Looking at the crystal pendant swaying slightly in Heidi's hand, Nina swallowed nervously - although the other party told her to relax, this was her first time to receive hypnosis treatment, and she still found it difficult to control her reaction.
While her eyes were attracted by the crystal pendant, she also noticed that Heidi was wearing a seemingly simple stone bracelet on her wrist. The bracelet was woven with tough silk rope and strung together many colorful stones. Rune-like marks could be seen on some of the stones.
Noticing Nina's gaze, Heidi smiled and shook her wrist: "I am a student of the Academy of Truth, following and serving the God of Wisdom, Lahem. Although I can't tell from my appearance, I am a clergyman according to my professional registration."
The priest... is not only a divine doctor, but also a member of the Academy of Truth
Of course Nina had heard of the Academy of Truth. Although its name sounded like an institution of learning, in fact, this "academy" was one of the four great orthodox churches. Together with the Deep Sea Church, the Death Cult, and the Firebringer Church, it maintained the civilized order of the deep sea era. The difference from the other three churches was that the Academy of Truth did not have a strong "theological" presence. Instead, it was more inclined to the pure inheritance of knowledge and the research and development and promotion of cutting-edge technologies. Its believers also built relationships based on master-apprentice and school of thought.
While other churches are based on churches and sanctuaries and their daily routine is to spread faith and organize masses, the Academy of Truth has established countless universities and laboratories in various city-states. When the upper priests meet the lower priests, they usually throw a big question in front of them to see whether your faith in the Lord has reached the passing score - it can be said to be a unique style.
It is precisely because of the special "style" of the Truth Academy that the number of members of the Truth Academy is actually the smallest among the four major orthodox churches. The members who are qualified to wear identification tags on a daily basis and be registered as formal clergy are even rarer - because the questions are really difficult.
Even an ordinary university may not be able to produce a few top students who are qualified to convert to Lahm every year, let alone a poor child like Nina who attends a public school in the downtown area.
In her eyes, Heidi seemed to be shrouded in a halo, but this halo not only did not make her relax, but made her even more nervous.
This is the awe that ambitious vocational high school students feel when they see the top graduates from top universities.
Heidi certainly noticed the change in Nina's expression, but she didn't care at all. She just fiddled with the pendant in her hand as if carelessly, and slowly spoke in a calm tone that sounded the same as before: "Can you tell me about your childhood? Just now you said that your parents died in an accident. That incident may be the shadow in your heart... Can you tell me about it?"
"Actually... there's nothing I can't tell you," Nina thought for a moment, "I've told many people about this, but everyone thinks I was too young to remember it clearly, and that I'm just talking nonsense. Eleven years ago, a factory in Block 6 had a leak, and there were many cultists vandalizing it. Many people were arrested later. Do you know about that?"
"Of course," Heidi nodded. "I was only a teenager at the time. When the accident happened, my family was staying near the cross street, and we also saw the crowd that collided..."
"Do you remember there was a big fire?"
"A big fire?" Heidi tilted her head slightly. She unconsciously stopped fiddling with the crystal pendant. "What big fire?"
"Look, you don't know about the fire either - but in my memory, there is always a fire. My parents died in that fire, but everyone says I remember it wrong..."
Heidi listened to Nina's statement quietly. After a long while, she nodded gently and asked, "So this should be the shadow in your heart. You are afraid of a fire that only you know exists, and you are worried that this strange phenomenon will appear around you again and take away the people around you. At the same time, no one can help you - no one can even notice what happened to you."
Nina nodded slightly.
"Have you had any pressure recently?" Heidi asked again, "Study, life, these recent pressures may amplify the long-standing haze in your heart..."
Nina was silent for a while, then she spoke hesitantly: "Maybe it's because Uncle's health has always been poor, and it has been getting worse recently, which makes me very worried..."
She paused for a moment, then quickly added, "Ah, of course he's getting better now, and I feel a lot more relaxed. I haven't had that weird dream in the past two days..."
"Are you worried about your family's health..."
Heidi said softly, thoughtfully. She listened to the girl opposite her whispering like a dream, and watched Nina leaning against the head of the bed half asleep and half awake, and put down the crystal pendant casually.
As a "divine doctor" who had studied in the Academy of Truth and had to deal with the supernatural realm, she didn't need to use methods such as shaking pendants or igniting medicinal mist to perform hypnosis treatment - just saying a few words would do.
The only function of this pendant is to attract Nina's attention, allowing her to relax and reduce her resistance to "words".
The miracle doctor heaved a sigh of relief and looked at Nina, who had completely relaxed, with gentle eyes, watching her gradually fall into a deeper sleep.
"It can be seen that you have a hard life... You have buried all your tension and anxiety deep in your heart, and you have become accustomed to this lifestyle. You hope that this will make the people around you feel more relaxed, but you have neglected yourself. But now relax, have a good sleep, and leave all the stress in a dream that will soon dissipate. When you wake up, those anxieties will have nothing to do with you."
In a state of half-sleep and half-wakefulness, Nina's voice rang softly: "... Thank you..."
Heidi smiled. In order to help Nina relax, she asked casually, "By the way, your uncle was not in good health before, right? What disease did he have? I just saw that Mr. Duncan seemed to be in good health."
Nina was silent for a longer time this time before she spoke softly, "He was just weak. He is now... completely well..."
However, Heidi could no longer hear Nina's response.
The moment she asked the last question, she was already lying on the foot of Nina's bed, falling into a deeper dream than her patient.
On Heidi's right wrist, a hand-woven stone bracelet was glowing slightly. This was one of the symbols often worn by believers of the Academy of Truth, representing that the wearer was a monk who had undergone rigorous training, was under the watchful eye of the god of wisdom, Lachem, and was firmly fighting against the mad forces of heresy. Each rune stone on it represented a watchful eye of Lachem.
After a few seconds of flashing, a red agate in the stone bracelet suddenly made a slight shattering sound, and then quickly disintegrated into dust and disappeared with the wind.
In the shop on the first floor, Vanna asked Duncan a few more questions. On the one hand, she wanted to learn more about whether there were any missed details in the museum fire, and on the other hand, she wanted to confirm whether Duncan and others were affected by the solar fragments.
During the conversation, the unfamiliarity and awkwardness of the first meeting gradually dissipated, and the atmosphere on the scene became friendly and familiar.
Duncan could feel that this "inquisitor" who held a high position in the church really cared about the safety of the survivors of the fire that day—not just to combat heresy or investigate clues, her attitude was sincere from the bottom of her heart.
He didn't know whether this young judge cared so much about everyone in the entire city-state, or whether he was only concerned about the few people in this antique shop because of Heidi's relationship, but the sincerity shown by Vanna at this moment was enough to leave a good impression on him.
"Speaking of which, Miss Heidi and Nina have been up there for a while, right?"
During the conversation, Duncan thought of his niece and subconsciously looked up at the stairs leading to the second floor.
"Indeed," after being reminded, Vanna also reacted and frowned slightly, "Usually Heidi's treatment process is very fast..."
"... I don't think you can use Miss Heidi's usual treatment mode as a standard. Physical hypnosis and kinetic anesthesia are very fast on anyone." Duncan's mouth twitched, "But the two of them really took too long... Will there be any problems?"
Vanna shook her head. "No, Heidi is a professional who has received strict training from the Truth Academy. She wouldn't mess up an ordinary hypnosis treatment. She probably started chatting with Nina. She sometimes does this. She has been dealing with too many paranoid cultists, and she treats occasional chats with normal people as a holiday. Shall we go up and take a look?"
"Go up and take a look."
Duncan and Vanna got up and went upstairs. They came to Nina's room one after the other. Before they pushed the door, they heard a noise in the room at the same time -
Two snoring sounds one after another.
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