Capítulo 153: Medical School 1
Translator: Cinder Translations
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"Ouch! Be gentle, be gentle!"
Alan frowned, constantly complaining.
"Seriously, can't even endure this little pain, yet always boasting about sailing far into the sea."
A girl, holding a cotton cloth dipped in medicinal wine, applied it to Alan's swollen ankle while mocking the boy who cried out in pain.
This girl was Susan, the granddaughter of the former village elder Peter. Currently, she was studying medicine at Doctor Ward's clinic and aimed to become a physician as her future goal.
This little boy Alan, along with his companions who claimed to be naval recruits like him, often visited the clinic either because of disciplinary beatings or accidents during training.
The reason Alan came this time was: When he descended from the mast of the warship along the rope ladder, he accidentally missed a step and fell onto the deck, spraining his ankle and bruising his arm.
Hearing Susan teasing him like this, Alan's face reddened, and he retorted defiantly, "I'm just honestly reporting my physical condition. Just because I cry out in pain doesn't mean I'm cowardly. I won't refuse training just because of an injury."
"Huh—such a young age and already so argumentative!"
Susan increased the pressure on his foot, causing the boy to grimace.
She was very familiar with these naval recruits and didn't need to be polite. Especially towards the youngest Alan, she treated him like a little brother.
Learning from other recruits that this boy's only relative had been killed by pirates, Susan felt sympathy for him. Considering her own grandfather, who was also almost killed by pirates but was saved, Alan was indeed unfortunate in comparison.
"Our lord really... putting you kids into the army, what use can you be?"
Susan couldn't understand why the navy burdened itself with these children who hadn't fully grown up yet.
Alan argued again, "The lord said we are the future seeds of the navy, carrying the hope of opening up the sea territories for Alden. Any decision by our lord is right."
Shaking her head helplessly, Susan couldn't say anything. Remembering how she had spoken disrespectfully to Earl Grayman when she was rash, but the count hadn't pursued it, she secretly felt fortunate and grateful.
I hope the lord's decision is right.
Suddenly, Susan remembered something and said, "I want to remind you, there's a notice from the town hall. Doctor Ward and I are going to Alden Town for some 'training', which may last several days. If you and your friends are not careful again or get punished for breaking discipline, there won't be anyone to treat you during those days."
Alan shrugged, "Really? Well, we'll be... in a few days."
He suddenly stopped talking, and Susan curiously asked, "What are you going to do in a few days?"
Alan racked his brain for a moment, confirming that the departure of the Southern Star was not confidential, before continuing, "In a few days, we'll be sailing south along the coastline on the Southern Star. According to our lord, we're going to open up a great sea route. Even if you and Doctor Ward don't go, we won't be able to find you."
"Oh, I know about this. It's been widely talked about in town, especially among the merchants. Mentioning the Southern Star is like giving them chicken blood—talking about opening new routes and ocean trade. Well, I haven't heard that ships could sail to the southernmost end of the kingdom's coastline before."
"Not just the southernmost end of the kingdom!"
Alan excitedly added, "If we have the opportunity, we might even sail to the region around Angle Bay."
Alan, who had not been in the service for long, didn't really have a concept of how far Angle Bay was. He only knew it was further south in the kingdom. However, seeing the excitement of the officers when they discussed this matter, he also regarded sailing to Angle Bay as a remarkable achievement.
Ah, at such a young age, he has to wander at sea, following adults to such distant places to explore the world. Susan felt deep sympathy once again for this boy who had lost his mother.
"Stretch out your arm."
Susan dipped the cotton cloth in medicinal wine again and wiped the bruises on the boy's arm.
As she wiped, she advised, "Take good care of yourself on the ship, listen to your officers, and don't get punished for breaking discipline."
Alan was touched and smiled in response, "Okay, thank you, Sister Susan."
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"Ladies and gentlemen, this is a microscope, capable of magnifying objects several hundred times..."
"This part is the objective lens, which aligns with the object to be observed, and this part is the eyepiece, through which the human eye observes..."
In a classroom at Weiss Academy, "Miss D'Arshi" was introducing a new item just distributed to the students.
However, the students in this classroom were not children; their ages were clearly older, with some even appearing to be in their thirties.
These people were part of the sanitary team being trained by the Ministry of Affairs. Two advisor ladies had compiled the first edition of the "Basic Medical Handbook." Given the impending arrival of a large number of refugees being sheltered by Hansel, Paul requested them to immediately initiate the construction of a medical and health system.
The students present hailed from various places in Alden and Byerldine, and most of them were women. Some of them didn't even recognize words and could only learn basic health knowledge through illustrations and text.
"Next, take turns coming to the platform to personally observe the microorganisms described in the 'Manual' using this microscope."
Starting from the front row, one student after another approached the platform, following the steps Miss D'Arshi had just explained to operate the microscope.
"Oh—this is amazing!"
"Ew—so gross."
Occasional exclamations came from the platform.
Taking advantage of the students' experience with the microscope, Eileen stepped outside the classroom. During the lecture just now, she had seen someone peeking into the classroom through the window.
"Earl Grayman, why do you have time to come here?"
Paul clapped hard. "Very good, Miss D'Arshi, your explanation was excellent. I came to find Morrison for something and came to see."
Oddly enough, he could have sent someone to summon Dean Morrison to the Lord's Mansion. Why did he have to make the trip himself? However, Eileen didn't intend to delve deeper, perhaps this lord wanted to stretch his muscles and bones.
"Those inside were originally doctors, how many batches have come?"
"It's only the second batch. Even so, they've only taught some basic microbiology and simple disinfection methods and principles. Fortunately, those doctors can read and learn quickly according to the manual, and some of the disinfection methods they were already using, they just didn't know the principles."
"As for those completely new to this, they're learning a bit slower."
Paul reassured her, "Haste makes waste; take it slow! Many things are still in the exploratory stage, and we disseminate information little by little, mobilizing everyone to explore together."
Paul glanced inside and noticed a special group of women who seemed a bit "cliquish," seemingly incompatible with the others and not engaging with anyone else.
He gestured towards the classroom and asked the advisor, "How are they performing?"
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