The Great Lang, It's Time for Your Medicine (Part Two)
"!!"
Just as expected, when Charles heard Fanlü say that, his eyes went wide. Gradually, disbelief and horror crept across his face.
After a long while, he weakly waved his hand and firmly refused:
"Fanlü!"
"You... you're asking me to eat that?"
"Take it away!"
"I'd rather die than eat it!"
"Take it away, now!"
His voice was still weak, but his resolve was absolute, as though this was the last shred of dignity and the final line Charles would ever defend.
Sure, it might really be an antidote. But from Charles's perspective, she'd just brought it over without even processing it properly, then shoved it into a fancy box and called it a day. That was way too halfhearted!
If nothing else, they could've made chocolate-flavored shit, or shit-flavored chocolate. At least then, he might've been able to force himself to accept it?
"..."
Fanlü didn't heed him or take it away.
She stood silently for a while. Then a trace of determination flickered in her eyes as she looked at Charles, and at last she explained in a quiet voice:
"Charles..."
"Did you know?"
"The people in Dragonbone Village may have lived aboveground for so long that their bodies have undergone some kind of evolution."
"Almost all their warriors have special abilities, which they call 'Source Potential.' When they awaken their Source Potential, they gain some kind of miraculous ability. One of them awakened his appendix, which produces bacteria that can break down Scarlet Substance."
"Since then, his feces have been used to extract an antidote for Scarlet Sickness. All the antidote in Dragonbone Village is made from the bacteria in his feces. They take it themselves, too."
"But the little girl who brought us the antidote said