Seeing Elina's emotions gradually calm down, Sila swept his spatial ring.
In an instant, the ordinary-quality mana crystals purchased by Kent, as well as a portion of low-quality element essence, landed in front of Elina. As one of the game's female protagonists, Elina had a unique constitution. Even when using low-quality element essence, she could expel the impurities within it without causing permanent damage.
This allowed Sila to confidently lavish these resources on her.
He wasn't particularly concerned about Elina's future prospects, it was just that he could see the girl's affection for him skyrocketing.
Sila couldn't help but scheme, perhaps he could make use of it.
The successors of the Leviathan family, after passing the family's trials, would obtain a special contractual spell known as "Soul Guardian." It allowed them to take in individuals who were absolutely loyal to them as guardians, sharing in each other's prosperity and misfortune.
Their talents could also mutually benefit each other.
Previously, Sila hadn't considered this option because in "Journey of Radiance." Elina had at least seven different routes to kill Sila Leviathan. Sila was afraid!
Now...
Seeing Elina's high affection for him, Sila's thoughts turned in that direction once again.
Cultivating the female protagonist into a Soul Guardian was quite a profitable endeavor.
Elina was undoubtedly among the most talented individuals in the entire world.
As he pondered, Sila maintained a gentle and calm demeanor, adhering to noble etiquette.
Upon seeing the resources that suddenly appeared before her, Elina's emotions once again got out of control. "What are these...?"
"That's right, they're for you." Sila said with a smile, his tone as light as if he were discussing what to have for dinner tonight.
Elina's expression, however, grew more and more horrified. "No, I can't accept these."
"They're... too valuable."
Sila felt a slight impatience welling up inside him. "What, you're not taking them? How am I supposed to farm gold coins and make progress then?"
After a moment of thought, he turned to look behind him. "Grandpa Kent, as we discussed earlier, I've found that Elina actually has quite a good cultivation talent. I want to help her improve her strength so that even if I'm not around one day, she won't be captured by any faction and turned into a slave."
"Right?"
Sila blinked.
In the setting of "Journey of Radiance." Elina's talent would grow stronger as her Crystal Dragon Bloodline awakened.
Initially, when she was still a carefree noble daughter, her cultivation talent was decent but only slightly above average, rated as C-level.
Due to a lack of resources, when she was reduced to slavery, her cultivation was only around the third stage of Elite.
It was not until she endured torture in the Desire Pavilion that her Crystal Dragon Bloodline, though not fully awakened, gradually emerged, causing her magical talent to soar.
"I don't have any talent." Elina hastily protested.
Kent stepped forward. "Miss Elina, trust me. "
"I've used a special item to detect your talent. Why don't you try using these resources first?" Kent felt a little pained at the thought of spending the money, but his young master had already obtained the precious resources left by the old madam.
These leftover inferior items might as well be used by the young master to... "woo a girl."
Kent was puzzled. In the past, his young master only needed to snap his fingers and women would come running. Why was he putting so much effort into pursuing someone now?
But...
Kent's actions were quicker than his thoughts. He immediately endorsed Sila's words.
"Well, maybe I'll give it a try..." Under Kent's earnest persuasion, Elina reluctantly picked up an ordinary-quality mana crystal and attempted to meditate and absorb its power.
Sila dismissed the other servants from the room.
The moment Elina's palm touched the mana crystal, within just a few minutes, all the magic within the crystal was extracted and surged into her body.
Elina opened her eyes, her face a mixture of confusion, surprise, and puzzlement.
She saw the old man who had once pushed her prison cart also wearing an expression of extreme shock.
"Why is he so shocked too?" Elina thought to herself, when she noticed Sila standing beside her with a self-evident expression, smiling and gazing at her.
The young man lightly clapped his hands. "Very good, Elina.
"You can be more confident."
Instantly, Elina felt an immense sense of relief.
She couldn't believe her talent had somehow improved so much, but she had no doubt in the words of this young master Sila—he was the prince charming in her heart!
On the other side, Kent was also stunned.
He never expected that the female slave his young master had bought for 500,000 gold coins would have such a powerful talent.
An ordinary-quality mana crystal would take at least half a day for an ordinary person to absorb, but in Elina's hands, it was done in just a few minutes.
This meant that this girl possessed at least an A-level magical talent.
However, an A-level talent was extremely rare in the entire world!
When the little princess of the Victoria Duchy was discovered to have an A-level talent, it caused kings from dozens of neighboring countries to seek marriage alliances!
How could a female slave possess such a talent??
Had the people at Desire Pavilion gone mad, selling someone with an A-level talent??
Shouldn't they have brainwashed and attempted to cultivate Elina as the next owner of the pavilion??
"It's like when I was adventuring and casually accepted a mission to clear out goblins, but stumbled upon an ancient ruin and obtained the inheritance of an ancient powerhouse..."
Kent felt his brain was about to explode.
"Could it really be that our young master has thought of everything and anticipated Elina's value, spending 500,000 gold coins to auction her and even willing to provide her with cultivation resources?"
Kent's mind was filled with thoughts as he looked at his young master, his heart overflowing with emotion.
"I knew it! This genius of a young master, who could speak fluently at just one month old, walk steadily at two months, read books and newspapers on his own at three months, and attempted to cultivate at the age of one, is definitely not the talentless D-level waste they claim! He's just been hiding his true abilities all this time. His so-called debauchery and indulgence were just to lower the guard of the other family members until he truly obtained the old madam's inheritance!"
"Oh my, our young master is truly scheming and calculating." Kent's body trembled slightly, tears almost welling up in his eyes. He could only cover his face with his hand and stand aside.
If Sila knew of his thoughts, he would be completely baffled...
Previously, he was truly just indulging himself, wanting to enjoy life more before his impending death.
Sila cast a surprised glance at the old knight beside him.
He didn't think much of it and simply stood next to Elina, saying gently, "Don't worry, these resources are all for you. Use them to improve your strength."
"Desire Pavilion keeps its promises. They won't interfere with any of the goods they sell. You're free now."
"I checked, and your father's dying wish was for you to attend the Victoria Magic Academy. Don't worry, I'll help you with the enrollment soon and get you into a class."
With that, Sila slowly walked out of the room, leaving behind the old knight and Elina. In their eyes, Sila's slightly frail figure held different meanings...
Elina: "Young Master Sila has such a pure heart!"
Kent: "Our young master is too scheming!"
...
Soon, the room was left with only Elina and Kent.
The girl gazed at the pile of cultivation resources before her.
Everything here was beyond what she could have imagined when she was just a young noblewoman.
She roughly estimated that the combined value of these mana crystals and element essence was probably over 100,000 gold coins.
"That's equivalent to two or three years of income from my father's territory."
Elina's eyes gradually grew determined.
She had no doubts about Sila.
In Elina's view, apart from this relatively outstanding appearance, she couldn't think of anything else worth scheming for.
The only reasonable explanation was that Young Master Sila really saw her as his late sister.
"Now that I have such a powerful talent, I have the opportunity to repay Young Master Sila."
"I must become strong and protect him with my strength." Elina's eyes were firm, and her face slightly flushed.
Meanwhile, Kent took a few steps forward.
He intended to give this girl a warning, to make her understand that the things given by the young master were not so easily accepted.
"Elina must remain loyal to the young master, otherwise, it would be better to kill her!"
Kent's expert-level strength erupted fully, his aura surged, and an oppressive presence spread out.
However, Kent didn't notice that Sila.
Who had just left the room and was standing outside the door, had keenly sensed this fluctuation in aura.
Sila's face suddenly changed, revealing a hint of surprise, but more importantly—
Anger!