The Heiress Nobody Saw Coming (Natalie and Marcus)

"Dr. Elim, what are these things?" Connie's eyes widened as she stared at the cluster of white fur. It caused her skin to crawl as her trypophobia kicked in.noveldrama

"They should be the younglings," Natalie said calmly. "Time to change the water." "Dr. Elim, I'm scared."

Connie stared inside the wooden tub. Laura was still submerged. Inside the red water, more and more white fur gradually appeared.

"Let me do it!" Natalie turned and changed into fresh clothes. Then, she put on the custom-made gloves and reached into the water, pulling Laura out.

"Dr. Elim, Mrs. Holden's hair color has changed!"

Connie noticed that Laura's hair, which was previously snow-white, now had specks of black. She couldn't help but let out an excited scream.

"Mm." Natalie remained composed. The medicine that Federrick had instructed her to use was clearly working. However, since it wasn't complete, it couldn't exert its full effect, nor completely cure her yet.

Even so, knowing that she was on the right track made her breathe a sigh of relief.

"Mrs. Holden, are you okay?" Natalie asked with concern as she looked at Laura's pale face.

Laura kept shivering. She couldn't see her own condition, but when she heard Connie say her hair had changed color, she couldn't suppress the excitement building up inside her.

After all these years, she was finally seeing a glimmer of hope.

"Thank you. I'm... I'm okay."

"We'll have to change the water. Please hold on a bit while I prepare the fresh water."

"Okay. Thank you."

Laura cooperated without complaint. At that moment, her body no longer hurt. On the contrary, she even felt a strange sense of relief.

Natalie called Connie over, and the two of them brought in a fresh wooden tub. They quickly boiled some hot water and poured it into it.

This time, Natalie was the one to prepare the herbal bath.

"Connie, rinse Mrs. Holden clean. Once I'm done with the herbal bath, she can get

it."

"Alright, Dr. Elim."

Before long, Natalie had finished preparing the new herbal bath.

Despite her fear and discomfort, Connie carefully rinsed Laura clean.

As Laura sank into the new herbal bath, she could feel a searing pain spread across her skin, as if she was being burned by fire. She instinctively tried to stand up, but Natalie pressed her down firmly.

"Mrs. Holden, please endure it," Natalie said.

"But it's so painful." Laura's voice trembled. She could almost hear the sound of something crackling, but when she looked at her skin, there wasn't any visible change.

"You'll have to bear with it." Natalie's face remained indifferent, even a bit cold. "Mrs. Holden, you've been in pain for so many years. If you can't even endure this little bit of pain, do you plan to keep suffering?

"Connie and I may be wearing protective gear and custom-made gloves, but the things inside your body still terrify us."

Even though Natalie wasn't scared, Connie was.

"We're trying to save you. Weren't you worried about infecting us? Just cooperate for now," she urged.

Upon hearing that, Laura shut her mouth and didn't dare to complain any longer.

Natalie stood by, observing carefully and making notes. She kept the notebook Wesley had used with her all the time, flipping it open to cross-reference Laura's condition.

It wasn't an easy feat to cure Laura. The Herbalist's Sanctuary had herbs that could suppress the symptoms temporarily. However, to expel the Umbrahex completely, they needed the few extremely toxic herbs that Federrick had mentioned.

Laura's recovery depended on whether they could gather all the required herbs.

Natalie frowned as she studied Laura's condition deeply. As for Laura, she gritted her teeth and endured the indescribable pain.

Connie just stood by and watched carefully. She had assisted Natalie in saving many patients, but this was the first time she'd encountered a situation like Laura's.

To say she wasn't afraid would be a lie.

However, since she was Elim's apprentice, it was already shameful enough that she couldn't perform surgery or diagnosis. If she couldn't even assist Natalie, that would be even worse.

"Connie, take some samples of these things and show them to the Holdens. Then, send another sample to Joshua for research."

Natalie added, "Also, tell Hector not to worry about me."

"Got it, Dr. Elim."

Connie gathered the samples in specialized containers just as Natalie instructed. Then, she took them outside.

Outside the door, Marcus and Hector were talking while standing. Joshua told them to rest, but they refused.

"Mr. Holden, Mr. Walker." Connie held out the container for them to see. "These are what came out of Mrs. Holden's body. Dr. Elim asked me to show you."

After letting Marcus and Hector examine the samples, she handed a container to Joshua. "This is for you. Dr. Elim wants you to research them."

"Thank you, Connie." Joshua took the container. "I'll get to work right away. Tell Elim that it's important to save others, but she also needs to take care of herself."

"Understood. Thank you."

Joshua turned and left with the sample.

Marcus looked at the other sample and asked, "What are you going to do with this?"

"Once you're done, I'll go show it to Mr. Holden Senior and Mr. Holden," Connie replied. "Dr. Elim said that all of the Holden family members should take a look. You've seen it, but the others haven't."

"I'll bring it over!" Marcus offered.

"No way." Connie took a step back. "You don't have any protective gear or gloves. Even if these things are dead, they look terrifying. If

suddenly came back to life annet

crawled into your body, you'd be doomed."

After hearing her explanation, Marcus didn't get angry. "Alright. I'll go with you."

Then, he turned toward Hector. "Are you coming with us?"

"I'll stay here," Hector replied. "If Nat needs help, I can help her right away."

"Okay. I'll go over with Connie then."

"Go ahead."

Marcus followed Connie to the

guesthouse that the others were resting at, while Hector stayed

outside the medical room. From net

time totime, he would check his phone to see if anyone replied to his messages.

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The herbs Marcus was looking for were ones that he had never even heard of. He'd sent out pictures and names of the herbs to his friends, hoping they could help out.

When Marcus and Connie arrived at the guesthouse, he made a call to get them out. However, he thought it was too dangerous to bring the samples near his family members.

"Grandpa, Dad, Sheldon, these are the things we extracted from Mom's body," Marcus explained.

Connie held the container at a safe distance, allowing them to see clearly without making contact.

Marcus' voice was emotionless. "How is it going? Did you remember anything?"

Wesley stared intently at the container in Connie's hand. "Are these things that have been torturing Laura for all these years?"

"This is just one of them," Connie explained. "Right now, with the available herbs here, we can only

force this out. Dr. Elim also said t

these are only the younglings. The main Umbrahex is still inside Mrs. Hofden's body.

"Mr. Holden, you have two choices. You can either recall every detail and find out

who did this to Mrs. Holden, or you can find the herbs that we need. There's no time to waste."