I cured Nancy-san, who was bedridden and coughing, with [Heal] and [Detoxification].
She’s sleeping peacefully now.
Nell and the neighbors are tending to her.
I use [Heal] to share MP with Yotsuba, who’s out of MP, and wake her up.
Then, Yotsuba and I sneak into Mac-kun’s room while she’s away.
“Thank you, Neko-san, for curing Nancy-san’s tuberculosis.”
I took out the typewriter and typed [Mhm].
“You brought me here to discuss plans for the global tuberculosis pandemic, correct?”
Huh, you know about the pandemic?
Then we can get straight to the point.
[According to my investigation, there are over 1000 patients in this town.
Even if I tried to [Heal] them all, I wouldn’t have enough MP.]
“It’s already spread quite far?
If we treat it daily, the infection will spread and become uncontrollable, right?”
[What should we do?] I type.
“In this world, not a single person has been vaccinated, so it’ll spread in no time.”
[You’re right.]
I can see a future filled with mass casualties, people driven to chaos and riots.
If we don’t act soon, it’ll be too late.
“Can we make antibiotics in large quantities?”
[Currently, we rely on forest fungi to produce penicillin, but it’s ineffective.
I’ll likely have to use alchemy to create a new one.
Alchemy doesn’t consume MP.]
However, there are few doctors, and only a handful obtain and use medicine from the Clover General Store.
This means medicine isn’t being distributed widely.
What should we do…?
“What about gathering tuberculosis patients and distributing medicine on the spot?”
Yotsuba probably doesn’t know this, but the treatment for tuberculosis, even today, takes about half a year using medicine.
And sometimes hospitalization is necessary.
It’s impossible to handle it with just medicine alone… Wait a minute?
I can do this with my title [Lord of the Forest] and alchemy!
[First, let’s start by isolating the patients.
I’ll ask the King to arrange soldiers to assist.] I type.
“We also need to prepare isolation quarters for the patients and food supplies for them.”
The isolation facility will be created in the forest using alchemy.
If I push myself… it should be manageable.
But there’s a mountain of work to be done.
Things are about to get busy.
First, I’ll have the elf architect draw blueprints for the isolation facility.
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Franbel IV POV
“Your Majesty! Over 300 people have collapsed from this mysterious disease spreading like wildfire!
More than twice that number is suspected of being infected!
It could spread even further!”
“Damn it! Isolate the infected!”
“Where?! There are no isolation facilities in the capital!”
Thud!
A black crack appeared, and a fat brown tabby cat materialized.
“Nyaa.”
“Gra… Grand Mage?!
Where on earth did you come from?
Sorry, but I have no time to deal with you—wh-what’s that paper?!”
The paper Demon King Tomita submitted contained information about the temporary isolation facility built at the forest’s entrance.
It also requested soldiers to gather the infected at the isolation facility.
Furthermore, it stated a demand for food supplies for the infected from the government.
Surprisingly, it even claimed the infected could be cured immediately.