Hard Work Will Never Betray Me - CH 99

“Hey, it’s morning in the Demon Forest !　Wake up!”

–I feel a thud and am forcibly awakened from my pleasant sleep.

” Oh, , ……”

My stomach hurts a lot. It is as painful as when a child jumps on his father’s stomach when he wakes him up. It’s strange. I didn’t have a kid yet.

“…… Marie, what are you doing?”

I looked over with sleepy eyes and saw Marie standing on my stomach. She was standing on my stomach with both of her legs.

“I came to wake you up because you wouldn’t wake up. You have a girl on either side of you in a house, you pervert.”

I twisted my head and looked to my left and right to see Lily on my right and Iris on my left, sleeping soundly. Yesterday, we had no choice but to sleep together in the guest room on blankets because our room was not ready yet due to our sudden arrival.

“I remember you saying, something strange ? Well, it’s childish, isn’t it?”

Incidentally, from this position, I could see Marie’s pants. The choice was quite cute, with polka dots. Even though I knew it is legal loli , it was still a very criminal scene. It was morning, and I, who was on the verge of fighting, was also pleased with this first sight in the morning.

“Do you enjoy looking at my underwear?”

The two hundred year old looked at me as if taken aback, but I couldn’t help it because it was instinct. I was in my teens. The lust in the midst of puberty is beyond the control of my reason, which can blow away at the drop of a hat.

“Cheater.”

I felt a cold stare from my right side and turned around to see my bride, who was in a bad mood. Apparently, she had woken up and seen the current conversation.

I wanted to apologize, but seeing Lily in all sorts of unsafe outfits after waking up from sleep, my instincts began to run wild even more.

Ouch, ouch!”

I rushed into the bathroom. I realized that the pain in my stomach from Marie’s stomping on me had long since vanished.

✳︎

“Today, we will begin our training. First of all, we need to be aware of our tasks. Even though it’s ……, I’m sure you’ve all figured that out to some degree by the time you got here, haven’t you?”

“‘Ah, so this was part of your training after all.”

If one is not capable enough to break through the demon forest, one is not qualified to be trained. Even if it is possible to break through, one should not just go through the forest, but should break through while working to overcome challenges of one’ s own.

I realized this while I was traversing the Demon Forest. And it was true. As it was a national project, time could not be wasted.

“Let’s hear what you have to say one at a time, shall we?”

Marie said, and we took it in turns to describe our own problems.

I already have a high enough level of power, so I think I need to improve my understanding of the situation and covering when we are fighting as a team. As for me personally, I need to improve my strength with no magic.

“I need to increase the power and accuracy of my magic.”

“For me, it’s about improving my ability to shoot and the accuracy of my offensive magic.”

Hearing this, Marie nodded her head and said, “Hmm.”

“I am sure that’s true. But you don’t have to come all the way here to do that, can’t you do it yourself?”

“”Ah, …….””

That’s right. This level of challenge is only one that we can overcome in time if we work hard on our own self-improvement. In fact, we have already resolved this problem in the process of going through the Demon Forest, and the problem I just mentioned is just a matter of ” further developing in the future”.

And Marie is not asking such a question. What Marie really wants to ask is: …………

“—-I want to be able to master non-attribute magic so that I can deal with any situation.”

…………The ideal we’re aiming for. ………… It’s about saying what our future self will be after we’ve completed our training. It is only natural that I have challenges at the moment. Then, I guess she is asking us to describe our ultimate goal, which is to have no tasks. This was a message from the most powerful mage in the empire, saying that the training would be given to us so that we could surely reach that goal.

“I want to become stronger. I want to use magic as powerful as Halt’s.”

“I want to master space-time magic even more!　I think this magic has a lot of potential that no one knows about yet.”

The two girl , perhaps realizing the intent of the question, also describe their own ideal goals .

“Ha-ha-ha, you know what I mean!　Not many people have ever realized the purpose of this question.”

Marie smiled wickedly at me.

“This is something worth training for, isn’t it?”

Marie said, narrowing her eyes at me.

✳︎

“By the way, Marie. No one else here but we ?”

I had heard that other young mages with high potential would be gathered.

“There will be others yet to come. But you were the first to arrive. The forest is not so easy that a young teenager can traverse it in a week.”

“Well, we came here in a week. ……”

That’s why you’re not ordinary and have advantage over the rest of them .

She praised us

“How many people are participating?”

Lily asked.

“Hmmm, I think there were fifty or so,” she said.

“That’s a lot.”

Iris seemed to have the same impression.

“But, well, I’d say less than a third of them make it here.”

“What does that mean, ……?”

“Does that mean they are going to die?”

“No, that’s not true. Even if they can’t reach the center of the Demon Forest, they are still a valuable force for the Empire. If they get into a pinch, I will extend a hand to them and send them out of the Demon Forest.”

“With that arrow magic thing?”

That’s right. The whole area of the forest is within my control . I’m not going to give you any information you don’t need to know, but I know everything anything important. about that

The most powerful mage in the imperial kingdom, as expected . I was proud to say that I was still over the top , but Marie was literally at the top o. Her small body emanated an overwhelming atmosphere of unrivaled dignity.

Now, I may only be able to take a good look at your work until the other participants arrive. This is precious time. I will watch each of you and accompany you in your practice in a one-on-one way.”

“I look forward to working with you!”

And so began the  spartan training camp with unknown outcome  and a goal above the cloud