Krafft's Notes on Anomalies

The facts are indeed similar to the speculations. The scars caused by the fire at Dunling University School of Medicine did not heal within a few months. Instead, there was a tendency for infection and festering, which would not heal.

After welcoming the delegation to the banquet hall, Professor Samuel chatted with the professors and lecturers for a while, and then excused himself from the meeting because of busy work. Even Kraft, who was the main talker in technical communication, received only a little extra attention.

He symbolically praised the new academic group for its fruitful achievements and its young and promising leaders, and his wandering eyes from time to time showed that there were things to deal with that were more worthy of investing time than mere talk.

"Considering that you have just arrived in Dunling and are tired from the journey, we will try to leave enough rest time in the agenda for the next few days." He explained.

【No time to arrange】

"We welcome everyone to communicate freely and discuss academic issues, especially medical treatment, drug properties, and pathological research. But please be sure to stay within the scope of research methods that will not cause controversy."

[Excluding surgery anyway]

In short, with the schedule unscheduled and the Tribunal conducting inspections every three days, everyone can only restrain themselves and stop doing things in certain gray areas.

After hearing this, Professor Linden coughed and interrupted, indicating that he needed to speak: "I have a question, which is more important. Your answer may determine the arrangement of our society for a long time to come."

"Please tell me."

"I haven't been to Dunling for many years. Are those places still worth sightseeing now? If nothing changes, I will take the students there directly."

There was a burst of laughter at the scene, and some people including Dun Ling also laughed out loud. Under the sound of laughter, Linden pushed away his chair and left with all the students. Before leaving, he also took away the reddest apple in the fruit basket on the table.

Kraft hesitated for a moment, feeling that he had nothing to do here, so he stood up and left the meeting, pretending to be a member of the Surgical Society and sneaked out of the venue in the chaos.

However, after going out, Linden did not go straight to the scenic spot as he said. Instead, he found a staircase with familiarity and prepared to go up. "I want to meet old friends first. Let's all leave now. It's a rare occasion to visit Dunling." , Go wherever you want, you don’t have to follow me, just remember to be back before the dinner."

The students who could no longer sit still received the promise and left one after another. As members of the Surgical Society, the students had never thought about learning anything in Dunling, which was heavily restricted. Since there were no arrangements at the moment and the professor was willing to let them have half a day off to move around freely, it would be great to fast forward directly to the public-funded school. Tourism segment.

The crowd dispersed, revealing three people from the Tuberculosis and Rare Disease Society following behind. Kraft spread his hands and said, "I don't think there's much to do there. Do you mind taking us with you on the tour later?"

"Before that, are you interested in taking a walk around the academy?"

"It could not be better."

Probably because of the remote location, they did not encounter any teachers or students from the college or ask questions. They walked straight up the stairs and arrived at the corridor on the fourth floor.

It has a relatively classic and simple structure. On one side of the corridor are rooms arranged in rows. Judging from the size, they should be used for teaching experiments. No one is entering or leaving at the moment.

The window on the other side overlooks the garden surrounded by the building. Looking down from here, the pruned tree towers and bulbs each form a small and exquisite landscape, which are related and symmetrical to each other. The whole is in the shape of a large concentric circle, with the main road running through it. There are many paths that go deep into it, dividing the colorful flower beds into fragments.

Professor Linden paused for a moment to judge the direction and walked to one side with a clear purpose. That's near the center of the main building, where the dome is.

A door that separated the corridor blocked the way. He tried to grab the handle and push it. There was a heavy metal block shaking and tapping from behind the thick door panel.

"Locked up, are you also guarding yourself?"

"Have you been here before?" The so-called visits to old friends all mean visiting here. This routine of bypassing the main entrance and taking the small stairs to the top floor is too familiar, and it doesn't seem like a way that non-locals can figure out.

Reluctantly tugging, Linden confirmed that he had not misremembered the direction of the door. "Someone took me through this road before. I can go up around the big spiral staircase in the middle. It can be used when the dome is not open to the public."

"Going to do experiments?" It was hard to understand what a member of Rivers wanted to do when he sneaked into the Dunling Medical College laboratory on a closed day.

"This is not just sightseeing." Linden held the door, with some nostalgia in his eyes, "You may not remember other places, but it is different here, and it is very impressive. If you are familiar with the local students, they will also tell you, It is rumored that this is the place where the book "The Structure of the Human Body" was written."

"Really?" Kraft felt a secret sense of superiority. According to the manuscript of the church in the forest, the place where Edward finally wrote the book was most likely not in the university, but on the top of the bell tower of a certain church.

It's very interesting to stumble upon certain historical secrets, especially when you see how everyone has been misled by so-called "credible hearsay." It's a pity that this secret can only be kept in the stomach.

"Really, it's such a pity that there are still some things that may be from the Edwardian era preserved there, but now they are all destroyed. Hundreds of years later, we could point to those things and tell future generations that Edward was on this stand. Observing anatomy"

He made a gesture of pointing his finger, imagining the scene, "By the way, I forgot to mention it. Remember to keep the earliest set of ether bottles."

After sighing for a while, Linden put away his emotions, and after specifically telling Kraft to save the current equipment, he gave up the idea of ​​finding another way to the dome laboratory.

"It seems we can't enter today. Are you interested in visiting other places? Although I haven't been here for a long time, Dunling is not a place that changes often."

Kraft looked out the window. Behind the white stone roof, a tall and thin spire of gray and black announced its ubiquitous presence. A bell rang in the distance, causing a chain reaction. The sound of different metal knocks at different distances followed. It sings in harmony.

"How many bell towers are there in Dunling?"

"This is confusing me. Why don't you ask how many stars there are in the sky, or how many bones a person has?"

"206 yuan."

"Correct, but the premise is that it is a 'normal adult under normal circumstances'. There are actually exceptions for children and some special circumstances." Linden looked at the person who answered the question in surprise, which was Kraft's male attendant. , "Is this your student? Sorry, I always thought this was your follower."

“It’s always good to learn more.”

"That's true." Rivers' surgical professor nodded. "The clock tower in Dunling may not be less than the bones. You can't finish it in one afternoon, but there is only one of the most famous ones. After you finish the tour, you still have time to go to the nearby Knights Island. It's a good time to come back in the evening. In time for dinner.”

"The Notre Dame Cathedral, the tallest bell tower in Dunling, is here. It's what we just saw on the boat." Linden got off the carriage provided by the college and looked up at the building that cast a shadow.

When you get close, the oppressive feeling of a giant building is multiplied by the intentionally designed tall figure. It is also from this distance that we can observe some of the true colors preserved within the folds of the multi-layered progressive structure. It is made of light-colored stone similar to that of the academy. Due to the long history, it has been deposited into the completely opposite solemn tone today.

This color deepening is naturally integrated into the facade design of the building, unintentionally or predictably deepening the concave and convex levels, forming a constant color difference between light and dark in addition to changing light and shadow. In the monumental layered three-dimensional structure of marble and alabaster, narrative reliefs are added to the concave half-moon arches.

Most of the sculptures are in a standing posture, showing an upward momentum consistent with the architectural form, reflecting the sense of soaring and rising. They converge and condense on the spire of the angel's wings, pointing directly to the sky as if it is within reach.

The most distinctive one is the female figure with a slender figure and slightly bowed head. She is holding a swaddling cloth with her hands, and the softness of the fabric depicts a real swaddling. She is high up under the ring of wings, and only the crooks of her arms can be seen.

"I have to admit, the aesthetics of these people are not bad. It would be even more beautiful if they could climb up to the bell tower." Under the figures of the Heavenly Father and the Holy Mother, no matter how ungodly people were, they had to talk in a low voice for the sake of the court.

"By the way, is there a hunchbacked bell ringer in this church bell tower?" Craft asked on a whim.

"How do you know?" Linden glanced at Kraft doubtfully, wondering where he got the travel guide. This was not something that an outsider who had never been here would know.

"There is a story that I don't know is true or false. It was a long time ago and was only circulated locally. It is said that he was left at the door of the church and was raised by a priest. He was born deformed and ugly but kind-hearted. He married a woman who was famous for his beauty. My wife, with the blessing of her adoptive father, completed her wedding and lived happily ever after."

"ah?"

"Is there a problem? Why do I feel like you are surprised?"

"It's really unexpected, but I like this story very much, thank you." Kraft laughed so hard that he didn't explain to the three of them the fun that he couldn't share. "Don't pay attention to me, everyone has a unique way of laughing, right? ?”