285 New Experiment, Treating the Unconcious Girl that Lost Her Arm (1/2)
Day 43 – 8:42 PM – Mountain Base, Mount Malabito, General Nakar, Quezon
”Yawn~…”
Alana yawned while stretching her body which somehow emphasized her beautifully shaped body.
”Do we really have to be this early?”
Hallie asked while she rubbed her sleepy eyes.
”What early? Look at the sun and tell me that it's still early. Aside from you two, everyone is already out working.”
Mark reprimanded the two.
”Yawn~…”
Another yawn followed suit which came from Amihan on Mark's shoulder.
To that minute yawn, Mark only glanced a bit and did not say anything.
”Wah, you're too biased you know that.”
Hallie protested making Alana nod in agreement.
”Seriously, cut it you two. We still have things to do.”
They were currently inside one of Mark's newly made chambers inside the rocky crevice. Together with them were Miracle who was being carried on Mark's arms and the group of blood children consisting of Oracle, Crimson, Ivy, Salacia and the newest, Alaula, the glowing [BloodChild].
This new chamber was made further inside the crevice which sunlight could not reach and that was also the reason why Mark had not built these new chambers before aside from the ones where the infected were being kept. How, fortunately, the issue about light was finally solved because of Alaula.
The [Blood Metal] created from Alaula was also glowing and the intensity of light could be adjusted accordingly by changing the density and thickness of the metal. Finding the best adjustment was what Mark had spent his time yesterday afternoon until sunset, well, until the mermaid had waked up.
After experimenting, he was able to get the right density, thickness and placement and was able to make this room lit up as if he was using a fluorescent light. It was quite dimmer than the actual one but way better than an oil lamp. He arranged the glowing bars of metal on the ceiling creating a lighting grid above which lit the whole chamber. It was not very space efficient but at least, it functioned well.
This morning, they were here to work on a few things like improving their weapons and making some designs. But first, they had to deal with the poor child currently lying down on the work table. She was the one Mark managed to retrieve from the cannibalistic Mutator the other day. She had not woke up until now.
Mark could force her to wake up but it was better if they did something about her missing arm first. In other words, Mark would do some experiment.
Looking at the side, the situation was like a surgery. The only problem was there were no doctors and what the ”surgeons” were handling was very unlikely to be used to treat the little girl.
”By the way, how is the Sleeping Mermaid? She woke up already, right? We heard from Trisha last night. She said that you asked her to prepare food for her.”
Alana asked in curiosity while they prepared the materials. Ever since Mark took the mermaid into the chambers, he had not talked about it. Mark also left yesterday to visit the evacuation center because of several things and when he returned, he immediately went back to his work.
”She woke up last night.”
Mark spoke nonchalantly.
”Really? Can we see her?”
”Yeah! Let us see her! Unless you di- OW… Do you really have to hit my head? I'll go stupid if you keep doing this…”
Hearing that the mermaid was awake, the enthusiasm of the two Otakus flared up. However, one was thinking something improper which made Mark shut her up.
Ignoring her protest, Mark spoke.
”You two better not, at least not now. She is very afraid of humans and there's also the language barrier. Just getting her name and making her eat is already a handful. You two can ask Amihan here about how hard it was.”
”Right! We had to speak like cavemen just to ask her name! And she also doesn't eat meat and fish!”
Amihan spoke with a bit of grumble. The little sylph was still afraid of humans but it was quite better if it was Alana and Hallie for some reason. Aside from these two, she could not speak to others at all without flinching.
”I think… There is someone else who is also afraid of humans and also only eats fruits here, right?”
Alana teased which made Amihan freeze and blush. She realized that she was also referring to herself when said those words. Afraid of humans and not able to eat meat and fish, she was totally the same.
”Hmm…” Hallie nodded with comprehension. ”It's understandable that she won't eat fish. It's cannibalism.”
”Anyway, what is her name?”
Alana asked.
”Milliel.”
Mark replied as he made Miracle sit on the table beside the unconscious girl.
”Her name sounds like an angel. She had fish tail instead of wings though.”
”True.”
Alana and Hallie spoke respectively. Both of them had serious expressions on their faces.
Mark looked at the two with stern eyes.
”Really, cut it off you two. Everything is ready. Let's get to work.”
”Are we really doing it?”
”Yeah, shouldn't we get her consent first?”