Raymond encouraged her to take a seat shortly.
"Why don't you get some more rest?"
"It's fine. I'm okay. It's not a situation where I can rest."
Sophia sighed low and disappeared into the main hall, surrounded by many people.
'I'm kind of worried.'
Raymond had a jittery look on his face.
There was something dangerous about her.
After that, the party went on without any other events.
People were dancing, playing music, drinking, laughing, and having a good time.
But as time went by, Raymond felt uneasy.
Maybe he still felt that way after thinking that way for so long, but it felt like it was before a typhoon and it was about to explode.
In the midst of all this, Princess Sophia went up to the stage.
She came up to give a speech to commemorate the birthday as the only princess in the kingdom.
"I would like to express my deepest gratitude to everyone who attended this birthday celebration."
Princess Sophia looked as beautiful and ladylike as a flower, contrary to the bad appearance she had shown Raymond.
The people who were enjoying the banquet shouted with cheerful faces at such a beautiful sight of the princess.
"Long live Your Highness!"
Princess Sophia had a gentle smile on her mouth.
"I'm here to deliver a congratulatory speech on this happy day."
Budump.
The moment he heard her quiet voice, Raymond's heart skipped a beat.
It made him feel uneasy.
A feeling that something might happen at any moment.
"First, prayers for the unending glory of the Kingdom of Houston..."
It was the moment she opened her mouth.
Suddenly, something strange happened!
"...!"
Princess Sophia's body suddenly became stiff and flaccid!
"Ah..."
A word or two of groaning came out of her mouth, and the people in the banquet hall looked uncomfortable.
"Princess?"
That was the last of it.
Her body lost its strength and collapsed!
Like a puppet with its strings cut.
People screamed at the sudden change.
"Your Highness!"
"Oh my gosh! What the hell are you doing? Go get the healers right away! Now!"
The healers who were just nearby rushed to the scene.
They were the best healers in the kingdom, in charge of treating the royal family.
"Heal!"
"Come on!"
Paat!
A bright light flooded from the healers' hands.
A white light enveloped her body.
It was a brilliant glow, just like an A-level healer.
But despite the fierce healings, they had no effect on her.
The healers turned pale.
They felt it instinctively.
If this continued, the princess would die.
"N-no!"
"Use more heals! Hurry!"
"Get us Count Helien, the best healer in the palace! Come on!"
The other healers rushed in and showered her with heals, but to no avail. The healers' faces turned pale.
It was the moment when the banquet hall turned into a battlefield.
A strong voice crossed the healers.
"Get out of my way."
"...?!"
The healers turned away in surprise.
It was Raymond! He was staring at Princess Sophia through clenched teeth.
'Damn it. Princess Sophia was the main character of the quest.'
For a moment, a dark conflict passed through Raymond's eyes.
'What should I do?'
If an ordinary person had been his patient, he would have stepped up without hesitation.
But of all things, the opponent was a princess.
If he got out and the results were not good, he may have to be held brutally accountable.
'Shit. What should I do?'
All sorts of thoughts went through his head.
A miserable life in the royal palace.
A miserable life in the treatment center.
And now he was finally getting new abilities and dreaming about... possibly ending his frustrating life.
'If I just pretended I didn't see it, I could move on safely. I'm just here as an apprentice anyway.'
But.
If he turned a blind eye to Princess Sophia.
'You used to be like a really weird little mouse boy.'
At that moment, he thought of what Princess Sophia had said earlier and bit his lip.
'I haven't even heard a proper apology, and now she's just gonna die? No, she can't! Even if she dies, she has to apologize for everything she's done wrong before she dies!'
He didn't know.
It was neither the time nor the situation to think rationally.
Raymond surrendered to his instincts.
"I will heal the princess."
The healers were puzzled for a moment by Raymond's sudden appearance, but then they realized that he had been sent as a healer.
"What can an apprentice do...!"
"I'm sorry, but I don't have time for this! Please get out of the way!"
[You have decided to treat the emergency patient despite the difficult circumstances!]
[The Heart of Steel effect will be even more powerful!]
Raymond did something he wouldn't normally do. He used his arm strength to get in between them.
"Agh!"
"What is the meaning of this?!"
Raymond yelled at them.
This was not a situation to be polite. He hurried for a second.
"Leave it to me for now! If you don't, the princess will die! I will make sure to save her!"
"...!"
As they stood up, Raymond quickly assessed Princess Sophia's condition.
'There's no pulse in the carotid artery! I knew it was acute cardiac arrest.'
Raymond's face turned pale.
Sudden cardiac arrest!
Her heart had stopped and if she didn't get first aid immediately, she was going to die or suffer fatal brain damage.
'In a case like this, the heals won't help right away. You have to get the blood circulating through the heart now.'
Of course, the heals were not ineffective from the start.
It was possible that continued exposure to heals would promote vitality and bring back the heartbeat.
But it took too long for that to happen.
If blood didn't circulate throughout the body within a minute or two, she would suffer a fatal brain injury, but when was the time to promote vitality and wait for her heart to recover?
At times like this, there was only one way.
You had to force her heart from outside.
'Ah, no?'
Raymond was Princess Sophia's heart.
To be precise, he lifted her up with the palms of his hands folded over her breastbone.
At that moment, everyone's eyes widened.
His hand began to squeeze her breastbone harder.
It was CPR!
"T... this...!"
People shouted in panic.
"Stop!"
"What are you doing to the Princess's body...!"
People screamed.
At this rate, he would be dragged away before she could be treated properly.
Raymond screamed desperately with the aid of his "Heart of Steel."
"Please wait a moment! It is to save the Princess!"
However, his earnestness was not reciprocated.
The knights who had been guarding her approached to take away Raymond.
At that moment, an unexpected voice stopped them.
"Wait."
"Your Majesty the King!"
The man with the eyes of steel, Odin, the "Knight King," appeared at the table and held the knights back.
"B-but Your Majesty?!"
"I'm going to ask a question. Can you cure the Princess with heals?"
"T-that's..."
The healers couldn't flinch.
They were experienced healers, and they knew that a heart attack like that would be difficult to revive.
"Then there is no other way. We wait."
Something amazing had happened behind his back like that, but Raymond hadn't had time to worry about it.
'Shit, fuck! Why can't I get the heartbeat back?!'
After some time, the princess' heart did not think of anything again.
'At this rate, Princess Sophia will die!'
Raymond's face changed to that of a corpse.
Not all patients could be revived by CPR. There were many cases where the heart did not recover and the patient died.
'No! I have to figure out a way.'
Raymond was desperately worried.
There was no time. He had to find a way to restore her heart now.
At that moment, a method came to him like a bolt of lightning.
'I need to give her an electric shock to the heart!'
Electric shock!
The principle was to reset the distorted electrical signals by giving a powerful shock to the heart using a method called defibrillation.
But there was a problem.
'Where do I get the electroshock?'
The medical manuscript center, Modern Earth, was equipped with electroshock machines in many places to prepare for such situations, but this was the continent of Leifentina.
There was nothing to replace it.
'Figure it out! There's got to be a way!'
Did his earnestness get through?
A thought popped into Raymond's head.
'There is! There's a way to give an electric shock.'
Raymond immediately called the stat window.
'Buy skills! Auxiliary skills!'
[Purchasable Auxiliary Skills]
- Base (D level) Fire Magic
- Base (D level) Water Magic
- Base (D level) Wind Magic
- Base (D level) Electricity Magic
- Base (D level) Earth Magic
A list emerged, and immediately Raymond chose magic.
'Purchase, electricity magic!'
[Basic (Class D) Electricity Magic has been purchased!]
[You have depleted 80 skill points!]
[Electricity Magic]
Category: Assistive (Magical) Skill
Magic Grade: Basic
Proficiency: D
-You can use electricity magic.
-The more proficient you are, the better and more powerful your electricity magic will be!
The moment the message came to mind, something amazing happened.
More and more knowledge of electricity magic flowed into Raymond's mind.
What would be the principle of moving mana, and how could it be manifested?
Raymond stopped the pressure on her chest.
Then he stretched his hands up and down.
One hand on the underside of the princess's collarbone and the other hand on her left side.
That was when everyone blinked their eyes at the incomprehensible behavior. Raymond chanted a low spell.
'Lightning.'
He was only proficient enough to use only a very weak level of electric shock, but that was enough.
220J.
That much electrical energy was all that was needed.
Pajijik!
An invisible electric shock started at the princess' right collarbone and ran down her left side.
The princess's body shook as if it was tingling.
The electric shock was complete.
An invisible electric shock started at the princess' right collarbone and ran down her left side.
The princess's body shook as if it was tingling. The electric shock was complete.
'Let's see?'
Raymond waited with a hard stare for a response.
For a few seconds, Raymond felt a vibration from the tip of his finger that touched her carotid artery.
After a few seconds of what seemed like cowardice.
Ba-dump.
It was a pulsating sound.
She had recovered from her heart attack!
Then the princess began to exhale a long breath.
'It's done!'
It was a close call, but fortunately, she seemed to have recovered safely. Now, as long as she rested well, she would recover without any after-effects.
Raymond wiped the sweat from his forehead and got up from his position.
"..."
Then, he finally came to a realization.
The astonished gazes that were watching him.