Chapter 83 - Reflections About The Future (1/2)

Tock! Tock! The sound of the clash of wooden swords crossing each other became more common and intense every day in the Strogueher Manor.

”No, you're hitting it wrong.” Luke warned Nathalia. ”You're applying too much force to your fingers when really you should be using it on your wrist.”

Then the half-wolf demonstrated the correct way to strike diagonally. With one violent stroke, he hit the right rib region of the training dummy, which was more than two meters tall.

The young Elf clapped her hands together several times as her eyes sparkled from seeing the precision of Luke's blow. Clap! Clap! Clap!

”If it was a real opponent, he would have blocked it.” Alexis alerted them from the corner of the room. She was at the end of a 1 kg bag of cocoa beans.

Luke simply pretended she wasn't there. ”Now, try again.” He asked Nathalia.

Then the girl fixed her right foot as a fulcrum to support her entire body weight, and, holding the wooden sword with both hands, she struck from top to bottom.

The wooden plate slashed toward the dummy's right rib at a reasonable speed; however, it ended up meeting the dummy's arm midway.

”Urgh! I can't do it like you did.” She complained to Luke, a little frustrated because this was already the twentieth attempt.

Of all the three dummies in the training room, this one was the biggest, and it was also the only one that had its arms farthest from the body and held a sword, so it was perfect for practising hitting killing blows.

”Keep trying, and if you don't succeed with the sword, try with another weapon that you are more comfortable with. Just don't overdo it.”

Luke slowly withdrew from the training area and walked over to Alexis. He was becoming increasingly bored as the days passed at home; after all, he had somehow created a routine of attending Dungeons.

Since Ayumi again was not in town, he was also slowly accumulating more stress.

”If you want to give her some tips as well, I wouldn't mind.” Luke said to the half-dragon as he grabbed a towel to dry his forehead.

”N-no! You misunderstood me. I wasn't trying to take away your position as a trainer or anything like that; I was just warning you.”

The half-wolf carefully dried her face and then her neck. ”I'm not her trainer. I'm just a bodyguard.”

”Ahh~ Well, I was really curious about what rank you had here since I saw Ayumi giving you a payment yesterday morning.”

The half-wolf did not answer her and continued to dry the sweat from his body. After drying his neck, he put the white towel under his shirt and started drying his abdomen. This movement made Alexis blush a little and look away.

”Have you assimilated the skill you bought?” she inquired, smoothing her right temple with one finger. ”If you want, I can help you with that.”

”Actually, thanks for reminding me, I'd almost forgotten about it, but you don't have to help me. Thanks.” Luke threw the towel over his shoulder and left the training room to go to his room.

Watching the man leave, the half-dragon thought:

'Why is he so cold to me? We went through an intense battle together; shouldn't he be a little more... polite?'

The S-Class was definitely not used to the way Luke treated her. Usually, men fell at his feet, even those prejudiced against his race.