The Spoils of Thesalie (Part-1)

The pain emanating from his wound finally caused the man to forget for the moment the mistakes that led to the current circumstances.

And he decided to put off trying to think of ways to prevent something similar from happening again for later.

Instead, upon hearing the bodyguard's recommendations, Alexander chimed up to say, 

"Forget about getting those things. By the time you get it, I will have bled to death already."

"Get some strong wine to clean the wound instead. And then cauterize and bandage it."

Alexander sounded both irritated and a bit tired.

The loss of blood was beginning to make him feel weak.

And knowing he might very well be right, that doctor bodyguard solemnly nodded, accepting.