Volume 6, Chapter 3: First Day of Work (2/2)

Maomao had considered trying to give birth once, but she couldn’t just casually say that. If she were to say that she wanted to try to give birth, she thought that people would probably treat her as a fool. And also, if they were to know of one other of Maomao’s considerations, there was also the chance where they would bury her with a barrage of yells.

(I can’t get a splendid placenta.)

During childbirth, the placenta falls out with the birth of the child. That placenta is eaten in some regions by the mother as a form of nourishment. It is said to be delicious, tasting like liver sashimi. Of course, there is the chance of bugs when you eat raw animal innards, but this, in this case, would be safe.

Maomao was told by her dad to “Never use humans for medicine.” So she doesn’t go enthusiastic with strange interests, she was told to never touch dead bodies.

However, what about her own placenta? It wasn’t a dead body. She wasn’t even using other people as ingredients. It was originally a part of her body. She was just re-taking it in; nothing wrong about that.

In other words, Maomao was keeping her promise with her dad, but she was also trying a yet unknown medicine that hasn’t been adopted before.

I must try this once while I’m alive, Maomao thought.

“Please gather round.” An elderly court lady assembled the successful applicants. She had a sharp gaze.

The outfits should have already been handed out, but a couple of people had made quite gaudy adjustments. Peacocks fan out their feathers flashily, but human women dress up flashily.

Maomao only wore the outfit as it had been prepared for her, so it wasn’t anything that stood out. And yet, for some reason, she felt people were glancing at her.

(Did I wear it strangely?)

Like everyone else’s, it was a plain aoqun. The top was a pale-peach colour, the bottom, red. Perhaps the colours were different depending on their posts, there were no more than five people among the successful applicants who wore the same colours as Maomao. Since it was a new post that assisted the court physicians, it might be unusual.

If there was something different, it would have to be the colour of her cord accessory. Maomao felt that only her cord was a little darker.

There’s no need to think hard about it, she thought as she was going to gather and line up in accordance with the elderly court lady’s words, when something bumped into her back.

No, it wasn’t as much as a bump. Maomao crashed onto the floor with her hands before her. It might be a good thing that her face was lacking in contours. She fell flat onto the floor and was thoroughly covered in sand.

“…” She got to her feet while brushing her face.

“I’m sorry.” Walking past her with elegant smiles, was a group clad in the same colours as Maomao.

“Are you okay?” The elderly court lady jogged over.

“I’m fine.” Maomao stood up with an innocent look.

Everyone around her sent her sympathetic gazes. However, Maomao didn’t care about that.

The only thing she thought was….

(How nostalgic.)

This is it, the workplace of women.

Towards the promise from a long time ago, she was flooded with deep emotions.