The cycle of the Sabzeruz Festival lasted a full seven days in real-time, but to most of Sumeru City's residents, it felt like only one night had passed. The Akademiya, which controls the Akasha, found it quite easy to manage this situation; they only needed to gradually guide the populace through the Akasha Terminal.
After the cycle of the Suflower Festival ended, the sun, representing tomorrow, finally rose as usual. The residents of Sumeru City slowly stirred, groaning in pain from aching backs, sore legs, dizziness, and hunger.
"I only slept, so why does my body feel like it's decaying? Did I catch a cold last night?"
Precisely because of this, today the busiest place in Sumeru City became the Bimarstan. It is where the Akademiya provides free medical care to the public. Regardless of status, everyone can receive free, timely, and effective treatment at the Bimarstan.
Of course, the free treatment here is only for minor injuries and illnesses. For conditions like Eleazar or more troublesome diseases, that's another matter. For those, one would likely have to go to Amurta Academy or Gandharva Ville.
Even so, countless Sumeru residents who felt unwell flocked here for treatment, instantly making Dr. Zachariah, the person in charge of the Bimarstan, dizzy with busyness.
It wasn't just the common folk who experienced this phenomenon; even he and his colleagues, as doctors, had similar reactions.
Such a widespread occurrence of similar symptoms immediately made Dr. Zachariah feel that something was wrong. He thought Sumeru City had a large-scale infectious disease and urgently reported it to the Akademiya via the Akasha Terminal.
However, the Akademiya's reply was very strange, consisting of only twelve characters: "Normal phenomenon, no need to worry, just rest."
Although Zachariah found the Akademiya's reply odd, over the years, they had developed a dependency on Akasha's information and would subconsciously choose to believe the information transmitted by Akasha.
Furthermore, after Zachariah's own diagnosis, he found that most people's symptoms were indeed just dizziness and a muddled head, appearing to be after-effects of prolonged sleep. So, he prescribed medication for dizziness and sent them home to rest.
Lumine and Paimon, having escaped the Suflower Festival, immediately removed their Akasha Terminals and came to the Bimarstan. After pushing through a massive crowd, they finally found a pale but conscious Deena Dazed on a familiar sickbed.
Standing silently by her side was Miss Katheryne of the Adventurers' Guild.
Paimon, seeing Deena Dazed safe and sound, excitedly said with a catch in his voice, "Deena Dazed! Boo-hoo... it's great, you're fine! Don't scare us like that..."
Deena Dazed, clutching his dazed head, heard Paimon's words and asked with some confusion, "Little Paimon, Lumine? What's wrong with you two? Uh... hmm... Why am I here? Did my illness act up?"
Lumine thought for a moment, then said, "Yes, after you attended the Sabzeruz Festival, you suddenly fainted and scared us terribly."
Deena Dazed murmured, "The Sabzeruz Festival... Oh right, I remember now. I just had a dream, a dream where Nilou danced the Dance of the Goddess of Flowers so many, many times, as if all the Sabzeruz Festivals I missed in my life were made up for.
Nilou's Dance of the Goddess of Flowers was truly spectacular; every time I watched it, I felt a new sensation."
Just then, Miyashiro rushed in with a flustered Dehya. Seeing Deena Dazed safe and sound, Dehya also let out a long sigh of relief.
Dehya: "Miss, it's wonderful that you're safe."
Deena Dazed: "Dehya, Regent, what's wrong with you two? Why are you so excited to see me? Haha, haven't we only been apart for one night?"
Paimon added from the side, "Actually, it's been more than one night..."
Deena Dazed: "Ah... that's strange. Did I sleep for so long? No wonder my head hurts so much..."
Miyashiro replied at this moment, "Dehya, please take Miss Deena Dazed home to rest well. His spirit is still very weak, and the noisy environment of the Bimarstan is not conducive to his rest."
Dehya nodded. He also knew that as a famous wealthy merchant family in Sumeru City, the Humayun family's doctors, medicines, and living environment were all far superior to the free Bimarstan.
So, he carefully carried Deena Dazed on his back, greeted everyone, and then left the Bimarstan.
Miyashiro looked around at Lumine, Paimon, and Nahida, who was possessing Katheryne, and then said, "Alright, I expect Lumine and Paimon will have many questions for Nahida and me, right? Let's find a suitable place to have a good chat."
Nahida nodded and then said, "Hmm, you saved my devout follower. I will provide all answers."
Everyone followed Miyashiro to a secluded spot. After Miyashiro sensed that there was no one else around, he nodded to everyone.
Paimon immediately couldn't contain his curiosity and asked, "Nahida, why are you in Katheryne's form?"
Nahida smiled, "I should say, I am currently invading Katheryne's consciousness using Akasha as a medium. Theoretically, I can enter the minds of anyone wearing an Akasha Terminal.
However, I always respect the self-awareness of Sumeru's citizens and have never truly invaded their consciousness. I only borrow this bionic puppet from Snezhnaya when necessary."
Hearing the term 'bionic puppet,' Paimon couldn't help but widen his eyes and say, "Ah... oh, wait, it seems I've suddenly learned something incredible. So Katheryne is... no wonder there were so many strange things about him."
Miyashiro laughed from the side, "Hahaha, you've been to so many nations, seen so many Katherynes, and completed so many Adventurers' Guild commissions. Haven't you noticed this yet?
The Adventurers' Guild, spread across The Seven Nations of Teyvat, is the largest and most numerous organization on the continent of Teyvat, and also Snezhnaya's most important intelligence department.
Strictly speaking, every Adventurer registered with the Adventurers' Guild has, without knowing it, provided a large amount of intelligence to Snezhnaya and earned them a large amount of commission."
Paimon was greatly surprised by this. He had never heard of Miyashiro's statement before. According to him, did he and Lumine, by completing so many commissions for the Adventurers' Guild, been aiding the enemy all this time?
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