I'm on the Ark, and I start out as Gretchen.

"...!"

Ifrit was still a little dazed from just waking up, but Hermer's sudden words startled her. The image of Snake's exquisite face flashed through her mind, and she was instantly wide awake.

"No, don't check!"

"?"

Hearing Ifrit's words of resistance, Himer paused slightly, then gently reassured her, "Ifrit, we won't do any experiments today, just a simple check-up to determine your physical condition. It won't hurt."

"That...that won't work either."

Faced with Himer's reassurance, Ifrit remained silent for a moment before finally reiterating her firm stance. However, compared to her previous decisiveness, her words this time were much softer.

“Now is not the time to be willful, Ifrit. Your Originium Arts went so out of control yesterday that we need to examine your body to confirm your condition.” After being rejected again, Himer frowned slightly and explained with a hint of helplessness in her voice.

"Well, but..."

However, just as Ifrit was about to say something to Himer, a voice suddenly interrupted them.

"Hermer, the director wants us to come over."

“Okay, coming right away.” Himer replied to Joyce behind him, then looked at Ifrit again, patted her head, and comforted her, “I have to go out for a bit, I’ll be back in a little while. Be good, Ifrit, wait for me here for a while.”

"it is good."

P.S.: I passed out while writing last night after taking my medication. I missed two chapters yesterday, but I'll make it up to you this morning. Sorry for making you wait so long QAQ.

Chapter 111 Möbius's Note

"Researcher Joyce."

Looking at the two people who came to him together, Ahrendts first looked at Joyce beside him and said, "I remember your treatment is almost over."

“Yes, Joyce will undergo regular brain examinations and treatments.” Upon hearing this, Joyce nodded expressionlessly and replied.

"Then you can focus on your treatment for the next month. I'll arrange for other researchers to take over your work. You can go back and rest today." After hearing Joyce's reply, Ahrendts put his hands behind his back and gave the instructions.

"Yes."

Joyce had no objection to the arrangement made by the head of the structural engineering department. She nodded to Himer and left after saying goodbye.

"Hemer."

After having dismissed one person, Ahrendts slowly turned his gaze to Himer.

"teacher?"

Meeting Himer's questioning gaze, Ahrendts adjusted his glasses, closed his eyes, and said, "Lately, I've been feeling... I'm a terrible teacher."

"No...nothing like that!" Hearing her teacher say that, Hermer was taken aback at first, and then hurriedly refuted.

"Then why do you trust Director Seria but not me?"

"!"

Ahrendts' sudden remark caused Himer's pupils to shrink slightly. He then lowered his eyes and whispered in protest, "Teacher, I... I was only thinking of the patient..."

“I’m very pleased that you have a good relationship with Director Saria. Director Saria is a very influential person.” Ahrendts spoke without hesitation in the face of Himer’s rebuttal.

“I welcome her. But you keep leaking information about our experimental treatments to Director Seria. This kind of data breach is against regulations. I’ve turned a blind eye before, but what I feared has happened…”

Ahrendts feigned a pained expression, lowered his eyes, and continued to judge the students before him.

"Director Seria interfered with the work of the structural engineering department, and you also lost your rational judgment because of her influence."

"This has already affected the progress of the project and is irresponsible towards the patients. I hope you can calm down and think it through."

At this point, Ahrendts slowly turned around and made his final decision.

"Until then, you can still take care of Ifrit's daily life, but for the time being, please don't participate in frontline treatments that involve direct contact with her..."

"teacher!"

Ahrendts' decision surprised Himer, but Ahrendts did not give her a chance to object, quickly leaving the room and closing the door behind her.

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Following this "interview," Himer not only lost the company of her friends for the next month, but also lost her original privileges in the laboratory, and was forced to step down from her position as the attending physician.

This series of unexpected events left her somewhat dazed...

But thinking of Ifrit, Himer managed to compose herself and forced a smile as she returned to the lab.

"Hermer, you're back...?"

Ifrit, who is quite sensitive to changes in people's emotions, noticed something was amiss the moment she saw Himer return from outside.

She quickly matched Himer's current state with the situation Snake had mentioned the night before.

Thinking it over, Ifrit looked around with a serious expression. After confirming that no one else was around, she beckoned to Himer and gestured for her to come closer.

"?

"

Seeing this scene, Hermer was somewhat confused, but out of trust in her child, she suppressed her bad mood and reluctantly went over.

"Hermer...did those bad guys bully you?"

Seeing Himer lean closer, Ifrit lowered her voice and asked quietly.

"...?"

Upon hearing this, Hermer was stunned for a moment, and then a big question mark slowly appeared above his head.

"Ifrit, did someone say something to you? Don't overthink it, nothing's wrong with me." As she spoke, Himer reached out and patted Ifrit's little head to comfort her.

Although she had just had a bad argument with her teacher and didn't like the teacher's decision, she didn't think the teacher was a "bad person" at all.

Therefore, Himer could only attribute this to Ifrit, or rather, to a child's simple sense of good and evil.

Looking at Himer, who was hiding her unhappiness so well, Ifrit frowned slightly, then lowered her voice and said in the words of the Snake Cult:

"...Hermer, you don't seem to be alright at all. You're unhappy! Did those bad people forbid you from coming near me during the experiments?"

"!"

In an instant, Himer's eyes widened, her pupils contracted slightly, and then she hurriedly reached out to support Ifrit's shoulder, lowering her voice and asking urgently, "Who told you all this?!"

"Wait...did you see someone last night?"

Belatedly, she suddenly remembered something she had never been able to grasp, something she had almost forgotten about...

Honestly, Himer never imagined that, with Miss Sakura guarding the gate yesterday, the guy who kept injecting Ifrit with drugs would still be so audacious as to come back.

After all, she had witnessed Sakura's actual combat strength yesterday...

Meanwhile, Hermer was surprised by Ifrit's reaction. She had always thought that the lack of activity at night was because the "culprit" was either an acquaintance or someone who had been knocked unconscious or injected with drugs.

But now, seeing my own child's reaction...

“Um… I can’t break the agreement, but…” Looking at Himer’s anxious face, Ifrit’s voice couldn’t help but carry a hint of guilt.

"However, you can have this."

As he spoke, the little dragon turned around, pulled out the small note he had been hiding under his pillow, and quietly handed it to Himer.

"you……"

Originally feeling anxious and angry because her child had kept such an important matter from her, Hermer was slightly taken aback when she saw the note. After calming down, she took the note.

However, to her surprise, there were no provocative words or random phrases on it, only a simple address and the message, "If you want to know the truth about the [Flame Demon Project], then come over."

"!"

"call……"

After a moment of silence, taking a deep breath, Hemer quietly rolled up the note in his hand and stuffed it into his pocket.

"Ifrit, how much else do you know?"

P.S.: I've been stuck on this for ages, and I still have some left today. I'll continue writing later. The reason I'm stuck on this is because I've been agonizing over whether or not to let Himer know, or rather, whether or not to use her. After considering everything, I figured I might as well use it, since it won't harm her anyway.

Chapter 112 Himer's "Meeting"

"Ifrit, how much else do you know?"

“Hmm…” Upon hearing this, Ifrit shook her head slightly, then her eyes became unfocused, and she dared not look at the person in front of her.

"I can't tell you the rest, Himer. But Snake said the thing you want to know is right there."

"Snake...? Ifrit, do you know that person might be dangerous? He might hurt you!"

After hearing Ifrit's answer, Himer frowned deeply, his face full of disapproval.

"Snakes wouldn't!"

Although Ifrit felt a little guilty because she couldn't tell the reason, she still subconsciously retorted when faced with Himer's "slander".

Even Himer could not... could not deny the help and kindness the snake had shown her!

"...What kind of bewitching potion did that person give you?"

Faced with Ifrit's serious rebuttal, Himer was taken aback at first, and then said with mixed feelings.

"Snake didn't try to bewitch me! She's just as good to me as you and Saria! She's also the only one who notices and cares about how much pain I'm in!"

After saying that, Ifrit turned her face away angrily, ignoring Himer in front of her.

"!"

Ifrit's words before that were fine, but her last sentence made Himer's pupils shrink slightly. Then, three words slowly flashed through her mind: painkiller...

Himer and the others in the lab made various guesses and conducted tests on the mysterious substance that had previously appeared in Ifrit's body.

But so far, all we know is that this substance relieved Ifrit's pain, but whether this relief was the substance's primary effect, a side effect, or a side effect is completely unknown.

And now, the answer has been revealed... the main function of this substance is to relieve people, or rather, Ifrit, from pain.

"call……"

After thinking it through,

Hermer's emotions gradually calmed down, and then she lowered her eyes and said in a gentle tone, "Ifrit, the drug he's been injecting you with is only for relieving pain, right?"

"Hmph... If Himer wants to know, go see where Snake mentioned. She told me that there are some things she can only tell you after you come back from there." Faced with Himer's repeated questioning, Ifrit snorted and finally explained with a pout.

"Okay, I'll make time to go there later. Let's have breakfast now." Seeing Ifrit's resolute expression, Himer sighed inwardly, then suppressed her doubts and reached out to pat her head.