"Ready, doctor!" Mercy wasted no time taking what Nerd ordered from the window.
Meanwhile, Nerd, go up to the second floor. Nerd turned the knob of a steel door that looked like a ship's steering wheel with a small bulletproof glass window to peer through.
The room was small and shaded by only one steel cabinet. The room was very cold with two air conditioners. When Nerd just entered, the room sprayed droplets containing antiseptic.
(Hm… the sterile room and the equipment are functioning properly… #Hah… (sighed) thank goodness…. This planet isn't as bad as what might think,) thought Nerd.
Nerd opened the steel cabinet. He took an infrared thermometer, a statoscope, an infusion pole, and a defibrillator before back down.
It looks like Mercy is doing her job skillfully, carefully and with discipline. Two small buckets separated, for water and blood-red used cotton towels. Mercy again dipped the cotton towel into the bucket of water mixed with antiseptic to clean the slash wound which was actually not that wide. The bucket of water and antiseptic is now also mixed with reddish traces of blood.
The problem was, Nerd had witnessed the mermaid's blood still seeping into the bed. It's not like a leaky pipe that leaks profusely, it's just like a roof leaking due to rain. Not too much, but sustainable.
“Do-doctor! Looks like it hasn't closed yet!” Mercy panicked a little. “I-is there anything… what should I do?
"Calm-down…." Nerd put the infusion pole next to the patient's bed. Meanwhile, he placed the defibrillator on an empty chair. “Throw away the dirty cotton, change the water again and then put the antiseptic back in. Put it sideways for a bit then install the infusion first,"
“R-ready, doctor!” Mercy swiftly immediately lifted the bucket.
Nerd then held his stethoscope right at the mermaid's chest.
#Deg..deg..deg..!
The heartbeat is quite fast.
(It's not a great result, but at least I know that she's still alive.)
Nerd continued shooting infrared at the gun-shaped thermometer.
#Nit,nit! Nit,nit!
It shows 15 degrees celsius. Nerd felt awkward with the result.
"Mercy, what is the normal temperature range for a Mermaid?"
"Right, doctor. It depends on how long they live on land or sea. When on the mainland, they are mostly normal with the inhabitants of the mainland. If in the ocean, it is said to be normal around... 15 to 24 degrees Celsius,"
"Thank You,"
(Duh, that means the condition can't be confirmed, thought? Well, but I'll still assume it's because of this wound.)
Nerd feel little hesitated, took something from the Drug storefront.
#Srek
Nerd shook the plastic jar that always said 'Elixir Pill' in the name.
(Okay… Elixir Hemostasis for closing bleeding wounds, is the point. But I need something to speed up tissue regeneration and formation!) Nerd picked up a jar that looked like something frozen inside. The jar is glass. (Hm… Elixir IcyMagnon seems solutive,)
Then, Nerd took out one pill each from the plastic jar, Elixir Hemostasis and one Elixir IcyMagnon glass jar.
The Elixir Hemostasis Pill was a clear ruby red in color, while the other Elixir IcyMagnon pill was like an ice crystal emitting tiny nitrogen fumes.
Nerd put the two pills in a medical mortar and pestle. Then Nerd went back to the Drug storefront to pick up something he'd forgotten.
"Doctor, the IV has been installed. What shall I do next?”
(Woah! So fast! I-I knew it was Soul Core Beta….)
"Clean the wound again like before,"
"Ready, Doctor!" Mercy returned to dipping the cotton towel into the antiseptic water again.
Nerd took and brought three plastic jars, as for additional
Nerd sat down and got ready to mix his potions. Nerd pounded hemostasis pills and IcyMagnon pills. The red and white powder colors are mixed. Then Nerd added two soft capsules from a jar labeled 'Gelatine Fuel' and 'Collagen Fuel' which when crushed released a clear liquid.
(The last topping is Honey!)
Nerd poured enough honey. Then stir it until it has a soft white texture with a red glow. Very viscous and may settle in the throat if swallowed.
Nerd then took a little water from the water tap of washbasin to mix it into his concoction to make it thinner.
"Mercy, please help me open this woman's mouth,"
"Understood, doctor." Mercy did not take the cotton towel. Instead dhe slowly opened the mermaid's mouth according to Nerd's command sincerely.
(Wait a minute… why it doesn't that feel right? Why don't you take off the helmet first?) Nerd raised his eyebrows.
"Mercy, can you take this woman's war helmet off?"
Mercy was silent for a moment. Her face responded with objection. For the first time, she refused.
“I-profusely apologize, doctor! I-I can't do that procedure!?” Mercy spontaneously prostrated and refused with trembling. Her calm face now became very frightened. "Ev-even though T-that's i-I said... if the doctor asks... i-I'll try..."
(Huh? Is it that hard? Or maybe there's something I don't understand? Well, even if it's my first time seeing a mermaid, though)
“H-hey, raise your body! I-I won't force you!"
“F-fine… thank you.” Mercy stood up again and started to explain, “Actually…”
Mercy said that the wraith race and merpeople had very little contact. In history and any etherealm, they rarely even met. Not all Wraiths can touch waters as they are very weak with holy water which is water based.
The Wraiths are so afraid of water because of their long-standing enmity with the occult sects of the church who use holy water, the trauma is imprinted on each wraith and their descendants.
(OI, OI, REALLY!? THIS PROVES THAT LONGER LIVE IN THIS WORLD, LONGER EXPERIENCE, MY BRAIN IS STILL STUPID?)
“W-why didn't you say!? I-I don't know about that…. D-Did you get hurt by the sink water!?” Nerd was now the one who was nervous, approached Mercy, and held both of her hands.
“Thank you for worrying about me, doctor. But my hands are fine. Not all water can hurt us. But to be honest, every time we use water there is a certain fear. That's because even the slightest bit of water is filled with holy spells can have an immediate effect on the wraiths…” she added. “Also, through the knowledge of the wraith race and perhaps also the common knowledge of all races, mermaids are merpeople but different. They tend to group together with mermaids instead of merpeople in general. They are very private individuals and value privacy. Only if each of them believes in certain people."
(O-oi…! Th-that makes me even look like the stupidest creature in Etherealm!? B-but… that's new information to me… hm…)
“O-oh.. Ah…! O-of course! Ye-yeah, that one! O-how many people have ever told me about that…! Uh-huh!” Nerd insists on covering up his ignorance. Nerd acted as if he knew even though it sounded dubious.
After that silliness, Nerd returned to the main topic.
Mercy opened the mermaid's mouth gently. Nerd's concoction medicine has now been put into a small glass. He held out the glass and slowly poured it into her mouth.
The mermaid's cheeks puffed out. A sign that the potion is still in the mouth and has not been swallowed. Up close, Nerd noticed that her cheeks were almost human. It's just that if you look closely, there are even a few fish scales.
"Mercy, please hold her mouth, don't let it open,"
"Understood, doctor,"
The umpteenth time Mercy complied and said the same thing. Mercy, now a familiar, is more like a gentle and obedient professional assistant than a robot or an undead that obeys its master like a slave.
Nerd headed back toward the Drug storefront, the glass showcase. He took a needle, medical thread, and a spray bottle with the words '70% alcohol' written on it.
Nerd now bent down, wadded the cotton thick enough and closed the wound. In a matter of two minutes, the cotton was soaked in blood and was constantly being replaced by Nerd.
(Tch! Please swallow my medicine, woman!) Nerd started sweating from his forehead even though it was quite cold in the room.
He worried that if this mermaid ran out of red blood cells, it could cause serious ongoing problems even if she recovered.
“Mercy, has the medicine been swallowed!?”
"Not yet, doctor." Mercy looked at the mermaid's neck. "There are no signs that she swallowed... the medicine from before,"
.
Nerd still waiting and waiting. With patience, also feelings that are not certain.
.
.
20 minutes…
40 minutes…
Nerd keeps asking Mercy the same thing, "Has the medicine been swallowed?", even though the answer is always "Sorry, doctor." Nothing more than that.
.
Until…
.
1 hour 30 minutes passed…
Nerd who had used up five large packs of cotton allotment. While Mercy kept holding the mermaid's mouth. It was harder than Nerd expected. And not only Nerd, Mercy also felt increasingly worried and panicked.
Until, 3 three hours…
“Doctor, doctor! Her cheeks deflated, but her mouth was stiff and blue and it-looked like cold as ice!” said Mercy suddenly, frightened.
“Re-really!?” Nerd started to check the cotton he was holding, covering the wound.
(Great! Her blood has congealed! That's a sign her skin is starting to regenerate!)
Nerd watched the harpy's spear marks carefully.
It was still shiny red, but when Nerd's medical gloves touched that area, a bit of blood stuck to it. It only left streaks of almost dried blood.
“Mercy! Good news!"
Nerd performed further medical instrumentation soon after the incident.
With a needle… medical thread… very little alcohol to keep the wound from opening again, antiseptic, and… a few minutes of time, Nerd managed to stitch up the wound enough to get the mermaid through her critical period.
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