The Bride of the Curse Repellent
Give Me a Chance!

Sherina still did not say a word, she was very confused how to answer the cooperation request of a Chairperson of the Medical Association. He doubted whether his body was really so special that it was able to attract the attention of such an important person.

"Ehmm .. sorry Mr. Chairman, before I answer your call, I wonder if this condition is any other? I mean, I've heard on the news that there are humans who are also immune from venomous snake bites. Is my condition the same as theirs?" ask Sherina

Ricky let out a long sigh, he already knew if this invitation was indeed difficult to convince people to directly give their approval. "I think there's a big difference. The people who claim to be immune to the snake can, they are the ones who desperately use extreme means to get the predicate as the immune man."

"The reckless way I mean, usually they do their own experiments with reptile animals like snakes. Some snakes can be injected in small doses into the body on a regular basis, and some even dare to take greater risks by allowing the venomous snake to bite them directly. According to the confession of one of them, initially after doing it will be swelling. After that in a few days later they would be uprooted, judging by the severity of the side effects, they thought for themselves the number of snake venom that was effective for the next experiment."

"Even if the method is proven to be able to strengthen the body's antibodies, but the risk is too large, and the results are also not too significant. Most are only able to strengthen antibodies up to 2 or 3 times the average human antibody. It still does not guarantee it will be able to fight all kinds of venomous snakes. And we, the doctors, strongly discourage doing this dangerous, risky thing."

"Actually, this way has existed since the last century. People used to use almost the same way to produce antidotes. Small doses of the toxin are injected into farm animals, such as sheep or horses, and then they harvest the animal's antibodies by collecting the animal's blood. However, Mrs Sherina, have you ever used the way I mentioned?" ricky asked with a serious look.

"No, I've never done both" Sherina replied, shaking her head slowly.

"Kan .. What did I say! It's not wrong to call you a holy woman!" chirps Aslan excitedly. Because she knew Sherina was someone who rose from the dead, this was not told to any of her other friends or Ricky. And now, one more special fact that she knew, apparently Sherina was also immune to poison.

"I'm sorry, but I have to refute your phrase calling me a holy woman! I can still feel pain, speak dirty often, harbor hatred in people, and I also have the determination to take revenge. I'm just a normal human being, maybe having stronger antibodies than other people is just something special in my body. No more than that!" sherina said with great emphasis. He told Aslan not to call her a holy woman anymore, because this was very disturbing to him.

"Ah, I'm sorry .. I won't say that again," Aslan said in an awkward tone. Instantly making the atmosphere become silent, no one spoke anymore.

"How can the results of the lab tests be known to you, Dr Ricky? You haven't answered my question yet" asked Vicky, who broke the awkward mood.

"Itu—"

"Let me answer!" cut off Aslan, and Ricky responded with a nod of his head. "He can tell because I told him myself. But, this is not because I cannot maintain the code of ethics as a doctor who maintains patient privacy. Instead I do it to minimize the number of people who know."

"You mean?" asked Vicky again who was not satisfied with Aslan's half-and-half answer.

"I'm just a surgeon, Vicky! That's just my job, while in the lab there's another special officer. Your wife's lab test results are like a new discovery. I have no power to order pathologists not to expose this to the outside world. Then I told Ricky, he's the Chairman of the Medical Association. So, he had power and could control the number of people who knew about this."

"Oh, so .." said Vicky nodding. He already understood the reason why Aslan had made such a decision.

"I was curious about the cooperation offered by Doctor Ricky earlier. Please explain what that cooperation means!" pinta Vicky with a piercing look. He is cautious and alert, so that Sherina is not used for unclear purposes.

Ricky took a long breath. He felt that dealing with Vicky was really difficult. "Cooperation with the Medical Association is not as bad as you think. We are not such crazy scientists on research, because we value human rights. I want Sherina to work with us, so we can do more research. If this study succeeds in producing satisfactory results, maybe we can develop a new type of drug. Which will later have an effect against toxins such as antibodies owned by Sherina. Please imagine for yourself, if this works, then we will be able to help people's lives even more."

"Can't! I'm not setu—" Suddenly Vicky's words stopped, he remembered something so as not to finish his rejection sentence.

Shit, I almost decided again. This time I had no right to refuse, the one offered was Sherina. Even if my status is her husband, I cannot make a decision without listening to her opinion. Sherina is mad at me too because of this, I can't make the same mistake again.

Suddenly Vicky turned to Sherina. Then with a faint smile, he said, "How did you decide, Sherina? If you're willing to accept his offer, I won't stand in your way. You are free to make your own choices."

"Right Mrs Sherina, please tell me what your decision is. If you agree, we can talk about some additional procedures and agreements" Ricky said.

"Ehm ...." Sherina was still hesitant to make a decision. Then he lowered his head, so that he would no longer feel nervous because he looked at Ricky which made the situation tense.

"The Chairman's goal is to offer me a very noble cooperation, the intention of wanting to help others is a very good deed. I'm honored that the Chairman invited me specifically. It's just .. I can't seem to. But, please don't misunderstand my decision!" Suddenly Sherina looked up, also looking into Ricky's eyes with great firmness.

Ricky sighed, then smiled faintly. "Yes, it's okay. I see, I will not force you to agree to this cooperation. Because anyway, you're the main reason for this research plan."

Suddenly Ricky reached into his pocket, then put a small paper on the table. "This is my business card, please contact me whenever you feel ready for my offer. Excuse me, come on Aslan, let's go!"

"So soon, I'm gonna have my tea!" said Aslan who was too busy to take a cup of tea on the table.

"Haishh, you're .. quickly spend it!"

As soon as snapped by Ricky, Aslan sipped his already somewhat cold tea quickly. They left with nothing, leaving behind the results of the important laboratory tests to be kept well by Sherina herself.

On the one hand Sherina felt a bit unwell because she had rejected the offer from the Chairman of the Medical Association just now. She was just pensively staring at the business card Ricky left her. "...."- ".

Turns out my blood has antibodies that can fight toxins. I just found out about this, and it looks like it also has to do with my second life. I'm sure it's because of that, because I used to get sick from stale food given by my stepmother. However, after the awakening, I was quite ordinary despite drinking a deadly poison. I should be grateful, it seems like this gift really helped me.

On the other hand Vicky just kept quiet and kept paying attention to Sherina. He is eager to talk, but remembers that Sherina's anger has not subsided. This situation almost made him crazy, the silence was very awkward, it felt like he wanted to disappear from the face of the earth right now.

Sherina turned her head, she realized that it was currently being noticed by Vicky. "Hm? Why do you keep looking at me? Do you think I'm a freak?"

"Eh, what?! N-no! I don't think that way about you at all!" confront Vicky spontaneously.

"Then why do you keep looking at me?"

"Emm .. That, I noticed that you kept holding the business card. Are you interested? I mean, if you're really interested, I won't stand in your way" said Vicky, looking for a reason to answer..

"I'm actually not interested. Even though the Chairman of the Medical Association said that this research is not bad, I am still the subject of experimentation. I don't want to be a guinea pig. After all if I agree, my life will definitely be arranged, not to eat this, forbidden to do that, or even to regulate my sleeping hours. I said it that way, because I just don't feel good about rejecting it straight away. If only someday, when everything calms down and I don't know what to do. Maybe I'll consider it."

"Ah, yes .. I guess you do have a little interest. You see, the purpose of this research is quite good" said Vicky.

"Somehow, I'm only aware of my position. Although helping others is a good thing, but it would not be good if I would even ignore my own personal affairs. Before we help a fallen person, we have to make sure that we have the ability to run."

"About that!" concluded Sherina who suddenly grabbed all the reports of test results. Just as he was about to get off the couch and return to his room, his hand was suddenly held back by Vicky.

"Wait a minute!" his yell.

"What's up?" asked Sherina in a somewhat lazy tone. He was forced to sit back and pull out his hand held by Vicky.

For a moment Vicky was silent, her confidence instantly decreased as her handrails were pushed aside by Sherina. "I just wanted to ask ... are you still mad at me?"

"Hm?" Sherina snorted, she did not expect that her husband would ask that. But suddenly he thought of a way to play a little. "Yes, I'm still angry. Your actions are inexcusable."

"S-Sherina .. Please give me a chance! Just give me one chance to correct my mistake! I'll do anything as long as you're not mad at me anymore!" vicky said full of seriousness.

"Do anything?" sherina asked as if interested, to make Vicky feel hopeful.

"Yes, anything!" Vicky meant.