Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1289 1261. Maria

"Thank you for your help, Maria."

Adeline, who was two steps slower, finally caught up with the huntress, pressed her heaving chest and thanked her.

The name made Lann tilt his head, and he blinked to hide the dilation of his pupils due to shock.

Not only does it look exactly like the doll he took away from the abandoned hunter workshop, but this name is also the one that suddenly appeared on the doll's hair accessory before.

As Adeline spoke, she rolled up her sleeve, drew a test tube of blood and handed it to Maria.

It was only then that Lan En saw that under the uniform Adeline was wearing, there was a device like a retention needle inserted in her arm.

In Lan En's hometown world, a retained needle is a needle that is inserted into the blood vessels of patients who need large amounts of infusions or blood draws every day.

By leaving the needle in the blood vessel, the patient does not need to be given injections every day, which would put a burden on the body.

You only need to clean the external interface of the retention needle after infusion or blood drawing, and then stick a layer of sterile film to fix it in place.

However, due to the advancement of technology and materials, Lan En remembered that the part of a standard retention needle that remains in the blood vessel should be a soft tube that will not cause damage.

The retention needle on Adeline's arm clearly matched Yanan's current skills.

The metal needle is inserted into the blood vessel in the arm and connected to an injection syringe made of metal and glass.

Just pull the syringe, and it acts like a blood draw.

It seems that this is the process by which the Blood Saints of the Healing Church produce [Holy Blood].

The female hunter named Maria looked down at the test tube of blood that Adeline was holding in both hands.

She waved her hand: "You don't have to be so polite, Adeline."

"I was supposed to protect the research hall, but I'm late this time."

Maria's voice was just like that of Yharnam hunters most of the time at work, so calm that it was difficult to hear any emotion, almost cold.

And the gentle voice was like a dream talk.

But as a female hunter, there was a certain softness in her voice.

"I don't know if I should thank you too?"

Lan En whispered beside him, and at the same time turned his head to look in the direction of the white-robed clergyman whose back had disappeared.

"You just interrupted me, but I think you should have your reasons."

"No, you don't have to thank me. It was you who completed the suppression of the patient in time for me." Maria first raised her head and answered Lan En's first question.

Then she turned her head and looked in the same direction as him, and said in a low voice: "As for the reason. When you looked at that forced smile he put on just now, didn't you find it creepy?"

"I don't think it's a good thing to make him smile like that."

"Besides, Adeline told me on the way here that you were almost convinced by her, so I might as well tell you in advance. A new hunter from outside the area is not a big deal in Yharnam."

"Am I almost convinced by her?" Lan En had an expression of 'how come I don't even know it' on his face.

But when he turned around and looked at Adeline, her face was full of a confident smile.

"Yeah." Lan En had no choice but to scratch his chin and swallow his original words, "I was indeed persuaded by her."

"Then I'll give you this blood!" Adeline smiled and handed a test tube of blood to Lan En, blinking at the same time. "This is a blood that is not in the church records."

"." Lan En pursed his lips. Although he was reluctant to accept Yanan's blood, it would seem a bit too deliberate to refuse now.

So after expressing his gratitude, Lan accepted Adeline's blood.

But he did not put the test tube of blood into his alchemical leather bag.

We should be thankful that nothing happened to the spiral sword fragments that were swallowed up silently by [Muddy Flow·Destruction] last time.

Yanan's blood. He would never let his sword get stained with even a speck of it.

The Spider Rom that was killed last time was at least a superior being created by Master William. It was a man-made superior being.

And the greatsword at that time was just [Muddy Stream].

Just a piece of Valyrian steel.

But even so, when the second leader of the New World Investigation Team wanted to recast it, it naturally began to emanate the power of dreams, influencing and mentally oppressing the blacksmith himself.

The current [Turbid Stream·Destruction] can be called a small Nergigante, and has been strengthened by the [Wedge-shaped Stone Disc] from the Fire World.

Who knows what it will become after "eating" the sacred blood in Yharnam?
After accepting the blood with some discomfort in his heart, Lan En told Maria that although he decided to become Yharnam's hunter, he actually wanted to be a hunter like her, guarding the research hall.

Because according to Simon's theory, it is best for the two sober people not to overlap their investigations, so that they can obtain the most extensive intelligence in this nightmare.

Simon has been tracking down the large-scale hunt with unknown objectives that the Healing Church is planning recently. Basically, any hunter who is qualified will be involved in this matter.

Since he was going to start with gray blood disease, he would definitely have to stay in the research hall for convenience. "Oh, this is really strange."

Maria's voice, as vague and light as a dream talk, came, and the female hunter raised her head, and the swan feathers on her hat trembled slightly.

She looked at the witcher with her wine-red pupils and let out a chuckle.

"As a hunter, you don't crave a bloody kill?"

"Don't you feel pleasure when you tear open the prey's skin and flesh and let the blood gush out?"

As she spoke playfully, she raised her hand and shook the half-shoulder cape on her left shoulder.

The blood-red lining of the cape was looming, dangerous and beautiful.

"Or are you not meant to be a hunter, but a scholar? Like those who are ruthless in their pursuit of knowledge?"

Maria spoke with a touch of cold irony, and raised her delicate white chin slightly, nodding in the direction of the clergy.

Hunter and scholar.

These are vocational directions within the Healing Church.

But at the same time, in the eyes of Lan En, a "normal person", people in these two directions have some mental problems.

And Maria, a native Yharnam person, seemed to share the same view with him on this point.

"Please don't say that, Maria." Adeline shook her head. "You are always prejudiced against the clergy and other hunters. But I think they are all good people who are dedicated to the church."

“They’re just too into it.”

Maria's lips curled up in a cold arc: "I would rather you were right."

After she finished speaking, she turned to look at Lan En, and the noble eyes of the blood noble looked her up and down.

If it were an ordinary person, he would probably feel ashamed when being looked at like this.

But Lan En always stood there with his head held high.

His silver hair and mesmerizing face exude a sense of lofty and open nobility.

The temperament of the blood nobles in the Yharnam region is more like the weary nobility that comes from indulgence and decadence.

Maria's pale hair was tied into a simple ponytail, tucked under her tricorn hat. She was different from her people, as could be seen from the simple and unpretentious hairstyle.

But the temperament of the special bloodline still remains.

This made her and Lan En, when standing together, look like two interpretations of the word "noble".

"Of course I'd be happy to have someone come to help. There just so happens to be a hunting mission that requires me to go over there, so your task shouldn't be difficult to handle."

"I will help you talk to the church, but..."

After she finished her words, Maria looked at Lan En from under her tricorn hat.

However, this time, there was a hint of vigilant scrutiny in those cold blood-red eyes.

At the beginning, when Lann stepped forward to suppress the riots, Maria was grateful and admired him.

But then, Lan En, a hunter from another place, unexpectedly had to take over the job of guarding the research hall.

This seemingly deliberate and suspicious behavior made Maria immediately dispel her previous admiration, and then she instinctively felt resistance.

Lan En knew very well about Maria's attitude, but he didn't take it seriously.

Although this female hunter looked exactly like the doll he got from the 'future' Yharnam Hunter Workshop, that didn't mean anything.

She must be the prototype of that exquisite doll.

She is very beautiful and has a good temperament, so someone should be obsessed with her.

In addition, anyone who could place the puppet in the abandoned hunter workshop must also be a hunter from Yharnam.

Mental disorders are all too common among this group of people.

Although even bystanders can clearly feel the morbid persistence and obsession from the puppet.

But among a group of mentally abnormal people, if one particularly abnormal person pops out, he can be considered normal in a certain statistical sense.

So Lan En just thinks it's a coincidence now, but he still believes that his most important job now is to explore the secrets hidden in this nightmare with Simon.

He does not have the sacred blood of Yharnam in his body, and has no connection with the ancient gods or superiors here.

He couldn't be sure that when this nightmare came to an end as Simon had said: in that night of hunting that burned down Old Yharnam, he would go back with it.

(End of this chapter)