Haaap Haaap Hyaaa

  Shouts full of determination and passion echoed loudly in the wide training ground as the cadets thrusted their spears and sshed their swords into the empty air with strengths capable of felling down tries in a sirike.

  "Wrong! Wrong! Wrong again!" ［Grey］

  But no matter how many times they brandished their ons, they would always receive a scolding from Grey. Their fws would always be noticed by Grey's eyes without mistake.

  It is the sed day of Grey and Yuna's tracted job as instructors in the Royal Academy, and currently, Grey is training the students to improve the way they execute their arts and cast their spells.

  Although both were types of magics, the way they are done are totally different. While spells need a clear visualization, focus and knowledge, arts oher hand, need precise movements, right timing, and coordination.

  pound magic created from arts and spells are even more difficult as both sets of requirements o be met. pound magics are something only high-rankers use freely without much hassle.

  As for special magics like summoning magid holy magic, they take a certain amount of knowledge to even initiate, not to mention successfully casting it. They are the hardest oo master.

  "Instructor, we've been doing this for hours. We need a break!"

  "That's right, Instructor! This is abuse of authority!"

  "Our arms are already ag!"

  The students voiced out their pints oer another, all while dreng in their sweat from training for more than 5 hours straight. Some were even panting heavily and looked like they would colpse at any moment.

  Seeing the cadets pin about something as repeating movements again and again, Grey couldn't help but feel a little bit disappointed by them. Even Eliza who was much youhan them has better resolve and motivation.

  If Grey was teag Eliza, she wouldn't voice out a single word of pint even if her arms were sore to the point she couldn't feel them. Eliza still tinued even when she was on the point of colpsing.

  "Hey, Grey, let us take a break. Even 15 minutes would be enougー ow!" ［Julius］

  Before he could finish his words, Grey cut him off by flig Julius' forehead with two of his fingers, making it go red from the flick. Of course, Grey held back his strength greatly, or else, Julius' head would have gone flying.

  "What was that for?!" ［Julius］

  "We're in css right now. Call me Instructor." ［Grey］

  "What with that reasoning, Grey?ー Ah!" ［Julius］

  Grey flicked Julius' forehead once again making it even redder than before. Tears even formed in the er of his eyes. Even when Grey held back his strength, it still felt very painful.

  "I said, call me Instructor." ［Grey］

  "Y-Yes, Instructor..." ［Julius］

  After seeing Julius' numb, red forehead, for reasons more thahe students stopped pining and tinued with their training quietly. her one of them wao experieheir heads getting flicked.

  The students kept in my mind how powerful Grey was ached into their minds the sequences of defying him. While they were certain he was at least D-rank, they weren't really sure about the extent of Grey's strength. All they could do was tread with caution, careful not to anger him.

  Donggggg Donggggg Donggggg

  tally, by the time most of the students' stamina ran out, the school bell rang, signaling the start of the one-hour lunch break. It was the sound most of Grey's students have been wanting to hear.

  "Alright, you take a break for now." ［Grey］

  "Ahh... Finally..."

  "My legs were barely holding... I just want to sleep..."

  "I feel the same..."

  After Grey decred that they could take a break, the students' legs colpsed to the ground and they tried to catch their breaths, panting as heavily as one could, clearly exhausted from such demonic training.

  As they rested on the ground, some students even had tears f in the ers of their eyes, extremely happy that they could finally have their rest. What was only a couple of hours to others felt like ay to them.

  But well, their joyous expressions and relieved faces didn't st very long. As if fate itself was toying with their hearts, Grey crushed their little celebration in just a matter of moments.

  "Ah, right... I just want to tell everyone beforehand. This afternoon, we'll ge to fighting summoned creatures just like yesterday. Be sure to rest well and prepare yourselves." ［Grey］

  """"Ehh?!""""

  The students' voices of dissatisfa echoed throughout the training ground in unison. It was somewhat amazing that they were so in syn something useless, yet they 't mao cooperate when they're fighting.

  If Grey looked like a demonistructor before, after he said those words, he looked like the devil himself to the eyes of the students. The fact that they'll be with him for three whole weeks made it even worse for them.

  "If you you disagree, we just skip lund tiー" ［Grey］

  "No, we're just fih it, Instructor! Isn't that right, everyone?" ［Julius］

  """"Y-Yes!""""

  Once again, their voices in unison, the students respoo Julius' question, i fear of Grey's suggestion. Just hearing him say those words made extremely cold chills run down their spines.

  Faces full of despair, the students groggily stood up and headed to the cafeteria to buy their lunch. If they were normal people, let alone walk, they wouldn't even be able to stand up after all the training they've been through. They were still students of the Royal Academy, elites of their geion.

  "Oh, and a reminder, please don't try to skip csses. If I found out that you are, I will double the difficulty of your training, okay?" ［Grey］

  Grey ended his statement with a very bright smile which wasn't a smile at all, making the students jolt instinctively and their faces go pale from imagining what kind of training Grey was talking about.

  "See you this afternoon." ［Grey］

  Grey said, waving his hand slowly, all while still wearing the smile which brought terror to the students' hearts, adding to the students' fears and anxiousness as they headed to the cafeteria.

  "Greyー Ah, I call you Grey right nht?" ［Julius］

  Julius asked while c his forehead with both of his hands, looking really ridiculous for someoh the status of a prince. Well, one couldn't really bme him after experieng two finger flicks to his forehead.

  "Yeah, sure. It's still lunch break anyways. So, what did you want to say?" ［Grey］

  "It's about the training." ［Julius］

  "What about it? Am I doing something wrong?" ［Grey］

  "No, it's more like you're doing it too perfectly to the point it's too tough for us. We're not like you, you knht, Amelia?" ［Julius］

  "Yes, I'm with Cadet Julー I mean, His Highness, on this one..." ［Amelia］

  Amelia replied to Julius' question all while correg the way she addressed him now that they are on break. Her face just as ed as Julius and her body also slightly trembling from exhaustion.

  Hearing their opinions, Grey looked ba what he made the students do, but no matter how hard he tried, he found no fault with it. In fact, it doesn't even hold a dle against the training he and Yuhrough.

  Of course, Grey knew his trainihod was tough for normal people, but knowing his students were part of the Royal Academy, Grey purposely raised the bar higher, thinking that they could take them.

  'Is this what they call Spartan Training...?' ［Grey］

  Those two words perfectly described what the studely went through. Grey didn't really think how strict he was when he went into teag mode. Yuna, his first student, eves shivers when Grey goes into teag mode.

  'Should I reward them for their efforts?' ［Grey］

  Grey thought to himself as he remembered the carrot and stick method. The only problem was what he could use as the "carrot". No matter how hard he tried to think, he couldn't find something that could entice children of nobility.

  "Ah, by the way, Grey, do you still have some pudding?" ［Julius］

  As timely as one could be, Julius made a request which sparked an idea inside Grey's mind. The very dessert Julius requested could be used as the "carrot" to reward the students.

  "Thanks, Julius." ［Grey］

  "Uh? You're wele...? But what about my pudding?" ［Julius］

  "I'll give it to you ter, and one for Amelia, too." ［Grey］

  "Ah, thank you, Grey." ［Amelia］

  Both not uanding what Grey's words meant, Julius and Amelia then headed to the cafeteria together to have their lunch, leaving Grey alone iraining ground to t how much pudding remained in his "Iory".

  Just a little bit before lunch break ended, Grey's students returo the training ground oer another, with their faces having a much healthier plexion than before. Rest has served them well.

  "Alright, everyone, each of you take one of these. This is your reward for pleting the training this m." ［Grey］

  Grey said whilst pointing at the box of pudding he just retly pced on top a bender the tree's shade. Everyone except Julius and Amelia eyed it curiously, w what it was.

  Of course, as the one who requested Grey for it, Julius was the first oo approach it, followed by Amelia. Seeing them get one, everyone else in css also followed suit and got one for themselves.

  'There isn't someoose-i amongst them, right?' ［Grey］

  A sudden thought popped up in Grey's mind as he realized that pudding uses milk as one of its main ingredients. It was something he didn't sider and totally fot about since he arrived in Merusia.

  Grey wao ask the students about that topic but doubted if anyone even knew what ctose-intolerance meant. Just thinking about how he should expin it to them made his head start hurting.

  "Wow～! So sweet and delicious!"

  "I've asted something like this!"

  "It wiggles funnily..,"

  Thankfully, all of Grey's worries were all for naught. While he was thinking of such things, the students already fed a spoonful of pudding to themselves, but none made strange reas so far.

  Seeing his css enjoy pudding so happily, Grey also got one for himself and ehe cold dessert like how he usually would. Just having a bite was enough for him to feel more rexed.

  'Ah...' ［Grey］

  But just as he took the first bite, Grey remembered somethially overlooked. He fot to give Yuna some pudding. He fot the very person who loves pudding the most. Not to mention that that very person was also his girlfriend.

  Guilt growing in his heart, Grey once again ted how much pudding he had inside his "Iory" and thought how much she should give to Yuna, also taking into at that Elise and Eine were with her.

  Following such a train of thought, Grey retrieved a couple batches of pudding and pced them on top of the bench, readying to deliver them to Yuna, but as he was doing so...

  "Grey, I want one more!" ［Julius］

  "Me too, Instructrey!" ［Amelia］

  "Me too!"

  "Same here!"

  Grey's as of taking more pudding aroused the attention of everyone in css. They still haven't fiheir cups but they were already rearing to eat more with their eyes full of anticipation.

  As frey, who was subjected to their anticipating stares, he felt a little overwhelmed that the students who looked like zombies before were now full of energy. But thanks to that, he khat his carrot and stick method would work.

  "Haah... Alright, I'll give all of you another one. If you perform well in this afternoon's training, that is." ［Grey］

  After Grey said those words, the eyes of the students were lit abze and a hiddeermination that wasn't there in the m suddenly showed up out of nowhere. Their eyes were brimming with it.

  What Grey witnessed before him were warriors who were ready to gh hell. It reminded him of yesterday where Elise and Eine also ged attitudes after hearing there will be desserts present.

  'Mmm... I wonder if everything will be alright...' ［Grey］

  ...

  trary to Grey's m css, Yuna's was much quieter and looked more normal. Rather than practical training, Yuna was teag the students with the use of discussions in the .

  "Although orcs are more powerful than goblins by leaps and bounds, it also has a weakness, and that is its speed. Not just its movement speed, its rea speed is also slow. This is the key to defeating them." ［Yuna］

  Currently, Yuna was teag her students about the weaknesses and strengths of monsters and how to use them to their advantage. Something advehat mostly learn through experience.

  Although monsters are undoubtedly strohan normal humans, save for the slimes and normal goblins, it is also a fact that they don't have mutelligend mostly rely on their instincts.

  Their anatomy is also somewhat simir to salferines and from that fact, it was easy to find a weakness for them just by studying one's own weakness. That is something Yuna wao teach her students.

  That is also the reason why, even though monsters spawn often, Merusia is still not swarmed with monsters. The monsters' low intelligend simple attack patterns is the key to the salferines' survival.

  "If you 't finish it in a few blows, it is better to disarm or immobilize them before anything else. That way, you improve your ce of winning or esg when you are in grave danger." ［Yuna］

  Although it would be for the best to defeat the mohe first priority should still be one's own safety. A dead person 't celebrate victory after all. It was the fatal fw of all inexperienced soldiers and adventurers.

  "If you're up against an oreak attacks are the best way to defeat them, and I suggest that you target the nape siher than the fact that it's a vital point, the nape is also easier to slice than other parts of its body. Their armors also has a gap in the napeー" ［Yuna］

  Donggggg Donggggg Donggggg

  Just as Yuna was about to her lesson, the lunch break bell rang loudly, interrupting her lesson. Thankfully, she had already covered the most vital information and main points.

  "Okay, time for lunch, everyone. Be sure to arrive at the training grounds before lunch break ends." ［Yuna］

  """Yes～""" """Yes! Instructor!"""

  After what Yuna said, the students quickly exited the with smiles blooming on their faces and headed to the cafeteria in order to sate their huhe plete opposite of Grey's students.

  'Mmm... I just hope they keep those smiles this afternoon...' ［Yuna］

  Well, those smiles wouldn't st long anyway. Yuna already had something pnned iernoon which will surely destroy the students' smiling faces. Something she fot to mention to them.

  "Yuna, let's also head to the cafeteria!" ［Elise］

  "Un!" ［Yuna］

  With Elise's invitation, Yuna, Elise, and Eine happily headed to the cafeteria and when we arrived there, they ordered their lunches. Grey had also notified Yuna via telepathy that he wouldn't be able to join them so they ate without him.

  As usual, Yuna ordered a lot of dishes in the cafeteria, more than three times more than Elise and Eine's portions bined. It was to "pehe energy she spent teag the students

  It was totally because Yuna really loved eating. Totally not because of that. Yep, totally not it. That's what Yuna said to herself.

  "Amazing... Yuna..." ［Elise］

  Includierday's celebration, it was already the third time Elise saw Yu, yet she still didn't get used to the amount of food Yuna had. The same went for Eihey just couldn't see where Yuna stored so much food in her slim body.

  "Hm? Do you want some too?" ［Yuna］

  "Ah, no. I'm fine." ［Elise］

  "M-Me too." ［Eine］

  Yuna offered Elise and Eine some food seeing how much they stared at her, but they quickly refused the offer with their faces still taining traces of surprise and disbelief.

  "By the way, Yuna, why were you so easy on us today? We were expeg something like a repeat of yesterday." ［Elise］

  "That's right. I thought we were going to fight high orcs again..." ［Eine］

  "Hm? Didn't I tell you?" ［Yuna］

  ""Eh?"" ［Elise and Eine］

  Elise and Eine said in unison with their faces filled with fusion. They really were cousins. Even their faces and expressions looked exactly the same with one another as they respoo Yuna.

  "We will be doing that iernoon, and to test if you really learned something from my discussion, you will be fighting twice the number of monsters pared to yesterday." ［Yuna］

  ""Ehh?!!"" ［Elise and Eine］

  A shocked expression quickly loomed over Elise and Eine's face as they heard Yuna's words. Although the sylbles were the same, their reas and the tone of their voice couldn't be more different than before.

  Elise and Eiill rec from shock, the three tiheir lun silence. After their lunch at the cafeteria, they then headed back to the training ground, where a familiar figure waited for them.

  "Ah, Yuna, it's Grey..." ［Elise］

  Elise poio the figure who was on the opposite side of the training ground, standing there quietly. Of course, it was Grey who had just finished giving his students some pudding.

  "Do you need anything?" ［Yuna］

  "Well, not really. I just came to deliver some pudding. I'm giving my css some so I thought I'll deliver some for you, Elise, and Eio enjoy." ［Grey］

  "Ah, thank you..." ［Yuna］

  "Well then, I'll be going bay ow. I still have to teach my students, after all. I'll see you this afternoon." ［Grey］

  "Un. See you..." ［Yuna］

  Just like how he appeared without notice, Grey also left suddenly from Yuna and pany's sight. The amount of pudding he hao Yuna was two dozens, plenty for the whole css to eat.

  While Grey didn't say much to Yuna and quickly left, Yuna was still happy to know that Grey thought of her. She was especially happy when Grey brought her a lot of pudding to eat.

  "Yuna, you're blushing..." ［Elise］

  "Yeah, it's really showing Yuna..." ［Eine］

  Elise and Eine ented while extending their arms to the box of pudding Yuna was holding unto. Their moods were much better than before after getting their hands on some pudding.

  "Yep, pudding really is delicious." ［Eine］

  "Yuna, give us all of this pudding!" ［Elise］

  "Eh?!" ［Yuna］

  "You have Grey anyways, you just ask him anytime!" ［Elise］

  "T-That's right, Yuna! Please give all these puddings to us!" ［Eine］

  Without warning, Elise and Eine approached Yuna pyfully as they tried to have all the pudding in Yuna's hands for themselves. Of course, Yuna's rea to their antics was obvious.

  "N-No!" ［Yuna］

  "Yuna, please～!" ［Eine］

  "That's right, we'll do anything!" ［Elise］

  "No is no! And that's final!" ［Yuna］

  "Yuna～!!" ［Elise］

  Elise said as she g tightly to Yuna's waist. Eine also did the same after she finished her cup of pudding and g to the other side of Yuna's waist. Both were half joking, half serious.

  "Stop ging to me, you two! Geez!" ［Yuna］

  Yuna tried to shake the two off but it was no use, they still g thtly as if their lives defended on it. They really wao have all the pudding Yuna has.

  Unbeknownst to the three of them, there were two pairs of judging eyes watg them from the sed floor of a certain building to their right. Their expressions were clearly unhappy as they observed the three.

  "What boorish behavior unfit for noble dies. Don't you agree, Madam?" ［???］

  "Tch! This academy is an insult to nobility!" ［???］

  CHAPTER 83 END