With the end of Hilda's fight the fight between the two teams is not over, Nirie leaves the arena to follow Hilda who is being taken by the healers, but the warrior from the Menfis family that I don't know took the stage. It seems she didn't care a bit about Hilda's condition she didn't even look at her after the fight was over, it seems she doesn't like Hilda very much which is not a good thing depending on what kind of person she is can be very dangerous to have this type of person very close, especially close to your food.
I had no interest in seeing this warrior fight the mercenary who just climbed into the arena, so I said goodbye to my friends who are staying to see the fight. I head towards the healers' barracks, want to see how Hilda's treatment is going and avoid getting on her bad side, but I won't make the mistake of trying to console her that would be a big mistake.
When I get to the infirmary, I go in silence and approach the bed that Hilda has been placed, two healers curing her, a very effective and expensive combination, one of them has the light element while the other has the water element. They're using a combination of spells I've never seen before, the water covering Hilda's arms was full of light, I believe magic overlap should be able to exist easily because of the life element they're both using.
Hilda's skin is healing at a visible speed, but using my eyes I can see that this is not the only aria that is being healed her arm bones are healing, it seems that towards the end of the fight her bones ended up cracking. Nirie notices my presence and waves me over to the bed, when Hilda noticed my arrival, she looked at me with a hint of hostility.
I think maybe it should have taken me a little longer to arrive? Or should I have arrived sooner?
I waited by the bed while the healers finished healing Hilda, after they finished healing Hilda's arms, they healed the rest of her body quickly. Unlike her opponent Hilda was only really seriously injured in the arms, so the healers didn't have much work to heal the rest of her body.
With the healers gone, Nirie took advantage of the opening and fled him from the tent, leaving me alone with a grumpy Hilda. I think her defeat didn't put her in a good mood, even though she fought well in it.
"Hi, how are you feeling?"
"What a stupid question. If I wasn't well, the healers wouldn't have left."
Seriously? Perhaps they fled when they realized you had regained some of your strength. Obviously, I'm not going to put that thought into words, so I sit by Hilda's bed.
"That's nice, looks like the defeat didn't affect your mood."
"Did you come just to throw salt on my wound? What a nice guy you are."
"Well, your wound is already closed so throwing salt doesn't have much effect. But leaving the joke aside, you know that you didn't have a bad loss, you fought very well and your opponent is badly hurt. If you had managed to land her final blow before you could have won the fight, by now she must be barely able to stand."
"Really? Did I get to hurt her?"
"Yes, her body was very resistant, but her organs must not have such an abnormal defense when her blow was aimed exactly at them, so it was very effective. What kind of art is this?"
A small smile appeared on Hilda's face.
"Why should I tell you?"
"How about a trade I'll tell you something about your opponent and then you'll answer one of my questions."
"Could be, but I start. Do you know why her body was so hard? From the way you talked before, it sounds like you know something about her."
"Those are two questions, so you will have to answer two of my questions. First, he must cultivate an auxiliary aura or elemental art, this is the source of his strengthened body. The second question is that I'm sure she's no ordinary mercenary, I'm sure she's a nobleman from another aria in the realm."
"I should accept that last answer, of course she is a nobleman from another part of the kingdom. Do you think I would lose to any mercenary?"
If Hilda didn't have to be on standby for her body to recover without any problems, she would have attacked me now.
"Okay, I'll give you another info, she's an earth element warrior."
This information wasn't much to Hilda's liking either, she probably already suspected that.
"Now it's my turn to ask some questions, what is the name of the art you used before?"
"It's called the art of twin spears, and an aura art."
"Can I learn it?"
"Not!"
What hostility.
"Okay, your turn to ask a question."
"What else do you know about her?"
"I know one of her weaknesses is that her cup is heavier than it should be, she tried to hide it during combat, but I was still able to see that she was having a lot of trouble keeping up with you during the fight."
Hilda was silent, she must be trying to remember the details during the fight. She's been in this focused state for about a few minutes, it looks like she's having a bit of a hard time figuring out if I'm right or wrong.
"I didn't notice it; do you think her art has other weaknesses? If this is the only one then your art is of a very high level."
"She must be quite high level, but she must have some more weaknesses during the fight she didn't use her aura as much or summon her elemental energy outside of her body, so it's hard to know if any weaknesses in this art ultimately don't, we know if it is an aura or elemental art."
"I think you should know and you're just making a fool of yourself not to tell me the truth."
I'm Screwed.
"Your injuries were more serious than I thought, you're delusional Hilda. I'll call the healers; I'll be right back."
"Don't even think about running away from me, Ulric! Come back here."
I failed.
"Okay, but how about we change the subject."
"No, I want to know what you're hiding."
"I'm not what you're talking about, Hilda."
"Don't be a fool, I know you have your secrets and I won't ask for a detailed explanation, but I won't put up with you lying to me, Ulric. That's not what I want in a relationship, if you insist on lying, I don't intend to be with you any longer."
I really should learn to lie more convincingly.
"Okay, very calm this time. I won't lie to you, but I also don't want to explain exactly how I know what I know. Are these terms acceptable?"
"Yeah, get it out now."
"I know that mercenary art is an art of aura and elemental energy, her body was saturated with both energies and from what it seemed this is her normal state. Your core was probably with a little more than half of your aura and elemental energy, the rest should be at rest inside your body."
"Is my answer acceptable?"
"Yes, I don't like it when you lie."
"How did you know I was lying?"
"Because I think I know who that mercenary is, and if I was right, you should know that her art is an aura and elemental art. She is a noblewoman from the center of the kingdom, her art is a little unpopular but some members of the Pruma family train her, my aunt told me a story once she fought a Pruma who had a body of steel, no matter how she attacked him he didn't move and even when her spear pierced the gap in his armor, but her spear couldn't pierce much of his flesh, my aunt's spear wasn't even stained with blood after stabbing him."
"So, you already knew her identity, I should have noticed that before. Was she targeting you?"
"I don't think so, but who knows. My aunt got into a lot of trouble with the Pruma family in the capital that time, even if she had hidden her identity, it wouldn't be an impossible task for the Pruma family to discover her real identity. It also wouldn't be the first time that someone gets in trouble with our family because of something my aunt did, at that point she's very similar to you, she always gets into trouble when she goes out on an adventure and she loves to go out on adventures."
"As far as I know you are also a source of various problems for your family, do you think they will get you into more trouble?"
"I doubt if they had the intention of hurting me, she wouldn't have held back in the end, she had a chance to really hurt me, but in the end defeating me should be her only goal."
"And your family members will get you in trouble, although your defeat wasn't something humiliating, you still lost. Yeah, I can't help but notice that your teammate doesn't like you very much."
"That and Elena, she is the daughter of one of the elders in the family. An old pervert who got a common adventuress pregnant because she was beautiful, Elena is an annoying, greasy bitch but she's not a real threat her father doesn't really care about her and if she hadn't inherited her mother's talent, she would have been just a servant in the Menfis family."
I chatted with Hilda for a while longer, but when the Menfis family guards arrived to escort Hilda safely home I went to find Raziel and Torris so we could go back to the institute together.