Chapter 71: Chapter 71: Cheers

“To be exact, you were asleep for five hours and twenty-three minutes. How are you feeling?” Lu Xiao smiled and patted his shoulder, then turned to the instrument panel.

After waking up, Vilke’s condition was even better than it had been right after the Spiritual Soothing.

Lu Xiao was very pleased with this, though she didn’t let her emotions show too clearly.

“I feel great, really, really great!” As if one “great” wasn’t enough to express himself, he quickly added, “I feel like I haven’t been this well since I became S-Class. The dull ache in my Spirit Sea is gone, and it’s so calm. It’s like it was before I was promoted to S-Class.”

His tone in that last sentence held an unspoken hope and a touch of caution.

Lu Xiao knew Vilke must have sensed something. After all, when Ares was downgraded from A-level to B-level, the physical change had been very noticeable.

Lu Xiao didn’t let him linger in suspense for long. She smiled and said, “Congratulations, Vilke. A moment ago, you met the discharge criteria for the S-Class Shelter. Your mental risk assessment is now at A-level.”

Lu Xiao’s words plunged the large examination room into silence.

Even the two military officers standing to the side were left with their mouths half-open, too shocked to close them.

’Does this little female even know what she’s saying?’

’Vilke’s Spirit Sea risk assessment level dropped from S-Class to A-level?’

’How is that possible? We’ve only ever heard of the Spirit Sea risk assessment level increasing, never decreasing.’

’Doesn’t that mean… Vilke is going to be the first S-Class male in the history of the S-Class Shelter to be successfully discharged and rehabilitated?’

Even Vilke himself, the subject of all this, hadn’t expected to hear such a definitive conclusion. For a moment, he could only stare at Lu Xiao, his eyes wide with shock.

But the little female before him had a very serious expression.

“Did… did I just mishear you? I can be discharged? I’m A-level now?” Vilke swallowed hard and asked cautiously.

“Yes, you heard me correctly. You have indeed met the criteria for discharge. However, I just recommended to Admiral Hans that you remain in the shelter for another two weeks for observation. Cases of recovery are still too rare, and we aren’t sure if your current condition is stable. We need some time to monitor you. During this period, Admiral Hans will provide you with a private space where you can do things you enjoy. You’ll just need to come see me once a week. If your condition is still stable after two weeks, you can be officially discharged.”

Vilke listened to Lu Xiao’s words in a daze. His whole world felt surreal. He felt like he wasn’t fully awake, as if he were still in a dream.

’No, he’d never had such a wonderful dream. All he ever had were nightmares!’

’Can I really be discharged?’

As he thought this, tears began to stream down his face without him even realizing it.

Seeing this, the escorting officers weren’t surprised. After all, they were shocked just listening from the sidelines, let alone being the one it was happening to.

If they were in his shoes, they wouldn’t be any better off.

Lu Xiao pulled out a tissue and handed it to Vilke. “If you need to let it out, let it out. Don’t hold back. A healthy emotional release is very good for your condition. Even after you’re discharged, you don’t need to suppress your feelings so much. Cry if you want to cry, laugh if you want to laugh. You all need to learn to let go.”

“Healer Lu, thank you. I don’t know how to express my gratitude, but really, thank you!”

Lu Xiao patted his shoulder. “I accept your thanks. I’m very happy too. Seeing you recover means my efforts have paid off. Take a moment to calm yourself, and then you can go.”

Lu Xiao didn’t stay in the examination room for long. After she finished speaking, she left and went back to her office.

After she left, Vilke calmed down and followed the escorting officers back.

They could already imagine the kind of reception that awaited them back at the shelter.

Meanwhile, as soon as Lu Xiao returned to her office, Teacher Ai Li and Teacher Sherry produced some party streamers from who-knows-where. POP! POP! “Congratulations, my dear!”

Lu Xiao, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, looked at Teacher Ai Li hugging her. “Congratulations to us all!”

Vilke, an S-Class male who had successfully met the shelter’s discharge criteria, was not just her own personal honor, but an honor for the entire Fifth Research Institute.

“Oh my god, you know, when I saw the report just now, I thought I was dreaming!”

“When I was younger, I used to fantasize that this day would come, but as I got older, I gave up that hope. I never thought that because of you, my dear, our Fifth Research Institute would create an impossible miracle!”

“When this news gets out, it will absolutely shake the entire Empire! The public will go crazy for you!”

Lu Xiao laughed and waved her hands dismissively. “Teacher Ai Li, please stop. If you keep praising me, I’m really going to get a big head. I just did what a therapist is supposed to do. And I believe that in the future, our Fifth Research Institute will cure many, many more S-Class males. All four teachers will have their own success stories too.”

Teacher Ai Li looked at Lu Xiao and couldn’t help but marvel once again. ’How can there be such a special little female in this world?’

She remained humble and composed. Even after accomplishing something so great, she acted as if it were nothing. Anyone else would have let something like this go to their head and gone wild with arrogance!

But Lu Xiao managed to keep a level head, which was truly admirable.

At that moment, Teacher Ai Li felt that Lu Xiao deserved everyone’s admiration and protection.

She really wanted to declare, ’We must protect the best Lu Xiao in the world!’

’Because she’s a treasure!’

Meanwhile, in the S-Class Shelter, news of Vilke meeting the discharge criteria spread like wildfire.

All the S-Class males were stirred into a frenzy.

This was especially true in the Early Stage section, where their conditions were milder and they had a better chance of recovering and being discharged.

Upon hearing the news, some of them were so emotional they even burst into tears.

Compared to the others, the S-Class males who had been fortunate enough to receive treatment from Lu Xiao were much calmer.

They had a premonition this would happen. The changes in their own bodies didn’t lie, and this outcome was something they had already foreseen.

So, they were more or less able to keep their composure.

As for those who had been skeptical of Lu Xiao before, they were going crazy now. They were both excited and filled with regret for not trying to snatch a spot in Lu Xiao’s clinic earlier. Now, it was a little too late to try.

After all, there were only a few appointment slots for Lu Xiao’s clinic each week.

In fact, her schedule was already completely booked. Unless a spot opened up at the front of the line, there was no way for them to squeeze in.

For a time, the entire Early Stage section erupted in endless howls.

The officers in charge of guarding them, in a rare move, didn’t stop them, instead letting them vent their emotions.

’Because they wanted to scream too. Healer Lu is incredible!’

’With her around, being S-Class is nothing to be afraid of anymore!’

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