Don't disturb the sorcerer's scientific research

Chapter 223 Jia Xiu had a premonition that he was going to take the blame.
After hearing Jassiu's proposal for a medical examination and treatment, Paula immediately agreed.

However, she didn't have any expectations for Jia Xiu's level.

How much more skilled can a journalist be at healing arts?

As for his claim of having a "deep understanding" of healing techniques, just take it as him casually boasting. In the media industry, it's normal for people to talk nonsense.

The print media industry on this continent was still in its infancy, a period of rather unregulated growth. Not to mention mainstream media, even serious media, industry rules were not clear. Every single one of them was operating unorthodoxly, with no limit to how unorthodox they could get.

But Paula agreed anyway.

Because Govard is indeed lacking in priests and doctors, healing is a rather rare concept among the demons. Their innate physical condition means that they only perceive injuries and illnesses as either fatal or non-fatal.

Fatal injuries are certain death, but non-fatal injuries can be ignored; they will heal on their own.

One very common thing about the Demon race's messy language is that words related to doctors, priests, and healing are all borrowed from the Common Language.

As for the other races in Govard, priests almost never come to such a wretched place. There are a few doctors, but it's hard to say whether they're reliable or not. You have no idea if they're really doctors, or fraudsters, or weirdos looking for experimental subjects.

In comparison, someone who can use healing spells even slightly well is already quite good.

Paula never expected that this reporter from Larvin would be so skilled in using healing magic.

She's only been gone from Larvin for a few years, and the average spell level in the City of All Laws has already improved again?
This is nothing like the kind of healing technique a journalist should know.

After helping to find a room to serve as a temporary medical examination and treatment area, the reporter immediately began his work.

Their mastery of healing arts is simply incomprehensible.

The casting speed is incredibly fast, and the accuracy is phenomenal.

What's even more outrageous is that this healing spell seems to work well on any area.

Leg pain? Get it treated.

Back pain? Let's treat it.

Sore throat? Let's try some remedies...

The treatment was quite effective everywhere; every manor resident who received the treatment had clear eyes the moment the healing spell took effect.

It was the exhilaration of suddenly losing a long-standing ailment.

I've treated over a dozen people so far, and I haven't made a single mistake.

It looks like a basic healing spell. Has this spell evolved to the point where it can heal anything?

Paula suddenly began to doubt herself, wondering if there had been any qualitative breakthroughs in healing magic during the years she had been away from the magic research center.

Thinking about this, I couldn't help but look at Jashy with new respect; working in Larvin was indeed different...

Meanwhile, Jassiu, who was pretending to cast a healing spell, felt a little uneasy under Paula's gaze.

What does that mean? Why are you staring at me?

Did she realize something?

Could it be that she realized I was deliberately reducing the intensity and efficiency of the healing spell?
Jia Xiu was a little flustered. In order not to let the other party see that he was too proficient in the healing spell, he deliberately used it very clumsily, which he thought was already a low level that was painful to watch.

After all, the rapid and varied healing techniques are the most distinctive feature of the new champion of the Five Schools Tournament. Although not everyone pays attention to the Five Schools Tournament, it is still necessary to restrain and conceal it, just in case.

Jia Xiu glanced at Paula and found that she was still looking. Their eyes met, so he could only pretend to smile calmly.

Is it because his acting skills are not good enough?

Deliberately acting like a noob is indeed a skill.

But isn't Paula a magic painter by training? She's not a proper magic student, and I can't sense any strong magical energy fluctuations from her. Unless she's a super strong person, so strong that even Elizabeth wouldn't be able to detect her, she's just playing dumb here. She's just an ordinary spellcaster with mediocre skills.

It shouldn't be obvious that he's deliberately feigning stupidity.

If she sees through it, she will definitely become even more suspicious of the purpose of our visit.

The subsequent task progress has become much more difficult.

Just as Jia Xiu was racking his brains trying to figure out what Paula was thinking, she suddenly spoke.

“Mr. Matthew, your healing technique is quite special; it works very well on all parts of the body.”

Upon hearing this, Jia Xiu immediately realized that he had been outsmarting thin air.

He casually replied, "It's nothing special; it's just the latest development in healing techniques from the last two years."

"Oh, is it so?"

"It was made by a genius named Jia Xiu."

Jia Xiu boasted without batting an eye.

Margaret, who was acting as his assistant, gave him a look that said, "How could you say that?"

No one would so easily declare themselves a genius.

“Jassi? I’ve heard of him. I think he’s some kind of champion from St. Terre, right?”

Jia Xiu was slightly surprised, not expecting his reputation to have spread so far.

Indeed, geniuses are always so captivating.

However, Paula continued, "He even studied healing magic. I thought he just specialized in selling mage armor."

Jia Xiu is no longer surprised.

What does "that kind of mage armor" mean?

Isn't a convenient and quick method of contraception and prevention of infectious diseases a perfectly legitimate and meritorious spell?

Now he knew why Paula had been watching him for so long.

I probably wanted to see if he really knew healing magic first, and after watching, I found that he was "very special", so I watched him for a while out of curiosity.

Jia Xiu felt that she should leave quickly, as it wasn't good for her to stay here for the subsequent experimental work.

The main purpose of my visit today is twofold: firstly, to have a more detailed conversation with Becky, and secondly, to use the demons in the manor as a test subject.

Paula is very curious and has a keen eye for detail; if she keeps watching, she might be able to spot something.

Thinking of this, Jia Xiu said, "Ms. Paula, let me heal you too."

His thinking was that once Paula experienced the healing magic firsthand, there would be no reason for her to continue watching.

He's someone who's in charge, so why doesn't he have anything serious to do?

“No, no, please treat everyone first. I’m perfectly healthy, I’m fine,” Paula replied.

"You are in charge of managing this manor, and you must be very busy and tired every day. You don't have any illnesses, so healing your whole body will be good for your health."

Jia Xiu's words were echoed by the other members of the manor in the room, who all suggested that Paula go first.

Seeing that everyone else was doing the same, Paula couldn't very well refuse.

"Ok."

"Is this right?"

As soon as Paula agreed, Jash immediately used telepathy to communicate with Elizabeth in his pocket.

“Jassau calls Elizabeth, repeat, Jassau calls Elizabeth.”

"Why did you say it twice? Um... repeat, why did you say it twice?"

"Wait a minute, use the vampire transformation on this person. I need to confirm if she's human."

Jia Xiu decided to secretly test Paula under the cover of the healing spell's effects.

When the healing spell takes effect, the sensation on the body is relatively strong, like the comfort of soaking in a hot spring. Under this effect, it is difficult to feel the strange physical sensations brought about by the vampire transformation.

Moreover, even if one senses it, they can simply dismiss it by saying, "This is a special effect of a new type of healing technique."

The lush green healing spell was aimed at Paula.

Jasmine used a telepathic technique to count down for Elizabeth.

If she were a human, that would be fine.

If she's a demon in disguise, that would be interesting. A demon disguised as a human, spreading propaganda about human-demon unity, is unlikely to be without some ulterior motive.

She must have a part in the secrets of the manor.

Another key focus of the task.

A few minutes later.

"Phew—that feels pretty good."

Paula stretched her shoulders and neck.

"Of course, I certainly wouldn't be able to give it to everyone if I didn't have that level of skill."

As Jia Xiu spoke, he had already received feedback from Paula.

He had mastered healing spells to the point where they could be cast almost instinctively. He was so proficient that he could use them in conjunction with any other spell, as long as his mana output was manageable, without hindering either.

You don't even need to think.

It can certainly be used in conjunction with spells that capture feedback signals.

Paula then suggested, "Since it's working so well, I'll call the children over so they can get healed too."

"Of course that's good."

"Just hurry up and leave," Jia Xiu thought to himself.

After seeing Paula off, Jasshu healed a few more people, secretly conducting tests while doing so, and asking them about their true races before speaking.

"Give me a few minutes to rest, everyone. I need to recover my magic."

"Of course, you can rest for a few hours, doctor."

Now, Jia Xiu's professional role at the manor has changed from reporter to doctor.

good phenomenon.

They are less resistant to doctors than to reporters, and it's easier for them to ask questions.

Jia Xiu never expected that he only knew a healing spell and could become a "doctor" in this lifetime.

However, he doesn't actually need to rest.

He could cast healing spells all day long, not to mention Elizabeth and Margaret were here replenishing his mana.

He was eager to verify Paula's race.

As soon as the room door closed, he immediately began analyzing the feedback signals.

He has memorized the signal characteristics of humans, while other forms of characteristics are in the magic book. He can also immediately record any characteristics that he has not seen in previous experiments.

Jia Xiu quickly calculated each feature value of Paula's feedback signal and compared it with his memory.

Is he really a person?

The results came quickly.

It's neither good nor bad news.

On the bright side, there's not much to worry about Paula; on the downside, it doesn't help much with the mission to uncover the manor's secrets.

I also compared the signals of the other signals while I was at it.

Humans, humans, thorn demons, succubi...

All of these match the race they themselves claim to belong to.

No demon would lie about this, and the race they made up just happens to match the signal characteristics.

Excluding such an absurd possibility means that the solution test was quite successful.

So Jia Xiu opened the door again.

"Sorry to keep you all waiting, we can continue now..."

As the free treatment resumed, Jia Xiu chatted with each patient.

"This manor is quite special."

"Indeed, it's quite special that there's someone in the manor who offers free healing to everyone."

"That's not what I meant. I was just doing this out of kindness. I was saying that I saw a Demon of the Deep Hell standing guard near the cafeteria. It was kind of scary. Is the cafeteria some kind of important place? Why would a Demon of the Deep Hell be protecting it?"

"Oh, you mean the cafeteria? You don't know, the Demon Lord of the Deep Prison isn't protecting the cafeteria, he's protecting Aunt Becky who cooks there."

"what?"

Jia Xiu feigned surprise.

"Why is that..."

In this way, while treating patients, Jia Xiu also chatted with them with a highly purposeful mindset, and thus obtained a lot of information about Becky.

These messages, whether true or false, are of little use.

The general consensus is that, firstly, Becky was indeed the devil's wife, and secondly, she was a good person.

Despite his high status, he was down-to-earth, sponsoring the activities of the Solidarity Society, providing living expenses for homeless children here, and even personally "condescending" to cook for them.

Based on this description, she is indeed a good person.

What people don't agree on is the love story between Becky and the devil...

Gossip is indeed a very popular hobby.

Jia Xiu had already heard more than a dozen different versions from different people.

It encompasses everything from realism to abstract art.

From mutual affection to abusive love, from unusual fetishes to substitute literature, the rumors are incredibly varied.

However, this information did not help much in understanding Becky's hidden motives.

Just for fun.

After treating the patient in front of him, no one else came in.

Jia Xiu went out to see what was going on, only to find the manor in complete chaos.

Everyone was frantically searching for something.

What's going on here?
Jia Xiu was a little curious.

I stopped the nearest one at random.

"Hello, excuse me, what are you looking for?"

The other person didn't even turn their head. "Looking for the child."

Looking for a child?

"Ah, those kids have gone missing. If you have time, come and help out. Most of the people have gone into the city to look for them, and we don't have enough manpower left in this area of ​​the manor."

"Those kids have disappeared?"

Jia Xiu was also startled.

Yes, Paula said to have those children come and get some treatment, but several hours have passed and they haven't come.

I thought something had happened.

It turned out that something really did happen.

wrong.

Jia Xiu immediately realized what was happening.

If it's just a prank, that's fine, but if a child really is missing, then he'll be in trouble.

Whether the child's disappearance is related to the secrets of the manor is another matter.

He is definitely a prime suspect.

An outsider showed great interest in the Solidarity Society and took the initiative to offer his help, his enthusiasm even out of character with Goward.

On the first day, they even had a child act as their tour guide.

The child disappeared the next day.

This guy is perfect for taking the blame.

It seems to be the one with the biggest problem.

Hopefully nothing bad will happen.

Jia Xiu thought to himself.

A mischievous child played a prank, was kidnapped by human traffickers, ran off to play far away and got lost and couldn't find his way back...

Either way is fine, as long as it's not too serious, nothing so life-threatening that it can't be reversed.

May the Radiant Knight protect you...

Jia Xiu's utilitarian faith involves offering a prayer when he needs blessings.

He only knows one god here.

But just then, Elizabeth whispered.

"I smell a very strong stench of blood..."

(End of this chapter)