Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence-Chapter 459 - 185: Rare Level Item · Jade Griffin (Part 2)

Interestingly, after the battle ended, Dietrich brought medical personnel to treat a large number of wounded, alleviating the pain and despair of countless people. During this process, his strength was continuously enhanced, and he clearly felt Shalya’s Divine Grace.

His initial injuries were even more severe than Su Li’s, but while Su Li could only just get out of bed after half a month, Dietrich, under the healing of Shalya’s Divine Grace, was already energetically appearing in various hospitals.

The only injury not yet fully healed was his broken arm, which was now bandaged and hung in front of his chest.

There was a benefit to this, which was a significant improvement in his medical skills for treating fractures.

After personally examining Hilude’s injuries, Su Li immediately inquired with concern, "Chief Medic, how are our Chief Steward’s injuries? Can her thigh recover?"

Hilude, lying in bed, tightened her grip on the blanket upon hearing this, nervously looking at Dietrich. She was well aware of the Lord’s admiration for beautiful legs. The Lord’s most frequent compliment was, "Hilude, your legs are longer than my life."

For the Lord, even a woman with a stone-cold demeanor would do, but she absolutely must have beautiful legs.

If she no longer had beautiful legs, how could she serve the Lord?

Only she knew how much she cared about this wound.

Dietrich responded calmly, "Lord, rest assured. As the Chief Steward mentioned, her body is just a little weakened, but it is not a big problem, and recuperation will suffice. The thigh injury is not a problem; I just analyzed the Chief Steward’s body’s vitality, and the recovery speed is very fast. She might even have a blessing in disguise, making her legs longer."

"Huh? Is that possible? Are you not deceiving me?" Su Li frowned, looking at him. This sounded a bit too dreamy, didn’t it?

Dietrich shook his head resolutely and said, "Lord, perhaps the Chief Steward’s great strength made you overlook one thing; she is not yet 18, which is still the age for growing. The infusion of Divine Grace has made her inner vitality very active, greatly affecting her."

"In the Empire, many parents of young girls, in order to give their child a better future and win the favor of nobles and merchants, break the girl’s leg bones between the ages of 10 to 16 to increase leg length and height."

Su Li held his breath at this, suddenly believing Dietrich’s judgment.

Because he suddenly remembered, on Earth in his previous life, some parents would do something similar, breaking the bones once or twice.

The practice of breaking bones to increase height was akin to foot binding, encapsulated by the phrase: "The King of Chu liked slender waists, so many in the palace starved to death."

Su Li immediately crouched by Hilude’s bedside, stroked her forehead, and said, "If it’s unavoidable, let it be, but don’t take the initiative to do such things in the future. Rest well; you’ll be fine."

Hilude gently nodded and said, "Lord, rest assured, I won’t do such foolish things. I just ate some Extraordinary Spirit Grain, and I feel much better. I should recover in a few days and will promptly begin reorganizing our armaments."

Looking at her spirited and heroic appearance, Su Li couldn’t help but smile. They were both very young, but for some reason, Su Li felt he had the innocence of a man who remains a boy until death, while Hilude had the aura of an older sister, bravely dashing, sometimes making one forget she’s a year younger than Su Li.

But as a 17-year-old Divine Chosen Knight, her strength is enough to drop countless jaws.

Even among the Divine Chosen Knights of the Sun Goddess Church, perhaps only the founder of the Order of Righteous Fury, once under Marshal Orstein, was younger than Hilude. The story of the Shield Maiden of Fury is recorded in "Goddess of War Violet," where the Shield Maiden became a Divine Chosen Knight at a young age and rapidly grew into a Legendary Knight.

Sadly, she couldn’t control her inner fury and thus never reached the Holy Sanctuary stage, dying in battle in the Empire’s southwestern Abasco Mountain Range. When others from the Church found her, she was surrounded by mountains of corpses of goblins and beastmen.

That site has since become the location of a Great Divine Temple of the Sun Goddess Church.

Later, Su Li gently stroked her forehead and hair, saying, "Rest well, don’t overthink, isn’t there anyone else in this vast territory besides you that can work?"

Hilude obediently settled back into the blanket upon hearing this, her bright eyes looking at Su Li as she asked with concern, "Lord, did we suffer great losses in this battle?"

It was more than just great losses.

At the mention of it, Su Li felt a pang of heartache, and even the Provincial Affairs Council Governor Oliver was hesitant to report to him, with Acting High-level Attendant Chief Philis firmly disagreeing to arrange a meeting with the Lord.

Arranging meeting schedules and deciding who can meet with the Lord and when is precisely a responsibility of the High-level Attendant Chief.

Now that Hilude has returned to the territory, this authority is perfectly restored to her.

Su Li sighed helplessly and said, "Fine, I suppose even if I don’t tell you, you can’t rest easy. Let Oliver come over. Also, call Vandar, and we’ll hold a small cabinet meeting."