A Hospital in Another World?
Chapter 100

The Temple of the Spring Goddess stood firmly at the roots of Hartland City. Shortly after the High Priest released the people, news from the outside world began to pour in.

"They are taking the patients away, the City Guards are doing it!"

"The City Guards have dispatched people to patrol the streets, going door to door. If someone is sick, they take them to the Radiant Cathedral!"

"The priests of the Nature God Cult and the War God Temple have all gathered at the Radiant Cathedral!"

"It is said that it was a resolution made by the Nature God Cult, War God Temple, and City Guards together..."

"We saw Baron Vaughn's servants..."

The more the High Priest listened, the more his brows furrowed.

The Nature God Cult, War God Temple, and City Guards, these three coming together always made him think of a somewhat annoying name.

However, these were all irrelevant. The most important thing was, who was the guy spreading nonsense?

"High Priest, we have found out—" another attendant rushed in, panting for breath.

"These ideas were all from someone named Garrett... Garrett something, the one who visited the temple last time..."

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The High Priest raised an eyebrow.

That little guy again!

He was the one who came to confront them before;

During the Midsummer Festival, he declared the city's water source needed cleaning;

And when treating Master Lorenz's grandson, he arrogantly taught two senior priests as if they were his students!

That old man Elwin spoiled his students, the bald bishop went crazy following him every day, pampering that kid to the point where he questioned even the blessings of the Spring Goddess!

He angrily slammed the table, "Men! Prepare the procession, we're paying them a visit!"

Although the idea came from the little guy, those two sly old guys must have nodded in agreement behind his back. A bunch of troublemakers! Shaking the faith in the Spring Goddess, were they trying to expand their influence?

Hmph!

After driving away the Radiant High Bishop, he had seen their little tricks!

The High Priest, full of anger, led a group of people to the Radiant Cathedral. Elder Elwin and the bald bishop naturally came out to greet them. When they met, the High Priest restrained his anger on his face, chatted casually with them, and entered together. It wasn't until they were seated in the inner chamber that he pointed at the two leaders of the cults, laughing heartily:

"Hey, you two, what you did is unreasonable. —Treating illnesses is one thing, but why forbid people from drinking the water in the fountain?"

When Garrett issued this order, it was bundled with the instructions to "build stoves all over the city, boil water, and supply boiled water" and "no one is allowed to drink raw water."

At that time, it seemed okay, but now, the High Priest came to inquire—You say the river water is dirty, the ditch water is dirty, can the water from the fountain at the temple, blessed by the Spring Goddess, also be dirty? Can drinking it cause problems?

The bald bishop shifted in his seat and was about to speak. However, Elder Elwin extended his hand to stop him, stared into the High Priest's eyes, and calmly said:

"Raw water easily spreads diseases. —Your Excellency Horna, we are not targeting you; we are only thinking of the lives of the people in the entire city."

"But that is the sacred spring of the Goddess!" The High Priest frowned. Elder Elwin didn't back down:

"The sacred spring is indeed sacred. However, with many people fetching water and the utensils used not guaranteed to be clean, it's better not to take water temporarily during an epidemic."

"The sacred spring of the Goddess naturally has the ability to purify the water source! Elwin, you're spoiling that little guy too much. Are you blindly following everything he says? —Drinking raw water, who knows if it will cause an epidemic!"

Garrett stood quietly beside his teacher, observing with eyes, mouth, and nose, diligently contemplating the next experimental plan. When he heard the High Priest speak like that, he suddenly raised his head, looked straight at him. Elder Elwin had been keeping an eye on him with his peripheral vision, and seeing that he wanted to speak, he raised his hand, vigorously waved forward:

"Raw water is inherently prone to spreading epidemics. —Garrett, you speak!"

"High Priest, Bishop, Teacher." Garrett took a step forward, first slightly bowing his head to greet the three leaders of the cults. When he raised his head, the humble and gentle expression immediately turned into a determined and firm one:

"Whether drinking raw water can spread epidemics or not, whether drinking fountain water can spread epidemics or not, my words don't count. With you three present, we can conduct an experiment."

"Find some healthy rabbits and feed them with raw water from the river, water from the ditch, water from the fountain, and boiled and cooled water separately. After feeding them, observe which rabbit gets diarrhea and which one doesn't."

Garrett Nordmark was confident. Since his upcoming experiments required test animals, he took advantage of the High Priest's visit to provoke him and managed to make him foot the bill. In order to silence the High Priest, he elaborated on the experiment design:

"For the sake of experiment accuracy, I suggest that the High Priest sends someone to buy rabbits. Once purchased, they can be treated with divine magic first, and then randomly selected. When collecting water, it's also possible to do it together with several others to supervise each other, preventing water sample switching—"

After all, rabbits can also contract dysentery!

Hmph!

"Enough!" High Priest Holna, furious, flicked his sleeves. The other party had laid out all the details, and leaving now would seem guilty; waiting here to watch someone feed rabbits would appear foolish. Garrett nodded respectfully, bowing his head and speaking softly:

"Of course, if you are tight on funds, we can also buy the rabbits for you—"

In response, a pouch of coins was thrown at him.

The rabbits were quickly bought. Garrett calmly marked the water samples, labeled the rabbit cages according to the samples, and fed them separately. He even made sure to do things thoroughly; the water dishes used for feeding were taken straight from the steamer, each rabbit having its own dish without mixing.

Then came the long wait.

After feeding the rabbits, Garrett discreetly left. Elder Elwin and the bald Bishop had exhausted their healing spells for the day. Both sat idle, one on the left and one on the right of the rabbits, praying individually. High Priest Holna sat in the middle, bored, waiting until the red sun sank, night fell, and then...

The rabbits got diarrhea.

Except for the few rabbits that drank cold boiled water, the rest, including those who drank fountain water, began to have diarrhea one after another.

Bald Bishop: "..."

Elder Elwin: "..."

No quarreling, no blaming each other; just a few rabbits brought out to face them, it was perfect!

High Priest Holna: "..."

In front of everyone's eyes, his old face looked like it was smeared with rabbit dung. Finally, he flicked his sleeves:

"The Holy Spring must be contaminated. I will organize prayers and purify the water source— but, prohibiting the people from taking water from the fountain is absolutely impossible!"

"I'm afraid it really needs to be prohibited." Garrett walked in with large strides, a serious expression on his face. He bowed slightly to Elder Elwin:

"Teacher, many of the early patients took water from the temple's fountain."

"You?!"

High Priest Holna was shocked and angered. Garrett looked at him seriously, not backing down:

"I have evidence!"

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