Chapter 74. [Second Opinion]

“Wha… What is it?

The vet employee that grabbed shouted in surprise.

I acted desperately in my dizzying consciousness with fever.

“Hey, sensei. Is she that bad? Is she so bad that she will die if I don’t give her this injection right now?

“Eh… Ah, no, it’s not that bad…”

The employee stated vaguely.

My mom looked back and forth between the employee and me.

“Iroha, I do feel sorry for you. I don’t want her to be in pain. But if we don’t treat her here and she gets worse, it won’t be good for her.

“Oh, that. That’s right, daughter. It’s necessary for the child’s sake.”

The doctor’s opinion is normally correct. My mom’s opinion is also correct.

But now isn’t normal.

“Mother, please stop it! I feel sorry for her! Ughhhhhhh!”

“I, Iroha?”

My mom looked at me with a puzzled look. Of course, she was. My character was too different from usual.

I couldn’t turn my back on her. I didn’t have time to think of anything else to do.

It was a shame, but I pushed on with the selfishness of a child.

But still. Oh, shit, shut up!

In response to my voice, the voice I heard was louder than before.

“Um, sir. Isn’t it a little noisy in the back?”

“Ah, yes, indeed. The door didn’t seem to be closed properly. I’m sorry, but the animals in the hospital are making a lot of noise at night. I’d like you to let go of my hand.”

I let go of the employee at my mom’s urging. The employee left the place to close the door.

Immediately, my mom asked in a whisper, “What the hell is going on?” she whispered to me.

What do you mean? I tried to cover it up.

“You’re lying, aren’t you?”

She was right. She’s indeed my mom.

I don’t have much time, so I answer in a simple way.

“I don’t trust this person.”

“That’s …….”

My mom must have felt it too.

She just closed her eyes because she had no other choice.

“Here you go! Oh, well, once again. I’m going to give you an injection.”

The returning employee approached the cat with a syringe in hand.

My mom looked lost. Was it what the staff member said or their intuition, or one

“…… Um, I’m sorry. Can I refuse the injection after all?”

“Yes?”

“Well, my daughter is just like this.”

“Uhn! Uhn!”

Instantly, the employee’s attitude suddenly changed.

“What? Huh? No, no, no. Huh ah! What is it? Are you saying I can’t be trusted? Are you saying that the treatment is wrong? How rude you people are!

“No, no one said that?”

The employee’s faces turned bright red.

He started shouting and cursing my mom and me.

“You’re putting what the children say before what the experts say! What kind of education are you giving them!? She’s so rude to grab my arm out of the blue, that child! If parents are stupid like you, their children will be stupid too!”

At that moment, I could see the emotion disappear from my mom’s eyes.

Oh… That’s bad.

My mom steps forward as if to break her gaze at me.

I could tell. She’s smiling now.

I can tell.

Who said that the origin of a smile is intimidation?

“Sensei, I may be an idiot, but I’m not a fool. Yes. I may be an idiot, but this child is very smart. See, even you said that earlier, sensei. [If I don’t give her an injection right now, she won’t die.].”

“Well, that’s…”

My mom’s resolute attitude frightened the employee.

My mom folded up and said.

“You didn’t tell a lie, did you? Besides, I never said I wouldn’t accept any treatment. I’m just saying that I’d like to see my daughter again after she’s calmed down.”

“But, but, but, but…”

“So, do you have the right to force her to undergo treatment even if she refuses?”

“…”

No further words of rebuttal came from the employee.

***

After that, we waited for morning to come and headed for the big vet.

The examination’s results were, “It’s just a cold.”

After all, within a few days, the cat was back on her feet and running around again.

What was all worrying…?

And there is one more thing to report.

My mom asks me, “Hey, did you hear that?”

“I heard that clinic is closed.”

“I heard.”

“Maybe it’s because of your desperate pleading.”

“Stop it.”

I was at a big vet when I told them what had happened. The veterinarian who heard the story had a grim expression, and nodded strongly, “I understand.”

“Maybe I’m the one who started it? Maybe it’s already in motion. That vet seems to have caused similar problems in the past.”

“Yes, it all happened so fast. But I don’t think it’s a miracle. It’s a cure. I can’t believe that the guy who was in charge of the “I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry” was not even a vet!

“I guess so.”

The rest of the story is chilling even as I recall it now.