Chapter 143 Hypnosis

Watching the crystal pendant Heidi held gently swaying, Nina swallowed nervously. Although the other party told her to relax, this was her first time receiving hypnotherapy, and it was always difficult to control her reactions.

While her gaze was drawn to the crystal pendant, she also noticed the seemingly plain stone bracelet on Heidi's wrist. The bracelet was woven with sturdy silk thread, stringing together many colorful stones, some of which had rune-like markings.

Noticing Nina's gaze, Heidi smiled and shook her wrist, "I am a 'student' of the Truth Society, following and serving the Wisdom God, Rahm. Although it may not look like it, according to the professional registry, I am a cleric."

A cleric... not only a mental health physician, but also a member of the Truth Society?

Nina had certainly heard of the Truth Society. Although its name sounded like a school, it was actually one of the four major orthodox Churches, along with the Deep Sea Church, the Death Cult, and the Torchbearers, jointly maintaining the civilized order of the Deep Sea Era. Unlike the other three Churches, the Truth Society did not have a strong sense of "theology," but rather focused on the pure inheritance of knowledge and the research and promotion of cutting-edge technologies. Its followers also formed relationships based on mentorship and schools of thought.

Other Churches were based on cathedrals and sanctuaries, with the daily routine of spreading faith and organizing Mass, but the Truth Society had established countless universities and laboratories in various city-states. The daily routine of a high-ranking cleric seeing a lower-ranking cleric was to throw a big question at them to see if their faith in the Lord had reached the passing score—it could be described as having a unique style.

It was precisely because of the Truth Society's special "style" that it had the fewest members among the four major orthodox Churches. Even fewer members were qualified to wear identification markers on a daily basis and be registered as official clerics—because the questions were really difficult.

Even ordinary universities might not produce a few top students each year who were qualified to convert to Rahm, let alone a poor child like Nina who studied in a public school in the lower district.

Heidi suddenly seemed to be shrouded in a halo in her eyes, and this halo not only did not relax her, but made her even more nervous.

This was the awe that an ambitious vocational high school student felt when seeing the top graduate of a top university.

Heidi certainly noticed the change in Nina's expression, but she didn't care. She simply fiddled with the pendant in her hand as if inadvertently, and slowly opened her mouth with the same peaceful tone as before, "Can you tell me about your childhood? You said just now that your parents died in an accident, that event may be the shadow in your heart... Can you tell me about it?"

"Actually... there's nothing I can't talk about," Nina thought for a moment, "I've told many people, but everyone thinks I was too young back then and can't remember things clearly, and that I'm talking nonsense—eleven years ago, there was a leak in a factory in the Sixth District. At that time, many cultists were destroying things everywhere, and many people were arrested later. Do you know about that?"

"Of course," Heidi nodded, "I was only ten years old back then. My family happened to be staying near Crossroads District when the accident happened, and we also saw the rushing crowds..."

"Then do you remember a big fire at the time?"

"A fire?" Heidi tilted her head slightly. She unconsciously stopped fiddling with the crystal pendant. "What fire?"

"See, you don't know about that fire—but in my memory, there has always been a big fire. My parents died in that fire, but everyone says I remember it wrong..."

Heidi listened quietly to Nina's account, and after a long time, she nodded gently and asked, "So this should be the shadow in your heart. You fear a big fire that only you know exists, and worry that this strange phenomenon will reappear around you someday, taking away the people around you, and no one can help you—or even notice your experience."

Nina nodded gently.

"Have you been under any pressure recently?" Heidi asked again, "Academic, life-related, these recently emerging pressures may amplify the long-standing haze in your heart..."

Nina was silent for a moment before hesitatingly saying, "Maybe it's because my uncle's health has not been good, and it's been getting worse recently, which makes me very worried..."

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Saying this, she paused, and quickly added: "Ah, of course, he's getting better now, and I feel like I've relaxed a lot. I haven't had that strange dream these past two days..."

"Worried about the health of your family..."

Heidi said softly thoughtfully. She listened to the girl's dreamy murmur, watching Nina leaning against the head of the bed in a half-dream, half-awake state, and casually put down the crystal pendant.

As a "mental health physician" who had studied at the Truth Society and needed to deal with the extraordinary realm, she did not need to use methods such as shaking pendants or lighting medicinal fumes to conduct hypnotherapy—just saying a few words would suffice.

The only function of this pendant was to attract Nina's attention, so that she could relax while reducing her resistance to "words."

The mental health physician gently breathed a sigh of relief, looking at Nina, who had completely relaxed, with gentle eyes, watching the other party gradually enter a deeper sleep.

"I can tell that you have a hard life... All the tension and anxiety are buried in your heart, and you are used to this way of life. You hope that this can make the people around you easier, but you have neglected yourself—but now relax, get a good night's sleep, and leave all the pressure in a fading fantasy. When you wake up, those anxieties will have nothing to do with you."

In a half-dream, half-awake state, Nina's voice sounded softly: "...Thank you..."

Heidi smiled, and in order to further let Nina enter a deeper state of relaxation, she asked casually as if inadvertently: "By the way, your uncle was not feeling well before, right? What disease did he have? I just saw that Mr. Duncan seems very healthy."

Nina was silent for a longer time this time before saying softly: "It's just physical weakness, he is now... completely healed..."

However, Heidi could no longer hear Nina's response.

At the moment of asking the last question, she had already趴on the end of Nina's bed, falling into a deeper dream than her patient.

And on Heidi's right wrist, a string of hand-woven stone bracelets was glowing slightly—this was one of the identification markers often worn by Truth Society believers, representing that the wearer was a monk who had undergone rigorous training, was blessed by the Wisdom God Rahm, and firmly resisted heretical and crazy forces. Each rune stone on it represented a blessing from Rahm.

After a few seconds of flashing, a red agate in the string of stone bracelets suddenly made a slight cracking sound, and then quickly disintegrated into dust and disappeared with the wind.

In the shop on the first floor, Vanna asked Duncan a few more questions, partly to further understand if there were any details missing from the museum fire, and partly to confirm whether Duncan and others had been affected by the shard of the sun./

During the conversation, the unfamiliarity and embarrassment of the first meeting gradually dissipated, and the atmosphere on the scene became friendly and familiar.

Duncan could feel that this "Inquisitor" who held a high position in the church was truly concerned about the safety of the survivors of the fire that day—not only to combat heresy or investigate clues, her attitude was sincere from the bottom of her heart.

He did not know whether this young Inquisitor could care so much about everyone in the entire city-state, or whether she was only concerned about the people in this antique shop because of her relationship with Heidi, but the sincerity that Vanna showed at the moment was enough to leave him with a good impression.

"Speaking of which, Miss Heidi and Nina have been up there for a while, right?"

During the conversation, Duncan thought of his niece, and subconsciously looked up at the stairs leading to the second floor.

"Indeed," Being reminded, Vanna also reacted. She frowned slightly, "Normally, Heidi's treatment process is very fast..."

"...I don't think you can use Miss Heidi's usual treatment mode as a standard. Physical hypnosis and kinetic anesthesia are very fast for anyone," Duncan twitched his lips, "But the time they've spent is indeed too long... Could something have happened?"

Vanna shook her head, "No, Heidi is a professional who has received strict training from the Truth Society. It's not enough to screw things up in an ordinary hypnotherapy session. She's probably just chatting with Nina. She's like this sometimes—she deals with too many fanatical cultists, and she treats chatting with a normal person like a holiday. I

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Let's go up and take a look?"

"Go up and take a look."

Duncan and Vanna then got up and went to the second floor. The two came to the door of Nina's room one after the other. As a result, before they could push the door open, they heard the movement in the room at the same time—

Two alternating snores.

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