The Terra Travel Diary of Neither Sacred, Rhea, nor Terra

"Okay, you continue with your work," said Miku.

"Ah, again...?" Just as Hemer was about to say goodbye to Miku, he found that the other person had disappeared from his sight the next moment.

Moreover, this instant disappearance did not cause Hemer to feel any surprise at all.

If the feather that was originally placed on the table had not disappeared, Hemer would have felt that he was just dreaming because he did not feel so surprised.

Some special Originium technique? No wonder this guy just said he didn't come in through the door.

Hemer demonstrated the basic qualities of the Terrans and all the mysterious skills of transforming source stones.

The moment he disappeared from Hemer's sight, Miku appeared next to Christen and Saria without causing any surprise.

And he picked up the coffee that Christen had already taken a sip of without any hesitation.

"Huh, milk chocolate coffee?" After taking a sip of the sweet coffee, Miku looked at Christen strangely. Could it be that the impact of the time depression has not ended yet?

Kristen tried to pick up the cup but found it empty. Then she noticed Miku appeared beside her. Without asking where Miku was, Kristen asked:

"Do you need me to make you a cup?"

"No need, I can do it myself." As Miku said this, a coffee cup appeared in his hand, and a cup of steaming pure coffee appeared out of thin air.

"...Where did you go just now?" asked Saria, who was a little later than Christen to realize that there was someone around her.

"I went to the office of the owl just now." Miku said: "If I remember correctly, she is also from Rhodes Island. Yes, she will also be from Rhodes Island in the future."

"..."

"..."

So you went to poach people in advance? Realizing that the owl in Miku's words referred to the person from the Liberi Research Institute, Christen and Saria thought of the same thing.

"Not really, but she's worth poaching." Miku picked up the spoon and stirred the coffee cup. After taking a sip, he took out the feather and handed it to Saria, saying:

"This is her gift to you."

"? Gift?" Saria glanced at the brown feather in Miku's hand and took it hesitantly.

"Haha, hahaha..." Christen laughed out loud when she saw this scene.

Fortunately, everyone was busy with experiments at the time and no one else came over, otherwise Christen's laughter might have become gossip within Rhine Life.

"Does the gift of feathers by the Liberi people of Terra have any special meaning to them?"

Miku asked Kristen.

"If I remember correctly, the Liberi people will only give their feathers to the people closest to them." Taking advantage of the fact that there was no one in the lounge, Christen laughed wildly and explained to Miku:

"If the Liberian researcher was a man, or if Saria was a man, this feather could be seen as a symbol of courtship."

"I see." Miku nodded and looked at Saria. This female dragon, who had always had a serious expression since entering the Structural Department, finally showed a trace of confusion on her face.

"I... I just helped her with something insignificant." Saria said in a rare hesitant tone.

"It may be just a small favor to you, but for a grassroots researcher like her, it may be a lifelong help."

Christen drank the chocolate milk coffee that was only half full after Miku took a sip, and then continued:

"For example, the human chimera experiment project that you cancelled was approved and signed by you personally."

The atmosphere, which had been somewhat eased by Kristen's unbridled laughter, became tense again.

"Parvis must have been waiting for a long time." Saria, who had recovered, stood up.

116: Old Goat Parvis

When Saria's car stopped outside the structural laboratory building.

Parvis, the director of the Rhine Life Structure Department, who was busy in the office and was always called the old goat by Christen in front of Miku, already knew about Director Saria's visit.

If Parvis didn't have this level of control over his own territory, he wouldn't have been able to become the head of Rhine Life's department.

After all, if Kristen is regarded as a grand duke, a king, or a county governor, then every director of the Rhine Life Science Department can be regarded as a powerful figure.

However, Parvis did not take the initiative to greet Saria. Although he was not the founder of Rhine Life, he was a veteran who joined Rhine Life when it did not even have a proper office.

The first research funding for Rhine Life was not obtained through Director Saria's dirty boxing as the legend goes, but was an investment that Parvez "demanded" from his former employer.

Therefore, Parvez would not and could not be like Justin, the director of the business department who joined later, who was able to get along with every department director.

Besides, he is already old. If he really goes out to pick up Saria in person, I am afraid that a special doctor will come the next day to see if Director Parvez has any health problems and start to entrust his funeral arrangements.

Of course, the most important project is the human chimera therapy, which was originally a rescue mission of the Defense Department. It was signed by Saria herself and transferred to the Structural Department.

Serre is a conscientious and responsible worker

Ya has come to the Structural Department more than once to oversee the progress of this project.

Parvez was already accustomed to Saria's visits.

The only thing that made Parvez a little strange was that shouldn't Director Saria attend the press conference as the director of the Defense Department?

Why are you so eager to come to the Structural Engineering Department as soon as you get back?

Confused by this, Parvis accidentally spilled the hot coffee in the cup on the table.

The manuscript papers piled on the table were immediately soaked.

Although the important data had already been stored in the database, Parvez used the manuscript papers on the table more to record his inspirations and calculations to relax.

Parvis, who didn't want his desk to become a mess, looked at his hand holding the coffee cup with some surprise, and immediately cleaned it up.

So much so that he didn't notice the robot-like Christen getting out of Saria's car.

The biggest difference between a Rhine department director like Parvis and other bigwigs of the same level in other countries is that he does not have servants such as maids and butlers to handle daily chores.

...In Colombian terms, this kind of work should be called domestic service.

Of course, due to the need for confidentiality, not only Parvez's workplace does not have this kind of housekeeping service, but also the same is true for other department heads in Rhine Life who focus on scientific research.

Just like Kristen wouldn't even let her other self mess with the tabletop.

Parvis had just wiped the coffee off the table and was about to put away the coffee-stained manuscript paper when his personal terminal received a communication from the general commander.

Because it was a communication from General Christen, Parvis immediately stopped cleaning up and picked up his personal terminal to take a look.

It turned out to be just a notice about the allocation of special cars for department heads and project researchers, rather than any important news about the research project.

After seeing the notice, Parvez was surprised for a few seconds and then smiled a kind smile that was very suitable for his age.

Parvis still remembers that when Rhine Life was first established, the people who were attracted by the lofty ideals displayed in Kristen's speech went through a relatively difficult period.

During that time, everyone wanted to spend every penny wisely.

Eating canned food and living in a laboratory are commonplace, and they never consider getting a car.

After Rhine Life started to pick up a little, it became even busier. Whenever it really needed a car, it would just temporarily borrow one from the underground garage of Director Yara's house.

Parvez still remembered the expressions of the waiting customers who were trying to control themselves when he stepped out of a sports car that was very much in line with Director Yara's superstar temperament.

Later, department heads like Parvez no longer needed to run projects themselves. Others would line up and come to them on their own initiative.

When a car is needed, there is Rhine Life, which specializes in producing various types of vehicles. Even an ordinary researcher can be equipped with a car and even a driver.

After all, all of Tremont’s current public transportation systems have shares in them from Rhine Life Science Business Department.

So until now, except for Director Saria, who often needs to investigate something alone, other department heads do not have special cars issued by the company.

"Could it be that he has learned some advanced experience from John's mother, so he wants to provide a special car for us old bones?" Parvis said with a smile.

Seriously speaking, Parvez is the only old man in Rhine's life.

After sighing, Parvis lost interest in the notice. Perhaps little Justin would like to have a special car that would allow people to recognize his identity at a glance, but Parvis would just go with the flow.

There was nothing else that would excite this old goat except research and coffee.

Parvis continued to clean up and soon tidied his desk like a person with obsessive-compulsive disorder... As usual, it would be filled with a pile of calculation manuscripts again in a while.

After cleaning up, Parvez did not rush to continue working. Instead, he took a break from his busy schedule and had a sip of coffee.

Just after swallowing the first mouthful, before the aroma of coffee faded from the tip of his tongue, Parvis' personal terminal received another message.

It was a message sent to him by Saria about her and General Director Kristen's arrival in the Structural Department.

Parvez's expression froze when he saw the news, and the movements of his hands also stopped... Fortunately, he did not spill the coffee this time.

"Strange? Why would the commander-in-chief come? And why did he have to notify me in this way?" Parvez muttered to himself in some surprise.

According to past experience, when Saria came to inspect the progress of human chimera therapy, she would not specifically notify Parvis.

If there is a notification, it must be for something else.

As for General Christen, Parvis hasn't seen Christen for several months.

As the general manager of Rhine Life's general construction department, Christen is responsible for many times more things than Parvez, regardless of how many departments Rhine Life has.

So normally Parvis wouldn't take the initiative to disturb Christen, he would just wait for Christen to give new research instructions.

For example, on the surface, it was hosted by Saria, but in fact, it had been suppressed

The human chimera project that Listen was involved in.

Thinking of the true intention of human chimera therapy, Parvez shook his head helplessly.

There are some things that, given Saria's personality, it's better not to know.

Feeling the slight rift between the two founders of Rhine Life, Parvis picked up the coffee cup again.

This time, Parvez didn't put the coffee into his mouth, but stared at the coffee cup in his hand.

Under Parvis's gaze, a ripple appeared on the brown translucent sugar-free espresso in the coffee cup.

Even though Parvez stopped moving, the surface of the coffee still did not calm down.

"..." Parvis put down the coffee cup and looked at his fingers. He needed to concentrate to feel the slight tremor that was out of his control. The old goat sighed as if he had aged several years in an instant.

"People can't help but accept old age after all."

Feeling that time is unforgiving, Parvis thought of the other directors of Rhine Life who are in their prime, and General Manager Christen who has always kept her original intention.

Perhaps one day, Rhine Life will grow to a height that Parvis dare not even imagine, but Parvis cannot be sure whether he can see that day come with his own eyes.

I just hope that in the future, Christen and Saria, the two pillars of Rhine Life, will not stop Rhine Life because of unnecessary barriers.

Parvez's expression changed slightly when he thought of this. He immediately thought of some possibilities and was silent for a while. Then he called the human chimera therapy project team.

However, Parvez did not call Hemer, the person in charge of his project, but another researcher who really understood the project.

The researcher who was on call 24 hours a day responded immediately after receiving the call from Director Parvez:

"What can I do for you, Director Parvez?"

"How is the experimental result going?" Parvis instantly became efficient and neat, as if the old man who was lamenting the passing of time was not him.

"I completed today's drug injection thirty minutes ago, and have taken sleeping pills and gone to bed." said the researcher.

"Transfer the test subject to my laboratory and start the next plan."

Parvez said.

"But Director, doing this may have a great impact on the physical condition of the experimental subject, and there is a certain probability that it will cause lifelong sequelae." The researcher said with some confusion: "And if we force it like this, it will be difficult to get effective experimental results."

"This is an order." Parvis said directly.

"Yes, Director, I will contact Researcher Hemer right away." The researcher on the other end of the communicator said without further questioning.

"No need to contact her, just take care of it." Parvez said as his eyes fell on the screen beside him.

The content on the screen was the surveillance footage of Hemer's office. Hemer, Parvez's disciple who was considered by many to be the next director of the Structural Department, was kneeling on the ground with a distraught look on his face.

Seeing this scene, Parvis knew that his sudden guess was correct. The reason why Saria and Kristen came to the Structural Engineering Department together was because Kristen had a showdown with Saria.

Then given Saria's personality, human chimera therapy will definitely be forcibly terminated.

Parvez was unwilling to terminate the project he had invested so much effort in, especially since he had higher expectations for the results of the project.

If there was any chance, Parvis would never want to sit in a wheelchair as an Alzheimer's patient, watching Rhine's life take off with dull eyes.

Without caring about why his disciple was like this, Parvez turned off the surveillance, got up and went to the laboratory.

Parvez didn't know that in all the surveillance footage, there should theoretically be another person standing in front of Hemer.

Because they were delayed in the lounge for a while, Miku, who deliberately did not appear in the surveillance camera, followed Saria and Christen to Parvis' office.

Parvis was already standing in front of the oversized protective glass in his office, watching the human chimera therapy experiment subject being placed on the multifunctional test bed in the center of the test room.

The one whom Parvez called an experimental subject was a little girl who looked no more than ten years old and had a pair of strange horns.