RNP Chapter 4289 Busy Schoolwork
Chapter 4289 Busy Schoolwork
Chapter 4289 Busy Schoolwork
"You dreamt of a city entwined by tree roots in the night, didn't you?"
Seeing that the girl on the bed was feeling better, Vige asked, but Miss Bell shook her head:
"My memory is hazy. It wasn't a city; I think I turned into a tree, a very, very big one."
She clutched her head in pain, and Flora quickly sat down beside the bed and said:
"Don't recall it yet, take a rest first."
Miss Rowling immediately went to arrange for someone to prepare breakfast for her, and Shad then reached out and pressed his hand against Miss Bell's forehead:
"There's nothing wrong with her now. Her vitality is very strong, but her mental energy is severely depleted, and her soul is slightly damaged. I'll use Moonfire to dispel the negative effects in a bit, and then prepare some potions. She'll rest in bed for a day, and she'll be fully recovered by tomorrow."
Miss Bell blushed again and looked at Shad:
"When I woke up just now, I felt... you kissed me, didn't you?"
Flora immediately explained to Shad:
"Shad did this to wake you up. Remember, Shad has many mysterious locks with peculiar effects."
Miss Belle was certainly not bothered by being kissed by Shad; Adelina and Eve, who were also in the room, keenly read the expression on her face. However, Adelina wasn't envious. After all, Shad's kiss was fleeting, something the little princess considered child's play. Adelina believed she had already stepped onto the adult ladder.
Miss Belle needed to rest. After watching her finish breakfast, Vigo used the "Life Detector" to confirm that she was indeed alright. So only Flora stayed in her room, and the others left for the time being.
Wei Ge was very disappointed:
"This is the second time this has happened here. I heard that you were on that dragon girl's boat with a great figure before, and nothing ever happened."
"It's not your fault, and neither accident caused any major problems."
Xia De comforted him, saying:
"But Miss Bell's dream is quite interesting. She dreamed that she became a tree. Does this mean that while the tree roots assimilate the dreamer, the dreamer also shares a part of the dream?"
Wei Ge nodded:
“Let’s let the girl rest for a while before we let her recall her memories. Although Flora said that her apprentice’s situation is special, which is why she is more likely to be targeted by similar relics or curses, we still have to find a way to prevent more people from falling into the dream.”
Xia De didn't have any good ideas for the time being:
"The Dreamless Potion doesn't seem to be working either. Although Danist brought me a few bottles of potions from the academy, I still dreamed about that city. But at least if someone else has a similar experience, I can still wake them up."
Wei Ge confirmed that there were only the two of them in the study for the time being:
"Another kiss? Hmph~ I don't want to let anyone else have it."
"This is just treatment, okay? I feel like there's something off about what I'm saying. Anyway, I'm going back now. I won't be attending the banquet tonight, but Dorothy and I will come over and wait for your news in this house."
Vigo had originally planned to bring Shad to the banquet, and Margaret especially hoped to see him there that evening. However, after discussing it, Vigo, Flora, and Sylvia decided that keeping a low profile on the eve of the operation to eliminate the [Holy Son Alliance] wouldn't hurt.
Furthermore, Shad himself had no particular purpose in attending the banquet, so there was little difference between going and not going. In addition, Viggo and Flora would be leaving Fragrant Mansion tonight, leaving a shortage of manpower to ensure their safety. Therefore, Shad ultimately decided not to attend the banquet and instead have his evening lessons with Dorothy at the mansion.
Actually, I really want to dance with you.
Vige said softly, then hugged Xia De's neck and held him for a while before letting go:
"See you tonight, Shad. Hopefully nothing else will happen during the day."
When Shad returned home, it was already 10 a.m. Luvia was still resting in bed. Although she didn't sleep very late at Bella's place, she had been staying up late every night these days.
Dorothy went back to her apartment to retrieve her afternoon course report. Just as Dorothy returned, Luvia was stretching and emerging from Shad's bedroom.
"A king-size bed is so comfortable. Once you get used to a king-size bed like the one in the Shade bedroom, you won't feel comfortable with a single bed in an apartment."
Dorothy smiled, but in her mind she was discussing with Lacey the greatest advantages of the big bed.
In the morning, Winnie temporarily returned to the snow mountain to take care of the castle and greenhouse, while Shad sat on the sofa with the dragon egg on one side and Mia lying on the other. Such leisurely time was quite rare for him.
During lunch, Shad told the girls about what had happened to Miss Bell, and Dorothy relayed Recia's words:
“Lascia said that although the curse is hateful, it is also somewhat sensible. If there is a concentrated outbreak of narcolepsy in the Fragrant Mansion, Shad, you should definitely prepare lip balm for yourself in advance.”
No one had any good way to prevent this dream curse, and Shad could only hope that the doctor could prepare a "dream infiltration suit" for him this afternoon.
When he arrived at the doctor's clinic in the afternoon, the doctor indeed gave Shad a briefcase before the meeting began:
"The materials and instructions are all in the box. It's not very complicated; you can set it up yourself. If this method still doesn't work, come back to me. If all else fails, I can personally go to Arcadia City to investigate. If I can gain something from it, I might be able to write a paper and publish it, which would greatly reduce the pressure on my practical credits this year."
Aside from Xia De, who had "backing," the other four members of the group were worried about their respective academic credits. The doctor had mentioned some time ago that he wanted to find a high-credit assignment that all five members of the group could participate in, but unfortunately, there was still no progress.
After all, even with the actual skill level reported by the five members of the group, there were very few suitable missions left in the academy's bounty list. However, the doctor was not discouraged, not because he was confident in his luck—he had no confidence at all—but simply because he believed that the world would get worse and worse, and that there would definitely be opportunities later where the five members of the group would need to work together.
It's early summer, and the summer exam week is getting closer. Even without the doctor's encouragement, everyone knows they need to finish this semester's course papers and final reports as soon as possible. Therefore, most of this week's meeting time was spent discussing these matters.
As for daily life, although there were a few more accidents involving the activation of machinery in Tobesko this week, overall life in the northern capital has been relatively stable.
The battle at the front remained deadlocked. Shad had heard from Galina that the Northern Kingdom initially held the upper hand, with the front line advancing directly into the territory of Kasenrik. However, after the Southern Kingdom adapted to the pace of the war, its counter-offensive reclaimed large swathes of lost territory.
The situations on the three fronts are now quite different, with the fighting in the Pantanal being the most intense and the casualties on both sides the heaviest. The doctor had worked with wounded soldiers discharged from the Pantanal and learned a great deal about the situation there while providing them with psychological support.
"Doctor, please wait a moment."
Dorothy asked curiously:
"I remember your clinic charges quite a bit, so why would a frontline veteran come to you?"
The blue-eyed psychologist explained:
"This is a veterans' welfare program of the city hall. The city hall spent a sum of money to hire a group of psychologists in the city and hired us to provide psychological counseling for veterans. Although the gold pounds given by the city hall are not much, it is mandatory. As the price for not having to serve in the military, I can't refuse."
Priest Augustus also said:
"The church also has similar projects. Young people who have been on the battlefield and seen blood return to live in the city, and their feelings and attitudes toward life are different from before. War is never a good thing, but judging from the current situation, this war will not stop in the short term."
"After the war officially started, unemployed youths were called to the front lines, and large factories in the country were constantly recruiting workers and even raising wages. Judging from this point alone, it is impossible for the two countries to easily stop fighting."
Shad also said that, but he quickly shook his head:
"Let's not talk about that for now, priest. Have you been very busy lately? Do you have time to take a trip out of town?"
Priest Augustus stopped wiping his pipe:
"I can take leave anytime if needed, but what exactly will I be doing?"
"Let's talk about it after the meeting."
The Five Gods Church and the three major academies all sense that the world is gradually changing, and therefore are increasing their efforts to train Ring Mages. Although correspondence students are different from regular students, they can also feel some of the changes in the academies.
The fact that the bounty rewards are more generous than before is secondary; the biggest change is that knowledge and magical skills that were not easily made available to correspondence students before can now be obtained after some effort.
However, the coursework has become more difficult than before. Although everyone's level is higher than their actual grade, a higher level does not mean that their knowledge and skills will be passively improved. Therefore, they still need to put in their best effort to cope with the academy's courses.
The doctor even said that dealing with this year's courses felt like dealing with the "Ether Mechanics" course back in the day.
This is a very high evaluation of the course's difficulty.
Because everyone had school matters to attend to, the group meeting that afternoon didn't end until 4:30 PM, making it the longest group meeting since the year-end holidays. After the meeting, Luvia and Dorothy left on their own, while Shad and Priest Augustus rode in the same carriage towards the city center.
After the carriage started moving, Shad told the priests in the carriage that the Holy Son Alliance had previously tried to piece together human bodies from various mutilated corpses, and that they might have collected the remains of angels.