The Little Devil of Sakaz

Ceria recognized him.

This child is a new collaborator that Kristen told at the meeting. He met Nasty, the director of the engineering department, and even called her to apply for a job.

"I am Kristen's collaborator, and helping her resolve her troubles will help the collaboration progress."

Worm still said the same thing, and then asked where to send Ifrit.

"Please, please give Ifrit to me..."

The fainted Researcher Liboli ran over without even treating the wound on her head. She was more excited than Ceria, and her panic was clearly on the surface.

"you are?"

"I'm the person in charge of Ifrit, Helmer. Olivia Helmer."

"You made her fire get out of control."

Worm seemed to be questioning.

"...I, I should have noticed it earlier. Ifrit...she has been emotionally unstable recently, and she still pretended...she also pretended not to care..."

"Don't let this happen again next time."

Worm didn't want to hear her confession and cries now. Getting the girl settled was the most important thing.

"I will, definitely."

She responded firmly and promised.

"You should have talked to her, not promised me, Helmer."

Worm handed the girl over to her, but seeing that she couldn't even take care of herself, let alone carry the girl, he took Ifrit back.

"Tell me where to send her."

"I need to change rooms...first, come with me."

"..."

Ceria on the side remained silent. After Worm left with Ifrit in his arms, she spoke up and directed the personnel of the Defense Department to clean the scene and treat the injured.

"Thank you, Worm. Thank you for saving Ifrit."

After placing the girl in place, Helmer, who was being treated by Joyce, had time to say thank you to the boy who saved Ifrit.

"...I hope there won't be a next time."

Worm sat by the bed, held the girl's arm, and inspected the Originium crystal on it.

"What method did you use to treat her oriopathy?"

The girl's mineral disease condition has stabilized, and it seems that she is indeed receiving effective treatment here.

"Chimerism therapy..."

"..."

It is a medical technology that I have never heard of.But not knowing this did not prevent Worm from evaluating her situation.

"Superficial treatment. Her oriopathy will still tend to get worse."

"Why, why do you say that?"

Helmer has always kept the situation of Ifrit in mind, and she is obviously changing for the better.

"...When you treat patients, you must not care about the patient's emotions."

Worm could see clearly that most of the emotions shown by the girl in front of him were negative.

If this continues, even if there is no Balrog to release her negative emotions today, she will lose control in the near future.

"Emotions... Ifrit's emotions... she was really in pain during the treatment. But after it was over, I have been, always been..."

Does that kind of soothing really have an effect?

Homer fell silent.

"If you don't change the treatment method and don't pay attention to her emotional changes, she will lose control soon."

If he wasn't there at that time, and neither was Seria, who could come to save her?

Worm thought.

He probably understood what the Balrog meant.

"Young fellows."

"what?"

Helmer didn't understand Worm's words.

"During my stay in Rhine Life, I will come to visit her. I will also witness the treatment methods you use. Olivia Helmer, no matter what you do, I will first make sure Ifrit, make sure The condition of my kindred bodies.”

"If necessary, I will discuss with Kristen to pick up my people and let me treat them."

For 158. Being invited to dinner by Diamond |

1094年10月12日，8:36a.m.

"..."

Looking at the Vaifan woman opposite who looked like a stone, Worm checked the time again to make sure that he had arrived ahead of time at the appointed time. The cold appearance of the other party was not caused by his being late or other reasons.

"Sorry, I was thinking about something just now."

Seria's expression softened slightly.She picked up the menu and handed it to Worm.

"Thank you for saving Ifrit."

She invited the other party out alone to treat her to dinner. Ifrit's matter was the main reason.

"She is a member of my race, and it is my duty to help her survive."

Worm handed her the menu again.

"I don't know how to order, you should come."

"it is good."

Worm didn't know what the food Ceria ordered was, and his focus wasn't on the food.

"Besides Ifrit, is there anything else you want to tell me?"

"There is one thing. You said before that it was the Tin Man who introduced me to you."

She still remembered this clearly. After all, she had agreed to come for the interview, but Worm failed. It was hard not to let her remember the other person.

"Yes. It was also he who told me that there were people of the same race living in the Rhine, that's why I came to Tremont."

"Same race……"

But Ceria remembered clearly that the source stone fragments in Ifrit's body came from a Sakaz clan called Balrog, and Balrog was already extinct.

"I have been investigating Ifrit's matter."

Since you are also a Balrog, that's fine.

"She is not a native Sarkaz. The Originium fragments in her body caused the changes in her body."

Worm used her words to clarify the nature of Ifrit.

"……Correct."

Ceria's hands on her legs were clenched into fists, which turned white.

Someone is doing illegal human experiments in Tremont, which is a thorn in Serena's heart.

"You didn't stay in Rhineland this time. Did you go to investigate this matter?"

"Yes. We already have some clues."

"You want to continue the investigation? It may drag down Rhine's life."

Seria must know this. If her identity is discovered, if the other party does not want her to continue the investigation, Rhine's life will be dragged down.

"If they dare to take action on Rhine's life, their identity will be exposed. If there are clues, we can find evidence, and I will send them all to prison."

She knew this, and even hoped that the other party would be unable to bear it and jump out sooner.

"Worm, I hope you can protect Ifrit when I am no longer in Rhine Life."

The other party was someone brought by Kristen, who saved Ifrit, and was of the same race as the girl, so Ceria chose to believe him.

"I will...pay you."

When you ask someone for help, regardless of their status or relationship, you should be rewarded accordingly.

"Okay. I am also preparing to see your Rhine Life's treatment for Ifrit. Ifrit is a member of my race, and I will protect her. But equally, if I find that Rhine Life's treatment will harm her, I’ll take her away too.”

"...I promise that Rhine Life will not harm her."

When the food arrived, the two stopped talking.

While eating, Ceria's cell phone rang.

"Mulseth, what's the matter?"

Worm ate the food in front of him silently, without asking what the other party was talking about.

"Mulseth, director of the Rhine Life Ecology Department... can be regarded as Ifrit's friend."

After hanging up the phone, Ceria explained to Worm the identity of the person on the other end of the phone.

"She is also helping me investigate this matter."

"What did she find?"

You called me suddenly, couldn't it be because you wanted to talk on the phone?

Recalling what happened last night when Dr. Blood Demon chatted with him for more than an hour on the pretext of giving him physical data, Worm couldn't help but doubt the purpose of that person just now.

"It's Kristen. She wants to transfer the Defense Department to deal with a matter."

"Kristen? Why didn't she just call you?"

Worm's casual question almost made Ceria unable to answer.

"She is very busy. Worm, her busyness is completely different from that of ordinary workers."

Although it makes sense, it seems more like a... weak defense.

"Are you leaving Tremont?"

"The target location is around Tremont."

"Okay, I'll pay attention to Ifrit."

"Thank you."

Ceria said thank you many times today, but every time she said it more, a deeper sense of weakness spread through her body, and her clenched fists seemed to become weak.

"Ifrit..."

Ceria held the sink and looked at herself in the mirror.

She always follows her father's teachings, and it has always been her creed that a strong person never complains about the environment.

But the kid...

"I will protect you, Ifrit. I won't let anyone hurt you."

The way the child cried to avoid the invisible bad guy reminded her of her past self, which left her with such a promise.

You become stronger, but if you can only protect yourself, then there is no point in all the hard work you put in.

"..."

The girl sat in her new room, looking at the closed door with a very sad look.

Ceria, I haven’t seen her since I woke up.

Worm, he didn’t come to see him either.

Hemo, Hemo is also busy...

"Evefu, Evefu~!"