Maomao's peaceful morning at home is interrupted when she's called in to investigate an apparent double suicide at one of the local brothels.
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1. The Apothecary Diaries
2. The Apothecary Diaries
3. This story is a work of fiction. The names of all of the characters, organizations, and so on
are imaginary. It also bears no connection to any specific real-life events.
4. Episode 8: Wheat Stalks
5. Oh, right, I'm home.
6. So sticky...
7. Dad...
8. Must be out in the field.
9. I wish he'd stop working the field at his age,
10. but he just really enjoys making
medicine out of the herbs he grows.
11. Don't break it.
12. I don't know you. Are you
a servant at a different brothel?
13. My dad's—
14. Come with me!
15. Hey!
16. Big Sis! I brought the apothecary!
17. Hurry!
18. This smell...
19. Apothecary! I made them
throw up already, but...
20. Right!
21. The man isn't breathing!
22. The woman's breathing is too weak.
23. We'll check if there's any
vomit left in their throats.
24. You check her.
25. Y-Yes!
26. No pulse. Nothing clogging the throat.
27. Just saliva.
28. Bring water!
29. No water! Bring charcoal. Charcoal!
30. Y-Yes!
31. Great way to start the morning.
32. Wow, I need a bath...
33. Thank you, apothecary. They're both stable now.
34. Wait, leave that alone.
35. Even what they threw up on?
36. There could still be poison in it.
37. Poison...
38. I'll go make some tea.
39. The two who collapsed here were
a courtesan and her customer.
40. The room was filled with
the scent of alcohol and tobacco.
41. Two bottles.
42. Broken glass cups.
43. This is... a wheat stalk?
44. A pipe and some tobacco leaves.
45. They really went out of
their way to cause trouble.
46. I've got the charcoal...
47. Good. Also, get me a text plate
and something to write with.
48. Huh?
49. My dad should be out in the fields,
near the southern wall.
50. Bring him over here later.
51. Got it.
52. You're late, Dad.
53. This girl was worried about my leg.
54. I crushed the charcoal.
55. Yes, let's mix it with the herbs
and give it to them immediately.
56. Can you drink this?
57. What about him...?
58. He's safe. He had the medicine, too.
59. Your treatment's not bad.
60. "Not bad," huh?
61. Dad's able to deduce two or three things
from a single piece of information.
62. What kind of poison do you think this was?
63. Here goes!
64. Dad sometimes tries to
make me learn stuff this way.
65. Tobacco leaves are deadly poisons.
66. That would be what they'd use
in a double suicide.
67. You didn't have them drink water, right?
68. Water would make things worse, right?
69. Correct. Gastric juices can prevent
the intake of poison in some cases,
70. so diluting it might make things worse.
71. However, what if this poison
was already soaked in water?
72. There are no leaves in the vomit.
73. I missed that. Maybe I'm still half asleep.
74. If the poison was soaked in water,
sometimes diluting it with more water is good.
75. Got it. Lesson learned.
76. Sorry for the trouble.
77. Serving us snacks reserved for customers?
That's quite generous of her.
78. I see, it prevents lipstick
from getting on the cup.
79. You really saved us. This is just
a small token of our gratitude.
80. Oh no, that's too much—
81. Dad, can you afford rent this month?
82. Ah, in that case...
83. Jeez, you old man...
84. Must have been a double suicide.
Not exactly rare in the pleasure district.
85. A man who can't afford to buy out a courtesan,
86. and a courtesan with time left on her term.
87. People like that often reach
this same conclusion.
88. Still, that man was very well-dressed.
89. He had a handsome face, too.
90. Didn't seem like someone who'd be
short on money or women.
91. Dad wouldn't approve of me
judging through stereotypes, but...
92. He didn't seem like someone
93. who'd drink poison with a courtesan
out of despair for their future.
94. I'm going to go check on them.
95. The man seemed to be in worse condition...
96. What are you doing?
97. Don't stop me! This guy deserves to die!
98. Wh-What are you doing?
99. Apothecary, may I speak with you?
100. That man was always a problem customer.
101. He'd sweet-talk a courtesan and
insinuate that he would buy her out.
102. When he got tired of her, he'd just dump her.
103. He was widely hated. Some woman
tried to stab him, even.
104. He'd been poisoned in the past, too.
105. But his rich merchant father pampers him.
106. He settles everything with money.
107. Recently, he asked his father to hire
guards for him to travel to the brothels with.
108. This girl's older sister got dumped by him, too.
109. She was so happy she could live with him,
110. but on the day of the buy-out,
he suddenly canceled on her.
111. That's why, I think, she couldn't forgive him.
112. The courtesan who drank the poison
today was close to her, as well.
113. So, you want me to pretend
I didn't see anything?
114. If he's such a problem, why not just ban him?
115. It's the courtesan who fell for him.
116. In that case, I suppose
word of a double suicide
117. would make matters worse for the brothel.
118. So, they served us the good snacks
119. because we prevented a rich merchant's
son from dying on the premises.
120. And...
121. That must have felt unfair to her.
122. I understand.
123. I just happened to be home today,
124. but if the girl shops with us often, perhaps
she knew when my dad is usually away.
125. Normally you'd call for
a doctor at a time like that,
126. but she went out of her way
to find a missing apothecary.
127. That servant girl is scarier than she looks.
128. It's too bad your homecoming
turned out this way.
129. Dad, show me that money from earlier.
130. Hmm?
131. Yep, all there.
132. As expected, including hush money.
133. Something bothers me, though.
134. Judging from the stories,
the man is pretty clever.
135. Would someone like him join
a double suicide over romance?
136. Was it a forced suicide? No, a man who'd
been poisoned before wouldn't easily—
137. Maomao, you shouldn't
speak based on conjecture.
138. Dad, you already figured out
what really happened, right?
139. Let's try to recall what was at
the scene and what I might have missed.
140. Tobacco leaves are deadly poisons.
141. This would be what they would
use in a double suicide.
142. However, what if this poison
was already mixed in water?
143. It's the courtesan who fell for him.
144. This guy deserves to die!
145. The courtesan who drank the poison
today was close to her as well.
146. I see, it prevents the lipstick
from getting on the cup.
147. This wasn't a double suicide.
148. It was murder.
149. Poisoned water, wheat stalks,
two separate drinks with different colors...
150. It's already over.
151. I know.
152. Murder, not a double suicide.
153. And it's the courtesan
who tried to kill the man,
154. using drinks laced with tobacco poison.
155. But the man was cautious enough
to have guards around.
156. How did she get him to drink the poison?
157. Simple. She took a sip as well.
158. If the courtesan was safe,
the man would drink, too.
159. But if she drank the poison,
she'd be in danger herself.
160. That's why she used a trick.
161. Two drinks, one cup.
162. Different drinks have varying
thicknesses and weights.
163. By pouring a lighter drink
slowly over a heavy drink,
164. you can create a pretty-looking, layered drink.
165. She used that as a small parlor
trick to impress her guest.
166. Then, she used the wheat stalk to drink just
the lower layer, without raising suspicion.
167. Afterwards, she drank from
the upper layer as well.
168. Just a little bit, so it wouldn't kill her.
169. She didn't want to end up dead herself.
170. She did the act in the morning to
increase the odds that he would die,
171. and she would survive.
172. And conveniently, someone came to witness it.
173. She appeared fragile,
but she's actually quite clever.
174. What are you doing, Big Sis?
You should stay in bed!
175. The servant girl did
behave a bit strangely.
176. In order to make sure the man didn't survive,
177. she went to an apothecary, not a doctor.
178. She even took her time
bringing my dad over.
179. Wasn't she worried that
her "Big Sis" would die?
180. Wasn't she worried that someone close
to her would die again, like her real sister?
181. It's almost as if she knew
the courtesan would survive.
182. Or am I over-thinking this?
183. In addition, the other courtesan
was sympathetic to the servant girl.
184. Plus, the very generous madam...
185. Once I start doubting, there's no stopping.
186. Could they all have been...
187. I shouldn't speak based on conjecture.
188. I really missed this pleasure district,
189. but in essence, it's no different
from the rear palace.
190. It's both a garden and a cage.
191. The stale, trapped air poisons everyone.
192. The courtesans also eat the poison around them
193. to become a sweet poison themselves.
194. I don't know what'll happen to that courtesan.
195. Maybe the annoying customer
will assert that she tried to poison him.
196. Maybe the brothel will accuse him
of ruining their merchandise instead.
197. Well, whatever.
198. You can't live life in this neighborhood
worrying about every little thing.
199. Maomao.
200. Meimei.
201. You're going back to the rear palace already?
202. I have a year left on my term.
203. I also have work to do
that I can't force on others.
204. That's too bad. You just got back.
205. Everyone was worried
when you suddenly went missing.
206. Pairin, Joka, and even the old lady.
207. Really? She never said...
208. She acted like usual, right?
It's because you came back.
209. I see.
210. Oh no, did I make you
all sentimental? There, there!
211. Come on, Meimei!
212. Maomao, did you visit the annex?
213. I'll go later.
214. Take care of yourself.
215. You, too.
216. I'm off.
217. My three-day homecoming
was over before I knew it.
218. I'm so sad to see you go so soon!
219. Right, Master Lihaku?
220. Yes! I'm so sad, too!
221. Looks like he had a good dream.
222. Once you have a taste of the heavenly dews,
there's no turning back to reality.
223. I'm sure they'll squeeze him dry,
gently but thoroughly.
224. That said, I'm the one that has to cover
for the amount that I couldn't pay up front.
225. Let me know when you're coming home next.
226. And thus, my next buyer has been determined.
227. What's with the intense stare?
228. I'd better make my escape.
229. I'll go get changed.
230. Tell us...
231. Everything...
232. Later!
233. I'll be waiting for you in the parlor.
234. Excuse me.
235. For some reason, he seems really upset.
236. Am I over-thinking it?
237. I hope I'm over-thinking it.
238. Let's go with that.
239. Why are we alone, anyway?
240. So, you went home, huh?
241. Yes.
242. How was it?
243. Everyone's doing well,
so I was glad for that.
244. I see.
245. Yes.
246. What is this Lihaku fellow like?
247. He was my guarantor.
248. How does he know that name?
249. Do you even know what that means?
250. Yes. Only a higher-ranking official with
a good record can serve as a guarantor.
251. Did he give you a hairpin?
252. He was passing out several,
so I took one as a consolation prize.
253. So, I lost to a consolation prize, huh?
254. I thought I gave you one too,
but I never heard from you.
255. Huh?
256. In other words, he's just unhappy
because I didn't rely on him instead?
257. Weird. It's obviously way better
to not get involved in any trouble.
258. Is he so bored that he wants attention,
even if it'll cause problems?
259. I'm sorry. I couldn't think of
a repayment that you'd enjoy.
260. What repayment?
261. Did you give something to this Lihaku guy?
262. Yes, I granted him a night
of blissful dreams.
263. A night...
264. He seemed very happy.
265. I worked hard, so I'm pleased with myself.
266. What are you doing?
267. Let's wipe you off before it stains.
268. Excuse me.
269. You should get this washed right away.
270. I'll clean up the cup right
away, too. Don't touch it.
271. Excuse me.
272. Whoosh.
273. Ow!
274. Not just some superficial sweetness
275. I want more warmth than I can even use, oh
276. Having these selfish idealistic thoughts
277. I swallowed them again today
before putting them into words
278. Still in my memories,
the scent of fragrant olive
279. The color of twilight in the city
280. We were laughing...
281. Filled with sadness,
the tears welled up in my eyes