The next morning social media went crazy. Headlines, articles, videos and even street graffiti spread around the world. It all started with a popular influencer who reacted to a newly surfacing video of a guy who molested a girl while training. Both of them were training in the gym when the girl asked him for help and instead of helping her he grabbed her inappropriately. In response she then called him out on that while seeking help from others. One guy stood up for her, followed by a huge mob. The culprit got beaten to a pulp. While he was being beaten up, somebody from the crowd filmed the whole oracle.

The guy who spread the video also sent it to multiple news outlets. One person on Twitzer made a post about it, miswriting one of the insults that were thrown at him. 'Scumbag Begger'. It got over seventy million impressions. Countless people from all over the country and even beyond commented on the post.

"This piece of sh#t! He should be put under the jail!!"

"Simp"

"What? You're one of those red pillers, huh?"

"Yeah, he probably is. Idiot."

...

"Wow! I knew it! These men should be castrated. Why does our government not do anything?"

"All men should die!"

"Well, we don't have to go that far. Castration is enough."

"No! We need another 'ME THREE' movement."

"Lol you feminists are insane"

...

"it's kinda weird?? like she's literally smiling at the end"

"might be staged"

"No, it's not. Look at the guy on the ground. He looks like he's about to die."

"well, whatever. he deserved it anyways"

...

"scumbag 'begger'??? lol we should call him that. anybody know where this is??"

"might be somewhere near Kirschbaum. the guy who spread it is from that college."

"let's get him doxed. f#cking r#pist."

"yeah, let's do it."

...

People had their own doubts and theories of what had actually occurred. Nonetheless everybody was talking about it. People quickly figured out where the culprit went to school. Dozens of students snitched him to the administration. After two days he got a message from the head of school himself which said that he is expelled.

Trimur had enough. His life didn't make sense anymore. The only thing he had left for himself was the academy but now even that was taken from him. He had not told his parents yet but in time they would also receive a notification. Night fell and he decided to go to the forest and end it there. His body was already damaged to the point where he himself couldn't recognize it anymore. Using a walking cane he managed to get to the entrance of the local forest. There he wandered around for a bit until his feet gave out. Lying against a tree he fell asleep before he knew it.

...

"Lord Johan, I found another Convention in Discity. It's around two hours away from here."

"Then go there together with Rachel. I'll have to prepare the entire next week for the gate raid."

"As you wish."

"Now bring me Laura. We'll be leaving in a moment."

'Hwaa come over to training, now.'

'... I can't now. My parents are here.'

'Just tell them you're going to the gym.'

'...Well, I can tell them that I'm training.'

'Good. You can also stay home tomorrow.'

'Alright.'

Johan had to let her have her way a little bit so she wouldn't outright forget things. She was a human being after all so he wanted her to be close to him naturally and not through some ability.

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GREAT DECISION. THIS IS ALSO A WAY TO MAKE HER TRUST YOU MORE.

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"You're here Hwaa. Laura is already warming up"

She was running on the treadmill.

"I see. So what do you want me to do?"

"Train her first. Give her some new moves she can use. Then start fighting with her. Only lightly, though. At some point I will give you a signal, then go ballistic on her. Fight her with full power. Also try to see if there is anything off."

"Well, if you say so."

She went ahead and gave Laura instructions on what she had to do next. While they were engaged in their training, Johan watched them from a far. He looked at every movement and not only those of Laura but also of Hwaa. Improving himself was priority. He couldn't call their fight a victory. If it came down to skill and experience she would've won the fight easily.

An hour later Hwaa started a friendly fight with Laura. She gave her a lot of room to attack while being passive herself. Laura was trying hard herself. She didn't know why Johan took her to training while letting the Maids stay home but her intuition was telling her that this was a chance to prove herself to him.

The difference in power was clear. Hwaa was someone who utilized her quick movements and used almost no energy moving around. Laura was the opposite. Her movements were sloppy and her sword barely even scratched Hwaa. That was natural as her ability was 'Sorceress' which was a Mana based ability.

"Use your ability. I've seen enough of the other skills."

"Yes."

She summoned a tome. It was the size of a regular book but the decorations were almost alive. Little sparkles were flying around it while a little snake swirled around the cover. When she opened the tome a bright light shone, almost like there was something in there. Laura immediately casted a spell. A ray of light shot from her hand towards Hwaa. She effortlessly evaded it even though it was very fast.

"Try to aim for my vital spots instead of randomly shooting an arrow. You use Mana for your spells but that limited. So use just the right amount for each individual attack."

It was almost the same advice Bahamut gave Johan after his fight.

This time Laura waited before she used her ability. Throwing a few fist and swinging her sword she managed to gain momentum until she finally shot a bigger ray. It landed on Hwaa but she elegantly moved its trajectory to the side. It went on like this for a while. Laura was slowly getting tired from all of the spells that she casted while Hwaa was only sweating lightly.

'Hwaa now start attacking her for real. Don't stop even if she's hurt.'

'...Okay.'

She dropped her guard completely and slouched forward a little. Laura looked at her surprised not knowing what was coming up. Like a bolt of lightning Hwaa shot up. Her dagger easily left cuts all around Laura's body. She couldn't react at all. Using a lot of Mana she created a temporary shield around herself to guard from the incoming attacks. That didn't bother Hwaa at all though. She just continued attacking until the shield broke.

"Hmpf! Haa, you..."

Laura was confused. It seemed like Hwaa was completely serious about the fight.

"Focus."

This time she sliced her legs so Laura would would fall. That was exactly what happened. After a while Laura was lying on the ground with her arms up.

"I give up! I can'-"

boom

A knee landed in her stomach.

'Now finish her off. Take a dagger and ram it into her heart.'

'I... I don't want to kill her.'

'You won't. Trust me on this one.'

Gritting her teeth, Hwaa took the dagger and with full force rammed it into Laura. SHocked about what happened, Laura thought that she was dead. To the contrary the contact point of the knife with Laura's suit became incredibly hard. She couldn't be penetrated. Every single time Hwaa rammed it in, nothing happened. A little slightly purple point became apparent.

Having enough of this Hwaa took her sword and aimed it at her throat.

"Haaaaaaa!!"

snap

The sword broke in too. Laura had grabbed it just in time and force some kind of magic onto it. It was again.

'Darkness. Wow.'

Johan was surprised by how much the gap was closed. It seemed like it was an upgrade of multiple Ranks.

'Stop. It's enough for now.'

If Johan let this going on somebody might actually get hurt.

"Let's stop here."

Hwaa put her sword away and helped Laura up. She then proceeded to put on bandages around her wounds. Other than the physical wounds there was a clear problem at hand. Both of them didn't know what had happened to them.

"Mmm, how did you do no damage to me just now? It seemed like you stopped the dagger and then the sword on purpose."

Silence. Hwaa had no idea. The only thing she knew was that it wasn't her who stopped the attacks.

"I... don't know. Don't worry too much about it. We'll try again next time."

"Okay. Thanks for the training."

'You did well. You can leave after finishing this up.'

Johan waited until Hwaa left.

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