The Blind Saint Who Can See - Chapter 52
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#52. Lake of the Dead (6)
Fortunately or unfortunately, the fracture was in the right leg, where a nerve had previously been severed.
The severe abrasions here and there were taken care of with the first aid kit that Izumi and Cedric habitually carried around.
“I don’t know if herbs will help.”
“Thank you, Isabella.”
The remaining injuries were treated with special herbal compresses made by Isabella, who was surprised to learn of the incident and ran over.
Thanks to this, Justinas woke up the next morning feeling refreshed. Thanks to the analgesia skill, all the numbness went away.
“Hey, how are you feeling?”
“It’s very good. Is this Izumi’s work?”
“Ahaha, I forced the other two out because they wanted to take care of me all night. It’s not good to have three doctors.”
Izumi scratched the back of her head.
Although I thought I had become numb after many years of caring for patients, I was embarrassed when I actually saw the injured Justinas.
The moment of panic came, it was really dizzying. … So much so that I wanted to leave this town as soon as possible.
“Can you move?”
“Yes. I’m not sick anyway.”
“Even if it doesn’t hurt, it’s still a fracture. For the time being, you shouldn’t take the cast off, not even when you wash.”
“Yes, teacher.”
Izumi’s fingertips trembled at the sound of the word ‘teacher’ that she hadn’t heard in a long time.
“Izumi-sama?”
“Oh, yes. Teacher… … That’s right.”
Memories of running around the ward as a doctor flashed before my eyes.
“Patient’s vital signs are weakening!”
“*Code Blue! Code Blue!”
“… *Table death. Everyone, please clean up and leave the operating room.”
*Code Blue: A patient requiring cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) has occurred.
*Table death: Patient dies during surgery
I wanted to be a warrior, but
There were so many moments that couldn’t have happened.
“But, Izumi-sama.”
“yes?”
“Have you ever thought of going to the lake again?”
“…yes?”
Izumi’s eyes, which had been lost in thought, widened.
Last night, he completely lost his mind.
Even though she knew that it wasn’t the real Anna, she jumped into the lake. In an attempt to stop herself, Justinas suffered quite a few serious injuries.
Common sense tells me that it’s a place I never want to visit again. But instead of answering that question, Izumi asked why.
“…Why do you want to go?”
“There’s something I really need to check.”
“Okay, then, I understand.”
Whenever Justinus spoke in this way, there was always a good reason.
I believe it will be the same this time too.
“The other two will be packing our bags. We’ll probably go out the window on the first floor so no one knows, and we’ll sneak out on our own.”
“…yes!”
***
“I… Youth. Did you really have to come all the way out on a boat?”
“I’m sorry. If rowing is difficult, I’ll help you out.”
“Oh, no! It’s not that hard!”
Rowing is hard work for a patient who already needs to be stable. Izumi waved her hands in surprise.
“I think this will suffice.”
“yes.”
The boat stopped.
On a boat floating in the middle of the lake, Justinas stood still for a long time, his hand in the water.
‘What’s inside?’
Izumi, who was curious, also looked around, but all she could see was water.
The rest is just seaweed and rocks shaking on the floor?
“There’s a lot of seaweed here. It’s hard to see because the water is deep and dark.”
He muttered.
“Wakame… … grows in the sea. What kind of seaweed grows underwater? I don’t remember.”
“Is it really seaweed?”
Izumi’s head turned.
“What does that mean?”
“… I checked everything. Let’s go back now. Everyone will be waiting.”
He obediently followed her words.
And yet I was curious.
Glassy blue irises.
Even though he clearly knew that he was blind, Justinas’ eyes often seemed to sparkle with wisdom.
‘It must be my imagination.’
***
“I owe you a lot.”
“No. I’m glad all four of you returned safely.”
“…That’s a scary sound.”
Liliana muttered faintly at Isabella’s laughter.
“If you follow the map I gave you, you will be able to find the exit without being caught in the forest’s magic. Everyone, be careful on your way there!”
Despite the negative reaction, Isabella just smiled.
“That lake, when I see it during the day, is so sparkling and blue. It’s incomparable to the pitch-black night.”
“okay?”
“Yeah. I wish there was a lake like that in Kieto.”
“Then you must have caught a fish too.”
“yes.”
It was Cedric who held Justinas in his arms after breakfast.
Izumi wiggled her fingers little by little as she looked at the two people who seemed familiar and lost in memories.
Since when?
There seemed to be an impenetrable link between Cedric and Justinas.
‘It might have been like that from the beginning.’
But I want to get closer.
‘… … with who?’
This is my first time feeling wet.
Izumi scratched her cheek, feeling confused herself. But that feeling didn’t last long.
“Can you and Izumi stay inside the carriage for a moment?”
“what?”
“yes?”
It was because of Justinas’ sudden suggestion.
“I have something to say about yesterday. Can you understand?”
“still.”
“Can’t we just stay together later?”
“…okay.”
Cedric complained for a moment, but soon got on the coachman’s seat obediently.
The same was true for Liliana.
To begin with, the carriage was so small that if the patient, Justinas, were to lie down, only one more person could ride. It seemed like there was no other choice.
“Take good care of her, Izumi Polly.”
“Oh! Just leave it to me!”
Izumi saluted Liliana’s order and soon entered the carriage with Justinas.
“Let’s go now. Irya!”
The carriage slowly moves along with the sound of Liliana guiding the horse.
The inside of the carriage was quiet. Only the rattling of the wheels on the dirt floor and the faint sound of the wind filled the room.
In that peaceful silence, Izumi couldn’t help but ask.
“What do you have to say to me?”
“Actually, this is all just my guess.”
It was a bit of a pipe dream.
“The truth about the lake and Isabella that happened yesterday. Aren’t you curious?”
The next topic definitely got my interest going.
Izumi unconsciously leaned forward and opened her mouth.
“Have you found out anything?”
“I think maybe… … .”
***
10 years ago.
A terrible disease broke out in the village.
A terrible contagious disease that is hard to get rid of once it breaks out and can cause death within a few hours.
“Please save me!”
“We don’t have enough doctors!”
“My child is sick!”
The people of Lacus Village, isolated from the outside world, could not easily go to receive treatment.
Those who were sick wanted to live, while those who were not sick were terrified of when they would get sick.
“Teacher, I feel so sick.”
“Teacher! Danny suddenly collapsed!”
“Eww! Teacher!”
The Lacus Orphanage run by Isabella was also unable to avoid tragedy.
Children with weak immune systems were more susceptible to illness and death than adults. The sanitary conditions of an orphanage where many children lived were also not good, so the Lacus Orphanage was soon filled with sick children.
That was the problem.
“This is a contagious disease! It will end only when all the infected people are killed!”
“We should start by killing the kids in that orphanage! Who cares if some of the orphans die?”
A disaster has occurred.
“Oh, no! Are you all crazy?!”
“Let go, Isabella. Do you want to get sick and die too?”
“Teacher! Thomas!”
“no!”
Sane people killed children. It wasn’t a normal way.
“Throw them all into the lake!”
“Please save me!”
“Ahhhh!”
They threw the children with the Black Death, who could not move, into the lake.
With the rebellious Isabella tied up.
“Eww! Eww!”
“Just wait a minute, Isabella. After those guys are done, we’ll have to dump the rest of the patients in the lake. You help then.”
Isabella struggled, even shedding tears of blood.
“… Ah! Isabella!”
“The rope is loose!”
Then he jumped into the lake with the children in his mouth.
‘We have to save the children!’
With that one thought in mind.
But with his hands tied and his mouth gagged, he has no choice but to drown in the lake, let alone save the child.
She drowned along with her beloved children and the sick people of the village.
And a little later.
All the townspeople were dead.
It had to be that way.
Even if the Black Death’s incubation period is short, once the disease has spread through the village, the germs remain even if the patients are killed.
But isn’t it strange?
Isabella survived.
How could that be possible?