Chapter 172 Gillians Suggestion (1/2)

In the end, Kavos and the others brought the contract Rhode had given them and left. Beside the yearly term of the contract, almost everything was the same as with other mercenary groups. Of course, Rhode wasn't expecting them to agree to it immediately. When Kavos left, he asked for Rhode's permission to bring the contract back so he could discuss with his subordinates and see whether they wanted to accept or not. They made this kind of decision because they saw that the terms written in the contract were indeed fair. After reading it carefully, they admitted that it was a very persuasive contract and not a slave contract as they had previously imagined. If Rhode could fulfill the terms in the contract, then they also wouldn't mind it.

Unfortunately, Rhode had forgotten about these pitiful men after they left because he had more important things to do.

Healing Christie took a longer time than he had expected. Although Lize told him before that her condition was very bad and it would take a lot of time to heal her, Rhode didn't expect even that with five high level Clerics, it would still take about an entire day. Until late afternoon, after the sun went down, Lize and the four other clerics finally walked out from the room full of sweat.

The girl's injury was a lot more severe than they had thought.

The other four Clerics told him that even though her injury had been healed, with her weak condition, it was still easy for her to get sick. However, her condition was already much better than before. Rhode showed his gratitude to the four of them and told Lize to bring them to get a meal and rest. After that, he entered Christie's room.

Her room was located beside Rhode's room; she was the second person to live in the 3rd floor. Although Rhode wanted Christie to live with Anne, Marlene, and Lize, because of what happened afterward she was very attached to him and didn't want to leave him. Because it was useless to persuade her, Rhode could only accept it. Although Christie was very weak, she firmly held onto her will; even if Rhode and Anne have persuaded her, she still wouldn't want to change her mind. She only pulled at Rhode's clothes and silently looked at him…

Rhode was helpless and could only let her do what she wanted to.

From that moment on, Rhode finally began to worry. He felt uneasy for her to stay in the guest room alone. Perhaps he needed someone to take care of her. Of course, those mercenaries couldn't do that. They didn't have time, but Rhode had planned it from the beginning. That was also the reason why Rhode asked for the Clerics from the Mercenary Association. He didn't plan on asking them to fight in front line with Lize, but his mercenary group did lack support. Since he had interacted with them before in the Silent Highland and they also seemed quite nice, it wouldn't be difficult to select one of them to take care of Christie. Although he would be more assured with Lize, she couldn't keep staying in the stronghold. When she left for a mission, he needed to find someone to replace Lize's position.

Rhode calmed his mind and walked inside the room.

Soon, he saw the girl who asleep in the bed.

Compared with before, her face looked a lot better. Her pale face had become rosy and her breath a lot steadier. Previously, she kept coughing non-stop. It seemed that the medical expertise in this world wasn't too bad. If it was on Earth, with Christie's previous condition, she would have to stay in the hospital for at a year or two to recover. Even if she was healed, she would still have to consume medicine everyday and spend her life in bed—just like his sister.

Rhode shook his head and threw away his thought. When he came beside Christie and looked at her, he reached out his hand to tidy up her long hair. Frankly, looking at the girl who looked the same as him, Rhode didn't know how to face her. He only stood there and looked at her silently. It was enough for him to look at her sleeping face.

”Aiya, such a cute looking girl.”

At this time, a high pitched voice suddenly echoed from Rhode's ear. It didn't wake Christie up. Hearing this sudden voice, Rhode didn't seem to be surprised.

”What do you think, Gillian?”

”Me?”

Hearing Rhode's question the Fire Elemental Commander spirit shrugged. She smiled and answered, ”Isn't this good, Master? She's a very very very cute girl and she definitely will grow into a very beautiful person just like you. Ah, that's not right; she'll be more welcomed than you. Look at her: gentle, well behaved, and cute. Ah… it makes people wanted to hold her tight and protect her. I've decided, Master! When you summon me again I'll protect her and no one will be able to stop me!”

”You know I'm not talking about that.”

Rhode patted her shoulder and pulled Gillian, who sounded extremely happy, back into reality.