Afternoon tea in the infirmary
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The next afternoon, having finished his work, Aiden paced to the infirmary.
He was here to check the results of Ivantha's physical examination.
In order to wash away the toxicity in Ivantha's blood, he now arranged for Ivantha to come here once a week for a physical examination, in addition to letting her receive daily medication.
He still retained a few degrees of vigilance towards the treatment plan provided by Merukino.
He pushed open the door to the infirmary, and at a glance, he saw Veronica, who was sitting by the door guarding the prisoners.
"Sir!" Veronica rose instantly and saluted Aiden.
Aiden raised his hand and pressed down, signalling her to remain seated, "Wow, you're in charge of duty today."
"Yes."
Aiden scanned the room and saw Evantha, who had finished her medical checkup, sitting on the edge of the hospital bed, eating a small piece of cake from a tea saucer as if it were nothing else, her mouth drenched in snowy white cream.
Aiden froze for a moment as he looked on, "Where did you get that cake?"
The prison canteens, both the ones for the guards and the ones for the inmates only served meals they wouldn't serve this kind of dessert, the only possibility was that a guard had brought it in from the outside.
Evantha heard his question and stopped chewing, but didn't answer directly, only silently turning her eyes to Veronica.
Aiden also followed her line of sight to Veronica, who had to raise her hand and admit, "I'm sorry, it's ...... I bought it for her, to thank her for stepping in and helping out yesterday."
"Oh, so that's it, that's okay." Aiden smiled, "Prisoners have meritorious performances, it's reasonable to give them some rewards, it's not against the rules, and I'll give them a little something once in a while when I ask them for help. In the future, if you encounter any scenes in the prison that are too busy, you can also take the initiative to ask them to help."
"Is that okay? I don't see the warden ever doing that." Veronica was a little surprised.
She knew that Ivantha, Daley, and Arsenal were model inmates appointed by Aiden to assist in the management of the prison, but since entering to serve here, she had only seen Aiden casually make use of these inmates, and the other guards, even Flanda as the Ward Leader, didn't have any excessive contact with these inmates.
Over time, she couldn't help but get the feeling that these three prisoners were the only ones that the warden himself had the right to call upon.
Aiden shrugged, ''There's nothing wrong with that, I recruited them to assist the wardens in running the prison, it's not like they're secretaries for me alone. The other wardens don't use them because they're not used to it, and they're also wary of them as well, but I don't think you should have to worry about any of that."
Aiden could see that Veronica seemed to be able to approach and manage the inmates of the Core with a more equal perspective compared to the other guards who completely treated the inmates of the Core like a flood of animals.
Just like with Ivantha, the other guards only saw Ivantha as a dangerous monster and didn't dare to have too much contact with this child whose blood was even highly poisonous, that is, there was Veronica who was still able to treat her as a child and have sympathy for her.
After all, Veronica herself was an alien who was no less than these prisoners, and she didn't shy away from getting up close and personal with them.
Aiden had the intention of cultivating Veronica, and taught Veronica a little bit of his own means of managing the prison.
In the future, if Veronica could become his spokesperson in managing the core area, many things could be done in the future without having to be done by Aiden himself personally, and the work could become a lot easier.
"You keep an eye on her first, I'll go check the inspection results." Aiden said as he walked towards the inspection room in large strides.
Once inside the examination room, he slammed the door back shut.
There were two people standing in the examination room, one was the prison doctor, and the other, the shackled Meiliujinu.
Merukino's left foot was attached to a long shackle, the other end of which was bolted to a post, an insurance policy that prevented her from leaving the examining room for the time being and initiating contact with Ivantha.
"Have the results of the blood tests come back yet?" He asked directly towards the prison doctor.
"Not all of them are out, but the toxicity identification is complete." The prison doctor replied.
"How are the results?"
"The toxicity has indeed reduced a lot, the concentration of the toxic substance has almost halved, and the other physiological indices are not abnormal. From the results so far, the treatment programme is quite effective." The prison doctor gave a positive answer.
"Reduced by half? That sounds like it won't take long for her to become like a normal person."
"The concentration is just a reference indicator, at the beginning of the medication, the effect will be more significant, and the progress will be slower the later it gets. The ultimate goal of the treatment is to completely change that child's haematopoietic function, this process will be longer." Merukino interjected and gave Aiden an explanation.
Aiden nodded after listening and turned to Meiliujinu, "It's okay, you're quite honest, I was a bit worried before that you would not move anything strange."
"Having fallen into your hands, I've already resigned myself to my fate, I certainly won't joke with my own life." Merukino smiled and raised her hand, shaking the shackles on her hand, "I've already made plans to spend the rest of my life in prison, I wonder if the warden would be willing to give me more chances to reform myself?"
Aiden heard what Merukino meant, she was trying to become a model prisoner who served Aiden just like Evantha and the others, in exchange for privileges in the prison.
"I'm not too brave to use a woman like you who is just like a viper, not to mention I can't use a demonic contract on you. But as long as you honestly follow the rules, I won't make things difficult for you. When I can use you, I will naturally trade with you." Aiden returned in a serious manner.
He knew deep down that Meilu Ji Nu was indeed very usable, but at the same time, she was also a serpentine beauty who was completely untrustworthy, and right now, this woman was acting honestly only because she currently had no chance of being able to resist him.
With this woman, he could only cautiously keep his distance and deal with the other party under the premise of ensuring safety.
"Truly a dripping man." Merukino sighed.
At that moment, someone outside the inspection room knocked on the door.
"Who?" Aiden turned back.
"Sir." Veronica's voice came from the outside of the room, "The supervisor has called someone over to you, saying that there seems to be a situation over in the confinement room."
"The brig?" Aiden frowned.
Normally the confinement room wasn't a place where things would go wrong, the prisoners were strictly segregated there, and any problems were basically handled immediately by the guards present to monitor them.
Moreover, there should only be two inmates locked up over there in the solitary confinement room right now, the Tyrannosaurus Rex Carmilla, who caused trouble in the cafeteria yesterday, and the Corpse Demon Silk Rhine.
After thinking for a moment, Aiden returned, "Got it, I'll go over there now."
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