The Doctor Cured The Villainess And Ran Away

My task is simple.

Right now, I’m under a debuff.

[Health Continuous Decrease E (Growth Type. Cannot be解除)]

This thing is a debuff that I have to bear for life permanently.

“Well, if I calculate, it seems to decrease about 0.1 every two hours, cough.”

As I cough, a little blood comes out with the saliva.

That’s not a good sign. It means there’s some damage to the lungs or internal membranes somewhere.

“Health decrease shows up as an internal injury. That’s the point.”

It’s impossible to remove the symptom by operating on the internals. It’s an unremovable debuff after all.

In other words, it’s an incurable disease.

“Then the solution is simple.”

I just need to create a medication to treat my internal bleeding and take it.

The effect will be healing for health, more than 0.1 every two hours.

“Just in time, I have a hunch for a herb.”

I immediately left the room. After sleeping well, my body felt refreshed.

It’s still dawn. The sunlight leaking from the bluish sky caresses the backyard.

I run a little to that place where the cool wind blows, a bit of my childishness returning.

“I’m a bit excited.”

I never thought I could actually make real medicine after coming to this world.

My steps were as light as when I go to buy a newly released game.

“This has some strange effects.”

Chop, without hesitation, I cut the stem.

It’s a yellow rose, each flower carefully chosen as if Acella had a hard time picking it one by one.

It’s not a rare breed, though difficult to find. Even when hunting the Four Heavenly Kings, sometimes I saw its variants in the Demon Realm.

Brewing tea with the petals of the yellow rose had excellent effects in neutralizing the poison bound to the membranes of the lungs or stomach.

It’s knowledge I obtained after hundreds of regressions, trying every trick in the book.

“How can I clear this? I searched for every hidden element.”

“I can definitely make use of this.”

I pick dozens of roses and put them in my bag.

Bringing them back to the room, I spread them out on the table.

Laying out just the petal parts, a fluffy yellow mountain quickly formed.

“It feels like I’m peeling chicken breasts to make nuggets.”

I feel good as the ingredients are ready.

It feels like my little factory is complete.

I grab a handful of petals and put them down.

“First, I need to reduce the volume.”

The goal is to create it in a form that can be taken in one bite, like a pill.

“Compress.”

I try using the E-rank skill of the alchemy category, Compression.

The method of use comes naturally to my mind. I instinctively feel what to do.

But this…

“Isn’t this the sensation of using magic?”

Maybe it’s the same as casting a spell.

I open my palm and let my mana flow out.

Pure white mana gently swirls out and wraps around the rose petals.

Crunch! As I make a fist in mid-air, the petals are crumpled tightly as if crushed in a vacuum.

“Oh.”

I move my fingers here and there to adjust the shape more finely.

Finally, it’s finished in pill form.

“It’s wonderful for the first attempt.”

Though it’s a bit misshapen, still.

Seeing the bright yellow medicinal pill brings me joy.

Now, what does the status window say?

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Yellow Rose Leaf Health Pill (Molded)

Effect upon ingestion: Health decreased due to internal bleeding will be healed by 0.1 over 6 hours

―――――――――――

“Right, this is it. Just as expected.”

The effect was exactly what I wanted.

But the amount is a third of what I need.

Then I’ll just use this skill again.

Enhancement.

I can increase the healing amount of the yellow pill.

Thinking that, I try to cast the skill.

“Hmm.”

As I try to just let my mana flow out like with Compression, my hand instinctively stalls.

I have a feeling that I need one more processing step.

“Is this all there is?”

Since Compression is E-rank, while Enhancement is D-rank.

With D-rank, can’t I just use mana?

“Still, it shouldn’t require magic power.”

Magic power is only necessary for spellcasting.

With alchemy spells, as long as you have knowledge, you can cast them with mana.

“Hmm.”

I struggled for quite a while, but I failed to cast Enhancement.

I’d never failed at casting healing spells before, so I was a bit flustered.

“What do I do? Cough, cough.”

As I pondered, my health decreased again.

Before I knew it, breakfast time had passed.

“I need to get some help.”

Someone who knows spells inside and out.

“There happens to be one person.”

This person is not just knowledgeable but nearly at the top.

But is it really necessary to ask Acella?

After all, it’s only a D-rank spell. Since it’s about a second-tier magic, it shouldn’t be that hard.

“Anyway, there was something I needed.”

I’ll use that as an excuse to ask how to use spells.

I take the pills and head to Acella’s room.

*

“The Royal Princess is waiting for you.”

The head maid in front of the room blocked me like a fortress.

I worked hard to find Acella, but I’m wasting time here.

Just when I got caught by my father in between, making it later than expected.

“Lars, are you feeling better? Come here, let me cast a healing spell on you myself. You must be exhausted from what you’ve been through. If you collapse again, it would be a big deal!”

I struggled to shake my father’s arm off, which he was holding onto me tightly.

With my father’s skills, he could recover a bit of my health right away, but the debuff I have to bear for life.

Finding a way to solve this myself is more important, and Acella holds the key.

Once I arrived at the terrace in front of Acella’s room, I had nothing to do, so I just waited blankly.

“Oh, Max. Did you sleep well?”

Luckily, I wasn’t bored as Max dashes out first and shows me some affection.

This creature seems to lack awareness of how big he is. Each time he nudges his face against me, the weight is felt all over my body.

I guess he wants me to scratch his face. I spent some time playing with Max’s soft cheeks when Creeeak, the balcony door opened.

“What’s all this fuss about so early in the morning?”

Acella appeared.

As perfect as always, her hair tidily arranged down to the last strand.

“In this fresh morning, I meet a treasured individual. Did you sleep well…”

“Just get to the point.”

Acella seemed to be in a low mood.

Is she okay? Did I accidentally step on a landmine?

If I just go back now saying it was nothing, it would probably annoy her more.

I should have never come.

“I’d like you to teach me how to use a spell.”

“You said spell?”

“Yes.”

Acella’s furrowed brow lifted slightly.

She sat in front of me.

“You’ve gained a talent.”

“Yes, it’s alchemy.”

“Huh, surprisingly.”

Acella’s deep golden eyes scrutinized me up and down as if analyzing.

It felt unsettling, like she was prying into every corner of my body.

“Do you know what my talents are?”

“Magic, right? An incredible one at that.”

“You’re well informed. I have two talents.”

“What are they?”

“My talents. Only two types of magic.”

“Oh.”

So that’s why you can summon dragon legions or cause earthquakes across the continent with insane magic.

Of course, it’s Acella.

“You’re not surprised.”

“Excuse me?”

“You’re not surprised to hear that I have two talents.”

“Oh, that…”

You startled me.

It came so abruptly.

“You should be surprised. Someone like the Royal Princess should naturally possess that level of excellence.”

“Let’s consider it that way then. So, what spell do you want to learn?”

“More precisely, I want to learn how to use spells. I gained the talent to use alchemy, but I can’t seem to cast spells for some reason.”

“Show me.”

I pull out a handkerchief and gently place it on the table. Inside, a bright yellow pill is revealed.

Enhancement.

I use Enhancement. The mana flowing from my hand fails to take shape and soon scatters like a mirage.

“This is what happens.”

“Try drawing a shape with your mana.”

“A shape?”

Now that I think about it, Acella has often spoken about shapes and three dimensions.

Having no connection with magic, I registered her words with one ear and let them flow out the other.

“Look.”

Acella spills mana from the tip of her delicate fingers.

Her mana glimmers in a brilliant golden light.

It forms a line that quickly turns into two overlapping circles.

“A circle.”

“The simplest yet perfect shape. The number of vertices is 0. If you write an equation in the outer space, that becomes the magic circle.”

“Must there be an equation?”

“The equation isn’t grand. Writing down the knowledge as characters makes it the equation.”

Acella writes something down.

It read, [Flame Erupts].

“Better to condense it.”

The sentence written in the outer space converges and transforms into one symbol.

That’s a rune. It represents fire.

Two circles and one character.
Just a simple drawing of mana.

“If you lightly rotate it, you’re ready.”

Tap, as Acella nudges the outer circle, the magic circle begins to rotate slowly counterclockwise.

“This is the activation. Infuse mana into the circle, and that’s the casting.”

Woosh!

The magic circle sparkles brilliantly with Acella’s light. That signals she infused a large amount of mana.

Then Whoosh!

A huge flame shoots up from the magic circle into the sky. It was like an unexpected fireworks festival.

“Give it a try.”

She shows me and immediately tells me to do it.

What a kind teacher.

She seems to think everyone in the world is a genius like herself.

Hmm.

I let mana flow out to draw a shape first.

Since the circle looks a bit misshaped, I decide to draw a triangle first.

“Is this okay?”

“Hmm.”

I can’t tell what her reaction is.

Speak up, speak!

What now? It’s my first time trying this.

I write the necessary letters on the outer space.

Now, I need the healing effect.

For that, instead of ‘Healing’, I use ‘Treatment’. This distinction is important.

That way, the effect will manifest based on my medical skill.

[Healing Effect Increase].

With trembling hands, I write the letter.

This seems like a much harder task.

I might need to study to create an abbreviation as well.

“You’re wrong. Look, the equation must be put inside the shape…”

Acella interrupted, seemingly exasperated, her hand almost reaching out to correct my spell but then halted mid-sentence.

In that fleeting moment, our hands brushed against each other.

‘Did she feel that cramped?’

Acella wasn’t looking into my eyes, instead focusing on the spell.

“Your Majesty?”

“… Be quiet for a moment.”

She suddenly turned her head away, as if deep in thought about how to fix this messy spell.

Proving her calm demeanor faltered, she became restless enough to fidget with her hand.

I noticed the bandage around her ring finger.

“By the way, are your wounds healing alright?”

Carelessly reaching out toward that direction, Acella quickly pulled her hand away from me.

“Focus.”

“Understood.”

It looks like Acella is quite serious about magic.

Although it’s just an alchemical spell, and since I’m messing it up, it seems to be annoying her more and more.

[No. 056: Evil Woman’s Hatred 7%]

The probability of a bad ending hasn’t increased.

Thank goodness, it doesn’t seem that I’ll kill someone over this.

I resume trying to cast the spell.

Woosh!

“Oh.”

The embossed circle gleams faintly ash gray.

That signified the spell was completed.

“What? That was quick?”

It didn’t feel as hard as I thought.

So, that’s why she was getting annoyed for that level of knowledge.

“Your Highness, I’ve succeeded.”

Acella blinked several times, her long lashes fluttering with each blink.

“…Well, that’s the least you could do.”

So that’s all there was to it.

“It’s a tier two spell. A promising ordinary person could use it in a few years. Well, you could have cast it on your first attempt. …But where did the extra circle go?”

Acella mumbled something.

She definitely speaks more when it comes to magic.

Could it be that she was amazed at how well I cast spells?

“When you learned magic for the first time, were you able to do it at once?”

“Of course I could do it at once. Who do you think I am?”

“Of course, the unrivaled magic genius, Princess Acella.”

“You know that well. Keep that attitude.”

Acella looked satisfied with my answer, raising one corner of her mouth slightly.

If you’re going to smile, do it honestly, why just half? It’s kind of annoying.

Oh, does she not want me to see her smile? From how she raised just her left side which I couldn’t see from my angle.

She really has a strong sense of pride.

‘Regardless, I succeeded on the first try, that’s the point.’

I check the resultant pill.

―――――――――――

Enhanced Yellow Rose Leaf Health Pill (Molded)

Effect upon ingestion: Health decreased due to internal bleeding will be healed by 0.3 over 6 hours.

―――――――――――

Perfect. It has the specs to completely offset the debuff.

“Prince, you made that with spells?”

“Yes, that’s correct.”

“What is that?”

She must not have seen medicine before.

“It’s called a pill. You could say it’s a type of food that has healing effects when ingested.”

“Food? But there are no cooking spells. It was alchemy.”

“Exactly. Think of it as a mix of medicine and alchemy.”

“Really? What effect does this medicine have?”

“It improves health.”

“Let me see.”

Acella picked up the rose pill with her fingers and popped it into her mouth.

Hey, that’s my rose pill!

“Ugh!”

Then she immediately grimaced like a crumpled newspaper, spitting the pill out.

“What is this? Where in the world do you find food this bitter? Prince, have you created poison instead of food?”

In a hurry, Acella gulped down some tea.

Seeing her in distress brings me some satisfaction.

Before I knew it, a smile crept onto my face.

I shouldn’t laugh. I’m sad, I’m sad.

Phew.

“Please don’t take it lightly. I made it with great effort. I made it for my own consumption, after all.”

I picked up the rose pill that Acella spat out and swallowed it whole.

Wow, it really is bitter.

The taste that grazed along my tongue and throat was the worst.

[Health is decreasing]

[Health is increasing]

But thanks to it, the health decrease stopped.

The amount decreased is back to normal, maintaining my health.

If I make a large batch of these pills, I won’t have to worry about the debuff for a while.

Yet, why does Acella stare at me with her mouth slightly open, looking shocked?

“Did you just swallow what I spat out?”

“It was originally mine, you know. I worked hard to make it.”

“No, that’s not… never mind.”

“Yes.”

Acella avoids my gaze.

A moment of silence passed.

There seems to be no more conversation, so I stood up from my seat.

“Then I’ll take my leave.”

“Where to?”

Why again?

“Um… You must be tired from teaching me spells, so Your Highness should take a rest too.”

“I have to receive compensation for this.”

“Excuse me? This lesson is my rightful compensation.”

“You made me eat that bitter food.”

But you took it first.

How absurd.

“Prince, you mentioned there’s plenty of fun things in the lower part of the mansion, right?”

Did I?

I think I might have bluffed about that to my Empress.

Acella whispered to me, her eyes full of anticipation.

“I want to go there.”

“Why are you sneaking that in?”

“Because I’ll be going secretly.”

It seems the Royal Princess has become interested in some strange things again.

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