Chapter 149

Chapter 149: In the hospital

It was a Sunday morning and Michael was heading to the hospital where Mollie Fletcher was staying. It has been a week since the incident and even now Larry’s mother hasn’t woken up. The doctors found nothing wrong with her physical state, but the drug that was injected into her still lingered. As of now, the doctors had no way to cleanse her body of the unknown drug and were also unsure as to when she would wake up.

Michael felt extremely guilty every time he visited Mollie Fletcher. Seeing her still unconscious made him think that it was all his fault she became like this. Even though Larry already told Michael that it wasn’t his fault, and even thanked him for doing his best, this just made Michael feel even more awful as he felt an aching pain in his heart.

He had examined Mollie’s body numerous times now but still could not find a solution. At first, he would feed her the potion he used to cure the others who had drank a similar drug, it worked a little bit but after a few more drinks it stopped having any effect.

Even the Spirit of the Akashic Records was also unable to give an answer to the problem at hand as the knowledge needed was in one of the missing books from its massive library. The way to fully heal Mollie was written in the Book of Alchemy, which was with Johann the infamous Alchemist.

When Michael heard this he once again felt varied emotions. He felt irritated that Fade did not apprehend or just killed the Alchemist. He also hated the fact that he himself wasn’t strong enough to defeat the Alchemist and retrieve the Book of Alchemy. He felt hurt that despite having a cheat like the Spirit of the Akashic Records he was still unable to do anything to help.

He had tried to find a cure with his limited amount of knowledge in Alchemy, unfortunately, his ability as stated by the Spirit was only at the apprentice level. To create a potion that could cure Mollie’s current state, Michael needed to have the ability of a level two Alchemist.

That level was something that could not be achieved by doing self-study, Michael needed either a teacher who was at that level or the Book of Alchemy which held the knowledge of all alchemy in this universe.

.....

Despite knowing that he lacked the knowledge and skill, Michael did not stop trying different things to create a potion that could help.

While trying to figure out what to do he visited Mollie and Larry every single day. After school, he would head to the hospital to check on Mollie’s condition. Today was no exception as he headed to the hospital while bringing food for Larry.

When Michael arrived at the hospital he saw one of Mollie’s doctors walk out of Mollie Fletcher’s room. The doctor’s expression was ugly as he looked quite angry while he spoke to the nurse beside him.

“What’s the point of having an incurable patient stay in one of the private rooms? They can’t even afford to pay for the room... Well, I guess that’s to be expected since I heard that his mother is a wh*re.”

The moment Michael heard those words come out of the doctor’s mouth something in him snapped as he charged at the doctor. Michael lifted the doctor off the ground, making the doctor panic.

“Who are you?!... Wait a minute, you’re the friend of that guy. What do you think you’re doing, put me down now!”

Michael did not respond and simply tightened his grip on the Doctor’s shirt and pushed him into the nearby wall.

“Hey you, what are you doing just staring at me?! Call Security already!” The Doctor shouted at the nearby nurse who still did not move. As the Doctor was about to shout again somebody spoke first.

“Hey Michael, how about you calm down and put down the Doctor.”

Michael looked at the newcomer and as he expected it was Shin and beside him was an unfamiliar sharply dressed old man. Seeing Shin, Michael was finally calming down, loosening the grip on the Doctor’s shirt.

“Hmph, that’s right, you better let me down now. Kids these days have no brains and no respect. Well, as expected from someone who is friends with the son of a loose woman. Hmph, because of this I’ll make sure that your friend’s mother will be tossed out of this hospital.”

Michael who was finally calming down was once again enraged by what the Doctor said. As Michael was going to toss the Doctor to the side, someone spoke interrupting his action.

“Doctor Reginald, I wonder on whose authority will you toss out a patient?”

When Reginald heard that familiar voice he finally noticed who the person beside Shin was. That was the owner of the Hospital, Sir Daniel. Reginald started sweating while thinking of an excuse to say, on the other hand, Michael was able to calm down and finally let go of Reginald.

“So Doctor Reginald, tell me what were you going to do to a patient of this hospital?”

“Y-you’ve misunderstood Sir Daniel, I wasn’t going to toss out the patient because I wanted to. The truth is the patient is incapable of paying the hospital fees, and it would be better if she were transferred to a public hospital. If she were to continue staying here, the bills will simply pile up. Even if she does wake up, she would be in a ton of depth. You see, I was just thinking about the patient which was why I said all of those things.”

After he was done speaking Reginald nervously looked at Daniel waiting for his response. Daniel smiled at him, seeing that smiling face Reginald felt relieved.

“Oh, I see. So you were just speaking for the good of the patient.” Daniel’s expression changed from a smiling one into a frown.

“Who are you trying to lie to? Do you think I’m unaware of your behavior? Sexually harassing nurses, abusive language to the poorer patients, and unprofessional conduct to the younger Doctors. I have given you numerous chances since you’re one of the oldest Doctors in this hospital, but this time there will be no more chances. Doctor Reginald, you’re fired, go to HR and get your severance pay. Don’t worry since you’ve been with us for such a long time, I’ll give you twice the amount of what you’re supposed to receive.”

Reginald stood in place stunned by the sudden chain of events. He was still trying to process what was just said. After a few seconds, he finally digested what just happened and became frantic.

“Sir Daniel! I’ve worked for this hospital for fifteen years. Are you really going to fire me, over someone like a patient that can’t even pay?”

“Did you not understand what I just said? I’m not just firing you because of what happened today, but because of your numerous misdeeds. Also, the patient you keep on saying can’t pay has already paid to be transferred into the VIP room.”

“Huh?” Reginald looked at Daniel dumbfounded.

“If that’s all you wanted to say Dr. Reginald then you can leave.”

It was at that moment Reginald suddenly charged toward Daniel, but before he could reach Daniel, Michael had already intercepted him. Michael had easily pinned down Dr. Reginald on the floor.

“Sir Daniel, you can’t fire me! You can’t!”

Daniel looked at the crazed Reginald on the floor and sighed. He then told the nearby nurse to call Security.