I said I'd help her get stronger but it's been more than a week since God's announcement of the Inter-battle of Four Hot Springs Boiling Hot Super Tournament of Grand Relaxation and Tension. No, seriously, that's the name. He might not have said it in the last chapter but Onsin told me about it. Pretty long, huh. Anyways, it's been more than a week and my aide Kiri has been training all by herself. She hasn't used the Spring Augment while training, she says she needs to train herself more in order for the Spring Augment to become stronger.

"Dude! I got the info!"

"Good work Onsin, so?"

"First off is Kiri's three sizes."

Ugh, this idiot.

"How'd you even get that kind of info? Actually, nevermind. The other info please."

"Oh...okay. From what I got from Nendo. It seems that Spring Augment uses our aides as catalysts, and with our water coming into contact with the bottle they use to get it, our water becomes something special. When poured onto our aides, that's when they Augment."

"So the special powers really do come from us."

"The Spring Augment differs from spring to spring, and the abilities differ from aide to aide. For example, your Augment is Hydrothermal, meaning you can adjust your temperature. Kiri's ability is Fog, meaning she can create thin air into thick fog. Pair that with my Augment which is Muddy Water, to create impurities within myself, and she'd make a fog with lots of impurities making it darker and stuff. Get what I mean?"

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"I see, that means that the strength of the Spring Augment works in tandem with the aid and spring."

"Exactly! That's all I got, gotta run now Onzen! Heh, run. I'm a hot spring, I don't have legs."

Thanks Onsin, that was a bunch of help you got me. Now I can do what i said last chapter and finally support her! When she's here! After 2 days! Because she's training on a mountain...? God was right, she definitely is hard to handle.

2 Days Later

Oh! Kiri's back, finally.

"Kiri! I know you just got back but I know how to make our Augment stronger!"

Hm, it seems like she wants to say something herself.

"Um, actually, you should say what you want first."

"Very well then. Mr. Onzen, can I take a bath in you...?"

...Wha-- Wait, a flushed red face, fidgets of shyness, a voice almost sounding like it would crack. Is...Is this a sign of trust, or desperation?! Find out next time on, Drago--

"I've realized that we need to work together to become stronger, such that I've made the decision that taking a bath in you will be the first step into forging a newfound trust. Will you accept?"

"Yes."

With a single reply, I believe this is where training starts. When you're a team, training doesn't start when you start to work in practice, it starts when you've trusted yourselves enough before that. Let's start this thing and become stronger, to win the Inter-battle of Four Hot Springs Boiling Hot Super Tournament of Grand Relaxation and Tension!