Krafft's Anomaly Notes

Chapter 94 Pneumoconiosis
"Creator, life-giver, savior, we praise you for linking us together to come here..."

The fat priest in white robe stood by the shallow pit, reciting the eulogy stutteringly. The excessive life of wine and meat still made him slack, and he did not expect to be unfamiliar with the business he was familiar with in the past.But even if you recite it wrong, no one here will be able to hear it.

"On this sad day, we come to see off this brother who is also blessed by God. Now he has slept peacefully..."

There is no scene of gloomy weather and raindrops falling. After coming out of the dark room, the sun is still a bit dazzling.There were only three people present, the priest, the doctor, and the relatives of the protagonist of the funeral.

The person who carried the coffin helped dig the hole, put it in the coffin and left, fearing the unknown appearance of the deceased.Naturally, there were no relatives and friends to invite, and the unsmooth eulogy did not fit in with this hasty funeral, and it was even a bit ironic.

Kraft winked at the priest several times, from the perspective of a layman participant, to indicate if there was something wrong with him.But the other party stared at the coffin, racking his brains to think about the next sentence, trying his best not to interrupt the prayer, like a student who was kicked back in class, and had no spare time to observe the surrounding reactions.

He had no choice but to pay attention to Yvonne's reaction. Fortunately, she didn't show any disgust on the surface. She looked at the coffin, wondering what she was thinking.

"Return to the embrace of the Lord and enjoy eternal rest." Perhaps because he found the feeling, the priest's recitation became smoother, and his voice became louder, "The Heavenly Father has accepted his soul, so that we can get the blessings from it." The wisdom of the Lord has seen the end of man, and seen that the day of death is better than the day of life..."

It really has such a solemn meaning, the round figure looks sacred for the first time, regaining the feeling when holding the scriptures in the past, and telling the beauty of another world to the people on the ground.

The speed of speaking became faster and more formal and calm, "Death is the end of all people, and the living must also take this matter to heart. This brother's family is loved by the Father, because he put his own Give my heart to the Lord, and ask the Lord to bless his descendants, bless his children, and comfort their sorrow..."

"Because this brother is not dead, but asleep, waiting to be reawakened. May Heavenly Father bless him in the days to come, and come out in peace, blessings, and joy..."

His chest heaved deeply, and the long passage made his lung capacity insufficient. Adrian raised his head to look at Yvonne, and read out the last sentence seriously: "And he was able to ascend to the Lord's kingdom, free from disease and disaster. The Promised Land, watching the people of the earth from the sky."

He picked up the shovel, filled the hole with the first shovelful of soil, sprinkled it on the coffin lid, and handed the other to Kraft, panting.

The two worked together to fill the soil back into the pit and flatten it, leaving the last shovel for Yvonne to complete.

Although she was young, her hard life made her physically strong, and she was able to maintain balance with a shovel that was a bit taller than her own. Smooth the back.

A flat piece of new soil, before the tombstone could be engraved, was replaced by a thick wooden board with writing on it, written by Kraft.The deceased himself may not know how to write his name, so he had to spell out a word with natural pronunciation.

On the contrary, Yvonne should be named by someone who can read. Kraft remembered how to spell it, and added a line "Yvonne's father."

In the words of alien souls - the death of a person on the social level is complete.Although there is no social relationship worth mentioning, and the future of the only blood relative is uncertain, he is still standing in front of the simple wooden tombstone, not knowing where to go.

Kraft had never encountered such a scene, and was not sure whether he should turn around and leave, or say something, so he looked at the priest.

And Adrian didn't decide on his next move, all he could think about was helping to complete the funeral, nothing else could be thought of.

Their stay probably caused Yvonne to misunderstand something, or in her thinking, all the behavior of visitors must contain the meaning of exchange.She stood for a while, and realized that the two hadn't left. She broke free from the silence that lasted for a long time, and opened her mouth.

"Thank you, and may the Lord bless you all." She thanked her first, but said sincerely, "I will try my best to answer your questions, but he really didn't tell me anything."

"Oh, forget it." Her expression was too mature, and Father Adrian's stomach full of words before coming here melted into a sigh.

Originally, I thought that Kraft might have a chance to improve his condition. Even if someone could say a word, it would be a breakthrough and point them in the direction.But everyone is dead, even if Yvonne is willing to answer him, what's the use?
Besides, he didn't do it for answers.He greeted Kraft and was about to leave. The atmosphere here made him feel like he was breathing candle wax, which trickled down his airway and solidified, making him speechless.

The doctor, who was of no use, was still focusing on Yvonne, and hadn't moved away since just now.

"Do you usually cough a lot?" He asked an irrelevant question, which came out of the incomprehensible train of thought of the priest and Yvonne.

"No, I seldom get sick." Yvonne replied, this kind of question can still be answered, not those questions asked to the father lying on the bed, and it does not involve materials and mysterious terms that have never been heard before.

The doctor thought for a while, then asked: "What about the fever? Do you feel daily fatigue?"

"No."

If she was often sick, she might not even be able to survive, let alone take care of an adult.

"Thank you, I'm done asking." Kraft wanted to reach out his hand, but he still controlled the thought of doing a physical examination, which was not appropriate.

Before leaving, he thought of what the priest said on the road, estimated the size of his purse in a rare way, and gave him a reason, "Your answer is very useful. As a reward, I can provide you with a job and you can come to church Find me later, and I will be with Father Adrian during this time."

The priest dragged the doctor away, and they had nothing to say here. It is better to leave space for Yvonne, because her mind needs to be alone for a while, rather than the pale comfort given by an adult.

Walking back to the main road, the priest confirmed that there was no one else, shook his head and said: "This kind of thing can't be handled, nothing has been done, and there is one more troublesome thing."

"I know." Of course he knew, if there were a lot of things that he couldn't see intellectually, it might be even worse.But when I have the ability, I encounter it, but I feel that I can't pass a certain level no matter what.

Even if Kup committed suicide, Kraft is willing to make a profit, and it becomes natural to get used to it.

"But there's one thing I don't agree with."

"What?" The priest thought that Kraft was going to judge him from the moral high ground, but he didn't intend to refute. Others are willing to take over the trouble, and it's not unheard of a few bad words.

"It was very rewarding today, they told me a lot."

Under the sun, the priest felt a chill on his back, Yvonne... and her father?
"He has a very serious lung disease, which lasted for a long time, maybe much earlier than being paralyzed on the bed." Kraft took a deep breath, lifted his ribs and expanded his chest cavity, imitating that terrible corpse.

And those nodular lesions distributed in the lungs, he thought it was tuberculosis.If this is the case, Yvonne's infection may be serious, so I couldn't help asking a few questions.

As far as the outcome is concerned, the possibility is dismissed in half by the answer.The possibility of still lurking cannot be ruled out, but Kraft developed another way of thinking, what non-communicable diseases can have similar effects.

It is best to have obvious effects on young adults with good immunity.

"It's not a lung disease that you can catch each other, but another way of doing widespread damage to the lungs, I think it could be inhalation."

It is likely to be inhaled during work, which has caused irreversible effects on his lungs for a long time.

"This thing that hurts the lungs, it will be a kind of... dust, and it is not easy to clean up." There is no developed industry in this era, and the target is locked circle by circle.

【pneumoconiosis】

"Mineral dust, even stone powder. He has been in a place where he needs to breathe heavily for a long time and the stone dust is flying. This place can't be a mason's shop, right?"

Adrian stared at Kraft dumbfounded, the sense of transparency pierced by his eyes that night returned, "Mine..."

"That raw material should be a mineral that needs to be mined in a certain mine."

It could also be no, explaining that Yvonne's father ran a mine for a few years before serving the alchemist, but Kraft didn't think the alchemist would hire a man whose breathing was getting harder and his labor force was weakening.

So this is more likely. They found this kind of raw material in a certain mine, and the amount is still quite large, otherwise they would not be able to produce a large amount of pure glass.

"But there are so many mines in the whole kingdom, how to find them." The range is still not small enough, and Adrian doesn't think they can search them one by one.

"Just in the last few years, around the time when new glass appeared, this will help us find it." Thinking down the line of thought, the more Kraft speculated, the more logical the cause and effect became, "They found a way to cover up the origin of this mineral. The real use will pass the eyes of those looking for new materials, so it will not be so easy to pick out."

"Combined with the time when the glass wings of the church were completed, this mining area suddenly ceased to operate..." Adrian was not stupid, so he found another possible feature, and there would not be too many minerals that fit these two features at the same time.

The idea has emerged, and here is the Port of Consolation, the favorite place for seafarers on the waterway of the entire kingdom.It brought far more than just flowing money, as well as news all over the world, whether it was true or false, the amount was definitely large enough.

"Distill a few more bottles of wine, I'll ask those people." There is also a drunken priest who is the captain of the ship, and there is no need to worry about no one to talk to them.

The only question is, why did that mine suddenly stop working?

(End of this chapter)