Chapter 3093: The Doctor's Great Plan

Emilia successfully receiving the "Tree Staff" was only a small matter for this Sunday (Note). Xia De didn't stay in the library for too long and soon returned home with Little Mia, after all, the afternoon was the group meeting held again after a month.

Now all five members of the group had returned to Tuobeisike City. Although Luweiya still had to work overtime on Sunday, she also took the time to appear at Doctor Shi Nai De's psychological clinic on time that afternoon.

The doctor was very happy that everyone could come:

"I have become accustomed to seeing you every weekend afternoon and chatting with you about life. Of course, because the end of the year is approaching, as the group leader, I have the obligation to remind you that the exam week is coming."

"Doctor, actually you remind us that the exam week is coming all year round. Remember? After the summer exam week ended this year, you said, 'Although the summer exam week has ended, the year-end exam week is right before our eyes.'"

Duo Luo Qian reminded with a smile, and the doctor waved his hand:

"I bet my original sentence absolutely didn't say it like that... In short, the year-end exam determines everyone's individual assessment and group assessment. Although we completed the important group task of guarding the Angel-level relic in Tuobeisike this year, the group assessment will not be very low, but please still take it seriously.

The autumn holiday has ended. Taking advantage of the last month, please check the progress of your respective course papers and determine if there are any omissions in the course practice assignments. If you have time, you can take on a few more academy commissions to do; practical credits will never be too many."

He said, stood up, picked up a roll of parchment from the desk beside him, and handed it to Priest Ao Gu Si, who was closest to him, letting everyone take turns to check:

"Friends, I also have to announce good news:

In view of the fact that the material world has been gradually becoming different from the past, or rather quite dangerous, since a certain event in the summer of 1853 that everyone knows about, the academy has decided to significantly increase the reward specifications for all future academy tasks, including individual and group tasks, starting from the date of the notification.

Moreover, the rewards after the annual assessment at the end of each year will also be increased accordingly. Simply put, doing the same work, you can get more rewards in the future, and relics and knowledge that were not open to correspondence students in the past will now also be open."

The priest handed the parchment in his hand to Luweiya and continued to wipe his pipe with a handkerchief:

"This doesn't sound like good news. The Orthodox Church has actually been rumored since earlier this year that since last year, the number of ring warlocks in the material world has increased significantly, and the difficulty of promotion for ring warlocks has decreased, but the frequency of ancient evil objects, relics, and various strange things appearing has also increased significantly."

"The Divination Society has already confirmed this with data."

Luweiya, who was looking at the parchment notification, said:

"If the world of the Sixth Era is a complex tabletop game, then it is simply like updating to the next version now.

The academy and the church have collected a large number of relics over the past year. Now, by distributing low-risk relics to correspondence students in this way, it can also be regarded as a means to reduce the academy's storage pressure."

The parchment was then handed to Duo Luo Qian, and the writer Miss revealed:

"The Zhalas Literature Academy also sent similar notification letters to students outside the school yesterday. This should be a unified action of the three major academies. So, if we encounter enemies in the future, they might also have more relics in their hands, right?"

"Actually, I personally have always disapproved of carrying multiple relics at once when going out."

The doctor sat down beside Xia De again:

"However, if we could get a good healing relic, that would be great. Although everyone's level is very high now, no one would think there are too many healing relics. I still miss the document-level healing relic 【Physician's Severed Hand】 we once had. It helped us so much and gave us necessary healing after countless events... "

"I remember the priest said that the relic was lost when you and others had a firefight in 1852, right? (Chapter 92)"

Xia De, who finally got the parchment, asked. Duo Luo Qian had already seen a similar notification from Lei Qianya, so she read it very quickly just now.

The priest nodded:

"Yes, that item was a reward given by the academy after the four of us completed a group task.

Shaking hands with the severed hand can restore one's own injuries to a certain extent, and even soothe soul injuries. If that relic were still there, the recovery speed after Bill forcibly used the sublimation language last summer would have been faster. It is indeed a pity that the relic was lost; we haven't encountered a better healing relic than it."

The doctor then suggested:

"Since we mentioned group tasks, are you interested in another collective action before the Year-End Festival? This is also to supplement your own practical credits. I know that except for the detective who can use time adventure investigation reports to offset credits, your credits are actually not enough."

The others, including Xia De, expressed their agreement. Although Xia De said he wanted to rest at home for a while, it wouldn't be much if he just did some things in Tuobeisike.

"However, as the end of the year approaches, what group task can the academy have in the Tuobeisike area that requires the five of us to carry out together?"

Luweiya asked hesitantly:

"Doctor, you are a tenth-ring, Xia De is a ninth-ring, Duo Luo Qian and I are both eighth-ring, and the priest is a fifth-ring. Although the academy doesn't know our true levels, even based on what the academy knows now, we are considered a relatively powerful study group.

Nothing big has happened nearby recently either. Doctor, what task are you planning to choose?"

The doctor actually hadn't chosen yet:

"Just asking for your thoughts first. Since everyone agrees, I will take the time to choose a task. However, there is actually no need to choose a task that is too difficult. The last task was obviously a bit excessively dangerous.

I will probably pick a task equivalent to storing a Sage-level relic to do. I will notify you when the time comes."

The doctor actually told Xia De that after the woodland event, he planned to look for the other two holy relics left by the "Witch Hunters," namely the 【Witch Hunter Encyclopedia】 and the compass 【Path of No Light】.

However, since clues suspected to be related to the "Demon King" were found in Professor Youke Wood's office, the doctor planned to crack the sealed book first before planning other things.

So if there were no accidents, none of the five group members except Xia De should have the need to travel far before the Year-End Festival this year. And Xia De's trips to Moon Bay, the Mountain Peak Ritual Site, and Willondale should only be considered short-distance trips.

Of course, at least he didn't need to consider going out this weekend.

Originally, Saturday was the date time for the princess and the writer, but because Duo Luo Qian was so sleepy from rushing the manuscript yesterday, Lei Qianya had said that the date would be postponed to Sunday—coincidentally, this group meeting was also postponed to Sunday.

Last week's date night was located in the twenty-four hours of the ancient "Time Jump," which caused the writer Miss and the princess to not only miss the Day of Red Butterflies but also miss the date time.

So, this week the two of them certainly had to seize the time to compensate Xia De and themselves. Therefore, under normal circumstances, the date night that would only have one person appear was divided into two halves by Lei Qianya and Duo Luo Qian this time.

After leaving the doctor's clinic, it was first Duo Luo Qian's time. The two ate dinner at a restaurant together, and then, like an old couple, walked the cat home along the streets where streetlights were gradually lighting up.

"Duo Luo Qian, this is for you and Lei Qianya. I got this from Professor Youke Wood's office; he liked to collect some old things."

When Duo Luo Qian was packing her change of clothes and toiletries at home, Xia De took something wrapped in silk cloth from the study and handed it to her.

"A gift?"

Duo Luo Qian asked curiously. After opening the cloth wrap, she found it was a hanging icon. It was made of wood, with a layer of plaster primer on the surface, and then painted with green and brown pigments depicting a man hanging upside down under a giant tree.

The wooden board was roughly rectangular, but the top had a certain arc. Gold leaf decorated the frame, and because it was too old, it had almost merged with the brown wood. On the back, there was a ring buckle that could be pulled out, which looked like it was for the convenience of hanging on the wall or placing on an altar.

"This is the technique of egg tempera."

Duo Luo Qian commented. Xia De didn't understand egg tempera, but this antique could be made into a Red Butterfly Card:

"This is Professor Youke Wood's collection, suspected to be the accessory worn by the protagonist in the ancient story 'Death of the Loner' circulating in the central region of Karsenrik. I suspect this hanging icon is related to the Ancient God - 【Upside-Down Judge】.

However, this item only has slight enlightenment elements and no miracle elements, so it is definitely not a divine item."

"Red Butterfly Card" was developed after the Green Lake event based on Laplace Howard's technology, used to "seal items related to ancient enlightenment stories, becoming power for Duo Luo Qian and Lei Qianya to use, to curb the soul fusion between them," a unique card.

This was already the eighth item Xia De had helped them find that could be made into a "Red Butterfly Card," and after obtaining these cards, the soul fusion trend of the princess and the writer had indeed almost completely stalled in the past six months.

Duo Luo Qian played with the wooden board for a while, then put it on the table, and then wrapped her arms around Xia De's neck and hugged him:

"Do you know? After experiencing this Battle of Vista Woodland, Lei Qianya and I are no longer satisfied with just maintaining our relative independence; we want more."

"More Red Butterfly Cards?"

"Of course not; more cards are still just letting us maintain a meeting every 21 days... But this is still too long, Xia De; it's too long for us and you."

She leaned her face against Xia De's chest, her right hand tightly grabbing Xia De's clothes:

"There will be a way for us to meet you more wantonly, right?"