The Mech Touch novel Chapter 1220

Ves had no idea what was going on!

In one moment, Taon was blaming himself for his failures, and in the next, Ylvaine’s spiritual fragment suddenly jumped into his mindscape!

The Protectors of the Faith instantly moved into the room after their monitoring system detected something amiss. They immediately took Taon away to the infirmary when they realized that he had fainted for some reason.

"What happened here, Mr. Larkinson?" One of the Protectors asked.

"I don’t know. I was just talking with Taon when he suddenly went out cold. I didn’t do anything. Maybe his exhaustion and his depression got the better of him. He wasn’t in the best shape when he arrived."

While Ves talked to Taon in private, he hadn’t activated any signal jammers or ECM this time. The Protectors should have assigned some men to monitor their conversation, so the Protectors already knew that Ves told the truth.

The Protectors quickly dismissed their suspicions towards him. As they studied Taon’s condition, it became clear that he hadn’t slept for a couple of days and didn’t eat right.

Even though his body was in excellent condition and shouldn’t have fainted so suddenly, perhaps his psychological conditions aggravated his neglect.

As Ves stopped by the infirmary, he resident doctor frowned at the readings scrolling through his console.

"What’s the matter, doctor? Is there anything amiss?"

"Mr. Melin is showing some unusual brain activity for someone who has fainted. It’s as if he is still conscious in a way." The man in Protector uniform said. "I can’t make any solid conclusions on what is afflicting this young man. The database hasn’t found a match either. It’s rather fascinating to see something new taking place."

"So you don’t know what’s happening?"

The doctor hesitated a bit. "It shouldn’t be harmful, I think. None of the signs have exceeded their safety margins. It could be that Taon is experiencing an unusual vivid dream. I’ll continue to monitor his state, and if it appears the situation is growing dire, I’ll request that he be brought to a military hospital."

Although the doctor didn’t know what was happening, the fluctuations in his brain activity weren’t extreme enough to elicit serious concern.

As the doctor continued to puzzle over the data, Ves discreetly employed his spiritual vision.

He perceived something very different from Taon when he switched over his senses. The mech pilot’s head appeared to be surrounded by a radiant glow!

That was the aura that belonged to Ylvaine’s spiritual fragment! While Ves was able to contain the aura in his mind, Taon lacked the strength to do so. The spiritual fragment freely radiated its aura beyond the boundaries of the mech pilot’s mind!

As Ves projected his spirituality and attempted to brush against Taon’s mind, he encountered a wall.

Ylvaine’s spiritual fragment was blocking his senses from extending into Taon’s mind!

What was it doing in Taon’s head? Why did it prevent Ves from taking a look?

Although Ves could probably chip a hole in the wall if he attacked it with his Spirituality, he refrained from doing so. He needed to maintain a friendly relation with the spiritual fragment and it didn’t appear that it was doing something bad to Taon.

To many Ylvainans, it was a blessing if they could get in touch with the great prophet!

Though Taon Melin joined the Ascensionists, he was still a devout believer of the Ylvainan Faith. For Ylvaine’s spiritual fragment to bestow its attention on the elite mech pilot should be good.

After thirty minutes had passed, the glow around Taon’s mind ceased. Ylvaine’s spiritual fragment shuttled out of the unconscious mech pilot’s mind and zipped back into Ves’ mind as if it returned home after a good day of work!

Upon the fragment’s return, Ves hesitated whether he should allow it to come back. If he wanted to, he could put up his defenses and bar the fragment from entering unless it launched an attack.

He quickly shook his head and voluntarily widened up a gap for the fragment to slip back into his mind.

Although he grew more and more unsettled with the fragment, he still wanted to maintain control over it. While the fragment had already shown that it could break out whenever it wanted to, Ves still preferred to keep it within his reach.

It would be devastating to Ves if the spiritual fragment disappeared!

"What did you do in Taon’s mind?" He mentally asked.

The spiritual fragment didn’t even deign to answer his question. Instead, it reduced its activity level and entered into a dormant state again.

Seeing that he couldn’t prod the fragment into providing answers, he gave up on it and directed his attention to Taon instead.

Had the fragment done something to him? Ves curiously extended his spiritual senses to the mech pilot’s mind.

This time, he encountered no hindrance. However, he hadn’t encountered anything remarkable either. Most of Taon’s mind was still formless and insubstantial, which made it difficult for Ves to perceive and interact with. It was like they existed in different dimensions that barely overlapped.

"No changes?"

The limitations didn’t stop him from judging the overall state of Taon’s mind and spirit. What his probes had found was that neither of them drastically changed. Perhaps the only difference from before that much of the unrest in the mech pilot’s mind had disappeared.

Instead, Ves perceived that Taon’s mind was currently at peace with itself. This was a very substantial divergence from before! Back when Taon first lamented over his failures, his distress and his self-loathing was so strong that Ves could feel the emotion behind his words.

Yet now, none of that was present. A single visit from Ylvaine’s spiritual fragment washed away the mech pilots doubts.

Was this all the spiritual fragment had done?

Ves hadn’t found anything else. Taon still retained his single-minded focus and faith, but his spiritual energy was too weak for him to develop his own force of will.

Taon hadn’t turned into an expert candidate all of a sudden. This relieved Ves a bit because it would have been too inexplicable for the young elite to advance after suffering such a huge blow recently.