Charlotte has quite a bit of experience with cesarean sections, whether it's working at a state-owned farm or part-time at a pet shop, he occasionally encounters this type of operation.
Look, lying on the operating table, isn't it just a little kitten?
With this thought, his inner nervousness immediately disappeared.
Of course, what's more important is that he has a mid-level healing mage as backup, even if he accidentally cuts a few wrong places, a healing spell can easily fix it. He just needs to deliver the baby through the cesarean section and then sew up her belly.
Of course, Charlotte still has no idea what's inside her belly.
The young girl is already unconscious; otherwise, he could have gleaned some information about that undead mage from her.
What should they do if they deliver a cursed child, a natural-born undead mage?
This has become a difficult question for Charlotte.
"Whatever, let's deliver the baby first and then decide. If it's a monster, I'll be doing a service to the world."
Charlotte muttered to himself, using a cleansing solution to clean and disinfect the lower abdomen of the young girl, and then glanced at Vivian.
Vivian took a step back with a worried expression, her expression indescribable.
"Give her a dose of anesthesia and keep an eye on her, be ready to cast healing magic at any time," Charlotte said.
"Boss, is this your first time too?" Vivian asked as she fed the young girl the medicine, sensing Charlotte's nervousness.
And besides, it's rare for a pregnant patient to come seeking help like this, right?
"No, I'm experienced, just never done a humanoid cesarean section before."
Charlotte waited for the anesthesia to take effect, picked up the surgical knife, and his gaze suddenly became sharp and calm. He made a transverse incision into the abdomen, about thirteen centimeters long, layer by layer.
After opening the abdominal cavity, he cleaned his hands and began to explore, separating the adhesions between the bladder and the anterior wall of the uterus.
Then, after cutting through the uterine serous layer and muscular layer, he could see a dark mass.
Charlotte frowned, feeling that the thing looked somewhat familiar.
Before he could reach out, a head poked out from the incision in the uterus!
A small black lion cub!
This caught Charlotte completely off guard.
He had performed many cesarean sections on cats, but he had never seen one that eagerly crawled out of the uterus right after it was cut open!
And this little thing wasn't a cat, it was a small lion.
A black small lion, unheard of!
"It...it came out!" Vivian exclaimed in shock, stepping back a few steps, afraid.
Charlotte also furrowed his brows. The tiny lion cub struggled to crawl out, emitting a chilling aura that didn't seem friendly.
He reached out and grabbed it, opening the incision in the uterus wider to pull it out.
No umbilical cord!
That was also strange.
Charlotte couldn't figure out how to handle this little black lion for a moment, so he placed it on a nearby tray.
After suctioning out the amniotic fluid and confirming there were no abnormalities in the uterine lining, he sutured the incision and instructed Vivian to heal the wound with a spell. Then, he closed the abdomen layer by layer, cut off the sutures, and the cesarean section was complete.
"Roar!"
At that moment, the little black lion placed on the tray suddenly let out a furious roar towards Charlotte.
Charlotte was still holding the surgical knife, and this little creature didn't pose any threat to him.
Then, the body of the small black lion suddenly began to grow and expand, from the size of two fists to the size of a cat, and then to over two meters tall.
The tray it was placed on crushed under its weight, and it landed on the ground, transforming into a majestic black lion.
"So terrifying!" Vivian retreated behind Charlotte, looking at the black lion in fear. What kind of monster did they give birth to that suddenly grew into a giant lion?!
"Roar!"
The black lion roared again, causing the bottles on the nearby shelf to clatter and shake, radiating an air of majesty.
"Third level." Charlotte immediately judged the strength of the lion, which was still within a controllable range.
Suddenly, the young girl lying on the operating table opened her eyes, slapped the surgical table, and launched herself into the air.
She kicked the mechanical arm holding the surgical light, twisted her body, and flew toward the black lion.
In mid-air, she cut her right index finger and drew a complex rune, then tapped it on the black lion's forehead.
Golden light flashed and entered the lion's brow.
The lion suddenly went mad, shaking its head violently, knocking against the walls twice, and then suddenly quieted down, looking at the young girl. It took a couple of steps forward, bowed its head affectionately, and nuzzled her feet.
The blood curse rune established some kind of connection between them.
Moreover, the young girl's power visibly increased, jumping from just reaching the third level to nearly reaching the fourth level. She was just a step away from a breakthrough.
The girl reached out and touched the lion's head, then turned around to look at Charlotte and the others, a triumphant smile on her face.
"Thank you, you saved my life, and I won't make things difficult for you."
Charlotte looked at her and asked, "So, the accusation of the undead mage raping you was false, but the curse was real, right?"
"No, only half of it was false. That old man didn't rape me, but he did curse me," the girl shook her head, pointing to the lion by her side.
"The curse came from it."
"This is an undead lion?" Charlotte asked, looking at the majestic black lion.
The girl pondered for a moment.
"To be precise, it should be something between undead and a living creature. Because I conceived it, it took on my form, but it comes from the curse of the undead mage, so it naturally carries the aura of the undead."
Charlotte felt a headache coming on. The lioness in front of him gave birth to a curse. And he was the one who delivered it.
No matter how it was explained, this sounded quite strange.
But since the black lion was removed, the girl's undead aura had greatly diminished and was almost imperceptible, indirectly confirming the claim that she was cursed by the undead mage.
"So, what are your plans now? Are you going to venture out with this black lion and become a real undead mage?" Charlotte asked again.
"Maybe, isn't this combination quite cool?"
The girl smiled slightly, the corners of her mouth curling with a touch of mischief.
In the next moment, her smile froze.
A black sword was placed against her neck.
The sharpness of the sword made her not doubt that if she made any sudden movements, the cold sword would slice through her delicate neck and sever her head.
Charlotte stood in front of her.
She couldn't even see how he got here; in an instant, he had crossed a distance of over three meters.
"I need an accurate answer to decide whether to cut off your heads for a hefty reward," Charlotte said calmly.