Chapter 37 First-Aid Treatment

Even if its first aid, theres a limit to what can be done.

First, we have to do something about the bleeding!

George reaches out to the clean cloth inside the first-aid kit, but he is stopped by William.

No, we have to wash it first. If its a usual chemical burn, it wont bleed this much Lets wash away the blood and the slimes body fluid first, then check the wounds.

William also gathers the water bottles that the hunters brought as equipment.

The water bottle equipment that can be used for both hydration and wound cleaning contains water that has been boiled once.

When water is poured on Emmas cheek, the melted outer skin peels off little by little.

Meow

Leaving the slimes to the other cats, Koumei-san nestles close to Emmas unwounded left side.

Emmas right side is stained bright red and has a high temperature, while her left side is pale from the loss of blood and feels cold. Koumei-san sticks close to Emma, warming her left side while being careful to not touch the wounds.

Meow

The cats worried cry calls Emma.

George and William continue to pour water carefully over Emmas wounds.

Half of the hunters guarding the prince went to get water before it runs out. The cats scatter the slimes with wind pressure every time it attacks.

Emmas skin comes off just by being touched with water. Her inner skin is swollen red and has deep, deep radial scars. Perhaps its the part that was hit by the slimes fluids directly. There are also countless small wounds like connecting the radial lines. Because George moved around every time he evaded a slimes attack, the wounds spread.

Maybe the blood vessel is also damaged in this deep wound. Even when washed with water, blood keeps seeping out.

In addition to Emmas cheeks, Emmas worn-out clothes are carefully removed with tweezers while being washed with water.

The wound on her arm that George bit is also washed after taking off the ribbon.

Nii-sama!

William, holding the tweezers, shows George the wounds. The wounds under her clothes are more severe than the others.

Theres a large deep wound from her flank to her stomach, and it also bleeds a lot. He could only move around with his sister, who had been enduring such a wound, in his arms.

Georges face becomes grim. Moreover, blood ceaselessly flows from the deep wound even when being washed with water. When wanting to apply pressure to stop the bleeding, he hesitates to put the cloth because the skin around it is loose.

There are ointments and antiseptics in the first aid kit, but is it right to use it on Emmas skin that peeled off and crumbled with just water?

The cure for being hit by a slimes fluids has not been found yet. In addition to its low appearance rate, those who get hit by its attack will mostly lose their life, and even their corpse will be eaten.

Following the treatment method of burns and chemical burns, they have cooled down the wounds and washed away the slimes fluid with water at the same time. But, as far as they look at the skin condition, they cant help feeling that the treatment after this will only be rubbing salt on the wound.

What should we do

William is feeling agitated. Her skin condition is worse than they thought.

Every time the cloth is put on and changed to stop the bleeding, her skin will tear, wont it?

But, if the bleeding is not stopped, she will really die. This is not a world where blood transfusion and transplant are possible. The mushy melted skin wont recover. Bacterial infections are also frightening.

Perhaps, as it is it may be better for older sister to die.

But I cant stand older sister dying. Me, older brother, father, and mother cant also stand it. No matter how older sister will look, compared to her being gone is

William reaches out to the cloth inside the first-aid kit.

Nee-sama, Im sorry. I will put pressure to stop the bleeding. Its probably going to hurt and leave a hideous scar, but I will definitely save you!

Williams eyes are overflowing with tears. This is his own selfishness. Even if older sister is saved, her future will be painful.

Emma is unconscious, and her body doesnt have any movement from some time ago.

Only Emmas breathing and a faint pulse that he felt on her left neck show signs of her survival.

Violet suddenly comes down to Williams hand holding the cloth.

Wah! Violet, why so suddenly!?

He cant support the spider with one hand and hold it with both of his hands. Even it had been quiet on Georges head until just now, to think it suddenly interrupts Emmas first-aid treatment midway.

Perhaps, it has something it wants to convey.

William looks fixedly onto Violets eight eyes, but he cant understand anything.

If its Emma nee-sama, will she be able to understand Violets intention?

The moment he thought so, Violet spews out a purple glowing thread towards Emmas wounds.

Wait!! What are you!!

George hurriedly reaches out to take the thread from the wound, but he is stopped by Koumei-san.

Meow!

Hey!! Ah! Uwa!

While they are being dumbfounded, the thread glowing in purple has fully covered Emmas wounds.

It is impossible to physically go against Koumeis restraint.

But if its Koumei-san, she wont allow any harm upon Emma.

With a satisfied look, Violet comes down from Williams hands and cuddle close to Emma.

Spider thread to stop the bleeding??

They have never heard about it before, but that tremendous amount of bleeding seems to have stopped, and it looks like blood wont flow from the spiders purple thread. The thread Violet gently spewed out from above mysteriously fit Emmas wounds and serve a hemostasis function without the need to apply pressure. They dont understand the principle and theory at all, though.

When they softly touch the threads covering Emma, it feels pleasantly cool.

Before, Emma has made a passionate speech on how Violet can discern the TPO (time, place, occasion) and use appropriate threads for every case. They heard a little half of it, but the thread used to bound those men* and one used to cover Emma is certainly different.

*from when Emma was searching for cats in the forest

Lets trust Violet and Koumei-san.

Nodding to Georges words, William takes off one layer of his outer clothes and puts it on Emma.

Lets wash nii-samas arm too.

Saying so, he pours water on Georges blood-stained hands.

George looks at William confusedly, but he gradually feels a burning pain in both hands. As Emmas blood is mixed with the slimes fluids, both of his hands redden, even though not as worse as Emmas.

He hasnt noticed because he has been nervous all this time. He also feels the pain inside his mouth and rinses it.

They heard Koumei-sans intimidating hiss, and when they turn around, the prince has come near them.

He is somewhat afraid of Koumei-san, but he doesnt fall on his butt like the hunter earlier. He only takes one step back and looks at George and William.

Why, dont you evacuate Emma? The first-aid treatment is done, right?

Not on the ground, but on the bed. Not just first-aid, but a doctors treatment.

They understand what the prince wanted to say. But,

Emma nee-sama is still the slimes target prey. She cant be away from here.

William answers while carefully washing Georges both hands with water.

The cats? are here with the slimes, so isnt it okay?

The prince asks like urging them.

In the first place, if they could evacuate and run, it wouldnt be so much trouble.

If they could, the hunters should take the initiative to take the prince away from here first.

If the target prey is more than a certain distance away, the slime will split to do a large-scale search on its target prey, and if it doesnt find it, it will self-explode.

The princes expression worsens.

The monster he made light of as just a puddle cant be defeated, cant be avoided, and can multiply. Emma, who he can see from the cat(?)s opening, has wounds that cannot be treated with just first-aid. They are still being cornered. Just because the cats(?) are protecting us from the attacks, it does not mean that Emma can truly be rescued.

How ignorant I am. Is not having knowledge something this scary? I cant do anything for the one girl I like.

Even if she is saved, her face and body are already

Bitter tears leave a line on his cheek. He growls lowly as if to squeeze out everything.

Even so, I want to save Emma

Violet also spews out a thread to Georges both hands.

The cool touch feels pleasant to the inflamed hands.

No one doesnt want to save Emma here. But they know.

When I talked about splitting, its not just two, three, ten, or twenty.

When a slime loses sight of its target prey, it will split into hundreds of millions.

Each part is small in itself, but that hundred million parts will continue to grow and split until it finds its target prey. Even just three slimes are already terrible. If they increase to a hundred million and those hundreds of millions self-explode, the country will perish.

The knowledge told from the old past comes from a tragedy that actually happened somewhere.

The cats can defend against the slimes attacks, but they cant defeat it.

Slimes cant be defeated with physical attacks.

The only hope is Emmas hydrochloric acid in Palace, but the slime that absorbed how much vinegar is already back in action. Looking at the terrible state of Emmas skin, it also needs a considerable amount of water to neutralize. The slimes have increased to three. Will the hydrochloric acid that Emma made be enough? Will it even work?

Maybe the prince doesnt know. That for not just Emma, but also George and the prince to live, the only way is to defeat the slimes.

The prince drops his shoulders. Slimes cant be defeated. Its what the hunters have said. The current situation where they can defend against the attacks is already a miracle.

Koumei tenderly licks Emmas left cheek. *twitch* Emmas body shows a little movement.

Uu okaa san

Maybe Emma regains her consciousness, she calls for mother. With the way of calling Yoriko, not Melsa.

(T/N: They call Yoriko okaa-san while Melsa okaa-sama)

Nee-sama!!

William calls out desperately.

When he peers at her face, green pupils are trying to focus. Emma is enduring the pain and trying to tell them something desperately.

Both George and William listen carefully to Emmas words.

O kaa-san. sh ru g.

She scrunches her face as it hurts every time she moves her lips, but even so, she continues.

To not miss anything, they read Emmas lip movement while trying to guess.

os mo ses pl ea sure

sl um sa lt

A small, small voice. Some broken words with all her might. William and George catch her words and guess with the utmost effort, but they cant seem to understand it.

Sa lt

Emmas left hand weakly holds onto Williams hand and moves her lips to convey something over and over again.

Emma I cant understand, what are you? what do you? want to say!?

George desperately catches Emmas words while stroking her head, but he cant understand.

Even though every time Emma opens her mouth, it seems hard, it seems painful, even so, he cant do anything but strokes her head.

William thinks over Emmas words mutteringly over and over again.

Okaa-san

shrug

osmoses pleasure

slum

salt

!!

Eh? Wai!! Nee-sama!? No way? Eh!!? This sort of thing?

When William looks at Emma, Emma also looks at William and nods.

defeat sime salt!

Hearing Emmas words, William starts running.

Hunters!! Please give me a hand!! Maybe we can defeat the slimes!

Are you sure the spider is not a reincarnator? Cause it has a hell lot of cheats