Chapter 404 (1/2)

Chapter 404: The Journey to Magnetoelectricity

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“Ah… I envy Nana so much.” Mystery Moon wiped her wet hair and drew her face close to Lily who was sitting upright at the desk.

“Hmm,” Lily replied without even turning her head.

“You don’t ask why I envy her?”

“You’ll soon fill me in anyway,” Lily said, twitching her mouth.

“Damn it!” Mystery Moon mumbled, but could not help saying in the end, “Didn’t you see how the soldiers at the hospital and the townsmen nearby treat her?”

“Saw it.”

” ‘Hello, Miss Nana,’ ‘Are you leaving, Miss Angel?’ ‘Miss Pine, this is the wheat cake I made,’ … I want to be treated like that, too!” Mystery Moon pressed her face onto Lily’s cheek, but was pushed away relentlessly.

“That’s a return for her ability,” Lily said without turning a hair. “Didn’t you notice that ever since the Months of the Demons, she’s been staying at the hospital almost every day, waiting to treat the wounded? Half of the locals have received her treatment, and the rest are pretty much their families.”

“You’re exaggerating.”

“Not really,” Lily said with a sigh and put down the book in her hand. “Although not everyone will fight against demonic beasts at the city wall, it’s perfectly normal for townees to get injured—miners can hurt their toes by ores; kiln labors can get burned. The same applies to the apprentices at the steam engine plants and the chemistry laboratory.” She paused for a moment and said, “His Highness once told me that Nana and I are the foundation of medical care in Border Town; one of us for internal medication and the other surgery. This allows the operation to remain at an intense level, while still make sure everyone is healthy without establishing a safety policy. However, in fact, I haven’t done anything except epidemic prevention for new refugees.”

“So you’re feeling sour like me!” Mystery Moon said, leaning over unyieldingly.

“No, I’m not!” Lily fired. “And stay away from me. You’re interfering with my reading.”

“Aw… ” Mystery Moon chickened and said, “but I’m really envious of her.”

“Then learn from Nana. Take the initiative to help every townee until they know you and get familiar with you. Then surely everybody will say hello to you wherever you go,” said Lily, shrugging her shoulders.

“But I don’t have an ability like Nana’s,” Mystery Moon said, frustrated.

“Then use your physical strength if not your ability,” said Lily, mocking. “Regardless, you’ve been there at the camps of the Witch Cooperation Association.”

“You… rascal!”

Mystery Moon still nursed a grudge when she went to bed. She knew that Lily was right, but being inferior to the other witches chafed her pride. This was intolerable. She had gone through so much pain before finally finding an ideal place to settle down and idling about all day was torture.

Mystery Moon slept fitfully all night. She knocked on Roland’s office door with dark circles below her eyes the following day.

“What’s the matter?” the prince asked in surprise. “Were you bullied?”

“By Lily… No, nevermind.” She leaned dramatically on Roland’s desk and asked, “Your Highness, didn’t you say that I have great potential? Why’s there no change in my ability yet? It really can’t evolve unless I understand Natural Science Theoretical Foundation?”

“I see,” Roland said, trying in vain to suppress his laughter. “Actually, I’ve been thinking about this problem, too.”

“What problem?”