She's a Genius.
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Please sit here.”
A small room. Catarina offered a chair to the man.
“What are you trying to do?”
“What do you mean? I’m just trying to diagnose you.”
The man, Andrew…no, the Crown Prince, Eins von Granzreich, sighed inwardly. ‘What am I doing here.’ He hadn’t planned on coming here to see her at all. But his feet moved on their own accord…for reasons he couldn’t understand.
‘And a diagnosis from that child.’ Like what she said, he was feeling dizzy and spiritless these days. But even the royal physician Julius hadn’t been able to grasp his condition, but that girl would? It was just a waste of time. ‘I just push her off and leave. Pathetic.’
At first, he was planning on ignoring her and heading back to the palace. But she stubbornly argued he had to be treated. So he was nowhere. ‘Was she always like this?’ He looked at the girl chosen to be his fiancee. He didn’t know if this was really the Catarina he used to know.
“Please come closer here.”
She hung her stethoscope on her neck and spoke. The Crown Prince unwillingly shifted his chair towards her.
“You look pale. When did you start feeling tired and spiritless?”
“…it’s been about two and a half months.”
“Do you eat well? Have you experienced weight loss or things like that?”
“I haven’t. Although, I don’t really have an appetite.”
“What type of dizziness do you feel? The ceiling doesn’t spin or anything like that, right?”
She continued to ask composed questions. The Crown Prince widened his eyes at her detailed questions. ‘They’re like the questions Baron Julius asked.’ She continued to take his history. She looked different from her usual self. Her gaze deepened.
“Why?”
“Just a moment. I’ll examine you.”
And she grabbed his hand.
“…!”
The Crown Prince was surprised at her soft touch again and pulled his hand out.
“What are you doing?”
But Catarina spoke like she always did to her patients.
“Examining your heartbeat. To check the degree of your sweating and temperature. Are you uncomfortable?”
“…No.”
She said it was for her examination, so what could he say? Eins extended his hand again.
“Just a moment.”
Catarina felt his hand and realized new information. ‘His temperature is slightly low. And there isn’t a lot of moisture on his hands.’ Multiple diagnoses popped up in her head. ‘I should check some more.’
Meanwhile, as she didn’t let go of her hand, he started to feel uncomfortable. ‘Why is she touching it for so long?’ In reality, it had only been a few seconds, but it felt like forever. ‘Does she touch other patients like this too?’
The Crown Prince simmered. He didn’t know why. He just did. He knew that doctors had to make physical contact with their patients to examine them. ‘But I still don’t like it.’
But it was then! Eins gasped in surprise.
“…!”
“Excuse me for a bit. I’ll examine your neck.”
She moved closer…and touched his neck!
“What?!”
“Examination of the neck is required according to your symptoms. It’ll be over quickly, so please wait a moment.”
It was a calm explanation. But Linden felt awkward.
Her small finger moved down his neck. It was a soft and ticklish feeling. And he bit his lips at her scent wafting up. ‘What is this…!’
It wasn’t a slight touch. Like she was searching for something, she touched every nook and cranny. She lightly touched him, so he wouldn’t feel uncomfortable, but he felt even more awkward. And after some time, she retracted her finger from him, and the Crown Prince let out a breath he didn’t even know he was holding.
“You…!”
But the girl just spoke in a composed voice.
“Just a moment. I’ll combine all your symptoms and explain it to you.”
‘This child…! To a man..!’ Eins wanted to storm out, but her eyes were so serious that he couldn’t. They were the eyes of a doctor who was genuinely concerned about their patient! So in the end, he just remained in his chair.
“…Is there nothing else I should do now?”
“Yes, please wait a moment.”
Eins sighed.
“Is something the matter? Are you uncomfortable somewhere?”
“…No. It’s just because I’m tired.”
She tilted her head.
“Wait a moment, please. I’ll explain the results soon.”
Her paper was filled with information. And she analyzed it all. ‘These symptoms…it’s probably ‘that.’ She continued asking a few more questions to confirm.
“Two and a half months ago, weren’t you feeling sick?”
“Yes, I was sick.”
“Your neck hurts, right? The place I touched earlier.”
“…I think so. How did you know?”
The Crown Prince looked at her in surprise. It was a precise question like she had seen him at the time.
Meanwhile, with his answers, Catarina was sure of her guesses. ‘It’s definitely that illness.
“The reason why you’re tired and apathetic is probably because of this illness.”
“What is it?”
And she said its name. It was a diagnosis that the royal physician and professors at the Imperial Cross Hospital hadn’t been able to make.
“De Quervain’s Thyroiditis.”
***
“De…quervain?”
The Crown Prince narrowed his eyes. He had never heard of this before. It was expected. It was an extremely tricky diagnosis that even doctors had trouble with.
“Yes, I see symptoms of De Quervain’s Thyroiditis.”
“What’s that?”
“It’s the result of the hormones being created after the thyroid gland is infected. The thyroid gland has Hypothyroidism.”
She continued to explain.
“The thyroid gland is an organ that makes hormones for the rest of our body. If there’s a problem with the production of the hormones we see symptoms like dizziness and apathy.
And she calmly explained the beginning stages of De Quervain’s Thyroiditis. It was called Subacute Thyroiditis on Earth. She had read an article about it when she was passing time.
“…”
The Crown Prince looked at her with surprised eyes. De Quervain’s Thyroiditis symptoms were exactly the same as he experienced for the past two months.
Surprisingly, this girl had accurately diagnosed the disease he had. The disease even the royal physician hadn’t been able to grasp! Not to mention, this girl is not a doctor but an engineer.
‘Amazing.’ He could only be in awe of her. It wasn’t the first time. From when she had diagnosed his father and performed the unbelievable surgery that night. She even spoke of a way to solve his problem.
“I’ll prescribe you some medicine.”
“What medicine is it?”
“You’ll quickly get better if you take this medicine that helped with the function of the thyroid gland.”
And she wrote his prescription.
“If you show this to the pharmaceutical office of the Royal Cross Hospital, they’ll make it for you, so please take it.”
“…Alright.”
Eins once again looked at her to see if he was really the girl he used to know.
“?”
Catarina had a questioning face why he didn’t stand up even though it was done. He continued to stare at her.
“What’s the matter?”
“…Nothing.”
Catarina smiled and spoke.
“Thanks for coming. Remember to take your medicine on the way.”
“Is there anything else?”
“No. It’s done, so you can leave now. Be careful on the way back.”
“…Alright.”
And as he was about to leave, Catarina spoke.
“Oh! Come back after 3 days, Andrew.”
“Why?”
“We need to control the amount of medicine according to your symptoms. Until it completely gets better, you’ll have to come back for two months.”
Catarina spoke again, considering his rank in society.
“If you don’t want to come here, I’ll write a referral so you can go to the Imperial Cross Hospital. Any doctors there can handle the disease you’re having. After all, Therese Institute of Engineering is an engineering facility. However, I’m the one who knows your disease so it will be better if I take a look at it in three days to see if there was a change.
She didn’t know his exact position, but he was probably a high noble. He could be uncomfortable coming to Therese Institute of Engineering and he is better to be treated at the hospital. However, as she has mentioned, she’s the one who diagnosed his disease.
“Wherever you go, please be treated periodically.”
But then, he said something unexpected.
“I’ll come back after 3 days.”
And he continued.
“Should I come find you?”
Catarina replied.
“If you wish, you can find another doctor. Since it’s only adjusting your medicine looking at your symptoms…and if this place is uncomfortable, you can go to Royal Cross Hospital.”
He shook his head.
“No.”
And he looked into her blue eyes and spoke.
“I’ll come to you.”
“…!”
“See you in 3 days.”
That was how the treatment of him and she began.
...
A few days later at the Eisenberg residence in the noble territory of Berlun. A middle-aged man was greeting Marquis Nix.
“Greetings to the Marquis.”
“It’s been a while, Viscount Foofayette. Thank you for running the Therese Institute of Engineering, always.”
The man, Director of the Therese Institute of Engineering spoke in an extremely polite tone, unlike his usual voice.
“It’s nothing. Therese Engineering operates thanks to your generosity. I don’t really do anything.”
His words were the truth. Therese Engineering was entirely operating with Marquis El’s sponsoring. ‘But why did he suddenly call for me?’
Marquis Nix quietly directed the facility, he never actually called him to his residence separately like this. ‘Is there a problem in the facility I don’t know about?’ The director had a nervous expression. Because he thought there was a good reason for why the Marquis had called for him.
“Have some tea.”
“Thank you, sir.”
A maid walked up and poured some tea for him. It had an elegant scent fitting of the Eisenberg family, but Viscount Foofayette couldn’t smell any of it because of his nervousness.
“You don’t have any difficulties running the facility?”
“Yes, thanks to your support we don’t have any problems.”
“You seem to be working hard.”
The Marquis wasn’t able to get to the point and spent some time saying this and that. Eventually, Viscount Foofayette had to ask.
“Uh, sir…why did you call me?”
“Oh…that’s.”
The Marquis closed his mouth in hesitation.
“…?”
Viscount Foofayette became even more nervous. Just how important was it that the chancellor was having this much difficulty speaking about it?!
“Please go ahead. Is there a problem in the facility I don’t know about?”
“That’s not it…it’s.”
The Marquis slowly opened his mouth.
“Do you know a child called Emilia?”
“Excuse me?”
Viscount Foofayette responded with a question because he wasn’t sure if he heard right.
“You don’t know? She recently started at Therese Institute of Engineering…”
“I do know. But I haven’t met her. What about her?
Emilia. There was no way he didn’t know. It was the most famous name in the Therese Institute of Engineering. But why was the Marquis asking for her?
“Ahem, is that child doing well?”
It was a slightly embarrassed voice. The director spoke confusedly.
“Yes, she’s fine. She’s not just fine but…”
“But?”
“She’s doing incredibly well.”
“Really? How so?”
The Marquis smiled hearing that she was doing well. Foofayette just looked at him in confusion. Did he call him to ask about the child’s wellbeing? Why? ‘Could it be?’ He thought of the Marquis’s only daughter but quickly shook his head. ‘There’s no way she would enter the Therese Institute of Engineering as a disciple…’ And the mean rumors about Lady Catarina were so different from Emilia
There was no way they were the same person. ‘Then why?’ But the Viscount just answered. Emilia? There was just one word that could describe her.
“Lady Emilia is a genius.”
“…!”
The Marquis was shocked at his unexpected words.
“Genius? Cat…no, Emilia?”
“Yes, not just a genius, but a genius of the century.”
The Marquis dropped his mouth open. The child wasn’t just a genius, but a genius of the century? Her?
“Is that true?”
He checked to see if the Viscount was joking. But there wasn’t a single lie in his face. Rather…
“Actually, to describe her as a genius isn’t enough.”
And the viscount thought to himself. ‘I was surprised as well.’ So he didn’t believe the fact that she had finished the splenectomy. It just didn’t make sense logically.
So he looked into everything that had happened since she came. From the first day. And he was more shocked. It wasn’t just her engineering prowess, but her medical prowess as well. And the new aircraft that they are building which are now nearing its completion. It was all amazing. Foofayette had to acknowledge that she was a genius sent from the heavens.
“Just what did she do?”
“So what happened was…”
The viscount told him everything Catarina had done.
“…”
And after listening to his explanation, the Marquis’s face turned pale. ‘My daughter, Catarina? Really?’ He wasn’t an engineer so he couldn’t understand the engineering terms, but he could know for sure about one thing. Catarina was doing extraordinary things in the facility! The Marquis asked in disbelief.
“Is that true? The Emilia that I know is only 16.”
“At first, I couldn’t believe it either. Because it doesn't make sense. A newly turned 16 years old doing those things, ha.”
The viscount laughed.
“There wasn’t a single exaggeration in anything I said.”
“…”
“Perhaps…she might be an engineer who surpasses Tesla or Great Alchemist Fleming.”
“…!”
The Marquis opened his mouth in surprise. He knew Graham and Fleming. Weren’t they outstanding people who established the basics of medicine? And Tesla who is the father of electricity and engineering Catarina would be comparable to those kinds of people?
“Aren’t you making a mistake? Maybe you confused the name.”
“There’s only one disciple named Emilia in the Therese Institute of Engineering.”
“…”
The Marquis couldn’t calm himself down. The reason why he called Foofayette wasn’t to ask him how Catarina was doing. At first, it was to see how bad she did. It would be a relief if she didn’t get in trouble. There wasn’t even a need to consider the bet with the Emperor. So with a pitying mind, he wanted to ask how she was doing. But his daughter was a genius? Beyond logic?
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