Chapter 139: Adele’s Mixture

Knock knock knock—

“Who?”

Adele stopped her experiment, set down the reagent, took off her black gloves, and only after leaving the room did she remove the silver crow mask from her face.

She hung the mask on a nearby rack, jogged to the clinic door, and opened it.

“You are...”

Adele looked at the maid in plain clothes before her.

To be honest, she was slightly face-blind and didn’t really remember when she had met the other person.

“Miss Adele, I am Lady Avena’s personal maid. This is a letter Miss Ciel asked me to deliver to you.”

The maid spoke, handing over a plain envelope with both hands, without a stamp or seal.

“Ciel?”

Adele took the envelope, pulled out the letter paper, sniffed it, then nodded and began reading the letter inside.

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It should be written by Ciel, no doubt.

The content of the letter was also very much in Ciel’s style, without any unnecessary greetings, getting straight to the point.

However, the content of the letter was somewhat beyond Adele’s expectations.

It simply described a certain symptom, followed by Ciel’s request to purchase some potions or mixtures from Adele to aid sleep.

Adele did have such drugs... but they all had significant dependency and side effects. If Ciel wanted to use them herself, Adele would absolutely not recommend them to Ciel.

If Adele were to recommend, she would prefer Ciel to regulate her routine and diet, supplemented with some ordinary tonics, to gradually condition Ciel’s body back to health.

Adele faintly sensed that the symptoms Ciel described... should be the symptoms Ciel herself was experiencing, not someone else’s.

“Wait a moment.”

Adele seemed to forget Ciel’s advice, hurriedly ran back to her small laboratory, grabbed a potion kit, didn’t even have time to put on the silver crow mask, and ran back to the clinic’s main door wearing her white coat.

The maid hadn’t received any extra instructions for this situation, only knowing the other person was Miss Ciel’s friend, so she didn’t suspect anything and took Adele towards Ciel’s current residence.

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When they arrived at Ciel’s residence in the Gem District and stopped, Adele looked at the wooden door before her under the moonlight and streetlights, and asked, “Is this Ciel’s new home?”

“Yes, this is the place Miss Ciel recently rented.”

The maid nodded, then raised her hand and knocked on the wooden door.

“So close...”

While Adele was still curiously observing the doormat, after a short while, the wooden door opened.

“Adele?”

Ciel looked at Adele standing outside the door, seemingly somewhat surprised.

Why is she here?

Ciel’s heart sank slightly, but soon, she calmed her mind.

Adele is only first-tier now... Even if there’s misfortune, she should be able to easily dodge it with Precognitive Sight.

Originally, Ciel’s target for help was Avena, but Avena was meticulous and would surely sense Ciel was in danger, thus rushing over to help.

If only Avena came, that would be fine, but if Avena came, Nia would definitely follow.

The current Ciel wasn’t fully confident of surviving a misfortune involving a third-tier.

What she didn’t expect was that Adele, who usually appeared carefree, would actually rush over directly after seeing the letter.

Regarding this behavior, Ciel had no standing to criticize, as the other person meant well, and it was also her own negligence for not explaining the situation clearly in the letter.

“Come in.”

Ciel stepped aside, letting Adele enter, while looking at the maid at the door and saying, “Please trouble yourself to pay attention to the surrounding security situation.”

“It is my duty, Miss Ciel.”

The maid curtsied slightly, holding her skirt, then reached out and helped Ciel close the wooden door.

When Ciel turned back to look at the living room, she didn’t see Adele’s figure.

“Adele?”

Ciel called out softly. Soon, Adele’s response came from upstairs.

“Come up!”

Is this your house or mine?

Adele’s exceptionally high initiative made Ciel somewhat helpless.

Ciel supported herself with the wooden handrail, walked towards the second floor, and followed the sound into her room.

Just entering the room, Ciel saw Adele had already spread out her potion kit, syringe kit, and her self-made portable surgery kit on her desk, fully equipped.

“Lie down on the bed, I’ll check you up.”

Hearing Ciel’s footsteps, Adele didn’t turn around but continued organizing her equipment while giving instructions.

Ciel also wanted to quickly resolve the issue with her body, obediently walked past Adele, took off her shoes and socks, lay on the bed, waiting for Adele to finish preparations.

Soon, Adele walked towards Ciel holding a syringe, whispering, “I need to do some routine checks for you. Remember to tell me if you feel uncomfortable anywhere.”

“Okay.”

Ciel nodded slightly while lying on the bed. Then, she saw Adele kneel beside the bed, using the syringe filled with translucent potion to draw some blood from Ciel’s arm.

The blood merged into the transparent liquid in the syringe. Adele gently shook the vial. Ciel’s red blood quickly turned blue inside, and soon, the potion turned from blue to black, clinging to the side of the syringe facing Ciel as if alive.

It looked like it wanted to return to Ciel’s body.

Seeing this blood reaction, Adele’s brows furrowed tightly.

Ciel is just an ordinary person...

But how could this blood...

Entering her professional field, Adele began a series of checks, injecting the black blood from the syringe into different potion vials, waiting for their reactions.

And Ciel, lying on the bed, turned her head sideways, curiously observing Adele’s every move.

This might be helpful when she takes the “Physician” potion.

After waiting for about five minutes, Adele shifted her gaze from the reagent vials, looked towards Ciel with a solemn expression, and asked:

“Ciel, I found a very rare condition in your body.”

Hearing this, Ciel asked, “What is its name?”

If she knew the name, it meant there was likely a treatment or containment method. No matter how difficult, relying on simulation and the system store, Ciel would always have a chance to obtain it.

Adele fell silent for a moment, then asked, “What name do you want to give it?”

Ciel: “...”

So it’s a new condition?

“Honestly, I haven’t seen this condition in any literature... Maybe it’s in the archives, but I’m no longer with the Redemption Society, unable to check.”

Adele hesitated for a moment, then continued, “If you said a transcendent showed these mental symptoms, I could quickly draw a conclusion.”

“But an ordinary person without transcendent abilities showing this situation... This is truly the first time I’ve encountered it.”

Ciel seemed to grasp the key point. She looked at Adele and asked, “If it were a transcendent, what conclusion would you draw?”

“It can’t be calculated like that... Even if ordinary people and transcendents show the same symptoms, their underlying causes may not be the same. Even if the causes are the same, the treatment plans will differ greatly...” Adele reminded weakly.

“It’s fine, just tell me.” Ciel said.

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Actually, even Ciel wasn’t sure if she counted as an ordinary person now.

If she were an ordinary person, ordinary people clearly wouldn’t have such strong skills and various system abilities. Her own mental and physical strength already surpassed that of ordinary non-combat oriented first-tier transcendents.

But if she were a transcendent... she indeed didn’t have any potion power or aura, her spirit wasn’t contaminated by whispers, lacking any characteristics of a transcendent.

“If it were a transcendent...” Adele hesitated for a moment, then continued, “This is the classic characteristic of being assimilated by a potion.”

“Except for the absence of whisper interference, all your symptoms are extremely similar to a transcendent about to be devoured by a potion and go mad.”

“But generally speaking, by the stage where even sleep becomes impossible, ordinary transcendents would have already started showing signs of mutation, and illusions superimposed with spiritual vision would appear in their eyes.”

Speaking here, Adele paused slightly, then continued, “That’s why I said, your situation should be caused by other reasons.”

Potion devouring...

Ciel listened to Adele’s words, lost in thought.

Potion devouring should be unlikely.

Except for “Judicator” and “Gambler,” the whispers from other potions had minimal impact on her.

However, Ciel did have some speculations in her heart.

Her mental problems were likely related to the Other Side.

Her previous fainting and mental damage could basically be linked to the Other Side or 【Spiritual Summoning】.

Like this time’s mental damage, she sacrificed “Uniqueness” in the simulation, summoning a mysterious existence from the Other Side that could trace back to other eras.

The side effect of Spiritual Summoning was so strong, yet the system didn’t even indicate it...

Given the system’s displayed personality, it was probably for its own amusement.

【Unjustly accused T^T】

【Host, look at what things you’re sacrificing? Daring to throw even traits with “Uniqueness” in, how can the spirit still be fine?】

【Moreover, sacrificing is one thing, but you also have to use 【Death Reversal】. Who could have thought you could push your spirit so hard?】

As if genuinely wronged, the system’s reply this time was very quick, no longer playing dead.

Was it because I pushed myself too hard...

Ciel took a deep breath and remained silent for a moment.

But she had to push herself like this...

None of the crises she encountered could be overcome by simple reasoning. Each opponent was more than one tier stronger than Ciel.

Without pushing herself, she couldn’t possibly overcome the difficulties.

After dealing with the quill pen this time, let’s give myself a break...

Ciel looked at Adele before her and said, “Can you prescribe some medicine to stabilize the spirit? Something that can help me fall asleep and recover my spirit.”

Seeing Ciel’s eyes, Adele knew her clumsy words couldn’t persuade Ciel.

Now, all she could do was, while ensuring reduced side effects, prepare some potent tranquilizers for Ciel to aid her sleep.

After confirming Ciel had no allergies, Adele began preparing the medicine on the spot.

Calling it preparing medicine was actually just reducing the dosage of potent tranquilizers used for transcendents, lessening their side effects and efficacy, diluting them to a level tolerable by ordinary people.

Soon, three syringes of injection were prepared by Adele.

Actually, she could have diluted and prepared more injections, but Adele didn’t do so.

She put the prepared potions into a small mixture bag, handed it to Ciel, and said, “These mixtures can help you fall asleep quickly... and most likely won’t encounter dreams.”

“But if you use up all these mixtures and your spirit still hasn’t improved, you must tell me. I will customize a recovery plan for you.”

Ciel supported herself with the mattress, leaned against the headboard, took the mixture bag Adele handed over, and said, “Thank you.”

“Medical expenses can be paid together with the recovery plan next time.” Adele said while packing up her bottles and jars.

Suddenly, Adele remembered something and said, “By the way... didn’t you tell me not to come find you...”

You just remembered?

Ciel smiled and shook her head, saying, “It’s no big deal. If things are settled, I will come find you.”

“Okay...” Adele walked to the door, glanced worriedly at the pale Ciel sitting on the bed, then said.

“Take care, rest well, no need to see me off.”

After speaking, Adele left Ciel’s room with her things. Only after walking out of Ciel’s house did Adele let out a long sigh of relief.

She looked back at the wooden door she closed.

Just from the brief exchange with Ciel earlier, she already sensed that Ciel’s current mental pressure was immense, almost her entire spirit was tense.

This newly rented house had no decorations either, as if rented just for a place to stay, lacking any sense of life, smelling of dust upon entering.

What kind of pressure is Ciel facing exactly...

Can even the powerful third-tier Nia not help?

Should I tell Avena or not?

But if Ciel wanted to tell Avena, she probably would have already gone to Avena...

The cool night wind made Adele tighten the white coat around her. She quickened her pace back towards the clinic, her thoughts chaotic.

She didn’t want to lose Ciel as a friend, but she couldn’t help at all right now.

The antidote she created has already been widely distributed by the Church of the Savior Goddess. It’s time to try digesting the “Plague Doctor” potion...

And at this moment, Ciel observed Adele from the window. Only when Adele’s figure disappeared at the end of the street did she retract her gaze and look at the mixture bag before her.

This tranquilizer definitely couldn’t be taken directly now. Must wait until the crisis passed.

This was the initial stage when the sealed artifact “Renegade Fate’s Touch” locked onto the three of them. The other two would surely keep making mistakes, causing her to suffer misfortune too.

She had to be prepared to respond, couldn’t just fall asleep unconscious, otherwise she would die from misfortune in her sleep.

Moreover, the next simulation time was seven days later. This timing was excellent.

If everything went smoothly, Ciel could formulate a plan to resolve everything within 7 days, minimizing all variables.

Ciel didn’t want to enter the simulation without thorough preparation.