Following the King's instructions, Rei carefully poked the syringe needle into a clearly visible vein on the King's right forearm. Then, with the timing counted by the King, Rei injected the mixture directly into the vein on the King's right forearm before carefully retracting the needle. However, just as Rei thought everything is going smoothly, a droplet of blood oozed out from the injected spot.
"Ah! I'm terribly sorry... I..."
"It's okay, not a big deal."
Said so, the King as he calmly took a small piece of a cotton gauze pad and pressed the cotton gauze pad onto the bleeding spot.
"I... I'm sorry. Did I hurt you?" Rei asked.
The King shook his head with a smile...
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