The time of training flowed like unseen water, disappearing nearly half before anyone realized—
This was the consensus of Frieren, Eisen, and Heiter.
Under the great educator Agusheed's open educational philosophy,
Frieren, studying magic in the Library, expanded her own versatility.
Projection Magic, Body Double Swap Magic, Memory Copy and Reading Magic...
These magics that had emerged within the past thousand years but which Frieren didn't know were successively recorded and she began attempting to master them.
Heiter, studying the secret Spell book commentaries and the first Holy Staff's notes at the Imperial Cathedral (replica),
Truly deepened his understanding of the Spell book and obtained the attack magic Agusheed hoped he would master.
In some ways, his gains even far exceeded Frieren's.
Four lost Goddess Magics and the Barrier Magic left behind by that first Holy Staff—
This could no longer be described as earning a fortune.
Every time he obtained a new Goddess Magic during his studies,
The devout alcoholic monk felt incredibly fortunate for this opportunity and journey that Frieren had brought by chance.
And Eisen needed even less mention.
With the replica of the Blood-Stained God of War, the demons' strongest warrior, as his sparring partner day and night,
His physical strength and speed were visibly improving rapidly.
Although from beginning to end he could barely even fight back—
These experiences were equally precious treasures for this "death-fearing" warrior.
In short, everyone had a bright future.
And the three members of the hero party
All felt regret that this fulfilling and appropriate training had already passed nearly half its duration.
...
Only one person disagreed with them—
Undoubtedly,
That person was the one bearing the Equal Contract and personally supervised by Agusheed...
Himmel.
Under Agusheed's supervision, having trained almost non-stop day and night for half a month, he felt only despair about training.
The schedule he had set for himself was already inhumane enough.
And the various other training Agusheed had added for him over this half month was even more cruel and inhuman.
Therefore, although his reward pool had the highest drop rate and was the most generous among the group,
Himmel, who grew stronger day by day, never once felt happy about training.
Living each day like a year, seeing that nearly half the time had passed, he only felt fortunate about this.
"This is the first time I've seen Agusheed be so strict with someone..."
"Himmel, you might be the most valued student in Agusheed's history—"
In the bedroom at 3:30 AM, hearing the white-haired elf's teasing, Himmel turned his head.
Lying in bed, awakened from dreams by Frieren's sudden nighttime visit, he showed a helpless yet happy smile.
"Perhaps that's true..."
Feeling like his whole body was about to fall apart, Himmel stared fixedly at Frieren, who was using newly learned magic to relieve his fatigue—
For a moment, the hero suddenly felt that all his suffering these days was completely worth it.
"Speaking of which..."
"Frieren, why did you suddenly get up so early to find me?"
Glancing at the sky outside and confirming there was still time before 4 o'clock, Himmel tilted his head.
With quite curious tone, he asked the white-haired elf beside him who always liked to sleep in.
"Because this is the only time Himmel can relax a bit, right?"
Frieren looked up, meeting the blue-haired hero's gaze with a matter-of-fact tone.
"I always felt you've been working hard lately, so I suddenly wanted to check on you."
"Mmm... and test the magic I just learned on you."
Thinking I'm working hard...
Coming to check on me...
Himmel's gentle laughter echoed in the dark bedroom.
"So that's how it is..."
Lying in bed, he supported his face, carefully observing the white-haired elf before him as he leaned forward.
Through the few messy strands of hair on his forehead, Himmel looked gently at Frieren's profile.
Hiding his inner thoughts, the blue-haired hero whispered softly:
"Thank you, Frieren..."
"Hmph~"
Although Frieren wasn't clear what Himmel was thinking about,
Using Magic That Can Deeply Relieve Others' Fatigue,
Feeling her actions were warm and gentle due to her companion's thanks, she puffed out her chest slightly.
"Don't be so moved by my tenderness that you can't help yourself, Himmel."
"After all, as a caring big sister who's thousands of years older than you, doing these things is very normal."
Yeah...
It is very normal...
Himmel agreed with a smile, then reached out to smooth down Frieren's long hair that had fallen by her ear.
He was about to speak under Frieren's puzzled gaze—
But a spine-chilling surveillance gaze made him freeze.
That gaze came from behind Frieren.
From someone who had suddenly appeared beside them without even footsteps or door-opening sounds...
Agusheed.
The blue-haired hero, whose heart had been stirred by the white-haired elf's concern, suddenly remembered at this moment—
Agusheed had told him from the beginning...
He would silently come here twenty minutes before waking time every day.
Without disturbing Himmel's rest, he would sever the previous day's wounds and fatigue.
To ensure Himmel could always face new training in the best condition.
And at this moment...
Looking at Agusheed's face, whose expression was hard to distinguish in the moonlight,
Himmel felt his fatigue-removal treatment for today was probably ruined.
Frieren was already accustomed to Agusheed's sudden appearances.
So she didn't seem too surprised, just blinked at her old father to show innocence.
Patting his little daughter's head, Agusheed stared fixedly at Himmel lying in bed enjoying himself.
With an obvious throat-clearing sound, the strongest Grand Demon let out a cold laugh.
Agusheed slowly moved his hand from Frieren's head to Himmel's shoulder.
The next moment, a voice from hell rang in Himmel's ear.
"Get up. Come with me."
Agusheed lowered his eyes, his tone as calm as if nothing had happened.
But Himmel knew this was just the final calm before the storm.
At this moment, Frieren's small hand gently tugged at her old father's sleeve.
"Agusheed, Himmel hasn't fully recovered yet. Let him rest a bit more..."
Let him rest a bit more...
Hehe...
Regarding his daughter's request, who had clearly been bewitched,
Agusheed laughed coldly with increasingly icy eyes.
"Don't worry, his body is fine now."
"But Himmel's hands still feel cold to touch."
Hands—feel cold to touch?
After another cold laugh, Agusheed took the hand Frieren was holding.
Looking at Himmel, whose scalp was already tingling—
He gave the conversation-ending answer.
"It's fine. I understand Himmel's body best."
"As soon as he starts training, he'll warm up immediately."
—
After being forcibly dragged out by Agusheed, contrary to Himmel's expectations...
Today's training was actually no different from usual.
Whether morning running or morning sword practice was the same as always.
Moreover, Agusheed didn't even increase his training load today.
He was nowhere to be seen for the entire morning...
"Perhaps... Mr. Agusheed actually doesn't oppose me and Frieren..."
Near afternoon, while eating bread and simultaneously training his reaction ability among hundreds of swaying thousand-pound logs, Himmel thought this.
Until Agusheed's cold call rang out from behind him.
Until that high-pitched roar and the giant dragon forged from white bones appeared before his eyes.
"What difficulty do these logs represent..."
"Come... Himmel..."
"Charge at the Imperial Prison Dragon!!"
With a blank expression, Himmel's vision went black.
He lost consciousness.
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