The shuttle in the second dimension

Chapter 90

　"Long time no see, Dean. #ZhiㄨZhiㄨ虫#"

　Looking at the familiar face, a smile appeared on Lin Xuan's face, and he said with a hint of joy.

　The dean that Lin Xuan mentioned was looking at Lin Xuan in confusion, looking at the strange young man in front of him, as if trying to recall who he was.

　"You forgot? No wonder, after all, we didn't meet many times back then." Shaking his head, Lin Xuan sighed with some disappointment.

　"More than five years ago, I came here with Dao Hua. Lin Xuan, does the dean remember it?" Looking at the dean's puzzled face, Lin Xuan shook his head helplessly and reminded.

　"Over five years ago—the one who came here with Dao Hua—was you?!" The Dean's confusion slowly faded, as if he had remembered who Lin Xuan was. He still had some impression of Lin Xuan; back then, he'd exuded a maturity that belied his age, a scene that still left a deep impression on him. However, Lin Xuan had changed a lot over the past five years, so the Dean didn't recognize him at first.

　"Time flies. He was just a little kid back then, but now he's so big." Looking at Lin Xuan's current appearance, the dean sighed.

　"After all, it's been more than five years, almost six years." Lin Xuan replied with a smile, slightly raising the corners of his mouth.

　"Yes, more than five years have passed. I've aged, otherwise I wouldn't have failed to recognize you." While lamenting the passage of time, the dean looked at Lin Xuan and said, "You're becoming more and more handsome now, but you've lost a bit of weight. You need to eat more. You can't be this thin. It doesn't give girls a sense of security."

　"Ha-ha-" Scratching the back of his head, Lin Xuan laughed dryly a few times and explained, "I don't want to be so thin. I just recovered from a serious illness these days, and my body hasn't recovered yet, so I'm still a little thin. I will grow back in a while."

　“Is that so~~~”

　Suddenly, as if remembering something, the dean said, "Oh, come on, why are we standing here at the gate talking instead of going inside and talking? Come on in, come on in."

　"Ah."

　"Why did you buy so many things? Don't buy anything next time. It's a waste of money."

　"It's okay, it's just a token of my appreciation, it's nothing serious."

　In this way, Lin Xuan and the dean walked into the gate of [Ruoye's House] while chatting.

　After entering [Ruoye's House], Lin Xuan saw a group of children, a group of children that Lin Xuan felt unfamiliar with. The only thing that made Lin Xuan feel familiar was probably the purification foam that was with these children.

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　"Hey, long time no see, Bubble." Seeing his long-lost old friend, Lin Xuan raised his free left hand and greeted him.

　Lin Xuan's sudden greeting made Yu Fupao Pao stunned for a moment, but in the blink of an eye, the look he gave Lin Xuan changed from strangeness to familiarity. Obviously, he recognized Lin Xuan.

　"Lin Xuan!?" Although he had probably determined the identity of the visitor in his mind, Paopao still asked cautiously. After all, he hadn't seen Lin Xuan for more than five years, and it was already very good that he could recognize him now.

　"Where is Daohua?" Lin Xuan asked after glancing around and finding that there was no figure he wanted to see. As for the question about the foam, his question had already been an answer.

　"It's you." When Paopao heard Lin Xuan's question, he knew he had recognized the right person. "You came at a really bad time. Daohua has become the disciple of the [Fighting God] Nanxiang Torajiro. She went to training yesterday as requested by her master. She won't be back for at least two months."

　"What an unfortunate coincidence~~~" Hearing that Dao Hua wouldn't be back for at least two months, Lin Xuan frowned slightly. Although he could stay on the island nation under the pretext of recuperating, his body had almost recovered. If he hadn't wanted to stay longer to improve his health, Wallenstein would have called him back by now, rather than letting him stay on the island nation. Therefore, his time to stay was limited.

　"I was thinking of taking this opportunity to meet that confused guy, but I didn't expect that we would miss the opportunity." Shaking his head, Lin Xuan was also very helpless. He didn't expect that it was such a coincidence that the person he wanted to meet left the day before.

　Looking at Lin Xuan's helpless look, Paopao probably guessed what was going on. "You won't stay long this time and will leave, right?"

　"Well, I can stay here for about three months at most. Now I can only say that it is fate. If I had come a day earlier, at least we could have seen each other. Now..." Lin Xuan shrugged and said with some regret.

　"Indeed, if Daohua had passed away a day later, she wouldn't be in this situation now. You can only say that fate played a joke on you." Facing the current situation, Paopao could only sigh.

　Suddenly, Bubble, who was still sighing, seemed to have thought of something and asked Lin Xuan, "By the way, Daohua has been complaining to me these past few months, saying that you haven't sent any news at all. She even wrote to you but you didn't reply. Because of this, she was in a bad mood for a while."

　"Some time ago, I was seriously injured and was hospitalized. Because the condition was quite serious at that time, the correspondence between us stopped. I have only recovered from my injuries recently. Didn't you see that I am a little thinner now?" After the ambush, Lin Xuan stopped exchanging letters with Dao Hua Zhu Shi and the others. On the one hand, it was inconvenient, and on the other hand, it was because he was too weak at that time and his mind was all on recovering. Now that the bubble was raised, Lin Xuan remembered that he had not exchanged letters with Dao Hua Zhu Shi and the others for a long time.

　"Is that so?" After hearing Lin Xuan's answer, Bubble looked at Lin Xuan's current body. "You are indeed a bit thinner. It seems that you were injured quite seriously before~~~~"

　"Okay, let's not talk about those things anymore. Let's distribute these to the children." As he said that, Lin Xuan handed the pile of things in his hand to Paopao.

　"Hey, hey, hey - you buy a lot of things every time you come. It was like this more than five years ago, and it's the same now." Looking at the pile of things handed over by Lin Xuan, Foam sighed.

　……

　He stayed in [Wakaba's House] for an afternoon and then left. After that, he used [Space Control Magic] to teleport himself to the vicinity of the Kurogane House. But after arriving at the Kurogane House, Lin Xuan realized what a big joke fate had played on him. Kurogane Shuzuku was not at home either. She was arranged by her father, the head of the Kurogane House, to study somewhere else, and it would take several months for her to come back. In the end, Lin Xuan could only leave a letter at the Kurogane House and leave.

　Lin Xuan had wanted to take advantage of the two days of free time to meet up with some old friends, but due to a joke of fate, he couldn't even meet a single one of them. This result made Lin Xuan sigh once again, "What a cruel fate!"

Chapter 91

　Because he didn't see the person he wanted to see, Lin Xuan returned to the hospital early after leaving Heitie's house.

　For the next day or so, Lin Xuan did not go out again, but stayed in the hospital honestly to carry out some normal training until pharmacist Wu Zi came back.

　After that, Lin Xuan returned to his original self-destructive training until three months later.

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　Three months of self-harm training made Lin Xuan's body no longer as thin as before. This meant that after the weakening caused by the operation, Lin Xuan's body had recovered and reached a new height. At the same time, this also meant that he would not have much time to stay here.

　Lin Xuan has not continued the self-mutilation-like training for the past two days, and has not even carried out some ordinary training.

　Leaning on the balcony of the ward, Lin Xuan half-closed his eyes and looked at the scenery outside. His distracted eyes seemed to indicate that he was in a daze or thinking about something.

　Tread-tap-

　Suddenly, the sound of footsteps outside the door brought Lin Xuan's distracted gaze back to focus. Without even turning to see who was approaching, Lin Xuan asked directly, "What? Have you finished seeing all the patients?"

　"Not all patients need me to see them. If I do that, I'll be exhausted to death." The figure who walked into Lin Xuan's ward said unhappily, as if he felt that Lin Xuan had a misunderstanding of him.

　"It's just a joke, don't take it so seriously, Wu Zi." Lin Xuan turned around with a smile, leaned against the balcony, and looked at the pharmacist Wu Zi who was walking towards him.

　"Hmph—" Pharmacist Wuzi snorted, seemingly expressing dissatisfaction. "You haven't been doing that inhumane self-harm training these past two days, and you haven't even been doing the usual training. Something must be wrong. Has something happened? Otherwise, you wouldn't be so obediently 'resting' in the ward."

　"You're talking about this~~~" Sighing, Lin Xuan continued, "Although I'm obsessed with strength, I don't want to spend the last few days here on training that I can do later. After all, I care more about the people around me than my strength."

　"You're leaving!?" Pharmacist Wu Zi said in surprise, raising her eyebrows. However, the surprise on her face disappeared after a while, replaced by a matter-of-fact look. "That's right, your current body is of no use staying here, so it's normal to leave." After saying that, Pharmacist Wu Zi put on a sad and tearful look, as if she was about to cry.

　"Alas~~~After using my sister, my younger brother (hx) felt it was boring and he despised her so much that he wanted to leave her cruelly~~~"fヘ.

　"Can you please stop saying things that can cause misunderstandings?" Lin Xuan pulled the corner of his mouth and looked at the pharmacist Wu Zi helplessly.

　"Why, did I say something wrong?" He narrowed his eyes and raised the corners of his mouth.

　"First of all, what do you mean by me feeling bored and disgusted with you after I've used you up? That sounds really problematic."

　"I don't think there's a problem." Pharmacist Wuzi walked to Lin Xuan's side, gently grabbed Lin Xuan's collar, and looked at Lin Xuan and said, "Don't you think so~~~~"

　From such a close distance, Lin Xuan could even clearly feel the hot breath of Pharmacist Wu Zi hitting his face. Looking at Pharmacist Wu Zi's emerald green eyes, Lin Xuan subconsciously lowered his head, as if to get closer to Pharmacist Wu Zi.

　"Don't tell me how I use you, I don't think I will feel disgusted with you." As he said that, Lin Xuan lowered his head even lower as if on purpose. At this moment, if either of them moved forward a little, they would definitely touch each other. As for where they would touch, that depended on the intention of the one moving forward.

　But at this moment, a nurse walked in. It was the nurse Mita that Lin Xuan saw for the first time when he woke up.

　Both Lin Xuan and Yaoshi Wuzi, as sword-cutters, noticed Nurse Mita's presence the moment she entered. Lin Xuan was unconcerned. Yaoshi Wuzi was not as indifferent as Lin Xuan. Although she was always full of lust when teasing Lin Xuan, as a young girl, she still had her own modesty. So, when Nurse Mita entered, she loosened Lin Xuan's collar and stepped back.

　Meanwhile, despite the pharmacist Wu Zi's quick reaction, Nurse Mita still saw what was happening. Although she didn't see much, she was quite experienced in this area and could guess what was going on between the two. So, upon entering Lin Xuan's ward, Nurse Mita regretted it. If she had known what was happening inside the ward, she would never have walked in.

　Nurse Mita pulled the corner of her mouth awkwardly, pretending she saw nothing, and silently turned and left the ward.

　Regarding Nurse Mita's actions, Lin Xuan and Pharmacist Wu Zi looked at each other and fell silent.

　"..."

　"..."

　"That—" Lin Xuan was the first to break the silence. He sighed slightly and said, "Leaving this time doesn't mean I won't come back. If I have the chance, I can still set foot on the territory of this island country again."

　"Oh~~~ why are you saying this, little brother? Sister doesn't care whether you come back or not~~~~" Pharmacist Wu Zi said with a smile, gently lifting Lin Xuan's chin with her index finger.

　"Okay, I have to go see a patient. I don't have the time to accompany you." After saying that, Pharmacist Wuzi turned and left Lin Xuan's ward. Not long after Pharmacist Wuzi left, a young man in his twenties walked into Lin Xuan's ward 800. As soon as he entered the ward, the young man spoke.

　"Master Lin Xuan, Master Wallenstein asked you to leave here tonight."

　When the young man walked into the ward, Lin Xuan roughly knew why he came. "Does it have to be tonight?"

　"Yes, Lord Wallenstein told you to depart tonight. He said there's a mission you might be interested in tomorrow, and he asked me to tell you a few names: 'George, Melik, and Charles.'" The man had barely finished speaking when he felt a surge of ferocious and terrifying aura bearing down on him. He felt as if he wasn't standing before a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy, but a terrifying beast capable of arbitrarily controlling his life. Just as the young man was about to be overwhelmed by Lin Xuan's aura, the terrifying and violent aura vanished, as if it had never appeared in the first place.

　"I understand. Let me know when you have made the arrangements." After putting away his aura, Lin Xuan said calmly.

　"Yes, then, Master Lin Xuan, I'll be leaving first." With that, the young man turned and left the ward. He looked as if he didn't want to stay even a second longer, as if this was a den of danger. It was clear that the aura Lin Xuan was exuding towards him had genuinely frightened him.

　Only after the young man left did Lin Xuan let out a long sigh.

　"Tonight~~~~~"

Chapter 1 Leaving

　"Tonight~~~" After the young man left, Lin Xuan sighed deeply.

　Lin Xuan knew that as his body recovered, his time here would decrease, but he hadn't expected it to happen so quickly. Perhaps Wallenstein sensed that Lin Xuan wouldn't obey his orders, so he specifically instructed the young man to remind him of the three people involved in the mission. Wallenstein knew that he couldn't tolerate the three people who had caused him such serious injuries, so he mentioned them to make it impossible for him to refuse his request.

　"Looks like we have to say goodbye. The next time we meet will probably be in a year or two~~~~" Lin Xuan walked out of the ward while whispering. However, before leaving the ward, Lin Xuan changed out of his hospital gown and put on casual clothes, which he had not worn very often in the past year.

　After asking a few nurses in the corridor and finding out where Pharmacist Wu Zi was, Lin Xuan walked towards that place. Not long after, Lin Xuan arrived at where Pharmacist Wu Zi was. She was on the third floor of the hospital's special ward. In one sentence, this place didn't look like a hospital at all.

　Of course, this place doesn’t feel like a hospital in terms of the interior decoration or anything. The decoration here is actually the same as other wards, but the patients here don’t feel like they are patients in Hospital 147 at all.

　No one here is wearing a hospital gown. The women are all wearing makeup and chatting happily. There are also children eating snacks and playing games on the sofa. It can be said that this is a place that is out of place in a hospital.

　But Lin Xuan seemed to be accustomed to this place and walked through the rooms. It was not until the fourth room that Lin Xuan saw the figure of Pharmacist Wu Zi.

　She placed her right hand, emitting a pale blue magical light, on the little girl's chest, as if using some kind of magic to cure the little girl's illness. However, Lin Xuan, who knew this floor well, understood that Pharmacist Wu Zi's treatment was not to cure the little girl's illness, but to deceive their bodies. After all, the patients on this floor were all those who would soon die and had no hope of treatment. Whether they were old people, little girls, or young women, as long as they were patients on this floor, they were all like this.

　Standing at the door of the room, Lin Xuan quietly watched the pharmacist Wu Zi who was treating the little girl in the room. At this time, the pharmacist Wu Zi's expression was very focused, and she was completely different from her usual playful look. People would unconsciously be attracted to her like this.

　"Okay, that concludes today's process. How are you feeling, Yui-chan?"

　"It doesn't hurt anymore, thank you, doctor!!" The Yui-chan that Yakushi Kiriko mentioned, the little girl, looked at Yakushi Kiriko happily and smiled.

　"Doctor! Um, um, my parents are going to have a birthday party for me tonight! Can the doctor come too?" With her big eyes wide open, the little girl Yui asked expectantly.

　"Well~~~" After pondering for a while, Pharmacist Wu Zi glanced at Lin Xuan outside the door and smiled thoughtfully, "I have an appointment with the big brother outside the door. If you get his consent, I can go."

　As soon as the pharmacist Wu Zi finished speaking, the little girl named Yui ran over to Lin Xuan, jumping up and down. When she ran to the door, she widened her eyes and looked at Lin Xuan with anticipation. "Big brother, can you bring a doctor to my birthday party?"

　Half squatting down, looking at the little girl in front of him who was looking at him expectantly, Lin Xuan glanced helplessly at the pharmacist Wu Zi who was covering her mouth and smiling, and agreed, "Well, it's okay~~~ little sister~~~"

　"Great!! Then let's make a deal. If big brother doesn't bring a doctor here, Yui will not forgive big brother." Pouting her little (hx) lips, the little girl named Yui "warned" Lin Xuan.

　"I know. Big Brother will definitely bring the doctor with him. Don't worry, Yui."

　"Yeah!" Yui responded excitedly, and ran back happily, throwing herself at her parents. At this time, her parents also looked at Lin Xuan with gratitude, as if to thank Lin Xuan for agreeing to take Pharmacist Wu Zi to the little girl's birthday party.

　"I didn't expect you to agree~~~" Walking out of the room, Pharmacist Wu Zi raised an eyebrow and said with a smile. Although there was surprise in her words, Pharmacist Wu Zi looked as if she had known that Lin Xuan would agree.