I Thought Your Friend's Sibling Wasn't a Girl? - Chapter 93

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Chapter 93
“I wonder what makes you think that way?”
“……Like this, huh? The captain only oversees one person’s training!”
Olivia glanced at the other two members. Their eyes were full of the familiar reproach: ‘There he goes again with his nonsense.’
And naturally, Olivia read nothing of the emotion ‘I want the captain’s training too’ in their gazes.
“How much Sena and Luka must be—”
“Aiden Oblivion. Stop spouting lies. I don’t want the captain’s training anyway.”
“Sena, you’ve said everything I was about to say. Regular training is enough for me, don’t worry, Olivia. I don’t want to be put through the wringer with the captain even during assignments.”
“……So that’s how it is?”
“You lot. Are you really talking back to the vice-captain?”
“You only remember being vice-captain at times like this.”
Aiden tried to assert his authority with wide eyes, but since he’d already done much to undermine the vice-captain’s standing himself, the others could only snort in amusement.
“Anyway, I should be going. The captain’s waiting for me.”
Olivia brushed Aiden’s hand away and took another step forward.
Aiden’s arm swept through empty air, deprived of both the answer and the result he’d wanted.
‘That’s certainly a strange person.’
If she could, Olivia would have loved to peek inside Aiden’s head. As she took another step with a small shake of her head, it happened.
“I’m coming too!”
“Pardon?”
“I said I’m coming. I need to receive that man’s training too.”
“……You’re serious?”
“Of course I’m serious. Why? Is there a problem?”
There certainly is.
Or rather, even if Aiden were truly sincere, this wasn’t a decision Olivia could make. It would require Yugin’s consent.
Because of that, when Olivia’s answer was delayed, Aiden’s eyes grew steadily more sinister.
“……Why are you taking so long to answer? Am I not allowed to go?”
“Well, you haven’t received the captain’s permission yet.”
“Then I’ll go ask for his permission myself. There, problem solved.”
I don’t even know anymore.
Olivia regarded Aiden with a somewhat weary expression, then headed toward the training ground.
Aiden’s footsteps followed cautiously behind her.
* * *
Scritch, scritch.
“…….”
“…….”
Scritch-scritch. Scritch.
“Say something, will you?”
“Well, Aiden’s patience isn’t particularly long, after all.”
“What do you mean by that? What’s wrong with my patience?”
The moment they arrived at the training ground set up near the camp, a tense standoff between Aiden and Yugin began.
Yugin had cast Olivia a brief look that said ‘Why did you bring this one?’, but soon enough he seemed to accept it. The attitude was one of: it’s Aiden, after all.
“Aiden. So, what’s your reason for following us all the way here?”
“I was curious what kind of training you’re doing.”
“Really? Aren’t you already receiving separate training?”
“……In any case. There’s no problem with me observing, is there?”
“Do as you please. Would you even listen if I tried to stop you?”
Yugin spoke thus and gestured to Olivia. She moved obediently and sat cross-legged at the spot he indicated.
With the Defensor unsheathed and resting on her knees, she closed her eyes quietly. Even Aiden, whose mind had been in turmoil, ceased to trouble her.
“Now, Olivia. As I mentioned yesterday, feel the mana within your body while maintaining the breathing pattern. That’s where it begins.”
Yugin’s voice came from nearby.
Training with him was generally quiet.
Breathing and meditating, pruning the branches of thought, learning to focus inward.
As Olivia’s breathing deepened, she began to listen to the inner voice within herself.
Moving her mana, feeling the power that permeated it.
“I’ll place my hand on your back for a moment.”
Olivia gave a small nod of assent to Yugin’s softly spoken words. Soon she felt warmth and a light weight on her back.
“Feel the flow. Authority is a matter of understanding, but to achieve that, it’s crucial that you properly sense what power you possess. You master the correct direction first, then apply it.”
A force not her own flowed into her body. It was Yugin’s power.
At first it felt quite foreign, but by now it had become somewhat familiar—it flowed through her body slowly, as if bidding her to follow.
“Ungh.”
“Good. You’re doing well.”
Yugin’s voice was consistently kind. His power moved with the same composure and gentleness he possessed, yet it was natural that something foreign invading her body would never feel comfortable.
A tingling sensation seemed to spread along her veins. Olivia clenched her lips and struggled to keep pace with Yugin’s movements.
“Your mana was twisted once before, so you need to get your direction exactly right.”
Yugin’s words flowed like water. Olivia followed the current of mana in a trance-like state.
Though not much time had passed, her entire body was drenched in sweat. The mana that departed from her heart moved serenely through her body’s veins and eventually extended even to the Defensor resting on her knees.
The Defensor sensed the movement of mana and resonated.
Hummmmm, hummm.
Through repeated training, she’d begun to understand bit by bit. What exactly Yugin had meant by ‘the object of Authority Bloom.’
It was the Defensor. Her blade, which at some point had accepted her as its master.
Olivia sat quietly in thought.
‘What kind of power is Authority, really?’
Mind-Domination Authority. The authority said to belong to the weakest tier among the Demon King’s powers.
Yet the Defensor had accepted Olivia, who hadn’t even properly awakened her Authority, as its master.
And that was precisely thanks to her Mind-Domination Authority.
‘I certainly had the will to protect them. But what does that have to do with Authority?’
Hummmmm, hummm.
Before long, Olivia’s consciousness flew with the Defensor to that day, to the site where the field training exercise had taken place.
The Demon Beast seemed to undulate darkly, and her vision was paralyzed again. In that state, Olivia felt the flow of power as she gripped the Defensor with all her might.
‘I have to protect them.’
‘I can’t let those kids die.’
Following the vows she’d made that day, the mana and power within her body moved frantically and rapidly through her frame. The Demon Beast’s movements grew violent. Something surges toward her.
This would be the end of Olivia’s memory.
Olivia, sensing this, opened her eyes wide and stared ahead. That was the moment.
[……I don’t want to live ■□ again.]
A strange voice sounded, and the mana that had been swirling through her body hit something and reversed—
“Gasp!”
“Olivia. You’re all right. For now, just try breathing again.”
Olivia returned to reality.
As she regulated her breathing as Yugin instructed, her trembling body gradually found stability.
“I… heard something… just now.”
“Rest a bit more for now.”
As Olivia was attempting to follow that instruction and settle herself further.
‘But… isn’t that voice coming from quite close?’
Perhaps because her body had eased somewhat, such a thought suddenly occurred to her.
“Step back, Captain. I’ll take care of Olivia.”
Aiden, his appearance somewhat disheveled from before, approached them with a sinister expression.
Only then could Olivia properly comprehend the situation.
The moment she lifted her head, she saw Yugin’s face.
He was smiling as usual, but that smile seemed somewhat cold, and his violet eyes were fixed on the one approaching them.
Even as he did so, he must have been observing Olivia carefully, for when she regained her composure, he took a step back and naturally brought their gazes into alignment.
“Olivia. Are you feeling a bit better now?”
“Ah……. Yes, I’m fine. But what is this situation? Brother—no, senior, why do you look like—”
“I simply didn’t want to disturb your awakening.”
Before Olivia could respond, someone wrapped an arm around her shoulders and drew her into their embrace.
A familiar scent and a familiar warmth. It was Aiden.
Olivia relaxed her body and leaned slightly against him. The hand pulling her close tightened its grip.

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