Chapter 89 Broken Arm Knight
This topic is undoubtedly a bit heavy, at least for Samantha, she still can’t understand what kind of reasons require Purficott to say that she “has no right” Let them live", but she could at least understand that there was a secret behind it that she was not qualified to know.
So soon, Samantha and Purficott changed the topic.
"Your Majesty, Baroness, I heard that your parents were once famous alchemy masters, and they were good at refining human bodies. I wonder if this is true?" Samantha asked slightly rudely. Asked this question, there was a little hope in his eyes.
Perfect glanced at her, tilted his head and asked, "Does anyone in your family have any health problems?"
Although human body refining has no longer been a taboo in recent years, for ordinary people, this technology is still contrary to the mainstream religious beliefs of the empire. Generally speaking, no one would want to find an alchemist to modify their human body. .
Samantha is obviously an adult woman with sound limbs and a very healthy body. It does not look like she needs an alchemist to modify her body.
As for pursuing more powerful power and accepting taboo transformations, this kind of thing is expressly prohibited in the empire, especially for a guard knight like Samantha, who would not even think about it.
This is not because the empire rejects high-level combat forces, but because such behavior can easily lead to more disasters.
Just imagine, if a knight accepted the transformation of an alchemist and gained strength far beyond ordinary people, what would other knights who are not as good as him think?
Will they also go to the alchemist to transform themselves? And is the alchemist who transformed them an upright person with no other thoughts?
You must know that refining the human body was taboo back then. Most alchemists studied it secretly. Although there was a pursuit of knowledge and truth, it was inevitable that some people studied it for other purposes.
If someone has undue ambition, then some things will be difficult to say.
Not to mention other things, changing the facial skeletal muscles to shape one person's face into another person's face is really not too simple for an alchemist who studies the refining of the human body.
That’s why the empire prohibits knights from accepting this kind of human body modification, especially the knights of the guard. Otherwise, any thoughtful alchemist can use this to control the entire knights of the guard, and then secretly destroy the royal family. No one knows if the package was swapped.
Because of this, Purficott obviously didn't think that it was Samantha who wanted to undergo body modification, rather than that she could only do it for her family.
Samantha nodded affirmatively, and then explained: "It's my younger brother. He has very good talents. He would have become a better knight than me, but he died in an accident when he was a child. He broke his arm and could no longer become a knight.
Although he had been trying hard to change all this, the loss of one hand was really a big impact on the knight. He could no longer become a knight. No matter how hard you try, you can't break through the shackles and become a true knight.
I heard that your parents were alchemists who were good at refining human bodies, so I want to ask you to help him..."
After listening to Samantha's request, Purficott shook his head slightly and said, "You should know that the empire prohibits knights from undergoing any human body refining and transformation. I'm afraid I can't help your brother in this regard unless he doesn't do it in the future. Knight, or face the black hyena with confidence."
The law is often unkind, but if it is not like this, there will always be people who want to take advantage of the law, and once someone starts, there will be no way to stop them.
That’s why the empire has such inhumane regulations. It would rather allow the knights to lose their combat effectiveness after being disabled than to allow them to undergo human body modification and return to the battlefield.
This provision does not only cover knights serving in the army, but any officially registered knight in the empire will examine this provision. If someone violates the rules, in addition to being officially expelled, the Knights Association will also send a special hunting team to eliminate these knights who violate the rules.
Of course, the scope of duties of the hunting team is not limited to this. They are occasionally used to eliminate dissidents.
However, this is an internal struggle within the Knights Association and has little to do with the official empire.
The hunting team usually wears black armor, so they are derogatorily called black hyenas.
Perfect had some dealings with them, mainly because the Brandless family itself is a knight family, but her parents are masters of alchemy made from human bodies. It is inevitable that the Knights Association will doubt them. I'm doing some taboo research.
It’s just that the Brandless family still had the blessing of the old Baron Brandless when Purficott’s parents were around, so it wasn’t a big problem.
But with the passing of Mr. and Mrs. Brandlis, the influence of the old baron was inevitably reduced, so the Knights Association had some inappropriate thoughts at that time, which made Purficott very sad. It took some effort to get rid of them.
Although Purficott's power is no longer what it used to be, she still doesn't want to mess with such a giant as the Knights Association. After all, those black hyenas are really annoying.
"Can't you even do anything?" Samantha suddenly showed a disappointed expression on her face.
As a knight of the guard, if she wants to find an alchemist who can cure her brother, of course she can find one, but just like Perficott, a regular alchemist will not accept this if he does not want to cause trouble. live.
So this is not the first time that Samantha has consulted an alchemist on this issue. Most people’s answers are that they are helpless. A few who are a little more conscientious or have decent skills even give advice. She might as well give her brother a metal prosthesis, which would at least restore some of his body functions.
But Samantha took into account her brother's long-standing ideal of becoming a knight and did not do so. Instead, she kept thinking of ways to restore her brother's arm.
However, unless she goes to find those illegal alchemists and makes her brother only an informal knight from now on, there is little hope in this matter.
However, Purficott seemed to have some different views on this. After thinking about it, she asked: "How did you break your brother's arm? Did he break the bone, or did the entire arm break?" Gone?”
“The forearm was crushed by a stone and had to be amputated during treatment, but there was also a problem with the remaining big arm, which affected his body balance and made him His physical movements have also been affected." Samantha heard Purficott ask, and although she gave up hope, she still introduced her brother's situation.
After listening to Samantha’s answer, Purficott thought for a while and then said: “In your brother’s case, if you insist on becoming a knight, then there is no need to consider the human body. Knight The association will not agree.
But if we can get around this, I still have a way. After all, the purpose of healing his arm is to make him a knight, right?"
(End of this chapter)