"LIANA!! GLORIA!!"
Both girls snapped to attention instinctively.
"Y-Yes, Mrs. Erinnete?" they responded in unison, sweat still glistening on their foreheads from the intense training.
"Rest!!"
Liana hesitated. "But—"
"No but!!" Erinnete's sharp glare silenced them instantly. She crossed her arms, her eyes narrowing like a drill sergeant's.
"You two have already passed level 70. Continuing beyond this point without recovery is inefficient, ungraceful, and idiotic."
Behind her, Hesbeirn nodded solemnly, like a silent guardian of discipline.
Liana and Gloria exchanged glances, lips tightening. Still, they obeyed. Step by step, they followed Mrs Erinnette out of the training chamber.
Just then.
"And you!! Ari! Aria!"
"Y-Yes!!" two voices answered timidly—though the words came from Liana and Gloria's mouths, carried by the spirits housed within them.
