Chapter 518.
Chapter 518 Sleeping
Fluttering pieces of colored paper spinning over the roof of the college, along the “tower” wall all the way to the highest observatory, and at the edge of the platform to coalesce into the figure of Lucrecia.
The large observation platform was very quiet, and no one could be seen.
Lucrecia frowned, carefully observing the situation on top of the tower.
The instrumental devices specialized in recording various celestial data were still running automatically, the massive lens set was pointing the observation focus to the sky under the support of many complicated mechanical arms, the three sets of lenses with light filtering structures had been temporarily removed, looking like the result of manual adjustments.
The platform is empty – the original staff may have been evacuated in an emergency when the sun went out, but the working condition of the lens set suggests that someone did come here during the sun’s extinction and observed the sun with the equipment here.
“…… Observing the sun under those circumstances at that time was not a wise move.” Lucrecia couldn’t help but whisper.
She began to look for Master Talan-El near the lensing device, and just then, a pencil that had fallen to the ground suddenly came into her field of vision.
She immediately ran over and finally found the figure of that elven scholar in the middle of a pile of steam pressure pipes – Talan-El was lying quietly on the ground, his eyes closed tightly, and seemed to have fallen into a deep coma.
Lucrecia first went up to confirm the elf scholar’s condition, and found that the other party’s breathing was still steady, and appeared to have no worries about his life, only that he had lost consciousness for some reason, and immediately after that, she beckoned in the air – a large group of toy soldiers immediately ran out from the shadows under her feet, and rushed towards the unconsciousness in a neat formation of the great scholar.
These toy soldiers surrounded Taran-El in an instant, and began to climb up and down to inspect the latter’s body as if inspecting a position, accompanied by rapid exchanges and debriefings in between, and as they moved about, the expression on Lucrecia’s face gradually changed.
There were no traumatic injuries, not a physical attack, and no signs of poisoning or suffering from a curse.
The “Witch of the Sea” bent down and rolled the lids of the great scholar’s eyes, then reached out and slapped his face nonchalantly, trying to rouse Taran El, but with little effect.
“Looks like he’s just fallen into an unexplained slumber …… eh?”
Lucrecia gave a puzzled “hmmm” to herself as she saw two toy soldiers move one of Taran-El’s hands that was gripped tightly to her chest, and a piece of draft paper that was already nearly torn from her grasp appeared in her field of vision.
“What is this thing ……”
Lucrecia curiously picked up the piece of paper and casually spread it flat, but she saw that there was just a circular thing traced on it in scribbled handwriting, and inside that circle there were many complicated and messy lines, she discerned half a day, but she couldn’t distinguish any pattern from those lines, only that they looked like branches diffused horizontally and horizontally, or something closely arranged.
Obviously, the person who drew these patterns was in a great hurry and chaotic conditions to record these images, the lines on the paper have many traces of hesitant smearing, which indicates that the drawer is not sure what he saw, or can not accurately restore the truth of what he “witnessed”.
Lucrecia looked at the paper with a grave expression, then narrowed her eyes and looked up at the sun, which had already re-lighted, then lowered her head and looked at the pencil on the ground not far from her, as well as the pressure pipes that led to the academy next to Taran El’s body, and quickly reconstructed the story of how the elven scholar had collapsed here. —
The great scholar had run up to the tower when the sun went out, trying to observe the details of the surface of Vision 001 under the “conditions” that no amount of filters and lenses could achieve, and he had succeeded in making a sketch, which he then tried to send to the Academy at the first opportunity through the “Swift Piece” system. He then tried to send it to the Academy through the “Swift Piece” system, but at that moment, some mysterious force “attacked” him, causing him to fall into a deep sleep in an instant – he should have still retained some consciousness at the moment of his collapse, as evidenced by the sketch that was tightly guarded by him in front of his chest. Sketches can prove this ……
But what “attacked” him? Was it a saboteur who infiltrated the tower? Or was it the mental pollution caused by observing the sun in its extinguished state?
Lucrecia shook her head – it wasn’t a vandal.
The reason was simple: Taran-El himself had not suffered any further damage after losing his ability to resist, nor had the Sketch he was protecting been taken away from him, nor had any of the tower’s various installations shown any signs of damage. There shouldn’t be any “intruder” who risked a lot to sneak into the tower just to let the elf scholar sleep.
At that moment, the noise of an elevator suddenly interrupted the “Witch of the Sea’s” thoughts.
She followed the sound and saw the lift on the side of the tower platform open its door, and a few panicked scholars of the Truth Academy ran out of it.
After seeing the “Witch of the Sea” standing at the top of the tower, these scholars immediately froze.
“Taran El observed the sun in its extinguished state and has now fallen into an unexplained slumber – I suggest that you do a purification of all the facilities here in case some of the lenses that had reflected Vision 001’s ‘true form’ have also suffered. ‘ lenses have also suffered contamination.”
Lucrecia said casually to the scholars, then raised the sketch in her hand.
“This is something he drew before he lost consciousness, I’m going to take it with me to make sure it’s not carrying contamination, and then hand it over to you guys if it’s okay.”
As the words fell, she didn’t care about the reaction of those scholars, so she turned around and walked towards the edge of the platform, then thumped into scattered pieces of colorful paper that flew in all directions, riding the wind and flying into the distance. Those scholars who hurriedly rushed to the high tower after hearing the students’ report reacted at this time, looking at the colorful pieces of paper that had already flown far away, some people couldn’t help but mutter softly, “This witch is really ……”
“Freedom to come and go, as she always does,” another waved his hand and took a step towards Taran El, who was still collapsed on the ground, “First, take the master to a safe place.”
“She took away the information left behind by Master Talan-El …… There won’t be a problem, will there?” A younger human scholar spoke with some concern, looking a bit uneasy about the “Witch of the Sea”.
“Don’t worry, although Ms. Lucrecia’s personality is eccentric, I do what I want, but she has had many dealings with the Truth Academy and the Explorer’s Association, and is considered a …… friend,” a middle-aged scholar said while bending down to take Taran Ayer’s arm, “She is the most important person in this world, and she is the most important person in the world. “She is the best border scholar and pollution countermeasures expert in this world, and has helped the academy deal with many dangerous things, and she will keep her promise …… I’ll go, why is he so heavy?”
“You eat junk food every day and stay up late and don’t exercise, you’re also so heavy.”
“But I’ve heard that the constitution of the elf race is different from other races, you have a long life span and a strong metabolic system, it’s hard to accumulate fat until you enter old age, and you rarely get sick ah ……”
“This is his talent has tried his best and didn’t resist ……”
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The city-state of Prand, somewhere inside a medical facility run by the Council of State.
Heidi stood in the corridor, glancing through the glass at the patient who was lying quietly in the hospital room, and turned her head to the staff member of the Government Office who had brought her here and inquired, “What’s the condition of the patient?”
“Deeply lethargic, unable to be awakened, without any signs of trauma or poisoning,” the staff member wearing a dark blue uniform immediately replied, “The patient has no previous underlying illnesses, and has not come into contact with any magical potions or heretical beliefs that may have caused this kind of lethargy.”
“You guys have investigated in quite a bit of detail, huh?” Heidi subconsciously said, and immediately afterward shook her head, “But I still have to say, I’m a psychiatrist, not an internist, I specialize in solving problems on the spiritual and psychological level rather than lethargy, a sleeping person can’t be in a position to receive psychological counseling-shouldn’t you guys find a professional doctor?”
“Having looked, Ms. Heidi, the doctor concluded that the patient’s lethargy was not related to the disease,” the staff member shook her head, “After doing various tests, we suspect ……”
“…… I see,” Heidi understood without waiting for the other party to finish and nodded lightly, “Suspecting something related to mental contamination or mental abnormality, right. But you just said that the patient has not been exposed to any source of contamination in this area.”
“This is only the result of the preliminary investigation, but there are many ways of mental contamination, it does not necessarily require that the person concerned has been actively exposed to something, perhaps it is just a coincidence that they have ‘learned’ certain knowledge, or perhaps …… “
The staff member paused abruptly at this point, then raised his hand and pointed upwards, a serious expression emerging on his face.
“Perhaps it has something to do with the previous extinguishing of the sun – there is no proof yet that the twelve hours of the sun’s extinguishing can affect ordinary people, but perhaps you have the first ‘proof’ in front of you. ”
“I see, that’s my area of responsibility,” Heidi breathed softly, lifting her medicine chest and walking towards the door of the ward, while before pushing her way in she turned back suddenly to warn, “Keep people away from here during the treatment, and if there are any supernatural occurrences in the immediate vicinity of this ward, notify at the first opportunity the priests and guards.”
“Understood, Ms. Heidi.”
Heidi nodded and pushed the door into the ward.
The smell of disinfectant water mixed with holy oils and incense wafted into her nostrils, and inside the brightly lit, spacious ward lay the only patient in the only bed.
Heidi murmured the name of Rahm, the God of Wisdom, in her mind, and confirmed the colorful stone amulet she wore on her wrist as she cautiously walked towards the bed.
A young girl whose eyes were closed tightly and who seemed to be deep in an unsettling dream lay there, motionless as if …… the link between body and soul had been broken.
Before opening the medicine chest, Heidi first habitually observed the patient’s face.
“Elf?”
(End of chapter)