"just me?"
Hearing that the Black Death broke out in Constantiniya, Ella's heart was filled with fear. After hearing what Paracelsus said, she had more doubts on top of her fear: "I'm not a doctor... The Black Death... Paracelsus can't do it either?"
Drague shook his head: "Unfortunately, although he has slowed the spread of the plague, Paracelsus is at a loss as to how to cure the disease. Judging from the current situation, the probability of death of the sick person is 80%. Above, less than 20% of people can survive the Black Death. Basileus currently prohibits Paracelsus from using alchemical potions. Even if it is allowed, Paracelsus cannot immediately create effective medicines. .According to what he said, the chance of successfully developing an effective drug is only 10%."
Ella patted her chest to calm herself down: "Then...then what can I do?"
"Paracelsus believes that instead of aimlessly searching for new drugs, it is better to test the effectiveness of existing drugs first. Didn't you cure a patient with a severely infected wound when you were in the island republic? Paracelsus Seuss hopes that you can prepare another copy of this medicine and give it to him for testing."
"You mean sulfonamide? Is it really effective against the Black Death?"
"This is already the most powerful alchemical potion Paracelsus knows so far. He hopes to test the efficacy of this medicine on patients with the Black Death."
Ella walked back and forth on the deck several times with her hands behind her back.
"I have a portion of sulfa left, which I received in Insteria. Now the navies of both the Seven Hills Empire and the Island Republic have no use in stopping my ability. I can take a boat to get it at any time. However, this medicine is Isolated from a dye another girl made alchemically. Even if the sulfa works, without the recipe for that dye I can't make more."
Up to this point, Draguet had been using the tone of sending a message to Paracelsus. But after listening to Ella's words, she finally seemed a little anxious: "What should we do? There are patients everywhere in Constantiniya now. If the death rate is 80%, the number of people who will eventually die in Constantiniya is probably It will be more than 100,000!”
Ella closed her eyes and let herself enter the Wang Family Library in her mind. On a seat facing the door where Ella usually sits, there are several books that have not been classified in the library. She pulled out the notebook of the girl who called herself Paracelsus - this is A book that does not actually exist in the Royal Library, but Ella turns the pages page by page as if reading a real book.
"Paracelsus should be able to recreate that dye. Later I will excerpt all the information related to the dye and append my steps for preparing sulfonamide. I hope this information can give him some help. .but--"
Ella opened her eyes and asked solemnly:
“What was Paracelsus going to do if sulfonamides were ineffective against the Black Death?”
Drague lowered his head sadly.
"I witnessed with my own eyes the tragic situation in Constantiniya. If no medicine can be found to cure this disease, maybe the entire civilized world will fall into darkness...The battle between countries will become meaningless, because There may not be a country left.”
Perhaps thinking of the scene in Constantinieri, or perhaps thinking of his sister who died due to the fight between Tianfang and Qiqiu, there was a trace of tears in the corner of Drague's eyes.
"If that sulfonamide doesn't work, King of Sweden, I also hope that you can continue to look for medicine to cure the disease. Paracelsus said that the only way to deal with this disease is to find the answer in alchemy. And the ability to find the answer The only one who loves me is you."
"I……?"
"You, and he. But he runs among the patients all day long, and he might fall down from the Black Death at some point. By then, you will be the only one left."
"So in the eyes of others, am I already such a powerful alchemist?"
Ella let out a long sigh. She felt that she still knew nothing about alchemy. But she never thought that even Paracelsus thought she was capable of becoming a pioneer of this knowledge.
"Take care of Paracelsus for me and ask him to pay attention to his health. I am still ignorant and do not have the ability to shoulder such a heavy task on myself."
"But……!"
Ella waved her hand, signaling Drague not to be impatient and to listen to what she had to say:
"However, please reassure him that since I have glimpsed the vastness of the new world of alchemy, I will never let this discipline be cut off like this. I swear on the name of the King of Sweden - I will definitely let the discipline of alchemy be cut off." , developed to have the power to defeat the Black Death!"
"I don't know why, but after hearing what you said, I suddenly felt that we would definitely win." Drague wiped his eyes, "Maybe this is the trust in our comrades."
"Speaking of the Black Death...it's not good...it's bad!"
Ella remembered something, slapped her head violently, and then suddenly turned around and rushed towards the cabin. Drague followed her in confusion, but saw Ella rushing all the way to the cabin where Yinpolita was placed.
"King of Sweden, what happened? Why are you so anxious?" Drague chased after him and asked.
"In the city of Azov, I picked up a slave who escaped from the navy of the island republic. She collapsed on the beach. I saw that her skin was faintly purple and had many black spots, so I took her to the ship to recover. Got it!"
"Purple black spots? That's really bad. These are the symptoms of the Black Death!" Draguet was also anxious. "If she is not isolated, the Black Death will spread through fleas, rats, and some others. It spread through random ways that I don’t understand! Not only her, but everyone who has been in close contact with her also needs to be locked up in a separate room!"
At this moment, Amy ran towards Ella in a panic from the other side of the boat: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty! No, it's not good!"
Ella made a quick decision, opened a hatch and dodged in, and quickly closed the hatch before Amy came in.
"Your Majesty...? Drague, are you here too? No - what are you doing hiding in there???"
"Isolation! Amy, you should quickly find a place to isolate yourself for a few days, otherwise the Black Death will spread!" Ella shouted to the door, "Let all those pirates go to the sea to take a bath. Wash off all the fleas on your body and clothes! Also, catch all the rats on the boat and throw them into the sea!!! Don’t leave any of them!!!”
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"What's quarantine, what's rats, Your Majesty, what are you talking about!" Amy stamped her feet anxiously outside the door, "I want to say that woman... is the maid we picked up on the beach. Suddenly she came out of the room. She disappeared! I searched the whole ship and couldn’t find her!”
