In the middle of the city of Agartha, there is a man-made lake. In the center of the lake stands a huge rock. Needless to say, this was formed when Linos destroyed the kingdom of Juka. There is a sad anecdote about it, but I will not go into it here and now. More than that, there is a woman standing by the lake with her arms folded, staring at the rock.
The woman was Zeza. She was thinking furiously in her head about a lot of things.
"Huh~"
He is still unable to think clearly or come up with a solution. She was so disgusted with herself that she left the place with her shoulders slumped in disappointment.
"I'm back."
When I opened the door, a girl was sitting in a chair. Needless to say, it was her master, Orjin. Zeza stepped forward in front of her silent master, got down on one knee, and bowed her head reverently.
When Zeza, Hagi, and Shiron heard that Aujin had been found, they were overjoyed and rushed to the guest house of the capital to take whatever they could get. However, what she saw there was Satsuki, who had already died, and Orjin, who had turned into a mute figure.
These three, like Satsuki, had been apprenticed to the Kwanpak family when they were young. When Aujin was born, Satsuki could not take care of him alone, so the late Kwanpak's wife assigned them as new maidens and playmates for Aujin. Originally, these three were also sold to reduce the number of mouths to feed. Therefore, the Kwampaks, especially their wives, saved their lives, and Aujin was not only their lord, but also their daughter and sister, whom they had taken care of since they were babies. Seeing Aujin's changed appearance, the three of them wept in public.
At first, Auzin was to be taken into custody at the Agartha Medical Research Institute, where May herself was to take charge of his treatment. However, Zeza and the other three were adamant that they would take care of Aujin themselves. Zeza and Hargi, in particular, drew their swords and tried to insist, and were severely punished by the Cure Lights of the Owara Shu, the emperor's personal guard group, who rushed to the scene. Normally, Zeza and the others would have been banished from the country for such behavior, but Shiron tearfully pleaded with them, and with the help of Mei, the three were somehow allowed to live with Ojin.
When the four of them started to live together, surprisingly, Zeza and the others were able to take care of Auzin perfectly. All three of them were not good communicators, Zeza being Zeza, whose words were full of onomatopoeia as soon as he got flustered, Shiron being Shiron, whose words did not come out easily, and Hagi being Hagi, who immediately believed what others said. It was.
Above all, Zeza did not miss the slightest movement of Aujin's eyes and eyelids, or ...... such minute changes in her breathing, and he was sensitive to the mood she was in, and although her instructions were full of onomatopoeia, he was able, due to his long association with her, to make Haghi and Shillon was able to distinguish between them and to deal with them immediately. This had reduced Ozin's stress level dramatically. The three of them had become an indispensable part of Ozin's life.
However, despite the knowledge and skills of May and Sidie, there was no change in Ozin's condition. Zeza and the others felt the same way, and they kept asking themselves if there was anything they could do to help her. Zeza's thoughts were especially strong.
At night, as she watches Aujin's sleeping face, she thinks to herself. Somehow, he will be able to move his limbs ...... or even just one of his fingertips. And what is the cause of this ...... situation? But no matter how much she thought about it, she could not come up with an answer.
One day, after a few days of such days, Zeza went to Mei's room at the institute as usual. She was there to pick up food for Aujin.
Aujin, who cannot move his body, is basically unable to feed himself. He can barely drink water, but only by opening his mouth and pouring water into it little by little. Since she is in such a state, eating solid food is a far-fetched idea, and she always takes her meals with pills made by Mei and other staff members at the institute.
It was a pill called "resul," which contained the minimum nutritional requirements for human life. The idea is that the body absorbs the pills by putting them under the tongue. As for the diet of Aujin, there were other methods such as injections, but Zeza and his group did not want to harm HI-sama's body as much as possible, so they settled on the current diet. However, there are still some parts of the body that cannot be nourished by pills alone, and Mei and the doctors administer injections a few times a month.
"Excuse me. ...... Huh?"
When I entered May's room, she was not there, as she should always be. However, there were three pills on the desk that she was going to give to Zeza. She decided that these were probably the pills, so she took them and went to leave the room. At that moment, she noticed a shelf behind May's desk. There were neatly arranged vials containing some kind of medicine-like powder. Among them, she noticed one purple bottle. She was interested in the bottle and slowly took it in her hand.
It is a beautiful color. Inside it was a pill, the same as the one in LESL. When she put her nose close to it, she could smell something sweet. It was the scent Zeza remembered.
"...... Simmeno?"
It was the same aroma as that of the chestnut kinton, a kind of sweet served at Kwang Pak's house every New Year's.
Simmeno is Master Hi's favorite food. If this one goes with it, she will be pleased."
With this in mind, she clutched a few of the pills in her hands.
When May came back to her room, Zeza was just about to leave. She smiled kindly as usual and called out to Zeza.
"Oh, you've come for Wrestle?"
"I got a little, uh, flustered, and then I got a little crushed, so I don't know what to do."
Saying these words, she showed May the Resul pills in her right hand and left the room at a brisk pace.
It was some time later that Zeza returned to May's room.
"It's Hi-Sama! Master Hi-Sama!"
"What's wrong with Mr. Orjin?
"Kari, I gulp, and then I'm all blubber, blubber, blah, blah, gut!"
"...... I'll be right there!"
May runs out of the room and goes to Aujin's place. The staff noticed her unusual behavior and followed her.
"......!!!!"
When May and the others arrived at Aujin's room, what they saw was a startling sight. Auzin was slowly spitting out an orange-colored, jelly-like substance from his mouth, and shaking slightly. Around him, Hagi and Shiron were crying, rubbing his back and calling his name.
"Get out of the way!
May quickly rushes over to Ozin and pulls her down from her chair. She then lays her down on May's lap and hits her back with all her might.
"Beh! Velours!"
With a voice that sounded like the cry of a demon, Auzin spat out more orange material. May looks back at the door and quickly gives instructions to the researchers who have rushed in.
"Flush the stomach immediately! Get ready!"
The researchers run away. A few men carry Ausin's body in their arms.
"Excuse me, please collect the vomit and diarrhea as well.
May ordered a researcher who was standing beside her to collect the object that Aujin had thrown up, and immediately followed the researchers.
After the researchers stormed off, the sound of a woman sobbing in Aujin's room did not cease throughout the night.
Fortunately, Auzin's condition was not serious and she was sent back to her room at noon the next day. Zeza was called to May's room to replace her, and she was severely scolded.
The purple pill that Zeza brought out was a drug similar to insulin, which lowers blood sugar levels in humans. Normally, if taken by a normal person, this drug would cause temporary hypoglycemia and loss of consciousness, but it would not cause any serious condition and would hardly cause any aftereffects. However, Aujin had spit out an orange-colored jelly-like substance that, if left untreated, could have compressed her trachea and caused her to have difficulty breathing. This was something that not only May but also none of the staff of the Agartha Medical Research Institute had ever imagined.
May immediately set about investigating why this had happened. At the same time, she also examined the vomit and diarrhea recovered from Aujin in detail. What they found was surprising and would have a great impact on Agartha's strategy for the future. ....... But that is another story.