Chapter 179.
Chapter 179 – Friendship
Duncan cautiously observed the expression of the old man in front of him, the strange feeling had not dissipated since a while ago, he could clearly see that Maurice was not quite right now, however, unfortunately, he was not a doctor.
“Do you need me to find a doctor?” He asked with concern, “How are you feeling right now? Any dizziness or nausea? Or are you in a trance?”
Morris rubbed his forehead.
In his ears, Duncan’s voice seemed to be mixed with 10,000 overlapping hissing noises, and at the same time when the sound waves entered his ears, there were also splashes of blinding “colors”, which seemed to be stuffed with incomprehensible knowledge, testing his mind every second. Every minute and every second is testing his mind, but in the crazy critical state, he still barely maintained his own sanity, and slowly shook his head: “I’m fine, a little rest will be good ……”
In front of this …… don’t know what the body of the “existence” to show concern for his own, but now Morris did not dare to think that this kind of concern under the surface in the end what is the “real situation! “Perhaps a thousand pairs of eyes staring at him? Or maybe a thousand eyes staring at him? Or maybe a crowd of wriggling teeth and tongues? Were the words of concern murmured in subspace, or were they a whistling sound from the deepest depths of the ocean? Thankfully, Rahm granted himself this moment of obtuseness, and he didn’t have to be overly concerned with that truth.
He simply responded as normally as he could on a “human” level.
At the same time, he was also trying to see if he could voluntarily close the “true eye” that he had opened when he got out of the car just now – this God-given ability is what the followers of the God of Wisdom rely on when exploring the world, but it seems that the price of it is also very high. …… The price of it is really worthy of being the most dangerous of the four blessings of the gods.
He had failed, the Eye of Truth had been opened and could not be closed for a short time – and what good would it do even if it were closed? A mind caught in the threshold of madness doesn’t automatically recover after closing the eyes ……
Maurice thought chaotically, slowing down for a moment before slowly speaking, “I …… just came by to see, to give thanks …… Oh yes, thanks, for my daughter, and thanks again for your outpouring of help in the museum last time, she made me ……”
He suddenly got a little stuck and hesitated for several seconds before picking up his thoughts, “She asked me to bring a letter, it’s in my pocket.”
The old man fumbled, removing a carefully sealed envelope from his shirt pocket and handing it to Duncan, who took it and opened it face to face to see that it contained nothing but the opening pleasantries, a report on Nina’s physical and mental health, and a ‘doctor’s recommendation’.
This is the summary of Heidi’s last hypnotherapy treatment for Nina, she did say that she would write a letter to send, Duncan still remembered this matter.
“There’s no need to be so polite, it was my instinctive reaction to come to the rescue in that situation,” Duncan put away the letter and said to Maurice with a serious face, “Also thank Ms. Heidi on my behalf – Nina was in a much better condition after her last hypnosis treatment has been much better since, and hasn’t had that strange dream these days.”
Maurice nodded and pressed his fingers to his temples, organizing his words as he guided himself from staring into Duncan’s eyes, “Are you …… doing well these days?”
“Me? I’m fine,” Duncan felt a little puzzled, he thought the old gentleman had a strange way of opening the conversation today, “Healthy, refreshed and in a good mood – nothing wrong with it, except that today’s terrible weather has been a little depressing. ”
The weather?
This small change in the weather can still make an evil god feel “depressed” – is this a new joke that has recently become popular in subspace?
Maurice felt a little bit better than earlier, and even had the mood to mutter in his heart after hearing Duncan’s words, while at the same time, he heard Nina’s voice from a short distance away, “Uncle! I put the bike away, and the store door is closed! It’s getting windy out there …… How is Mr. Morris?”
“He’s much better, but he didn’t tell me where he was uncomfortable just now,” Duncan looked back at Nina, who was coming this way, “Why don’t you stay with the old man later, and I’ll send Miss Hattie a ‘swift piece’ or a telegram, so she can come and pick up the ……”
“No, no, no, I’m all right,” Duncan hadn’t finished speaking when Morris suddenly raised his voice and waved his hand back and forth, “No need to let her pick it up, I’m just a bit of an old man, I’ll be all right after resting for this little while.”
Duncan was startled by the old gentleman’s sudden and somewhat intense reaction, he looked Morris up and down twice, confirming the other party’s state and attitude before nodding, “Alright, then I won’t go. Nina, why don’t you go upstairs and make some soup, a hot meal might make Mr. Morris feel better.”
Nina blinked and swept her eyes twice between Duncan and her teacher in a bit of confusion, somehow finding the atmosphere here a bit odd, but soon she nodded curtly, “Oh!”
The girl ran briskly up the stairs, stomping her footsteps away.
And after Nina left, Maurice also felt his mental pressure reduce a little bit again – although this relief was almost insignificant compared to the huge pressure brought by Duncan, he still breathed a soft sigh of relief.
Then the old man, who dealt with history all day long, was silent for a moment before cautiously organizing his words and speaking, “Was I out of line just now?” Duncan’s eyes have always been concerned about the changes in Morris, in the beginning, he only felt that the other party today’s words and actions are exceptionally odd, but slowly, he seems to see a trace of a familiar …… “feeling” in the old man’s reaction, he recalled where this familiar feeling came from where, while casually responding, “It’s a bit odd, so what’s going on?”
Morris was silent for two or three seconds before speaking in a low and cautious voice: “In a profession like mine that deals with history and knowledge on a regular basis, the spirit is occasionally more sensitive.”
He just wanted to test the waters, to see what kind of attitude this “subspace being”, who always acted very kindly to the outside world, and who had never done anything wrong while living here, had.
Duncan immediately frowned after hearing the other party’s seemingly meaningful sentence, and suddenly, he knew what that sense of familiarity was all about!
Maurice this strange reaction has also appeared in another familiar “people” body …… is Dog!
Shelly’s side of the profound hound, that has a special “true vision” of the profound demon! Dog was also so scared and nervous when he saw himself – because he was able to see some of the “real situation” underneath his human body, but the difference was that Dog was a Profound Demon with high resistance to pollution, while Maurice was a fragile human, so the latter’s reaction would be much higher. The difference is that Dog is a profoundly resistant demon to pollution, and Maurice is a fragile human being, so the latter will react more strongly, that is to say ……
Duncan vaguely guessed the truth and immediately looked up into Maurice’s eyes, “You saw something you shouldn’t have, didn’t you?”
Morris gently sucked in a cold breath.
But in the next second, the expected doom did not come – on the contrary, he once again felt that the mental pressure he was under was rapidly diminishing, even to the extent that even without Rahm’s augmentation, he could barely withstand it as a human!
Duncan silently transferred his “main consciousness” to the Lost Country, controlling the shell in the antique store only through the “remote control” technique of Spirit Walking.
Through this period of “practice”, he could command the distant body and perceive the environment around this body as usual even under remote control, the only effect was that the power he could use would be a little weaker – but there were no enemies here anyway! .
He wanted to try and see if that would make Maurice feel better.
“Better?”
Duncan’s low, gentle voice sounded from the side, startling Morris awake.
The old man hurriedly raised his head to see Duncan’s solid, clear, harmless human form, while out of the corner of his eye he noted that all his surroundings had stabilized.
The errant light and shadows were gone, the noise was tapering off, the torn houses, the streaming flames, and the writhing monstrous things of darkness were all but lost to the eye – his own mind was recovering fast, and the dangerous critical state of madness was actually showing signs of improvement.
He looked incredulously at Duncan, who nodded with apology, “Sorry, I didn’t really expect a human to have such ‘good eyes’ – I’ve only ever scared a Psi-Demon before, but Psi-Demons’ nerves can be sturdier than humans.”
“I …… I’m much better,” Morris gulped, the gradual process of mental recovery wasn’t actually pleasant, he could feel his heart beating as if it was going to explode, but regardless, it had restored most of his thinking ability -and also allowed him to analyze useful information from Duncan’s words, “I …… alas, I didn’t think I’d ever see your true form, too careless, these years of living away from my beliefs have made me slack off ……”
Duncan didn’t care about Maurice’s muttering behind him.
He was thinking fast, thinking about how to end this situation in front of him.
After all, this great historian is not a dog …… The latter can be handled with a little scare, but the old gentleman can not use such rough means.
“I wonder,” he said suddenly, in the midst of his thoughts, “why you can see?”
“I ……” Maurice opened his mouth and hesitated slightly before telling him honestly, “I am a follower of Rahm, the God of Wisdom.”
(End of chapter)