I Told Them How To Avoid Getting Sick
“Lady Tilura was sleeping soundly while holding onto Sherry.”
Said Ms. Lyra, who had been watching Tilura.
…And yet when I had arrived at the dining hall, not only was the food already prepared, but so was the tea… How exactly did she move around the mansion so quickly…?
It had only been about ten minutes between our return and my arrival here…
“We should let Tilura rest. It’s been so long since she was last in town, and she must have become very excited.”
“Indeed. And she would be tired after having played so much with the other children in the orphanage.”
It was also possible that it was all the training she had been doing since Mr. Ekenhart’s visit.
Training and studying… She had been quite busy recently.
“So, Mr. Takumi. What are your thoughts after seeing the herbs being sold today?”
“Hmm. I’m fine with leaving everything to Mr. Kalis. He seems to know what he is doing, especially with how he used Leo to attract customers, or how he sold them outside of the store.”
After dinner, Ms. Claire and I sipped our tea and talked about the herbs that were sold in Ractos.
Well, Leo had been a lot more popular than expected, and he had trouble handling all of the children.
“Also… According to Ms. Anna, there are herb shortages in Ractos now. So I think we can expect the good word to be spread, which will increase the number of customers.”
“Yes. As the duke’s family, we have to deal with this issue of shortages… Still, it’s a good thing that this will help the reputation of your herbs, Mr. Takumi.”
“Well, the real problem is that there are shortages at all.”
A malicious store was selling herbs and medicine of bad quality.
It was because they were sold out at all of the other stores that the citizens had no choice but to rely on the malicious store…
The more I thought about it, the more likely it seemed that they were responsible for the shortages.
…Though, it did feel ironic that it was in turn helping the sales of my own herbs.
“Indeed… I’m sure Sebastian is looking into it, but… This is still a very wicked thing. Selling herbs of low quality to the people.”
“I don’t know if it was that the timing was on their side, or they were targeting…but there is also the illness. While those at the orphanage are healed, there are too many people in the town to be able to help all of them.”
“Yes… It would be impossible for you to make enough Ramogi for all of them… We can only hope that it doesn’t spread any farther.”
I answered Ms. Claire, and then started to think about this illness.
The symptoms I had seen at the orphanage resembled that of a cold.
And while it was easily healed with some Ramogi, there was not enough of it.
It would be best if people could avoid getting sick at all…
“Ms. Claire. Is it not possible to avoid getting sick in the first place?”
“Avoid… What do you mean?”
It seems like it wasn’t a concept they had here…
Medicine had not advanced much, and they only thought of healing people with medicine after the fact.
“Uh, well… In the world that I used to live in…”
And so I told Ms. Claire what little I knew about disease prevention.
When it came to contagious diseases, the reason was usually pathogenic bacteria.
As I wasn’t a doctor, and had never studied medicine, I only had a little knowledge. But perhaps it could still be useful.
“I see… So that’s what they did in your world, Mr. Takumi.”
“Yes. Washing your hands and rinsing your mouth should be the bare minimum. Also, you should keep your body as clean as possible… And your living space should also be clean.”
I was only able to tell Ms. Claire the basics.
Wash your hands and gargle when coming back into the house… It was stuff you taught children in Japan.
I told her some other things as well, but Ms. Claire acted as if she was hearing it for the first time.
But it was no surprise if they had no concept of prevention here…
“I understand. I’ll have everyone who lives here practice that first. Also…yes…Lyra. Tell this to Sebastian. He’ll ensure that it spreads through the town of Ractos as well.”
Ms. Lyra bowed once and then left the dining hall.
It might be a little difficult to make everyone in the town do this, but if word came from the duke’s house, then they may be more inclined to try it.
If we could stop the spreading of the disease even a little, that was a good thing.
After that, I continued to drink tea with Ms. Claire and talk about what could be done.
I didn’t know how useful my knowledge would be for other diseases, but it should be effective enough for colds.
“Now, since I rested yesterday, I should do some swinging today.”
You’re not going to rest? Leo seemed to ask.
Sorry. But I want to make up for resting yesterday.
And I also had to make some extra Ramogi.
And so I went out into the back garden and unsheathed my sword, after bringing it down.
And then I focused on doing a thousand swings as if to make up for the previous day.
As Tilura was still sleeping, I practiced alone.
“Now I just have to make some Ramogi…”
“Mr. Takaumi, I heard about what happened in town today. Please don’t push yourself too much…”
“Oh, this is nothing. Don’t worry.”
As I was training, Ms. Lyra voiced her concerns, but it really wasn’t anything to worry about.
While I had no clear indicator, I was quite sure that making Ramogi did not require much power at all.
“All right, it’s done. Ms. Lyra, can you make sure that the servants drink this?”
“Very well. It is for this prevention that you were discussing with Lady Claire, I presume.”
Well, something like that.
I wasn’t actually sure if drinking it in advance would be effective… After all, the servants had been around Tilura when she was sick.
As there is a latent period, it was possible that there were some people who were already sick and just hadn’t shown any symptoms yet.
That’s what I thought, even though Ms. Lyra seemed satisfied with the notion that it was for prevention.
“Well, Leo. Let’s go back to our room.”
I said to Leo, who had been watching me train, and then I headed back to the room.
Leo had yawned when replying, and walked behind me sluggishly.
She had gone to town and played with a lot of children, so perhaps she was tired?
It was quite late now, so it was no wonder that she was sleepy.
When we reached the room, Leo quickly curled up into a ball next to my bed and fell asleep.
“Good night, Leo. You did well today.”
I got into bed and said good night to Leo.
Leo murmured back as if in her sleep.