Time Healer Ceres - Chapter 110

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“Have you lost your mind?”
Seres scratched her cheek as she watched her brother Antonien clinging to her, his young eyes blazing with protest.
‘It’s been ages since I’ve heard that.’
When she woke up in this place, that was the very first thing she heard, wasn’t it?
“What’s the problem?”
“You don’t know what the problem is?”
Bringing them here in the first place was the problem!
Antonien barely held back the urge to shout, managing instead to voice his complaint in the smallest voice possible.
“How are we supposed to beat them?”
“Easily.”
“You’re insane——”
Smack!
“Ow——! Why’d you hit me!”
“Because you keep cursing at your sister.”
“That’s not cursing, that’s stating facts!”
“Be quiet.”
It was something she felt again and again — the real problem with this boy was how loud he was.
Even after the Academy’s Swordsmanship Tournament ended, the Group B students found themselves at the Magical Space Training Ground every single day.
Today, as they went through their assigned training, they were caught completely off guard when a group of people suddenly poured into their private space.
Seres had brought knights from the Elrsia Countess Family.
And not just brought them — she was proposing they fight.
“You’re seriously going to pit us against them?”
“Yes.”
“Wow, this is——really——”
Smack!
“Ow, stop! That hurts!”
“You’re banned from the store from now on.”
“What are you talking about? I barely go there anyway!”
“Then where did you pick up that attitude?”
“Where else? From you!”
……
She didn’t think she’d ever cursed in front of the children before.
“What exactly is this place, ma’am?”
“And you can see Snow Mountain over there.”
Hmm.
The knights were equally bewildered.
She’d mentioned a test, but watching her disappear into a cave set deep in the mountains, they couldn’t help but feel confused.
That confusion soon transformed into amazement.
There was such a strange space hidden within a small cave.
“Surely we’re not meant to compete against those children, ma’am?”
“That’s right.”
…Ha.
Captain Tailo let out a hollow laugh.
He’d already heard they’d be fighting Academy students, but he hadn’t expected them to be so young.
Not even graduating students — just middle-tier students?
“Surely you don’t mean we’re to cross swords and actually fight them, ma’am?”
“Then what——?”
If not swords?
“The test is simple.”
Everyone nearby focused on Seres’s voice.
Not just the knights, but the Group B students who stood looking bewildered, wondering what this was all about, fixed their eyes on her.
“You see those two mountains — Stone Mountain and Snow Mountain? Go to the peak of Stone Mountain, circle around Snow Mountain once, and come back here.”
“Snow Mountain?”
“Yes. I’m planning a Physical Endurance Test. And fair warning — I have a way to verify everything. You can’t just pretend you went and came back.”
……
“Surely you don’t intend to lose to children in a basic Physical Endurance Test like this?”
Captain Tailo glanced around with a new sense of gravity in his eyes.
So if they cleared both mountains before the students and made it back here first, they’d win?
“Is any further explanation needed?”
At Seres’s question, Tailo turned to look at his men.
Not a trace of complaint on any of their faces. If anything, they looked relieved.
Wrestling with children was something that had always felt uncomfortable.
Though they’d grown lazy with training of late, they were proper knights nonetheless—surely they wouldn’t lose to these youngsters in something as basic as this.
The terrain did look rather rough, but still, those children wouldn’t stand a chance.
“Of course not.”
Tailo, thinking the same thing, nodded at once.
Wasn’t this just another way of saying they’d have complete freedom with their affairs once this was done?
“Sister.”
“What now?”
“You don’t really think we’re going to win, do you?”
While the knights were preparing to run, Antonien crept back over, his eyes still clouded with doubt.
It was a mercy they weren’t going to fight with swords, but surely she didn’t believe they could actually beat these people in a simple physical endurance test, did she?
Even by physique alone, they were clearly outmatched.
Just looking at those dazzling knight uniforms made him feel sick.
The other children around them all turned their heads at once to look at Seres. This was what they all most wanted to know.
“Why are you saying something so obvious?”
“Right? There’s no way we could lose to—”
“Of course you’ll win.”
“…What?”
“There’s no reason you’d lose to knights who do nothing but idle about all day.”
“But—”
“I didn’t invest all this precious time training you just to waste it.”
…….
Sorry, everyone. Our sister’s actually lost her mind.
Seres lightly tapped Antonien’s shoulder as his mouth hung open in bewilderment, and continued.
“Everyone, take them off.”
“Sir?”
“The weight pouches. Remove them all.”
……!
The children’s eyes went wide.
It was she who had forbidden them from ever removing the weight pouches that grew heavier by the day after the last swordsmanship tournament.
‘Oh…….’
‘It’s looking like…….’
‘If we lose, something bad might happen.’
‘The fact that she’s telling us to remove even this…….’
As the children removed their pouches, they all swallowed dryly in unison.
Seres, who seemed to read their thoughts perfectly, smirked and whispered softly.
“Whoever comes in last… you know what happens?”
Gulp.
“I’ll give the first one to arrive a privilege—one day off from training.”
……!
The children’s eyes transformed in an instant.
A day off from training?!
“When was the last time we rested?”
“I don’t know. Can’t remember.”
“You all know what happened when we tried to complain about taking a day off together before. Since then, I haven’t seen a single person even mention the word ‘rest.'”
“Is a privilege even the issue right now?”
“Whoever comes in last…….”
“…gets killed or something.”
Gulp.
The children no longer cared about the knights at all.
Win first place by any means necessary. Last place meant death.
Watching the children’s eyes grow steadily more fierce, Seres smiled with satisfaction.
‘These ones really don’t know their own strength sometimes.’
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“What is this place, exactly, Seres?”
Herion, the head of the family, who had been quietly observing from one side the whole time, carefully asked the question that had been nagging at her once the test had begun and everyone had rushed off.
“The place you’re going to manage from now on.”
“Pardon? Me… myself?”
He’d deliberately brought her all the way here despite her injured legs—to return this Magical Training Ground to the Elrsia Countess Family.
After all, this space had been created for the knights of the Elrsia family in the first place.
“From now on, the knights of Elrsia will train here.”
“Here?”
“How’s your arm?”
“Huh? Oh, well… what?”
At Seres’s sudden change of subject, Herion’s eyes widened as she found herself absently touching the bandaged arm.
‘The pain…’
The fractured arm that had throbbed with sharp anguish at the slightest touch now felt strangely painless.
What? It shouldn’t have healed this quickly already.
“All wounds heal faster here.”
“Really?”
Seres’s explanation dispelled Herion’s confusion.
“Broken bones mend quickly too. Another hour or two, and that arm will be completely healed.”
“Truly?”
Herion’s face deepened with wonder more profound than ever before.
A place like this existed in the world?
She’d sensed from the moment she entered that this was no ordinary space, but she never imagined it possessed such extraordinary power.
“The training effects are also far superior to the outside world, so make sure the knights train here.”
“I see…”
Herion nodded blankly, her eyes still searching Seres with bewilderment.
Why would she give up such a precious place?
Other noble families would covet it desperately if they knew of it.
“It originally belonged to the Elrsia family.”
“Pardon? What do you mean by…”
It originally belonged to the Elrsia family?
“I’m returning what was theirs—don’t feel burdened by it.”
Herion’s eyes remained full of questions as she looked at Seres, but no further answer came.
“There it comes.”
In the distance, a large bird shimmered with red light as it flew toward them.
It was Juberios, the Spirit King of Fire, sent along as an observer to prevent any irregularities or loopholes.
‘Come to think of it…’
Juberios’s reaction upon seeing this place had been rather peculiar.
[What? This place was still standing intact?]
He’d gazed at it with nostalgic eyes, as though he knew it well.
Then was this truly connected to the Elrsia Countess Family?
Judging by the fact that the Spirit King of Fire who protected the Elrsia family knew of it, it seemed so.
Whoosh!
[Pathetic things!]
Having completed a circuit, Juberios flew down swiftly and perched on Herion’s shoulder, clucking his tongue repeatedly.
The reason for his displeasure became clear soon enough.

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