Blood of the Righteous

I Found The Cure!!!

Eleenia looked through the empty bed, checking the covers, the sheets, and the feathered pillows. Nothing. She pulled a chair up to the bed and climbed on top, examining the canopy with her magnifier. Halfway across, she stopped. There was a tiny insect that was all but invisible to the human eye resting. It sensed her getting too close, and flew off.

Could that be it? She climbed down off of the chair and put it back. Getting down on her knees, she pulled back the sheets and looked under the bed. A startled snake slithered out from the darkness. She examined the floor, seeing more and more of those tiny insects. When she got to the foot of the bed, a faint yet horrible smell struck her. She crawled closer to the leg of the bed, which was sitting in a small cauldron of water. She put her nose to the cauldron and sniffed. She gagged and almost threw up at the stench.

El got up and walked over and opened the door. Two male servants were walking by. "Excuse me, could you two give me some help really quickly?"

The men stopped. "Of course, madam healer!"

She directed them to lift the foot of the bed so she could get the cauldron. "Thank you," she said, dismissing them. El took the cauldron over to the window so she could examine it in the sunlight. Holding her breath, she looked inside with the magnifier. Inside, there were thousands of the tiny insects. It seemed they were breeding in the water! That was it! It explained why only the people on the ground floor with beds caught the Snakepox! She dumped the water out the window and ran out of the room towards the garden.

"Lady Eddington!" she screamed as she exited the castle. "Lady Eddington! I found the cure! I found the cure!"

Arianna squealed with glee jumping up and down. She ran over to Eleenia with her arms open wide. "Miss Eleenia! You saved my momma! You saved my momma!"

"What is it, Eleenia?" Lady Eddington asked.

"The water in the cauldrons! It was a breeding ground for small insects that are practically invisible to the human eye! The cure is to change out the water every two or three days! That should stop them from breeding! Change out the water!" She scooped Arianna up and hugged her tightly.

Lady Eddington weakly sat down on a bench and began to weep with joy. "Thank you from the bottom of my heart, Eleenia. I sincerely thought I was going to die. You have given me my life back, and saved countless others. I'll instruct the staff to get the message out to the town criers. Everyone will know the cure by tonight."