Xia Jia's expression grew increasingly strange: "But why do I feel like the way we're meeting is somewhat familiar?"

The black cat crossed its arms and interjected, "It's like visiting someone in prison."

"Visiting the prison?"

Xia Jia and Yuki were both stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter!

"Yuki, you couldn't escape the fate of being imprisoned by the Astrea Familia either! Hahaha."

"Yeah yeah."

Xia Jia smiled, feeling deeply gratified as she watched Yuki gradually regain her spirits.

After all, he's almost a level 2 adventurer. Even if his durability is only 200 points, he can definitely move around normally, if not die from taking a few hits head-on.

Of course, Xia Jia's visit to see Yuki this time was not simply for small talk. He had made ample preparations as a gift for meeting an elder for the first time.

He took out four glass test tubes containing purple liquid and said to Yuki:

“This is a panacea I got from the school district. Try it and see if it helps your condition.”

"A panacea?" Yuki covered her mouth in surprise.

Having spent so many days in the Dicuo, she naturally knew the preciousness of the Panacea.

It's not the price of 50 Fali, but the materials for making the panacea are extremely rare. The best panacea's main ingredient is a unicorn horn!

Those are very rare monsters, even in dungeons, and they usually appear on deeper floors.

Secondly, there's Cadmus's wing membrane and the spring it guards, which are level 6 special monsters that only the strongest members of the Familia can hunt.

In the entire Orario clan, only two members have reached that level. Therefore, very few teams have the resources and capital to use the elixir.

Level 1 players rely almost entirely on healers and herbs, while Level 2 players will use herbs produced in the Great Tree Maze, which is protected by the Tree Dragon.

This portion can only reach the level of high-grade elixirs.

"This is too precious." Yuki felt she couldn't repay it.

"It's not expensive." Xia Jia smiled slyly: "At worst, you can mortgage yourself to me and be my wife for two years to pay off your debt."

Shaka opened the portal and teleported the panacea to Yuki's hospital room.

As the owner of the door, he could naturally prevent anything other than medicine from passing through, including bacteria.

After Yuki drank the panacea, her body became visibly plump and rounded, her atrophied muscles began to recover, and her hair gradually grew back.

In just a few seconds, she had grown into a graceful young girl.

"I'm all better?"

Xia Jia dared not be careless: "Your illness is rather special, and I can't guarantee whether the panacea will work. Let the doctor examine you."

"Ah."

Before calling the doctor, Xia Jia went to the next ward and gave the panacea to Yuki's older sister, Aiko, and her parents.

The condition of the group has visibly recovered.

Afterwards, Dr. Kurahashi entered the ward, performed a series of basic examinations, and then calmly came out.

"Yuki's condition has recovered very well. Blood tests show that her immune status has greatly improved, but it is not accurate to say that she is cured. The other three patients are not as effective as Yuki in terms of medication. Their immune deficiencies still exist, but their CD4 cells have begun to increase compared to the beginning."

CD4 cells are the primary cells attacked by the HIV virus. In order to fight the virus, the body loses a large number of these cells, leading to immune system collapse.

The current increase in these cells indicates that immunity is gradually recovering.

Dr. Kurahashi concluded: "If you can continue taking this type of medication, returning to a normal life shouldn't be a problem."

He adjusted his glasses and handed the documents to Xia Jia.

In his heart he was thinking:

Was the reason Kotoko Iwanaga had instructed that Yuuki receive special care because of him?

Kotoko Iwanaga is now cooperating with some official underworld organizations. Could this person be some important figure? To be able to obtain such a miraculous potion, she truly deserves to be a big shot.

Xia Jia took the report. He didn't know much about these things, so he could only pull the doctor aside to communicate directly with the patient.

During Xia Jia's absence, Shiwa, who had remained silent, glanced at Yuuki with a complicated expression and asked:

"She's Xia Jia's so-called girlfriend?"

“Yes.” The black cat nodded.

"Has he been doing this all along?"

"You mean Yui and Yuuki?" The black cat recalled for a moment, "They probably started this recently because the 'Game Mode' has medical treatment effects. I think it's called [End-of-Life Care]?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha suddenly asked, "So, agreeing to date is also part of [end-of-life care]?"

“No,” the black cat answered for Shaka matter-of-factly, “Given that child’s personality, as long as Yuuki is alive, the ‘Cinderella’ magic will continue.”

Shiyu looked into the ward and frowned at Yuki, who was completely different from when they first met. She admitted that she had some thoughts that she shouldn't have had.

But that was only for a fleeting moment.

After a moment of silence, she slowly spoke: "So, aren't you jealous? The person you like is being taken by someone else because of this."

The black cat, however, didn't seem to care. It waved to Yuki inside the glass and said:

"That's why I like him. He's always playing the hero for others, and he'll probably become my hero someday."

She turned around, looked at Shiyu seriously, and patted her chest, saying frankly:

"I hope Cinderella's magic continues forever, even if Yuuki and Shaka have a child in the end, I won't mind!"

"Give birth? Have a baby?!"

Kasumigaoka Utaha's face flushed red, but she was filled with a sense of defeat.

That's even worse than 'eel starving without abalone' or 'a woman's intestines dripping wet'!

She admitted that she had completely lost to this short man when it came to love.

She's too ruthless with herself; I can't compare.

The black cat looked at Shiyu, her expression a mixture of disbelief and relief, and sighed.

"Gods are always too much; they always like to take away all of people's happiness."

"You saw it too, didn't you? Aki Tomoya, Yui, and Yuki. Everyone should have been happily heading towards tomorrow."

"So, when time completely collapsed and the world bared its fangs before my eyes, I was already aware of it."

The black cat raised a resolute yet wicked smile: "Only the Queen's residence must be defended to the death! Therefore, the contractor must be none other than the Descendant!"

"What are you talking about?"

At this moment, Xia Jia followed the doctor back from Lan Zi's ward.

The black cat's face instantly turned bright red. It turned its head away and stammered, "N-nothing."

Shi Yu, who had initially been shocked, now only showed disdain: "So you're a pushover too? You can't even handle me!"

She slowly curled the corners of her lips into a seductive smile and said, "We're talking about how to secretly take advantage of you behind your little girlfriend's back."

"As long as the child is left, the fickle Descendant will surely hesitate to act rashly."

"You wouldn't want us, a widow and her child, to be homeless on the streets, living under a bridge with only blankets, would you?"

Shaga wanted to say, "Come on, face me head-on!"

But knowing that this woman was making up stories again, he could only slap her on the butt in dissatisfaction.

"Eek—" Shi Yu jumped to the side and hid behind the black cat, her face flushed and trembling as she said, "You, you, you, what are you trying to do in front of your girlfriend?"

The three people present simultaneously rolled their eyes back to their dead fish-like expressions.

Shaga even recalled his old friend Shadow's catchphrase:

Ha, what a weakling!

Chapter 159 Shrimp Catcher

"Dr. Kurahashi, I'm planning to take Yuki out for a walk."

office.

Xia Jia got straight to the point with the doctor.

Dr. Kurahashi pondered for a moment and said:

"Take Yuki out... well, she's fine right now. But just to be safe, I don't want you to do that."

The onset of HIV is a process, and like most diseases, it has a long incubation period and development period, until it becomes life-threatening in the outbreak stage.

Now, Yuki's physical functions have been mostly restored, and she can basically maintain them with the help of special immune drugs, just like when she was in elementary school.

In fact, if properly managed, HIV patients can live a normal life for the rest of their lives.

Shaga was well aware of the doctor's concerns and frankly stated:

“My medication does not cause drug resistance. When I get back, I will clean her body again.”

Regarding this…

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