Isekai Journey Of The Magic Archer

[Eon's POV: ]

"Haaaa…"

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She was back late, well… when her mentor, lady sapphire told me she had passed out from training and stuff, I didn't really believe her at first.

"Come closer, dummy."

I had to open the door for her and even though she was only standing a step away from me, she pulled me closer and made me hold her powerless figure.

"Hey…"

She looked exhausted.

There were no signs or physical injuries on her but I knew she had been hurt by the kind of training she had yesterday.

And, this was my first time seeing her so vulnerable…

"Take me to bed. I wanna sleep…"

Not only did she look exhausted right now, her face was red for some reason.

She did not have a reaver but her blood flow was not normal either.

Her Mana flow was not doing well. But, she was still fine despite all that.

"Alright."

I helped her get in, placed her on a. Chair first and helped her get out of her uncomfortable shoes that had suffered bad damage.

Then, I helped her to our bedroom where she didn't even try to play any tricks and passed out the moment she was on the bed.

"Haaa… what kind of training did she have, Celes?"

[{ Ummm… I don't think you want to know that, master… }]

"Really?"

If even Celes was saying that, I really was afraid to know just what ki8nd of training she was going through to end up in this kind of state.

[{ Well… sister Elle also asked me not to tell you so, I apologise masters. }]

If she even went as far as asking her to hide it from me, I don't even know what to think of this training she had received.

"Haaa…"

I could only sigh as I sat beside her, and watched her tired face, which unexpectedly contained a happy smile.

"Did she have fun?"

[{ Well… during the training, I don't think so. }]

She was someone that found fun in most of the things that she did since there was nothing much difficult to her in this world.

And if we were talking about training with someone like that lady, there was no way she would not have fun.

'Being able to get trained by someone like that person was an honour, especially when she was training her on not how to wield her weapons but on the witchcraft power that she possessed.

'She looks tired, as well as satisfied.'

Perhaps she was angry a while ago and perhaps she suffered greatly during her training, but if she asked Celes to keep the happenings of that place to herself, then I'm pretty sure she has her reasons.

'Training was one thing, but if that mentor of hers was using her for something unrelated to this training then there is no reason for her to keep doing what she had today.'

This special training by those important people was granted to us because we were part of the student council as well as because we had earned the privilege to do so.

The headmaster himself chose them out of anyone else in this world for a reason and that reason was most certainly not something as trivial as compatibility.

There should really be some kind of unique reason behind his decision so, I wanted to keep believing in not our two unique mentors who had not been like what we had expected them to be, but in our headmaster.

"Good night, Rein…" kissing her on the forehead, I also lay down and closed my eyes.

Tomorrow morning, we will most certainly have to replete the same thing once again and it is going to continue just like this until our exams.

'There was a grand conference as well, so time was ticking…'

***

Next morning, academy…

"Hmm?"

Just like everyday, we reached the academy garden in the early morning, right after our training sessions with our mentors, and Quin was waiting for us with Mes and Lizzy.

"What happened to you two?"

"Lucifer? Uriel…? Are you alright?"

They were concerned. Well, of course they were concerned.

"We are fine. Just… we started this new schedule with some morning training in the morning, so we are a little exhausted."

We must look terrible in their eyes.

"A new schedule?"

"You two pushed yourself too hard, didn't you?! I know you did something stupid!"

We couldn't tell them about the special training so there was no other way around this situation.

We either had to hide the truth or deal with the situation with any kind of half truth we could.

"Well, we actually didn't do anything like that this time."

Rein chose the half truth over a complete lie since these were her dear friends, especially Quin being all worried like usual.

"Let's go. I'll tell you why we are like this."

She was already exhausted after yesterday's training, and now that she had gone through something similar once again so early in the morning, she was in no mood to deal with troublesome things.

"Hmmm?"

Quin found her attitude to be surprising, but at the same time, she could tell she was just exhausted at the moment.

There was nothing much to her unique behaviour, so she also did not complain further and started following behind her with Lizzy, leaving me and Med at the back.

"You look terrible. What's up? Did you fight a demon or something?"

"A hero that kills demons, yes. But… Well, let's not talk about that."

After our brainstorming yesterday, I had finally received a good idea thanks to his random suggestion and today, I asked him to spar with me in order to completely test that idea.

"You really sound out of juice, hun? Do you want any help-."

"Ah, no. It's nothing much, really. This much is nothing compared to what I've already experienced."

Not only was I utterly crushed by that person in the friendly spar, after a long time I was able to see the real difference between the powers of someone like him and myself.

'I have definitely improved since the last time, but there are still a bunch of things that I have not mastered just yet.'

He did not hold back and did his best to help me, and in the process I ended up breaking my wrist… and we had to stop midway.

I was able to confirm what I wanted and it was all still a bust.

"Oh, hello everyone~!"

"Uriel~! Did you finish the homework yesterday~?"

"Can you have the notes from the previous classes, Lucifer~?"

Creating and mastering a technique even while having all the theories, possibilities, and ideas was no simple task.

And its execution was even more difficult.

"They look exhausted, don't they?"

"You think so as well? I thought the same…"

"They do look out of shape as well… looks like we will get to see something fun in the practical class today."

There were students that found our current states to be something unique and they were murmuring about taking advantage of this moment.

'We had friends in this academy and we had acquaintances. And, along with them, we also had some who did not like us very much…'

These certain people mostly stayed behind the crowds but they were still aiming for the public humiliation of the ones they did not like.

Well… people like them are available everywhere.

"We have a practice lesson today. Did you all prepare the things that the teacher asked?"

"Umm-hmm. Tell me if anyone forgot or was relying on my goodwill from the start. Especially you, Tia."

"Ehhh… hehe. Uriel knows me well."

We were asked to get some simple and common materials for this class and still, as we knew, there were some of our dear friends that either forgot about it, or were confident that we would have extra and share it with them.

'We usually have extra stuff. So there are many students who try to take advantage of our kindness.'

But we don't mind it, mostly.

"Alright, let's go. Classes will start soon."

We were privileged to have more resources and we were also ones that received most class points so we were already hoarding up a lot.

Giving a little to those in need was charity, and as all nobles are taught from a young age, charity was a divine practice.

'Bullshit…'

Well, we had and we didn't mind sharing. There was nothing too deep about this and I don't even want to make it any deep.

"Alright, alright.

Good luck and have a fun time with your classmates."

Our group was big but we all weren't in the same class.

Some shared the same class but everyone was from a different classroom, so even though the group was already diverse, the diversity increased in terms of these classes.

[{ "You're holding up fine, but I can tell you aren't exactly well." }]

[{ "Keep it to yourself, please. It's better that they don't know." }]

She wasn't well last night and she isn't well right now either.

Perhaps, she will be out late tonight as well and come back all exhausted.

Maybe, she might not want to continue this training of hers, but knowing her, I know she will continue until she's finished with this training…

'She's stubborn.'

Perhaps the reason she was in that kind of state yesterday also has something to do with that stubborn nature of hers.

'Well… it's a characteristic that makes her more attractive.'

Though, truthfully… I won't really like it if she is constantly hurting herself without getting anything concrete in return.

'But knowing her, she wouldn't trade her suffering for anything cheap.'

I'm certain of that much.