skin was covered in filth as well.
It seems they must have fallen into a cesspit.
“Ah… Ah… Ahh.”
The patient sheds tears.
To fall into a cesspit while suffering from painful boils all over their body… How tragic.
“It’s okay. Falling into a cesspit is a sad thing, isn’t it?”
“Luria-chan, have you ever fallen into a cesspit?”
“…Well, I can kind of understand the feeling.”
It’s from a past life, and since Thomas is listening, I couldn’t say I’ve fallen into one.
I was pushed into one by my cousin, a princess who used to bully me.
It really smelled awful. The wounds stung terribly, and the bacteria caused swelling. Had I not been able to use healing magic, I might have died from falling into the cesspit.
“But it’s okay. It’ll be healed soon.”
“Alright, alright. Sui-chan, please clean their clothes.”
“Leave it to me.”
Sara stripped the man down to just his undergarments and handed the clothes to Sui. Sui skillfully uses water orbs to clean the clothes. Meanwhile, Sara wipes the filth off the patient while Sui cleans the handkerchief.
“I’ll help.”
I also use my sleeve to wipe off the filth. If it gets dirty, Sui will quickly clean it.
Once Sara and I have cleaned most of the filth from the patient’s skin, Sui says:
“If it’s just the undergarments, I think it’s safe to clean them while they’re still on.”
Sui cleans the soiled undergarments, and once the filth is removed, it becomes clear that the patient’s condition is quite serious.
The boils covering their entire body are countless.
The larger ones are the size of my fist, and the smaller ones are no bigger than the tip of my pinky. All of them are festering, oozing blood.
Given their state and the filth, this is a critical situation.
The infected boils could allow the impurities in the body to enter the bloodstream.
If tainted blood circulates through a body that was once clean, it could lead to death.
“Ah… Ah… Ahhh.”
“Are you cold? I’m sorry. It’s almost done. Sara-chan, help put the clothes back on.”
“Yeah, I got it.”
Once we cleaned the clothes, I noticed they were actually quite high quality. After helping put some clothes on, I turn to Thomas.
“Thomas, forget you saw this, okay?”
“What are you talking about, young lady…”
I don’t respond, but begin the magical examination.
Using magic in front of others isn’t ideal.
But if I don’t treat the patient here, they will likely die in less than an hour. There’s no time to waste.
“Hm?”
I’ve never seen this kind of condition before.
There are boils even in the throat, making breathing difficult.
The reason they can’t speak is due to this.
Additionally, there are parasites in their stomach, eating through the stomach wall. But the boils aren’t caused by the parasites.
“…What’s the cause?”
It’s only after examining deeply that I realize—there’s an aura of a curse.
“What does that mean?”
Up until now, I would have noticed a curse immediately, but I couldn’t detect it until I examined the patient carefully.
I look into Kuro’s eyes.
“What’s wrong?”
“…They’re cursed.”
I mutter these words so quietly that Thomas can’t hear.
Only Sara and the patient heard me.
Although, I’m sure the patient isn’t aware of this, given how much they’re suffering.
“That can’t be… Ah! It’s true!”
Even Kuro hadn’t noticed the curse. And it’s a particularly potent one.
