Mixed Blessing System

Hours passed, and in this instant, Lothur and Elke had just finished their treatment session after taking the Spiritual Language and Geopolitics exams.

They had also fought during this period, with Lothur having used his theories on how to press weaker cultivators based on attribute values.

Because of this, as they walked towards the exit of the academy, Lothur was smiling, pleased with how Elke's situation was improving.

She had improved by a little over 0.8 in Constitution in this period and had also increased her Strength a little. Besides, her results were not as significant in the other attributes since her talent was different from Lothur's.

In any case, this was only the beginning of her combat training, and to see it improving was already very good.

Thus, the two soon ran into Annaliese on their way out of the academy.

"So, how are you doing?" She asked as she looked curiously at Elke.

Elke smiled and gave her right hand to Annaliese. "You can feel for yourself..."

"Oh? What? All this?" Annaliese readily noticed the difference in terms of the quality of Elke's Constitution.

"Shocked, eh? Will the second Miss Frost feel the temptation and give herself to Lothur after that?" Elke teased, smiling at the expression on Annaliese's face.

"Tsk!"

"Don't talk nonsense. I don't need any encouragement to..."

"Oh?"

Realizing what she was talking about, Annaliese blushed in embarrassment and ran toward her carriage, afraid that Lothur would face her at this moment.

Lothur saw this with a smile on his face. "Anna, don't wait for me. I am not returning to your family's estate now. I have a business to attend to."

"What? Where are you going?" She put her shame aside and stopped running to look back.

"With this mission with Elke, I learned the real value of medicine. Previously I didn't want to waste my time doing this, but for the sake of you all, I need to be prepared for anything." He said in seriousness as he saw Annaliese return to him and Elke.

"On that account, I have decided to start learning this profession. Then I will go to Doctor Snee's estate. He had promised me to help me with this..."

"Doctor Snee? So you will go to that place?" She asked, interested in that. "Then I will go with you!"

'Since you will spend most of your time this week with Elke, I will take advantage of the few opportunities I have!'

"Well, if you want to go, then let's leave Elke off at her exam place, and we'll do that..." He commented before doing so and heading alongside Annaliese to that doctor's property.

As the brother and sister-in-law left the academy, another student ran after them, alerting them.

Looking back and seeing a level 5 person dressed in the uniforms of the Morning Star Academy, Lothur frowned, trying to understand who that was. 'Sigh! I have many enemies... But I wonder, who is this?'

"What are you doing chasing us?" He seriously asked such a person, while Annaliese also began to pay attention to the student with a disturbed expression on his face.

"Where is Elise? What have you done with her?" He asked this with a tone that clearly showed that he was worried sick.

Lothur watched this person for a moment, realizing that he knew something. "Elise? I don't know what you are talking about. What would I do with her?"

"Don't play dumb, worm!" He bellowed, causing his saliva to leave his mouth while his eyes fluttered, showing their redness to Lothur and Annaliese.

Annaliese realized something was wrong with this person and began to get angry. "Watch how you talk, brat. Call my brother-in-law like that again, and I'll break both your arms and legs!"

That student, Elise's previous contact at the Morning Star Academy, ignored the beauty on Lothur's side and said to him. "I know she went out after you, Lothur! I know she wouldn't let you get away!"

"But you're here, and she's not... Damn it! Tell me what you've done! Tell me what happened to her!"

"Oh? It looks like you're pretty involved with her, huh?" Lothur's eyes grew cold. "You want to know what happened to her? Come with me to a quieter place, and I'll tell you."

"Tell me now, worm! If you don't, I'll spread the word to the whole city that..." He was saying this, but Annaliese could no longer bear to hear this person disrespecting Lothur and the Frost family and attacked.

She used enough force to hurt him but not kill, by kicking his knees and then his arms as he fell to the ground, already agonizing in pain.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!"

People on the outskirts of that street looked in the direction from which the screams of the student in question were coming, with many already turning away and others gaining interest in the situation.

"Hey! What are you doing?" One of the city guards in the vicinity ran over there, concerned about any of those people breaking the local laws.

Upon arriving there, he soon realized Annaliese's identity. "Second Miss Frost, what is the meaning of this?"

"This person was disturbing us, and I warned him that I would attack him if he continued. He insisted, so I did as promised..." She peacefully said.

Local rules said that no one, except for local government forces, could kill within the city or cause widespread fights that disturbed the public peace.

But making a single attack and immobilizing an opponent was not necessarily a crime. It was something to worry about and could cause a lot of problems. But no one with Annaliese's status would be arrested in this city just for doing what she did.

So, she calmly responded, not caring what other people would think of that situation.

"That..." The guard looked at the young man in agony but could not identify him. 'Causing trouble for the Frost family seems to be our leader's preference, but I don't know this brat.'

'He is irrelevant...' The guard lamented how useless that victim was and soon began to control the incident scene. 'Perhaps I should...'

Meanwhile, Lothur steadily watched in the direction of that young man, feeling that such a person must have had some involvement in Elise's earlier action.

'Hmm, someone informed that bitch about my mission with Elke. It must have been you, huh?' He felt Annaliese's hands touching his arm, but he stood still, staring hatefully at that person. 'Anyone connected with that woman's actions is my enemy!'

"Lothur?" Annaliese realized that he did not look well and called his name. "What's the matter? What are you thinking?"

"Anna, who is this person? Do you know him? Do you know how I can find him?" He deeply asked.

She frowned her eyebrows and then answered him. "I don't know him, but considering the pin on his clothes, I have an idea where to find him."

"Oh? Tell me about it."

Before answering him, she asked. "What do you want with him?"

"I naturally want to solve our problems. This person seems to be related to what happened with Elke..." He clenched his fists as he said this.

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