124 – Special Training 14
Thud.
Sepia, who returned home after completing the hellish pattern training created by Loki, collapsed onto the bed.
“My body won’t move.”
Sepia, who had good stamina compared to other spirit users, was already worn out both physically and mentally after hours of continuous training.
“Uhhhhh!”
Recalling the training she had just done, Sepia lay on the bed trembling.
The eerie skeletons, making their characteristic clicking sound, came running at her.
Dodging the attacks of the ordinary-looking skeletons was easy.
Sepia had faced quite a few knights before, but compared to them, the attacks of the skeletons were simple.
But she had been hit several times by the attacks of ordinary skeletons.
It wasn’t because she was careless or her stamina was low.
The reason she was hit by the attacks of ordinary skeletons, which she could normally avoid, was simply…
“There are too many!”
It was because there were just too many skeletons.
No, there should be a reasonable number.
Even if she dodged the attacks of the skeletons leisurely, another skeleton would attack.
And if she dodged that attack…
Then another skeleton would attack me! What am I supposed to do!
Although Sepia’s mouth, already exhausted, did not move, she screamed in her mind.
“Sigh… Yeah, let’s leave it at that.”
After training for hours and being hit by many attacks from ordinary skeletons, she had become so accustomed to dodging such attacks that she could do it with her eyes closed.
So, if she dodged all the attacks from the ordinary skeletons, could she catch the fool?
“Sigh……. Absolutely not…… Ah…. No way.”
Sepia barely managed to move her unmoving mouth to speak.
Most of the skeletons created by the fool were ordinary skeletons, but there were also many that did not maintain a human form.
The reason she had trembled while thinking about the training earlier was because of these extraordinary skeletons.
On top of that, there were skeletons with elongated arms that doubled in length when attacking.
There were skeletons whose rib bones flew like arrows.
Even when trying to dodge the skeletons in the air as a wind spirit, there were some skeletons that protruded their tongues and attacked in mid-air.
“Seriously! Why does a skeleton have a tongue!”
Once she had used spirit magic to knock down all the skeletons and attack the fool.
Of course, since the fool was a fake created by illusion, they all disappeared at once.
Just as all the skeletons disappeared and she was about to attack the fool.
The disappeared skeleton reappeared.
“Wait! Where do you think you’re going!”
“What are you talking about? If someone saw this, they’d think it’s an absurd resurrection.”
“If this isn’t a resurrection, then what is it!”
“The opponent is a necromancer. With enough mana and corpses, they can summon endlessly.”
In the end, unable to refute, the training continued.
In the aspect of repeating the same thing over and over, it could be called not training but simple labor.
Avoid the attacks of the skeletons, exhaust stamina, take a short rest, challenge again, break, exhaust stamina, rest, break, and even receive a massage in between…
“Massage……”
As Sepia thought of a massage, her face blushed.
Approaching Sepia, who was sitting on the ground, exhausted, Loki massaged her shoulders.
When Sepia suddenly asked Loki what he was doing.
Loki confidently replied, “What? What am I doing? Obviously, giving a massage.”
Of course, although the massage had a refreshing effect on her shoulders and legs.
“Is there something weird about this?”
No, that couldn’t be.
Clearly, it’s strange for someone to touch legs or shoulders so naturally.
Fortunately, there were no incidents of hands massaging shoulders moving towards the chest or hands massaging legs moving towards the thighs.
If there were subtle touches, she could pretend not to notice…
“Ah! What am I thinking right now!”
Sepia blushed so much that someone might mistake her for having a fever, and she started kicking the blanket around.
“It’s all because of your naivety!”
Of course, even if Sepia, already tired, kicked the blanket, it wouldn’t last long.
“It’s uncomfortable.”
Sweating profusely, her clothes sticking to her body made her feel very uncomfortable.
The thought of immediately taking off her clothes and showering occupied Sepia’s mind, but…
“It’s too bothersome…”
The feeling of being bothered had already taken over the discomfort.
She had been taught by her mother that she must shower immediately upon returning from outside, but she simply didn’t have the strength to walk to the bathroom.
“I have to wash off my makeup too…”
It wasn’t ordinary makeup, so it didn’t run due to sweat, but it was better to wash it off before bed.
She had to shower, remove her makeup, change her clothes.
However, she simply didn’t have the strength to move a finger.
But Sepia had one last resort.
That was…
“Help me.”
Asking the spirits playing among themselves for help.
The spirits brought tools to remove makeup and cautiously began to wipe off the makeup.
The spirits were not skilled at putting on makeup, but they could at least erase it.
If other spirit masters were to see this appearance now, they would surely be shocked and collapse.
Originally, the relationship between a spirit master and a spirit is referred to as a contractual relationship.
Moreover, it is a relationship where the spirit is the superior and the spirit master is the subordinate.
Therefore, it is impossible for a spirit master to ask a spirit to do such trivial tasks.
However, the relationship between Sepia and the spirit can be seen as a friendship rather than a contractual one.
Though the water spirit enveloped Sepia, the bed remained dry,
only removing the sweat from Sepia’s body.
“Thank you.”
Sepia, whose hair was dried by the wind spirit, expressed her gratitude to the spirits and looked at the white mask in her hand.
“The mask that the fool always wears.”
Sepia continued to stare at the spot where the face touched, but naturally, she couldn’t know what Loki’s face looked like.
“Surely it’s a cheeky and handsome face.”
As Sepia mentally pictured Loki’s face, her eyes drifted to the desk covered in cosmetics.
“Do you think the same?”
There, among the cosmetics, was a yellow egg with a strange pattern emitting a presence.
The day before Lord Ash’s mission.
Elysia told the students to take a break.
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Sepia, who was originally planning to rest in moderation, felt a strange sensation from nearby spirits,
and following the spirits’ guidance, she found this egg.
She picked it up, but the egg moved very rarely, and even then, only slightly.
Deciding to think about the egg later, Sepia put on the mask in her hand.
Just before parting ways, the fool insisted on wearing this mask and practicing spirit magic.
“I don’t know why he made such a request, but I’ll do it for now.”
While grumbling, Sepia trained in spirit magic with her body.
After about 30 minutes of training.
“………..?”
Sepia, who was training in spirit magic, felt discomfort.
Since she practiced spirit magic every day, she could understand it better.
At first, she was uncertain.
But as time passed a little, she was certain.
“It’s faster than usual.”
Those who briefly taught her spirit magic in the past always said she got stronger faster,
but Sepia just brushed it off.
Because to her, it felt the same every day.
Yet, even that Sepia could now confidently say.
It’s clearly faster now.
To the point where she almost mistakenly thought only her time was passing quickly.
Scenes of various kinds flickered through Sepia’s mind.
In all these scenes, one person appeared consistently.
Roki, who seemed to be rapidly growing stronger to the point where it made one wonder if he had been hiding his true abilities.
Roki, who used to say that his talent was far inferior to that of other special class students.
And finally, Roki who had instructed to wear this mask and train.
“…..No way.”
Although Sepia had already experienced it firsthand, she thought, “No, it must be just a coincidence,” as she took off the mask and practiced spirit magic.
.
“………………”
30 minutes passed just like that. Sepia put the mask back on and continued her training.
.
“………………..”
Only after 2 hours had passed this time did Sepia take off the mask.
Sepia wondered what would happen once the abilities of this mask were revealed.
One thing was certain – it wouldn’t only bring good things to the fool.
In a short time, Sepia recalled the problems Roki had come up with.
An elixir that had no side effects no matter how much was consumed and never disappeared.
Perhaps someone at a national level was trying to obtain this mask.
And Sepia also thought of a problem that Roki hadn’t considered.
“Could someone who has experienced this once give up?”
If someone who had worn this mask and trained even once took off the mask and trained again, it would feel like being bound by shackles.
A feeling of one’s talent being torn to pieces.
The sense of empowerment would disappear, leaving only lethargy.
Sepia, who had just experienced it, could guarantee this.
“Hey, could you at least tell me in advance! How should I store this?”
As Sepia thought of herself coming here and roughly bringing it with one hand, she shuddered.
“What if a dragon suddenly appears while returning tomorrow and snatches it? Or what if a sudden storm blows and the mask flies away in the wind? Or what if lightning strikes from the sky and hits this mask…”
Thinking of extreme situations, Sepia, with a weary body, suddenly sat up and reached under the bed.
And she took out a mithril-made safe.
Inside the safe were the money her father gave her daily, overflowing with allowance, and emergency jewels her mother had given her.
The allowance from Lord Reviden, who was the wealthiest in the empire, exceeded imagination.
But without hesitation, Sepia randomly pulled out enough money from the safe to easily buy several mansions and tossed it onto the bed.
Suppressing the desire to wear it once again, Sepia carefully held the mask with both hands and placed it back in the safe.
Scritch.
An egg on the desk cracked.