Deep Sea Embers - Chapter 521

[Chapter 519 Healing, Rituals, and Gunpowder]

Heidi was a little surprised to see that her new patient was an elf.

She rarely sees elf patients—not only psychiatrists like her, but most other “doctors” of all kinds don’t generally deal with elves.

Because the race of elves has physical talents that are enviable by other races. Apart from their long lifespan, this race rarely gets sick. They are incredibly healthy most of the time, and they can survive in various harsh conditions. Well, at the same time, with a healthy body, their minds are often quite tough—perhaps just to adapt to their own long lifespan, the elves’ mental state is very stable, although it is not as good as that of the “heart of stone”. Jin people are much stronger than humans.

It is precisely because of these unique conditions that many outstanding pioneers and adventurers in history were born of elf blood. They are good at and dare to operate in the “border” sea area, and they can survive those dangerous fogs and phantoms. Returning back, among the many city-states on the boundless sea, almost two-thirds of the “border” city-states close to the “eternal veil” were established by elf pioneers, and the most famous of them is the one called the city of adventure. “Light Wind Harbor”.

In Heidi’s career as a psychiatrist for so many years, she has hardly heard of any elf who has psychological problems.

Of course, mortals always have weaknesses, even elves with such excellent “talents”. Blessings and blessings of divine power——except for the power of the God of Wisdom, the protection of the other three Orthodox gods has very limited effects on elves. It is strange that Sen’jin, who also has the talent of stabilizing the spirit, People are much better off than they are.

Many people have guessed what factors lead to the elves’ “difficult to be sheltered by divine grace” physique. After all, the Sen’jin people have high mental toughness, but they do not have the negative characteristics of “weakened protection”. Among them, there was a theory that was widely circulated: the ancient and stubborn heresy worship in the traditional culture of the elves caused them to be rejected by the gods, and only the god of wisdom was willing to leave them with respect because he was the “protector of all rational creatures”. mercy.

Historically, in the “Dark Age” and “Old City-State Era” before the opening of the New City-State Era, the elves’ “abandoned by God” physique coupled with the natural prejudice between different races even caused many bloody conflicts—— But in the end, the elves came to a mutual understanding with the earthly races with their invention of steam rifles and high explosives.

Since then, these long-lived and broad-minded races have graciously accepted the signal of reconciliation between humans and Sen’jin, and have peacefully coexisted with the descendants of those short-lived races to this day.

Heidi came to the hospital bed, tested the breath of the elf girl, checked her heartbeat, then opened the medicine box, and methodically took various medicines and devices to the small table beside her.

Those days of conflict and darkness have been turned into history. The short-lived humans and Sen’jin can only learn the stories of their ancestors from books, and even the long-lived elves have already regarded those long-lived days as their youth. Some “trivial little things” that I have experienced in my childhood or in my parents’ generation.

Today, the “god-abandoned” physique of the elves still exists. Many of their ancient families still maintain many mysterious and traditional “heretical beliefs” while accepting the teachings of the God of Wisdom Lahmu, but this does not affect them. It has become an extremely important part of today’s civilized world.

In fact, due to their extremely high attainments in the fields of mathematics, science and mechanics, coupled with their increasingly deep connection with the god of wisdom, Lahemu, elves have already played a pivotal role in this era of “steam and electricity”, if not for the population There is an obvious disadvantage in numbers, and their influence on the boundless sea may even exceed that of humans.

In any case, in this era, no one is talking about the “heretical beliefs” of the elves that have been maintained to this day, nor is anyone discussing their physique that is not blessed by the three gods.

The exquisite incense burner was lit, and a soothing aroma gradually diffused around the hospital bed. Amid the diffuse aroma, the elf girl on the hospital bed seemed to stretch her brows slightly.

Heidi bent down, opened the girl’s eyelids, and held a shimmering amethyst in front of her eyes, shaking it slowly from side to side.

“You’re still trapped in a dream, a cage of self-preservation woven with jittery emotions, but you need help now, so you’ll leave a ‘key’ with someone you can trust, someone you can trust. The person you want will appear in your dreams to help you fight against the things that frighten you, or help you find the exit from the dream…” Heidi slowly shook the crystal, accompanied by the rising incense

smoke, A low tone that seemed to contain magical power whispered in the girl’s ear.

As a psychiatrist, she has many ways to help her patients. In the normal diagnosis and treatment process, she is of course good at using questionnaires and psychological hints to confirm the patient’s mental state and provide targeted counseling. In normal times… she also has many skills that are extremely effective.

These powerful techniques include the sap, lily needle, and gunpowder, as well as mindfulness incense, potions, and ritual crystals.

After all, a psychiatrist is a profession full of dangers, and she has to deal with not only insomnia and nervous students and office workers on weekdays – but also the filth that pops out of the “dreams” and “imaginations” of those patients.

“Now, you are starting to feel a little more at ease, because the person who helped you will soon appear in your dreams…”

Heidi continued to speak softly. At the same time, she noticed that the elf girl’s pupils were deep. A faint silver radiance has begun to emerge everywhere, which is the characteristic that the blessing of Lahemu, the god of wisdom, has begun to take effect-fortunately, although the elves have a “god-forsaken” physique, they can still accept Lahemu’s blessing normally. , which made Heidi, who is a believer in the God of Wisdom, a lot easier.

“You left a door for ‘ta’, that door is very close to you, you have given the ‘key’ to the person who helped you in advance, now, you are hiding in a safe place, Quietly waiting for that door to open…

“You are very at ease, because you know that the one you trust the most came in from that door…”

Heidi said softly, and with her last words, the elf girl’s breathing became obviously long and steady down.

This is temporary.

But Heidi is ready for the next step of “treatment”.

She quickly left the elf girl’s side, took the amethyst pendant that she had just used to hypnotize her, and lay down on an empty hospital bed next to her.

Holding the amethyst she got from her father tightly, she softly recited the prayers of Rahmu, the god of wisdom, and slowly closed her eyes.

After a while, she opened her eyes and sat up with some doubts.

I didn’t succeed in sinking into any dreams—hypnosis didn’t work?

Heidi got up from the hospital bed, carefully checked the surrounding environment, and walked to the hospital bed where the elf girl was lying.

Her “patient” still lay there quietly, showing no signs of waking up.

After repeated inspections for a long time and two more futile hypnosis, Heidi found that she couldn’t connect to the dream of the elf girl at all.

A sense of frustration welled up in her heart.

She was frustrated by the hospital bed for a while, while quietly thinking about other alternative treatment options. After an unknown period of time, she sighed, got up and walked towards the door of the ward while moving her slightly sore shoulder and neck joints.

But before she touched the door, footsteps were heard outside the door, followed by the sound of a key turning, and as the handle was turned, the government affairs staff member in dark blue uniform opened the door. The door of the ward.

“Miss Heidi, how is the situation?”

The staff seemed to have been waiting in the “safe area” outside for a long time, and at this moment they were quite nervously asking about the progress of the treatment.

“It hasn’t worked yet—the conventional hypnotic methods have failed, and I may need to prepare some more powerful rituals or potions,” Heidi shook her head regretfully, and as she spoke, she lifted the amethyst pendant He hung it on his chest again, and then picked up his heavy suitcase, “I have to go back and think about the next treatment plan.” “…

Well, I think you tried your best this time,” the staff member sighed , said quite understandingly, “Other psychiatrists have tried before, but they were unable to break through this patient’s dream—because the situation was too weird, the pastor sent by the church was worried that it was some kind of weird phenomenon caused by the extinguishing of the sun. Mental pollution, I attach great importance to this matter… But there is no way, an expert like you finds it tricky, so it seems that you really can’t rush for success.”

Heidi nodded slightly.

Vaguely, she felt that the amethyst pendant on her chest seemed to be emitting a slight heat.

“Do you need us to arrange a vehicle to take you back?”

the staff member asked politely.

“No, my car is parked outside.” Heidi shook her head.

“Okay, then I won’t send you off, you can go back the same way – I’ll check the patient’s condition again.”

Heidi hummed, smiled at the staff member in a friendly manner, and then turned around , to the long and deep corridor outside.

Behind her, the staff in blue uniforms also turned around and walked towards the elf girl who was still sleeping.

Footsteps sounded behind him, currently about five meters away.

Heidi silently picked up the suitcase, and reached for the hidden compartment at the bottom of the suitcase with her other hand, then turned around blankly, and pulled the trigger.

“Bang!”

The bullet pierced through the back of the figure in the blue uniform, bursting into a hazy mist of blood.

(end of this chapter)