Chapter 204 - Recovering (5)

I blinked several times before feeling the warm blankets neatly tucked in. I was on the bed again as I leaned against the soft mattress. I pulled myself up to sit down and lean against the headboard. I turned my head as I realized there were absolutely no picture frames with their sharp edges nor the ceremonial daggers and shield. There were only shelves full of the same colourful crystal bottles. It must have been Alex who got rid of them.

I had no way to escape from the room now. Having nothing to do with almost the room empty and bare, I opened the drawers beside me, curious about what medicine they were using on me. Surprisingly, they opened quite easily. None of them bothered to lock the drawers. Maybe because quite a few of them were left open on the shelves.

I turned the bottle to read the label to discover it wasn't erigent like last time. It was a bunch of strong disinfectors with high concentration levels, meaning it wasn't as diluted. I continued to read the tiny print as it had a warning sign that most people will experience extreme pain as a side effect. This wasn't unusual as even the disinfectors in my past life with high concentration of rubbing alcohol were horribly painful.

Since the entire drawer was filled with the same disinfectant, I tried opening the next drawer to find it was filled with bottles with the same label. There was a high chance that the next one would be different, but up to the last drawer in the cabinet, it was bursting with the more disinfectants. I was dying and they were only using disinfectants the entire time? There was something weird about this, something everyone wasn't telling me. Shelly only told me it was poison. I knew Sienna would tell me if I asked, but not under Luke's watchful eyes like earlier.

Seeing how there was only one type of disinfectant on me, I decided to continue reading the label. In summary, the only warning sign was the side effect of extreme pain when poured on the person's body. It was odd that there were no warnings like [don't eat] or [do not sniff]. I sniffed the bottle to test its effectiveness to find no change in my body.

Maybe if it was safe to sniff, it would be safe to drink as well. It was much better than the other alternative of experiencing more pain. Usually, there were all sorts of warnings on the label to make sure people would use it correctly. To make sure, I pulled out my marble that Luke didn't confiscate. Although many things were censored and blocked to make sure I would use it for the right purpose by the school, it was helpful when I had to search up something.

I typed in the disinfectant's name to start. My eyes widened as I discovered one bottle cost around a mountain of mana crystals or ten of my most exclusive and expensive dresses. I never predicted that even one drop would cost a fortune. Everyone used them like they were disposable potions and even the room was jam packed with them. But I had no time to focus on the price since I had to search if they were drinkable.

The first place I went after the failing to gather any information from the general search results was the school library. When Luke and I applied to the middle school section of the school, I discovered that the library we had was one of the ten largest libraries in the entire world in their brochure. There had to be something in there. Or else, I would have to use my dimensional library that used my mana as a payment.

But even using the dimensional library was a pain. I had to search through all the books to find what I wanted since the guide wasn't that useful when I wanted to find something extremely specific. Although maps were easy to find, something that was more ambiguous needed much as many filters. My eyes started to droop as I started to sink into my bed, getting more frustrated.

Time flew by as there were no mentions of any dangers if anyone drank it. But simultaneously, there was no mention of anyone attempting to drink it in the first place. I sighed as it was almost a waste of time reading all those articles when I didn't gain anything more than what I had from the start. Since I was exhausted and sick of reading, I decided this was where I would stop for now. There was no way I was going to open the dimensional library now to go through almost the same thing. Then couldn't I just start with one tiny sip? There was no way something serious would happen if I drank one droplet.

I opened the bottle and decided to drink one tiny drop. However, both Alex and Luke opened the door as soon as I tilted the bottle towards my lips. Maybe I didn't notice them coming since I was too focused on finding any information about the disinfectant. Their eyes widened in shock as they momentarily froze near the entrance.

Was it something that surprising to try a new thing out? Change and new inventions only happened when people were willing to try out new things.