Erald stood under the rows of screens, proudly proclaiming, "As long as I can finish the scheduled work at ten tis the speed, I can spend 90% of the rest of my ti sleeping. Even if I fall asleep before I finish my work, my loyal clone can still take over the aningless repetitive labor, so I can keep working even while asleep."
"Impressive." Erald Sparrow gave a symbolic clap to express her attitude.
"There's no need to feign envy; it actually makes a bit uncomfortable... Anyway, since I've brought you here, I won't trouble you, a re child, for your occasional harsh words."
Erald spread her hands, "Let's get to business, hand over your Heart's Gem."
"Which one?" Erald Sparrow took out two gems from her person, one was her own Heart Flower, and the other was the Heart Bud used to disguise "Long Dan."
"Of course, the real deal. What would I want with the fake?"
Erald took the Heart Flower from Erald Sparrow and pointed to a treatnt bed not far away, "Alright, lie there until I tell you to get up. The treatnt process may make you sleepy, don't resist it, just sleep."
"Just like that?" Erald Sparrow was sowhat incredulous.
"What else? I'm a researcher, not a doctor. Though it's called 'treating injuries,' essentially it's a repair process for your Heart's Gem, so naturally, there's no need to operate on your body."
Erald, holding Erald Sparrow's Heart Flower, scrutinized it as if an expert appraising gems, "Just as I thought, the Heart's Gem is cracked like this - it's rely a bunch of fragnts barely held together. Anyone else would've died already."
"But I'm not dead yet, I've co precisely to resolve this issue," Erald Sparrow seriously responded from the side of the treatnt bed.
"Yes, to resolve the issue..."
Erald continued her observation of the gem, "Hmm, it seems that the initial treatnts were effective, the overflow of Magic Power has stopped, which also improved the coherence of your gem's fragnts a little bit. Although so internal structures are entirely damaged, it is still within the scope of repair."
"So?" Erald Sparrow sat on the bed.
"So there's no problem, we can start the treatnt now."
Erald put down the gem in her hand, gave a gentle clap, and a compartnt suddenly appeared from the floor, full of pipes. She reached in and pulled out a key, then took down one of the monitors in front of her, revealing the door to a safe.
Ignoring the skeptical gaze of Erald Sparrow nearby, she opened the safe and pulled out a liquid storage device that looked like a thermos cup. Then, with dizzying speed, she arranged a pure decryption Magic Technique on the surface of the device, and opened the lid.
"What is that?" asked Erald Sparrow, already lying on the treatnt bed.
"It's the raw material used to repair the Heart's Gem. No, that's not accurate to say, because it is the raw material of Heart's Gem—The Source of Love."
Erald took a test tube from the side, carefully poured from the device, letting a nearly white, rainbow-luminescent liquid slowly flow out. Throughout the entire process, she didn't utter another word and didn't even breathe, just silently watched the liquid as it poured into the container until the test tube was half full. Then she carefully closed the device once more.
"10 milliliters, just a 10-milliliter dose, and it can create an additional Seed of Heart for the Kingdom, which also ans an additional Magical Girl's combat power. If it ended up outside the Kingdom, it would be the finest Magic Material in the world, and nobody would fail to be tempted by it."
Erald gazed obsessively at the fluid in the test tube, "Even within the Kingdom, it is only allowed within the Rose Palace and The Garden, with only a very few hands in the Magical Affairs Institute authorized to use it, and its application is strictly regulated. Even if we at the Research Institute want to apply for just a bit as research material, the process is extrely difficult, and almost impossible to get 10 milliliters."
"Judging by the na alone, it indeed sounds like sothing worthy of being traded with The Source of Beasts."
Erald Sparrow looked at Erald, "But why do you have so much of it?"
"A friend gave it to ." Erald succinctly replied.
"A friend?" Erald Sparrow confird.
"A friend."
Erald spoke with conviction, then coughed lightly, "Ahem, enough chit-chat. Pay attention now; I'm going to start repairing your Heart Flower. Don't distract because wasting materials would be a huge loss for both of us."
Erald Sparrow stubbornly stared at Erald's face, trying to discern sothing from her expressions, but Erald was steadfast, her expression unchanging. Finally, tired of being stared at, she simply turned away from Erald Sparrow's line of sight.
Now, Erald Sparrow truly couldn't make out anything at all.
Well, then.
Erald Sparrow withdrew her gaze and looked at the ceiling, bathed in bright white light.
Even if these things were ill-gotten, she herself was a wanted criminal of the Kingdom. The so-called "Source of Love" used on a fugitive — if it weren't for soone as bold as Erald, such a scene would likely never be seen.
She was indeed starting to feel sleepy.
It wasn't fatigue of body or mind, but a pure sensation, as if her very soul was telling her a nap would be beneficial.
So, she thought no more, closed her eyes, and cleared her mind.
In the lab, only the humming of the equipnt and the sounds of Erald manipulating the devices remained. And then, amidst this ambient, white-noise setting, Erald Sparrow fell asleep.
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