Prologue

    It was the late 18th century in London. A a tall man wearing a tuxedo topped with a black coat walked pass the dark alley. He was wearing a mask with a bird beak covering his face and a hat on his head. His strides were  long as of a soldier and was holding a cane.

    Beside him was a beautiful woman with purple eyes and short hair. She was wearing a nurse's dress and is holding a bag in her left hand.

    The man wearing a mask was respected by people as well as the woman. He is indeed a plague doctor and beside him was his nurse.

    They stopped in front of a house where no people dared to go near to. They said the place was "cursed".

    He knocked on the door and it opened. A pale and thin woman greeted them on their arrival.

   "Thank goodness you came doc. I don't know what to do. My child had been suffering from an unknown disease a few months from now."

  "No need to worry. We're already here. Now, bring me to her."

    The woman brought them to where her child was.

     "What is her condition?"

   "She's been coughing blood and was bedridden. I don't know what to do."

    "I see. Then why didn't you bring her to the hospital?"

    "It shames me to say this doc but we don't have any money to pay a hospital doctor and you're our only hope."

    He used his cane to raise the child's arm. Then he put his hand on her neck and checked her pulse.

    "Stethoscope."

    "Here doc."

    The nurse beside him answered like a soldier obeying the commander.

    He then checked the girl's heartbeat and breathing.

    "As I suspected....her lungs have water. It's a case of pneumonia."

    He let out a big sigh and continued speaking.

    "If it's not treated fast it could lead to death."

    Tears began to fall from the mother's eyes as she fell to the ground.

    "Will you be able to save her doc?"

    "I might but....I can't assure you."

    The woman let out a sigh of relief thinking that her child could be saved.

    From his pocket, he took out a small pouch and handed it to the woman.

    "Take this medicine and give it to her after she finishes eating three times a day. I will return and check her condition a month from now."

    "Thank you doc. Please take this it's not much but it's all we have.'

    The woman gave him a small pouch half-filled with copper coins.

    "No need. Use it to buy vegetables for your child. You need the money more than us."

    He turned around and opened the door. As he was about to go out, the woman asked.

    "Wait! Who are you?"

    "I'm William James Vermillion and this is my assistant Dorothy Violet."

    He then proceeded to go out and closed the door.