Secret Blight Research Facility III

She had already crossed the red line enough and broken her own rules! This was simply the point she wouldn't allow anyone to cross!

Threatening to kill her First Holy Prince is the equivalent of trying to kill Elfinia! Not to mention her other celestial teddy bears and actually trying it despite claiming to still be her priestess?! This was personal in all aspects!

She would have excused the Blight but this? Never! Causing her to then smite her once more!

Causing the priestess's mana to then immediately combust, her skin to burn, and her robes to turn to ash revealing that of a pained little girl.

Having had her voice box burnt out and silently cried having also been cleansed by the first smite meaning she now understood what happened.

And it terrified her while the hellish pain soon forced such thoughts of her head causing the young prince having witnessed this to then adorably become teary as if it was his fault once more?

Had he left and returned with Gospel would she have convinced her?

If he had chosen the other choice or tried explaining better than simply defending himself would she have taken his arm?

Could he have prevented his? Causing him to then adorably whisper into Vulpes ear surprising him causing him to then helplessly nod.

"Lady Dolly please bring her with us.. Lady Vinia the lab is yours to see fit until he recovers, please be careful"

Vulpes gently explained before then looking for the one-way teleportation magewreath before then activating it and rushing to the infirmary followed by Dolly with the former priestess?

After entering the infirmary Lady Austine had soon raced to the young prince before then taking him to the bed nearest to Vina while the other staff took the burnt little girl before then immediately working on healing both.

Thankfully the young prince's Dragonoid form had dispersed on the way so they didn't have to deal with that being in the way?

Soon enough however Lady Austine had soon done her magic and thanks to the emergency reserve of potions and healing spells to deal with the exact situation she had soon reattached.

And with some help of Vina since if anyone she could do so with very little effort.

Resulting in Lady Austine simply focusing on the young prince's blood loss while both Dolly and Vulpes watched.

Until finally the young prince was stable and Lady Austine focused on the burnt little girl until finally, Selphie had soon arrived with Lady Sephy no less?

Causing Selphie having noticed her priestess in such pain to then gently tear up having felt this was punishment enough before then worriedly looking at the young prince's arm.

Causing the young prince to then weakly open his eyes and looking to Vina, Selphie, and the others and finally to the priestess causing him to then adorably become teary.

"I-It was my fault.. I should have left and gotten advice from big sisters! I-If I had.. no one would've been hurt! It happened again.."

The young prince frustratingly cried having felt the same failure and lack of foresight yet again! The young prince was still a child after all, even if he pushed himself further and further than what was expected of him?

Resulting in back-to-back trauma after eventually doubling and burdening him with the same negative thoughts.

And resulting in him blaming himself every time something went wrong over and over again thinking of everything he could've done to change it but never truly being able to!

To him what she had said was just words from a sickly little girl.. if had only been better he could've avoided it!

However, despite appearances, he had been noticing every little mistake he had done and reevaluating how he sees and reacts now even while in such a negative state?

Causing everyone to then frown neither blaming him nor believing what he did was a mistake.

He didn't threaten her, he didn't provoke her, he simply introduced himself, and even if she was infected with the blight it shouldn't have pushed her to act the way she did!

Causing even Vina, Dolly, and Austine to truly see how much he blamed himself for not being perfect and resolving these matters peacefully rather than severe injury or death?

Causing Vina having only understood he blamed himself and simply didn't see life in the same light to then adorably shake her head.

"Little sister shouldn't blame himself for not getting perfect results every time, you know! Little sister is still a baby and no one expects a baby to be perfect! Even if the baby is an impressive baby and my little sister!"

"Not even big sister is perfect! I'm not even a good Ravinia you know! So what if I'm imperfect? You're still my little sister and I say imperfection and imperfect results are needed to become perfect! And if you can't get it all the time then it's ok!"

"You're ok! So forget imperfections and only remember them when you need them! Now my little sister needs to rest or no more cake! I'll help that baby bully so don't worry!"

Vina adorably reassured causing the young prince having felt as if he heard both Sura and Octavia to then adorably nod.

Before then falling asleep himself while Vina adorably nodded before then adorably filling up an empty potion bottle with that of black blood-like goo?

Surprising everyone causing her to then wave Dolly over and have her purify it since her priestesses were also able to do the same.

resulting in the black blood-like goo to then eventually turn white causing Vina after patting Dolly's head to then adorably nod.

"Little sister Austine should use this! It's a smart potion I created for priestesses who were deemed failures but I didn't want to throw away little sisters so I fixed them! No blight and my control is only temporary and focuses on injuries! Can't help her mana unless burnt little sister had any left you know?"

"Punishment smite destroys mana in mana veins, and pathways and wherever else it's found! So no creating more mana without mana you know! But skin, blood, bones, and flesh don't need mana!"

"Big sister can only convert so much smart potion until big sister recovers and since the burnt little sister is burnt and without mana, she needs it more than little sister!"

Vina adorably explained surprising everyone and causing Lady Austine after confirmation to then gently nod before then pouring it down the burnt little sister's mouth.

Causing Vina to then adorably nod before then reconstructing quite literally everything from her cracked bones, skin, voice box, flesh, and even all of her hair and returning her to how she appeared previously?

In but mere minutes!

Especially after placing her into a temporary coma since the smites had the intended effects of forcing someone awake and enduring such pain resulting in her taking the nearest loophole and forcing her into a much more pleasant coma!

However, despite appearances, the formerly burnt priestess was now sickly pale and suffering from a variety of mana-related illnesses?

The reason for this was quite simple! Much like both Vina and Lady Vinny who had their mana crippled both were still Sacred Powerhouses!

Meaning they'd of course suffer much worse than that of an Archmage or even a Legendary Powerhouse?

The young prince had to repair such things in both himself meaning unless you stumble upon a Divine Artisan or demigod who can assist you with the earlier stages?

You simply wouldn't get it back otherwise without visiting a temple and in worse cases going to The City of The Dead.

And paying Lady Liphine to do it at a discount! Which was easier said than done unless you go through that of The Celestial Blight and get a diplomatic pass since even if The Blight Empire was unique it still required paperwork!

Meaning she was lucky Vina was around and spared such a 'smart' potion while still very much recovering herself!

Causing Vina after noticing a still unconscious Lady Vinny flinching to then adorably giggle.

"Lady Vinny is going to wake up in the next two weeks! I can't wait! Now that's she's an aspect baby again she'll be able to surpass The Sacred Realm again! And three hundred and fifty of my babies should be able to be born into The Sacred Realm with my new body!"

"Oh and six hundred and fifty others into The Legendary Realm! I can't wait to tell little sister! I got the idea from The Joint Coalition That Defeated The Queen of Senex!"

"They created a 'Temporary' Mage Legion of the most elite of all the races you see and I loved it!"

Vina adorably yawned before then following it all up.

"I was thinking of giving them to my little sister since he needs another trump card and what better than one thousand of my most perfect beings!"

"Little sister spoke of another Dark Age so he needs a Mage Legion born for such an occasion you see! I already have eight thousand other cocoons that look promising! So big sister can afford the wait!"

Vina adorably yawned even further before then simply falling back asleep causing both Selphie and Lady Sephy to then helplessly smile since they'd have to jump through hoops to make it even 'remotely' official?

Heck even Elfinia might have to get involved?

The reason being obvious.. they were simply a much weaker bunch of Diverse Queens of Senexs!

They had similar abilities such as healing, purifying blight, and even revival methods along with being able to create and 'cure' plagues even the blight variants!

Meaning despite them being quite overall amazing still a threat if they decided to ignore the rules of war much like The Queen of Senex had done!

Albeit they were a looming threat but if controlled they'd be a precious treasure and even a deterrence?

But the real issue is the fact that he was still a child! And who'd allow such a legion within their borders? It's simply both a wild factor and deal breaker.. but with that being said both Selphie and Lady Sephy would make it work!

Causing Lady Sephy after remembering the wager to then adorably place the space ring full of puppets, kits, and the surplus of robes and so forth onto his finger before then adorably nodding.

The young prince now had fourteen Temple Guard Puppets within The Sacred Realm, thirteen within The Legendary Realm, and one hundred and forty-two within The Archmage Realm complimented by those turned into Elves?

Meaning he had eighty Temple Guards and four Temple Guard Commanders in addition to Lady Gospel? Meaning if he was awake and heard and seen all of this he'd immediately be overwhelmed and want to ignore it all and hug his mommy!

However, after the first week out of three had passed the young prince had recovered and prepared to leave the temple for hellish survival training?

Apparently, he was allowed to bring only one person out with him for that nine-day week while the next would be alone?

Not only that but each of the three-day sets that would amount to three per week would be drastically different yet equally severe climates while the area itself would also change while so would the magic beasts.

And other threats mixed in with a nonthreatening bunch?

Meaning he'd have to survive on nature and very little supplies and won't be allowed to reenter the temple during those two weeks!

The only reason he was allowed one person is to learn how it was to survive with another person before then losing that person?

Unfortunately, Selphie wouldn't say more resulting in the young prince sleeping for even less and staying up for the rest?

He only had time until the morning he wanted to use these last five hours to check up on the others?

So after visiting and hugging both Vina and Lady Sephy along with everyone else he had checked up on, he was now soon headed to visit Lady Vinia to check up on her cure alongside Vulpes since he was the one he was taking for that first week?

He knew how to hunt, camp, and so forth so it was second nature for him? Most royals especially those of the ancient kind loved those sorts of events and since he was both a Prince of Vulpes and Imperial Prince he was one of them?

In addition to that Mage Legions formed by greater races were no different from that of elite units within special operations meaning be it survival, suicide missions, and many other extreme aspects they were trained to do just that and survive?

While as for those belonging to the none greater races.. It was simply too costly? Resulting in after Vulpes explaining it all to pass the time to then explain the non greater races and their mage legions who significantly differed.