Scalpel and Septre : by Artemis
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"One moment, I was a trauma surgeon saving lives. The next, I was a screaming newborn in a blood-soaked cradle."
Dr. Alina Mercer was at the top of her game-brilliant, driven, and emotionally closed off. She thought playing a hyper-realistic VR sim set in a fantasy version of 17th-century England would be a laugh. Instead, she woke up in the body of a noble baby... in a world where medicine is heresy, women have no power, and secrets are deadlier than swords.
Now trapped in the aristocratic House of Raventhorne, Alina must grow up hiding her knowledge, all while surrounded by scheming nobles, suspicious priests, and a secret cult obsessed with her origins.
She knows how to save lives-but in a world of superstition and politics, healing could get her labeled a witch.
Armed with nothing but modern medical knowledge, a sharp tongue, and a will of steel, Alina begins a quiet revolution. From treating wounds with stolen herbs to performing covert surgeries by candlelight, she walks a dangerous tightrope between miracle and monstrosity.
But the game is bigger than she ever imagined-and someone else may be pulling the strings.
Can a modern surgeon rewrite the future of an entire kingdom... or will the past consume her?
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