Keira's stamina was too weak, completely incomparable to her senior sorceresses.
After only talking until midnight, she was already overwhelmed by the stimulation and fell into a deep sleep.
Guilliman felt a bit disappointed, wishing she could have been stronger. He could only treat her soft body like a doll, holding her in his arms as a pillow to pass the time.
After dawn, he invited Shani, the medical student who was always busy.
He planned to discuss the feasibility of the rat extermination plan with her, a professional. Unfortunately, Keira hadn't woken up yet, so he simply started chatting with Shani instead.
Shani also agreed with the idea that the Catriona Plague was the bubonic plague.
According to the young woman, this view was first proposed by her halfling mentor, Milo Vanderbeck.
And the special celandine in the Vizima swamp was also first discovered by this halfling medical professor, a noble healer with both skill and character.
Unfortunately, at the beginning of this year, when the Maribor Plague broke out, this halfling professor stepped forward, bringing several of his students—who were also several of Shani's good friends—to participate in the treatment of this plague.
The outcome was tragic; good people don't live long. They all contracted the plague and perished in the Maribor Plague.
Among them, two young people, Milo and Aerola II, were not only Shani's colleagues during the Battle of Brenna but also Ciri's childhood playmates who grew up together in the Temple of Melitele. Their bond was very deep.
It was the sacrifice of these friends and her mentor that solidified Shani's determination to fight on the front lines of the plague, despite the danger of contracting the disease and dying.
"Based on my in-depth investigation with patients in Old Vizima during this period,"
"I found that most of those who initially contracted the plague had no direct contact with rats. They likely became infected after being bitten by fleas on the rats."
"Fleas on rats are a significant cause of plague outbreaks."
Shani looked at the Witcher with a serious expression and said:
"If you only exterminate rats, it might not be very effective in eliminating the plague."
"Those fleas might even move to other animals after the rats die, making this plague even more uncontrollable."
"However, Guilliman, I already understand your method."
"You plan to use magic to gather the rats together and then burn them with fire, right?"
"That's a good method. Burning the rats will also burn the fleas carrying the plague bacteria."
"At that time, if patients in the affected area also cooperate with a comprehensive examination, bathing, and disinfection, it should maximize the reduction of plague casualties."
Shani then discussed some other methods for plague prevention and isolation.
Professionals are indeed professionals; their proposed solutions are often more rigorous than those of ordinary people.
Due to her previous introduction, Shani has not only continued her research on the plague but has also become a supervisor for plague management in Vizima.
Over the past two months, the Vizima plague has not spread, causing more casualties, and a part of that credit goes to this young woman.
The two discussed the plague for a long time. Guilliman also told the young woman some of the modern medical approaches to various plagues that he, as a layman, knew.
Although they were all very basic modern medical knowledge, Shani listened very attentively, her eyes sparkling. She even took out her small notebook and recorded everything he said, clearly inspired.
By the time Keira woke up from her ecstatic state, joining the discussion with a slight blush, the Witcher and Shani had already been talking for a long time.
In the subsequent discussion, Shani also brought good news to Guilliman and Keira.
Her plague treatment potion, developed using the special celandine from the depths of the Vizima swamp, had achieved initial results.
She was able to brew a decoction that could cure the plague using this special celandine.
Unfortunately, after multiple tests by Shani, this herb could only be used to cure patients who had just contracted the plague and whose bodily functions and immunity had not been completely destroyed.
For those in the mid-to-late stages of plague infection, whose bodies and immunity had already been ravaged, and various complications were emerging, the treatment was no longer very effective.
And terrifyingly, the Catriona Plague, or Black Death, typically allowed ordinary people only one to two weeks from the incubation period to outbreak and then death.
The so-called early stage of infection was the incubation period of the plague; once various symptoms erupted, it was basically a death sentence.
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