novelonline Chapter 4210 Gear Heart
Chapter 4210 Gear Heart
Chapter 4210 Gear Heart
Around the large round dinner table, the conversation didn't linger on serious matters. Viggo smiled and suggested that when everyone left, Luvia, Lacia, and Dorothy should remember to take a few bottles of perfume—the new spring/summer collection—which she thought everyone would like.
Besides Shad, Vigo, Agelina, Luvia, Dorothy, and Lacey, Miss McDonald was also invited to sit down. Vigo had higher standards for her followers than the other great witches, but she genuinely liked Miss McDonald as a student and never treated her as just an ordinary follower.
Miss McDonald seemed a little reserved during dinner, but Dorothy quickly struck up a conversation with her about school life. Dorothy, a graduate of the local girls' college in Tobeske, had a proper education and was, besides Miss McDonald, the most educated person present.
After all, the two princesses of Cavendish and Miss Astley were all educated in aristocratic families. Although the outsider had an honorary doctorate in history, he was essentially still an illiterate man in this world who had never even received prenatal education.
Viggo was in high spirits and invited Luvia and the others to visit her often during dinner, saying she welcomed everyone. However, Shad had evening classes that night, so the group decided to leave after dinner.
Vige knew that Xia De would have a whole day to spend with her tomorrow, so she wasn't disappointed at all when they parted.
Her health was much better than before, so she, along with Miss Rowling and Miss MacDonald, escorted everyone to the mansion gate. The carriage would then take the four of them to the Blue Ink Library.
"See you tomorrow, Shad."
Vigé gently hugged him, while Adelina obediently said goodbye to her sisters, thinking that after trying the magical arts Vigé taught her tonight, she should still have time to browse through the interesting books she had found locally before midnight.
The carriage had already stopped in front of the mansion, and everyone waved goodbye to Vigo. Dorothy and Lacey were about to get into the carriage when they noticed Luvia's expression change beside Shad.
The girl with purple eyes looked at Eve McDonald beside the witch, a puzzled expression in her purple eyes. A little later, Shad heard the same "click" sound of gears turning that he had heard last Sunday, and Shad also looked at Miss McDonald.
"What's wrong?"
The tall girl asked, then frowned slightly and pressed her hand to her chest. Eve McDonald had already closed her eyes and fainted as Viggo helped her up.
Click~ Click~ Click~ Click~
The continuous grinding sound of gears echoing from her heart sounded to Shad like some kind of machine running continuously.
"Go back inside and let her lie down first."
As he spoke, Shad grasped Miss McDonald's right hand and used "False Immortality":
"It's not a distorted spark, nor have I sensed any unusual whispering elements. What on earth is going on?"
Miss McDonald was quickly taken back to her room. Even though she was unconscious, she still had a furrowed brow and looked like she was in great pain.
The bedroom wasn't small; everyone could stay there. However, Shad didn't immediately begin treatment, but instead had Dorothy and Lacey step forward:
"I want to see her heart directly."
The writer and the princess nodded in unison, and as they reached out to Miss McDonald, the clothes, skin, and flesh on her left breast became transparent, allowing Shad to see her heart directly without causing any harm to her body.
The heart pumps blood throughout the body, but on its right side are three gears, each the size of a fingernail. These three gears mesh together and rotate continuously with each heartbeat.
Even though there is no apparent connection between flesh and organs and metal gears, everyone who sees the heart feels that the three gears have clearly become part of the heart's operation.
"what is this?"
Wei Ge asked worriedly:
“Before you left over the weekend, you told Eve to take care of her health, and I’ve been keeping a close eye on her these past few days. She was perfectly healthy until just now.”
"Can't you hear the clicking sound?"
Shad confirmed that no one else could hear it except him; even Dorothy and Lacey had to get very close to barely hear it.
Luvia, who had discovered Miss McDonald's problem even earlier than Shad, said:
“Although I can’t hear, I can feel something foreign. It’s a strange feeling, like a monster that shouldn’t be there has suddenly appeared in the everyday street scene. No, no, I’m not saying Miss McDonald is a monster, I’m saying that something that shouldn’t be there has appeared inside her.”
"Shad, can it be treated?"
Wei Ge pursed her lips and asked, and Xia De nodded:
“It’s treatable. Since there’s no whispering element and it’s unrelated to the world’s calamities, replacing the abnormal part of the heart should solve the problem. As for what exactly is going on, let me treat it first.”
Although it would be more convenient for Dorothy and Lacey to open a spatial rift so that Shad's hand could directly touch the heart, Shad decided to use the most conservative surgical method to prevent any hidden problems in the heart from suddenly interfering with the stable space.
With so many high-ring sorcerers present, little extra preparation was needed. After a concerned Viggo had Miss Rowling fetch some potions that might be necessary, Shad prepared to proceed.
Outside of the "false immortality" state, Shad used "Key to the Gate - Match Girl" to summon a lit match and had Agelina place it in Miss McDonald's hand.
He then had Viggo and Luvia help remove Miss McDonald's upper garments. Once prepared, Shad calmly extended his hand. Crimson moonlight coalesced into the shape of a dagger, slicing through Miss McDonald's skin. The potion he had applied beforehand prevented further bleeding.
The heart pounding in his chest soon came into view, its three gears meshing and turning in an even stranger way than before.
So the red moon's light swiftly and accurately severed the entire heart, and as the flame of the match suddenly dimmed, Shad carefully placed a lump of clay, roughly shaped, into the missing part of the heart.
After multiple refinements, the organs created by the miraculous technique "Activated Clay" can adapt to the human body very quickly. To be on the safe side, after connecting the heart and blood vessels, Shad also infused them with the life energy he had gathered using "Life Rebirth."
Seeing that the heart had returned to normal but had not continued to beat, Shad gently squeezed the heart a few times, then summoned the red moonlight, which had a nourishing effect on flesh and blood, and let the light enter the heart.
Thump thump~ thump thump~ thump thump~
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when their hearts started beating again.
No stitches were needed afterward. "Moonfire," "Sunlight Healing," and the witch's secret arts accelerated the wound's healing. In addition, Viggo had prepared a potion beforehand. In just five minutes, Miss McDonald's chest was completely healed without even a scar.
The entire surgery lasted less than ten minutes. After carefully checking her over and confirming that everything was alright, Wei Ge did not immediately wake her student. Instead, she planned to observe her for another ten minutes and wake her up if there were no other problems with her heart.
As for the heart with gears that Shad cut out, Miss Rowling had already soaked it in a pre-prepared tissue fluid.
The potion kept the heart active; it continued to beat, and the gears continued to turn.
"What exactly is this? Since it's not the effect of a relic and has nothing to do with the Twisted Flame, it looks like the product of illegal human experimentation."
Wei Ge said softly:
"But Eve hasn't been acting alone these past few days. How did her heart end up like this?"
"Recently, there have been rumors in the black market that a mechanical infectious disease has appeared locally. I heard about it when I went to the Candlecastle black market with Agelina and Miss McDonald over the weekend, but the local church has blocked the news, so there is no more detailed information about this disease in the black market."
Shade reminded her, and Vigo then instructed her housekeeper to contact the church through black market channels to investigate the situation. Currently, Vigo is the sole representative of the Witch Council in the area, and given the council's amicable relationship with the Church of the Five Gods, she is qualified to request information from the church.
After such an incident, Shad and Luvia certainly wouldn't just leave. And regarding this technique, which so closely resembled human transmutation, at Shad's suggestion, Viggo quickly sought out "experts" for analysis and assessment.
Good evening, Shad.
Half an hour later, Megan pushed open the door to the study on the second floor of Fragrant Residence. Miss McDonald had already woken up by then. Although she thought she was fine, Viggo still asked her to stay in bed and rest.
The discussion moved to the study, where the heart was sealed in a glass container that Viggo had recently replicated to preserve her sister's "life solution." Megan entered, greeted Shad, and immediately noticed the contents of the glass jar.
"Tsk tsk~"
She couldn't help but click her tongue in amazement and leaned closer to take a look. Luvia explained:
"I just tried to divine the origin of these three gears, and there was no hindrance at all. The divination result is that they grew naturally from Miss McDonald's body. Yes, flesh and blood grew metal."
Megan then asked:
“Vie, does your student have any alien blood? I remember that in ancient times, there were also some purely mechanical races. Although it is unclear whether they can reproduce with flesh and blood, we cannot rule out the possibility that they have awakened alien blood.”