Healing a Fallen S-Rank Beastman: Everyone Fights Over the Little Female-Chapter 158: Shock

The officer stationed in front of Regal’s room saw Admiral Hans arrive with Lu Xiao and Teacher Ai Li. At the admiral’s signal, he opened the viewing window on the door.

The moment the window slid open, an amber beast’s eye appeared in the opening, staring emotionlessly at the people outside.

Not until it saw Lu Xiao among the three did the beast’s eye suddenly tremble. Then, Regal’s voice came through. "Your Excellency Lu Xiao, have you come to see me?"

Regal’s voice sounded somewhat distorted, as if another, indistinct sound was mixed with his own. It was like listening to a staticky old cassette tape.

Lu Xiao was no longer the naive newcomer she once was. After working at the Fifth Research Institute for so long and poring over countless documents, she knew very well that this distorted static in Regal’s voice was a symptom characteristic of a High-level S-class Male Beastman.

As an S-Class Beastman’s half-beastification progressed, he would eventually lose the ability to speak.

Regal appeared to still possess his sanity, but in reality, his condition was not as optimistic as it seemed.

"Regal, long time no see. How have you been?" Lu Xiao walked closer, a smile on her face. She spoke as if she and Regal were old friends who hadn’t seen each other in years, her tone filled with the pleasant surprise of a long-awaited reunion.

"Your Excellency Lu Xiao, it’s so good to see you again. I’ve been feeling alright lately. I haven’t lost my sanity once since you left. Do you think I might actually be getting better?"

Hearing Regal’s words, Lu Xiao felt a pang of sadness. She knew perfectly well that the only reason he had held on this long was because the Purification Seed she had planted in his Spirit Sea was at work. But that wasn’t a cure.

In fact, Regal’s condition was still deteriorating.

She couldn’t bring herself to shatter Regal’s hope. She just smiled and nodded. "That sounds wonderful. Regal, could you come a little closer and show me your forehead?"

Regal was currently showing her his human side. Upon hearing Lu Xiao’s request, he hesitated. "That side is ugly."

"How could it be? Regal, is your beast form a white bear? Aren’t fluffy white bears the cutest things?" Lu Xiao’s words sounded like she was coaxing a young cub. Being treated like a child made Regal feel embarrassed, but he was no longer as resistant as before. "I... I’m an adult now."

After saying this, he moved to reveal his forehead. But because the viewing window was so narrow, only the upper halves of his eyes were visible.

One half a beast’s pupil, the other a normal human eye—the sight was unsettling.

Yet Lu Xiao’s smile never faltered. Just as she was about to reach out, Teacher Ai Li, who was standing beside her, suddenly grabbed her wrist and shook her head.

Lu Xiao froze for a second, then, realizing what Teacher Ai Li meant, she smiled. "Don’t worry. I trust that Regal won’t hurt me."

"That’s right! I would never hurt Her Excellency Lu Xiao. Never." Regal’s tone was urgent, laced with a plea, as if begging not to be abandoned.

Disapproval still filled Teacher Ai Li’s eyes, but she could see Lu Xiao’s mind was made up. Slowly releasing her grip, she shot a fierce glare at Admiral Hans, who was standing off to the side.

Admiral Hans, the sudden recipient of the glare, could only pretend he hadn’t seen a thing while readying himself for an emergency.

In contrast to the others, Lu Xiao was perfectly calm. She never did things she wasn’t confident about.

She placed her hand on Regal’s forehead. Beneath her palm, she felt the texture of both fluffy fur and smooth, delicate human skin.

The moment she touched the fur, Lu Xiao couldn’t help but recall the first time she had touched Ares’s beast ears. The feeling was just the same.

’No, Ares’s ears were even better. The fur was longer.’

At the thought, Lu Xiao found herself missing Ares’s beast form.

No one knew that while they were on edge, fraught with tension on her behalf, she was actually lost in thoughts of Ares.

Suddenly, Regal, who had been standing at the viewing window offering his forehead, collapsed to the ground with a loud THUD. The sound echoed down the corridor, putting many on high alert.

After a moment of shock, Admiral Hans hurried forward. "What happened? Regal...?"

He looked at Lu Xiao and saw that the young female’s expression was perfectly calm. His own inner panic subsided in an instant.

Lu Xiao smiled at him. "Don’t be alarmed. I just wanted him to get some sleep." 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

If Admiral Fred and his two comrades were here, they would have found the scene incredibly familiar. Back at the Black Tower Base, Lu Xiao had used the very same move to take down those males.

This was arguably the only offensive application of her purification power: knocking someone unconscious in an instant. It didn’t cause them to faint, however, but rather put them into a deep sleep. The duration of this slumber varied from person to person.

Lu Xiao couldn’t get close enough to treat Regal directly, nor did she currently have the ability to cure him. So, she had come up with this method instead.

After all, sleep was an excellent form of treatment for S-Class males at any stage of their condition.

’So what did it matter how he fell asleep?’

Admiral Hans, however, was stunned by Lu Xiao’s answer.

Fearing he had misheard, he asked again, "What did you just say happened to him?"

Lu Xiao replied with a smile, "He’s asleep. I’m just not sure how long this nap will last. Someone will need to stay here and time it."

By now, Teacher Ai Li had also recovered from her shock. She hurried forward and peered through the viewing window. Regal was on the floor, but she could clearly see his round belly rising and falling with the steady rhythm of his even breathing. He was, without a doubt, asleep.

If she hadn’t seen it with her own eyes, she would have found it impossible to believe that Lu Xiao had just put a High-level S-Class male into a deep sleep. "My dear, how on earth did you do that?"

"Teacher Ai Li, it was just a sudden idea. I wanted to see if this method was feasible, and I didn’t expect it to actually work. I’ll write a detailed report for you when I get back. Then you and the other teachers can see if you can learn how to do it."

She felt that although her purification ability was different from the spiritual power of the females here, the underlying principles might be similar. Perhaps Teacher Ai Li and the others could learn her method.

’It wouldn’t matter if they couldn’t learn it, but they had to at least try. What if it worked?’

Teacher Ai Li knew that if what Lu Xiao said was true, it would be an absolutely wonderful development.

She nodded. "Alright!"

Admiral Hans and the officers stationed there were overcome with excitement. If High-level S-Class males could be made to sleep, it would be an incredible blessing for them all.

The rapid deterioration of S-Class Beastmen in the later stages was, after all, caused by their complete loss of the ability to sleep.