The air was filled with a strange burnt smell.
Intermingled with it was a faint aroma of roasted snake meat.
"Sizzle—"
As the last wisp of white smoke rose, the two special 【high-temperature styling plates】 in Victor's hands finally stopped working.
He took half a step back, surveying his masterpiece with satisfaction.
"Perfect."
The original tangled mess of snake hair, which had looked like a ball of yarn, had undergone an earth-shattering transformation.
Dozens of colorful little snakes now hung straight down behind Medusa's head.
They had been ironed into submission by the high heat, each one stretched taut like freshly made hanging noodles after an ionic straightening.
Because they had been fed a sufficient dose of sedative, these usually ferocious little creatures were now rolling their eyes back, their heads drooping limply.
Surprisingly, it gave off a bizarre sense of smoothness and fashion.
"This... is the charm of ionic straightening."
Victor applied some 【Biological Care Essential Oil】.
"Not only straight, but glossy."
Medusa sat stiffly in the chair, not daring to move.
She felt her scalp go light.
The weight that had been pressing on her nerves for decades had vanished.
In its place was a cool, incredibly airy sensation.
"Alright, hair is done."
Victor wiped his hands.
"Next is the critical part."
He leaned down, looking directly at her tightly closed eyes.
"Open your eyes."
Medusa trembled all over, shaking her head desperately.
"No... people will die..."
"Be good."
Victor's voice left no room for argument.
"I am a doctor. On my operating table, there are no curses, only lesions."
He forcibly pried open Medusa's eyelids.
"Don't move."
Victor looked at those turbid eyes, which were filled with bloodshot streaks.
Just as he thought.
Long-term closure combined with the pressure from the snake hair had caused severe pathological changes in the eyeballs.
"Elizabeth, prepare the minimally invasive surgical instruments."
"I'm going to 'dredge' her optic nerves and clean out the petrification toxins while I'm at it."
The surgical process was quick but extremely delicate.
Victor held a probe thinner than a strand of hair, gradually scraping away the gray toxins around the optic nerves.
It was like cleaning limescale out of a water pipe.
One hour later.
"Done."
Victor straightened his back, looking at those eyes which had cleared up significantly.
"The surgery was a success."
"Now, put this on."
He pulled something out of his pocket.
A pair of exaggeratedly styled sunglasses with lenses as black as ink.
【Magic-Conduction Polarized Sunglasses (Custom Edition)】
【Function: 100% filtration of petrification rays, while simultaneously enhancing one's presence.】
"Wear these, and you won't have to worry about hurting others."
The cool frame touched her skin.
Medusa felt as if she had grabbed a life-saving straw.
Slowly and tentatively, she opened her eyes.
The world had changed.
Through the black lenses, she saw a clear image.
She saw the smiling doctor, the curious little girl, and the potions on the counter.
"I... I can see..."
Two lines of clear tears flowed down from the edges of the sunglasses.
"Don't cry, it's easy to get an infection."
Victor handed her a tissue.
"However, the glasses are just insurance."
"The true therapeutic effect... lies in the mutation of your ability."
"Mutation?" Medusa was stunned.
"Exactly."
Victor explained:
"While I was cleaning the toxins, I made a few 'minor adjustments.'"
"I changed the frequency of the magic from 'solidification' to... 'awe.'"
Victor took a step back.
"Now, take off the glasses."
"I want to see the effect."
"Take them off...?"
Medusa was so scared she pressed down on the sunglasses.
"What if you all turn into stone?"
"Don't worry, I have resistance."
Under Victor's encouraging (deceptive) gaze.
Medusa took a deep breath and tremblingly removed the sunglasses.
She snapped her eyes open.
The originally turbid pupils had now turned a bizarre, bewitchingly charming pink-purple.
"Hum—"
An invisible ripple instantly swept through the clinic lobby.
There was no petrification.
But...
"Ugh..."
Victor suddenly felt his knees go weak.
An indescribable, tingling sensation spread through his entire body.
It felt like he had drunk ten pounds of bootleg liquor.
His head was dizzy, and his body was limp.
Looking at this woman with the bewitching gaze, he actually felt a sudden urge to kneel down and worship at her feet.
"This... this is..."
Elizabeth's reaction was even more exaggerated.
The goblet in her hand fell with a 'clatter.'
She slumped against the counter, her eyes glazed, her face flushed.
"So... so beautiful..."
"Sister... I want to go home with you..."
Even Alice dropped her great scissors, cupping her face and looking at Medusa with a starstruck expression.
In the entire room, except for Medusa herself.
Everyone seemed to have been hit by a powerful hallucinogen.
Stiff.
Limp.
Blurred consciousness.
"It's a success!"
Victor bit the tip of his tongue, forcing the pain to dispel the charm.
He supported himself against the operating table, barely standing, as wild joy erupted in his eyes.
"This isn't petrification!"
"This is clearly... mass charm!"
"And it's a rule-level forced crowd control!"
It was even more terrifying than petrification! Whoever she looked at would have their legs turn to jelly!
"I... I didn't turn you into stone?"
Medusa looked at everyone, who were alive even if their legs were weak, and was overcome with excitement.
"Of course not."
Victor stepped forward and helped her put the sunglasses back on.
That leg-weakening field instantly vanished.
Everyone let out a long sigh of relief, feeling as if they had just run a thousand meters.
"From today on, you are no longer a monster."
Victor looked at the transformed woman before him.
Straight, supple colorful snake hair, cool sunglasses, and bewitching features.
She was practically a fashion queen.
"Welcome to the Benevolent Heart Clinic."
"My... Chief Pharmacist."
"Your name shall be... Viper."
"Viper..."
She murmured to herself.
Looking at the stylish and confident version of herself in the mirror, she could no longer hold back her excitement.
"Thank you! Thank you! Director!"
She lunged forward, giving Victor a massive hug.
"Oof!"
Victor let out a muffled groan from the impact.
While it felt nice, however...
"Hiss, hiss, hiss!"
The dozens of little snakes on Viper's head, which had just finished their ionic straightening, also lunged forward excitedly.
Cold snake tongues licked saliva all over Victor's face.
"Wait... wait! Don't lick me!"
"I'm a germaphobe! And... your glasses are crooked!"
Victor discovered in horror that in her excitement, Viper's sunglasses had slipped halfway down.
Those pink-purple magic eyes were exposed once again.
Hum—
"Ugh..."
Victor, who had just recovered, felt his knees go weak again.
He slid down into Viper's arms like a pile of mud.
"Director? What's wrong?"
Viper panicked, trying to help him up.
As a result, the sunglasses fell off completely.
The powerful charm rays were outputting at full power right in his face!
Lying in her arms, Victor looked at those bewitching eyes inches away and wore a dazed, blissful smile.
"Hehe..."
"I also... want to go home with you..."
The first day of the Benevolent Heart Clinic's newest pharmacist's employment.
Ended with the total annihilation of her own boss and colleagues.
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