Mage Joan

"Ah? Then I became a criminal who abducted underage girls?" Qiao An scratched his head. "Apart from being caught and imprisoned, I can't think of any other prospects."

"Fool! If you don't get caught, you won't go to jail!" Rebecca stomped and groaned, "Can't you just think about the good? For example, private life, children in groups..."

This Joe An can't imagine it!

Secretly wiped away the cold sweat, and quickly changed to a less sensitive topic.

"I heard from President Jefferson that you became a doctor after graduation. This surprised me. I thought you would work in a church... After all, in Alfheim, serving the church is a matter of women intervening in politics and mastering One of the few ways of power."

Rebecca shook her head slightly, her tone low.

"The more the society progresses, the weaker the power of religion. It's not that our priests are not working hard enough. Our magic is still very strong, but it's not enough. Qiao An, the times have changed, and the protagonist on the political stage will no longer It is kings, nobles, and priests, but it will be the more popular parties."

"I am aware of the signs of this change, but I cannot predict where the tide of the times will take us, and whether the result will be good or bad. This uncertainty makes me feel very powerless."

"If I were a man, give it a try, maybe I could be lucky enough to be a trendy player in the new era, but I'm just an ordinary woman. Under the background of the decline of the church power, I have no chance of becoming the protagonist of the party politics era. Give up as soon as possible. This thought is good."

Qiao An has always felt that Rebecca has an unusually keen intuition, able to easily see through complex human hearts and even social issues, which may be related to her extremely developed perception attributes, like those "prophets" in myths and legends.

This ability is very suitable for engaging in provocative work, such as preaching or engaging in politics.

However, as Rebecca said, as human society enters the age of magical industry, the power of the church is irreversibly declining, and in the political arena, unless someone is born as a queen, it is unlikely to be recognized by the public. Opinion leaders, after all, the traditional concept of "male superior to female inferior" is still deeply rooted.

From this perspective, Rebecca was born in the wrong era.

If Rebecca was born two hundred years earlier, in that era of ****, naturally there is a lot to do.

That year, many sects competed fiercely and changed their tricks to attract believers. If any sect did not have a "Mother" or "Saint", they would be embarrassed to greet their colleagues when they went out, and talk about how to win over women believers-often the most religious in the church. Of believers-heart.

If Rebecca was born two hundred years later, human society may have developed to the stage of equal rights for men and women. The public will no longer discriminate against the gender of politicians. With her family background and wealth, she will also have the opportunity to show off on the stage of public affairs.

It's a pity that she was born in this age that is not up to and down, no way can be followed, and she has no talents but can't find a place to use it. It is no wonder that she is discouraged and simply practises medicine. At least one can save one.

"By the way, Qiao An, you just said you bought a house in the city? If I remember correctly, that block is one of the main epidemic areas in Leiden this year for the outbreak of'rot fever'. I went to the clinic not long ago. Yes, you may not be safe living there." Rebecca looked worried.

"The original owner of the house I bought had to sell the property at a low price because his family and servants were infected with rot fever. After I moved in, the house was fully disinfected and safety was not a problem."

"Things are not as simple as you think." Rebecca shook her head lightly with a solemn expression, "Joan, dare you bet with me, within a week at the latest, the house where you will be thoroughly disinfected and cleared of germs will be in the bathroom. Or the backlit dark corners such as the kitchen will surely breed saprophytes again!"

"Since this fall, the number of patients with rot fever in the city has increased dramatically. Some patients who were cured by my own hands were infected with rot fever again soon after a short while. In the patients' homes, the rot fever bacteria that I had used to remove the bacteria were quietly removed. It breeds again, this happens repeatedly, you still have to be more careful."

"How could this be?" Qiao An was surprised, "Rot fever usually occurs in summer, but now it breaks out in late autumn, and there is no sign of improvement in winter. This is too abnormal. Could it be that a'super infection' appeared in the city? source'?"

Rot fever can be spread among people, but it is not as contagious as "smallpox" or "plague", mainly because the bacteria cannot be directly transmitted through the air. Patients usually eat water or food contaminated by the bacteria by mistake. Infected with rot fever.

Bring the water to the boil before drinking it, and eat it after heating the meal overnight-as long as these two points are done, it can effectively prevent fever.

In addition, rot fever bacteria love heat and are afraid of cold. When the temperature is lower than the freezing point, the vitality of this bacteria will drop sharply, and it will freeze to death soon after living outdoors.

Because of this, rot fever usually does not break out in winter unless there is a "super infection source" in the community.

The so-called "super infection source" has two main characteristics.

First of all, this kind of organism carries rotting fever bacteria all year round, but it does not get sick from it. For example, bats are the intermediate hosts of "rabies", but bats themselves cannot be infected with "rabies."

In addition, the "super source of infection" must live in a densely populated community, otherwise there will be no chance to transmit the germs to humans.

Excluding magic and supernatural factors, there are three main types of "super infection sources" recognized by rot fever: scavengers, fierce rats, and rat people.

"Scorching beasts" and "violent rats" mostly live in dark and dirty places in cities, such as sewers, sewers, garbage dumps and slums.

A certain community has "scorching beasts" or a large group of "savage rats", and it is difficult not to pollute the water source. The outbreak of rotting fever is a high probability event.

In addition, scavengers and ferocious rats are very aggressive. If humans and animals are bitten by them, they will also be infected with rotting fever through the wound, and the symptoms are more serious than food infections, and the mortality rate is higher.

As far as Leiden City is concerned, there must be a lot of scavengers and ferocious rats inhabiting the dark corners of the slums. There will be a rotting fever outbreak every summer, and it is normal for a large group of poor ghosts and tramps to die.

However, the house Qiao An bought is located near Leiden College, but it is a standard "golden location", high-end wealthy area.

In a metropolis like Leiden, the poor and the rich live almost in two separate worlds. The rich don’t get involved in dirty slums, and the poor and homeless don’t dare to break into the rich community-the street. The patrolman carrying a stick is not for dry food!