When he first arrived at the Sterling Family, he was still just a child.
The adults in the family ignored him, and after a servant gave him some medication, they went off to busy themselves with other matters. It wasn't until they finished their chores and returned to his room that they found his little face was flushed red from a fever, and he was barely conscious, something was clearly wrong.
The servant panicked and finally took him to the hospital.
The doctor checked his temperature, which was as high as 45 degrees Celsius.
In that state, a delay in treatment could either have cost him his life or left his brain addled from the fever.
When the elder Mr. Sterling found out about this, he scolded Simon Sterling and Mrs. Sterling severely. From then on, Simon took him along wherever he went. His health gradually improved, and he didn't fall seriously ill again.
