Chapter 119: Chapter 119: Starting Consultations

Lu Xiao was completely unaware that to deal with the matter concerning her and Beixian, Admiral Clan had sought out her own mother—Lu Xiao’s grandmother, Duke Galli Odello.

As one of the Empire’s old and established noble houses, the Galiodro family’s legacy and prestige were incomparable to those of ordinary aristocratic families.

Even as a fellow Duke, Duke Green paled in comparison to Duke Galli Odello.

He was expected to show her considerable deference.

After Admiral Clan finished explaining the situation to Duke Cecilia Galli Odello, the latter asked in surprise, “So the recent rumors about an S-Class male being healed and discharged from the asylum are true? And it was your daughter who did it?”

“Yes, Mother. Lu Xiao’s excellence is plain for all to see. She’s certain to have a boundless future. This is also an honor for the Galiodro family, isn’t it?”

Admiral Clan’s relationship with her mother was actually quite average, but she knew exactly what Cecilia cared about.

Despite the Galiodro family’s dominance for so many years, everyone knew what it was really like on the inside—it had become an arrow at the end of its flight, a mere shell of its former self.

If no one else in the family rose to prominence, the Gallodro name would become a thing of the past.

This was the last thing her mother, Cecilia, wanted to see.

So her words hit home with Cecilia.

Sure enough, in the next moment, Cecilia said, “I know what you mean. You want the Galiodro family to be her support, to help her grow. I can agree to this, but you must bring her to see me afterward.”

“Of course, Mother. Thank you.”

“No need to thank me. I’m very happy that you have the family’s interests at heart. Clan, you’ve matured.”

*

On Monday morning, Lu Xiao and Ares left for the Seventh Military District together.

There was something peculiar about going to the same workplace together.

It made Lu Xiao unable to stop herself from looking at Ares.

The man sensed her gaze and naturally reached out to take her hand. “What is it?”

“It’s nothing. It just feels a little incredible that we’re colleagues now.”

“We’re not colleagues,” Ares suddenly said. Lu Xiao looked at him in confusion.

Ares smiled back. “You’re my superior. I have to follow your orders.”

His words made Lu Xiao laugh. ’He’s getting so good at flirting!’ she thought.

When they arrived at the Seventh Military District, Teacher Ai Li was already there. She wasn’t surprised to see Lu Xiao and Ares arrive together, as Lu Xiao had always been the most eager to get to work.

“I just took a look. They’ve provided us with five exam rooms. The others haven’t arrived yet, so you can pick one first.”

Hearing this, Lu Xiao simply grabbed a room number plaque from the table. “I’ll take this one, then. What’s the procedure?”

“B-level and below don’t require treatment. A-level requires Spiritual Soothing.”

“Got it!” Lu Xiao gave Teacher Ai Li an OK sign and went inside to change her clothes.

By the time she came out, Shirley and the other two therapists had arrived one after another.

After greeting them, Lu Xiao took her case file binder and went to her exam room.

It wasn’t the scheduled time for the physicals yet, so there was no one outside the exam room.

The physicals here were much less restrictive than the ones at the asylum.

At least the personnel coming for their physicals didn’t need to wear restraints, nor were there dedicated military escorts on guard.

Moreover, the soldiers in the military district had a maximum Spirit Sea danger assessment of A, so the risk factor was greatly reduced.

Aside from the relatively large number of people today, the work itself was fairly relaxed.

After all, most of them only needed to be checked with the instruments and wouldn’t require Spiritual Soothing.

After arriving at her exam room, Lu Xiao turned on the equipment and waited to begin.

Meanwhile, the soldiers from the various battalions in the Seventh Military District were already waiting with eager anticipation.

Some of the battalion commanders with later numbers couldn’t help but complain, “Why can’t they just go from back to front for once? Every time there’s something good, we never get to be first in line!”

A commander at the front of the queue laughed and said, “What’s the rush? Everyone will get their turn. It’s not so bad to let us go test the waters for you and report back on how it feels!”

“If you think it’s so great, how about our two battalions switch places? We can go experience it first and then come back and tell you how it feels?”

“No can do! We have to follow the regulations!”

“Keep spouting that bullshit and I’ll beat the crap out of you!”

“Hey, why are you getting so bent out of shape!”

…

Aside from that, there were also those trying to pull some strings with Ares, like Major General Chrisman, who slung an arm around Ares’s shoulder. “Aren’t we best buds? Comrades-in-arms who’ve been through thick and thin? Just secretly move my regiment up to the front. Who’s gonna know?”

Ares used the file in his hand to slap his paw away. “Right now, we have no ’relationship.’ Get in line!”

Chrisman rubbed the back of his smarting hand. “You’re utterly heartless!”

Ares scoffed and walked away.

’I’ll show him what “heartless” really means,’ he thought.

Chrisman hadn’t expected Ares to be so unyielding, so he could only open their private group chat. “Give it up, boys. Ares isn’t the same Ares he used to be. He’s Cold and Heartless Ares now. Damn it! Has he already forgotten the blood we shed together on the battlefield?”

“Don’t take this the wrong way, bro, but he probably never remembered it in the first place. Give up and get to the back of the line. You think you can just cut in? Did you ask for my permission? Chrisman, I’ll see you on the battlefield later!”

Chrisman hastily retracted a message. ’How could I have forgotten? There’s another Major General ahead of me in the queue!’

’That was way too blatant a provocation. A miscalculation!’

Ares had no time to deal with their petty schemes. He posted the physical examination schedule for the week on the bulletin board, and with that, it was official.

It was now impossible for anyone to use back channels to get him to change the order.

For her part, Lu Xiao had no idea that this group of men had nearly come to blows over who would get their physicals earlier.

Once the time came, the equipment in front of her began to BEEP BEEP BEEP with application alerts.

Watching the application requests continuously scroll upward, Lu Xiao thought for the first time, ’My work is finally starting to feel like a real job.’

She approved a portion of the requests, and the system automatically scheduled appointments for them.

Then, there was a knock on her exam room door.

Lu Xiao called out, “Come in.”

As a young soldier pushed the door open to enter, Lu Xiao glimpsed a large crowd already gathered outside.

A little surprised, she asked, “Have you all been waiting out there for a while?”

As if not expecting Lu Xiao to ask, the young soldier blushed and stammered, “Ye-yes. Acc-according to the regulations, we’re… we’re the first squad, s-so we came early to get ready.”

’So that was it.’

Lu Xiao smiled and gestured for him to proceed.

She began the day’s physicals.

—

Meanwhile, as Lu Xiao was working, Kula Peng brought a young woman to Ares. “This is Lady Beina, a young woman from Duke Green’s family. She works as a news broadcaster. She heard that our Seventh Military District is conducting joint physical examinations with the therapists from the Fifth Research Institute and was very interested, so she has come to observe and conduct an interview. Why don’t you show her around?”

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