After warning the healers about the issue and instructing the scholars to figure out how this bomb works there wasn’t much more I could do to assist in this current crisis, beyond responding to each individual case. And I did do that, at least when I was able to. But sometimes I would arrive too late or sometimes I am occupied by other things.

There were only four explosions today, with thankfully few casualties. One of them happened on an operating table while a healer was trying to dig the bomb out of a patient, as a result, there was no one around other than the healer, who managed to get away quick enough to only be severely injured. So the only casualty of that incident was the person with the bomb inside.

Tiddol did recommend that we look more into the people who are having these devices implanted inside of them, maybe there is some commonality between them? Maybe a similar country of origin or similar ideologies. It’s worth looking into at the very least.

Unfortunately, there was very little I could do proactively to fix this situation, so I still spent most of my time working on my actual projects. I have decided to dedicate most of my efforts towards teaching the people, simply so that I can get this part done with quickly. That and I need a little bit to recover my soul enough before I work on my next project there.

Veris has reached a point of skill in plant manipulation that I would be worried about him accidentally killing himself while experimenting with any plants inside of his own body and as such he is worthy of joining my Paladins. I’ve never seen someone be so happy before in my life.

Though he is the youngest of the group by far, at least relative to each individual species, he is the most zealous by far, and due to the nature of their connection, the others are very much aware of this. He isn’t much of a leader, but I would bet that is due more to a lack of experience than anything else, I expect him to go far and become someone important within my Paladins. I look forward to seeing him thrive.

You know, technically, when looking at it purely from the perspective of species, whatever Veris evolved into would be higher on the totem pole than any dryad would be. Elves, on their own, were already considered to be greater than any dryad. In a one on one competition with all else being equal a dryad would only beat an elf in plant manipulation. And though I am definitely something quite a bit more than a simple dryad, it’s funny to think of it that way. Even better when considering it from Par’s perspective, the only thing really weaker than a goblin is a slime, and that’s only because slimes normally don’t learn very well. He went from a mere goblin to ruling an empire of countless people, many of whom would otherwise be well beyond his abilities even now. Maybe there is something special about being the one in charge of everything, who knows, certainly not me. Maybe the scholars might know something?

I didn’t get much in the way of downtime today, most of it was eaten up by handlining minor crisis after minor crisis as people were blowing up in the streets. People are constantly wearing armor or otherwise doing anything they can to protect themselves from a random blast. It’s surreal to see an otherwise normal child playing tag in full plate armor, probably enchanted based on the carvings in the wood.

Anyway, Good Night Diary.