It was night time… 0

Ellen finished her training in the training hall and washed up before heading to the dining room.0

She thought the whole situation was absurd.0

Reinhart had gone to the Orbis Class dormitory, faced-off with two of their students, and while fighting a senior in the second round, had forced himself to use Mana Reinforcement and then passed out for four days.0

When Reinhart regained consciousness, though, all the emotions that had built up in her over those four days vanished.0

‘He’s alive and safe now. No need to worry.’0

Once that thought washed away her pent-up worry, she got angry.0

She was so angry that it was hard to bear. Both she and now Reinhart had paid the price for clumsily achieving success.0

However, she had been in a life-threatening situation, while Reinhart had merely been in a quarrel with a senior.0

Ellen found it hard to understand why he had to engage in such reckless behavior in such a trivial situation.0

She wanted to tell him, “Why are you in such a hurry, and why do you always choose the dangerous path? Never do that again. Watching you doing this feels like it’s killing me. While you were unconscious, it felt like I was the one dying, not you.”3

Would he stop doing such things if she said that?1

She wasn’t sure, but she wanted to say it. Maybe he would refrain from such dangerous actions, even a little.0

‘What is he so desperate for? Why is he overexerting himself like this?’0

In Ellen’s mind, there was only one reason she could think of.0

After their return from the Dark Land, the gap between their skill level had widened even more. She had learned to use Mana Reinforcement, and although Reinhart had also gotten much stronger, the absolute gap had widened.0

That was why he had asked her to teach him Mana Reinforcement. The lessons weren’t going so well, though, but he tried to force it to happen. Ellen was frustrated because she couldn’t teach him properly, and Reinhart was frustrated that it wasn’t working,...0