Chapter 102 (1/2)

After Rudel healed her sprain with healing er look into his face

It ithout saying; Rudel had seen such a deplorable side of her But she still had time left on her surveillance duty, and she couldn't quite abandon her mission to run away

Her face turning red every time she observed Rudel's form, Enora was definitely a failure at her job

Cattleya, whothe way, looked at Enora onder

”What's up with you?”

”N-no… it's nothing”

”No, so clearly went down Why is your face so red?”

”And I'!”

Ignoring their unproductive quarrel, Rudel was riding a shi+eld of light he had produced over the lake That shi+eld that usedthe water's surface was practically a board

Atop the water, Rudel wasabout freely

Froons As he avoided the himself

”That one was close!”

Growing irritated, the dragon children desperately tried to hit Rudel with their orbs At times, they would leap out of the water to take hi him from the air as well

But they were unable to capture Rudel

It was aled to dodge everything co he was capable of because he was up against those ions

Watching over theh the habits and tendencies of the dragons

It would be questionable to say Mystith was thinking that deeply when she had hirown some

He had gained a deeper understanding of dragons The practical experience he could never get in a book had Rudel take another step forward as a dragoon

Seeing that scene, Cattleya created a fireball in her hand and threw it at Rudel At that attack she had fired with the pre it, Enora showed a face of surprise

Because it was on a level where he wouldn't get off with a scratch of two if it hit

”What are you doing, brat!!”

When the ball of fire hit the surface, it raised a small pillar of water Rudel ed up by its wave, tossed from his shi+eld into the lake

”L-lieutenant Cattleya…”

”You look healthy, Rudel More importantly, could you explain this situation?”

'Oy, don't bully that one too much I'll be killed'

Seeing her own fearful red dragon, Cattleya clicked her tongue She had soed to push responsibility onto Lili from Mystith was simply too pitiful

”Yes ht up a neay to usewas apparently a failure, I'm sure there must be another effective way to use it”

As Rudel popped his head out of the water to answer, Cattleya felt her head hurt

”… And where is your dragon? We're just about running out of time here”

”She's returned a few tio”

”She came back? Why didn't you take her back, then!?”

Crawling out of the lake, Rudel corrected the positioning of his waist wrap before turning to face Cattleya Dripping ater, his facial features ell set fro

And he was almost naked

Cattleya sed her breath

”No, it seems she's almost perfected it Her sure-kill combo to take down the boss”

'Combo! What's more, sure-kill!? Why didn't you stop her, you idiot!'

As Cattleya's dragon started acting up, Rudel soothed hi himself calmly, if one had to say as mistaken, it was Rudel

”I believe if it's Sakuya, she'll be fine Even if she loses, she'll surely get back on her feet!”

Rudel believed in Sakuya, but that didn'ther come at him for real would be a problem

Even if he defeated Sakuya, there was the scary Mystith waiting behind her It wasn't byhe'd be able to win So he feared winning this battle was the scarier option

Losing to the newly-born Sakuya would be a disgrace, but it beat having Mystith after his life Cattleya's dragon teared up

”Good grief, why are you so pitiful?”

'Don't screith uy who's going to get the crap kicked out of him!'

Seeing Rudel and Cattleya delightfully conversing, Enora's feelings only turned needlessly darker While she wasat Rudel, both she and Rudel frankly spoke their minds, and Enora looked on it enviously

It see she could never have

(Both father and Rudel, a talented de…)

Enora thought the sort of things that would oon want to san to feel idiotic to her

That attitude of Cattleya, as pretty , but she couldn't even triumph over Rudel who claimed he had no talent at all She knew from the start

Enora had accurately assessed Rudel and feared hion fell short of the others, Sakuya possessed ons did not

That's why she panicked when Rudel decided he wouldn't shi+rk his trainee responsibilities, yet still exerted himself to find a way to clear the test While Enora did have a few parts to her different froiven Rudel a proper evaluation

As if a thread was reaching its li

It was at that moment

Sakuya fell straight into the lake, with Mystith appearing a little later With a fed-up look on her face, Mystith nonchalantly explained Sakuya's failed landing

'That's why I told you You have to lose altitude with care… you're in too much of a rush'

Sticking her head out of the lake, Sakuya looked at Mystith

'I mean…'

When a build as large as Sakuya's dived into the lake, the water that brimmed over rained down on everyone in the area That water that advanced on them like a wave soaked them down to their socks

As Cattleya pushed her hair to the side, she searched out Sakuya's partner, Rudel She wanted to get in a complaint or two, but Rudel had already leapt at Sakuya

”Sakuya, I aiting for you!”

Sticking hihted, Sakuya spoke proudly of her results in the northern sea

'Ahem! Sakuya has finally learned her sure-kill one, two, finish!+ With this, I'm sure I can defeat the boss!'

As Sakuya rejoiced, Rudel suddenly recalled soon But just as Rudel had, the red dragon had leapt off somewhere

Leaving Cattleya behind…

”T-that stupid dragon!!”

Cattleya's screah the forest

With Sakuya's preparations finished, they were to hurriedly return

Mystith had some business to attend to, and Cattleya decided to ride on Sakuya's back This may have been because not a white horse, Rudel on his white dragon seemed to overlap just a bit with her own ideal