Chapter 340 : Dream Infiltration
Chapter 340: Dream Infiltration
"Move aside for a moment"
After calming Bloodfang Lucas’s emotions, Janna stepped forward and gently took hold of Elena’s wrist.
"How long has she been pregnant?"
"It’s already been nine months, Lady Janna"
Due to the effects of the mental soothing witchcraft, although Bloodfang still looked worried, his emotions were clearly more stable than before.
"Already nine months, is it?"
As she spoke, Janna gently lifted the blanket covering Elena, looking at a belly much smaller than that of a normal woman at nine months.
"Mr. Bloodfang, please stand guard outside the door. Do not come in while I’m conducting treatment"
"But—· I understand"
After giving Elena a deep look, Bloodfang left the room and closed the door.
"I can tell the bond between you two is truly strong"
Seeing that Bloodfang had left, Janna began casting 【Shaping Spell】, weaving threads of magic power, while softly speaking words of comfort to Elena, who lay in bed.
"Yes, Lucas treats me very well. We’re both looking forward to our child’s birth. Cough, cough—- so, Lady Wizard, if anything should happen to me, please prioritize saving my child and don’t worry about me—."
Affected by the 【Voice of the Heavens】 talent, Elena’s slight anxiety after Bloodfang left gradually eased.
Before long, she had already come to regard Janna as a trustworthy figure, confiding to her all the thoughts hidden deep in her heart.
"Don’t worry, both you and your child will be fine"
While listening to Elena’s words, Janna had already guided dozens of magic threads along the veins in Elena’s wrist, sending them deep into her organs.
As the magic threads probed deeper, Janna’s expression remained calm, yet in her heart she felt a growing sense of doubt.
From the initial diagnosis, Elena’s illness was extremely severe. Her organs were failing, her muscles had atrophied, and even her bones showed signs of osteoporosis.
"Strange… while the mother’s vitality is on the verge of exhaustion, the child in her womb has an abnormally strong life force, as if… the child is feeding on the mother’s vitality"
Still harboring many doubts, Janna continued probing the condition of the baby in Elena’s womb with magic threads, while smiling gently and asking:
"How long have you had the plague? Did you see anyone else for it?"
"Cough, cough— I think it started three days ago. I began running a low fever then, and I saw an apothecary during that time. After he diagnosed it as the plague, Lucas came to find you right away——"
"So only three days have passed since the onset of illness?"
Hearing Elena’s account, Janna gained a deeper understanding of this plague.
Although she had seen other cases before, most only entered the severe stage after five to seven days. This was the first time she had encountered a patient like Elena, who had entered a critical state in such a short time and developed multiple complications.
"I’m going to begin treatment now. During this time, I may need to put you to sleep for a while"
"Alright, I’ll trouble you then—"
"Growing drowsy—"
As Elena obediently closed her eyes, Janna skillfully cast the 【Sleep Spell】.
"By my will, I command you— summon, Radiant Dream Butterfly"
After confirming Elena had entered deep sleep, a seven-colored light flashed, and the Radiant Dream Butterfly was summoned by Janna from the 【Dream Realm】.
"Master, you called for me"
"Artemis, infiltrate her dream. There’s something I need you to confirm for me"
"Understood"
With a light flutter of its wings, and in response to Janna’s command, the Radiant Dream Butterfly vanished instantly, slipping into Elena’s dream. But soon after, it withdrew again.
"Master, I cannot enter her dream"
Hearing the butterfly’s telepathic voice, Janna’s brows furrowed.
"What’s the reason?"
"I’m not entirely sure. When I try to enter her dream, I’m repelled by a powerful force of emotion"
"A force of emotion?"
"Yes, an emotional force— and an extremely intense hatred"
Hatred? Elena’s hatred? Could she be a transcendent in the domain of dreams?
Looking at Elena lying on the sickbed, Janna once again guided her magic threads through every part of Elena’s body. But no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t sense even the faintest trace of magical energy from her.
"Could it be… the child——"
With this thought, Janna immediately sent a telepathic message to the Radiant Dream Butterfly:
"Artemis, try entering the dream of the child in her womb"
"As you command"
At nine months pregnant, and normally by the eighth month, a baby’s brain is developed enough to dream.
"Wait！"
Just as the Radiant Dream Butterfly was about to enter the dream, Janna— as if receiving some kind of premonition— interrupted its action.
"Master?"
"It’s fine———— Artemis, before entering, perform a divination for me"
Janna released Elena’s wrist, took out her usual Silver Surrel from the Thorn Bracelet, tossed it lightly into the air, and caught it in her palm.
"What’s the result?"
"The result is—— yes"
Hearing this, Janna’s face grew solemn.
The question she had the Radiant Dream Butterfly divine upon was: Will entering the dream of the baby in Elena’s womb put my life in danger?
"Do it one last time"
Once again, Janna tossed the coin.
"What’s the result this time?"
"No"
This time, the question was: If I cure Elena, will it place me in danger?
Janna’s grave expression now carried a trace of puzzlement.
"Alright, Artemis, you can go back"
"But Master——"
"Don’t worry, I’ll be fine"
As a Dream Realm creature capable of glimpsing fate, after completing the three divinations, the butterfly faintly sensed danger in Janna’s future.
Even if the danger might not strike today, if Janna didn’t leave in time, her fate would become entwined with it— until the crisis fully erupted.
"Flap—"
At Janna’s insistence, the worried Radiant Dream Butterfly returned to the 【Dream Realm】 in a trail of rainbow light.
Meanwhile, Janna took a deep breath, and once more grasped Elena’s wrist…