The Failed Swordmaster - Chapter 93

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Chapter 93 37. You’re the Best, Teacher Lumian! (3)

Tania Eloise.

She was a talented woman with beautiful looks, proper conduct, and good grades, but she had never dated anyone before.

She had never experienced liking someone, nor did she feel the need for it.

The moment she started dating someone, wasting time would be inevitable.

There would be less time to invest in swordsmanship and less time to focus on studies. It would also become difficult to manage connections that would benefit her. It was completely useless for her ambitions.

Of course, if she planned to benefit from a man’s family, it could be a strategy of sorts, but she didn’t want that.

My dreams will be achieved through my own strength!

Having thought this way, Tania was extremely flustered by her current reaction.

“Tania, hello?”

“Huh? Oh, hi.”

“At the dormitory at this hour? How unusual. I thought you’d be in the middle of training.”

“Ahaha, today I was planning to do aura training in my room…”

“Really? But who’s that man next to you? Huh? Lumian Calard…”

“Hello. I’m Tania’s junior. I came to help with her training.”

“Right! He, he’s following me to help with my training…”

“Really? Is that so?”

A friend she met at the dormitory entrance approached Tania.

And with a mischievous expression, she whispered in her ear.

“Training is just an excuse, aren’t you planning to have a date in your room?”

“No!”

Tania’s face turned red as she smacked her friend’s back.

Her friend collapsed with a thud! An ordinary woman couldn’t handle the palm strike of a knight cadet with real force behind it.

Tania apologized in a flustered voice.

“Ah, s-sorry…”

“Ugh… Isn’t that too much? It was just a joke…”

It wasn’t. She definitely hadn’t looked like she was joking.

Even while collapsed, her friend was squinting and smiling. As if saying ‘I know everything.’

Tania, who helped her friend up, glanced toward Lumian.

It had been a very quiet voice, but his level was Sword Expert.

If he wanted to listen, it was loud enough for him to hear.

Tania became anxious, wondering if he had heard her friend’s words, and if so, what kind of reaction he would show.

“…”

Lumian showed no interest at all.

As if respecting her privacy, he stood a step away looking elsewhere.

His eyes seemed unfocused. He was probably thinking about how to teach her. Lumian had often shown such behavior recently.

Always thinking of her and caring for her!

Normally she would have been very grateful, but now the situation was different.

Tania made an annoyed expression.

‘Doesn’t he realize he’s entered the women’s dormitory?’

A complex mix of disappointment, frustration, and slight irritation welled up.

She was extremely agitated right now, but seeing Lumian so calm in contrast made her feel inexplicably heated up inside.

Of course, she had no intention of showing it. How could she tell him such inner thoughts when he worked so hard every day for her skill improvement?

‘Well, entering the dormitory is a common occurrence.’

Tania recovered her expression.

That was right. Tarasan Academy wasn’t a school that restricted interaction between genders, and it was quite common for opposite genders to visit each other’s dormitories.

Of course, entering someone’s room of the opposite gender, and spending quite a long time inside, was a different story!

‘The moment you stand in front of my room door, you’ll have no choice but to be conscious of it, right?’

Though it seemed like her purpose for bringing Lumian to her room had somehow changed, Tania didn’t mind.

She really wanted to see Lumian’s face turn red, to see him nervously enter a room of the opposite gender.

“Huh? Tania? With a man…”

“Don’t say weird things. It’s not like that.”

“Tania? Who’s next to you…”

“He’s my junior who came to help with aura training.”

However, several obstacles blocked Tania’s path before reaching her room.

Being sociable, she knew many people. Naturally, questions kept pouring in.

The problem was that only she was flustered, while Lumian wasn’t flustered at all.

From the moment he entered the dormitory until now, he had been lost in his own thoughts.

He didn’t care what was happening around him. He only worried about the upcoming training and guidance.

Needless to say, Tania’s insides boiled even more.

“Phew, we’re here.”

“Ah, are we here already? I had a lot to think about…”

‘This guy!’

Tania, standing in front of her room door, glared at Lumian for a moment.

He didn’t even notice that. There was no hesitation either.

As if wanting to enter the room quickly, he was only looking toward the door.

She felt completely deflated.

‘Does he have absolutely no interest in me?’

If he were someone with no interest in women, that would be understandable, but that wasn’t the case either.

Tania knew how Lumian had acted around Leiton Wino. That’s why his current attitude was even more upsetting.

“Well then, let’s go in.”

“Yes.”

Hearing Lumian’s calm response, Tania opened her room door.

Her expression was utterly listless. Even though she was about to do aura training, she felt no energy at all.

That’s when it happened.

Several dangerous things caught her eye.

Bang!

“Wh-what?”

“W-wait! My room is messy!”

Tania, who had entered the room alone, slammed the door shut forcefully.

And quickly hid several items.

Two portraits of Lumian she had framed about two weeks ago.

And one book she had purchased from ‘Hit Me’ that she had briefly, very briefly looked at on her bed before sleeping yesterday.

‘I can’t show him this!’

Having finished thinking, Tania moved like lightning.

She put the frames in a drawer and locked it with a key, and quickly hid the adult book under her bed.

There were several other things that looked unorganized. Her room was quite messy since she’d been putting all her energy into training lately.

She cleaned everything up at superhuman speed. If Lumian had seen it, he would have been impressed by the speed.

Only after all that work was finished did Tania let Lumian into her room.

He said.

“Ah, I’m sorry. Thinking about it, this was decided too suddenly.”

“No, it’s fine. It’s usually clean, but I’ve been focusing on training lately…”

“Come on, it probably was clean originally. If it had been really messy, you couldn’t have organized it in just a moment.”

Lumian said with a smiling face.

Though his words were full of consideration, Tania was still dissatisfied.

His reaction was still bland. She stared intently at Lumian’s dry expression.

“Why, what’s wrong?”

“…Nothing. Should we start the training right away?”

“Oh, yes. Let’s do that. During training, I’ll place my hands on you and channel my energy to figure out what the problem is…”

“Okay, I understand. I won’t be startled or anything.”

After finishing her words, Tania immediately sat down on the floor.

Just moments ago, her heart had been pounding wildly, and her head felt dizzy. Her body kept running hot, making her worry, ‘Will I even be able to practice cultivation?’

But not anymore. Her coldly cooled emotions made her calm.

She closed her eyes, took her position, and began cultivation.

Somehow, she seemed to be concentrating better than usual.

“…Hmm.”

Lumian looked at Tania with relieved eyes.

She had seemed distracted the entire way here, but fortunately she started cultivation without any problems. He nodded and thought.

‘Teaching her is rewarding. Incredible talent, diligent, and excellent concentration too.’

Leading a talented junior down the right path was considerable joy for a senior knight.

It had been the same with Teoro, Bumer, and Cal Krone. He smiled gently as he watched Tania slowly sink into her own world.

‘I should watch a bit more, then examine her dantian and energy flow when she’s completely immersed.’

Having finished his thoughts, Lumian nodded. Then he stared intently at Tania’s face as she practiced cultivation.

‘The more I look, the prettier she really is.’

Such a thought occurred to him without realizing it.

Of course, there had never been a moment when Tania wasn’t pretty.

When they first met, even when she was drenched in sweat from harsh training, she was beautiful. The problem was her small chest.

But now, Lumian’s thoughts about Tania had changed.

From ‘Pretty, but no chest.’

To ‘Her chest isn’t much, but she’s pretty,’ his train of thought had shifted.

It seemed like nothing much, but the more he thought about it, the more tremendous the difference!

Lumian suddenly realized this.

Then his heart rate instantly increased. Changes began occurring in his previously calm mind.

‘Come to think of it, this is only the second time I’ve entered a girl’s room….’

He gulped.

Even though it was the same space, it felt completely different. Every corner of the room that bore traces of Tania’s touch and scent made his heart flutter.

‘No, get a grip!’

Whooooom-!

Lumian drew up his Mountain Aura. Among it, he focused on the earth imagery.

Then his confused mind found its center. Soon recovering his composure, he reproached himself.

Right now he was responsible for Tania’s future.

At such an important moment, he couldn’t be having improper thoughts. All the more so because he cherished Tania.

‘Focus, focus!’

Whew, exhaling, Lumian reached his hand toward Tania’s back.

The feeling was strange. Forcibly ignoring this, he slowly let his energy flow.

Sensing the flow of aura, grasping the state of her dantian.

Time flew by as he diagnosed various other things. Meanwhile, Lumian’s mind became as quiet as when he had entered the room.

He had also found the problems. Nodding, he gently removed his hand from her back.

‘As expected, when it comes to the ability to accumulate aura….’

Looking at that alone, the greatest talent in Academy history wasn’t Cal Krone but Tania Eloise.

No, it wasn’t even at that level. Lumian closed his eyes with a serious expression.

‘It’s regrettable. If only I had known a little earlier… No. Actually, it’s not too late even now.’

There was a solution.

The problem was that it wasn’t an intuitive method, but Tania would surely be able to overcome it. He would help her too.

As he was having such various thoughts, Tania, who had finished cultivation at some point, called to Lumian.

“Did you figure something out?”

“Ah!”

Opening his eyes, Lumian stepped back slightly.

He had been too close because he was placing his hand on her back.

Seeing this, Tania felt bewildered.

‘Why is this kid who was so composed the whole time suddenly acting like this?’

Looking at Lumian’s slightly reddened face, she was dumbfounded.

She didn’t understand either. She decided to set aside the tickling emotions for now and handle official matters first.

“There’s no major problem, right? I may not know about other things, but when it comes to cultivation, I’m confident….”

“Senior Tania.”

“Huh?”

Lumian suddenly interrupted Tania’s words.

It was rude behavior, but she couldn’t scold him.

She couldn’t. Because Lumian’s gaze was far too serious.

That wasn’t the end of it.

The words that came from his mouth were even more serious.

“Why don’t you believe in yourself like this?”

“…Huh?”

“I always thought Senior Tania was a confident person, but I was wrong.”

“What do you mean? You’re right. I’m always overflowing with confidence.”

“From what I can see, it doesn’t seem that way.”

“What’s with you all of a sudden.”

Tania’s confusion deepened.

However, Lumian didn’t bend his assertion. He spoke again.

“If Senior Tania truly believed in herself, you wouldn’t have remained at this level.”

“That’s a bit offensive? I may be weaker than you, but I’m still the top student of the third year. Talking about me like that….”

“Of course you’re amazing even now. But Senior’s potential isn’t just at that level.”

Lumian’s words gained more force.

It was as if forged from molten iron. Even though he hadn’t drawn up his aura, Tania had no choice but to close her mouth under his strange pressure.

He continued speaking.

“If Senior could properly handle your own power, if you could use all the aura accumulated in your body… if you hadn’t set your own limits yourself.”

“….”

“If that were the case, Senior Tania would have become an Expert by now. I’m confident, no, I’m certain of it.”

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