novelonline Chapter 3139 The Doctor's Big Plan
Chapter 3139 The Doctor's Big Plan
Chapter 3139 The Doctor's Big Plan
Emilia's successful receipt of the "tree stick" was just a small matter for this Sunday (note). Shad did not stay in the library for too long and soon returned home with Mia. After all, the group meeting was held again in the afternoon after a month.
Now all five members of the team have returned to Tobesk City. Although Luvia still had to work overtime on Sunday, she still took time out to show up at Dr. Schneider's psychological clinic on time that afternoon.
The doctor was very happy that everyone could come:
"I'm used to seeing you every weekend afternoon and chatting with you about life. Of course, as it's the end of the year, as the leader of the group, I have the obligation to remind you that exam week is coming."
"Doctor, you've actually been telling us all year that exam week is coming. Remember? In that group meeting after the summer exam week, you said, 'Although the summer exam week is over, the end-of-year exam week is just around the corner.'"
Dorothy reminded him with a smile, but the doctor waved his hand:
"I bet that my original sentence definitely didn't say that. In short, the end-of-year exam will determine each of our individual and group assessments. Although we completed the important group task of guarding and escorting the angel-level relic in Tobesk this year, the group assessment will not be very low, but please still pay attention to it.
The autumn vacation is over. In the last month, please check the progress of your respective course papers and confirm whether there are any omissions in the course practical assignments. If you have time, you can take on more commissions from several colleges. You will never have too many practical credits. "
As he spoke, he stood up and picked up a parchment scroll from the desk beside him, handed it to the Augustus priest closest to him, and asked everyone to take turns to check it:
“My friends, I have another good news to announce:
In view of the fact that the material world has gradually become different from the past, or quite dangerous, since something that everyone knows about in the summer of 1853, the academy has decided to significantly increase the reward specifications for all future academy tasks, including individual and group tasks, starting from the date of the notice.
In addition, the rewards after the annual evaluation at the end of each year will be increased accordingly. In short, doing the same work will get more rewards in the future, and the relics and knowledge that were not open to correspondence students in the past will now be open.”
The priest handed the parchment in his hand to Luvia and continued to wipe his pipe with his handkerchief:
"This doesn't sound like good news. The Church of Dawn has actually been spreading rumors since earlier this year that the number of ring sorcerers in the material world has increased significantly since last year, and the difficulty of ring sorcerers' promotion has decreased. However, the frequency of the appearance of ancient evil objects, relics, and various strange things has also increased significantly."
"The Prophet Association has confirmed this with data."
Luvia, who was looking at the parchment notice, said:
“If the world of Sixth Age was a complex tabletop game, now it’s like an update to the next version.
The college and the church have received a large number of relics over the past year. Now, by distributing low-risk relics to correspondence students in this way, it can be regarded as a means of alleviating the college's reception pressure."
The parchment was then handed to Dorothy, and the author revealed:
"Zalas College of Literature also sent a similar notice to off-campus students yesterday. This should be a unified action of the three colleges. So, if we encounter the enemy in the future, they may have more relics, right?"
"In fact, I personally have always been against carrying multiple relics out at once."
The doctor sat down next to Shade again:
"But it would be nice if we could get a good healing relic. Although everyone is at a high level now, no one would have too many healing relics. I still miss the clerical-level healing relic [Medicine's Broken Hand] that we once had. It helped us so much and gave us the necessary treatment after countless incidents."
"I remember the priest said that the relic was lost when you fought with others in 1852, right? (Chapter 92)"
Shade, who was the last to get the parchment, asked. Dorothy had seen a similar notice from Leicia, so she read it quickly just now.
The priest nodded:
“Yes, that item was a reward given by the academy to the four of us after we completed a group mission.
Shaking hands with the severed hand can heal one's own injuries to a certain extent, and even relieve the injuries to the soul. If that relic was still there, Bill's recovery speed after forcibly using the Word of Sublimation last summer would have been much faster. It's a pity that the relic was lost, and we haven't encountered a better healing relic than it yet."
The doctor then suggested:
"Since we're talking about group missions, are you interested in carrying out another group action before the end of the year? This is also to supplement your practical credits. I know that except for detectives who can use time adventure investigation reports to deduct credits, your credits are actually not enough."
Several others, including Shad, agreed. Although Shad said that he wanted to rest at home for a while, it was not a big deal if he just did something in Tobesk.
"But as the year draws to a close, is there any group mission in the Tobesk region that the five of us can carry out together?"
Luvia asked hesitantly:
"Doctor, you are a tenth ring, Shade is a ninth ring, Dorothy and I are both eighth rings, and the priest is a fifth ring. Although the academy is not clear about our true level, even with what the academy knows now, we are considered a relatively strong study group.
There hasn't been anything major happening nearby recently, what mission are you going to choose, doctor?"
The doctor didn’t actually choose well:
"I just want to ask for your opinions. Since everyone agrees, I will take the time to select the mission. But there is no need to choose a mission that is too difficult. The last mission was obviously too dangerous.
I will probably choose a task that is as difficult as collecting a sage-level relic, and I will let you know when the time comes."
The doctor actually told Shade that after the incident in the woods, he planned to look for the other two holy relics left behind by the "Witchers", namely the [Witcher Encyclopedia] and the compass [Lightless Road].
However, since clues suspected to be related to the "Demon King" were found in Professor Youke Wood's office, the doctor planned to crack the sealed book first before considering other things.
Therefore, if nothing unexpected happens, the five members of the group, except for Shade, should not need to travel far before the end of the year. And Shade's trip to Moon Bay, the mountaintop sacrificial site and Willendel should only be considered a short trip.
Of course, at least he didn't have to think about going out this weekend.
Saturday was originally the date for the princess and the writer, but Dorothy was so sleepy from finishing her manuscript yesterday that Resia said the date should be postponed to Sunday—coincidentally, the group meeting was also postponed to Sunday.
Last week's date night was during the twenty-four hours of the Ancient One's "time jump", causing Miss Writer and Her Royal Highness the Princess to not only miss the Red Butterfly Day, but even the date time.
So, this week the two of them certainly had to make good use of their time to make it up to Shad and themselves, so what would normally be a date night for only one person, this time Lesia and Dorothy actually divided it into two halves.
After leaving the doctor's office, Dorothy's time was first spent. The two had dinner together at a restaurant, and then walked home together like an old couple, walking the cat on the street where the street lights were gradually turning on.
"Dorothy, this is for you and Leicia. I got it from Professor Eugene Wood's office. He likes to collect old things."
While Dorothy was packing her clothes and toiletries at home, Shad took something wrapped in silk cloth from the study and handed it to her.
"A gift?"
Dorothy asked curiously, and after opening the cloth package, she found that it was a hanging icon. It was made of a wooden board, with a layer of plaster on the surface, and then painted with green and brown pigments, showing a man hanging upside down under a giant tree.
The plaque is roughly rectangular, but has a certain curvature at the top. The gold foil is decorated on the border, and because it is so old, it has almost merged with the brown wood. There is a pull-out ring on the back, which seems to be for easy hanging on the wall or placing on the altar.
"It's the tempera technique."
Dorothy commented that Shad didn't know anything about tempera painting, but the antique could be made into a red butterfly playing card:
“This is Professor Yuk Wood’s collection. It is suspected to be the ornament worn by the protagonist in the ancient story “Death of the Lonely Man” circulated in the central region of Carsenrick. I suspect that this hanging holy statue is related to the ancient god - [Hanging Judge].
However, this item only has a slight element of enlightenment, and no element of miracle, so it is definitely not a divine item."
The "Red Butterfly Cards" were developed after the Green Lake incident based on Laplace Howard's technology. They are unique cards that "seal items related to ancient enlightenment stories and turn them into power for Dorothy and Lecia to use to prevent their souls from merging with each other."
This was already the eighth item that Shade had helped them find that could be made into "Red Butterfly Cards", and after obtaining these cards, the trend of the princess and the writer's soul fusion had indeed almost completely stagnated in the past six months.
Dorothy played with the plaque for a moment, then put it on the table. Then she put her arms around Shad's neck and hugged him.
"You know what? After the Battle of Vista Forest, Resia and I are no longer satisfied with just maintaining our relative independence. We want more."
"More Red Butterfly cards?"
"Of course not. More cards still only allow us to meet once every 21 days. But this is still too long, Shade. It's too long for both us and you."
She leaned her face against Xia De's chest and held Xia De's clothes tightly with her right hand:
"We'll find a way to allow us to meet you more freely, right?"
PS: I got the date of Xia De's return home wrong earlier. It should be Friday, not Thursday.
So the date of the story updated this morning was pushed back one day, and the plot of "the doctor sent a letter saying that he had something to do on Saturday, so there would be a meeting on Sunday" was added, so that the date was correct. It did not affect the plot itself.
So for this chapter, the meeting time is Sunday.