Felix said, "It's a pulmonary affliction."

After checking Katie's pulse, Felix finally understood what illness had taken hold of her.

The lung disease was extremely rare. With silver needles, he could have cured it immediately. But now, Felix could only treat the illness with herbs, which made things somewhat troublesome.

"I can read pulses. It seems Kirk learned more than just herbal knowledge from his grandfather. He must have learned diagnosis as well. Does this mean Kirk's grandfather was also a master healer?"

Since Kirk had given him this life-or-death test, he definitely wouldn't let Felix cheat—which made total sense. It would require Felix to develop abilities Kirk once possessed, and Felix would have to figure that part out on his own.

Though he felt he was making some progress now, perhaps surrendering to Chester had been the wise choice. Yet he couldn't be sure about it.

If he had chosen to stand firm against Chester, he wondered what opportunities might have app