Arknights, but the sickly pretty girl starts

"Tsk tsk tsk, you are now the treasure of Rhine Life, and the data on you is worth a fortune. This is a verification test of Singularity Technology. If it succeeds on you, it means that the transmitter technology has reached complete maturity. Maybe it can directly change Terra in the future. You will definitely be mentioned in the textbooks then." Muirses said with a smile.

"--I always feel that the possibility of me being in the textbook is unexpectedly high." Noah had complained before about whether she would be in the textbook because her illness was too special, but now she just wanted to be calmer.

"By the way, the routine blood test has not been completed yet. This is the order of the chief commander..." Dorothy took out a newly opened blood bag and a brand new needle and nodded to Noah.

Noah cooperated by showing his wrist. Soon, about 200 milliliters of Noah's blood was drawn and taken away by Dorothy.

This kind of blood drawing is part of the test, so Noah didn't find it strange. After the blood drawing was completed, she was taken out of the laboratory by Muirseth. Accompanied by the director of the ecology department, no one would stop her. It is said that people like Noah can get along well everywhere. Muirseth even found that many people began to greet Noah enthusiastically after seeing her.

"You can actually build good relationships with this group of college students? These people usually don't have a good face when they see me." Muirseth asked curiously.

"You should consider whether you are exploiting these college students too much..." Noah was speechless. "I just smile and help them solve some problems occasionally."

"Like? What could be wrong with them?"

"How to do a graduation defense, how to prepare a PowerPoint presentation, how to guess the examiner's questions—essentially, it's all about predicting the topic," Noah said, counting on his fingers. "Also, how to avoid unscrupulous doctoral supervisors who use free labor."

"...I was wondering why these college students have been so much trouble to get their hands on lately. So you're the one behind it! How could you backstab your best friend?" Muirseth was getting anxious, not because the college students were difficult to manage, but because his best friend was being so treacherous. But Noah could only smile and say, "After all, they're pretty pathetic, too. There's no need to hold back their diplomas, right? Rhine Life isn't short of college students joining us, right?"

"That's true—but if college students do less work, our director will have to do more. Aren't you just backstabbing your best friend?" Muirseth refused, hugging Noah and shaking him. "Xiaoya, you have to compensate me, or I'll make a scene!"

"Okay, okay, how can I make it up to you?" Noah couldn't resist the coquettish Miu Miu and could only ask with a smile. "It's really too difficult for me to help you with the experiment. I really don't have the ability to do it, right? I'm a history major."

Noya, a former history major, was well aware of her own limitations. Pointing at herself, she said, "There's a huge gap between the humanities and the sciences."

"Noah, you only chose the history department. You always got full marks in my class. You can do anything if you work hard," Muirseth complained. "I'm sure you'll be able to pick up the slack if you choose ecology."

"I can't do everything. I can only do what I can do—" Noah shook his head. "I'm not as omnipotent as you think. There are many things I can't do. If I could do everything, I wouldn't have left the Knight's Territory in such disgrace, right?"

"—I didn't mean to poke you in the face." Muirseth apologized awkwardly, "I just think, Xiaoya, you think too little of yourself. You're obviously a very capable person."

"Really?... I think people like you, Miu Miu, and Director Dorothy are amazing. You're at the forefront of everyone else, working towards the future of Terra. I can't learn such greatness." Noah thought of Margaret for a moment, but quickly shook his head. Maybe he hadn't seen her for too long and missed her a little.

But what Muirseth said was right. She really didn't need to belittle herself. At least she could hold her head high and say that she was a successful businessman.

Just sell a little conscience in exchange for a little greed.

Sell ​​out a little more bottom line and exchange for some trump cards.

In her hurry, she would always lose some of her things unconsciously. Even though she tried to find them later, she could never get them back.

Things that have been torn into pieces cannot be put back together; the cracks and scars will remain forever.

Even if Margaret had found those fragments for herself, she could not put back Noah's once passionately beating heart.

The environment changes people, and these changes are usually irreversible. Noah can only move forward cautiously.

Be careful, be careful.

I'm afraid of becoming the kind of person I hate the most.

Such fear always exists deep in her heart.

So, when Muirseth said she didn't need to belittle herself, she just felt that there were always people who were more worthy of praise.

The brilliance of those shining people around her was too dazzling, making her look dim.

"What greatness? From what I know, those geniuses are just a bunch of selfish people." Muirseth sighed. "If someone as responsible as you really is, you'll have a hard time navigating Rhine Life. You need to relax a little once in a while."

Muirseth walked forward and touched Noah's head. Although Noah was taller than him, he could easily look down on her as she was sitting in a wheelchair.

It is hard to imagine that the girl with a peaceful smile that Muirseth met at the beginning would eventually become what she is now.

So fragile, yet so worrying.

Fragile things are often clear and transparent, making people want to dye them with their own colors. However, when they are close, they suddenly stop themselves from tainting the other person's palm.

Maybe, I can't bear to let go.

Chapter 7: Muirseth, the Queen of Gossip

In the past, Noah had thought a lot about where he would stop after completing everything he wanted to do in the future.

Travelers must always have a goal to keep moving forward. Moving forward aimlessly will only lead to getting lost on the journey, just like a lone boat on the ocean at night. When it cannot see the light of the lighthouse, it will be lost in the darkness that permeates the water.

And for a long time, she thought Rhodes Island was her home.

However, after she couldn't keep up with Rhodes Island, she realized belatedly that she didn't want a place to stay so much as a goal she could identify with. After letting go of the past, she always had to pick up other things to keep herself going.

Beliefs, goals, whatever it is, she always has to have something to keep pursuing.

Fate pushed her to Rhine Life, where she received the most complete care and treatment. Even from the current situation, it seems that Rhine Life does have a way to cure her mineralogy. This magical transmitter is changing the current situation bit by bit.

Noah's body is miraculously recovering bit by bit——

During the treatment, Muerseth had been by his side. In the past, it had always been Jian who had accompanied him—in order to conceal her identity, she had been given the new name Kuro, but now there was no reason to call her Kuro. This time, Jian was forced to leave, so he was left with only Ms. Saria, who was in charge of accompanying him, and Muerseth, a friend he had made in Colombia.

This cute little elf always keeps his attention on himself and tries to make him happy in various ways. He is a very capable and careful person.

Noah thought about it and decided to praise her best friend more.

She was writing a letter to Margaret, although she should be busy now. As fate would have it, she and Margaret had not seen each other for a long time since their meeting with Kjerag.

Now that she was receiving treatment at Rhine Life, it was even more difficult for her to see her childhood sweetheart, so she chose to write a letter.

Letter writing is a bit outdated in Terra these days, but Noah really enjoys this way of expressing his longing and waiting for a response. Call it romantic or obsessive, Noah's preferences have always been more classic.

Of course, she didn't just write letters to Margaret, she also wrote a letter to Jian, but the content was similar.

She talked about her experiences in Rhine Life, about Muirseth, Ms. Saria, and Director Dorothy, and implicitly expressed her longing for the two of them. She had always been so reserved in expressing her emotions, and she felt that these two people should not be surprised.

If the letter was filled with words of longing, it would not be Noah. Her feelings are like the drizzle, moistening everything silently.

She is not a heavy woman——

At least she didn't think she was.

After finishing the letters, Noah put down his pen, sealed both envelopes, and placed a kiss on each. He packed up the letters, which carried his thoughts and emotions, and pushed his wheelchair with the letters to deliver them.

The post office in Columbia was not far from Noah's laboratory, just a short walk away. However, just as she pushed her wheelchair out of her room, she heard a slight cough from the side.

"Good evening, Ms. Saria." Of course she recognized who was coughing and smiled. She had always been grateful to the former director of the defense department who accompanied her to Rhine Life.

If it weren't for Ms. Saria, she wouldn't even have had the chance to get this treatment. She was very clear that she was chosen this time because of Ms. Saria's face.

As one of the founders of Rhine Life, he has some prestige.

"It's so late, what are you doing out here?" Saria asked. In fact, she just came out to see the night view, but she didn't expect to run into Noah. She asked out of concern and for safety reasons.

"Send a letter." Noah showed the letter in his hand to Saria and said, "I've been away from Rhodes Island for a long time. I'm worried that Mace and Margaret are worried about me, so I thought I'd write a letter to let them know I'm safe."

"...I see." Saria nodded, but for safety reasons, she still said, "It's not far, but I'll give you a ride."

"Okay, thank you, Miss Saria." Noya nodded. Although it didn't matter if she was alone, and the nights in Colombia might not be considered safe, she was not a weak person. However, she did not reject Ms. Saria's concern. Instead, she accepted it with a smile.

The two of them strolled through the illuminated nightscape of Colombia. Colombia is a technologically advanced country, a city that never sleeps. To Noya, who was born in Casimir, this city and Casimir have many similarities. Not only the same neon lights, but also the ubiquitous skyscrapers and the orderly, well-planned city routes are all incredibly similar.

Of course, if we have to say, it should be Casimir like Columbia——

After all, Colombia is an emerging country that excels in science and technology, and it cannot be compared with people like Casimir who changed their careers later.

The night sky was illuminated by a variety of lights, dimming even the stars. This city that never sleeps seemed to have swallowed up the darkness of the night sky, turning night into day.

While strolling through the city, Noah felt quite touched——

Colombia, what would a Colombian repertoire be like?

Noah caught the fleeting inspiration and memorized a melody in his mind.

It wasn't she who composed the melody, but the city that told her what notes it should have.

Now, in Noya's repertoire, in addition to Casimir's "Don Quixote" and Kjerag's "Yeragund", there is also "Victoria", which is not yet completed but has been partially written. Perhaps "Colombia" can also be put on the agenda.

Perhaps even the teacher would be quite interested——

After all, this city is indeed a new thing for the Witch King.

Saria occasionally turned her head and looked at Noah who seemed to be immersed in some feeling. Ever since Noah Kyrielight underwent the neurotransmitter therapy trial, she has been observing Noah's condition. After all, there are too many unknown factors in the trial. However, since Rhine Life can let Noah go out at will, at least Rhine Life is completely confident that Noah will not leak information about the neurotransmitter trial because of traveling.

Does this mean that Rhine Life has complete control over transmitters? Saria had to think of the worst.

After all, neurotransmitters are essentially miniature machines. In theory, these neurotransmitters in Noah's body can operate completely according to the needs of Rhine life. In a sense, this is both an antidote and a poison for Noah.

This is consistent with Rhine Life's usual behavior. Even though the developer of this transmitter is Director Dorothy, Saria has never let down her guard.

When the Flame Demon experiment was first conducted, Rhine Life claimed that it was only a treatment for Ifrit's oripathy.

Rhine Life was too adept at conducting inhumane experiments under the guise of treatment, as seen in the Loken tank incident and the Balrog incident. This was also the reason why Saria and Rhine Life parted ways.

And now, in Saria's view, Noah may become another victim of Rhine's life at any time.

But...it was Noah's own decision to accept the experiment, and she couldn't interfere with Noah's decision.

To be honest, she didn't know much about Noah Kyrielight. She only heard comments about her from Rhodes Island operators from time to time. Most people thought she was a very gentle and kind person who would help those around her to the best of her ability, no matter how small the matter was.

Kind, gentle, knowledgeable, and far-sighted. He was once a business tycoon in Casimir, but now he has left Casimir and become an ordinary operator in Rhodes Island.

This is probably what Saria thinks of Noah now. When Warfarin asked her to take Noah to Rhine Life to participate in the joint consultation, she originally refused. What made her change her mind was that after she met Ifrit in Rhodes Island, Ifrit had a high opinion of Noah and was willing to call her sister. Moreover, she specifically asked her to try to help Noah.

...To be honest, the reason I was willing to accompany him was mostly because of Ifrit's face.

So when Noah thanked her, she felt unworthy.

But of course Noah didn't know all this. She was immersed in her creation. Before they knew it, they had arrived at the post office. They took the letter from Noah's hand and threw it into the mailbox in front of the post office. The main purpose of their going out was accomplished.

There was no danger, no communication, just being in the same night scene.

At this moment, Noah suddenly spoke.

"Ms. Saria, what do you think of Colombia?"

This question made Saria stop and turn around. "Why do you ask this question?"

"Curious." Noah said succinctly, "I feel that although Ms. Saria may have some differences with Rhine Life, you are very relaxed when you are in this city."

"...You guessed right." Saria nodded. "Is this also what your Originium skills told you?"

"I guess so—I can sense your feelings, Ms. Saria. You must really like Colombia, right?" Noah nodded, not hiding anything. "What kind of place is this city to you?"

Saria was silent for a while, looking at the city that was sparkling even at night. To be honest, she had been very busy since she founded Rhine Life, and had not stopped to take a good look at the city.

At that time, all she had in her eyes was Rhine Life, and Christine, this luxurious genius, this shining woman.

Now, she suddenly realized that she had ignored too much of the scenery along the way while moving forward.

"I guess... I like it," Saria replied. "After all, this is my hometown, and it's where I have many memories."

Saria said this from the bottom of her heart, but this answer was too general and not what Noah wanted. Noah pondered for a while and asked.

"Miss Saria, do you like this city, or do you like someone in this city?"

The air was stagnant for a moment, and Noah felt that he must have asked the wrong question. Because Saria's mood suddenly dropped, and even her tone became unfriendly.

"I don't think it's a good habit to pry into other people's privacy, Miss Noya." Saria said in a low voice, "And don't use your Originium skills to pry into my thoughts."

"I'm sorry, I can't pry into your memories without your consent. I'm just making a guess," Noya explained quickly. "My Originium skills are essentially about sensing emotions, not mind reading."

But this reaction...I guess it is indeed related to someone.

"I don't want to talk about this." Knowing the other party wasn't trying to pry into her memories or her mind, Saria's tone calmed down again. "I don't like this kind of probing. If you don't want anything unpleasant to happen between us, Miss Noah, please stop asking these leading questions."

"I understand. I'm sorry, Ms. Saria." Noah nodded and admitted her mistake. She had no intention of angering Saria. She just asked out of curiosity. It seemed that this was Saria's sore spot.

And most likely... this person has a close relationship with Rhine Life.

Noah thought, but since Ms. Saria had already expressed her wish not to be explored, she could only give up her curiosity.

However, just because Saria didn't say anything didn't mean Muerses wouldn't say anything - the next day, after Noah told her what happened that night, Muerses immediately showed a gossipy face.

"Are you serious? You said Saria was angry because of what you said?" Muirseth stamped his feet excitedly, "I knew it! I knew it! Saria and Kristen are definitely having an affair!!"

"...Christen...you mean the General Manager of Rhine Life?" Noah was shocked that Miu Miu had the nerve to gossip about her immediate superior. "Is there some special relationship between the General Manager and Miss Saria?"

"More than that—we always thought they were secretly married." As an early employee of Rhine Life, and even considered a close confidant of Christen, Muirseth naturally understood the grudge between Saria and Christen. "Unfortunately, broken mirrors can't be mended. It's precisely because of imperfections that stories seem so difficult to resolve."

"...Isn't that a bit exaggerated?" Noah shrugged. "Ms. Saria doesn't look like..."

Noah paused halfway through her speech because she remembered the two people in her family...

"Okay, go on." Noah sighed, "These days, the straighter someone looks, the curvier they are—"

Chapter 8 General Administration

Noah's Originium skills are easy to disgust people, and Noah has known this for a long time.