Chapter 292
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Chapter 292: She and Him
“Red Face, what you did is wrong.
Where is this place? This is a hospital! Who is Bragi? He is a patient here!
Patients are a group that needs our help and care. Although he has mental issues, kicking him down from the third floor with your foot is simply wrong.
If you have objections to some of the patient’s behaviors, you can choose a more tactful way to handle it, like silencing him, sewing his mouth shut, or even cutting out his vocal cords directly…
Today’s incident is very serious. I punish you to eat two more chicken legs tonight!
Next time you encounter such a situation, I hope you can remain rational and not do anything that damages our hospital’s image.
Do you understand?
Lin Qiye stood there with a serious expression, loudly reprimanding the Red Face in front of him.
Red Face tilted her head in confusion, seemingly pondering whether she was being punished or rewarded.
Whatever, no matter what Lin Qiye said, as long as she nodded, it was right. In Li Yifei’s words, this is called… corporatization?
Not far away, Bragi was holding his butt, looking indignant.
Too much! This is too much! You know nothing about the beauty of poetry!
Lin Qiye quickly stepped forward and sincerely said, “Mr. Bragi, this time our hospital was wrong. I have already punished her severely, please don’t be angry.”
At that moment, the tightly closed ward door opened, and Nikes came out with knitting needles and thread, looking a bit surprised as he said:
“Eh? Why isn’t he singing anymore? I just found the needles and thread to sew his mouth shut…”
Bragi: …
Lin Qiye cleared his throat twice and gave Li Yifei a glance. The latter immediately understood and loudly said, “Um, dinner is ready, everyone get ready to eat!”
Everyone gathered around the dining table, chatting and laughing. Nikes gently asked Bragi if he was hurt and how serious the injury was, as if forgetting who had just held the needles and thread to sew Bragi’s mouth.
Lin Qiye watched this scene before him and sighed helplessly.
From the outside world’s mental hospital to the inside, it seemed that there was no longer any normalcy in his world. He worried that if this continued, he would soon be assimilated by the mental patients.
As night deepened.
Lin Qiye slowly walked to the courtyard, looking up at the second-floor ward. The three patients had already settled down, and the entire floor was pitch black.
He wasn’t in a hurry; he just leaned against a tree trunk and closed his eyes to rest.
Tonight, he would meet the woman within Bragi.
After a long while, Lin Qiye suddenly opened his eyes and looked up at the second floor.
He saw that the originally dark floor had somehow lit up with a faint glow, and the source of the light was the gap in Bragi’s broken door.
Lin Qiye knew it was time. He quietly climbed the stairs, walked to the door of Room 3, held his breath, and carefully peered through the gap.
In the dim candlelight, Bragi had changed into that white silk gown, elegantly sitting in front of a bronze mirror, gently twirling a strand of hair by his ear, as if admiring his own appearance.
After a while, as if he had admired enough, he reached into a box and took a dab of deep red, gently applying it to his lips.
Who are you?
Suddenly, a voice came from the doorway.
Bragi’s body jolted, and he turned his head sharply to see Lin Qiye standing at the door, panic evident on his face.
Y-you…
Lin Qiye stepped forward to stand in front of Bragi, looking into those flustered eyes, and calmly said:
“You are not Bragi. Who are you?”
Bragi’s lips pressed together slightly, lowering his head and not daring to meet Lin Qiye’s gaze. His hands were tightly clasped in front of him, like a child who knew he had made a mistake.
“I… I am Eden.” His voice trembled slightly.
“Eden?” Lin Qiye was taken aback upon hearing the name.
That name seemed somewhat familiar…
He seemed to have thought of something, looking into Bragi’s eyes, his own filled with shock. “You are Bragi’s wife, the goddess of youth, Eden?”
Bragi… no, it should be said Eden, nodded.
Lin Qiye looked again at the panel behind Bragi. The content on the panel had already changed.
Room 3.
Patient: Bragi (Eden)
Task: Help Bragi (Eden) treat his mental illness. When the treatment progress reaches the specified values (1%, 50%, 100%), a portion of Bragi’s (Eden’s) abilities can be randomly drawn.
Current treatment progress: 0%
Lin Qiye gasped.
The panel provided by the Divine Mental Hospital had changed, which meant that the woman before him was definitely not a figment of Bragi’s imagination or a split personality, but a real deity!
In other words, Bragi’s body actually housed the souls of two deities!
“You are Bragi’s wife. Why do you share a body with him? What is going on?” Lin Qiye asked in confusion.
Eden lowered her head even further. “I don’t know… A century ago, a mysterious fog invaded Asgard from who knows where, and the weaker deities began to die one after another, while the powers of the stronger deities rapidly declined, about to vanish from this world.
Later, some powerful evil gods began to slaughter their followers to protect themselves, sacrificing souls to preserve their existence. Some benevolent gods, unwilling to do so, came to me, wanting me to give them each an apple…”
“Is it the golden apple from mythology that can keep deities eternally youthful?” Lin Qiye asked.
“Yes.”
In Norse mythology, the goddess of youth, Eden, possessed many golden apples that could grant eternal youth, and it was not surprising that they could help the gods resist the invasion of the fog when it descended.
“Did you give them?”
“I did.” A bitter expression appeared on Eden’s face. “I gave them all the golden apples, leaving only two: one for me and one for Bragi…”
“But I underestimated the power of the fog. Neither Bragi nor I are particularly powerful deities. I, with the authority over youth, could barely resist the fog with my strong vitality, but Bragi could not…”
Lin Qiye’s brows furrowed slightly.
“As the divine power gradually weakened, Bragi fell into a coma, and I could only stand by his side, feeling helpless…” Eden seemed to recall something, her eyes reddening, tears welling up.
“But he still survived.” Lin Qiye slowly spoke. “So, what did you do?”
Eden raised her head, looking at the familiar and warm face in the mirror. One hand gently placed over her right chest, her eyes filled with deep affection, and the corners of her mouth slightly lifted.
“I gave him my heart…”