Ryan was taken aback.
Auntie?
Was it that old lover of the teacher's?
What was she doing here so late at night?
Immediately, he quickly got out of bed and walked to the front door. Hesitantly, he peeked outside through a small hole in the door panel.
Instantly, a scene of billowing waves was reflected in Ryan's pupils.
Whoosh—
Ryan stared wide-eyed and yanked the door open, saying:
"Auntie, it's so late. May I ask what brings you here?"
Lady Doll stood in front of Ryan with a smile on her face. Her three-meter-tall figure made Ryan look particularly tiny.
She was about to speak when she noticed two lines of nosebleed flowing from Ryan's nose. She asked in confusion:
"Ryan, your nose seems to be bleeding?"
Ryan wiped away the nosebleed with a swipe and rubbed his temples, saying calmly:
"It's nothing. I've been a bit inflamed recently. I'll be fine after some rest."
Lady Doll didn't think too much about it. She looked Ryan up and down with a smile in her eyes, feeling more and more that he was full of vitality and extremely handsome.
However, Lady Doll hadn't forgotten the real purpose of her visit.
"Well, it's like this."
A look of discomfort appeared on Lady Doll's face. She held her forehead, looking weak and said:
"I've been running around outside these past few days. Especially after helping your teacher deal with those puppets from the Demon Association, my strength just hasn't recovered. My whole body has been aching, my limbs feel weak, and I can't even fall asleep in the middle of the night..."
"I don't up what's wrong, so I thought of coming to you to have a look for Auntie..."
[Ding! The host has triggered a task: Help Lady Doll examine her body. Task rewards: 200 Skull Coins, 200 basic experience points. There is a high probability of triggering special rewards.]
There's a high probability of triggering special rewards?!
Upon hearing this, Ryan didn't hesitate and immediately made way, saying:
"Auntie, please come in quickly."
Then he was a bit puzzled.
Since this lady wasn't feeling well, why didn't she go to his teacher for a look?
The teacher's medical skills were much better than his own.
But soon he heard the thunderous snoring of his teacher coming from outside.
Hmm...
Alright.
Maybe she knew he wasn't asleep yet and didn't the wake up the teacher. After all, the teacher had just finished an operation.
Click—
After inviting Lady Doll in, Ryan turned around and closed the door.
As soon as he turned around, Ryan immediately saw Lady Doll stretch out a big, lazy stretch. She made a strange, contented sound from her mouth, and those billowing waves immediately surged like a tidal wave.
It made Ryan's heart skip a beat.
Damn!
Auntie, be careful!
Do you know how much of a mental impact this kind of casual display of your figure in front of a young man can have on him?
However, Ryan was a doctor after all, and he quickly regained his composure.
He quickly put on his white coat, pulled out a chair and sat opposite Lady Doll. Calmly, he took out a pen and paper and asked:
"Auntie, where exactly do you feel unwell in your body? Can you please tell me in detail?"
Lady Doll was secretly observing Ryan's reaction. She held her forehead and said weakly:
"My head is dizzy, my back and waist ache, my muscles ache, everywhere hurts. And for some reason, I just feel weak and can't exert any strength."
Ryan thought for a moment and wrote down as he said:
"Have you been overworked? Haven't you had enough rest and adjustment these past few days?"
Lady Doll tugged at the collar of her nightgown and said weakly:
"I'm not really sure... The quality of my sleep was actually quite good... But I just can't exert any strength..."
She seemed to be feeling hot as she tugged at her collar, which made Ryan's heart race again.
Ryan quickly snapped back to reality.
He thought for a moment and said seriously:
"Well, Auntie, let me feel your pulse to see what's going on!"
Lady Doll held her forehead with a smile and said:
"That would be great."
With that,
Lady Doll rolled up her sleeves and weakly extended her hand.
She peeked at Ryan with a hidden smile.
Of course, she wasn't sick at all.
She just wanted to use this excuse to get him in touch with her daughters.
He definitely wouldn't be able to diagnose anything. Later, she just needed to casually ask him to prescribe some blood-activating and stasis-dispersing tonics for her, or give her a massage or some physiotherapy.
Then she could justifiably give him a thank-you gift.
This was perfect.
...
Ryan reached out and placed his hand on her wrist. He closed his eyes and carefully felt the beating of her pulse.
After more than ten seconds, Ryan looked confused.
Because the information fed back by the pulse was completely normal. There wasn't any abnormality at all.
But that's not right!
If it was really due to overwork, the pulse should have given him some feedback, but it didn't. Could it be that his diagnostic ability had declined?
"Doctor, how is it? Is it serious?"
Lady Doll asked "anxiously".
Ryan snapped back to reality and thought for a moment, saying:
"Wait a moment. The pulse feedback takes some time. Don't rush."
Ryan narrowed his eyes and then immediately opened the system panel.
Since he couldn't diagnose by feeling the pulse, he might as well activate his diagnostic skills.
After all, for most creatures in this world, it was difficult to use the diagnostic methods for humans to determine the symptoms of the target.
[Ding! You are using the passive diagnostic effect of "Random Diagnosis Technique". Do you to activate it immediately?]
"Yes!"
And at that very moment.
A series of system prompt dings immediately rang in Ryan's ears.
[Ding! You have discovered the target's diseases: Bone Compression]
[Ding! You have discovered the target's diseases: Flesh Disorder]
[Ding! You have discovered the target's diseases: Bloodline Curse (Residual)]
Ryan was shocked and immediately stood up. He stared solemnly at Lady Doll in front of him.
Lady Doll was taken aback and said:
"Huh? What's wrong?"
Ryan stared at her seriously and said deeply:
"Auntie, you're seriously ill!"
...
A few minutes later.
In the front hall of the apothecary shop.
Lady Doll sat in front of the counter with a bewildered look on her face, watching Ryan rummage through various medicinal herbs in the counter.
Wait!
This isn't right!
I'm not sick at all. I just wanted to use this excuse to get my daughters to get in touch with him.
How could it be that after just a casual diagnosis, it seemed like I was terminally ill.
"Ryan? What's going on? Shouldn't Auntie just be overworked?"
She looked at the solemn and serious expression on Ryan's face and widened her eyes, feeling inexplicably nervous.
"It's not overwork."
Ryan held a large pile of medicinal herbs and turned around deeply. He put on his monocle.
He sat back in front of the counter, placed the medicinal herbs aside, and looked at her seriously, saying:
"Auntie, let me ask you first. You have to be honest with me. In recent years, have you often felt a strong sense of weight on your whole body's bones? When doing some high-intensity exercises, have you often felt like your body was about to collapse at any moment and needed a long rest to recover?"
Lady Doll was stunned.
"No!"
Are you kidding?
She was the owner of the Doll Manor. Although she hadn't reached the Monarch level yet, few in this dark world dared to provoke her.
If there was really some serious illness in her body, could she not have noticed it?
She became hesitant and started to lose a bit of in the trust in this young man in front of her.
She wasn't sick at all!
Could he really randomly diagnose some illness for her?
Ryan adjusted his monocle and looked at her deeply, saying:
"No, madam, it's not that there isn't. It's just that something is covering it up, making it difficult for you to notice those symptoms that have appeared in your body."
Lady Doll hesitated and said:
"Are you kidding? Don't lie to me! Even your teacher wouldn't dare to lie to me!"
Ryan looked serious and said:
"Madam, let me ask you another question. What form of power do you have?"
Lady Doll frowned.
She gently raised a finger, and a mysterious black halo instantly appeared on the tip of her finger.
"Spellcasting. What about it?"
Spellcasting, a mysterious magical energy that exists in the dark world, is also a kind of secret energy often used by wizards, demons, warlocks, etc.
Ryan said calmly:
"Madam, do you always retain a large amount of spellcasting secret energy within your body?"
Lady Doll raised an eyebrow and said:
"Yes."
Ryan adjusted his monocle and said deeply:
"What about the situation without the boost of spellcasting secret energy? Have you ever experienced it?"