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Chapter 3584 Hospital and Snake
Chapter 3584 Hospital and Snake
Friday arrived, and while Dorothy was making breakfast early in the morning, Shad went to St. Byron's.
On one hand, he wanted to see if Danist could find a way to deal with the rune lock. If he did, he wouldn't need to use his serpent fangs. On the other hand, he wanted to visit Emilia on behalf of Leona and Ellie, as the little elf hadn't been to the island for almost half a week.
The librarian was indeed in the library. She had already read the information about the rune lock, but just like the witches said, it would take time to crack it, and even if it was cracked, it might not be effective.
As for Emilia, Daniste had seen her these past few days:
"She's very busy right now, with many people coming from all over the world to visit her. It's a matter of etiquette; it's always good to strengthen ties before a new Elven King is crowned. The nine Elven clans you've come into contact with are just the larger existing Elven tribes, but there are actually many smaller Elven communities around the world."
Besides the elves, representatives from other races with whom the elves had historical ties also came to visit. The representative from Dragon Island arrived yesterday and even asked Emilia if she would be willing to adopt a dragon cub as its godmother.
She smiled as she spoke of it, and Shad laughed too:
"Emilia probably didn't agree, right?"
"Of course not. Although I wasn't there at the time, the headmaster who was present said that Emilia seemed terrified. She's still young and probably never imagined she would become a 'mother.' However, her final response was quite dignified. She said that she had already formed a deep friendship with the unicorns of the academy and would not be able to take care of the other children for the time being."
Now, Emilia has to attend classes and do homework, deal with visiting guests, and continue to work on her speech in the evenings. Occasionally, she is also dragged to participate in the rehearsal of the "crown ceremony," so she really doesn't have time to go out of town anymore.
But everyone except Emilia herself was overjoyed. The elves were delighted at the birth of their Elf King, and the academy was proud that its student had become the leader of its race.
The only thing that could bring Emilia any comfort right now was that the guests who visited had all given her gifts. Most of the gifts were sent to the academy's elven quarters for safekeeping, while a small portion was placed in Emilia's single room so that she could choose one to give to her friend Ajella to celebrate Ajella's eighteenth birthday.
When Shad saw Emilia that morning, she was eating breakfast and chatting with her classmates at a long table in the academy cafeteria. When she noticed the girls around her suddenly and discreetly getting up and leaving with their trays, Daniste had already sat down opposite her, and Shad sat down next to Emilia.
The blonde elf girl immediately smiled, while Shad remarked with emotion:
“I was worried that your relationship with your classmates would change after you took on a different role.”
The identity of the chosen one can be concealed, but Emilia's crowning as the Elf Queen is a major event that all the extraordinary beings in the material world are currently paying attention to.
"At first, everyone was careful when they talked to me, but then I went to Fatummister Island and forgot to hand in my homework, and I still got criticized by the professor. Then everyone knew I was still Emilia. It wouldn't be true to say there was no change at all, but at least I can accept this change. How are Leona and Ellie? Do they miss me? I really miss them."
I won't be able to go out until the weekend. I'll first go to the woods to visit the chocobos, and then I'll go see them.
Emilia might not have a chance to celebrate Adelina's birthday on Monday, so she asked Shad to deliver her letter and the little princess's birthday present.
It was a gift from the spider people who lived on a remote southern island (further south than Fatummünster Island)—a beautiful seven-colored hair ribbon.
"This is woven from rainbows. Spider people have a unique technique that allows them to materialize the light of rainbows into spider silk and spin it out. Even in the age of witches, this is a very valuable treasure."
Denise offered to introduce that she had also prepared a gift for Adelina, which, like Galina's, consisted of several books.
They also inquired about the gifts Shad had prepared, and Shad then told them about the staff known as the "King of Covenants."
Surprisingly, Daniste had actually heard of that staff.
"Many witches of the Fifth Age used it, but none of them ever became a witch empress. So while the backstory of the 'King of the Covenant' is interesting, it seems the staff is destined to prevent its user from ever becoming a king. But if it's for a low-level sorcerer, then the staff is indeed very suitable."
Shad did not stay at the academy for long. Before leaving, he took not only Emilia's letter and gifts, but also the nutritious meals Emilia had prepared for the two little unicorns and the soft cushions she had made for them, which were decorated with the pattern of the academy's main castle.
Emilia's knitting skills are quite good, but Shad is curious how she has time to make such things when she's been so busy lately—of course, the chosen one of time has her own little tricks.
When Shad returned home, Dorothy and Luvia had already eaten breakfast. Shad didn't leave for the snowy mountains until Luvia had to go to work. Dorothy would stay home all day to write and also help Shad look after Mia; the writer's life was more leisurely than the others in the group.
There wasn't much to do on the island today. After delivering Emilia's gift to the unicorns, Shad originally planned to work with Claire to make the staff gem for Adelina. He planned to ask the elders about the specifics of "The Great Symphony of Destiny" after they returned from their meeting in the city.
But at 10 a.m., while Shad and Claire were discussing the stabilizing fluid in the alchemy laboratory below the Snow Mountain Hall, Matilda hurriedly knocked on the door and came in:
"The nuns at the Snakeheart Hospital in the city have written to you, asking you to come over. There's been something going on at the hospital and they'd like you to take a look, but they didn't say what it is."
"The nuns are looking for me?"
Although there is a Snakeheart Hospital in the area, Shad hasn't contacted them since the incident at the "House of the Fakes." Snakeheart Hospital is a semi-official welfare institution that provides medical care for poor women and children. Many children in the slums are born there, so Shad doesn't want his troubles to involve them.
The nuns at Snakeheart Hospital hadn't contacted the town before either, so their letter must mean something serious had happened.
So Shad put aside what he was doing and hurriedly headed to Time Wheel City with Claire, Stella, and Matilda. The Serpentheart Hospital in Time Wheel City was not large; it was the smallest of all the Serpentheart Hospitals Shad had ever seen.
The reason why the "Serpent Heart Hospital," which usually only appears in big cities, is here is that the Duchy of Lagersen is very wealthy due to the Prophet's Association, and has enough money to support this semi-official welfare institution.
The hospital was located in a three-story building, predominantly gray, and neither new nor old. Nuns were already waiting for them on the first floor, and the group was then led to the delivery room on the right side of the second floor. The mother and her family were not there at the time, but the baby was still lying in a small cradle.
Several young nuns stood around the cradle, somewhat at a loss. It wasn't that they lacked experience in caring for children, but they were hesitant to act. Hearing so many footsteps, the baby immediately began to cry loudly. The middle-aged nun who had led the group upstairs quickly picked her up and gently rocked her.
"This is a baby who was born an hour ago, look."
As Shad approached, he saw the small child with pinkish skin and a large patch of bluish-green scales on the child's cheek.
"Not only here, she also has a tail."
The middle-aged nun said with difficulty:
“The child’s parents are both poor locals. I asked them, and they said their ancestors had lived on this island for generations, and there was no similar hereditary disease in their family.”
"Dragon bloodline?"
Claire also took a closer look and offered a reasonable guess, but Shad shook his head:
“I’ve seen quite a few dragon descendants, but these don’t look like dragon scales; they look more like snake scales.”
The middle-aged nun nodded with considerable difficulty:
"Yes, her tail is also snake-like. The child's parents don't know about this yet. We told them that the child has some problems and needs to be isolated and recuperated temporarily. I know about what's been happening on the island lately, so I wanted to ask you if you know what's going on?"
Shad didn't speak, but simply placed his finger on the child's forehead. The child, who had been sobbing softly, stared at Shad with wide eyes, as if looking at something new and fascinating.
A moment later, Shad withdrew his hand:
"At least it's not the influence of some unknown relic. But since snakes are involved, you should continue to comfort the child's parents. I'm going to Midhill Castle. There's a relic there that can identify bloodlines: the Statue of the Mourning Nurse. We can't rule out the possibility of a latent, heterogeneous bloodline awakening."
The marble statue was as tall as two people, and because it was a relic, it couldn't be turned into a toy, so Shad could only move it by force.
He was about to leave when another nun, who had gone to comfort the child's parents, hurried over. This nun was a third-circle sorceress and also the vice-director of the hospital. The strip of cloth wrapped around her eyes proved that she was a formal member of the [Spiritual Order], a status not held by the other nuns.
“The people from the Prophets’ Association and the church have arrived.”
She had never seen Shad up close before, but the moment she "saw" him, she immediately knew who he was, so she lowered her voice and said:
"It was the president of the Prophet's Association, and Miss Camille Eden of the Church of the Sun with her people."