Chapter 173: Chapter 171: Lord Rose Treats Phil Again...

"Mmm..."

Hilia slowly opened her eyes, blinked, and looked at the white ceiling above her.

"Where is this..."

Hilia sat up, feeling a bit of a headache. She rubbed her head as relevant memories slowly emerged in her mind.

I seem to be in...

The Lost Lighthouse, after Lord Rose stepped in for me, I fainted due to excessive exhaustion and magic power contamination?

Hilia quickly checked her body’s condition and found that the pollution inside her had disappeared.

A peeled apple was suddenly handed to her from beside her.

Hilia looked over and saw Doris turning her head to the other side.

"Benovia asked me to give this to you. Hmph, why try to be a hero? It’s not like we couldn’t handle the pollution outbreak ourselves."

"Thank you." Hilia felt Doris’s attitude was a bit strange, but at this moment, she felt very thirsty, so she took Doris’s apple and bit into it.

The sweetness of the apple refreshed her spirit, and Hilia looked around at her surroundings, "Where is this?"

"The rescue area of the school camp." Doris still didn’t look at Hilia.

Hilia gazed at the back of her head and quickly recalled the moment when Rose turned his head and smiled at Doris during their struggle against the final pollution outbreak.

Could she be acting so strangely because of that smile?

Please, don’t have any weird ideas!

The girl couldn’t help but shudder.

"Oh? Hilia, you’re awake?"

A voice came from outside, and Hilia looked up to see Benovia and Encore walking in.

Accompanying them were two Holy Priests dressed in sacred priestly attire.

Upon seeing her sit up, the two Holy Priests hurried over.

"Miss Xilia, please lie down. Your condition is quite serious. Although Miss Phil has purified all the pollution in your body, facing the pollution outbreak has still caused you severe bodily harm, and you need to rest."

"Am I injured?"

Hilia was momentarily startled as delayed pain spread throughout her body.

No visible wounds, but her whole body ached everywhere.

The hands of the two Holy Priests glowed with a sacred light, casting a Healing Skill on her.

Under the glow of the Healing Skill, the pain gradually faded away.

"It will take two more days of treatment for you to fully recover. Please stay here for the next two days, Miss Xilia, and let us know if you need anything."

"Thank you."

Hilia obediently lay down.

Benovia came to the bedside and sat down, smiling, "Thank you so much, Hilia. Without you, we all would have become the new Tower Master of the Lost Lighthouse."

Hilia quickly asked, "How is the Lost Lighthouse?"

Encore said, "It’s been fully conquered, and the Tier Four restrictions have been lifted. The school’s mentors and the Holy Court’s bishop have entered the lighthouse to recover the relics and documents inside."

Benovia added, "The rumors were true. The Lost Lighthouse indeed has ancient seafaring technology and many maritime-related relics and documents. Mr. Abros said that with these materials, we might be able to chart a new course across the ocean storms and even have a chance to explore another continent across the ocean beyond."

Whether it’s the seafaring technology or the other continent beyond the ocean, they seemed distant to Hilia at the moment. She was more concerned about whether the Blue-winged Seahorse had dropped any useful loot and whether the Holy Court and the Ista Empire had rewarded them for their successful conquest.

She voiced these concerns, but before Benovia could respond, Doris snorted and said, "Rewards from the Ista Empire don’t come so easily. Just for approving a few hundred Gold Coins, they’ll probably take three months, and the fastest they’ll get to us is by the start of sophomore year. Just a hundred or two Gold Coins, why care so much?"

Hilia replied, "You have money, so you don’t care. For me, even 10 Silver Coins are precious."

As she said this, she turned to Benovia, "By the way, where’s Phil? The Holy Priest mentioned Phil purifying the pollution for me. Where is she?"

"She’s gone out again to set up her stall and purify people’s pollution," Benovia shook her head, "I don’t quite understand why she’s so keen on setting up a stall."

"Just like you love reading, it’s simply her hobby."

Hilia lay back down, relaxing her mind.

Suddenly, she noticed the absence of Rose in her Spiritual Space.

And her storage space for Magic Puppets was also devoid of any puppets.

She paused, then looked up and asked Benovia, "Benovia, after we defeated the Blue-winged Seahorse, how did we come out? Where’s the Magic Puppet destroyed by the Blue-winged Seahorse?"

Benovia explained, "After you passed out, the lighthouse was conquered, lifting the Tier Four restrictions. We contacted Mr. Abros at the camp, and he led a team to bring us back, and the broken Magic Puppets are being repaired by the school for free."

Hilia asked, "Where are my Magic Puppets kept?"

"Didn’t you stand up halfway and put them away? Did you forget?"

"Ah? Oh, let me check... Indeed, I haven’t fully recovered yet."

Hilia tidied her somewhat messy hair, feeling her empty storage space for Magic Puppets, and carefully sensing it. She discovered the puppets seemed to have left the school camp, though their exact location wasn’t very clear, but they weren’t far.

What is Lord Rose using the Magic Puppets for?

The girl was curious.

...

Meanwhile, elsewhere.

Using Hilia’s Magic Puppet, Rose, dressed in a black robe, sat in front of Phil’s stall, purifying the pollution within Phil.

Phil was quite apprehensive, allowing Rose to hold her hand for treatment, not daring to move at all.

Until Rose completed the treatment.

"I told you, if you let the pollution into your internal organs again, you’ll be unable to self-purify. Why didn’t you listen?"

"I..." Phil opened her mouth and lowered her head, nervously saying, "I had a friend who was severely contaminated to save us, and I had no choice but to save her."

Of course, Rose knew Phil was referring to Hilia. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

In the end, to block the Demonic Qi storm, besides depleting Hilia’s magic power, he also used the demonic qi immunity blessing he had given her.

But the level of pollution was too high, and it was still impossible to resist all the Demonic Qi contamination. Along with having to shield others from the Demonic Qi storm, Rose allowed the pollution to be stored in Hilia’s body for resolution later.

Unexpectedly, upon returning to the camp, Phil disregarded her condition and whether she could handle all of Hilia’s demonic qi, forcibly taking on all the Demonic Qi pollution for Hilia.

Seeing this, Rose had no choice but to make Hilia "wake up," retrieve the Magic Puppet, and find another time to sneak it out, in order to control the Magic Puppet and resolve Phil’s pollution.

This was the third purification.

"If you continue to be stubborn, prepare to become my familiar."

Rose smiled sinisterly.