𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟑𝟔: 𝐀 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞
I am applying the medicine to the brown spots on Uruela’s cheeks, in addition to experimenting on my father’s hand. I am carefully applying the liquid medicine with a fine brush, but Uruela’s face is serious.
“Nothing else has worked. This is my last hope.”
“Let me know immediately if you feel any discomfort, okay?”
“Understood.”
Uruela’s determination is impressive.
It’s the twentieth day of applying the medicine with a brush.
Until the nineteenth day, there was almost no change. But now, the spots are…
“They’re getting lighter, aren’t they, Ellen-sama!”
“They are.”
“Actually, Ellen-sama.”
“What? What? Did you feel something different?”
“Last night, when I was removing my makeup before bed, I lightly rubbed the area of the spot and the skin flaked off like dead skin, making the spot much lighter all at once!”
Wow… I wonder how that works. Even I, who made it, am surprised. On the other hand, my father’s hand, which had the spot removed, showed no change even after continued application.
Is it safe to use continuously?
Can it be used as a spot remover?
That’s when I finally reported to my mother, who is a top-class pharmacist.
My father’s hand showed no signs of pigment loss even after a month of application. The spot on the back of his hand disappeared cleanly. The spot on Uruela’s cheekbone peeled off and became lighter on the twentieth day.
My mother was listening to my report while staring at the surface of her large desk for her documents, but when she finished listening to everything, she opened her mouth slightly and looked at me with a stunned expression.
“Ellen. Why have you been silent until now? This is a major discovery that should be recorded in the pharmacopoeia.”
“I was observing whether there would be any pigment loss in healthy parts. Besides, I didn’t think this medicine was that great. After all, it wasn’t made on purpose, it was originally a fatigue recovery medicine.”
“Eh? The oral medicine made mainly from pine leaves?”
“Yes. It was when Otou-sama applied a few drops of it to the spot on the back of his hand that we discovered it had a spot-removing effect.”
“Oh, it was a waste to drink it. With that much, we could have applied it quite a bit.”
“Okaa-sama?”
“Say the raw materials again.”
My mother confirms while looking at the documents I submitted.
“The main ingredients are silver fir leaves, poisonous hibiscus, white mugwort, snake tongue grass, round leaf maple, and white birch. Plus a small amount of grasshopper digestive fluid.”
“I see. The poisonous hibiscus can cause skin to fester, but this combination promotes skin metabolism. The rest are all known for their fatigue recovery properties, so the trigger to remove the spots is the poisonous hibiscus.”
“Yes, probably. Drinking the juice of the poisonous hibiscus makes the intestines work actively, and if taken alone, it causes severe diarrhea, but if the effect is weakened, it is good for cleaning the intestines, so I tried combining it. And it seems that applying this combination to the skin has the effect of peeling off only the spots.”
“I’ve been staying away from trying new combinations like that recently. It’s frustrating as a pharmacist. Maybe it’s time for me to retire and hand over the position of top-class pharmacist to you.”
“Eh… But I’m not even married yet, and I don’t have any children, so it’s not like that yet.”
“Soon. Not right now. Anyway, I think the spot-removing effect of this is amazing. Spots on the face have nothing to do with life, but they have a big impact on a person’s life. Even a small worry, if accumulated every day, can take away a person’s vitality. Vitality affects health and lifespan. A medicine that can erase that worry is valuable.”
・・・
『”𝔄𝔴𝔢𝔟𝔰𝔱𝔬𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔰.𝔠𝔬𝔪” – 𝔇𝔦𝔰𝔠𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔞 𝔠𝔞𝔭𝔱𝔦𝔳𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔩𝔡 𝔬𝔣 𝔩𝔬𝔳𝔢, 𝔭𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔦𝔬𝔫 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔞𝔡𝔳𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢, 𝔴𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔠𝔞𝔫 𝔦𝔫𝔡𝔲𝔩𝔤𝔢 𝔦𝔫 𝔞 𝔠𝔬𝔩𝔩𝔢𝔠𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔯𝔞𝔫𝔰𝔩𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔫𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔩𝔰 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 “𝔡𝔞𝔦𝔩𝔶 𝔲𝔭𝔡a𝔱𝔢𝔰” 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔢𝔵𝔠𝔩𝔲𝔰𝔦𝔳𝔢 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔱𝔬 “𝔞𝔡𝔳𝔞𝔫𝔠𝔢𝔡 𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔭𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔰”.』
・・・
After a while, rumors spread among the nobility that “More commoners are visiting the Bowen family.” “The spots on the faces of the commoners who visit have completely disappeared.” “Only those who have connections with Mrs. Franca and Miss Ellen seem to be able to get treatment.”
In reality, most of the people gathered by the Bowen family’s servants through word of mouth saying “We are looking for people to participate in the clinical trial of the spot-removing medicine with a reward. If any harm comes to the skin, we will compensate generously.” were commoners.
Despite the fact that the majority of the subjects were commoners, the high effectiveness of the medicine spread by word of mouth, and the wives of wealthy merchants also wanted to become subjects. The rumors probably spread to the nobility from around that time.
Recently, Ellen, who has started to appear in social circles, is immediately surrounded by ladies as soon as she enters the hall. The ladies, who have heavily applied makeup to hide their blemishes, are desperate to find out how they can get a consultation.
“That medicine is still under development. Those who are currently testing it are doing so with the understanding that they may experience some side effects. Once we can confirm that it is safe, we will start selling it.”
Ellen had to explain this while breaking out in a cold sweat. She herself does not have any blemishes yet, so she is terrified by the intensity of middle-aged women seeking blemish-removing medicine.
The effect of the blemish-removing medicine is high, and there have been no subjects who have experienced side effects even after more than three months. Recently, even Stephan, who attends gatherings of male nobles with Marquis Rudolph, is bombarded with questions. Most of them are husbands who are being nagged by their wives to “somehow get the blemish-removing medicine.”
“Ellen. How are the results over there?”
“The skin color of those who have been applying it for three months has become noticeably whiter, but there is no uneven loss of pigment.”
“I’ve been applying it too, and in addition to becoming fair-skinned, my skin texture is becoming finer, like a child’s.”
“Eh. Okaa-sama, you yourself?”
“I tried it myself because it seemed safe.”
The lady, who smiles with a giggle, is satisfied with her skin reflected in the mirror.
Her grandmother amassed a huge fortune with the development of a special medicine for fever. Her daughter, Mrs. Franca, took over and focused on the stable development and improvement of the medicine. And Ellen completed a medicine that dramatically improves skin quality by removing blemishes. The world was impressed, saying, “As expected of the bloodline of a top-class pharmacist.”
In fact, it was a medicine that was started for Stephan’s fatigue recovery, but its development brought unexpected wealth to Ellen.
The blemish-removing medicine was commercialized by adjusting its concentration as a “medicine for removing blemishes” and a “whitening lotion for daily use”, and despite its high price, it became a highly sought-after product for export to other countries as well as domestically.
A new record of the medicine was soon added to the thick record book of three hundred years managed by Mrs. Franca.
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