His harsh attitude made Kiera frown in displeasure.
Holden's voice was ice. "Dr. Baldur, watch your tone!"
"I am speaking from the perspective of a medical professional!" Baldur retorted stubbornly. "Mr. Vinton, look at her! She can't even answer basic questions about post-treatment complications!"
Holden's frown deepened.
Isabella stepped in with a sickeningly sweet display of peacemaking. "Sister, you really were too reckless. When Grandma felt sick, you should have just laid her flat to help her breathe. How could you just stab her with needles? We aren't in Elyndor anymore. You need to trust the professionals."
Then she turned to Baldur, seamlessly switching back to fluent English. "Dr. Baldur, please don't be angry. My sister isn't ignoring you, she just doesn't understand what you're saying. After all, she didn't have the privilege of a proper education..."
"No education? And she claims to understand medicine?!" Baldur's eyes widened, pointing at Serena in sheer disbelief. "Just as I thought. Your so-called alternative medicine is nothing but a circus act! Parading around as a doctor without a shred of formal medical knowledge? No wonder your field is a dying joke! No wonder your doctors are constantly begging to learn from our modern medical advancements!"
Isabella quickly turned to Serena, playing the role of the caring older sibling ready to translate. "Sister, Dr. Baldur isn't blaming you, he just means..."
"Dr. Baldur."
A cool, lazy voice cut right through Isabella's fake sympathy.
Serena lifted her gaze, her clear eyes settling indifferently on the arrogant doctor.
Flawless, unaccented English rolled off her tongue. "Your concerns are amusing, but you seem to have fundamentally misunderstood the pathology."
"Regarding the complications you mentioned..."
Her expression was calm, her voice smooth as silk as she systematically dismantled every single loophole in Baldur's supposedly impossible questions.
Baldur's mouth opened and closed. His face burned crimson, but because she had utterly crushed him in his own professional domain, he couldn't utter a word in his defense.
All of his condescension and mockery had been effortlessly swatted right back into his face.
He had never been so humiliated!
In the dead silence of the room, Serena shifted her cold, indifferent gaze to Isabella.
She switched back to her native language, her voice devoid of warmth. "Isabella. Grandma suffered an acute attack of cardiogenic pulmonary edema. And you wanted her to lie flat while she was struggling for air? Were you trying to hasten her end?"
Knowing absolutely nothing, yet pretending to be an expert.
It made Isabella look like an absolute clown.

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