The true form of the "infectious disease" was rely a custom virus Noah created using the poison-type Teigu.
Though highly active initially, its lifespan was brief, preventing it from surviving inside a human host for more than forty-eight hours.
Other than inducing severe weakness, the pathogen was non-lethal and left no aftereffects, which fit Gozuki's request perfectly: it had to "look serious."
Noah's compatibility with the poison-type Teigu was poor, aning it hurt him in return every ti he used it, but that mattered little since a Teigu was still just a weapon.
As long as he used Weaver to force its activation, he could wield it safely, unlike a biological-type Teigu that might go berserk and attack people.
'Right. I almost forgot.'
Prompted by that thought, Noah stood up and searched his luggage until he pulled out an animal doll that resembled a stuffed dog.
Hekatonkheires was currently in its "off" state, so Noah activated the core and casually tossed it onto the floor.
In midair, the awakened magical beast adjusted its posture and landed steadily before scanning the room.
Then, as if it had slled sothing utterly terrifying, its whole body froze.
It slowly turned around, catching sight of the "demon" in its eyes, and assud an expression of absolute obedience.
It cutely jumped against Noah's leg, rubbing its fluffy body to perfectly mimic a loyal pet trying to please its master.
Seeing this, Noah casually pushed it aside with his foot, if this thing shed fur, he definitely would not have treated it so kindly!
Turning back to Cornelia, Noah watched her breathing slowly calm down and sighed.
'Girls these days really develop well. Also, what was Gozuki thinking when choosing people?'
Leaving aside talent and ability, these seven stood out too much as spies simply because their looks were too striking.
In this world, fourteen-year-olds could already marry and have children, making the sixteen-year-old Cornelia old enough to wed, even if Noah still considered her underage.
With her beautiful blonde hair, fine features, and stunning figure, she would draw n's attention wherever she went.
Was soone this eye-catching truly suited for assassination?
Then again, appearance could be weaponized, using beauty to confuse male targets was a very basic thod.
"Mm..." The girl barely opened her eyes, blinking in confusion at the two small eyes staring back at her.
'Um? Huh? What is going on? Where is this? No, what is this? A dog?'
The girl had no idea that this harmless-looking puppy was actually a terrifying monster capable of chewing her apart and eating her!
"You woke up faster than expected," Noah greeted her, drawing her attention. "Do you rember ?"
When Cornelia saw the cold face before her, she froze for a mont before asking uncertainly, "You are... Dr. Noah?"
After a brief, dazed pause, she quickly reacted and tried to sit up.
Because her body was so weak, she could not sit steadily and almost fell to the side.
Noah gently supported her, speaking in a soft voice.
"Don't get up so quickly. Lie down and rest first while I prepare so nutritional fluid to help your body recover. The girl nad Poney, who brought you here, has already gone back, so your family should arrive soon."
"I see." Cornelia lay back down on the sickbed, feeling comfortable enough beneath the warm blanket to grow sleepy as her chest rose and fell with her breathing.
However, the blanket made it a little hard to breathe.
Glancing over to see Noah's back turned to her, she unbuttoned the top few buttons of her shirt to relieve the tight pressure around her chest, letting out a small, relaxed sound.
She quickly realized how suggestive it sounded and imdiately covered her mouth, her face turning bright red as she hurriedly pulled the blanket up to her neck and peeked over it to observe the doctor!
At that mont, Noah was preparing the nutritional fluid using a concentrated liquid that could be diluted into fifty portions.
Since the virus had started working, a large outbreak was about to begin, so he made a highly concentrated batch for convenience to avoid preparing it from scratch every ti.
Hekatonkheires stayed quietly in place, behaving just like a real dog.
"Dr. Noah... you don't look much older than . May I ask how old you are?"
"Hm? ? I'm eighteen this year," Noah answered casually without turning around.
"Eighteen? Then you're only two years older than !" Cornelia sounded surprised.
"What's wrong? Is that strange?"
"Ah, no. I just thought you seed very mature. I thought you only looked young, but were actually almost 20." Cornelia explained herself before praising him.
"To beco a doctor at such a young age, you're amazing, Noah. Doctors can save a lot of people, right? Ah, sorry, I just think we're close in age, so calling you 'doctor' all the ti feels too stiff."
"Call whatever you want."
It was only a title, so Noah did not really care.
Noah finished mixing the nutritional fluid with stamina-restoring herbal water, preparing exactly four hundred milliliters for an infusion.
When Cornelia saw him approaching with the needle, she panicked.
"Wait. Are you going to give an injection?"
"Yes. What's wrong?"
"Wait! Wait! Why do I need an injection? Is it necessary? Can we not do it?" Cornelia pleaded, looking very nervous and scared.
Noah found this strange.
This girl was a trained assassin recognized by Gozuki; she shouldn't panic over an injection when she wouldn't even flinch at a blade.
"What are you afraid of? Have you never had an injection before?"
"N-no!"
"Huh?"
"I've never been sick since I was little! I only know injections exist, but I've never actually experienced one!" Cornelia loudly resisted, wrapping the blanket around herself as if Noah was about to do sothing terrible to her.
'Never been sick?' Noah thought about it for a mont and realized it might be true.
If she had received Gozuki's training, her superhuman immune system and specialized poison resistance would likely defeat normal germs.
"Everything has a first ti. Yours just happens to be today. Stop struggling and listen."
"No! I don't want to!"
"Tch. How troubleso."
Impatient, Noah moved closer and reached directly into the blanket to grab her arm, but Cornelia stubbornly tried to pull away.
'This girl...' Noah pinned her down by pressing his leg over the blanket, holding the needle ready to look for a vein.
At that mont—Bang!
The clinic door was knocked off its hinges, hitting the floor with a painful crack as Poney rushed inside.
"Dr. Noah! How is Sister Cornelia?!" she asked in a panic, only to freeze when she processed the scene: Cornelia, with ssy hair and disordered clothes, struggling against Noah as he tried to forcefully inject her!
"You?" Poney paused for a split second before launching a flying kick. "What are you doing?!"
Whoosh!
The wind from that sharp, powerful kick was aid straight at Noah's neck.
If it struck an ordinary person, the kinetic force would twist their head around entirely, destroying the spinal cord and causing instant paralysis or death on the spot.
"Wait—stop! Poney!" Cornelia tried to shout, but Poney moved too fast for her weakened body to intervene.
'Oh no! Too late!'
Yet, the calst person in the room was Noah himself.
In his eyes, Poney's movent was far from unreactable, if he didn't need to hide his strength, he possessed over ten ways to dodge, twenty ways to defend, and a thousand ways to counterattack or kill her.
Even without showing his true strength, he remained untouched because his obedient dog intervened.
In an instant, Hekatonkheires's small body materialized in front of Noah, making a motion like blocking a basketball shot to intercept Poney's whipping kick in midair.
Bang!
The powerful impact sent the stuffed puppy bouncing across the room until it finally stopped.
"Huh? Why is there a doggy here?"
Astonished that her leg strength hadn't shattered the creature's head, Poney knew sothing was wrong.
Even an idiot like her could tell this was strange.
"Stop! Poney! It's not what you think!" Cornelia yelled, desperate to prevent Poney from attacking again.
"Sister Cornelia..." Poney hesitated, but the blanket suddenly slipped from Cornelia's shoulder, exposing her unbuttoned shirt.
"S-S-S-Sister Cornelia??" Poney gasped, her imagination instantly drafting an entire story in her head capable of filling two volus.
Realizing the misunderstanding, Cornelia frantically corrected her, "I unbuttoned my shirt myself!"
"Huh?" Poney's mind went completely blank.
At the sa ti, the group waiting outside the ruined doorway froze.
Thud.
Guy, the tallest and manliest of the elite seven, dropped weakly to his knees.
Crushed by the sight of his long-ti crush, he wept like a child, punching the floor in disbelief as tears stread down his face.
"No... no way. Cornelia has a man? Impossible. I've always liked her so much!"
Gozuki stepped up to the missing doorway, examining the boot print stamped onto the wood.
'Poney did it, right? Except for her brain, she is excellent in every way. But her brain really is not very good.'
If told to use her head to defeat an enemy, the idiotic girl would probably deliver a literal headbutt to smash them.
Surveying the scene, Gozuki nodded to the left, then to the right, piecing the chaos together.
"I see. I roughly understand what happened. Sorry for the trouble, Noah."
'Eh? He understood from that?' Noah mused, realizing he might have underestimated the veteran assassin's deductive skills.
He really was a professional!
anwhile, Hekatonkheires climbed onto the table looking cute, harmless, and completely uninjured.
Poney and Cornelia stared in great surprise, finally realizing it was no ordinary puppy.
Gozuki's reaction was far stronger.
The mont his pupils locked onto the toy, he tensed up and nearly drew his Teigu, rembering Noah's research project.
'Why is that thing here?'
Fully aware the biological Teigu could flatten the village and kill everyone in minutes if it went berserk, Gozuki spoke up.
"Hey, hey. You actually brought this thing with you?"
Anticipating his concern, Noah placed a hand on the puppy's head and calmly replied.
"Don't worry. It's very obedient."
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