The Heiress Nobody Saw Coming (Natalie and Marcus) novel Chapter 435

"Dr. Elim, what are these things?" Connie's eyes widened as she stared at the cluster of white fur. It caused her skin to crawl as her trypophobia kicked in.

"They should be the younglings," Natalie said calmly. "Time to change the water."

"Dr. Elim, I'm scared."

Connie stared inside the wooden tub. Laura was still submerged. Inside the red water, more and more white fur gradually appeared.

"Let me do it!" Natalie turned and changed into fresh clothes. Then, she put on the custom-made gloves and reached into the water, pulling Laura out.

"Dr. Elim, Mrs. Holden's hair color has changed!"

Connie noticed that Laura's hair, which was previously snow-white, now had specks of black. She couldn't help but let out an excited scream.

"Mm." Natalie remained composed. The medicine that Federrick had instructed her to use was clearly working. However, since it wasn't complete, it couldn't exert its full effect, nor completely cure her yet.

Even so, knowing that she was on the right track made her breathe a sigh of relief.

"Mrs. Holden, are you okay?" Natalie asked with concern as she looked at Laura's pale face.

Laura kept shivering. She couldn't see her own condition, but when she heard Connie say her hair had changed color, she couldn't suppress the excitement building up inside her.

After all these years, she was finally seeing a glimmer of hope.

"Thank you. I'm… I'm okay."

"We'll have to change the water. Please hold on a bit while I prepare the fresh water."

"Okay. Thank you."

Laura cooperated without complaint. At that moment, her body no longer hurt. On the contrary, she even felt a strange sense of relief.

Natalie called Connie over, and the two of them brought in a fresh wooden tub. They quickly boiled some hot water and poured it into it.

This time, Natalie was the one to prepare the herbal bath.

"Connie, rinse Mrs. Holden clean. Once I'm done with the herbal bath, she can get it."

"Alright, Dr. Elim."

Before long, Natalie had finished preparing the new herbal bath.

Despite her fear and discomfort, Connie carefully rinsed Laura clean.

As Laura sank into the new herbal bath, she could feel a searing pain spread across her skin, as if she was being burned by fire. She instinctively tried to stand up, but Natalie pressed her down firmly.

"Mrs. Holden, please endure it," Natalie said.

"But it's so painful." Laura's voice trembled. She could almost hear the sound of something crackling, but when she looked at her skin, there wasn't any visible change.

"You'll have to bear with it." Natalie's face remained indifferent, even a bit cold. "Mrs. Holden, you've been in pain for so many years. If you can't even endure this little bit of pain, do you plan to keep suffering?

"Connie and I may be wearing protective gear and custom-made gloves, but the things inside your body still terrify us."

Even though Natalie wasn't scared, Connie was.

"We're trying to save you. Weren't you worried about infecting us? Just cooperate for now," she urged.

Upon hearing that, Laura shut her mouth and didn't dare to complain any longer.

Natalie stood by, observing carefully and making notes. She kept the notebook Wesley had used with her all the time, flipping it open to cross-reference Laura's condition.

It wasn't an easy feat to cure Laura. The Herbalist's Sanctuary had herbs that could suppress the symptoms temporarily. However, to expel the Umbrahex completely, they needed the few extremely toxic herbs that Federrick had mentioned.