The Crucial Test

With his final university examination to contend with, Ade suddenly also had to deal with a severe headache and a rising temperature. From all indications, it wasn’t as a result of intense studying. Most students would break down under such pressure, a subtle reminder of their mortality. Not Ade, he had trained his mind over time to withstand sustained hours of intense studying. Everything points to one answer as he could fathom. “No, not again! I treated malaria just last month,” he thought out loud. His final examination was scheduled for the next day and if there’s one thing he despised, it is taking pills not recommended by an healthcare professional. Besides, taking malaria pills at that instant would only weaken him further and that would be bordering on two injustices committed against his own self in a short while. He took paracetamol, the safe option (or so it seemed). Fast forward to the next day and like an experienced surgeon in a familiar theatre, he...