The Sabzeruz Festival loop had lasted a full seven days in real time, but to most residents of Sumeru City, only a single night had passed. The Akademiya, which controlled the Akasha, found this situation quite easy to handle. It only needed to gradually guide the public through their Akasha Terminals.
After the Goddess of Flowers' Birthday loop ended, the sun that heralded tomorrow finally rose as usual. The residents of Sumeru City slowly dragged themselves out of bed amid agonized groans of aching backs, sore waists, cramping legs, dizzy heads, and empty stomachs.
They had only slept for a night, so why did their bodies feel as though they were falling apart? Had they caught a chill and fallen ill last night?
For precisely this reason, the busiest place in Sumeru City that day became the [Bimarstan], where the Akademiya provided free medical care to the public. Regardless of status, everyone could receive free, prompt, and effective treatment there.
Of course, the free treatment here only covered minor injuries and illnesses. Eleazar and other, more troublesome conditions were another matter. Those probably required a visit to Amurta Academy or Pardis Dhyai.
Even so, countless Sumeru residents who felt unwell flocked there for treatment, instantly leaving Zakariya, the physician in charge of the Bimarstan, rushed off his feet.
These symptoms were not limited to the public. Even he and his fellow physicians had experienced similar reactions.
So many people developing similar symptoms immediately alerted Zakariya that something was wrong. Believing that some sort of large-scale epidemic had broken out in Sumeru City, he urgently reported it to the Akademiya through his Akasha Terminal.
Yet the Akademiya's reply was very strange, consisting of just twelve Chinese characters: "Normal phenomenon. No need to worry. Simply rest."
Though Zakariya found the Akademiya's response