Parallel World Pharmacy Vol 4 Chapter 2.2

Published at 7th of December 2019 12:07:17 AM

Part 2

TN: Check out the Table of Contents for links to the raws

The Empress’s meal was open to the court.
The meal was informal, but still prepared elegantly. The Empress sat at a round table near a window which had been left open. After observing that the Empress had been seated, Falma and Palle both took their seats as well. Servers then brought wet napkins with which they wiped their hands. Finally, Falma and Palle used their water divine arts to fill their fingerbowls and cups.
As the Empress was a fire-based divine art user, a dedicated water-based divine art user stood by to provide water for her.
There were many court officials waiting around the Empress. To have a meal while being watched by so many people, Falma wasn’t surprised to find that it was like dining in the court of France’s Louis XIV.
“Falma, you’re here! Did you come to examine my mother?”
The Prince entered and welcomed Falma.
“Come hunt rabbits with me”
“It’s been a long time, Your Highness. We can go rabbit hunting later, but before that, please allow me to examine you as well”
How do you know His Highness? Palle’s eyes seemed to ask. How can someone unqualified like you provide medical examinations to the royal family?
(I guess it’s all over)
Falma casually took off his coat. Underneath, pinned on his vest, was a crown-shaped badge – the badge of the imperial court pharmacist. It belonged to the fourth imperial court pharmacist in the entire kingdom.
“Hiiii-!”
When Palle noticed the badge, his jaw dropped. It was at that very moment that Palle learned of Falma’s position and accomplishments for the first time.
Falma had completely failed to mention it to Palle.
“What’s wrong, is the food not to your liking?”
The Empress called out to Palle because he let out such a strange sound. Palle quickly collected himself.
“N-no! The food is very good!”
“Thank you, that’s good to hear”
Palle, who suddenly understood Falma’s position in the court as well as his relationship with the royal family, was left speechless.
I want to go home. I shouldn’t have come to the court today, he thought

10 plates of hor d’oeuvres, 3 plates of meat, 2 plates of fish, and 4 plates of entremets. They were brought out on high quality silverware, and there were small marks indicating that a food taster had already tested it. The food was even more luxurious than what could be found on the dining table of the de Medicis family. It was truly worthy of being called a royal meal. Falma and Palle chatted with the Prince and the Empress while enjoying a slow meal, as Claude reviewed the textbook in a side room.
“Thank you for your hard work, why don’t you come and join us?”
“Yes, thank you for the invitation. I’ve more or less read through the entire textbook. I have just one question, where did Falmshi learn this knowledge?”
Falma and Claude stared at each other, but Falma kept quiet.
“… can’t you tell me?”
Claude’s attitude had changed, as though Falma had just insulted him. Noticing this, the Empress quickly jumped to Falma’s defense.
“Ah, Claude. Don’t bother the boys”
TN: -shi is used to refer to your teacher/master, like 師匠 (shishou)

“It’s true. Right now, this is less of a textbook and more of a compilation of my wild ideas”
Falma suddenly agreed with Claude.
“Geh- Falma?!”
What are you saying? thought Palle who, flustered, had tried to rebuke Falma. However, Falma continued to talk.

“As cases are collected and more and more scientists and pharmacists begin to use science-based techniques, we can analyze the results with statistics. If the techniques are found to be effective, then we’ve improved our knowledge”
Then, Falma turned to face the Empress.
“This is the first scientifically-accurate textbook”
“Ho….”
The Empress was overwhelmed by Falma’s words.

“Ah! As far as the section on leukemia goes, I’ve personally verified it with my own body”
Palle also jumped to Falma’s defense.
Upon hearing those words, a curt smile formed on Claude’s lips. He returned the textbook to the Empress just as Falma suddenly remembered,
“I’ve also prepared a copy for the Chief Physician. I hope you’ll accept it”
“I appreciate it, thank you”
Claude expressed his gratitude as he accepted the textbook.
“I would like some more time to thoroughly read through this. Of course, further verification is required as well, but this is already a treasure trove of medical knowledge. If everything is indeed factually accurate and not just an elaborate fantasy, then the entire history of medicine will have been overturned. Traditional medicine and pharmacy will be useless”
Having said that, Claude seemed to go quiet. He replaced his glasses on his coat.

“Verifying this will take at least a hundred years, no, two hundred years”

Claude’s intuition is correct, agreed Falma. Currently, the technology required to verify the techniques in the textbook simply didn’t exist in this world.
Falma appreciated Claude’s sincere attitude when confronted with new information to learn.

The Empress listened to Claude and pondered for a bit,
“In that case, I’ll leave verification of this textbook to you and the imperial court physicians. Prioritize objectivity above all else and let mistakes be immediately discovered and corrected. If it truly takes two hundred years to verify, then we shall begin immediately”
“As you command, I can’t be uninvolved with this book”
Claude winked at Falma.
Falma and Palle, who didn’t understand what Claude meant, blinked.

Chapter end