# E12 - A Path
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**[00:13] Elise; internal**
*I have no way out!*
**[00:22] Elise**
M-Mil?
**[00:26] noble faction 1**
P-Prince Mikhail?
**[00:28] noble faction 1**
Why are you here?
**[00:31] Mikhail**
I happened to overhear you two talking.
**[00:34] Mikhail**
And I had a bad feeling about it.
**[00:39] Mikhail**
I was hoping that my feeling
wasn't right, though.
**[00:53] Mikhail**
It's a shame.
***SIGN*** A Path
**[02:30] noble faction 1**
P-Prince Mikhail, please hear me out!
**[02:33] noble faction 1**
We took this action for the
the future of the nobles' faction!
**[02:37] noble faction 2**
Rest assured, the only ones to
dirty their hands will be us!
**[02:41] noble faction 2**
So, please—
**[02:41] Mikhail**
So Elise has to die? Is that what you mean?
**[02:45] Mikhail**
Don't jest with me.
**[02:47] Mikhail**
If you harm Lise even in the slightest...
**[02:50] Mikhail**
you will not be punished lightly!
**[02:54] man 1**
What are you losing your nerve for?
**[02:56] man 1**
If we don't kill that woman,
we won't get our reward!
**[03:02] man 1**
Let's do this!
**[03:03] man 2;3**
Yeah!
**[03:23] Mikhail**
Lise!
**[03:27] Mikhail**
I'm sorry I put you through
such a terrifying experience.
**[03:30] Elise**
I'm all right.
**[03:34] Elise**
Right now...
**[03:36] Elise**
I must go to His Majesty
as quickly as possible!
**[03:42] Mikhail; internal**
*How can you be so strong?*
**[03:47] Mikhail**
All right. I'll escort you to the hospital.
**[03:55] Mikhail; internal**
*Please, find a way to help my father.*
**[04:04] Elise**
What is His Majesty's condition?
**[04:05] Graham**
Systolic blood pressure, 60. Pulse, 160.
**[04:09] Graham**
Breathing, 35. It's fast.
**[04:11] Elise; internal**
*There are no problems with his lungs.*
**[04:13] Elise**
Were there any abnormalities in his tests?
**[04:15] Graham**
No.
**[04:16] Ven**
Everything was normal.
**[04:18] Elise**
Normal?
**[04:20] Elise; internal**
* And yet he's in shock,*
* and his breathing is labored.*
**[04:25] Graham**
What could the problem be?
**[04:28] Elise**
Increase his drip infusion!
**[04:29] Elise**
And administer his medicine!
**[04:31] doctor 1**
Yes, miss!
**[04:33] Elise; internal**
*We're out of time.*
**[04:35] Elise; internal**
* If we don't discover the cause*
* right now, His Majesty will...*
**[04:41] Elise; internal**
*I won't let that happen!*
**[04:44] Elise; internal**
*Back then...*
**[04:46] Elise; internal**
*His Majesty had had quite a lot of alcohol.*
**[04:50] Elise; internal**
* But there aren't any illnesses which*
* react with alcohol to create this state.*
**[04:55] Elise; internal**
*Not as far as I know...*
**[04:58] Elise; internal**
*Was there anything else out of the ordinary?*
**[05:04] Elise**
It can't be...
**[05:05] doctor 1**
There's no reaction to the infusion.
**[05:07] doctor 1**
His blood pressure has dropped even further!
**[05:11] Graham**
Rose, shouldn't we call the crown
prince and third prince here?
**[05:17] Graham**
That way, his family will be here
to watch over him at the end.
**[05:20] Ven**
Lady Clorence...
**[05:22] Ven**
you've done everything you possibly could.
**[05:26] Ven**
And thanks to you, His Majesty has
managed to hold on this long.
**[05:32] Ven**
I'm sure that His Majesty...
will be grateful to you in heaven.
**[05:38] Elise**
All right. Please call His Highness,
the crown prince.
**[05:45] Elise**
And make preparations
for surgery as well.
**[05:56] Linden**
Elise, how is my father?
**[05:59] Elise**
His condition is critical.
**[06:03] Elise**
However, there is a method that
might just save His Majesty's life.
**[06:11] Linden**
What is it?
**[06:12] Elise**
His Majesty was sitting for the whole
four hours of the awards ceremony.
**[06:18] Elise**
That's in spite of the chronic
illness he suffers from.
**[06:22] Elise**
Afterwards, he coughed up
blood, had chest pains,
**[06:25] Elise**
fell into shock, and developed
labored breathing.
**[06:27] Ven**
That's right. But the tests
all showed no irregularities.
**[06:31] Elise**
Yes. However, what if a blood clot has
formed in an artery of the lungs?
**[06:37] Graham**
It can't be. His Majesty has...
**[06:42] Elise**
A pulmonary embolism.
**[06:44] Ven**
I see.
**[06:46] Elise**
It isn't certain.
**[06:48] Elise**
It's just a possibility.
**[06:52] Elise; internal**
*That's right.*
**[06:53] Elise; internal**
* There's no way to test for a pulmonary*
* embolism with the technology of this era.*
**[06:58] Elise**
If it's a pulmonary embolism, we'll
have to open up the chest, the arteries,
**[07:01] Elise**
and the heart itself with a
scalpel to remove the clot.
**[07:05] Elise**
But...
**[07:07] Elise**
in His Majesty's current condition, the
stress of open heart surgery is too great.
**[07:13] Elise**
And if we expose his heart and
it isn't a pulmonary embolism...
**[07:18] Elise**
then there...
**[07:21] Elise; internal**
* As a doctor, if there's even the slightest*
* chance, then I want to perform the surgery,*
**[07:26] Elise; internal**
* but this isn't something*
* I can decide on my own.*
**[07:30] Elise; internal**
*I have to respect his family's wishes.*
**[07:33] Elise; internal**
* And all the more because*
* His Majesty isn't a normal patient.*
**[07:41] Linden**
Please perform the surgery.
**[07:45] Linden**
If there is a possibility that
my father might be saved...
**[07:48] Elise**
Are you certain?
**[07:52] Linden**
I trust you.
**[07:57] Elise**
I will do my utmost!
**[08:12] Elise**
Now, let's begin.
**[08:20] Elise**
Scalpel, please.
**[08:25] Elise**
* In order to approach the heart*
* and pulmonary arteries,*
**[08:28] Elise**
*I'll have to cut through the sternum.*
**[08:31] Elise**
Please bring the instrument
to cut through bone.
**[08:41] Graham; internal**
* Her technique in cutting*
* the sternum is perfect.*
**[08:48] Elise**
Scalpel.
**[08:51] Elise; internal**
*Please...*
**[08:54] Graham**
What is it?
**[08:58] Elise**
There's no clot.
**[09:02] assistant 2**
Blood pressure dropping!
**[09:04] Elise; internal**
*As I thought, the blood loss is taxing.*
**[09:07] Elise**
Use your fingers to temporarily
control the bleeding!
**[09:10] Elise**
I'll wait for his blood
circulation to stabilize!
**[09:12] doctor 1**
R-Right!
**[09:17] assistant 2**
His blood pressure has stabilized.
**[09:21] Graham**
We should suture him up right away.
**[09:25] Graham**
Rose?
**[09:26] Elise; internal**
*Not yet.*
**[09:29] Elise; internal**
I have to check the other blood vessels.
**[09:36] Elise; internal**
*I found it!*
**[09:40] Elise**
Long, thin forceps!
**[09:43] Ven**
There really was one!
**[09:48] Elise**
Because there was a blood
clot in a pulmonary artery,
**[09:51] Elise**
he wasn't able to recover from his shock.
**[09:56] Elise**
That finishes this surgery. I'll suture—
**[10:00] Elise; internal**
*What is that?*
**[10:04] Elise**
Forceps again.
**[10:08] Graham**
Rose, what is that mass?
**[10:11] Elise**
It looks like a lymph gland mass.
**[10:16] Elise**
Could this be the cause
of His Majesty's illness?
**[10:23] Elise**
Losing weight, reduced energy...
**[10:25] Elise**
and this pulmonary embolism, too...
**[10:28] Elise**
those are all complications
seen with lymphoma.
**[10:32] Elise**
If it's lymphoma, then it explains
all of His Majesty's symptoms!
**[10:38] Elise**
I'm so glad! This should alleviate
His Majesty's symptoms!
**[10:57] Elise; internal**
*Mil.*
**[11:03] Elise; internal**
* The power struggle between the nobles'*
* faction and the royal faction*
**[11:08] Elise; internal**
*will likely continue, unchanged.*
**[11:11] Elise; internal**
*But, if someday...*
**[11:13] Elise; internal**
* if someday, those two can*
* stand together and laugh...*
**[11:20] Elise**
Excuse the intrusion.
**[11:22] Ell**
Elise! How was the surgery?
**[11:24] Elise**
It was a success!
**[11:27] Linden**
Is that true?
**[11:28] Elise**
Yes!
**[11:30] Chris**
Lise! Well done!
**[11:32] Chris**
You're amazing!
**[11:34] royal faction 1**
I'm so glad!
**[11:35] royal faction 1**
And with this, the suspicion surrounding
Crown Prince Linden should be cleared.
**[11:39] Ell**
Yes! Yes.
**[11:42] Elise**
I'm sorry. I'll take my leave now.
**[11:46] Chris**
Don't tell me you mean to go
to the testing site, Lise.
**[11:50] Ell**
You just performed that major surgery!
**[11:53] Ell**
And you haven't slept at all!
**[11:56] Ren**
Don't push yourself so hard.
**[11:58] Ren**
You can simply let this test go by, can't you?
**[12:04] Elise**
No. Thank you for worrying about me,
**[12:08] Elise**
but I'm all right.
**[12:11] Graham**
Go and do your best on that test, Rose.
**[12:15] Elise**
I will!
**[12:31] Elise**
Prince Linden?
**[12:35] Linden**
Get in. I'll escort you to the testing site.
**[12:44] Linden**
Lady Elise.
**[12:45] Elise**
Y-Yes?
**[12:47] Linden**
You have my thanks, both as the
crown prince and as a son.
**[12:51] Elise**
Oh, no, it wasn't...
**[12:57] Elise**
It may be difficult for His Majesty to
perform official functions as he used to.
**[13:04] Elise**
But...
**[13:06] Elise**
I'm certain that he'll smile at
us again, the way he used to.
**[13:13] Linden**
I see. I see.
**[13:19] Linden**
I had thought that my father might
never open his eyes again.
**[13:30] Linden**
Thank you.
**[13:40] Elise**
Well then, I'll go now.
**[13:47] (Flashback) Elise**
However, I absolutely will not give up!
**[13:50] (Flashback) Elise**
I will become a doctor,
no matter what it takes.
**[13:52] (Flashback) Elise**
Until the moment that
this life of mine ends,
**[13:56] (Flashback) Elise**
I want to save as many
lives as I possibly can.
**[13:59] Linden**
Lady Elise!
**[14:05] Linden**
Back then, I thought that our paths
ran counter to each other, but...
**[14:13] Linden**
Even if we walk different paths,
**[14:17] Linden**
I hope that one day they will cross again.
**[14:22] Linden**
I can't stop wishing for that.
**[14:28] Elise**
Y-Your Highness, what do you mean?
**[14:31] Linden**
After you've finished your test, let's go
to Cafe Lait and have a strawberry tart.
**[14:37] Elise**
Lord Ron? But why...
**[14:42] Elise; internal**
* I've heard that the royal family has a tool*
* that allows them to change their appearance.*
**[14:49] Elise**
Prince Linden, could it be that you're...
**[15:02] examiner**
Please begin the exam.
**[15:08] Elise; internal**
*This is...*
**[15:11] Elise; internal**
* These questions are like the ones*
* on Japan's NMPQE or the USMLE.*
**[15:17] Elise; internal**
* They're all questions concerning*
* cases of actual patient treatment.*
**[15:21] Elise; internal**
* Incredible! I'd heard that the exam was*
* difficult, but not to this extent.*
**[15:27] Elise; internal**
*Still...*
**[15:31] Ven**
This time, the subject of discussion
will be this exam paper.
**[15:36] Kyle**
The reason that questions which hadn't
been approved yet were used on the test
**[15:40] Kyle**
was to discover how much recent medical
knowledge the examinees possessed
**[15:44] Kyle**
and also what sorts of ideas
they held in that area.
**[15:48] Kyle**
As a result, it became
quite a high-level test,
**[15:51] Kyle**
and the examinees were greatly perplexed.
**[15:56] Kyle**
However, there was one solitary person...
**[15:59] Kyle**
who answered every single question.
**[16:02] Kyle**
Additionally, the answers were
ones no one has ever thought of before.
**[16:08] Kyle**
For example, in the case of a gastrectomy...
**[16:11] Kyle**
the "gastric Roux-en-Y reconstruction"
referred to in this answer sheet
**[16:15] Kyle**
would completely prevent
reflux from the duodenum.
**[16:19] Ven**
Similarly, in the question of treatment
for a heart failure patient...
**[16:23] Ven**
I've labored over this problem for years.
**[16:25] Ven**
I never imagined it could
be solved so simply!
**[16:29] Ven**
The masters of both the empire and the
Republic of Fresgard have debated for years
**[16:34] Ven**
and never come to a conclusion
on any of these questions!
**[16:38] Gaut**
The contents of those answers should, by
all means, be presented at a conference.
**[16:43] doctor 3**
Then we shall deal with these answers
by treating them as correct.
**[16:48] Gaut**
And what is the final score?
**[16:50] doctor 3**
Ninety-eight points.
**[16:54] Gaut**
That would mean that out of a hundred
answers, only two were wrong.
**[16:58] Gaut**
What were those two questions?
**[17:00] doctor 3**
The symptoms of pneumonia and the
method of treatment for a cold.
**[17:07] Gaut**
Aren't those the easiest questions?
**[17:11] doctor 3**
Well...
**[17:17] doctor 3**
The answers were written in
such a disordered hand
**[17:21] doctor 3**
they couldn't be read, so they
were marked as incorrect.
**[17:26] Gaut**
This handwriting is terrible.
**[17:33] Ven**
In any case, we can be sure that a genius
has appeared in the Britia Empire!
**[17:38] Ven**
That splenectomy astonished the
medical community of Laurage,
**[17:43] Ven**
and that bold tracheotomy
saved Duchess Harbour's life.
**[17:48] Ven**
The young lady who is the
first woman to receive
**[17:51] Ven**
the Order of the Imperial Rose and
an honorary knighthood...
**[17:54] Ven**
Dame Elise de Clorence!
**[17:57] Ven**
It could be that we are witnessing
a most incredible moment!
**[18:02] Ven**
The moment when a doctor who upends the
status quo and goes down in history is born!
**[18:12] Minchster**
Lady Elise attended the
physician's exam and passed?
**[18:17] Vent**
Yes, and with the highest score in history.
**[18:23] Vent**
Producing such results when the
difficulty level was set so high...
**[18:29] Minchester**
I did know that she was
a clever girl, but this?
**[18:33] Minchester**
Just how much does she
intend to surprise me?
**[18:39] Vent**
Come in.
**[18:42] Elise**
Please excuse the interruption.
**[18:46] Minchster**
Elise.
**[18:50] Elise**
I'm sorry for coming so suddenly.
**[18:53] Elise**
I just thought that I'd like to see Your
Majesty's face before I report for work.
**[18:57] Elise**
How are you feeling?
**[18:59] Minchester**
Very well.
**[19:01] Elise**
I'm so glad.
**[19:03] Minchester**
I heard that you passed
the physician's exam.
**[19:08] Elise**
Yes.
**[19:09] Minchester**
Honestly...
**[19:11] Minchester**
Everyone was astonished.
**[19:14] Minchester**
They said that your exam results were
so perfect as to be beyond reproach.
**[19:19] Elise**
They weren't really.
**[19:21] Minchester**
It seems that my desire to distance
you from medicine was a mistake.
**[19:34] Minchester**
Elise.
**[19:38] Minchester**
Do you have anything in your
life which you greatly regret?
**[19:43] Elise**
What?
**[19:45] Minchester**
I do. I have made the gravest of errors.
**[19:51] Minchester**
That's why I was punished.
**[19:55] Minchester**
A nightmarish punishment...
**[20:02] Elise**
I have them, too.
**[20:05] Elise**
All I have are regrets.
**[20:08] (Flashback) Linden**
Your father and older brother are dead.
**[20:12] (Flashback) Linden**
All of this is due to your
mistakes and yours alone.
**[20:20] Elise**
But, Your Majesty,
**[20:23] Elise**
there is no such thing as a person
who hasn't made a single mistake.
**[20:29] Elise**
If we recognize our mistakes as mistakes,
**[20:32] Elise**
and truly regret them,
**[20:34] Elise**
then chose to move forward in spite of them,
struggling desperately to live on...
**[20:39] Elise**
that's enough.
**[20:41] Elise**
That's what I think.
**[20:45] Minchester**
I see.
**[20:48] Minchester**
As I thought, you are a most wonderful lady.
**[20:52] Minchester**
With regards to our wager, I've already—
**[20:55] Elise**
Your Majesty.
**[20:57] Elise**
All I've done is pass the physician's exam.
**[21:01] Elise**
Our wager was for me to prove
that my work as a doctor
**[21:04] Elise**
is more valuable than my
existence as an empress.
**[21:10] Elise**
In the time frame we agreed to,
before I come of age,
**[21:14] Elise**
I will fulfill the conditions of our wager.
**[21:17] Elise**
The results of our wager
haven't been decided yet.
**[21:24] Minchester**
Indeed.
**[21:35] Elise**
*I am Elise de Clorence.*
**[21:42] Elise**
*I am alive.*
**[21:46] Elise**
* I will continue to live for a long*
* time in this world as a doctor,*
**[21:52] Elise**
*to protect those I love from tragic fates...*
**[21:58] Elise**
*and to save as many lives as I possibly can.*
**[22:05] Elise**
Now, we will begin the surgery.