Free Web NovelChapter 233: Chapter 231: Is This Royal Family Clash or What?
Hilia didn’t rest for long before starting a new healing session with Elina.
Soon after, she overheard the mercenaries discussing Emilia’s release of the entry trial strategy.
For the mercenaries seeking treatment, they were probably the ones who needed this strategy the most.
Many people were listening at the time, and most of them got the strategy details from others. When they heard those key points, some beat their chests in regret, while others lost their smiles and angrily cursed Emilia.
The former were those who almost passed the "First Trial," while the latter had struggled through the maze, thinking they had finally found their wealth and were smug, like investors who bought at the highest gold price only to find the price dropping right after.
Hilia had no particular reaction to this.
They already knew in advance that Emilia would publicly share the key information of the "First Trial," not only to gain prestige but also to irk her petty brother.
As long as Emilia didn’t mention her, Hilia wouldn’t care about these matters.
Royal disputes were something she couldn’t be involved in as a Holy Daughter, or else she wouldn’t be able to become the Holy Daughter.
Of course, she could still act as a friend, as long as she didn’t explicitly support anyone.
Hilia thought the matter would end with everyone praising Emilia and then begin a grand adventure.
But unexpectedly, shortly after hearing the news, Pascal, who came running in the morning to request a refund, showed up again.
At night, after the day’s healing was over, he stood in front of Hilia and Elina as they packed up their things and said, "Ladies, I would like to speak with you privately."
Without looking up, Hilia said, "Speak openly; we welcome business talks."
"I want to know, after you made a deal with my dear sister Emilia, did you sign any contracts with her?" Pascal asked.
Elina replied, "That’s confidential; sorry, we can’t answer that."
Pascal continued, "If you have any agreements, like prohibiting Emilia from sharing ruin information with others, please tell me. I can help you claim compensation from Emilia."
Hilia raised her head, "Well, thank you for your kindness. How much compensation can you get?"
Seeing Hilia seemed interested, Pascal smiled, "That depends on how many Gold Coins you negotiate for. I can help you get at least double compensation at no charge. I have only one condition: return the 40 Gold Coins I paid in the morning."
"Your no-charge service is asking for 40 Gold Coins?" Hilia chuckled, "That’s a bit too ’no charge,’ isn’t it? What if we don’t have an agreement with Emilia to pay compensation for leaking information, wouldn’t we be losing out?"
"I can find a way to help you claim compensation, as long as you name a number, not less than 40 Gold Coins. If it’s not less than 40 Gold Coins, you’ll be pure profit, won’t you?" Pascal smiled, "Trust me, except for me, you won’t get anything from her."
Hilia pondered for a moment, then smiled faintly, "Then go ahead, ask for whatever you want, but we’re not asking for anything. Of course, if Emilia comes to us, we won’t acknowledge this matter."
"Mr. Pascal, we don’t want to be involved in this open and secret strife between you and your sister. Please don’t drag us into it, thank you."
Pascal said irritably, "We are just... only a Mercenary Corps, what are you afraid of? With my protection, she won’t dare to do anything to you, what are you afraid of? I’m giving you an easy money opportunity, and you don’t appreciate it at all."
"You should appreciate it more, also, Mr. Pascal, you have been here quite a while."
Pascal glanced around at their small stall and flicked his sleeve. freewebnσvel.cѳm
"Hmph, ungrateful."
Elina watched him leave and muttered, "This person must be up to no good; he’ll definitely frame us."
Hilia wasn’t bothered, "Let him be, if he wants to frame us, let him. Are you afraid of a ’Mercenary Corps’?"
"What’s there to be afraid of? I’ve dealt with so many of these well-funded mercenary corps, like driving them out and... borrowing everything!"
In the eyes of many mercenaries, the pure and kindhearted Elf Priest is actually someone who enjoys ’borrowing’ money behind the scenes. If those mercenaries who admire her knew, they might be disillusioned, Hilia thought.
Afterwards, whatever happened on the Royal Mercenary Corps’ side, Hilia didn’t know.
After tidying things up, she set up a Guard Array around the camp and returned to her tent to sleep.
The next morning.
Just like yesterday, she went to buy food and came back to set up the healing stall again.
Aside from Elina, no one in the camp could dispel that bothersome curse. Many mercenaries who were cursed but not seriously injured chose to endure it without treatment.
But with so many people, there were bound to be those seriously injured who had no choice but to seek treatment.
Due to the influence of Emilia’s release of the ruin information yesterday evening, there were fewer injured people in the morning.
While Hilia and Elina earned a bit of extra money by healing the mercenaries, Emilia, with a radiant smile, came over.
She brought along the four teammates from yesterday, and everyone conscientiously stepped aside to let them go to Hilia.
"Miss Hilia, Miss Elina, good morning," Emilia greeted.
Hilia replied politely, "Good morning, Miss Emilia. Are you here for treatment too?"
Emilia nodded, "We are planning to continue exploring; this curse affects us greatly, so we ask for your help in dispelling it."
Hilia glanced at Emilia cutting in line, saw that the other mercenaries seemed unconcerned, thought for a moment, and nodded, "Please wait."
Emilia had released the ruin information publicly, earning respect from others. Her cutting in line didn’t seem to bother anyone.
This team’s curse wasn’t deep and could be easily dispelled, taking little time.
After finishing treating the mercenaries currently undergoing treatment, Hilia and Elina started dispelling curses for Emilia’s teammates and Emilia herself one by one.
Once finished, Emilia took out 10 Gold Coins and handed them over.
Hilia only took one coin, saying, "Our dispelling fee has been lowered; it takes much less."
Emilia paused for a moment, then smiled, "Thank you."
Saying this, she suddenly leaned over and whispered in Hilia’s ear, "Last night, my brother tried to use your name to swindle me out of Gold Coins, but he failed. I suspect he might resent you because you accepted his 40 Gold Coins. If you encounter any difficulties, let me know; I can help you handle them."
"Thank you."
Hilia didn’t mind, thanked her briefly, and continued dispelling and treating the mercenaries.
After Emilia left, she observed in the distance as Pascal’s figure flickered in and out.
"Hmm... What will he do? Demand a refund directly? Or bring people to make trouble?"
Hilia mused.
If Pascal dared to do that...
Make a quick video, "Oh, Holy Master, look, the Ista Royal Family is getting too bold..."
