Chapter 1030
Go get them fried for me.
As Mia slowly woke up, she heard hushed conversations from outside her bedroom.
“…How long have I slept?”
Mia’s voice was hoarse.
As she regained consciousness, the memories of the dream were rapidly dissipating. She vaguely remembered dreaming about her past school days… she was back in the classroom, and Arsen was her classmate.
After that…
…What happened after that?
She seemed to have dreamed about Abigail. Abigail was a transfer student who came from who-knows-where, and then Arsen couldn’t take his eyes off her…
She couldn’t remember the rest.
Mia shook her head, feeling a severe headache. It was as if water was sloshing around in her brain.
She pushed herself up from the bed and took a sip of hot water placed by the bedside, which helped her feel a bit better.
“…Where’s Arsen? Is he outside?”
When she walked out the door, she saw several people tidying things up in the living room.
In front of Eivass was a rectangular box made of rainbow-colored ice. Below it were some ashes, and he was neatly arranging fresh pieces of meat inside, looking like he was rolling steak cubes in salt. Arsen stood beside him, gazing at the meat with an expression that seemed difficult to maintain.
“My dear…”
Mia suddenly became much more delicate: “I have a bit of a headache.”
She walked to Arsen’s side and extended her hands, asking for a hug. Arsen reciprocated, hugging her and touching his forehead to hers, his voice low and gentle, “You’ve worked hard, my dear.”
With that, Arsen looked at Eivass, “This headache…”
“–Is normal,”
Eivass replied casually, “Too much mental energy has been consumed. She’s still an Ordinary Person after all, and maintaining a coherent dream is quite difficult. Ordinary People’s dreams are actually mostly connected fragments. Only after becoming an Extraordinary can one have more complete dreams.”
“Then, in this situation…”
Before Arsen could finish asking, Eivass extended his bloody fingers and vaguely pointed at Mia.
–Illumination, Tranquility Blessing!
–Radiance!
With just a point, Eivass cast the simplest blessing and Radiance Spell, evolved from the Illuminate Spell, on Mia.
In an instant, Mia felt refreshed and all her ailments, big and small, were healed.
“What a powerful Priest!”
Mia’s eyes widened, and her tone immediately became more respectful, even her posture became more dignified, “You don’t even need to touch me… Are you a Bishop?”
Hearing this, Arsen’s expression turned slightly subtle.
Come to think of it… Mia didn’t know Eivass’s true identity yet.
But that was normal; he himself only found out after Entering the Dream. Considering she was just a mortal, some secrets would be too heavy for her. Therefore, neither Eivass nor Arsen explained in detail.
“Yes.”
Eivass just smiled, his tone gentle as he replied, ” I am indeed a Bishop, but not the Bishop of the Iris Flower.”
“I knew it!”
Mia’s spirit instantly lifted, “Someone with such powerful Healing Ability like you… must be a noble Lord Bishop!”
–After all, this is the Seminary.
Although the students’ personalities were relatively open, those who came here to study had some degree of Devotion. They might all become Priests in the future, so they basically regarded themselves as “novice priests.”
For the Iris Flower, where Priests were scarce, even just a formal Priest was quite Admirable. Its value was roughly equivalent to becoming a Law Master in Avalon… it was a ticket to high society. Even though Ordinary Priests had little significance, becoming a Priest meant having the opportunity to become a Bishop.
And Bishops—even the Duke himself had to invite a Bishop when he was sick or injured!
And that was just an “invitation.”
Mia’s respect for Eivass grew considerably.
Because of this, she was even more curious about what Eivass was doing.
After she asked, Eivass cheerfully replied, “Processing… some materials.”
“…Materials?”
Mia was a little curious, “What materials? The flesh of some Phantom Demon?”
She leaned closer, intently looking at the meat in the box, and analyzed seriously, “It looks like beef. The fat distribution is so even… what good meat.”
“Ah, something like that. A very rare material.”
With that, Eivass closed the lid of the “ice coffin.”
He ran his hand along the gaps in the ice, easily freezing them into a solid piece that couldn’t be easily pried apart by hand. He also specifically divided the meat blocks into two parts with a grid, roughly in a two-to-one ratio. And in the larger part, it was divided again by two to one.
“–After processing, they can be used to make a Rebirth Ointment,”
Eivass said gently, “As the name suggests, it is an ointment that can bring new life. For example, when people get old and their backs ache… that’s aging, and the meaning of treatment is not great. But as long as you apply the ointment, that part of the tissue can be restored to youth. Or, for example, if there are problems with the Organs, you just need to apply these ointments to the Surface, and their medicinal power can penetrate into the body.”
“Is it that useful!” Mia’s eyes widened in amazement.
Unlike her close friends and roommates, Mia’s Personality was not as lively—or rather, as wild.
She was relatively more introverted. Except for playing with Arsen with her best friend Zula, she had never participated in any group games.
This level of morality, even in the Iris Flower, was considered ardent devotion. Previously, the Iris Flower’s Newspaper Office had conducted a survey, interviewing people at the entrances of sixteen universities, asking how many lovers each person had at most at any given time—the average here was 4.6.
This was a country steeped in the Path of Love, so it was only natural.
But Mia was favored by Arsen because she was well-behaved and tended to praise others.
No one disliked others’ praise.
Even with sincere criticism, as long as there was one percent falsehood or error in it, the criticized person would think at least half of the criticism was wrong; conversely, even the most insincere flattery, if it were all fake, could at least make people happy.
And no matter how much truth was in the fake flattery, the person being praised and flattered would tend to believe more than half of it was true. And this kind of flattery could heal the wounds of the heart, which was the principle behind a Priest’s confession.
People who were good at praising always received others’ favor. And if the praise was genuine, it was enough to become the center of attention.
–Besides that, one didn’t need to know anything. As long as one could sincerely praise others, it was enough to gather a large group of people.
Even Eivass began to explain in great detail the functions that Mia might care about: “Of course, its best use is actually wrinkle removal. Wrinkles from sixty or seventy years old can be smoothed to around forty or fifty years old after application, and using it at forty or fifty can return one to a youthful state of twenty or thirty years old.”
“–In addition, they can also be used as aphrodisiacs. The effect is very lasting and very tonic for the body.”
Saying that, Eivass smiled and looked at Arsen, “Do you want me to save two pieces for you? Lily cut the meat into pretty even pieces, why don’t you take them and have them fried for a couple of dishes? Friendly reminder, eating them directly is also effective.”
“Ah, that won’t be necessary.”
Arsen quickly replied.
“…Mm, no need…”
Mia also quickly nodded in agreement.
Whether it was to save Arsen’s face, or because she genuinely didn’t need it.
Eivass smiled and didn’t say anything more.
He just admired these “Child of the Moon Fragments” that he had stored in the box made of Star Ice.
It was like collecting character fragments to exchange for an SSS-class Child of the Moon.
He had wanted to “capture” a Child of the Moon for a very, very long time…
Now, he had finally achieved this goal.
(End of this chapter)
