Chapter 350
Having studied pharmacology under her mentor for six months, Mira instantly recognized the signs: the elderly woman had just suffered a severe coronary episode.
Unable to bear it, Mira stepped forward and gently took her hand. After all, this woman had never caused her any pain and had only ever shown her kindness.
Eleanor’s other hand slowly opened, reaching weakly toward Sebastian, as if signaling for something. Sebastian quickly pulled a small wooden box from his bag and placed it in his mother’s palm.
Mira recognized it immediately. It was the heirloom box Eleanor had tried to give her during their first meeting.
With immense effort, Eleanor pushed the box toward Mira. Her eyes were filled with a desperate, pleading look. Yes, she was begging her.
Mira truly wanted nothing to do with this family’s deeply entrenched drama, but how could she refuse a dying woman?
“Mira, please take it. I’m begging you,” Sebastian said softly.
“Alright.” Mira finally accepted the box. A single object didn’t dictate her future.
Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed Vanessa Quinn turning her face away in blatant disgust. Whether Vanessa liked it or not was entirely irrelevant to Mira.
“This is a specialized medication for heart failure. Have your doctors check it,” Mira said, making a split-second decision. She pulled a single pill from her pocket and handed it to Sebastian.
It was a Vitality Core Tab, an emergency marvel formulated by her mentor. The ingredients were incredibly rare, making the pills nearly impossible to produce. Before she had left for Aethelgard, her mentor had given her a small emergency kit, which included one of these pills.
She didn’t know exactly why, but her instinct screamed at her not to let this woman die today.
Sebastian immediately handed it to the attending physician. After a brief absence, the doctor returned and nodded at Sebastian. They had run a rapid chemical analysis and confirmed it was safe to consume, though they couldn’t guarantee its efficacy.
“Can she take it right now?” Sebastian asked, looking to Mira.
“Yes p>
Sebastian quickly poured a glass of warm water. Together, they gently propped Eleanor up and helped her swallow the pill.
Mira had actually learned a series of complex, nearly lost acupuncture techniques for this exact condition but since she had never practiced them on a live patient and she didn’t trust the people in thiso room-she decided against using them.
Within minutes, the deathly pallor faded from Eleanor’s face. The erratic lines on the heart monitor
slowly stabilized into a steady
steady
healthy rhythma She was even strong enough to speak.
The doctors were utterly baffled.
Based on their experience, Eleanor’s condition should have remained
highly volatile, and even in a
best case scenario, she should have
been completely incapacitated.
“Where did you buy this medication? The results are miraculous,” one of the doctors asked.
“It’s not available on the market. It contains several incredibly rare botanicals that are nearly impossible to source,” Mira replied.
Hearing that, the doctor realized it was a closely guarded proprietary formula and dropped the subject.
Suddenly, Vanessa, who had been glaring at the wall earlier, spoke up. “If the medicine is that effective, you should leave a few more for us. If it’s a matter of money, we’ll buy them p>
“I’m sorry, ma’am, but that was my only one. And they are absolutely not for sale p>
Every family had an obnoxious relative. Keeping her distance from them was definitely the right call. From now on, she would strictly help only those she cared about.
“If you have one, you obviously know the supplier. Can’t you just ask for more? Or just give us the contact information, and we’ll track them down ourselves p>
What was truly sickening was that no one in the room tried to stop Vanessa; instead, they all looked at Mira with eager, demanding eyes.
Only Eleanor, having finally regained some strength, shot Vanessa a withering glare. “Shut your mouth. My granddaughter does not need you telling her what to do p>
“Grandma, my mom is just trying to look out for you,” Liam Quinn, who had been silent the entire time, finally chimed in.
“I don’t need her version of looking out for me,” Eleanor snapped, turning her back to them.