Chapter 143 - 143 A cried for help

143 A cried for help

The silence between them was unsettling. Marty, the helper, was so curious and surprised by the sudden change in Anne’s mind; he scratches his chin, trying to guess what was inside of her mind. Anne just kept it as it is. She was ready for questions that will come from Marty.

“I assumed you wanted to know why I changed my mind about the whole… pregnancy ordeal?” Anne was the first to break the silence between them.

“I do. I mean, you were so adamant at first, and then you came back, and decided it was the good time to check about the young miss pregnancy, anyway?” Marty shakes his head in disbelief, his eyes then goes to her, “I know I was a bit pushover, but it seems so strange that you change your mind now.”

“It’s because I need proof.” Said Anne to Marty, “I care about Xavier, he is… he is my friend, but I can’t give him a reason with no tangible proof of it! I need proof, and of course, if Xavier wanted to continue on, I… I respect that.” Anne said the words with a bittered smile, she looks at Marty, the man that she knows nothing about, but somehow, she felt she could trust him.

Looking at how sad Anne’s face was, Marty took deep sighed, and nodded his head, “Fine! I’ll help you, miss Anne, but you need to know that we need the mother to consign to get a thorough examination of her pregnancy.”

“Don’t worry, I will find some way,” Anne gave him a confident expression, and proceed to ask Marty about his schedule. “Wait, you’re still on duty tomorrow, right?”

“As a matter of fact, yes, so I will be your helper tomorrow again, miss healer.” Marty gave her a smile and excused himself from Anne.

She looks at Marty, that goes inside the helper room. Anne feels satisfied by it, and the only thing that she needs to do is to give a valid reason for the consign agreement of a thorough pregnancy check. She goes back to her room and tried to get a rest.

One hour later, another helper called for her, she wipe her face and get ready to go on another shift. Leo has already gone from his bed as well. The hellish night, as the senior healers told her at the canteen, you will never get a good rest, and not to mention nothing to eat. Anne checks on the emergency patient, with Nathan by her side, and afterward goes to another round to check on the infected patients.

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“The boy is stable. Your medicinal soaking cloth already works wonders.” Said the helper while Anne looks at the boy’s condition closely.

Anne was happy with the helper’s answer, she touch the boy’s cheek with her ash-soaked gloves, “Good, now feed him with fruits that I recommended only and if his fever went down tomorrow, we don’t need the medicinal-soaked cloth on his eyes anymore.” Anne remembered the other patients. “For the others, I’m afraid they still need it for the time being.”

“Alright, miss healer, I’ll tell the other helpers.” Said the young woman who assisted her tonight.

The helper in the hospitals is thrice the number of the healers, their job were to attend to the patient’s needs and also to assist the healers, because of the mass work that they need to do, there are always more helpers at the hospital than the healers, and there are not part of the civil service.

Anne took glanced at the moonsun dial and saw that it was almost morning already, she goes to bed once more and hoped that she could get at least two hours’ rest this time. While Anne was sleeping peacefully on her bunk bed, Vale get some visitors in his bedroom.

“You know, Kirara, at least let me have a good rest before you barge in!” Gruntled Vale to Justice’s familiar that was sitting in the corner, looking directly at him.

‘My apology, sir Vale, but I don’t know where to go after prince Jason and...’

There’s something in Kirara’s voice that makes Vale jump up from his bed. “What happened, Kirara? Something happened to Justice?”

‘No, not him, but please, I need you to bring miss Anne to the guard encampment on the east forest, sir.’ Kirara practically pleaded to him.

A frown came into his face. “Anne? Why do I need to bring her along?”

‘Because there was a signed that the guard encampment already got infected by the moskeet fever.’

“What?! Oh, my Gods! Did prince Jason know about this?” Vale took his shirt and put it in a hurry.

‘Yes, he will go to the main hospital to talk with the chiefs.’

After he was fully clothed, Vale nodded at Kirara. “Good, now go back to your master and tell him to stay inside of his tent, let the healer tend to the infected. We will be there as soon as possible.”

When Vale ride on his horse, he saw a huge shadow run in the opposite direction. It was Kirara who was in a hurry to go back to her master’s side. Vale was also worried about Xavier, he should see him today at the hospital. It seems Vale got two reasons to visit the main hospital. He arrived just in time with prince Jason. They look at each other for a moment.

“Kirara came to you?” Asked prince Jason.

Vale nodded his head. “Yes, he wanted me to go there as well. I don’t know the reason, though.”

Prince Jason let out a sigh, “It’s best that we go inside. Chief Hale was already alerted about this.”

They go together to chief Hale’s room, and unexpectedly, Henry was already there, leaning on the corner. Vale and Henry look at each other. The bruises on their faces still need some time to heal, and apparently, also their egos. Vale chooses to sit without even saying anything to him, and Henry keeps leaning on the wall, glaring at Vale from behind.

Prince Jason had a tired expression on his face. He sat with his back slouching on the sofa, “Chief Hale, I am sorry that I was bothered this morning, but I got a distress call from my brother, the crown prince.”

“I know about this, it seems captain Henry met with Kirara before the two of you, let us wait for miss Anne,” Said chief Hale while pouring his guests the freshly brewed meylatee tea, “I’ve already asked a helper to call for her, she must be on her temp bed, resting.”

“Resting? But this is like eight in the morning?” Henry looks at chief Hale with a frown on his face.

“Ah, our young duke doesn’t know about our shift in the hospital.” Chief Hale has those smiles when you understand that someone could be gullible about the intensity of a healer’s job.

“Excuse me, chief Hale, do you need me?” A soft-spoken voice of a woman draws the attention of everyone in the room.

There she was, our heroine, with her purple color hair in a ponytail, with a wet face, probably her attempt to look fresh. Vale and henry could see how tired she must be feeling right now, her eyes already reddened and not to mention the puff that was already appearing below her eyes.

Chief Hale, smile at her and ushered her inside, where Anne’s eyes were back and forth looking at Vale and Henry.

“Ah, miss Anne, I have heard about your new technique. In one day you already amazed everyone. Good job.” Said Chief Hale with his overwhelming praise towards Anne.

Looking nervous, Anne just gave him an awkward smile. “Oh, it was nothing, chief, but could I go now? I need to check on my patients.”

Prince Jason suddenly stood up, before Anne could exit the room, “I am sorry miss Anne, but I need you to go somewhere else for a while.”

Anne turned around and looked at prince Jason. “What happened, your majesty?”

“It was my brother, Justice. He is in grave danger.” Said Jason while he took a deep breath.