Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1290 1262. Regulations
When Lan En came to Yharnam last time, he went straight to Byronvis, who had been isolated for a long time.

In the big lake in front of the academy, he killed the spider Rom that kept going back in time.

The reversal of time has stopped, and what remains are actually various organizations that believe in various ancient gods. In order to solve all problems and achieve all goals in this rare hunting night, they keep extending the night.

So Lan En has never actually experienced time travel in Yharnam.

Therefore, he had no idea whether he would follow the dreams of the ancient gods and go back to the past.

You can't gamble on this kind of thing.

So Lan En tried to find out the root cause of the nightmare this time.

He had to hurry.

As a hunter from another land, joining the command of the Healing Church is actually very simple.

After all, the Healing Church already has a complete and quick process for this kind of thing.

Most of the outsiders who come to Yharnam as hunters seek the help of [blood therapy] in order to cure their terminal illnesses.

Each of them is mentally unstable due to the pressure of terminal illness. If the process is slowed down even a little bit, who knows what these dangerous people can do?
So after Lan En agreed to become a Yharnam hunter, he actually registered a form in the research hall and received a document of employment.

Proves that he is already a hunter of Yharnam.

His only right is to enjoy a regular and quantitative supply of [Blood Therapy], and to receive a set of standard hunter equipment issued by the Healing Church as support.

If you want it, you have to go to the Church Town above Old Yharnam and get it from the Hunter's Workshop.

But if someone feels that his own equipment is more suitable, no one requires him to use it.

His only duty is to quietly and covertly eliminate those filthy beasts in the night of Yharnam, except for the hunting nights.

"That's great!" Adeline's voice was filled with joy and envy as she watched Lan En take the parchment employment letter with the Healing Church's seal in his hand.

"Lan En became a hunter, and he can cure his disease and realize his own value."

After saying this, Adeline was silent for a while, but soon shook her head and laughed.

"Hey, for someone like me who doesn't have much talent, I can at least be considered helpful this time, right?"

"Don't say that about yourself, Adeline."

Maria was holding a wax stick that had just been melted off and was used to stamp the Healing Church seal. She had just done the procedure for Lan En.

Placing the wax stick casually on the table piled with documents and books, Maria encouraged Adeline with her cold voice.

"You have done enough and done it well. No one can ask anything more from you. You always ask too much of yourself."

This was originally the office of the clergy of the research hall, and was temporarily used by Maria to make a hunter's document.

"You don't have to comfort me." Adeline waved her hand and said with a smile. "Fortunately, I have an opportunity now. There is a new project in the research hall that needs the cooperation of the Blood Saint."

As she spoke, she showed a confident expression and seemed very motivated.

"They said that I would gain access to secrets never before known to anyone, and hear deep voices. Something that even the scholars of Byronvis could not touch!"

"I don't know what it is, but I will try my best to learn it!"

After putting away the employment documents, Lan En frowned slightly as he looked at Adeline, who had anticipation in her eyes.

It reminded me of the moment not long ago, on the first floor of the research hall, when the clergymen carried away the bodies of their colleagues with expressionless faces, and the calm shooting of the senior clergymen in white robes.
"Research project? Need you?" The demon hunter chose his words carefully, hoping to remind Adeline in a tactful way, "You don't seem to meet the requirements of a researcher."

In other words, it is not the ‘researcher’, but the ‘researched’.

"I think you'd better stay away from them." Maria nodded in agreement. She said in a low voice, "They give me a very bad feeling, Adeline."

The 'they' Maria mentioned were undoubtedly the clergy in the research hall.

Adeline said that Maria couldn't get along with them, and even normal working conditions made her uncomfortable, so she usually stayed in the clock tower on the top floor of the research hall.

This was also the reason why she did not fulfill her duties immediately during the riot just now.

"You're starting to make malicious assumptions again." Adeline smiled helplessly, "We are both in the Healing Church. Is there anyone who would intentionally hurt me?"

Maria just frowned but didn't refute.

Although she did not get along well with the clergy in the research hall, she did not become hostile to them.

After all, as Adeline said: they belong to the same Healing Church after all.

On the contrary, it was Lan En, who had just arrived at the research hall today, who was the one who was most wary of the clergy.

He is also the person who most wants to understand all the secrets of this research hall and the plague that is raging in Old Yharnam.

"So, my daily job is to patrol the entire research hall and prevent patients from going crazy and out of control, right?"

After finishing the paperwork, Lan En asked Maria like a new employee who couldn't wait to show his skills. The Blood Noble nodded slightly, seeming to have a cold and distant feeling.

This is not an illusion.

Although Maria was happy that someone could share the work that she was reluctant to do, she was still a little wary of Lan's proactive style.

"That's about it. I'll tell you some things to note later."

Maria picked up her tricorn hat from the table covered with documents and books, put it back on her head and walked out.

Her steps were neither fast nor slow, but steady and yet her strides were not small.

Lan En inadvertently looked at the other person's slender and well-proportioned legs from behind. There was no doubt that Maria was an excellent hunter.

Although Lan En didn't know how long her hunting career had been or how much experience she had in dealing with wild beasts, judging from the fighting power she showed in her steps,
Now, even a hunter of the level of young Henrik would find it difficult to touch the fluttering edge of the half-shoulder cloak in front of her.

"After all, this is a center for the treatment and research of gray blood disease, so even if we take action here, we can't be as reckless as we are outside."

Lan followed behind Maria, their boots making light 'bang bang' sounds as they stepped on the spiral wooden stairs.

As Maria spoke, she nodded to the descendant of Sumeru who was guarding the staircase connecting the floors.

These descendants of ancient humans, whose skin was as pale as the dead and whose bodies were at the same level as Lan En, were very cold and rigid.

They were wearing coats similar to priest's robes, and did not respond to Maria's nod and greeting. They just did not attack Lan En who was brought up by Maria.

"This is the hope for all gray blood patients."

The female hunter from the Blood Nobles turned her head slightly back, revealing an indifferent yet beautiful profile and white hair under the brim of her tricorn hat.

"Our responsibility is to protect the smooth progress of research and treatment here, not to destroy it because of the irresistible urge to hunt."

"So you can't use flamethrowers or hunter's horn guns here. Even if you use a hunter's musket, you must use it with caution when you are not sure that it will not affect valuables and bystanders."

There was a warning and caution in the huntress's tone.

It seemed that she was very worried that Lan En was like other hunters in Yharnam, either tortured by his terminal illness to the point of abnormality, or having an abnormally strong desire for blood during hunting.

Neither of these two types of hunters are suitable for working in the research hall.

"So you were a step slow just now?" Lan En followed Maria closely, walking up the spiral wooden stairs.

At the same time, his eyes were on Maria's lower back.

Under the half-shoulder cape with a blood-red lining, a gun barrel with blood-colored, flashy carved patterns was inserted diagonally into Maria's thin leather belt.

This is actually one of the purposes of the half-shoulder cape.

It can conceal the weapons and hand movements on one side of the body, but it is not as alert as a complete cloak.

As a hunter, although Lan En didn't know exactly how good she was, but she should be a very good hunter, Maria should of course have a musket.

Even judging from the style, this rifle is finely crafted and far superior to the standard hunter rifle.

The reason why she did not shoot and kill the crazed patient before the white-robed clergyman was largely because her shooting angle was not ideal.

No shots were fired to prevent accidental injuries and damage.

Maria did not respond to Lan's previous question, but just shook her cloak to completely cover her musket, and also covered the previous topic.

Walking up the spiral staircase to the entrance to the third floor, Maria pointed to the sign at the door to Lan En in the corridor on the third floor of the research hall.

"The wards and treatment rooms are the key patrol areas. But you don't have to feel confused by the number of rooms. Just patrol the corridors. Crazy patients have basically lost self-control and will scream loudly."

"You can enter and exit any of these doors as long as you can open them, but you cannot enter or exit any of the locked ones."

"Those are clergy's research rooms and laboratories. Their work is very important. It is strictly forbidden to enter and cause trouble."

At the end of the conversation, Maria became much more serious with Lan.

There is no doubt that these are the rules and regulations for working in the research hall.

"If you can't enter, don't enter. It's simple and clear. I understand."

Lan En agreed promptly, but out of the corner of his eye, he had already taken a quick look around and memorized the nameplates on the doorways of the rooms on the entire floor, and then asked Mentos to construct the graphics inside the building.

"But I still have a question, Ms. Maria."

Walking behind Maria, the witcher glanced at the open door of the ward and the patient inside while speaking in a low voice.

“What on earth are those sacks on the patients’ shoulders for?”

(End of this chapter)