Chapter 576, Section 575: The Relics Association's Detection
Vera, Filyn, and Filyn are currently located in Oath City.
The reason for choosing this place is simple: it is home to the kingdom's top apothecaries, magic scholars, and temple priests.
Vera, on the other hand, was a patient who suffered a severe head injury after a fierce battle.
After that encounter, everything about "Cirion" in Vera's memory was wiped away as if by magic, leaving no trace.
This amnesia greatly worries the twin sisters, Fei Ling and Fei Yin, who fear that Vera might wake up one day with a worsening condition and forget everything about them.
After discussing it, the two sisters decided to bring all their savings to the capital for medical treatment.
The three adventurers had accumulated some savings over the years.
After a careful examination, the pharmacist said, "This is not caused by head trauma or residual toxins. My medicine cannot help."
The high priest shook his head: "I didn't sense any aura of curse."
Finally, with the help of others, the three found the Relics Association.
Although this organization, founded by sorcerers and historians, does not have a clinic, it often provides unexpected solutions to difficult problems that cannot be solved by conventional means because of its years of research into various ancient artifacts, strange phenomena and extraordinary accidents.
They were greeted by a middle-aged man with a calm demeanor, dressed in a dark blue scholar's robe.
"Only the memories of a specific person have completely disappeared, while all other memories, cognition, and personality remain intact?"
After receiving an affirmative reply from Fei Ling, he tapped the table lightly with his fingertips, looking puzzled: "This is indeed strange. Neither physical brain damage nor common mental interference magic could achieve such precise 'elimination'; it should usually be accompanied by large areas of memory confusion or loss."
The middle-aged scholar was also clueless, but since he had already received the deposit, he still had to do his best.
"In any case, let's use the association's information identification device to check it first. Maybe we can find some clues."
Upon hearing this, Fei Ling looked disappointed: "We conducted a test at the local adventurers' guild when he first lost his memory... and they found nothing."
Fei Yin sighed as well; it seemed this trip would also be fruitless.
Vera herself comforted the two sisters: "Alright, alright, it hasn't gotten worse after all this time, so maybe it's not a serious problem. Let's just leave it at that. Although I also want to regain my memories, we can't spend all our savings on this."
The scholar insisted, "Let's still test it. The identification equipment at the association headquarters is much more advanced than that of those adventurer branches. Perhaps it can find some overlooked traces."
Although they knew the scholars were mostly just trying to comfort them, they had already paid the deposit, so why not give it a try!
Led by the scholar, the group wandered through a maze-like corridor and finally arrived at a room containing a giant magical instrument.
The scholars were clearly not exaggerating; the appraisal equipment of the Relics Association is far more advanced than that of the Adventurers' Guild!
The massive metal base was engraved with layers of glowing runes, and complex copper pipes and crystal lenses formed intricate circuits. In terms of volume alone, it was three times larger than the one in the Adventurers' Guild.
This gave Fei Ling and Fei Yin a glimmer of hope.
However, when they arrived, a scholar was already operating the equipment in the room.
The man turned around at the sound of the voice and said, "Redgrave, do you need the equipment? Just a moment, it'll be ready soon."
Not long after he finished speaking, the runes on the huge identification instrument gradually dimmed, and with a crisp "click" sound, the hemispherical hatch in the center of the instrument opened.
The man took out a hard card containing data from the side slot, then bent down and pulled a round, plump little creature out of the cabin before leaving the room and handing over the equipment.
Vera and the other two looked at each other in surprise. They had initially thought that someone else was sitting inside, but they never expected it to be Puji!
Seeing their curiosity, the middle-aged scholar, who was adjusting the equipment, explained casually, "If you stay at the association for a few more days, you'll find that this is quite common. Nowadays, many scholars are focusing their research on the 'puji'."
He turned the knob, then suddenly looked up at Fei Yin: "By the way, judging from your attire, you're also a mage... May I ask, are you a mental mage specializing?"
Fei Yin shook her head.
"That's alright." The scholar glanced at Number Five, who was curiously poking at the instrument's casing with its tentacles, and its tone became more serious as it kindly reminded, "If you have friends who study mental magic, be sure to remind them never to cast any interactive mental magic on Puji."
"Interactive?"
“For example, charm, mind control, coercion, dream construction, and the like.” The scholar’s voice lowered. “These Poji have an almost absolute ability to counter these kinds of spells. There have already been several serious incidents because of this, and the association is preparing to issue a warning to the public soon.”
"Why is this?" Fei Yin lifted Number Five, who was clinging to her, and looked at him from side to side, incredulous.
"The reason is still unclear. Those who might know the answer... are all fools now. There are too many mysteries surrounding Puji, this is just one of them."
He turned to Vera and patted the instrument compartment that was ready: "Alright, Mr. Vera, please go in."
Ten minutes later, the instrument emitted a low hum, and the rune array dimmed sequentially. A hard card with a faint glowing edge popped out from the side slot.
The middle-aged scholar Redgrave stepped forward, took the card, and placed it into a crystal plate that aided in reading.
He initially glanced casually at the flowing runes and data, but his gaze quickly froze. His body stiffened abruptly, his fingers trembled involuntarily, and he almost dropped the thin card.
Fei Ling and Fei Yin, who had been keeping a close eye on him, instantly felt their hearts leap into their throats.
"What's wrong?" Fei Ling's voice was a little tense. "Is it...something very serious?"
The scholar suddenly looked up, his eyes filled with disbelief and confusion, and he quickly waved his hand.
"No, no, it's not as serious as you think, but..." He looked down at the crystal panel again, as if to confirm that he hadn't misread it, "This result... I'm not sure if it's a malfunction of the instrument, or... Please wait here for a moment, and don't leave! I'll go and get my teacher to take a look right away!"
He didn't even wait for the three to respond before clutching the card and almost staggering out of the room, his footsteps fading rapidly down the corridor.
The door slammed shut, leaving a lingering silence in the room, where the faint hum of the remaining instruments sounded exceptionally clear.
“He…the way he looked just now…” Fei Yin’s voice trembled with tears as she gripped her sister’s arm tightly. “Would Vera really…”
"Don't think like that!" Fei Ling scolded, but her own face was equally pale. "Let's wait for that scholar's teacher to arrive!"
"But... what if Vera really becomes an idiot in the future..." Fei Yin became more and more frightened as she thought about it, and tears rolled down her cheeks uncontrollably.
"Hey, isn't it a bit much?" Vera, the person in question, was the most composed.
He walked up to Fei Yin, patted her on the shoulder, and tried to look relaxed. "Look at me, I'm doing just fine, aren't I? I can eat, sleep, and fight, I just forgot about someone."
Number Five, lying on Fei Yin's body, extended several soft tentacles and gently touched her wet cheeks, trying to wipe away her tears.
But this wiping only made her face more wet with tears, making Fei Yin look even more disheveled and pitiful.
Just then, the room door was suddenly pushed open!
The middle-aged scholar Redgrave returned. He stepped aside and respectfully led an elderly man, dressed in a simple gray robe, with white hair and beard, but with exceptionally clear eyes, into the room.
The old man in the gray robe immediately looked at Vera in the center of the room.
When Vera and Filyn saw the old man's face clearly, their eyes widened almost simultaneously, and they blurted out:
"It's you?!"
"You are... the one who saved us outside the dungeon?!"
The teacher whom Redgrave urgently summoned turned out to be the vice president of the Relics Association!
The vice president stared at the three of them with a puzzled look for a while before finally remembering what had happened.
He was immediately struck by a sense of disbelief: "I actually saved a virtuous person by chance! Fate is truly amazing!"
The middle-aged scholar whispered a reminder from behind the vice president: "Professor, the re-examination hasn't happened yet!"
"Yes, yes, let's confirm first. Young man, could you please sit down again?"
Watching Vera being stuffed back into the massive testing instrument, Fei Ling and Fei Yin exchanged a puzzled look.
"virtue?"
(End of this chapter)
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