Help From Emily

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The two of them took Nicholas to the infirmary and laid his limp body on the patient bed that was there.

"Okay, now what should we do?" Richard asked confused when he saw his best friend limp on the patient's bed.

"I'll try to check it first," Emily said. Holding Nicholas' wrist, trying to check the man's pulse.

"I think what's happening to him right now, is the same as what happened to him a few days ago because his condition is almost the same as before," Richard said, looking at Nicholas's pale face.

"What happened to him?" Emily asked curiously and looked in the direction where Richard was.

Richard immediately widened his eyes, when Emily asked about this because he immediately remembered an incident that made little sense to explain.

"Ah, that's hmmm, just a panic attack," Richard replied stammering a bit, then he tried to take his eyes off Emily.

I almost slipped up about the incident, luckily my mouth was still under control and didn't slip out like usual. Richard thought as he sat in the chair next to the patient's bed.

"I see," Emily said, nodding her head slowly.

"From what I can see, he's okay, but I don't know what happened to him either. Because according to my knowledge, he wasn't just having a panic attack." Emily said and her right hand was still holding Nicholas' wrist, she was trying to check her pulse to make sure it.

And when she looked at Nicholas's face, she narrowed her eyes a little because she saw something on Nicholas' face.

"Richard please get me a tissue," Emily asked Richard to be able to get a tissue which was not far from him because at this moment Emily seemed to realize something that made Nicholas' body weak.

"Hah, okay," Richard replied somewhat confusedly, but he did as she asked. He took the tissue that was on his right, then he gave it to Emily.

"Please get me some water, you just put it in a glass," Emily added to Richard after the man handed him a tissue.

"Huh?" Richard chimed in with an incredulous look on his face when he was now the one Emily had ordered.

"Do you want your friend to recover quickly, or should I just leave?" Emily said as she got up from her seat, seeing that Richard's expression didn't seem to like it when he was asked for help.

"Ah, no, no I'm just kidding, Yes I'll get it right away," Richard replied with a bit of a stutter, he immediately rushed to the bathroom to get some water. Although actually, he was a little doubtful about the woman, there was no harm in trying if Emily could do it.

"Who is she, how dare she order me. If it weren't for her wanting to take care of my best friend, I wouldn't want to do what she asks!" Richard hissed as he took the water from the sink, then he slowly carried it back into the room.

Richard immediately gave the woman a glass of water, with a slightly confused look on his face when he saw that Emily seemed to know something but she didn't want to say it.

"Ah, thank you," Emily said, smiling at Richard, then she quickly put the tissue in a glass of water, but didn't put it in until it was all wet.

Richard just kept quiet and watched carefully what Emily was about to do to Nicholas.

I don't know if it's what I thought, because I'd learned a little bit about wolfsbane with my older brother, and I think what's now on Nicholas's face, is wolfsbane powder. Emily thought as she slowly rubbed a tissue over Nicholas' face.

Richard who saw the woman wiping a tissue on Nicholas' face, just kept quiet and tried to think positively. Because he also doesn't know what happened to Nicholas.

Richard brought his face closer to Emily's, to see what she was doing.

Emily who was focused on being able to wipe the purple powder that was on Nicholas's face, eyes shifted when she saw the man in front of her suddenly brought his face closer to her and looked intently at Nicholas's face.

"Could you step back a little bit, because I'm a little annoyed by your super weird stares," Emily said while looking strangely at where Richard was, and of course, it made Richard immediately back away so far from Emily, while giving a strange expression on her face.

"Don't worry, I won't do anything weird to you, I'm just making sure that my best friend is okay," Richard said in a slightly annoyed tone when Emily said so.

Emily didn't answer what Richard had just said, she remained focused on being able to clean Nicholas' face with the tissue she had just wetted.

And when she had finished doing that, Emily lifted the tissue she was using, and she looked closely at the tissue.

'Hmmm, it turns out that I was right, that the purple powder on Nicholas' face was Wolfsbane powder. but who did it? And what is the purpose? Nicholas isn't a were... a wolf... Huh no way,' Emily thought with a panicked look on her face.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Richard asked curiously when he saw Emily was looking at the tissue she was holding.

"Ah, it's okay," Emily replied, hiding the tissue she was holding, then she looked back at where Nicholas was.

Hmmm, what's the matter, she must be hiding something, because, from the look on her face, she thought she could cure it of me. Huh, don't hope. Richard thought and walked over to Emily.

"Richard,"

Richard immediately stopped in his steps and looked in the direction where the voice came from. "Nicholas," Richard immediately walked over to Nicholas.

"How are you? How are you feeling right now? Are you dizzy? Or are you..."

"Hey, don't worry, I'm feeling better," Nicholas said, cutting off what Richard had just said because if his friend was worried, he would ask him a lot of things at the same time.

"Huh, thank goodness then, btw what are you doing with him? How can he get better right away?" Richard asked Emily who was standing some distance from the patient's bed.

And Nicholas spontaneously looked in the direction where Emily was, he just realized that it was the woman he liked was in the same room right now.

"Emily," Nicholas said, smiling at Emily.

"Ah, Hi, I was just helping Richard get you to the infirmary," Emily answered rather nervously.

"Hmmm, I think I have to go," Emily said in a bit of a hurry, she walked quickly to leave the room.

"Ah, Emily wait a minute."

Emily immediately stopped in her steps, the moment she heard Nicholas calling her name.

She slowly turned his gaze towards where the man was with a small smile. "Yes, is there anything else I can help you with?" Emily asked to be sure.

"Ah, hmm for the dance party..."

"Yes, I do,"

Before Nicholas could finish his sentence, Emily immediately gave him an answer. Then the woman hurriedly left the infirmary.

A wide smile was instantly etched perfectly on Nicholas' face.