Wizard Earl

Chapter 248 Registered Physician

After Elena left Rune, Margaret took over the intelligence network and connections Elena left behind. She became increasingly aware of the seriousness of the secret society's infiltration into Rune, the traditional stronghold of the Storm Church. This feeling intensified after Edel, the former captain of the Storm Church Arbitrators, became the new bishop of the church in Rune.

Margaret still remembers a sentence uttered by Abidal, the former punisher of the Storm Church: "There are ghosts in the Storm Church of Rune..."

Margaret had always firmly believed Abidal's words. As a participant in the last major upheaval, she knew that the church had been led by the nose by the secret society from the very beginning. She was full of doubts about the secret society's eventual defeat, annexation, and loss of its third-in-command, Conte.

Because of her doubts, Margaret believed that the ghost that the secret society had buried in the Church of Rune still existed and must have climbed to a very high position. Although she did not know who this ghost was, Margaret, to be on the safe side, tried to do everything herself and not rely on the church's resources!

Under the cover of darkness, Margaret quickly arrived outside Dr. Gulsi's private hospital, located in a bustling area of ​​East Loen. Instead of sneaking into the hospital directly, Margaret found a secluded corner and carefully examined the luxurious hospital building.

Although it is late at night, one can still see elegantly dressed gentlemen and ladies coming and going through the hospital gates, which undoubtedly shows that Dr. Gulsi's private hospital is doing very well.

Margaret observed from the outside for a full minute but found nothing amiss about Dr. Gulsi's private hospital. From the outside, it was just an ordinary private hospital in the East District of Rune, serving nobles and wealthy merchants, and no different from any other private hospital.

Margaret took out a mask resembling a human face from her spatial ring and put it on. Instantly, Margaret's stunningly beautiful face was transformed into that of a pale-faced, delicate-looking woman, who was completely unrecognizable as having any relation to Margaret.

If Connor were here, he would be shocked to see such an effect and exclaim, "Human skin mask!" The so-called human skin mask is a demonized item made by peeling off the face of a living person while they are awake using a secret method, then adding countless rare materials and using another secret method to refine it.

The advantage of a human skin mask made in such a cruel way compared to other masks is that it has no flaws at all, and as long as the user does not want to remove it, no one can remove it from the user's face.

After changing into a human skin mask, Margaret put away her purple robe and donned a black cloak, then walked openly into Dr. Gulsi's private hospital.

"Miss! Hello, how can I help you?" As Margaret entered the hospital building, a pretty nurse greeted her with a professional smile.

"My stomach is acting up, and I'd like to get some medicine. Take me to your pharmacy!" Margaret glanced at the nurse, said what she had already prepared, and handed her a prescription.

After glancing at the list handed to her by Margaret, the nurse smiled and carefully suggested, "Miss, would you like to see one of our doctors? Our on-duty doctor, Dr. Ceballos, is a graduate of the Imperial Medical Academy and a member of the Imperial Registered Physicians Association!" The nurse emphasized the words "Imperial Registered Physicians Association," her tone filled with pride, as if she herself were Dr. Ceballos.

After listening to the nurse's introduction, Margaret, who had originally planned to sneak into the pharmacy to borrow medicine, suddenly became curious about this Dr. Ceballos.

The title of "Registered Physician" is not something easily obtained. As the best medical university in the Kaman Empire, the Imperial Medical Academy adheres to the principle of rigorous admission and graduation standards. Each year, it admits only about 500 students out of nearly 100,000 applicants. After studying for four years at the Imperial Medical Academy, only 30% of them graduate, meaning that 350 people do not receive their diplomas. Therefore, graduating from the Imperial Medical Academy is already a very rare achievement. However, compared to the second title of Dr. Cevallo that the nurse introduced, it pales in comparison!

According to the Kaman Empire's Medical Law, practicing medicine in the Kaman Empire requires a medical license issued by the Imperial Government. Practicing medicine without a license is illegal. Currently, there are over 10,000 licensed doctors in the Kaman Empire, but only about 200 of them are members of the Registered Physicians Association.

Of the nearly one million people in the entire Ruen, there are only seven or eight people who are qualified by the Imperial Registered Physicians Association. Margaret has heard of most of these seven or eight people. The director of the hospital where she works, Dr. Gulsi, is a member of the Imperial Registered Physicians Association. But this is the first time she has heard of Dr. Cevallos. Where did he come from?

The nurse seemed to sense Margaret's confusion and smiled as she explained, "Dr. Ceballos is a brilliant doctor who just graduated from the Imperial Medical Academy. Before even graduating, he passed the Imperial Registered Physicians Association's exams and became a member. He returned to his hometown of Rune right after graduation. Dr. Ceballos is a very low-key person; it's perfectly normal that you haven't heard of him, Miss!"

As the nurse repeatedly recommended Dr. Ceballos to her, Margaret's curiosity grew stronger. From the nurse's words, she could tell that Dr. Ceballos had just returned to Rune after graduating. The graduation season for the Imperial Medical Academy was in August, which meant that Dr. Ceballos had returned to Rune a month after the last major upheaval in the Secret Society.

Such a coincidence made Margaret very curious. In her mind, she had already regarded this mysterious hospital building as a point of the secret society, and the sudden appearance of a genius doctor like Ceballos in this point was bound to arouse suspicion.

(End of this chapter)