The Great Medical Saint

Matthew responded with a smile, "I'll tell you straight."

Looking serious, Tony straightened up. "Honestly, my medical expertise isn't great, so this is more about me asking for guidance than anything else. I'm just curious. What exactly is wrong with Clive? How come I didn't catch it?"

When Tony told Clive he hadn't seen anything wrong, it was the truth. He had no clue what Clive was sick with. He'd been mulling it over in the car but still couldn't make sense of it.noveldrama

Matthew smirked. "You didn't notice anything? That's good because I can't figure out his illness either."

What?

Tony looked shocked. "Didn't you say he doesn't have long to live? How can you not tell what he's sick with? That doesn't add up."

Matthew chuckled. "There's nothing amiss here. He's not sick at all. I just made it up to mess with him."

Tony knitted his brows together. "How could you fool someone about something as serious as their health?"

Matthew leaned closer. "I just don't like his ungrateful attitude, so I scared him on purpose. That's how he eventually apologized to you."

Everything suddenly clicked for Tony. "I see. Thanks. Even though I'm still pretty mad, he's just an ungrateful jerk. It's really not a big deal. Doctors are meant to save lives and help people. It's a noble profession. There's no need to use your expertise to trick a person."

With an embarrassed grin, Matthew had to respect how much Tony valued his medical practice. He'd rather be humiliated than use his expertise to get back at

someone.

Matthew admired Tony's dedication to his medical principles, but there was one thing he kept to himself-even though he had made it up, it was only a matter of time before it came true.

Clive would probably go to see a doctor and might even get some tests done at the hospital, but the doctors wouldn't find anything.

Later, he would get so anxious and paranoid that he wouldn't be able to sleep or eat properly. In less than three months, his health would start going downhill.

Upon seeing how quiet Matthew became, Tony thought he might have gone too far with his words. "I didn't mean to be critical, but your words will get Clive worried. When the doctors can't find anything wrong, he'll get even more anxious and out of it. In the long run, it'll mess with his health."

Matthew didn't expect Tony to realize this as well. Not every doctor would think of that.

Matthew then quickly realized that Tony was the successor of Restorative Remedies and Octolith. With the medical knowledge of so many historical doctors, how could he not realize this?

Matthew decided to be upfront and spilled the beans, "I want Clive to be a nervous wreck, making every day feel endless with dread and stress. I want to stress him out so much that it throws his system off and messes up his hormones, making him sick. My goal in saying he's sick is simple. I want to shorten his life and make him lose a few years."

Tony was dumbfounded, staring at Matthew in disbelief. He believed doctors were supposed to treat and save people, but Matthew had used his skills to get back at someone ungrateful.

This blew Tony's mind. It was too wild to even imagine it happening.

After a long pause, Tony finally broke the silence. "Our medical knowledge is meant to save lives. A doctor should be compassionate, and you've strayed from that."

Matthew shook his head. "I don't see it that way. I believe medicine should treat the body and also the mind. Clive needs to learn his lesson about being ungrateful so that he won't have the nerve to be so shameless again."