MTLNOVEL Chapter 14: Experience
The Abnormal Strategy Bureau arranged a private research institute for Molu, located within the commercial real estate area under their jurisdiction, in a building where the popularity left much to be desired.
The advantage was it offered tranquility within the bustle, making it not so easily discovered; the downside was the place was not large, hardly called imposing.
In the process of negotiating the location, Molu had once felt that such treatment was simply not fitting for someone of the Gemstone Scepter's status, expressing some dissatisfaction. However, Lin Yun wasn't willing to agree to her demands of "an entire floor", eventually compromising on two rooms.
Riding the elevator to the building's corridor, Lin Yun walked side by side with the Fairy doll, approaching the entrance to Molu's research institute.
"Transform first," Molu suddenly said.
Lin Yun raised an eyebrow slightly, but ultimately did not doubt her intentions, took out the Heart's Gem, and transformed into the appearance of the Emerald Sparrow. After the transformation, she immediately noticed that the door in front of her had changed.
The door, which originally looked like a common anti-theft door in the office building, had transformed into a metal door engraved with intricate runes, shimmering with the glow of Magic Power.
"——"
Standing before the door, the doll opened its mouth, emitting a series of sounds that were nothing like human language. With each syllable it uttered, a rune on the door lit up, until a full sentence was spoken, connecting the shining runes into a circle.
Click.
The door swung open in response.
Emerald Sparrow followed the doll into the room, which was unrecognizably altered, and looked around, sensing none of the original office building's character.
The interior of the room was clad in copper and iron, with the floor covered in wooden boards. The decor exuded a sense of both magic and technology.
Tall bookshelves were filled with literature and notes written in indecipherable script, oozing an aura of age and serenity. Sunlight streamed through the windows, casting golden specks of dust upon the bookshelves. On the experiment table by the window, there were flasks of various shapes, their liquids twinkling with myriad colors, quite eye-catching.
On an adjacent wall, among the copper and iron patterns, several large mirrors were embedded, with dense data and runes enumerated above them, seemingly serving as screens.
In a corner of the research institute, there was one piece of equipment that seemed particularly conspicuous.
If Emerald Sparrow wasn't mistaken, that should be a healing bed. Although it looked very different from the healing beds in the material world's hospitals, both its size and outline reminded her of such medical devices commonly seen in hospitals.
"So? You insisted on me coming over here, for what reason?"
After a survey of the institute's furnishings, Emerald Sparrow turned to the Fairy doll: "Is it just to show off your new house to me?"
"Don't be so eager, youngster."
Voiced Molu with an unhurried tone: "I presume you know that if I've asked you here, it's naturally about the deal."
"If it's still the same terms as before, I am afraid I will still decline," Emerald Sparrow responded with a frown, "As I've said, the better the terms you offer, the more I doubt your motives."
"Really now, as I've already said, don't rush,"
Turning its head - a gesture akin to shaking its head, the Fairy doll said: "Since I asked you to come here, I'd obviously have some new terms to offer."
As it spoke, it extended its paw, pointing towards the healing bed not far away:
"Start with that, for example."
"...What is that for?"
"As you can see, it is a healing bed. Its basic functions are similar to those in hospitals of the material world, except that it is an optimized version for Magic Power and the soul."
The doll walked over to a screen, turning knobs on the control panel: "If you had agreed to our previous deal, that healing bed would be for your preliminary conditioning."
"Preliminary conditioning?" The term made Emerald Sparrow involuntarily raise her eyebrows.
"Yes, repairing the cracks in your true form is actually a massive undertaking. Considering your type is the Bloom class, and the injury is quite severe, it's not something that can be solved overnight."
Without turning back, the doll continued: "Even though we can only travel to the realm for final repair work next year, the preparations before that can still proceed."
"What does that entail specifically?"
"To put it simply, it involves using various methods to stabilize your condition, ensuring that your Magic Power does not continue to leak or overflow. If this continues, by next year, you would have regressed to the Bud class, youngster."
The doll looked up at the screen: "It's really too troublesome to explain, why don't you just lie down on it, and I'll let you try it out?"
"Now?"
"Now, with no cost or exchange of interest required,"
The doll turned around, the fluffy face of the Fairy revealing an honest smile: "Consider it a customer experience during product promotion, just feel its effects."
Emerald Sparrow said nothing, but her face showed unconcealed skepticism.
Approaching the healing bed pointed out by Molu, she touched its surface, lifting her hand to see: "It seems there are no abnormal Magic Power fluctuations; it doesn't seem to be a trap or contraption."
"There would be none of that,"
Molu sighed: "Although I've said this many times, I must emphasize once more, I am a person of high and noble qualities, I wouldn't stoop to such underhanded tactics."