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

Chapter 114 Chatting and Inspection

"I went over there and read a letter. Now, ifrit, can you have a proper chat with me about you, Snake?"

"Hmm, okay."

Upon hearing this, Ifrit blinked slightly and then nodded.

"When did you two meet? What does that person look like?" After Evelyn nodded, Himer hesitated for a moment before asking two questions.

"I've known Snake for... a while now." Ifrit, who wasn't very sensitive to time, frowned slightly and gave a vague answer.

"As for Snake's appearance... she looks about my age, and she's very beautiful!"

When Mebius's appearance was mentioned, Ifrit's eyes lit up slightly, and then she spoke seriously.

After hearing Ifrit's answer to the first question, Himer felt somewhat helpless but said nothing. It wasn't until she heard the answer to the second question that she frowned slightly and murmured: ±q@夋+*⒍∮?√②]琉℃澪≠○{}?∫②)弍⊥

"Around your age...teen years old? That's impossible."

"Snakes are very powerful!"

Hearing Himer's incredulous words, Ifrit added in a low voice.

"...And then what? After you met, did she start injecting you with drugs?" After a moment of silence, Himer, having regained her senses, stopped dwelling on the age issue and asked in a different way.

She realized that there were some things Ifrit couldn't explain clearly, so it was better to ask for some details and then figure it out herself.

"No, the first night I met Snake, we made a promise, and then she examined my body."

After hearing Himer's question, Ifrit gently shook her head and then answered.

"..."

Perhaps realizing that her next question was a bit too pointed, Hermer paused for a moment before speaking:

"Ifrit, can you tell me what the agreement is?"

"Well……"

Ifrit frowned, looking deep in thought for a while before finally revealing the part that Mebius had forbidden her to say:

"That night, the snake promised me that it would stop my pain... and completely heal me."

"..."

Ifrit's words plunged Himer into complete silence...

Well, the little dragon was still a child and didn't understand, but Himeru was very clear about the weight of the two promises in those short sentences.

It's worth noting that in a time when Ore-blight is practically incurable, someone dared to make such a promise, put it into practice, and even achieved "partial success." What courage and talent that takes!

Himer was certain that if all of this were true, the snake that Ifrit spoke of would be a target of fierce competition among countless powerful forces if she dared to show her face in the scientific community.

As for the cost of these two promises, Ifrit did not mention it, and Himer did not inquire about it for the time being.

Because she knew that she wouldn't get any answers by asking now, she decided to wait and try to get information out of him gradually, rather than rushing to ask now.

"And then? Wait..." Hamer, who was about to ask more questions, suddenly seemed to remember something and quickly asked, "Ifrit, you suddenly overcame your psychological barrier and can speak, could it be because of her?"

"Well!"

When Himer suddenly mentioned this, Ifrit was slightly taken aback, and then her expression became somewhat strange.

While he wouldn't be angry with Snake now over something like this, the situation at the time was still quite complicated for Charmander.

After all, family members know their own affairs. She couldn't very well tell Himer that she spoke up in a hurry because she was afraid the snake would leave...

"What's wrong?"

Seeing Ifrit's expression become unnatural, Himer frowned slightly, a hint of worry flashing quickly in her eyes.

Although, based on the current clues, she can say that she admires and is quite curious about the [Snake Lord], this does not mean that she trusts him.

Because to this day, no one has been able to definitively prove that what this person said is true, or that what he did was harmless to Ifrit.

Noticing Himer's concern, Ifrit first shook her head, then explained:

"Not long after meeting the snake... I was able to speak."

"Ugh……"

Hearing Ifrit's vague answer, Himer felt helpless.

He sighed, then reached out and patted her head, saying, "I won't ask about the details, but if Ifrit is bullied by that person, you must tell me."

Although she didn't get the details, Himeru did glean some useful information from other sources. For example, the time when the Serpent Lord and Ifrit first met.

"Ok!"

Faced with the "understanding" Himeru, Ifrit nodded emphatically, then continued with her previous question:

"Then, after the agreement was made, Snake worked for a long time to inject me with the medicine you mentioned, Hermer, before my next treatment."

"The pain really stopped immediately! And the noise in my ears also disappeared. The snake is really amazing!"

After praising Mebius, Ifrit seemed to remember something, her happy expression suddenly froze, and she pouted at Himeru:

"But... I don't want Snake to be so tired! Although she hides herself very well, I can tell she's very tired every time she comes to see me..."

"..."

After listening to Ifrit's "complaint," Himer paused slightly, then patted her little head again to comfort her:

"She's probably just too worried about you, Ifrit. You need to rest well and get better, which will make things easier for her too."

"Ok!"

……

After chatting with Ifrit for a while longer and figuring out the whole story, Himer finally ended the conversation with mixed feelings and began preparing for the examination.

That's right, even after learning so much, she still had to give the little dragon a physical examination.

This is currently the fastest way for Himer to verify the truth of the Serpent Lord's words. If this can be confirmed, she will have more trust in this person and these clues.

As for whether to hide the test results, help Ifrit cover up, or conceal the truth, Himer planned to wait until the test results came out before making a decision.

After all, all of the above is based on the premise that the Serpent Lord really halved the amount of Originium in Ifrit's body.

P.S.: I got writer's block. It took me 4 hours to write this one page. I sent it.

There will only be one update today, so you don't have to wait anymore???

Chapter 115 Sakura's "Deception"

Mebius, who had woken up naturally in his dormitory room, received a message from Sakura as soon as he opened his eyes.

"Doctor, things are progressing much faster on Hamer's end than we expected. He went to get the letter this morning while we were resting."

"Well……"

Mebius, whose mind was not yet fully clear, was still somewhat dazed when he suddenly heard such a big statement and did not react immediately.

"I see, it's certainly much faster than we expected. But it's still within our expectations." After fully waking up, Möbius responded to Sakura in his mind with a slightly languid voice.

'However, since things are progressing so quickly here, I'll have to ask Sakura to work overtime on Saria's side~'

'Okay, I'll time it perfectly.'

After hearing what Möbius said, Sakura replied calmly.

'Hmm~'

After his brief conversation with Sakura, Mebius didn't rush to get up. Instead, he propped his chin up with his hand and slowly scanned the dimly lit room, lost in thought.

After staring blankly for a while, she slowly sat up, washed up, and went out.

After all, I've had enough rest, it's time to go back to work.

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Compared to Mebius's leisurely rest, Himer was much busier.

After examining Ifrit that morning, Himer discovered that everything in the letter was true; the amount of Originium in her child's body had indeed decreased by half.

After this shocking fact was confirmed, Himer began to trust the Serpent Lord's words a little, so after hesitating for a while, she gave up on reporting the situation.

Not only that, she even covered for Ifrit, just as the letter had suggested, by falsifying today's examination data.

Although Himeru didn't fully trust the Serpent Lord yet, she really didn't want to gamble with Ifrit...

"..."

Thinking of this, Himer couldn't help but recall her teacher's obsessive and fanatical state as he watched Ifrit's "treatment" yesterday...

Although she desperately wanted to ignore this and make excuses for her teacher, she just couldn't, especially now that she had learned about the [Flame Demon Project] and the various clues that were now connecting them.

"What's wrong with Himer?" Ifrit, sitting on the hospital bed, tilted her head slightly and looked at Himer beside her with a puzzled expression.

Everett noticed that her guardian looked preoccupied after she had her medical check-up this morning.

She wanted to ask several times, but because Hermer was constantly coming and going, she never had a chance to ask.

"It's nothing. There are only a few days left until the next treatment. Ifrit, just do as that person said." With that, Himer reached out and patted Ifrit's little head, giving her some instructions.

If

Don't worry about people threatening you with me. They can't do anything to me.

After speaking, Himer lowered her eyes, concealing the complex emotions within them.

"Oh, I see."

Upon hearing this, Ifrit nodded her little head emphatically and answered seriously.

Although she didn't understand why Himer had suddenly changed his mind, it didn't stop her from seriously carrying out the task that both Snake and Himer had agreed to.

"I bought strawberries, Ifrit, would you like some?"

Seeing Ifrit's serious expression, Himer quickly concealed the emotions in her eyes and helplessly curled her lips.

"want!"

Upon hearing the word "strawberry," Ifrit's eyes lit up slightly.

"Then I'll go get it for you."

"Okay!"