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Chapter 241: A Celebrity in the Imperial Palace
CHAPTER 241: A CELEBRITY IN THE IMPERIAL PALACE
Shaaaaaak-.
A cold air burst forth from Ethan.
He began to absorb the frigid air emitted by the extreme cold.
This sight was bewildering to the observing healers.
Especially Rendering, who couldn’t help but leap forward in surprise, beyond just being flustered.
Those who had treated Princess Evangeline even once knew very well the characteristics of extreme cold atrophy syndrome.
Cold air emission.
The extreme cold settled near the princess’s heart would emit cold air all the way out of the body if disturbed carelessly.
If exposed to that cold air, fingers would freeze instantly, putting the healer at risk of injury.
Both the cold air emission and its crawling up the hands happen in an instant. If there’s even a moment of carelessness during treatment, the extreme cold invades the body at a terrifying speed.
This cold air could penetrate into the body and destroy internal organs, so if not dealt with quickly, even the healer could lose their life in an instant.
And now, that extreme cold was freezing Ethan’s fingertips.
Ethan was in a situation where he was taking various risks to treat Evangeline.
Focusing all his nerves on the treatment, he wouldn’t have the capacity to deal with the extreme cold right away.
Thinking he needed to intervene, Rendering quickly sprang forward to try to help Ethan.
“Rendering!”
However, Vanderas’s shout stopped him in his tracks.
“D-Director?”
“Stay still and watch. This is Mr. Ethan Whiskers’ treatment. We might ruin things if we interfere needlessly. We don’t know Mr. Ethan’s treatment methods.”
At Vanderas’s words, Rendering had no choice but to stop moving. If he were to interfere and hinder Ethan’s treatment, it could lead to an uncontrollable situation.
But Rendering couldn’t hide his anxiety. He, too, had greatly suffered from the extreme cold before, so he couldn’t take his eyes off the immediate danger Ethan was in.
“…Yes.”
Rendering took a step back. The other healers felt the same as Rendering. But since the director, Vanderas, had dismissed any intervention, they could only watch.
Shaaaaaak-.
Cold air continued to spread from Ethan’s body.
It wasn’t just spreading through his body. Centered where Ethan stood, the cold air spread out with cracking sounds.
The cold air was not only penetrating his body but also bursting out. Left like this, Ethan would surely die.
Nevertheless, they had to wait. The director’s orders were that absolute in the treatment center.
But contrary to everyone’s worry, Ethan himself was quite fine.
He was even smiling inwardly.
The cold air that burst out as soon as he touched the extreme cold was continuously being absorbed throughout his body.
‘The situation has actually improved.’
-The power of Moonforce is strengthening!
The more extreme cold he absorbed, the stronger Moonforce became.
The strengthening of Moonforce’s power meant that Ethan’s swordsmanship was becoming stronger.
‘What’s poison to others is medicine to me.’
Ethan intended to absorb this extreme cold with minimal loss.
‘To fully raise the power of Moonforce.’
Ethan used even the power of Moonforce to accept the extreme cold throughout his body.
The more extreme cold he absorbed, the more dangerously Ethan’s appearance changed. His skin turned blue as if completely dominated by the extreme cold.
It looked like he might shatter into pieces if he collapsed.
-The power of Moonforce is strengthening!
-The power of Moonforce is strengthening!
Contrary to his perilous outward appearance, Ethan grew rapidly while swallowing the extreme cold.
Then the extreme cold writhed once.
It had clearly emitted enough cold air to freeze anything that stimulated it from the outside.
But as Ethan kept absorbing that cold air, the situation became peculiar.
‘Too bad. I wish I could absorb more.’
But it seemed the extreme cold no longer had the energy to emit more cold air.
Having absorbed as much energy as possible from the extreme cold, it was time to move on to the next step. Ethan moved his frozen body.
Clang-!
Only then did the cold air dominating Ethan’s body disappear.
At the same time, Ethan began to emit a powerful aura.
‘Solar energy, even more fiercely!’
Normally, the extreme cold would have frozen even the solar energy. But Ethan had absorbed all that energy.
The solar energy began to overcome the extreme cold atrophy syndrome.
‘Now!’
Ethan reached out his hand. He grabbed the lump of extreme cold near the heart and forcefully tore it out.
Crunch-!
-The proficiency of Hua Tuo’s Abdominal Surgery greatly increases!
And simultaneously, the solar energy completely erased the remaining cold. Ethan began to remove the needles with his other hand.
Then the cold remaining in Evangeline’s body started to escape.
Ethan closed the door of Hua Tuo’s Abdominal Surgery that he had left open, confirming that all the cold had escaped.
Wriggle wriggle.
The extreme cold, the root of extreme cold atrophy syndrome held in Ethan’s hand, moved violently. Ethan gripped it tightly and absorbed all the remaining energy.
‘I’ve taken a good elixir.’
Ethan smiled inwardly.
Now it was the final stage.
Princess Evangeline, lying on the treatment bed, slowly caught her breath.
She had almost fainted from pain several times since the treatment began. But now that the root of extreme cold atrophy syndrome was gone, she was feeling a comfort she had never experienced before.
Blink blink.
Not quite understanding the situation, Evangeline wore a puzzled expression.
She had always felt fatigue as if carrying something heavy on her shoulders.
Moreover, her body was cold, so she always had abdominal pain.
But now she felt neither abdominal pain nor fatigue.
She could tell even while lying down.
“Is, is it over?”
She instinctively realized.
Ethan’s treatment method was completely different from any treatment she had experienced before.
“No, only the finishing touches remain.”
The mana road severely contracted due to the long-suffering extreme cold atrophy syndrome, and the recovery of internal organs damaged by the cold remained to be done.
Ethan handed over the third decoction.
Evangeline slowly raised her body and swallowed Ethan’s decoction in one gulp.
Shaaaaaak-.
The decoction that entered her body slowly restored Evangeline. It was a comfort she had never felt before.
Evangeline unknowingly lay down and fell asleep.
-You have cured an incurable extreme disease!
-You have achieved a great feat!
-You have acquired likes for achieving the [Incurable Disease Healer] achievement.
-You have gained ’20’ likes!
-Your fame rises greatly!
‘Wow.’
It was such a large reward that even Ethan was surprised.
It was the most likes he had received for a single reward among all the achievement rewards so far.
‘With 20 likes, you can immediately subscribe to most gods.’
The most likes he had received before was 15 when he contracted with the spirit king.
And before that, he had once gained 10 at once for hunting an apostle.
‘This extreme cold atrophy syndrome was certainly a terrifying disease.’
Even the top healers gathered at this Royal Gwyn couldn’t cure it.
‘I got likes and strengthened Moonforce’s power.’
Curing Princess Evangeline’s disease brought Ethan more benefits than he had expected.
‘My fame has risen enormously. At this rate, I can move more boldly in the imperial palace?’
For now, Ethan was just a provincial nobleman. So he was prepared to endure the disregard of high-ranking officials and nobles in the imperial palace.
But with this great increase in fame, no one in the imperial palace would be able to treat Ethan carelessly.
“Whew.”
He couldn’t hide his smile after seeing his greatly increased fame.
The sleeping Princess Evangeline.
And Ethan who had finished the treatment.
The healers were dumbfounded, doubting if the scene before their eyes was real.
Had he really completely cured Evangeline’s disease?
Was the treatment completely finished with this?
“Mr. Ethan.”
Vanderas approached Ethan.
“What happened?”
“The treatment went well. I have completely cured the extreme cold atrophy syndrome that was eating away at Princess Evangeline.”
Ethan said.
“It’s a complete cure.”
It was an unbelievable result.
But it was a result clear enough to acknowledge since they had seen it with their own eyes.
“Wow!”
Cheers and admiration erupted from among the healers.
Amidst this, Vanderas and Rendering approached Ethan.
“Thank you for your dedication and sacrifice.”
“…Sob
,to think you would sacrifice yourself for the empire and the imperial family. We at Royal Gwyn intend to appoint you, Mr. Ethan, a true healer, as an honorary Royal Gwyn healer. We have already discussed this with the director.”
“…Pardon?”
Grateful for the sacrifice?
When Ethan asked with a puzzled expression, Vanderas bowed his head with an impressed look.
“You took on that cold that the princess was bearing, didn’t you? It must have been life-threatening, but to accomplish that… I once lived dreaming of such an ideal.”
Vanderas exclaimed with shining eyes.
“This is truly the virtue of a god!”
Rendering, standing beside him, was almost sobbing.
“I will become like you, Mr. Ethan. From now on, you are my role model!”
‘They seem to be misunderstanding something.’
Ethan was inwardly embarrassed.
He never intended to risk his life in the first place.
He absorbed the extreme cold simply because he could absorb it.
‘Well, is there any need to correct them right away?’
Ethan extended his hand to the two healers with an expression saying he was fine.
“It’s enough that you acknowledge it.”
At those words, the director and deputy director of Royal Gwyn couldn’t help but shed tears.
***
The story of Ethan spread through the imperial palace in an instant.
Princess Evangeline, who had an incurable disease, was completely cured, and the one who treated that disease was Ethan Whiskers, a guest of Regia.
As this story spread, a commotion arose in the imperial palace, and Ethan, the protagonist, instantly became a celebrity in the imperial palace.
And meanwhile.
“You all have excellent potential.”
“Thank you!”
“Thank you-!”
Yerica and Schudlen had already been through several rounds of training under Regia in the meantime.
Because Regia was determined to teach them, the two were able to learn various things despite the short time.
And they realized why Ethan had entrusted them to Regia.
“Teacher Ethan Whiskers… truly amazing. To think he had such abilities.”
Regia had also heard the story of Ethan, who had become a celebrity in just one day after arriving at the imperial palace.
To think he could completely cure Princess Evangeline’s vicious disease.
Regia clicked his tongue. He was all the more surprised because he knew well what was inside Ethan’s body.
“Rather, this makes it even more incomprehensible. To be honest, if I were Teacher Ethan, I would have chosen better guards. Your potential is excellent, but the truth is you’re lacking to follow Teacher Ethan Whiskers’s path.”
“…”
“…”
That was true. Through Regia’s education, they came to realize how vast the continent was. And they also realized how lacking their skills were.
Especially since the two had recently broken through their limits and reached a much higher level than before, they were even more shocked.
The place where they had been standing was just the starting line.
“Master Regia.”
Yerica raised her hand and asked.
“If we receive education from you, Master Regia, can we grow enough not to hold Lord Ethan back?”
“It’s possible. But ordinary effort won’t be enough. You might still hold Teacher Ethan back even after receiving my education.”
The expressions of the two guards darkened.
“But don’t worry. If Teacher Ethan was thinking of recruiting new guards, why would he have entrusted you to me?”
Regia laughed heartily.
“It seems Teacher Ethan wants to walk with you two. I don’t know how far that goal extends, though.”
***
Ethan, exhausted after finishing the treatment, first returned to his lodgings to sleep.
Not long after he fell asleep, someone knocked on Ethan’s door.
“Mr. Ethan Whiskers! Are you in there! His Majesty the Emperor is looking for you!”
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