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Chapter 63 Relaxation

"Hi, Father, I'm here to visit you again! Aren't you happy to see me?"

Alicia greeted him warmly, but Father Pucci ignored her and looked at Mebius behind Alicia.

What brings you here?

"Nothing much, headquarters just cut my budget again and holds meetings that waste time every day."

"Since we're short on funds anyway, I thought I'd come here to take a look and relax a bit."

Mebius spoke, his tone full of contempt for those people.

Father Pucci nodded, took out a crucifix, and handed it to Mebius.

“You can bring this cross whenever you want to come back,” Father Pucci added.

"Quack! It's here! The priest's otherworldly pocket is full of crosses!"

The two looked at Alicia with eyes that seemed to regard her as an idiot. Alicia didn't feel embarrassed and blinked to meet their gaze.

“It’s almost lunchtime, why don’t you stay here for dinner? Eden and Aponia will be cooking today,” Father Pucci said.

"Eden! Is she here too?! Eden, I'm here!"

This triggered Alicia's keywords, and she excitedly said that she couldn't wait to run into the sanatorium to find Eden.

“Let’s go in too,” Father Pucci said, turning and walking into the sanatorium. Mebius followed him.

......

"The sanatorium has become a bit deserted. There were many children when I came last time, but now only Xier is left."

As Alicia spoke, she patted Seele's head.

"Seele is fourteen years old, she's not a child anymore! Don't touch Seele's head."

“Oh my? Seele has grown up too.” Alicia said, moving her hand down from Seele’s head and starting to pinch Seele’s cheek.

"Miss Alicia, please refrain from fooling around while eating."

After Aponia finished speaking, Alicia felt her body was somewhat out of control, and she sat down obediently to eat.

'Hmm? Interesting ability. Even though I wasn't on guard, it can still control my actions.'

Alicia thought to herself, and decided to stop teasing Seele.

After dinner, Alicia pestered Eden to go out and play, and seeing this, you gave Velvi the day off.

Upon learning this, Velvey suggested to the two that they put on a magic show. Eden and Alicia had never performed magic themselves before, so they found it quite novel and agreed to Velvey's suggestion.

Later, when Seele went to see a magic show, Alicia took her along.

Only Aponia and Mebius, who were not interested in the magic show, remained.

You suggested taking Mebius to the research institute next to the sanatorium that studies drugs for Honkai disease.

Mebius agreed, and Aponia also said she would go with him.

After the three entered the research institute, Father Pucci inquired about the progress of the development of the drug for the Falcon Collapse Disease.

Fal shook his head, then his eyes lit up when he saw Mebius.

"You've certainly thought this through carefully. With Dr. Mebius here, the development of the Honkai disease drug will definitely advance by leaps and bounds!"

"She's just here on vacation."

"It's alright, since you're already here, let me show you."

Afterwards, Fal led everyone to the basement, which contained a large number of Honkai Beasts and the corpses of people suffering from Honkai disease.

"Is Aponia alright? Why don't you go out first?" Father Pucci asked Aponia with some concern.

“No need, Father. I have seen far more tragic scenes in my life than this.”

"...Thank you for your hard work, Aponia."

Upon hearing Father Pucci's words, Aponia shook her head.

“You are the one who changed those tragic fates; no one else could have done that.”

"You must have done a lot of things."

“I said, can we take care of business first?” Mebius interrupted the two, saying somewhat impatiently.

“Miss Möbius, please…”

"Apponia!"

"...I'm sorry, Father, I lost my composure. You two can talk about serious matters. I'll head back to the sanatorium now."

"What was that? Why did my body feel out of control for a moment?" Mebius asked Father Pucci after Aponia left.

“That’s a talent that Aponia was born with.”