“What do you think, my Lady?” Vaan sought Lte’s opinion.


    “I concur,” Lte nodded with approval and said, “This does seem like the fairest way to divide the Stctite Milk Pool. No one can deny your contribution to finding—”


    “Be careful, my Lady!”


    As Lte spoke in Vaan’s favor, one of the young warrior’s eyes shed with cruelty and impulsivelyunched a sneak attack on her back as if the devil possessed him to do it.


    However, Vaan quickly caught onto the young warrior’s act and pulled Lte towards him before twisting his body around to shield her from harm with his body.


    It never crossed his vignt mind that such a situation could happen at any time.


    Shing!


    Under his calcted steps, the young warrior’s fast sword aiming for Lte’s heart barely grazes his shoulder but draws his blood, nheless.


    Some of the blood sttered on the side of Lte’s cheek and hair, while somended on Captain Rhys’s face.


    In that instance, Captain Rhys exploded at once.


    “Ingrate!”


    Captain Rhys decisively drew his sword and hacked off the young warrior’s head before the young warrior could beg for forgiveness.


    Puchi!


    Blood sprayed from the young warrior’s neck as his head flew beforending on the ground some distance away, stunning the rest of the young warriors in the cave.


    They never expected their captain to be so ruthless, but the problem was so much greater than that.


    However, Captain Rhys red at the young warrior before sweeping his sharp gaze across the rest of them, studying them with scrutiny.


    “You dare question my action? It seems like you don’t understand the severity of this matter,” Captain Rhys spoke in a low and gloomy tone.


    “Do you understand what it means for a man to stab a witch in this country, a witch of noble status, no less?”


    “But captain, men stab witches with their ‘swords’ all the time,” the young warrior argued in a joking manner.


    However, Captain Rhys exploded even more furiously, seeing that the young warriors were making light of the situation.


    “I don’t have time for your jokes! Thest time a man attacked a noble witch, the witch’s noble household executed all the men and reduced the women to ves in the mines, witches included!”


    “What do you think will happen when the Drosa Household finds out a member of the Steelguard Escort Group attacked one of their members? It won’t just be Gerhardt’s family, but all our families will be affected as well!”


    “Then all the more reason why we should silence the twodies and everyone associated with her before word gets out. Didn’t someone powerful put a hit on her? So we can me it on them.”


    Once the young warrior uttered those words, a deathly silence filled the cave before the young warrior noticed all eyes shifted to Lady Lte.


    At the same time, Lte wiped her cheeks and noticed Vaan’s blood before a gloomy air suffused her immediate surrounding.


    Her mana might be low, but she was still a Mid-rank True Witch.


    “Lady Lte… I didn’t seriously mean what I—”


    “Rock Bullets!”


    Puchi!


    Fist-size rocks immediately broke off from the ground and shot toward the young warrior at incredible speed, punching a hole right through his head, heart, and several other ces, killing him on the spot.


    After witnessing that, Vaan’s eyes flickered.


    The speed of Lady Lte’s Rock Bullets was leagues above the speed she reduced the cave wall into sands.


    It should have something to do with her specialized magic.


    Nevertheless, neither Captain Rhys nor the rest of the escort group spoke up about the young warrior’s death.


    Seeing that, Lte shortly turned to Vaan and inspected his wound with concern in her eyes.


    “Are you alright, Vaan? Does it hurt?” she asked.


    “It’s just a shallow wound,” Vaan casually shook his head with a slight smile and said, “It’ll heal on its own shortly.”


    The wound had already stopped bleeding.


    Even so, Vaan had to give some credit to the dead warriors for helping him be build an even stronger rtionship with Lady Lte of the Drosa Household due to the event.


    Meanwhile, Lillias gave him the thumbs up while expressing her gratitude for saving her sister, oblivious to his thoughts.


    Lte gave her a slight nudge after she finished confirming Vaan’s recovery.


    “About Vaan’s suggestion on the division of the Stctite Milk Pond, you haven’t voiced your opinion, Captain Rhys,” she brought up their previous discussion.


    “This…” Captain Rhys smiles wryly.


    “I didn’t have any problem with Brother Vaan’s share of the Stctite Milk Pond, but after what just happened, I’m too embarrassed for our Steelguard Escort Group to continue receiving a share of the Stctite Milk Pond, Lady Lte.”


    “You’re saying you don’t want any of the Stctite Milk anymore?” Lte sought the captain’s confirmation with a serious look. “Are you sure?”


    “Yes, my Lady. You should divide it with Brother Vaan. The two of you were the ones who found the Stctite Milk Pond. I don’t have any doubts that you both deserve all of it.”


    “You’re too generous, Captain Rhys.” Vaan smiled.


    Seeing how Captain Rhys spoke up for him, Vaan didn’t waste his effort in building a good rtionship with Captain Rhys.


    “Not at all, Brother Vaan. I am just assuming responsibilities for the faults of my Steelguard Escort Group’s new recruits.”


    “Nevertheless, I’m sure Captain Rhys didn’t wish for such a thing to happen. How about this, we’ll lower the Steelguard Escort Group’s share so that everyone will at least get a mouthful,” Vaan suggested before seeking Lte’s opinion, “What do you think, my Lady?”


    “If you’re fine with it, Vaan, then so am I,” Lte stated before turning to Captain Rhys, “But will you agree with this arrangement or continue to decline it?”


    “Since Lady Lte has already decided, how can I continue to decline? I wouldn’t dare,” Captain Rhys replied before expressing his gratitude sincerely, “I thank Lady Lte for your understanding and kindness.”


    He bowed with a fist-palm salute.


    “Well then, let’s end the matter there,” Lte said before urging Captain Rhys, “Take your men to get your mouthfuls first. I’ll divide the remaining Stctite Milk with Vaan after.”


    “Understood, Lady Lte.”


    Once again, Captain Rhys bowed gratefully to Lte with a fist-palm salute.


    Shortly after, he took the remaining young warriors to the Stctite Milk Pond and strictly monitored them, making sure they took one mouthful and one mouthful only.