Chapter 348 Traveler: I want to die
"Could it be that the mushroom has grown into the shape of a wild fruit?!" Paimon looked horrified.
"Uh... No, no, Paimon, you heard me right... My teacher Harold successfully bred the offspring of the Liar and the Sweetheart," Cole said, rubbing his hands nervously.
"Not only Sweet Flower, the teacher also successfully hybridized Mint and Trickster Flower, and Trickster Flower with different attributes, and cultivated the 'Pretender' in the form of Mint, and the Trickster Flower that can use two elemental powers."
When talking about his teacher's achievements, Cole's smile was filled with pride and admiration.
But when she finished speaking, Paimon's eyes widened even further, and even Sora's face showed a dazed look.
Kong couldn't help but recall the scene of himself fighting a wild Liarflower when he had just woken up. He thought about how he had fought hard for a long time and finally killed the Liarflower when he was only one step away from death.
He couldn't help but clench his fists: Devil! That guy named Harold is definitely a devil!
As he thought of this, the image of a scholar in a white robe standing sideways flashed through his mind. He had an evil smile on his face, and all parts of his body that represented his personal characteristics were shrouded in black shadows.
Although they had never met before, Kong was already wary of this scholar named Harold.
"Actually, the principle is very simple..." Seeing the two people so surprised, Cole patiently explained the theoretical basis of the hybridization experiment of the deceptive flower.
Half an hour later
Cole smiled shyly: "...That's it! So the teacher didn't do any weird experiments, he just accidentally produced some 'by-products', hehe..."
Paimon looked confused: "Traveler, do you understand?"
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1. “I didn’t understand at all…”
2. "I roughly understand."
Paimon nodded: "I think Cole is amazing, and so is her teacher."
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【1. (Silence)...
2. In a sense...】
Cole: "Oh, by the way, Master Tinari said that you'd better go to bed early. There will be strange noises coming out of the forest at night these days."
Paimon: "Why is there a strange noise?"
Ke Lai: "I'm not sure about this. My master doesn't allow me to go to the rain forest at night."
Sora and Paimon looked at each other and said, "I see. Thank you for your kindness."
"Also, this is freshly brewed medicine that can help people relieve 'rainforest syndrome'. As for the food...it's in the cupboard and needs to be heated up when you eat it."
"Cole is so thoughtful!" Paimon said happily.
Sora smiled and nodded in agreement.
Ke Lai gave a somewhat shy smile: "If you need anything else, you can tell me."
After saying that, she seemed to remember something and pinched the hem of her clothes: "...I suddenly remembered that I still have some things to deal with..."
Paimon was a little confused: "Hey, are you leaving?"
Ke Lai hung his head: "Well... I will come again after I finish my work."
Sora nodded: "It's okay, go ahead and do your work. Thank you for talking to us for so long."
...
Leaving the hut where the travelers were healing, Cole walked at a leisurely pace on the wooden path. As she walked, her pace gradually quickened, and in the end she even jogged.
"Master Tinari!" Seeing the familiar figure, Cole ran and waved and called out.
"Cole." Tinari and the two rangers beside him stopped.
"Master Tinari, the traveler really asked those questions, and I told him everything." Cole lowered his eyebrows, "...I think what Teacher Harold said is right, he is a trustworthy person."
Tinari: "Well... I'll tell him the truth about 'Spiritual Fragrance' tomorrow."
He had always been skeptical that the Traveler could be the key to breaking the deadlock, but after listening to the Traveler's description of what he saw and heard after he fell into a coma, he changed his mind.
He guessed that what the traveler saw at that time was not an illusion, but that under the influence of the "Spiritual Phenol Fragrance", his consciousness was connected to the World Tree and he gained enlightenment.
The Traveler is indeed special. Even the World Tree favors him. No wonder he can turn Mondstadt, Liyue, and Inazuma upside down.
...
"Traveler, this is really delicious!" Paimon has already eaten the pocket biscuits left by Cole.
Sora grabbed the leaves of the "Pretender" and fell into deep thought:
Things happening today seem a little strange. I already know a lot of information, but what is the key?
[The Mad Scholar of Aru Village][Harold and others disappeared one after another][Tinari received an invitation from the Church Order][Seno's investigation][Spiritual Fragrance][Scholars practicing in the forest][Strange noises at night]
[The Mad Scholar of Aru Village] + [Harold and others disappeared one after another] → [They were imprisoned by the Ministry of Education because they discovered part of the truth]
[The Mad Scholar of Aru Village] + [The Scholars in the Forest] → [The reason why the Ministry of Education chose these scholars in the forest is that their disappearance will not attract attention.]
[Seno's Investigation] + [Strange noises at night] → [Perhaps it was caused by Seno, Tinari and others fighting against the person behind the scenes to protect those scholars]
There are some speculations now, and they seem to be related:
[They were imprisoned by the Council of the Church because they discovered part of the truth] + [Seno's investigation] → [Seno also learned part of the truth, but was not dealt with by the Council of the Church. There are other factors behind the disappearance of Harold and others]
What is this factor?
Click [Tinari receives an invitation from the Decree House]
→Tinari was invited to participate in the research, and Harold and the others might have been chosen for the same reason, so the Order might not even know that they knew the truth about the mad scholar just like Senor.
Sora rubbed his forehead, so the key figures here are:
【Seno】【Tinari】【Colai】【Harold】【Kavi】【Elhaisen】
Click [Sino]
Kong covered his head: No, he followed the clues and did not cause the scholar's disappearance.
Click [Tinari]
Kong: No, he is far away in Huacheng and his connection with the Ministry of Education is not close.
Click [Harold]
Kong: The information about the mad scholar was brought back by Harold from the desert, and not long after, Elhaisen, Kavi, and himself mysteriously disappeared, which is why Seno came to this area.
But I know very little about him, except...
Several colorful deceptive flowers and countless "pretenders" suddenly appeared in Kong's mind. These strange plants danced hand in hand in his brain.
Sora: ... (My head is about to split open!)
...It's not surprising that such a scary guy would be captured by the Ministry of Education to conduct some forbidden research, Sora thought.
"Traveler, here, this is for you!" Paimon handed the remaining two pocket biscuits to Kong.
Sora took the biscuit and said, "Let's go to the rain forest tonight, Paimon."