Parallel World Pharmacy
Chapter 5: 1: Pharma and Reproductive Function Testing
It was May 1147 when Pharma returned from the Holy Springs.
Farma had completely forgotten that six months after the opening of the first bath, one of the five baths in the Imperial capital opened. It was something the empress had ordered to build gradually as a reward for Pharma, who prevented the black death.
What he was invited to do was an open-air bath on a small, high hill on the outskirts of the imperial capital.
As far as you can see, it is the calcareous deposited, pure white lime Huadan Hill over the years.
Hot springs abundantly gush there, and hot water reflects bright blue in the sunlight, creating an elegant and magnificent sight. It was equipped with a large dome to cover part of the shelf in case of rainy weather, as well as various internal baths, like an all-weather spa.
(Something like this, like Hierapolis Pamukkale)
Pharma is overwhelmed by its elegant sight.
"What do you say, Farma? It would be a great place to maintain it"
Empress Saint Fluve, bathing naked next to him like that, begins her new Thermae pride as she shows off her stunning limbs today.
(Ugh, one way or another, it's my eye maintenance...!
"Yes, this is also quite a Thermae full of natural beauty"
Behind the Empress, many gazes gather in Pharma, refraining from the samurai surrounding them. Farma, the only man on this occasion, was uncomfortable.
(Why do I have to bathe with His Majesty again...! And why do you try to mix it up every time? No way. The three Thermaes left are also mixed baths......?
Pharma spits gokuri.
I wonder where to keep my gaze, and I'm suspicious of my behavior.
That's also because the empress, who said it's not funny in the same situation as last time, had an even more radical surprise available this time.
"Oh, the vibrant and beautiful contrast between bright blue water and white shelves! It's stunning, Your Majesty!
I hear voices that I could hear.
(I mean, my God...)
Yes, Pharma wasn't the only one who left it at the Empress's invitation. So is Ellen. Last time, Pharma's reaction to Thermae was diluted, so he was mobilized as a complimentary personnel to satisfy the Empress's self-evident appetite.
(Why are you so well called, give me a break - harass me!)
"Ahhh, my glasses will cloud soon!
(I guess! Maybe I didn't purposefully cloud it!?
Ellen is secretly concerned about the cloudiness of her glasses.
"That's a pleasure, Eleonor."
The Empress cheered on Ellen.
"Well, it's an honor. I can't believe you compliment His Majesty......!
(I wonder if you complimented me on that one now)
Pharma shakes his neck. Ellen didn't really care about Pharma's existence. She was totally indulging in Thermae.
"Eleonor, you don't seem to know what it's like not to have breasts."
"Shit, Your Majesty! Take a look where!
"Will the contents be tightly packed or how does it feel? Let me give you a little rub."
The Empress was burning a slight sense of confrontation compared to Ellen's, busty bust as if she had received the blessing of a goddess, and her own, this also well-shaped milk.
The Empress's hands are obviously rubbing her chest.
"Yikes! Your Majesty, you are unharmed!!"
"It doesn't diminish, okay?"
"Though not diminishing!
Farma, who turned away slightly as Ellen stood up feeling in danger for herself, now meets the other girl. He was also in a mixed bath with Lotte.
(Ah, here too!
Besides skin appearance in this public at birth, Lotte is said to be stiffened in the corner by shame and the horror of bathing with the Empress. He was not confident in his own shape as he was developing, and he was holding his body in wonder what no one should see.
Such Lotte raises her hair and gives her a nod and an unusual colour.
"Lotte, why are you here earlier? Come here."
"That's right. Pharma's gonna love this, huh?
The empress keeps her mouth shut with amusement.
"Mm, I can't!"
Lotte's disgrace is a jerk, and I can't even tell Pharma to stay normal minded.
"How about Charlotte's chest development? Hmm? Should I make sure?
"Ooh, forgive me, Your Majesty, if you'll excuse me first!
Lotte panicked and left the bath in a great panic.
(Uh, no more! What are you doing, these people? Eye poison, ear poison!
Farma, unable to look in any direction, was on the verge of frenzy.
"Farma, what are you turning a blind eye to and turning bright red?
The Empress is in a good mood for teasing Pharma.
"I don't know what it is. I'm in trouble."
With all my heart, Pharma nagged.
"Well, that's your wife."
"I'm not used to bathing in hot springs."
"... speaking of hot springs, yes. What kind of fountain was the Holy Springs"
The Empress drops her voice as if she remembers and asks Pharma.
The story of finding the legendary Holy Springs didn't tell me where, but I let the Empress, Salomon, and Ellen through. Even when it comes to hard places to go, humans won't be able to do it first, because they also thought about it.
"To the other side of the Sacred Springs, could you go?
"Yes, for once"
Pharma's teeth are bad.
"Can we still see the heavenly realm?"
"I apologize for my great disrespect, but I don't think I can let His Majesty in on the other side"
"Mm, don't be so cold."
Lightly turned down, the empress swept her cheeks and obstinated.
"Though I did, I was soon sent back to the world."
The Empress must be disappointed, Pharma clouds her words thinking.
"... I won't go into the details, but it was a room kind of place"
You won't understand if you say things like Farma's lifetime workplace.
"Why don't you take a picture of me? Do you want to use civilized instruments?"
"As it were, well, next time I get a chance..."
I don't expect a lab from another world to be in the picture......
(Oh, speaking of which, whatever the pictures are, I wish you'd brought out a PC or a smartphone)
You'll be submerged in the Holy Springs as soon as you bring it here, but you just have to put it in a plastic bag and go back.
By the way, the reagents that Pharma brought out of the laboratories of different worlds seemed to have been treasured at the time we entered this world. I don't use it cheaply until I know I can use it without a problem, I keep it tightly in the Medicis family's frozen warehouse, sew it between busy hours, and Pharma is doing a little bit of character testing.
"Farma."
Now the empress stares at Pharma with a serious look.
"Yes?"
"You're not going to go completely to the other side, are you?
"... it's..."
In that other world, there was no place for Pharma. Help the drug valley. If he doesn't die of overwork in the first place, the fact that the self is reincarnated now living in Pharma disappears, I can guess so.
(Then what happens to me? Can we go back before that time? Or me in my previous life when I died, if I helped Pharmacopoeia fully heal...... will the past branch out and live a completely different world)
It doesn't look like Pharma to me and how it affects this world and the original world.
The Empress looked unfortunately at the Pharma stuck in reply.
"Well, I don't think I can stop what I've decided, but if I really have to go, take it as slowly as possible here and then go back."
"Your Majesty's wishes have been accepted."
Farma can't say anything back, she lays her gaze down.
It was this hope that I had been begged many times since I met her.
"The stinking story is over. It will be personal, but what happened to the person you married? I haven't had a report yet."
"Hey, what are you talking about?"
Pharma's face gets tight. It was a matter of not wanting to be touched or too delicate.
"Hasn't Bruno decided who to deal with? That's a long story, I hear you brought in like a mountain."
(What do you mean, the fringe is like a mountain? Who are you talking about?)
Pharma's ears tingle. It seemed like Pharma was the only one who didn't think there was any floating story.
"They tell me to move on to my job as a pharmacist. I was wondering if we could get married sooner..."
In this era, the question of the governor's inheritance is constantly attached, so the question of marriage of noble sons is determined by the talking between parents, and there can be no romantic marriage. Bruno is probably shutting out that Farma doesn't need a daughter-in-law now, but the Empress teaches Farma.
"That's a fine time to get married."
(Really?! Wouldn't it be too soon?
Aristocrats say the marriageable age starts at thirteen. In the case of boys, they had to marry by how old, not so much, but the empress seemed to want to hasten the marriage.
"I haven't even married my brother, and I don't want to put my brother aside..."
"My brother is my brother, my brother is my brother. If you don't have someone else, I'll take care of the rest. Thank you, you brilliant beauty! What do you say?"
(Hi! Trouble with that!)
"Ha ha... if only with the help of Your Majesty one of these days"
When Pharma is smiling and deceiving to do something about it,
"It's not every laugh. Good morning. Marry your wife and have children. It is imperative that the child possess the divine power of transgression, and the child is the treasure of the Empire."
(You know what... you're in trouble. Mostly, I have to decide who to marry at twelve. I can't believe they're responsible for that)
As far as the situation in Pharma is concerned, this is not the time for marriage.
There are so many untouched concerns, and I don't know how long Farma will be able to remain possessed of this, Farma boy.
I know it's a unique circumstance in a world with a short average life span, but it's inconceivable for a former Japanese Pharma that a child has a child. I want to calm down a lot and then figure out how to shake myself.
Nevertheless, there is also the presence of the Empress.
"Under the Imperial Law, one wife is the principle, but two or three of them may be married as full wives. I forgive the rest, and I also cover my family. Marry at least one person."
Now it was a decree, not a hope.
Leave one more offspring to draw the blood of the medicine god in case Pharma vanishes in unforeseen circumstances that have begun to enter and exit the Holy Springs. The Empress said so outright.
(This guy was just the emperor. Mostly, he said to marry to keep offspring...)
Farma felt more and more. Did the Empress draw such Pharma's mood,
"It's not the free will of the Imperial aristocracy when it comes to ensuring that you leave your offspring behind. It's an obligation."
"Your Majesty's orders have been accepted. But I'm suspicious if I'm a complete human being in the biological part, maybe I'm a body that can't leave offspring behind. Even if my future wife possesses my children, her mother is in danger."
I find it irresponsible as Pharma to try to leave offspring without thinking about the risks.
Hurt the other woman and kill the child's life.
You should want to have a family because you have romantic feelings and respect them. Pharma thinks so.
"In the past, there have been examples of patron saint possession leaving offspring behind. Now all bloodlines are cut off."
(Really... I don't know, kid, I can)
"Is divine power inherited?
"There's a good chance I'll inherit it it. That's why I'm telling you."
The child, a good divine artist for both parents, said he was still excellent.
"Nevertheless, I guess I don't care if the rest sticks together and I'm forced to. What about Eleonor?"
Still, the Empress peeks into Pharma's face from close range.
Ellen also said that her divine power was strong and her character was considerable, and she was an excellent theologian. The Empress also remembers well.
"Miss Bonufois is back in business. I'm not the younger one."
The name of the person immediately behind him pops up, goes into this, and Pharma answers in a whisper.
(Doesn't that sound like Ellen? Why in this place)
"Right. I hear you and Charlotte are getting along pretty well."
The empress, who took the reaction favourably, further prys into her friendship with Lotte. The investigation seemed to be on.
"Sire!"
"Ugh, okay. I'm looking forward to it. Next year, very rarely next year at the latest. Out first. I'm thirsty."
The empress smiles and rises out of the bath. If Pharma marries his wife and stays in the Empire, he told her at the time of her departure that access to the Holy Springs would not be restricted in particular.
"Mr. Farma."
Ellen, who was distancing herself from listening to the Empress, approached Pharma by trying to swim in the water. Ellen's cheerful face until earlier was completely blue.
I was talking about marriage right now, etc., so I'm aware of Ellen.
"What's going on, Ellen? You don't look so good in a hot spring, you should get out if you're in hot water."
"Not so! Hey, your body's clearer than before. That's not a mistake, is it because you went to Holy Springs?
Ellen looks worried at last.
"How clear is that? How clear are you as a person?
"Ugh, yeah... sorry, yeah"
"You don't have to worry, be honest with me"
"I think there are still people in the room who will notice when they go outside."
(do you even notice if you look at it objectively...... not good, this is)
Translucency in the sun is remarkable. If we enter and leave the other world a few more times, the very existence will disappear. Such concerns shook Pharma's head. Before that, I won't be able to live in the capital.
It's a real problem for Pharma.
"The divine power is too strong to do that, but to reduce it, Pharma. In your case, the divine power is inexhaustible and won't diminish a bit or softly..."
The way to block the divine vein is not going to work for Pharma, though very much.
(You've got more suspicions...)
Farma, who had enjoyed Thermae quite a bit and returned to the pharmacy, took her own transparency and the Empress's story very seriously.
That story about marrying my wife rarely next year or again is quite heavy. Yeah. If you're worried sick,
"What are you worried about?
Lotte, not knowing the circumstances, asks innocently.
"Anything! There isn't."
(Me in the first place, you have the ability to get people pregnant in this condition? Is it okay to leave my genes out of the open? would be too dangerous)
Instead of having a negative effect on the child, the mother... is also why it butts the marriage in.
Even though it is possessed by the Pharma boy's body, it no longer loses its original nature.
It is a heterogeneous crossing. That's the level.
"Let's just look at some of male pregnancy."
Even if you weren't going to marry me, at least you want to know about your body.
Even in previous life, I did my own reproductive function tests. The pharmacy's lab isn't well equipped either, but I wanted to look into the minimum functionality.
"Is this the only way to test it?"
There are all sorts of hard things about putting a needle through your testicles, but fortunately, the familiarity just happened before. Can be collected naturally. If Ellen or Lotte helped me, it would take a sperm collection, but I'm the one who can see it with my white eyes.
(Why don't you, what are you thinking, me? I can't tell you, you're a pervert!
That's why I waited two days and decided to do it.
That day, Pharma refined it in the lab on the fourth floor after closing the pharmacy in the evening. I left it after closing because I just don't feel comfortable in a situation where Ellen, Lotte, and part-time pharmacists are downstairs.
"Ha... I don't know what I'm doing"
Posthumously. Processing your own specimen (sample) while in a slightly sage mode with a sense of vanity.
Let's start with a microscopic test. Suspended in saline and washed after manual centrifugation.
"For now, from the semen test"
Pharma examines the semen volume, sperm concentration, total sperm count, forward motion rate, and total motion rate under a microscope. I'm just usually used to it, and it was probably handy.
"I wonder if this is how the total sperm count is"
Farma is only a child, so she has less semen than an adult.
"Sperm survival is..."
Furthermore, the surviving sperm does not stain when dyed with a dye called eosin, so staining is performed to calculate sperm survival. Otherwise, the processing is carried out in such a way as not to take time.
"There doesn't seem to be a problem with survival or exercise. And then I want to find out what's going on with the sperm DNA. I've been to space, and it's been damaged by cosmic radiation."
If you have that environment, I'd like to do a detailed genomic analysis of sperm DNA.
But the environment without it, we had to use simple inspection methods.
"I don't have electricity, so I can't do some kind of gel electrophoresis using electricity. I don't know."
So I chose the Halosperm Test. When sperm is stained with staining solution, a blue and purple ring (HALO) appears around the sperm head. In sperm damaged by DNA, there is no ring. After some dyeing steps, check the results.
"It's almost all stained. No DNA fragmentation seems normal."
I don't know what's going on at the base level, but for now, the chromatin structure of the DNA body is safe.
I knew there was some anomaly in my body, but for one thing it seemed normal as far as I could examine it, and Pharma was relieved.
"And then... if we build a human animal hybrid embryo, we'll know some things."
There are also methods of confirming pregnancy capacity by preparing mammalian eggs such as mice, fertilizing them with human sperm injected by microinsemination (ICSI) and allowing them to develop halfway as embryos. Incidentally, a mouse beast cannot form just because you fertilize a person and mouse sperm and eggs, and in most cases the outbreak stops on the way.
In Japan, intrafoetal transfer of embryos after fertilization was prohibited, but notification would have been legal only if used as a sperm function test at the previous stage.
"Ma, can we do that now? I don't have a mouse. Go home today."
I also don't like to take sperm, so the rest of the sperm suspension fills into a glass tube and closes my mouth with flame, sinking quietly into liquid nitrogen and freezing. This ensured that only a few other experiments were carried out.
Farma, who finished the work, chattered and opened the lab door,
(Oh, I have to take off my white clothes before I leave the lab)
Remove the button on the front of the long white coat that was woven with feathers and remove the blanket. The tragedy happened.
In front of Pharma, Lotte screamed.
"Kah! Master Pharma, put it on below!
"Wow, Lotte! Down!?
Speaking of which, after sperm collection, I'm obsessed with trying to process samples right away. Not really, I seem to have forgotten to wear pants.
"Oh, what were you doing in such a good fit!?
Farma, who took off her long white coat and her lower body rounded out, and Lotte, who came back to pick up her forgotten things, bowled in the stairs.
It was the worst possible situation.
"No, you know, this is different! Just my sperm..."
I'm obsessed with testing because I don't think anyone's here. Not really, Pharma flaunted it. I didn't notice because I didn't have much souse in my lower body because I was weaving long white coats.
(What's with my sperm, there will be enough for the word aya. I don't care what you say, the extreme of hate......)
Besides, it had a perverted structure that was taking off its coat and showing off its lower body.
Mr. Gendarmerie, it's this guy, and it's no surprise he stuck it out in front of the gendarmerie.
"Kah! I didn't see anything!
Lotte didn't even look back and fled back to the mansion with a dash.
For some time since that day, Farma said she was very awkward and could no longer face Lotte.