Chapter 163 163 Invites Distrust



Placing his hand on the forehead of the patient, Zach asked the system, "Help me analyze his condition. What's the problem with him?"

After a few seconds several notifications blocked his view and the *ding* sounds reverberated in his ears.

[Subject is critically weak and his physical body is on the cusp of shutting down. The lack of blood has pigmented his skin a pale yellow.]

[After a thorough diagnosis it is confirmed that the subject has been suffering from leukemia for a long period of time. The subject's body is showing an adverse reaction to all the unknown means that have been used to stretch the life expectancy of the subject.]

[Late stage leukemia is a very serious affliction and it is almost impossible to cure it in this world even with the help of magic.]

Zach couldn't stop himself from getting angry at the system for not being able to help with Luna's condition. He wondered if it was due to Luna being a succubus instead of a human that the system was unable to tell him anything about her.

Putting aside his prejudice against the system, Zach read through the notifications carefully as he pretended to feel the forehead of the patient with a serious look. Even though he didn't exactly need to touch the patient for a diagnosis, it would have looked too fake or over the top in front of the family. Therefore, he figured a white lie like that couldn't be considered to be a big deal.

When he got to the part where the system revealed his disease to be leukemia his eyeballs almost popped out in surprise.

He had thought that since he was in a magical world, there would be some complicated disease related to magic or magic flow in the body that he would have to struggle to cure. But Marico was suffering from a disease he was quite familiar with. Although it was quite troublesome to deal with acute leukemia completely, it didn't mean that it was incurable.

Drew saw the solemn look on Zach's face and deduced that Zach had probably found out the extensive damage and the blood loss in the patient's body. He felt that as the previous doctor of the patient he needed to share his treatment method and the patient's condition as he understood it before handing over the patient completely to Zach's care.

"Even though this disease is not very common, I have still come across this illness during my travels. My research in this area is quite extensive since I have always been looking for a way to treat my friend of this fatal affliction for a long time. As you have probably already figured out, my friend is lacking a lot of blood in his body. I have tried to stop the loss of blood through various methods. I have tried to use blood coagulants in order to steady his blood flow. I have used precious herbs in order to replenish his blood loss on more than occasions but all these turned out to be only temporary solutions since his condition returned deadlier every single time I suppressed it. After studying and consulting better healers than me, I found that there was only one possible cure for this kind of disease. Even a SSS rank healing mage couldn't stop the terminal blood loss of his patient and could only prolong his agony a little. The only cure for such a patient is to find the dew produced by the World Tree which is only a legend in the current era. Originally it should have been completely impossible for such a patient to survive past ten years but through my suppression of the illness on countless occasions, Marico was able to survive far longer than that. Still, it can't change the fact that I am unable to completely cure this disease and it would eventually result in Marico's death."

Zach listened to the doctor attentively as he waited repeatedly asked the system for a possible solution to the problem.

[The subject can be treated by employing the current AI based medical technology. The success rate of the procedure is up to 90%.]

Zach had already expected that the medical technology he had recently unlocked would be able to help him cure the old master's leukemia. The only reason he had not employed it already was because he needed to take into account the risk associated with the procedure. Otherwise he might need to face the consequences in case of failure.

Since the risk of the procedure was exceptionally low, Zach was willing to go take the responsibility.

"Thanks to you; doctor, I have already figured out the situation completely. I think I can try to save him. There might still be a way to save him from his imminent demise. I just need the biological family members to cooperate with his treatment a little."

Drew understood that Zach probably needed to use his dark magic in order to save the old master which was why he wasn't saying the treatment method out loud in front of the others. He didn't call him out on it because only he and the two girls knew who Zach was exactly in the whole Windsor family.

Besides, even if Zach told him how he was going to do it, Drew felt like he would still not understand the principles behind dark magic. Unlike conventional magic, dark magic essentially twisted the principles of conventional magic to bring about twisted and otherworldly magical effects. It was why most of the dark mages never found success after a certain threshold and spent their lives experimenting in order to find the road they needed to follow to progress further.

Drew showed his enthusiasm to Zach like old people did; by slapping his back excitedly. Although it didn't hurt Zach, it made him feel quite uncomfortable.

Clara and Violet who had so far been busily crying next to the patient's bed suddenly heard Zach say that he would be able to treat their father. Their tears dried up in seconds as if the unending spring had suddenly stopped churning out water from its depths.

At first it was hard for them to believe that the man was able to help their ailing father who had been suffering from the illness for years. All the doctors they had consulted over the years had told them that it was an incurable disease that would eventually eat up their father but they hadn't stopped trying. Thanks to Drew they had been able to hold on to their father but even an SS rank healer like him hadn't been able to cure Marico completely. They wondered who gave Zach the guts to make such an outrageous statement in front of Drew with a straight face.

Understanding followed right after the initial anger. Zach was here to ask for a favor from the Windsor family in order to get the piece of the land he wanted for the development of his family. It could be said that he was desperate to make a good impression and establish a cooperative relationship with their family. He was probably impatient and decided to use this method to get in their good graces by using this method.

While Clara and Violet kept their calm, someone other than the two couldn't keep his calm any longer despite not being immediate family of the patient. 

Grace had been standing on the sidelines the whole time and had been privy to almost all the conversations except the one between Drew and Zach. So he didn't understand that it was Drew who actually begged Zach to help the old master.

Grace had already been annoyed by the fact that an outsider had been allowed into the personal chamber of the head of the Windsor family. 

What if Zach decided to use this opportunity to harm the master? After all there were several forces who wanted to get rid of him at all costs in order to devour the foundations of the Windsor family. Zach could have been bribed by those people to do the task since he was already desperate enough.

Grace being the only person in command of all his senses at the moment thought that he was the most qualified person to objectively judge the situation.

Without a second thought, he drew on his longsword and pointed it straight in Zach's face. 

The tip of the sword was almost touching Zach's his nose as he stared down the length of the blade threatening his life.

"Your lies aren't going to work in this place. I don't care what your intentions are in spouting so much bullshit. Whether you want to ingratiate yourself to the family or someone paid you to deliberately cause harm to this family, I won't tolerate your lies any longer. Leave here if you prefer staying alive to see tomorrow. The moment another lie escapes your loose mouth I will not hesitate to cut you down where you stand." threatened Grace while growling through his gritted teeth.

Before the situation could progress any further, Drew rushed between the two and moved the tip of the blade away from Zach's face with his hand and stared at Grace with a domineering aura full of authority and derision.

Grace couldn't understand what the old doctor was trying to do but he knew that Drew was almost like a family member to the Windsor family. So he hesitatingly withdrew his blade and took a few steps back before standing at the edge of the room in a vigilant manner.