The Unshackled Queen: Never Say Never

Saul passed the equipment to Dotson, explaining, “They wanted to visit, but there were too many, so I had to turn them away!”

Glancing at Hannah’s eyes, Saul felt a pang of concern and sorrow.

“You reckless girl! How did you end up like this?”

“What’s wrong with your eyes? Did you get involved in something dangerous again? Tell me the truth?”

“I’m sorry,” Hannah mumbled, lowering her head and looking particularly pitiful.

Saul sighed and tried again in a softened tone.

“Don’t give me that look.

Tell me everything so I can help you better.

”

Hannah wasted no time and recounted the entire incident to Saul.

“I don’t know what kind of substance was splashed into my eyes.

We’re waiting for the police to identify it.

It doesn’t seem to be highly corrosive since I felt nothing when it got into my eyes, but I lost my sight just the next second.

”

Saul immediately straightened up and examined her eyes with a flashlight.

Her pupils still showed no response at all.

“I reviewed the hospital records you sent me, and there seems to be no damage to the eyeballs or the retina.

You said that only a Little bit got into your eyes which makes me think that the dose was low and only caused temporary blindness.

”

Dotson, who had been quietly listening the whole time, instantly perked up at that.

“You mean boss’ eyes will recover in some time?”

Saul turned to look at him.

“If only it were that simple.

”

He moved the flashlight around Hannah’s eyes and asked, “Do you sense any changes in the light.

”

Hannah blinked a few times trying to perceive any sort of movement but felt like there was no change.

“No.

”

Saul let out a resigned sigh.

“That’s what bothers me.

You told me earlier that you could still sense light changes and now can’t even do that.

”

Saul’s words struck a chord.

Hannah realized she had indeed been more reliant on her other senses due to her blindness and hadn’t noticed this change.

“Your eyes are slowly losing the ability to perceive light.

”

Saul concluded after his examination.

“Although there’s no visible damage, the substance must have been quite potent.

Even a small amount caused temporary blindness.

If we don’t find a solution soon, you might become permanently blind.

”

Dotson’s heart skipped a beat at the thought of permanent blindness.

He had never considered that possibility.

“That can’t be! There are so many strange cases these days and I’ve seen people recover even from amnesia.

Boss will definitely get her sight back in a while.

”

Hannah remained calm, as if she had expected this.

“Dotson, calm down and hear out the old man.

”

Saul continued, “Your vision loss isn’t progressing rapidly, and the substance hasn’t been fully analyzed yet.

There’s an experimental treatment for blindness, but it hasn’t undergone clinical trials.

I’m hesitant to use it on you now.

We can wait a few days for the analysis results before proceeding.

”