Episode 9

When I arrived, there was a very handsome man, he was a redhead with sky-colored eyes, not much older than me, but he seemed older, anyway...

Now that I see him, he was my guard in my previous life, even though he disliked me and was very hostile towards me, on the other hand, he adored my sister because he said she saved his life.

I approached him, he looked at me skeptically, nevertheless, I sat in a chair near the head of the bed.

"Can you give me your hand?"

"Why do you want my hand?"

I forgot that this method is not well known, my sister studied medicine; however, she needs to touch part of the body, part by part, to determine the illness and its cause.

"Just do as I say, man."

Everyone stared at me as I spoke, as I used to talk like a damsel in distress every time I spoke, but now I sound like a truck driver... As he took his time to give me his hand, I lifted the sheet a little and took his hand. The man stared at me, even my sister, but she didn't say anything.

"What's your name?"

"My name is Jim."

"Well, Jim, you won't die, but we need to remove the bad thing from your stomach, you are poisoned."

"Poisoned?"

"You ate something spoiled and it's causing havoc in your stomach. If that thing that made you sick is still there, you'll be in trouble."

In reality, he ate something he is allergic to, but in this era, such condition is not known, so we'll just adapt it. My sister discovered back then that something was wrong with his stomach and performed a stomach wash. However, he kept experiencing the same symptoms from time to time. I have to find out what he ate and make it clear that he should never eat it again...

"What did you eat?"

"I ate as usual, with all my comrades. I only had water today and then I ate some cookies that Miss Margaret made."

I instinctively looked at my sister, she looked away... interesting.

"Bring me the cook."

After a few minutes, the cook was there, making a list of the ingredients he used.

The cook is cleared because it's the same recipe he repeats week after week, and this soldier has been here for a year already.

I looked at my sister.

"Little sister, you'll have to write down the recipe for me."

My sister, slightly blush, approached a table and wrote down the ingredients. When I saw the amount of hazelnuts in the recipe, oh my god, that could have killed him. Not only are they bad in excess, but there are signs of an acute allergy... I can't confirm it one hundred percent, but I would bet it's the hazelnuts.

"Well, I think I found the problem. Sister, I need to talk to you, while Doris, come here, I'll write down some herbs I need from the greenhouse."

"Yes, Miss."

I handed Doris a piece of paper, asked her to bring a mortar and a bucket, while I dragged my older sister away.

"What are you doing, kid?"

"Sister, do you know that young man almost died because of your recipe?"

"What are you talking about?"

"Look at the amount of hazelnuts you used... besides, that food doesn't agree with him."

"How do you know that? I've never seen that method you used. If something happens to him, how will you respond?"

"Just to gain your trust, I'll explain it to you. I'll make him vomit what he ate, so we clean his stomach. In any case, I won't do anything harmful to him, but if you bring hazelnut powder close to his hand, you'll see that his skin breaks out, that's a sign it doesn't agree with him... Do you want to bet?"

"Fine, if you're right, you can treat him as you want, if you're wrong, I'll take over."

"Fine, but if I'm right, you'll also tell me what kind of relationship you have with him."

Before she could respond, they arrived with everything. While I prepared the medicine, I sent Doris to fetch a hazelnut. I crushed it a bit and rubbed it on the palm of his hand, and made my sister observe.

"Look, the skin becomes irritated and those red spots appear, a sign that this fruit poisons him."

"Does that mean I almost killed him?"

Everyone present froze; I started laughing to ease the tension.

"Don't worry, sister, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, right Jim?"

"Yes, this is nothing, I'll survive."

"That's the spirit, soldier. Now, don't regret it, bring that medicine, Doris."

She handed me a glass with a brown mixture that had a very unpleasant aroma.

"Here, drink this."

"Are you sure, miss? Won't resting be enough for him to get better?"

"Come on, Jim, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, drink up quickly."

I saw him hesitating, so I approached him and whispered,

"You wouldn't want to make my sister feel guilty about your death, would you?"

He didn't hesitate for a second after what I said. I immediately grabbed the bucket that one of the soldiers had, who was watching everything in surprise.

Once I had the bucket in my possession, I placed it in front of Jim.

"What's that for...?"

He didn't finish speaking before he started vomiting... While I patted his back and held the bucket.

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