Graven sighed. "The waiting for the result is killing me!" he said out of the blue.
"Me too!" Terros agreed.
The men that have ingested the medicine were smiling and laughing at each other's jokes.
Veronica watched them from the kitchen window while preparing the dishes for lunch.
A few hours later.
Lunchtime comes.
Veronica finished cooking the dishes and put everything in the serving dish. She arranged the plates and utensils in the wooden tray.
Terros and Graven came into the kitchen, took the dishes away, and served them to the men outside.
Veronica began eating while watching the men eating their meals together with Terros and Graven through the kitchen window.
Half an hour later, the men finished eating their meals.
Graven and Terros brought the dirty dishes into the kitchen, and Veronica began washing them in the sink.
Time for the men's medication.
Terros began putting the correct dosage of the herbal elixir on the five plastic bowls. Done, he set aside the bottle, and Graven picked up the wooden tray.
The men left the kitchen and the house and distributed the medicine to the men outside.
Terros and Graven went back to the balcony watching the men relaxing on the wooden bench, enjoying the gentle afternoon breeze.
Veronica joined the men on the balcony after she finished cleaning the kitchen.
"I wonder if the medicine is effective at all?" Terros spoke all of a sudden.
"Well... it's too early to tell..." Graven replied.
"That got me thinking also. We're already on the second dose, and no reaction from the men yet. We don't know if the medicine is already working or not effective at all?" Veronica said. "Anyways, it's the first time we have tested the medicine on a live body, so we don't know yet how it will affect them. Maybe the medicine will finally take effect after we administer the third dose tonight," she concluded.
"Probably..." Terros replied.
Since there's nothing to do, the five men took a nap under the shades of the tree.
Terros and Graven also doze off on the balcony while Veronica was already thinking about what dishes to cook for the men's dinner tonight. Ah, she will make a rice porridge! She will add spring onion, ginger, and chicken meat!
Bright idea!
Since it's too early yet to prepare for dinner, she might as well take a nap in her room. She walked towards the door of her room and disappeared inside.
Two hours later.
The men woke up from their afternoon nap.
The first sign finally came!
One of the men bolted towards the bushes and began vomiting, followed by another, and soon the five men were having a contest vomiting behind the bushes, fifteen meters away from the house.
Terros and Graven woke up to the sound of the commotion, they looked at each other.
"The first reaction finally come!" Terros said.
"How bad it could be?" Graven asked.
"We have no idea yet. We're hoping that they don't have to suffer longer, and the black liquid will finally be discharged from their bodies!" Terros said. "Let's get the drinking water ready so that they can get rid of the yucky and bitter taste of their vomit from their mouth," Terros said.
Veronica exited her room and looked at the window. She was awakened by the sounds of people throwing up. She saw the men vomiting behind the bushes. The first sign that the medicine was finally working as intended to be, finally happens!
It's a good sign!
Time to prepare the meals for dinner. The men will feel hungry after vomiting the food they have eaten earlier. Aha! Aside from the porridge, she will also boil the sweet potato to add variety to her dishes.
Half an hour later.
The men finally finished vomiting and sit down on the wooden bench to rest and recuperate. They all wore haggard expressions on their faces. Terros and Graven distributed the glass of water.
"How are you feeling, guys?" Terros asked them.
"Terrible!" answered one of the men.
"I feel like I'm dying!"
"Awful!"
"My tummy hurts due to vomiting too much!"
"I'm feeling thirsty and hungry!" said the other.
Graven took a deep breath. "Just bear it a little bit longer, guys! You will receive the last dose of the medicine tonight after dinner," he said.
The men nodded their heads.
"What's the color of your vomit?" Terros asked.
"It's color black, and it stinky!" one of the guys replied.
Terros smiled a bit. "That's good! It seemed the medicine is working hard in removing the black liquid from your body," he commented. It's his way of boosting the morale of the men.
"Hopefully so!" one of the men said.
"Men, how are you feeling... aside from the vomiting part?" Graven asked them.
"Not much. Vomiting is the only unpleasant side effect of the herbal medicine that we are experiencing right now," one of the men said.
"That's good! Hopefully, the medicine can flush out all the black liquid from your bodies," Terros said optimistically.
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