Chapter 18 - An Encounter and Training Results (2/2)

Together with the two e of the forest It was a part of the training prograed for the three of them

In the beginning, Lydia and Annabelle had to run on both sides of the blind girl and gently correct her path when she was about to run off into the woods, but during the two moons since her transforress in adapting to her new situation, to the point where the younger maid had expressed doubts whether the blindness was true or faked, an excuse to hide her eyes

Relying on her keen sense of s that had iht, and a pheno either the old elf or theable to er into thinking she had better eyesight than thethese days, though he refused to admit it

Education in the afternoon included lectures about etiquette, history,girls that the two uage; after Nisha had co to attend the elf’s lesson alone, the two sisters also joined in

Of course she loved these occasions when she was spending ti topics and quickly ue to understand all of the conversations accurately and ask more precise questions

To correct her rather unfe lady’s way of acting under the unexpectedly strict guidance of Annabelle, who took it upon her to turn the char tomboy into a perfect femme fatale

On the rare ed to sneak off froreat joy in playing with her, i with her

After being caught one ti maid had to promise to take up the role of a teacher too, and to iirl, however she never racious dance as the , ready to torment the other inhabitants of the house

Yet, thanks to the dragon-girl’s keen sense of s skill to the point where everyone was looking forward to the day it was her turn to prepare themeal, and Lydia was de the best cook the ingredients she was asking for

To keep up with the increased des to gather plants and fruits, or hunt anie

Leaving the girl that had been placed his care had first caused a slight unease to gnaw at the back of hisNisha’, he had discovered the fact that distance seereement, most likely the condition was mental

Additionally, the dragon’s siblings were visiting around once every one or teeks, bringing rare spices and foods to enhance the cottage’ssister who had gifted them the carcass of the [bloody World hellhound] and the elf, whose gift on’s Den] After consu the latent aura inside the ed to rise above the previous aura rank of Little Fla the qualification of trueof their innate abilities

They refused to show it off in front of their sister until she was to catch up to their level of power, in order to compare her inherent skills with their own

Nisha’s favourite lessons were in the evening, when the elf was telling her stories, and they were talking about topics of her choice She learnedthe laundry chore, or even upon enjoying nightfall in front of the fireplace when it was the sister’s turn to do the chores

Once the sun had co to bed, however none was falling asleep immediately

Shaping one’s mana and aura required meditation To enhance their efficiency, Eldrin had told them to contemplate what they learned on the day in a seated position on top of their bed, and afterwards cultivate the energies they could sense quietly

While Nisha was sitting on the bed, Eldrin was perfor ure in the sparse light of an enchanted mana lamp or worked on another project

After the elf had co store roo out an ih-classespecially precious or soft fabrics and woods to the blind girl so she could probe them with her hands A rock called [Ivory Quartz] had particularly caught his attention, it was a rew in the mountains and was as easy to carve as wood

However, after co the item he had fashi+oned out of it with h to be considered a material of the seventh tier

Everyday without fail, Nisha would awaken hugging Eldrin close to her after having fell asleep whilenear to him

The rigorous instruction had different results depending on the individuals

Annabelle had a talent for mana cultivation and had already reached the second rank in this discipline, she now struggled to keep up with her aura practice

Eldrin’s tutelage sharpened heras well as her gift in the mathematics field

Contrarily, Lydia see the second rank with her aura when she couldn’t nated at the first rank she arrived with

The forte of the younger sister laid in her social skills,the court dances Eldrin had shown her when he was feeling up to it, usually after a drink, and upon strengthening his bones with his own aura, which later on were passed down to Nisha throughsessions

She also de a conversation and luring information out of her interlocutor

Lastly, Nisha had the strangest results out of all of thee she was presented at a frightening speed Once she understood so her an excellent student for all three of her teachers, allowing her to catch up to a lady of noble birth of a si time

On the other hand, her mana and aura cultivation just seeh she was currently effortlessly keeping up with the two sisters running beside her, and who had long ago achieved their first and second rank in aura

Based on her own estith or staainst Lydia

Just barely, though

After rus, Eldrin had been able to find his guild ring, a tool that allowed all adventurers to roughly gauge the strength of their ene as it wasn’t above their own, or superior to the legend rank

Set into a circle, nine pairs of ser fro that authenticated the elf’s standing as an individual of the seventh rank since it was forged out of rare metals of the seventh tier

The old elf could still light up seven blue stars as well as four red stars when he had tested the function of the iteotten in a shelf

Each time the maids were able to make one more star shi+ne, all of the mansion’s inhabitants had celebrated the event and taken a day off fro, however recently Nisha didn’t want to try to ht even a single star

This didn’t particularly upset or sadden her, as the blind girl knew she was just as capable as Lydia or Anna, and just needed er, but to reach the ht take her

And training is fun in its oay too

Just as the hardworking blind girl o rounds short of finishi+ng herfro through the line of trees woke her up from the reminiscence of the events that had happened so far

This would have posed no proble fro the cows and collecting the eggs inside the stable, the twonoise

Retreating towards the house, the alerted women called for Eldrin

“So here!”

Keeping an eye on the situation, both Annabelle and Lydia stayed, shi+elding their ho inside the stable to get the elf

“It’s alright, nothing is going to happen I’m here”

Before she could fetch hi Nisha

“Let’s go and see what this is all about”

Taking her by the hand, he lead her back towards the two sisters, who had kept an eye on the road leading to the hunting grounds

“Sir Eldrin, there’s soh and you can already hear the hoofs scratching on the ground ”

Taking his guild card out of the pockets of one of the forly accepted to wear despite the coarse feeling of the stiff fabric that irritated his skin, the elf checked the date displayed by the enchantment

“Oh, it’s already this time of the year, it slipped my mind Sorry I made you worry, no need to be upset, I think I know the person who’s about to stop by

Wait a second until he’s here, and I’ll introduce him I think you will like him”

Aura was not only used to reinforce a warrior’s body during battles and enable practitioners to fight with a strength beyond that of an average huy also settled inside the bones and the flesh, strengthening the physique’s senses passively, which allowed Nisha and the on before it caht

A large cart drawn by a brown horse of unknown breed approached at a brisk pace on the se and burlyon the driver’s seat

“What’s this, I thought he’d cooods personally … “

Thefro

“A good day to you, sirs and ladies! My name is Hayze, and Sir Luthais has sent me here to deliver the supplies to you!”