Strength 99999 but the Holy Sister

"I'll go see her."

Aisha said, and Grace nodded - although old Janji's medicine was very effective, pure holy light magic was obviously a better choice.

Elsa followed Grace to the room in the hotel. When she pushed the door, Elsa suddenly paused, then slowly pushed it open. In the room, the fox girl was lying quietly on the bed and sleeping soundly. She seemed so tired that she didn't seem to notice the arrival of Elsa and Grace at all.

Elsa motioned Grace to wait for a moment. She tiptoed down to sit down in front of the bed and observed subconsciously.

Lacey was reluctant to take off her hood even when sleeping, but now the hood had slipped off, and her pair of furry ears poked out from between her hair, which was very cute. The pointed brown hair made her cuteness even more playful.

It looks no different from the fox ear headband in my previous life, but I don’t know how it feels, Elsa thought.

However, Elsa did not reach out to touch Lacey's fox ears. She gently lifted Lacey's somewhat messy brown hair, revealing her clean forehead. Elsa gently leaned the back of her hand on Lacey's forehead. She did not feel any obvious signs of fever, but her body temperature was still high. She didn't know if it was because the body temperature of fox people was higher than that of normal humans.

Perhaps because of her weak body, Aisha saw some sweat on Lacey's neck, so she took out a handkerchief and gently wiped it for Lacey.

Grace just stood aside and watched silently - although Grace would never think that she had any feelings for Elsa, Grace would not deny that Elsa was indeed an upright and kind nun.

Elsa put away her handkerchief, and a bright golden magic light flowed in her hand. She cast a small healing spell and a small blessing spell on Lacey. The holy light quickly sank under Lacey's skin and disappeared. Grace raised her eyebrows slightly at this scene.

"Your holy light magic is indeed different from others."

She said.

Although it was not the first time she knew about it, it was the first time Grace witnessed Elsa using holy light magic. She had never seen such pure and holy light.

Elsa raised her eyes and smiled.

"Yeah, you have good taste."

"Humph, you're such a boaster! I hope you can say such things in front of the Saint."

Grace pursed her lips and turned her head away.

Elsa smiled and said no more. What she didn't say was that, according to Tricia, Elsa's holy light magic was roughly on the same level as Saint Inksa's. The origin of this difference was unknown. It couldn't be said that Elsa also had the mark of the goddess within her body, could it? This was impossible to verify, because no magical means could spy on Elsa.

"Let her rest for a while."

Elsa stood up and left the room, and Grace followed her out without saying anything.

After the two left, Lacey on the bed suddenly opened her eyes and looked at the door with a complicated look - in fact, she was awakened when Elsa and Grace came to the door. It was her instinctive vigilance. Any demihuman living in the forest would always be vigilant to the surrounding environment.

She really didn't trust humans. When she was a child, her tribesmen always told her that they became like this because of humans, and that humans were cunning and terrifying creatures.

Only her sister would occasionally tell her that there were good and bad humans, or rather, that their own people were the same for that matter.

Lacey would rather believe her sister, and her recent experiences seemed to confirm this, but she still couldn't completely entrust her trust to these humans whom she had only met for a short time.

She is afraid.

Fortunately, Elsa and Grace did not do anything to her. The only thing that concerned her was that she suddenly felt a warmth all over her body as if it were soaked in warm water, which almost made her utter a sound from her throat. Fortunately, she held it back. Now, she felt that her originally sore limbs and heavy neck seemed to have recovered, and the pain was relieved in an instant.

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367. Is it really a dragon?

In fact, both Elsa and Grace noticed that Lacey was pretending to be asleep, but they both tacitly chose not to expose her.

Elsa heard the movement in the room long before she entered, so she deliberately stayed in front of the door for a while before pushing it open. Grace only discovered after entering that there are actually some subtle differences between a person who is asleep and pretending to be asleep. Breathing, pulse, and potential muscle tension when being touched can all be used as a basis for judgment. Many people cannot control these reactions skillfully and cannot escape Grace's keen insight.

After a simple treatment, Elsa put down a piece of flint for warmth and left the room with Grace. Before leaving, Grace rearranged a small familiar.

"...So, we can't be sure whether her sister has actually been to Kroros. Perhaps the people of Lacey suddenly changed their direction and headed somewhere else. If that's the case, we won't find anything here. If her sister turns back to look for her, she'll miss us. So, we have to inform Old Joey of the situation in Ngo Village.

But it's far from time to give up. Let's keep the commissions from the Adventurer's Guild open for now. Simply posting commissions with the guild isn't enough; we can also enlist the help of mercenaries. More people means more strength. Take this money for now; it might come in handy later."

Elsa said as she handed a small bag of gold and silver coins to Grace. Grace didn't hesitate and put them directly into her own space equipment. She couldn't help but secretly complained - "Are all nuns so rich?"

This is a considerable amount of money. Grace is not as wealthy as Elsa. Her money comes and goes quickly. Even if she has some money, most of it is donated to other witches. In fact, she does not have much savings except for the necessary expenses. Apart from the staff, the only valuable thing on Grace's body is her gray deer.

"Then I thank you on behalf of Lacey."

Elsa and Grace left the room and went downstairs. Downstairs was a place that provided meals just like a tavern. The air gradually became warmer and noisier. Some diners were drinking and eating here.

"Lacey's health should be fine now, so I'll leave her in your care. However, Holy Light Magic can only restore her strength and treat any underlying ailments. She still needs a good rest. Also, you can ask someone to prepare some hot soup and food for her. Replenishing her strength is also very important."

Holy Light Magic could indeed be called a miracle of magic, but it also had some limitations. It was only a temporary solution and not a cure for the root cause. If a person's life had reached its limit, then Holy Light Magic would have no effect on him. Similarly, eliminating illness still required the body's own functions to fight the disease itself. This was the limitation of life itself, unless someone could accurately pick out all pathogenic factors and eliminate them all through Holy Light Magic - that would require not only unprecedented and world-shaking academic knowledge, but also amazing magical control and perception that was accurate to the nanometer level. All of this was undoubtedly a fantasy.

Lacey still needs to eat properly and rest properly if she wants to fully recover.

"You watch here first, I'll go out for a while."

Grace didn't ask Elsa what she was going to do, but just nodded. In front of Elsa, she felt that keeping silent could protect her from Elsa's anger.

"By the way," Aisha stopped and turned to look at Grace, "How have you been these past two days?"

"Huh?" Grace was obviously stunned for a moment, then glanced away and snorted, "Thank you for your concern, but even if you care about me, I won't be grateful to you."

"Care?..." Elsa blinked and smiled, not denying it. "If you think so, it's not wrong. But what I wanted to ask is - has the aura of the abyss reappeared in you?"

“…” Grace pursed her lips and was silent for a moment before speaking again, “No.”

She felt that she shouldn't speak. Silence was so much better. It really could protect her from Elsa's anger.

"That's good."

Elsa smiled, nodded, turned around and left the hotel alone.

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Elsa went to the place where the body was found in the suburbs and took another look. The place was surrounded by people again. This time, Elsa did not remove her invisibility. She stood at a certain distance to ensure that she would not be discovered, and then observed quietly.

In front of the corpse gathered some well-equipped knights and several people wearing long white cloaks. They were dressed like church priests in uniform, but in fact they were not, because Aisha knew that church priests did not button their cloaks on their shoulders, but on their chests, like a cross pendant. This was also the habit of clergy.

These people should be scholars.

Guarded by knights, they gathered around the corpse, holding books in their arms, and looked at it seriously. The corpse had been dissected, and these people were discussing their respective conclusions fiercely.

"This is undoubtedly the claw mark of a dragon!"

Someone said this with great certainty, then stretched out his arms vigorously and talked about how powerful and huge the dragon was, and how its breath was enough to destroy a well-equipped army. Only it could easily bring the monsters that should have lived in the area east of the mountains here - these people did have some knowledge and could recognize the origins of the monster's corpses. They also had enough experience to judge the time of the monster's death, and thus judge how long it had spent on the journey, and so on.

"It's too casual to judge based solely on claw marks. We can only use claw marks to determine the size of the hunter. In fact, it's not only dragons that can cause this kind of injury."

Some people raised objections.

"This is clearly a dragon's claw mark! You've never even seen a dragon, so you're talking nonsense!"

"Have you seen it?"

The man retorted, and the effect was remarkable. No one present had ever seen a real dragon - dragons rarely leave the Dragon Canyon on their own initiative. Even if they do, they will generally mark out their own territory, which is a restricted area for any creature and no one will be willing to get close.

"This is exactly as described in the book! This is clearly a dragon!"

"I still disagree. I think it's the demons. There have been recent rumors that the demons seem to be planning a comeback. The Holy Maiden of the Church has even descended. Maybe it's because of those damn demons. Besides, if it really is a dragon, how could the Empire be so unaware and take no action?"

These people argued back and forth, but could not reach a conclusion. Although everyone agreed that the scars looked very much like those caused by a dragon, different opinions kept coming out.

Ultimately, no one could explain the dragon's motive for leaving it there—could it have been a clever trick or some fun? Ultimately, the arguing ended without a clear winner, and they returned to report. Regardless of whether it was a dragon or not, they all sensed something strange about the incident.

Judging from the nuclear crystals obtained during the autopsy, this monster was at least a superior species, which meant that its strength was extraordinary. However, it was killed in one blow by a terrifying thing, and even before its body decayed, it was brought here from the warm eastern province east of the mountains by that terrifying thing.

Nothing feels right no matter how you think about it.

Elsa did not stay long. After they all left, she went forward to check the body, took out the magic stone that could reproduce images, recorded the image of the body, and then went straight back to the city. When she returned to the inn, Elsa had a few more sets of thick clothes in her hands, which were prepared for Lacey, as well as a hooded cloak that was tailored to the right - Lacey seemed to need this very much.

In fact, there are a lot of clothes in Elsa's space ring, but most of them were bought for her own use in Dammas a while ago. They are suitable for Elsa's height of over 1.7 meters, but they seem too bulky for Lacey.

"Give these to Lacey when she wakes up."

Elsa gave all the things to Grace and left.

She went to Ngo Village to ask Old Joe about Sister Lacey, but unfortunately, Old Joe didn't have any clues. When Aisha left, she gave Old Joe a few flints. With these things, the village could grow food in winter, which was a good gift.

Finally, Elsa returned to the Barony of Fisher. Charlie was not there at the time, so Elsa went straight to Tricia, handed the image engraved on the magic stone to Tricia for inspection, and explained the situation.

"This is the claw mark of a giant dragon. Those people were right."

Tricia confirmed it at a glance.

"Why is the dragon here?"

Elsa was a little confused.

Speaking of dragons, Elsa has never seen a real dragon with her own eyes. Of course, the metal dragon in the floating city does not count. The only contact Elsa has had with dragons probably came from the bottle of real dragon blood.

"I don't know either," Tricia shook her head, thought for a moment, and said, "If the Empire hasn't taken any action, then this means the dragon likely didn't cross half the Empire from the Eastern Province to get here, but came directly from the eastern border of the Northern Kingdom along the mountain range. The end of the mountain range is directly connected to the burial ground of the Dragon Canyon, and it doesn't belong to either the Empire or the Northern Kingdom. This may explain why it appeared here without anyone noticing."

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368. What to do if there is no dragon blood?

Elsa believed that Tricia's judgment would not be wrong, but why did the dragon appear and where did it go? This is probably the question worth considering now - if the people in the Kloros caravan did not lie, then the dragon had actually arrived at the outskirts of Kloros last night. No one knew where it went. After flying for such a long time, it must have gone very far away, and it would definitely be impossible to catch up with it.

The dragon is very powerful. If facing an adult dragon, even powerful people like the Ash Witch Grace and the upper vampire Becky can only defend themselves in a desperate situation. If the dragon wants to attack a human city, a medium-sized city like Kroros may not even be able to hold out for half an hour - those sturdy defensive magic circles are simply vulnerable to the dragon's powerful dragon language magic.

No one would want such a behemoth running around in the empire.

"The danger of dragons is self-evident, but there's no need to worry too much. Dragons are an intelligent and rational species, and most of them understand human language. Communication can avoid misunderstandings."

Tricia said, smiling, sitting down and pouring a cup of tea for Aisha and herself.

"Although most of them are arrogant and self-centered, their pride also prompts them to disdain to attack humans."

Of course, the premise is that humans do not take the initiative to provoke, and do not conflict with dragons for other reasons, otherwise they will die without knowing how they died - dragons may not be an evil and bloodthirsty race, but from a human perspective, they also do not have human moral values ​​and concepts of good and evil. They will not attack humans purely out of basic respect for their fellow intelligent creatures, and humans are not a good food choice for them, but this cannot conceal their own danger.

"But just in case, I will inform Her Majesty the Queen of the dragon's appearance. With the Empire's intervention, those old-timers of the Dragon Clan won't let this dragon run wild in the Empire. If it still attacks the city, we can get the news immediately and rush over."

With Elsa's speed, it only takes a very short time to travel from one city to another, which is faster than the teleportation array. Therefore, as long as the message is received in time enough, there will be no chance for the dragon to destroy the city.

"Well, so be it."

Aisha nodded. This was the best solution.

They didn't continue the topic.

"Where's Charlie?" Aisha asked.

Tricia smiled gently, and suddenly winked playfully. She put down the teacup in her hand, stood up, walked behind Elsa, and gently leaned on Elsa's shoulder.

Elsa could smell the faint fragrance in Tricia's hair.

"She's in training. What's wrong? You miss her after just a while?"

A gentle sound brushed past her ear, and Tricia blew towards Aisha's ear.

Elsa felt that Tricia was really starting to learn bad habits, and her occasional playfulness made her look quite uniquely cute.

Tricia is a beauty. As she still maintains the appearance of a girl, the mature charm is not very obvious in her, but the years have brought her a stability far beyond her appearance. She has both charm and tenderness and youthful cuteness, which gives people a very wonderful feeling.

"I'm more curious if you said anything to her. It seems like your relationship has been getting better and better these past few days."

Elsa can see the change in the relationship between Charlie and Tricia, although it is still a little subtle, but this subtlety is because Tricia's identity as a mystic sage makes a girl like Charlie who comes from a small town feel a natural sense of awe. Putting this aside, Tricia has been deliberately trying to get closer to Charlie, which also makes Charlie not feel restrained when getting along with Tricia.

Also, Charlie and Tricia's attitude that night was somewhat concerning.

Tricia smiled ambiguously, walked around to Aisha, and sat on Aisha's lap facing her.

"It's a secret."

Tricia obviously didn't want to say more, so she leaned over, lifted her hair, and kissed the corner of Elsa's mouth. The soft fragrance spread between her nose and lips.

At this time, Tricia suddenly looked up as if she sensed something. Elsa turned her head and heard footsteps approaching from outside. Soon, with the sound of gentle knocks on the door, Alman's greeting came from outside.

"I'm Alman..."

"Come in."

Tricia stood up and sat next to Elsa.

Alman pushed the door open and walked in respectfully. He didn't see what Aisha and Tricia were doing, but as soon as he looked up, he instinctively realized that something was wrong in the atmosphere - Tricia and Aisha were staring at him without saying a word.

The smile on his face froze.

"Any clues?"

Tricia asked calmly.

Although the tone was no different from usual, Alman always felt as if there was something dangerous in it. He didn't dare to ask, but just nodded quickly, choosing not to look at Aisha and Tricia's eyes, and lowered his head.

"My clone was very cautious and didn't give a clear response to Baron Fisher's contact. However, we have contacted Duke Charblis's subordinates who remained within the Empire. In exchange for information on 'Dragon Blood', he expressed his willingness to meet with us."