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"Bishop White!"
Emlyn's assistant suddenly let out an earth-shattering shout, startling Emlyn, who had been leafing through a book on potions to pass the time. He nearly flung away the Church of the Earth Mother's official textbook. Standing up, he looked toward his assistant and snapped the book shut.
"What happened?"
Had another patient died despite treatment? Even so, that shouldn't warrant such a commotion.
As he spoke, Emlyn noticed that something strange had appeared by the roadside at some point. It looked like a square metal box, somewhat resembling a safe, but instead of a keyhole, it had a lever and a mysterious coin slot. The slot appeared to be about the right size for a one-penny coin. One penny could indeed buy some simple, cheap little capsule toys, but calling it a coin-operated capsule toy machine on the street didn't seem right either. It had neither a glass display nor any little toys visible inside, leaving no indication of what one could play with it.
Emlyn looked around. Everyone nearby was busy with their own work, and no one paid any attention to the little safe-like object by the road.
He suspected it belonged to one of his colleagues and that he simply hadn't noticed when they brought it over.
Just then, his assistant came running over from a distance. Holding a stack of medical records fastened with paper clips, he panted heavily and looked at Emlyn with a somewhat frightened gaze, speaking in fits and starts.
"Archbishop, there seems to have been a Beyonder Incident!"
Emlyn's eyes lit up-finally, something to do!
Here, he could neither cure people's mental abnormalities nor find an excuse to leave. He had been longing for a task to pass the time.
He motioned with his eyes for his assistant to