“Sigh!” Can sighed despondently.


    “It was true that Lady Lte and Vaan yed a big part in finding the Stctite Milk, but we obviously discovered it at the same time, and yet we only get a mouthful when we could have gotten three bowls worth each.”


    “Yeah… How is a mouthful enough? I really want to take another mouthful, sigh!” Reid grumbled.


    Captain Rhys watched the young warriors with a gloomy and strict look as theyined over the Stctite Milk Pond.


    Even he was not immune to the temptation of the Stctite Milk and felt sad over the reduced share.


    But more importantly, the recruits’ ipetence andck of discipline infuriated him.


    “Suck it up and be grateful that Lady Lte is generous enough to leave us any at all! If you still have a problem, then go andin to Lady Lte! See if it doesn’t get you killed!” he barked.


    “Perhaps you have lived toofortably in your households, or I have been too lenient on your training, but don’t forget that you are on an escort mission! Lady Lte paid us to escort her to the capital, do you understand?!”


    “She is not only our client but also our boss! She employed us to protect her! Other than our duty to protect and escort her, only the spoils of our hunts belong to us! Nothing else! So stop believing the Stctite Milk is your right! It’s not!”


    Captain Rhys poured his hearts out, lecturing the good-for-nothing recruits harshly for them to understand.


    Despite that, some of them remain unconvinced.


    “When adventurers and mercenary parties band together, they split the rewards equally among themselves; how is our escort group any different from that? So naturally, we should have gotten an equal share…”


    A young warrior beside Reid muttered quietly to himself, but s, Captain Rhys still overheard the young warrior’sint.


    “You… little shit! Have you not listened to a word I said?!” Captain Rhys exploded with veins protruding on his forehead.


    “Do you think we’re the same as mercenaries and adventurers? We’re nothing alike! They can share rewards equally because they have a cooperative rtionship! As for us, it’s an employer-employee!”


    …


    Sometimeter, Captain Rhys’s furious lecturing died down after being thest to drink a mouthful of Stctite Milk.


    The young warriors heard so much of their captain’s thunderous lecture that their ears grew calluses from it.


    “Seems like they’ve be a little more obedient after Captain Rhy’s harsh lecture,” Lte casuallymented.


    “Far from that, my Lady.” Vaan shook his head with a smile and said, “They are just too busy absorbing the miraculous power from the Stctite Milk. Nevertheless, it’s finally our turn.”


    “Does that mean I can drink some now?” Lillias asked eagerly with sparkling eyes.


    Lte hesitated for a moment, but she eventually gave her little sister the nod.


    “Yes, but only take a little sip. And if you feel something wrong, stop and tell me immediately,” Lte instructed her little sister.


    She could not help but worry.


    Lillias began taking several sips after the first one and allowed the Stctite Milk’s efficacy to flow through her body, improving her body’s defense and sensitivity to mana…


    Vaan studied Lillias’s changes with Magic Vision before he suddenly paused.


    “Hold on… Improving sensitivity to mana?” Vaan muttered before his eyes flickered solemnly. “My Lady, you better stop Lady Lillias from drinking any further.”


    “Why? Is my sister in danger, Vaan?” Lte’s worried expression slightly deteriorated.


    “Not yet, but if she keeps it up, she will be. The Stctite Milk improves her body’s natural ability to absorb the surrounding mana, and this cave is currently full of mana.”


    Lte’s expression drastically changed from bad to worse in that instance.


    “Lillias, stop drinking right now!”


    Lte bellowed as she rushed over to pull Lillias away from the edge of the Stctite Milk Pond, startling her in the process.


    “Eh? Eh?! I haven’t had enough yet, sister!” Lilias was startled.


    “That’s enough. It’s not toote to drink the Stctite Milk after your mana veins perfectly reconnect and work properly.”


    “Boo… Fine.”


    After Lte exined the problem, Lillias had no choice but to give up on the Stctite Milk, albeit in a sulky and dispirited manner.


    The Stctite Milk wasn’t just beneficial to people; it was very tasty!


    “But how are we going to take all of this with us?” Lillias cannot help but ask.


    “Have you forgotten that your sister is a True Witch?” Lte puffed her chest proudly and said, “I can mold the earth into portable containers to hold the Stctite Milk.”


    “But who will we get out of the ckmoon Region with the Rank 3 Dark Hellhound hot on our tails?” Lillias expressed her doubt.


    “Oh yeah…” Lte recalled the matter before uttering softly, “We still have that problem to worry about…”


    She hadpletely forgotten about it.


    Lte pondered with a frown for a moment before subconsciously shifting her gaze to Vaan to seek his opinion.


    She had unknowingly developed a dependence on him.


    “I do have a n that can resolve your dilemma, but I wonder if you’re game, my Lady?” Vaan asked if she was up for the challenge.


    “Let’s hear it first.”


    “Fair enough,” Vaan nodded.


    “Originally, our chance of fleeing is higher than trying to kill the Rank 3 Dark Hellhound. However, since we found the Stctite Milk Pond, we have an absolute shot at killing the Rank 3 Dark Hellhound.”


    “Are you trying to say that the Stctite Milk will give me the strength to kill a Rank 3 Dark Hellhound? Surely not, right?” Lte doubted.


    She was just a Mid-rank True Witch, while it would take the power of Early-rank Senior Witch-level magic at the bare minimum to kill a Rank 3 magic beast.


    “Of course, I am saying this under the assumption that we have time to prepare. I wouldn’t be this confident if it were just the Stctite Milk, but my Lady’s specialized magic is Earth eleration, is it not?”


    “This… How did you know that, Vaan?” Lte was stunned.