Krafft's Notes on Anomalies

Kraft clenched his fist and completely wrapped the pendant, holding on to the light that had not been noticed by more people. "Okay, give the patient some quiet space to rest. Crowds and noise are not conducive to recovery."

"The Duke hopes that you and Knight Martin will meet as soon as possible after you have rested. Someone will come to remind you then, Professor." The guard finally exited the room, and before leaving, he did not forget to remind him, "It is related to this matter."

"Of course, I also want to know what happened." Kraft nodded in agreement and motioned for Coop to close the door and lock it.

Hearing the footsteps fade away, he half-closed the curtains and opened his palms. The pendant inlaid with the condensation of giant mushrooms from deep inside emitted a faint red light in his palms. Compared with the starry red light that could only be observed in the dark before, now it is just a piece of solidified blood flame set on a metal sheet, which is second only to the state when facing the "angel" directly.

This triggered Coop's stress reaction, and he instinctively hid by the door and touched the hammer handle.

Kraft stood up and walked around the room with the pendant in hand. The red light dimmed and brightened again, showing an unmistakable change in brightness as it approached the bed.

Yvonne also noticed this rather familiar trinket, and watched Kraft spin it around the room, and finally turned it back to her, looking up at him inexplicably.

The two stared at each other.

"Yvonne, I know it may be uncomfortable to take the initiative to recall that experience..." After considering the words, a more compromise statement was picked out to prevent the girl from mistakenly thinking that this was a question.

"You may have been affected by some bad effects. It's not obvious now, but it may cause some... symptoms in the future. So you need to know specifically what happened that day, okay?"

He pulled up a chair and sat in the sun. He put his hands together in a normal conversational manner, "It's just a chat between us, starting in the morning. For example, was the breakfast that day delicious?" while guiding the topic to something easier. At the beginning, Kraft was observing Yvonne's reaction.

It is not a good thing to bring it up in a short period of time after encountering a terrible incident that threatens fatality. If Yvonne's mental state is not suitable to continue the conversation, he will choose to temporarily terminate the conversation and get an overview from the Duke first.

However, the fact is that Yvonne appears calmer than the best possible situation, and this calmness is not reassuring. A normal person would undoubtedly experience severe, profound negative effects after such exposure, and her condition resembled an unsuccessful elicitation of the pain reflex.

"Two slices of bread?" she replied, going on to recall, "Then I finished my homework for the day until noon, when a man named Brimmer came."

"Brimmer?"

A professor of humoral science at Rivers University and a disciple of Professor Fernand, it is quite reasonable for this name to appear on the visiting list.

"What is he here for?"

"He wanted your manuscript, saying it was related to... academic gathering arrangements?" After briefly recalling the unfamiliar terms, Yvonne said a little proudly, "I didn't let him touch your things."

"Oh, that thing is not that important, but you did the right thing." Kraft would not say that he planned to write the content of the speech at the academic gathering. His schedule was full of selective writing of the monograph.

This does not seem to be what a mature industry insider should do. Even if it is nominally related to arranging academic conferences, it is too rude to ask for a manuscript that has not yet been published. What's more, if you don't explain to me, it's normal for serious disputes to arise if you are not careful.

The following narrative shifted his impression of Brimer from "presumptuous and immature" to "suspicious".

"He stayed and said he hoped I would change my mind."

To be sure, Brimer's behavior was not an accident, but a clear purpose in requesting the manuscript. Based on Kraft's understanding of Rivers University, they were all people with status and appropriate advances and retreats. It was not like they were instructed by the college or higher-ups such as Professor Fernand to do this kind of thing.

"What next?"

"I spent an afternoon with the craftsmen, and they seemed to have some idea of ​​what you wanted." She described her day, from Brimer's visit to the wasted afternoon, as calm as ever.

And as if it heralds the coming of the key point, there is some emotion in the description, but it is not fear, but something inexplicable, like walking out of a cave and standing in front of something more majestic than the towering mountain peaks. Afterwards, I recalled the pure emotions that still left me feeling unfulfilled. It was not just shock, trembling, or wonder, but it contained all of them.

She pursed her lips, as if she was moistening her lips, or as if she was reminiscing about something, "On the way back, I saw something near his residence."

"His place? What kind of thing?"

"They... are very beautiful, like wearing mushrooms on their bodies and climbing up from the cliff." Those scenes were reproduced through language, and you can imagine what a terrifying scene it was, "I saw the torches extinguished, and I found a place to hide. It’s dawn.”

A mature parasitic body was awakened in the place where the patrol team was least vigilant inside the castle. It climbed up the mountainside from the chasm that ordinary people could not cross. There was no way for anyone who encountered it to avoid it. Meeting them on a narrow road on the mountain road was almost synonymous with death.

But why are they awakened?

There is only one place in Westminster where there is a suspected bacterium, and the Duke does not have the ability to control a large group of bodies.

Unless there is a "channel" that connects to the deep layer, it happens to be right next to it, so that batches of bacteria find controllable objects nearby and temporarily come to the world.

A question that had been lingering for some time was answered - the disappearance of Lecturer Petrie and the waiter at the dinner party. The answer becomes clear after understanding the principle of Edward's "disappearance technique": Paganism has mastered a method that can steadily pull people who are connected to the deep level.

The premise is that the "spell caster" must be nearby, and deep inside the banquet venue, Rivers University, the guy who can transform into a living person must be present.

In these two incidents, there were too few people present who overlapped.

【Brimmer】

Unexpectedly, this guy jumped out on his own. Now that I think about it, there were early signs of his loss of control. His eagerness to leave the scene after the incident was somewhat inconsistent with his identity, but it was difficult to make the connection at the time.

"Did you see Brimmer again?"

"I heard that a body was found in that room, but I couldn't identify if it was him." Yvonne's eyelids were drooped and she couldn't see the focus of her vision.

"Don't be afraid. After all, they are just things that are no match for swords and armor." Kraft realized that he might have asked too many questions. He wanted to comfort him but didn't know how to say it properly. "You can think of them as some kind of wild beasts, like wolves." s things."

Yes, they also go out in groups, hunting in the mushroom forest, and their target is the body of the prey.

I hope it won’t bring any indelible psychological trauma to the girl, Kraft thought. Yvonne is the kind of person who is not good at expressing herself. She is used to being alone and digesting things that are difficult for adults to swallow alone, even for children. The most common emotional expression - I have never seen anyone cry.

In his eyes, Yvonne is an angel in the education world. She possesses the studious and positive qualities that every teacher most wants to see. She is also the sensible child that guardians most want to see. However, this kind of sensibleness is not based on the operation of transparent principles. In terms of rules, it is a behavioral pattern formed through observation that will least hurt yourself.

Therefore, it is best not to blindly rest assured based on the apparent calm. It is still necessary to pay continuous attention.

Besides, I do feel that something is not quite right. Although the logic expressed by Yvonne is clear and consistent with what she should make according to her identity, the comprehensive performance is based on intuition. No problem is itself a problem.

"Alas." Kraft sighed and connected the mental organ, knowing that every time he used it, he would move closer to the deeper levels, but there would always be a time when he had to use it.

The internal structure of things is reflected in the mind, and the consciousness absorbs the complex information and sighs with satisfaction. The embedded objects in the arms that proliferate like geometric crystal clusters are oscillating continuously, and the small condensation precipitated under the skin trembles.

Scanning Yvonne's body, sure enough, there was slight inflammation oozing out of the bronchial tubes. However, it was limited to the large bronchi and had not spread down to the alveoli. It was probably caused by inhalation.

The ethereal and ethereal slender, near-humanoid object overlaps with the body and is detected by the spirit. Its appearance comes from its slight "fading". The difference from the surrounding material makes it appear in a slightly darker state, as if it is illuminated alone by some kind of dim, lack of color light.

That is something that should not be seen under normal conditions, Yvonne's spiritual body. Kraft clearly remembers that the last time he observed the mental body was when Kupp was deeply affected. The "fading" of the mental body will obviously make it different from the environment in the field of vision of the mental senses, which will become more obvious as the degree of influence deepens. It produces darker tones.

Something quite "familiar" is attached to the mental body, and it seems to be the source of the change.

It was an equally illusory velvet mass, with loose threads intertwined with thin cloud-like spiritual bodies, like bacterial lawns rooted in the mist. The textures of the two are indeed similar, and the contact parts are almost indistinguishable from each other.

【Bacteria? 】

Within just half a day, Kraft once again felt cramping pain within two fingers of the left edge of the sternum, radiating to the diaphragm, thorax, shoulder and back, and even the posterior molars. Along with the detectable carotid artery and pterional pulsation, the eyeballs seemed to to be squeezed out by the rising pressure from behind.

The first time I saw this thing, my spiritual senses came into contact with it. The invisible force clamped down on the void existence, trying to separate the foreign matter stuck to the spiritual body.

The power that penetrates the physical object surrounds everywhere, tearing and pulling. The stimulated bacterium shrank, reflexively trying to escape from the force of the mental senses, but to no avail.

However, this method of separation cannot clearly define the two. For example, invasive cancer tissue, the bacterium and the mental body are similar in nature but have unclear boundaries. They blend with each other, and while involving them, they also act on the host object, and the mental body is a blockbuster The land is disturbed and on the verge of collapse.

After observing the rapid deterioration of Yvonne's mental state, which was simultaneously reflected in phantom pain and lethargy in the corresponding area, Kraft was forced to abandon the operation.