"Still resting" Charles answered quietly.
"He said he only closes up surgeries and leaves the rest to others.Thus, I contacted Dr.Solova to be on standby.A female doctor would be more appropriate to tend to Ms.Feroma."
"Good." Daemon nodded.
"Riri does not want her face to be seen by anyone.Relay the instruction to Ellen."
"Huh?"
Charles was stunned for a moment but quickly recovered and nodded hastily.
"Yes, sir."
Charles informed Ellen, and despite her confusion, she did as told.
After all, she had accepted a handsome amount of money from them.She asked Charles and Daemon to leave the room when the surgery was about to begin, but Daemon was unwilling to leave.
Hence, he had someone put up a screen and sat behind it.
Soon, the room was cleared, leaving Charles and two female bodyguards standing behind Daemon, awaiting orders.
Ellen prepped everything, and an elderly man with Whyte hair entered the room slowly with the help of a young man.
Daemon caught a fleeting glimpse of the elderly through the carved screen.
Despite his advanced years, he was sprightly and dressed in traditional garb, exuding a saintly air.
His appearance resembled that of the quack traditional medicine doctor Daemon had hired in Summerbank, casting doubt on whether he was a charlatan incapable of performing surgery.
Ellen too had similar doubts.She stilled after noticing Dr.Feroma and questioned in Ustranasion, "Doctor, this is an extremely complex surgery.Even I'm not confident in my skills.Are you certain that you can pull it off?"
Another female doctor translated her question and regarded Dr.Feroma with a skeptical look.
Dr.Feroma took no offense and replied lightly, "I'm not entirely certain.I have declined to perform this surgery, but you pressured me to do it"
"Uh..."
The female doctor was aghast.
Ellen pressed the female doctor to translate what he said, and a look of shock came across her face.
"Goodness, are you kidding? This is a person's life on the line, not to mention Ms.Feroma is Mr.Lierger's fiancée"
The female doctor was about to translate for Ellen when Dr.Feroma interrupted, "What did you call her? Ms.Feroma?"
Dr.Feroma's command of Ustranasion wasn't fluent, but he had treated a few foreign patients and understood simple words.He had clearly heard Ellen addressing the patient as Ms.Feroma.
The female doctor interpreted Dr.Feroma's question to Ellen.
"Ah, about that-"
Ellen was about to answer when she suddenly remembered Charles telling her not to let anyone know Derila's name and face, so she backtracked.
"We're running out of time.Let's perform the surgery first."
She paused before continuing, "Are you sure, Dr.Feroma? If this surgery fails, the consequence will be dire"
"Dr.Feroma, Dr.Solova said-"
"We have to try.I haven't performed surgery in years."
Before the female doctor could finish, Dr.Feroma put on his reading glasses, rolled up his sleeves, snapped on a pair of gloves, and lifted a scalpel to commence the surgery.
Ellen saw Dr.Feroma needing reading glasses for surgery and dissolved into hysterics, repeating, "Oh, my God.Oh, my God."
The female doctor hurried to the screen to consult Daemon's opinion.A frown marred his forehead, and his expression was troubled as he had reservations about Dr.Feroma's skills.
"Ms.Feroma mentioned that only Dr.Feroma could treat her illness.We shouldn't be too concerned."
Charles opened a text on his phone and showed it to Daemon.
Derila had indeed sent it to Charles, and the timestamp indicated that it was delivered last night.
That meant she had sent the text before Chrono abducted her.
Daemon said, "I trust Dr.Feroma.Give him all reins over the surgery."
"Yes, sir."
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