No one was more suitable to be Emily's inspector than Kamal. As an energy spirit who had been trapped in Disobedience Fortress for a thousand years, Kamal had nothing to do in the last few hundred years. He had touched every brick, every beam, and every ditch in Disobedience Fortress, and studied every mystery and detail of his own body. The ancient arcanist once said, "You have to be careful. You have to be careful. You have to be careful."
"As a researcher, I have a lot of experience in both research and being researched."
Emily's situation was not exactly the same as his, but at least they shared the essence of being an energy creature. Based on his own research results, Kamel knew how to approach another energy creature.
After a series of attempts, Carmel first confirmed Emily's current state of mind. "Her thinking ability is sound, but her perception and feedback method are a little chaotic. This should be a misalignment caused by the sudden change in life form, so now she's acting a little … different from a normal person."
Gwen nodded and looked at Emily, who was floating around Amber. The little girl seemed to be curious about every stranger in front of her. She was in contact with everyone present with the mentality of 'studying new things', but in the process, she did not have much effective communication with others. She seemed to be immersed in her own spiritual world and only accepted the limited interference of the physical world, which made her behavior somewhat weird.
According to Kamel, when a human being suddenly transformed into an energy creature, the world in his eyes would be 'overlapping' and 'illusory' for a short period of time. It was as unpredictable as looking at a flame through layers of curtains. And the mind of the transformed person would also change in the process to match the change on the body. This dislocation was not permanent, and Emily was obviously in the middle of this change. The only good thing was that the little girl seemed to be adapting well.
"Does she still keep her memories?" Wright could not help but ask curiously. "I mean … is she still Emily?"
"Basically, she'll keep her memories, just like me. But it's hard to say how she'll treat these memories. It depends on how she reconstructs her mind later on," Carmel said. "But no matter what, she's still herself. She can keep herself. This is the biggest difference between energy creatures like us and the undead."
As he spoke, Kamel felt a little emotional. "This child must have a very special talent for affinity with the holy light. This talent should have been reflected when she was alive."
"She once said that she saw a circle of light around me..." Light flashed across Wright's eyes. He suddenly remembered the forgotten details of that night. "At that time, I thought she mistook the light of the bonfire for something else..."
"What she saw might be the holy light around you. The holy light has never left you, but you can't perceive it, so it can only wander around," Gwen guessed. "And I remember you said that the people who adopted Emily said that the child's brain was not normal?"
Wright nodded. "Yes, they said that Emily had strange ideas since she was young, and often had hallucinations. Sometimes she would even scare the adults."
Pitman sighed. "A talented poor girl, although this kind of thing has happened before, but compared to those rich children who received good education and healthy development from a young age, this kind of thing often only exists in the imagination of the poor … I can only say that all this is just too much of a coincidence."
"No, I don't think this is a coincidence." Wright suddenly shook his head. He looked at Emily, his eyes flashing with some kind of inexplicable light. "I think this is the guidance of the holy light. To guide a stupid person like me, the holy light arranged for me and Emily to meet."
Emily heard Wright's voice. She giggled and landed lightly behind Wright. She grabbed his shoulder and slowly leaned there like a piece of gauze. Then, she tilted her head and suddenly waved her arms at Kamel, her whole body emitting a warm and bright light.
Kamel froze for a moment, then let out a soft chuckle. He raised his arm and his whole body emitted a pleasant light blue light as a response.
Amber looked at them in a daze. After a while, she could not help but poke Gwen's arm. "Hey, hey, can you understand what they are doing?"
Gwen could not understand the communication pattern of the two luminous creatures. He could only make a random analysis. "… Maybe they can resonate and communicate after being converted into energy?"
At this time, Kamel floated over. "I don't know what she means. I just flashed a few times."
Gwen and Amber: "…"
Kamel looked at Gwen and Amber's confused faces and suddenly felt a little helpless. "No, Amber, forget it. Didn't you tease children when you were young?"
Gwen: "…"
How could he answer this? He did have memories of teasing children, but who could make such a big turn in this situation?!
"I want to know how to take care of her." Wright was worried about another matter. "I have never had experience in this area."
Pitman heard this and immediately went up to him with a smile. "Then you've found the right person. I also took care of children with others in the past …"
Gwen did not wait for the little old man to finish and interrupted loudly. "Wright, think carefully. Pitman took care of Amber back then …"
Amber was still laughing with Pitman a second ago, but now she glared. "What's wrong with me? What's wrong with me?! "
"Don't make trouble. Emily is just a child." Gwen looked at Pitman and Amber with a rather imposing look, and then looked at Kamel. "You say it. Emily can't be regarded as a normal human child now. What does she need to grow and develop?"
Kamel nodded and said to Wright, "Let the child live with you for the time being. According to my observation, she can already sustain herself. She just needs a small amount of holy light from you as a supplement. Besides, she doesn't need to drink or eat other than energy. In addition, she needs to have appropriate contact with other people. This will help her reconstruct a complete mind as soon as possible and also reduce her uneasiness. Finally, you have to observe her state at all times. When her energy is unstable and she suddenly becomes extremely anxious, you have to use your own holy light to comfort her, or check if there are any strong energy sources around her that are interfering. If you encounter a situation that you can't solve, come to me. "
Wright carefully noted down all the things he needed to take note of. After he had memorized all of them, he raised his head and exhaled softly. He then turned to look at Emily, who was still lying on his shoulder. "Don't worry, I'll definitely protect you this time."
Gwen also smiled. He slowly walked forward and extended a hand to the little girl. "Child, welcome to Cecil."
… …
After leaving the church, Gwen did not return to the Liege's Residence. Instead, he took Amber to the Whitewater River.
It was already midsummer, but as a northern country, Ansu's climate was always cool, especially by the Whitewater River. Even at noon in summer, there was often a cool breeze blowing. Gwen stood on a high concrete platform by the riverbank, enjoying the cool breeze as he looked in the direction of the mechanical bridge.
The huge mechanical bridge connected the two sides of the Whitewater River. On the other side of the bridge, layers of wheat were rising in the farmland of the northern development district. Further away on the riverbank were pipes that extended from the river to the shore. Gwen knew that was where the northern development district's water pump was located.
With the creation of all kinds of arcanotech devices, the advanced mechanical pumps had long replaced the earliest water wheels in the territory. But to this day, there was still a water wheel that operated in the western part of the southern bank. It was left behind to commemorate the earliest days of the development district.
"Why didn't you go home and come to see the wheat?" Although Amber did her duty as a bodyguard and followed Gwen to the riverbank, her mouth was not idle at all. After standing by the side for a while, she could not help but mutter.
"It helps me think." Gwen said casually.
Emily's figure appeared in his mind.
Gawain couldn't figure out whether Emily had "come back from the dead" or not. He wasn't interested in whether this was a result of the Holy Light's guidance or pure coincidence. He just couldn't help but feel a little confused after seeing Emily's spiritual form, so he wanted to find a place to quietly ponder.
Soul, physical body, spiritual body (or energy body) … Where was the boundary in the middle?
If counting from the beginning of the satellite era, Gwen might have been in this world for millions of years. If counting from the time he opened the coffin, he had been in this world for more than a year. But he still could not completely get rid of the mental constraints of his previous life. The strangeness of this world, or rather, the "illogical" aspects, were still troubling him.
Kamel, who was once a human, became a magical creature after receiving the energy from Amoun the Giant Deer. Ninety percent of his body was composed of the so-called "arcane energy". Emily, who was once a human, survived independently after being affected by Wright's holy light and became a spiritual creature. Her whole body was formed by the holy light, and what made up their bodies was all "energy".
Could energy have a form and quality? Was energy something that could be seen and touched? Could the boundary between energy and matter be so blurred?
The concepts in Gwen's previous life told him that energy was invisible and intangible. It existed, but humans could only confirm its existence through the various phenomena produced by energy. It could be interchanged with matter, but it was an extremely difficult process. But in this world, everything was different.
In the field of magic, the boundary between matter and matter was so blurred … How did these incredible changes happen?
Gwen's eyes fell on the waves of wheat in the distance. The waves of wheat, the flowing water, the soil, those things that really existed, could they suddenly change form without following E = mc2?
How did the foundation of this world … How was it formed?
While thinking, Gwen suddenly thought of the Magic Tide, those substances that changed form in the Magic Tide, and the magical environment that changed the world after the Magic Tide.
The Magic Tide … Was it the moment when the boundary between energy and matter was the most blurred?
He did not know how to explain the confusion and thoughts in his mind to the native creatures of this world. Even a top scholar like Kamel might not be able to understand the other worldview in his mind. But he did find a little clue in the difficult friction between the two worldviews — a little clue that might involve the essence of this world. He instinctively felt that the changes that happened to Kamel and Emily could not be covered up with a simple sentence like "all of this is because of magic". Behind these changes … perhaps the most fundamental secret of this world was hidden.
Amber stood beside and looked at Gwen who was in deep thought. She keenly felt that Gwen was in a dilemma and was in a state of anxiety. She did not know what the problem was, but she still said, "Emily is alive. Anyway, this is a good thing, right?"
Gwen woke up from those questions that could not be answered at the moment. He was stunned for a moment, then he smiled and looked at Amber. "It's rare that you can say something so clear. Yes, anyway, this is a good thing. "
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