Lily said that, but Iver still found a chance to use Illumination Spell on Lily first.
Although she claimed her injuries were not serious, Iver had used nearly two points of mana to treat her—which was already an extremely high amount for an ordinary person's vitality.
That meant she had most likely injured her bones or internal organs, but Lily was exceptionally good at enduring pain. Fortunately, Iver had treated her in time, preventing her injuries from worsening.
Unlike the poisoning incident at the White Shoes Club last time, this time the priests' treatment of the external injuries had been highly professional and prompt.
This incident could not be called the "White Shoes Massacre"—because there had been only one victim throughout the entire affair. And that victim had already been controlled by the Demon Scholar before entering the Commendation Ceremony.
--He was the middle-aged man who had used his own body to "hatch" the Deformed Limb Demon like a cocoon, recalling the Deformed Limb Demon that had remained outside Glass Island to the side of its Contractor.
Generally speaking, a Demon Scholar needed to perform a large-scale ritual to recall their contracted demon. It was not something they could easily do with a wave of their hand or a snap of their fingers. Otherwise, there would be no need for them to carry demons around; they could simply leave them somewhere safe and hidden while acting alone.
Like the Demon Scholar who controlled the Iron Hook Demon and whom Iver had encountered during the ritual, he had remained in his own Ritual Site, maintaining a mental connection with the demon in real time and staying ready to recall it at any moment. As for the Demon Scholar who had infiltrated the White Shoes Club this time, he obviously could not