novelIdeaMax Chapter 4275 Flora and Vigo
Chapter 4275 Flora and Vigo
Chapter 4275 Flora and Vigo
Miss Bell was indeed interested in those ancient, special-rule Rhodes cards. Her eyes lit up, and after hearing that the five cards would be exhibited again during the fair, she wanted to go and see them for herself.
Adelina and Miss Bell were quite familiar with each other, but Eve and Miss Bell had only met three times, and Adelina even gave them a special introduction.
The witch apprentices got along very well, and Miss Bell also helped Agelina with the chores the witches threw at her.
The two witches then went to the study with Shad. Flora already knew the general situation in the area and didn't need Shad and Vigo to explain further. She also had no objections to the upcoming operation against the [Holy Son Alliance], as the Infant Mother's words had offended all the witches.
Viggo shared a message she had just received with Shad and Flora:
"Before Flora arrived this morning, I had breakfast with Adelina and I received news from the outer city that the church has been investigating local people who had strange dreams these past two days. The investigation of refugees from the outer city is difficult, but it is progressing steadily."
The church wanted to know how many people had dreamt of the 'Sea of Origin,' but their investigation yielded other results. Today is Wednesday, and in the first two nights of the week, at least three refugees have died in their sleep, and 15 have remained in a coma.
Flora raised an eyebrow:
"Did the three who died see something they shouldn't have seen in the Sea of Origin in the dream, and their minds couldn't bear it, resulting in brain death?"
Wei Ge shook her head:
"It's not certain yet, but the bodies of the dead have all shown abnormalities. A small number have been activated by the abnormal spark, and there are slight disturbances in the life force of the bodies that haven't been activated. The dozen or so people who are still asleep have been taken away and isolated by the church, and their life energy is much stronger than that of normal people."
The church initially shared your suspicions; the unusual changes occurring in the corpses and those in deep slumber might be due to the life force from the Sea of Origin being transmitted to the souls through dreams, and then the souls influencing the bodies.
She paused for a moment:
"According to the intelligence shared with us by the church, the life energy contained in those mutated corpses is far stronger than that of ordinary activated machinery and activated corpses, and even stronger than the 'life aberrations' I saw when I went to the sewers some time ago."
However, it's important to note that all the corpses and those in a deep, unconscious state exhibited extremely subtle whispering patterns. The 'Sea of Origin' seems unrelated to the relics, so the Church now suspects that those who died in their sleep didn't simply dream of the 'Sea of Origin.'
"I can confirm that the First Children who went mad were not relics either."
Shad continued, and Flora then concluded:
"So, those who fell into a deep sleep and those who couldn't wake up might have encountered other problems? Viggo, besides the refugees, haven't there been similar victims in the city?"
Wei Ge replied:
"The church is still investigating, and my people are at the police station gathering clues. We probably won't have any news until this afternoon. But we're certain this is related to the power of dreams. We just don't know if it was an accident or if some organization is plotting something."
"A dream?"
Xia De thought of his dream from last night:
“Vige, do you have any knowledge of dreams? Daniste told me this morning that among the thirteen ancient gods, Chaos, Moon, and Darkness can all be involved in the power of dreams.”
Wei Ge shook her head:
“I don’t know much about this, but Grandma Cassandra is an expert in this field. When she was young, she even explored dream realms on her own. Bella also studies dreams, and I’ve had her interpret my dreams before.”
More clues are needed to investigate the incident involving the dream, so for now, we can only wait for news. Viggo was also quite busy this Wednesday; after talking with Shad and Flora for a while, she took Eve out.
Before leaving, she glanced at Flora warily, as if worried her friend might do something naughty while she was away. The artist found Viggo's wariness amusing. After seeing Viggo off with Shad, she took Shad's hand and led him to the study.
"Shad, have you missed me lately?"
Kissing wasn't considered a bad thing; Flora believed she was having a legitimate rendezvous with her lover, and that she wasn't doing anything wrong to Viggo.
After the Battle of the Snow Mountain, Flora spent most of her time in Velendale, where she held a small charity concert to raise funds for charities and accepted Margaret's invitation to visit Cold Spring Palace on several occasions.
Flora found this to be a rather boring time. Artistic inspiration requires more stimulation to be sparked. She wasn't an adventurous young woman like Emilia, but she also hated the monotony of life.
Upon arriving in Arcadia, Flora immediately became interested in the "Sea of Origin." She set herself a short-term goal of "painting an oil painting of the Sea of Origin," hoping to gain unique inspiration from the origin of life.
However, after chatting casually with Shad that morning and hearing the story of Danesther and the dragon egg, she had a new idea:
"The eggshell was as deep as the night sky?"
She winked at Xia De:
"May I see that egg? I can draw it so that when Daniste's teacher grows up, I mean after she recovers, she can see what she looked like before she hatched."
I could also draw Danesther holding that egg; it would surely be a very meaningful memory for her. Oh, and if I were lucky enough to see it hatch, that would be even better. The birth of new life, especially a highly intelligent one, is a truly magical thing; just imagining it gives me endless inspiration.”
What she wanted to draw was all perfectly normal, but Shad still reminded her:
"Ever since you painted that picture of me and Daniste after the Battle of the Woodlands last year, Daniste has been very wary of you. Tonight I'm going to Moon Bay to see Hillis, but Daniste will be at my house. You can go talk to her about this yourself; she might not agree."
"She'll agree, we're good friends!"
Flora was very confident, but judging from how much Danist valued the dragon egg, the administrator probably wouldn't get Flora to start writing so easily.
Shad then mentioned to Flora that Joey Barton and Marilyn Handel were also in the area, and that they had provided "humanity" to repair the Soul Gem.
As the great witch of death, Flora naturally understood "humanity." She was somewhat surprised that a cursed soul could have its humanity extracted.
"Humanity is an important component of the soul. Extracting humanity without harming the soul requires a great deal of preparation and precise rituals, even for me. So that's how it is. They have become that kind of thing."
"what?"
"Phenomenon."
Flora said:
“Death is a natural phenomenon, and I see these two becoming a derivative of death itself, much like the ‘Time Guardians’ we encountered in Vistalin. Except the latter took responsibility willingly, while these two are being punished. How interesting. Death is more fascinating than I imagined. Shad, would you like to witness my new power?”
Flora advanced to the twelfth rank during the Time War at the turn of autumn and winter last year. She not only mastered "Transformation: Death Dragon", but also gained a deeper understanding of death. She no longer needed Shad's "Inner Fire" to get rid of the emptiness of death.
Over the past six months, she has stabilized her twelfth-tier power and even set her sights on the thirteenth tier. That morning, she wasn't constantly being affectionate with Xia De. Before Wei Ge returned for lunch, she and Xia De went to the training grounds in the underground palace for a brief sparring session, allowing Xia De to witness her progress.
When Vigo returned, she heard about what Flora had done that morning and even felt guilty for doubting her best friend. So at lunch, Vigo enthusiastically kept urging Flora to try the dishes from the Arcadia region, which made Flora think that Vigo wanted to deliberately make her weight go out of control.
Viggo and Eve went to Oakham Park in the morning to inspect the preparations for the fair with important city officials. This wasn't Viggo's last visit before the fair officially opened; she would go again after Margaret arrived, accompanied by other local dignitaries.
After lunch, Viggo rested for a while before sucking blood from Shad's neck in front of Flora. Then, she hurriedly took the housekeeper, Miss Lorraine, out to meet some family supporters at the family mansion.
Agelina has now dispatched members of the Astley family to make many arrangements within the city, which has made the Astley family's supporters sense something unusual. As the head of the family, Viggo needs to imply something on behalf of the family.
"Is Wei Ge usually this busy? I thought she spent most of her time in her bedroom or study having secret rendezvous with you."
After seeing Vigo off once again, Flora asked curiously, and Shad explained to her:
“After I brought that ray of sunlight back from the Fifth Era, Vige’s health has improved a lot, so she can now handle many things that she couldn’t do herself before.”
"Is she feeling much better? But when we were eating just now, Wei Ge was still coughing occasionally, wasn't she?"
Flora asked again.
"Well, you can think of it as Wei Ge's habit. She has developed a subconscious behavior of coughing from time to time. Even if Wei Ge's body is fully recovered in the future, she will still maintain the habit of coughing from time to time. Wei Ge says that this can effectively confuse others."
"Hopefully this isn't her trying to play the victim in front of you."
The artist muttered to herself.