It pisses me! It really pisses me!
What was that!? What in the world is he doing?! It’s frustrating and vexing! After meeting me that night, he proceeds to make out with Senya! After pulling a heartstring out of me, he suddenly went and…wait…why does it matter to me?!
I don’t want to think about it anymore. Why do I get emotional over an affair that has nothing to do with me? He can just go do whatever the hell he wants with his life or he can even explode!
Arrggh!
Even with the woes I had got blown away but I don’t feel any better at all being this infuriated. I get it that saving this world or something from a loop greatly weighs on my shoulder but when I think about it, I don’t even know what I need to do so brooding about it won’t get me anywhere.
I’ll just train and train and train for now until I drop. And then I am going to confront Nil and have him answer all of these questions and mysteries! He is the center of this world’s revision after all!
It’s still night and I got nothing to do so I guess I’ll do a few swing or meditation.
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I am making my way towards the training grounds where Meiko and I usually spar to blow off some steam. I don’t only train with Meiko but with another girl too who specializes in various weapons such as spear, axe and even brass knuckle. During those times, I barely learned how to deal with each fighting style and martial arts that they portrayed.
Mimosa, my boss in my workplace, the research laboratory, sulks a little. I remember in the Apollo and Artemis’ appearance incident, she was there but treated as nothing but an inanimate object. She’s at fault though as she blended with the background very well while taking in notes.
“Everyone’s a moron…!”
I quietly muttered to myself.
I can’t help not to think about it. Nonetheless, everyone is meticulous and serious about their jobs. They are diligent and have the patience to teach us everything we need to know. The only problem child is Topaz who keeps distancing herself from others. Some rumors say that she digs hole randomly as a prank. I hope she keeps it in moderation.
Senya is the only one I can probably talk sensibly but right now, knowing that she and the idiot did that, I don’t think I can look straight into her eyes for a while.
Grrr…!
I really have to do those swings!
“Haa!”
“Hnghh! Hyaaa!”
From afar, I hear voices from the training ground. Knowing whose voices are those, I sneak around and hide behind the trees. I sneakily peek at the two figures having a bout.
Carrying and swinging the large crescent moon on her, Casablanca did an acrobatic maneuver and uses her soul weapon to propel herself in both air and land. Her body arches mid-air while keeping the crescent afoot and swings her body and with the gained momentum from landing, she swings the crescent with increased velocity and weight with her power, gravity manipulation.
BAM!
The crescent which she swings becomes a completely powerful blunt weapon in which she uses to bash at enemies with great power from her own magic. From the start too, Casablanca is an adept magic user but she can’t get past her own limitations so she trains her physical prowess and concentrated on the part where she will excel.
Her movements are slow and she does extremely wide swings but overall it’s not shabby and it looks elegant in a way.
“Ei! Eiiii!”
On the other hand, Hibiscus runs around while constantly summoning spirit beasts and dodging Casablanca’s attacks in the means of riding a summoned spirit lion. There are currently a serpent, a wolf, a bear, a horde of bats and a rhinoceros to keep Casablanca busy. Her concentration in manipulating the summoned spirit beasts is incredible. Even without using Emby now, she can stand on her own.
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“Here it comes!”
“Not so fast!”
BAM!
Casablanca movement gained a sudden boost as her leap immediately shortens the distance between her and Hibiscus. Using her power, she lightens the weight of her body instantaneously and flings herself while constantly adding weight. Due to the gained velocity, her attack becomes stronger and heavier.
But at that very moment that Casablanca swung her crescent, Hibiscus took out her soul weapon, the cube, and gathers energy in it conjuring more summoned spirit bats to make a pseudo-barrier that caught the attack.
As their weapons collided, a spirit serpent immediately approaches Casablanca and whips its large tail to her in which she block, however, it still managed to throw her a certain distance. For Hibiscus, the impact of Casablanca’s attack blows her away, however, before her body even slams on the ground, one of her summoned beasts cushioned her fall and runs away again.
They stare at each other after the breathtaking exchange of attacks. I do think that their movements are both great in a short amount of time that they trained.
However, in an instant, their staring contest broke…
“Waaa! Hibiscus, are you okay?!”
“N-No…! Casablanca, I should be the one asking that! Are you okay?!”
“What are you saying?! I didn’t hit you that hard, right?”
“No, I’m fine! Casablanca, please tell me if you are in pain! I won’t forgive myself if you got badly hurt because of me!”
“Thank you, Hibiscus, but I am really fine!”
These two…
Even in the middle of their secret training, they can’t help not to worry about each other. It’s adorably disgusting but they need to keep themselves together and take this seriously. Well, I guess that’s what makes them rely on each other even in the direst time.
“It’s really incredible don’t you think? Those two girls.”
“Meiko?!”
From the curtain of darkness comes Meiko walking towards me in her sleeping attire which consists of a plain white shirt and black shaded pants. Her fierce eyes are a little drowsy but her lip curls in a grin as she watches the two elves frolicking.
“Those two are already bringing out their latent talent. They are already excelling at what they are good at and profoundly train it. I was not mistaken to give them the dynamics of body prowess training. With that, such movements are now possible for them.”
“I can see what you mean. If it were me, it may just end up in futile chase of power…”
“Ahh…don’t beat your own self up like that. You said it by your own. You just started training for no more than half a year. It that’s the case, it can’t be helped. No one expects you to be a professional in such short time.”
“That’s a mouthful coming from someone like you. I wanted to ask this for a while now. Why did you separate me from Casablanca and Hibiscus when it comes to our training?”
“Oh? Because you set a bad example for them and also, they need to stop looking up to you.”
“…Fair enough. They are strong on their own and with the way they are now, they can stand up on their own feet.”
“That’s not what I meant. This is an issue about you.”
“……”
“I don’t mean that you are weak but Senya herself finds something eerie about you when we first met.”
“Eerie?”
“And with my time with you, it became clear to me what was it.”
“You’re a pessimistic person.”
“……”
“……”
“That’s it?”
“I guess…”
What in the world is this woman saying?!
When she said that, she has a face full of confidence. Even she herself is uncertain of the shit she is saying. I just stare at her with empty eyes tired of her everyday cahoots with the other girls.
What are the reasons Senya subjected me in a streak of meditation? I can understand why I train Meiko but it is without a doubt that Senya wishes for me to train separately from Casablanca and Hibiscus. Asking Meiko for more will lead me nowhere so I just have to ask Senya myself.
“Meiko…I respect you and your strength but…that was kind of pathetic.”
“Ahahaha! I guess I can’t act cool and mature like Granny Senya! Among the people in this place, she is the most perspective and wisest. She can discern a person’s inner nature with a glance. Mysterious isn’t?”
It suddenly struck.
What is the relationship between Meiko and Senya? Meiko keeps calling Senya granny and Senya actually treats Meiko like her own child. I guess I have nothing to lose if I ask her now.
“It’s been bothering me for a while now but, why do you call Senya…granny?”
“Hmm? Granny is granny, right?”
“…Eh?!”
Lies…!
Meiko answered me with an idiotic blank face. Contrary to her fierce feature and battle maniac attitude, her face announces that she is a dunce, a complete dolt!
If she is saying that Senya is her grandmother then surely she has a mother. That mother of hers is Senya’s actual daughter. Basically Senya is a woman with a family and obviously, should have a husband!
However…HOWEVER!
Knowing that Senya and Ichirou did…that…! It sounds so indecent and explicit! Ichirou just had an affair with a woman who has a child and Senya’s granddaughter, Meiko, is even older than Ichirou!
Eh? EHH?! H-How obscene, filthy, v-vulgar, and i-improper!
Ahh…my thoughts are filled with indecent and immoral things. I can feel my cheeks burning up as dozens of indecent thoughts overload my brain.
I-Ichirou a-a-actually…ah…did it with a…a…grandmother!
“Asagao?”
“YE----ES?!?!??”
“You’re beet red. Oh my, is your mind running rampant with perverted thoughts?”
“N-No..! B-But..! F-Forbidden love…!”
“Senya, by title, is our granny, everyone’s granny.”
“Ah?!”
“She raised everyone here with care but strictly. She would always help us and guide us to the proper path. You think you are the only one that got that meditation training? Almost everyone here did.”
“So that’s how it is. I began overthinking again. But still, meditation, huh…”
“That’s right. For Senya, it’s best to clear one’s mind. In an upcoming battle, in a preparation for battle, during the battle, post-battle, and the aftermath of the battle, we keep our mind clear of unnecessary thoughts and our emotions in check. We don’t need to think that we are weak or that we can’t do it. All we have to do is examine everything, feel everything and grant our mind with tranquility. Think of how you will defeat the enemy, think how the enemy thinks regarding of how they will defeat you. Read your enemies movement and patterns but don’t forget to read your own too. All of it requires a strong mentality. Senya may want you to meditate because your mind is full of worries, anxieties, negative feelings, or even unforgettable pain.”
“…I see…I feel a little lighter.”
“Senya knows the best. Truth be told, Senya wants you to learn your own countering technique. In order for you to do so, you need to focus yourself and feel the tranquility.”
“You’re actually really good at observing people yourself…”
“What? I was just actually gue---Of course I am! Hahahaha! Do you see my brilliance now?!”
With another smile brimming with confidence, Meiko covered up her initial sentence and proceed to praise herself.
I clench my fist and grit my teeth. I really need to hold back myself from delivering any blow to her. I am just going to lose in a fight with her to be honest, so I have to check my patience meter.
“Haa…well…about the matter of you calling Senya a granny… “
“Ah! That’s because I am the only one here who has the balls to do so even though I don’t have one! Hahaha! She got tired of lecturing me every day and got used to it.”
“D-Do you think I can call her granny too?”
“The first time I called her granny she did something to my body and I ended up with diarrhea for a whole day so don’t.”
Ahh…
My head hurts…