"I feel like I'm going to die…"
It was really hard, hard enough to kill me.
Climbing just one stair made my legs tremble terribly.
"Loreos… that bastard"
Was it any wonder I was late after running three extra laps?
Yet Loreos called me to the training room for additional training because I was late.
Why?
Why the hell!
What did I do to deserve this!
Why was I the only one being tormented like this from the first day!
The only plausible reason could be that the Calliope family requested to torment me…
'…That can't be right.'
Loreos was not someone who could be swayed by money or power, even if it killed him.
I couldn't understand it, but he just disliked me.
Thinking back to what he said when I finally collapsed makes it even clearer.
"Are you really down from just this much training? Looks like you'll need continuous additional training for a while."
"Damn it.."
I might as well change the game title. Not 'Academy's Trainer.'
It should be 'Marked by a Professor on the First Day of the Academy.'
Carnea Academy was quiet.
It's bound to be quiet because the academy had long ended by the time I was receiving additional training in the training room.
Entering the classroom, I found a water bottle and a towel placed on my desk.
It's obvious who put them there.
There's no one else in the class who would look after me, so it must be Lucia Uruella.
Since I had told her to act like herself from before I trained her inside the academy, she couldn't come out by herself, so she must have prepared the towel and water like this.
I was grateful for being looked after, but I hoped she hadn't been caught…
"Grrr."
Wiping off the sweat with the towel and drinking the freshly poured cold water seemed to revive me.
'Should I be thankful?'
As someone with a normal mindset, receiving such kindness would naturally warrant a thank you, but not to Lucia.
I was sure the moment Lucia received thanks, she'd suspect my qualification as a master had dropped.
Rather, she would prefer me to not act out of turn and would rather spit or slap her as a way of saying thanks.
Thanking someone by spitting and slapping… truly a bleak future.
I put the water bottle and towel in my bag and headed towards the dormitory gate, and saw silvery hair fluttering in the distance.
Even at dawn, just how long has she been waiting for me.
I sighed once.
Then I put strength into my trembling legs and straightened my bent back, acting like the protagonist of the first episode.
"…"
The moment I stepped outside the gate, I was a bit tense that she might rush at me, but Lucia did not move an inch.
Something was off, but it didn't seem right for me to speak first, so I kept walking.
One step, two steps, three steps.
As soon as I took the third step, Lucia started to follow quietly.
A hollow laugh escaped me.
Though I did tell her to keep a bit of distance in the morning, I didn't expect her to follow it to such an extent.
"…"
I turned my head to look at Lucia's face.
It was a cold expression reminiscent of Lucia before she became a trainee, but she seemed to be hesitating slightly with her mouth.
It seemed like she had something to say but was holding back because she didn't dare to be informal with me.
I looked around. As I said, the academy had ended long before the scheduled time.
There was no one around.
When I stopped, Lucia also halted her steps abruptly.
"…Since there's no one around, you may speak as a slave."
"Eh..? Ah! Hehe, thank you, Master!"
As Lucia was about to approach me with a bright smile, I stepped back and said,
"Stupid girl. Did I tell you to come closer without permission?"
"Ah… s-sorry. I was just so happy to be able to be a slave again. Oh, and that doesn't mean I dislike being trained by the Master again…"
Lucia stammered and stepped back.
Yes, we should at least keep this distance so anyone seeing us can be misdirected.
As I walked back towards the dormitory, I said,
"So, you've been waiting here all this time? Didn't I tell you to act like yourself before you became a slave?"
Lucia's appearance was too conspicuous. If she had been waiting here for a long time, some students must have thought it strange.
Then Lucia, startled, shook her head left and right.
"No, that's not it. I was hiding well so others wouldn't notice me. But no matter how long I waited, the Master didn't come out, so I thought something might have happened…"
"Something happened? I received special training from Professor Loreos. You knew that and brought the water bottle, didn't you?"
"Water bottle…?"
Lucia looked at me blankly, blinking as if she didn't understand what I was saying.
"…I, I just kept acting like the stupid Lucia who doesn't appreciate the Master's kindness, as you told me to…"
Lucia responded with an increasingly faint voice.
"…?"
Now I was the one who didn't understand.
If Lucia didn't bring the water bottle, then who did?
"You didn't put this water bottle on my desk?"
I took the water bottle out of my bag and handed it to Lucia.
"…The water is cold. It seems like it was just poured…"
Lucia fiddled with the bottle for a while and then muttered quietly, glancing towards Class 5.
"…So someone else put the water bottle on the Master's desk?"
"If it wasn't your forgetful self, then probably."
"Hmm…"
Lucia observing the water bottle gave off a strange vibe.
'What's this?'
Normally in adult games, this atmosphere would imply jealousy, but that's impossible for Lucia.
Lucia did not get jealous.
In fact, she couldn't.
'…Because I made her that way.'
When I was training her in the first round, the most important thing was to eliminate emotions like Lucia's jealousy.
In 'Academy's Trainer', besides the main heroine, there were other girls, and I sometimes flirted with them when I was bored.
But I didn't want Lucia to get hurt by jealousy, so I trained her not to feel it.
As a result, Lucia became happy even when I was training other females.
She would even lure other girls to me without being asked.
There's no way Lucia could be jealous.
"It's good! Someone has noticed the Master's charm!"
As if to prove that my feeling was a misconception, Lucia spoke with a bright voice and a wide smile.
"That's really good! Master, please let me help when you grace that female with your favor."
"…Shut up, it's too loud."
Even though there's no one around, it's not good to yell about 'females' like this.
"Sorry.. I got too excited."
Lucia bowed her head deeply and shrugged her shoulders. I sighed inwardly and told her,
"…You have something to do. If you do it well, I'll reward you."
"A reward?"
Lucia's face flushed as she imagined what it might be, then she gulped.
"First, at the old bookstore…"
I ignored Lucia's anticipation and whispered about the preparations needed for the 'Vivian Beatrice Brainwashing Trainer' route.
Upon entering the room and checking the status window, the special training wasn't entirely ineffective.
[Stats]
Strength 10 Agility 10 Stamina 10
Intelligence 10 Magic Power 10 Luck 20
…If only I could say that. Damn, the status window showed no changes at all.
After all, if a day's worth of stamina training increased my stats, they wouldn't say the combat difficulty was brutal.
It seemed that I'd need to train like this throughout the school year just to maybe reach a stamina of 15.
"Ughh.."
That was, if I survived until then.
The muscle pain all over my body was no joke. Even a slight movement brought pain as if I had been beaten up. I couldn't even muster the energy to get out of bed, so I just reached out and waited.
[Telekinesis (Rank E)]
The water bottle on the desk lifted as if wrapped in telekinetic force and stuck to my hand.
I was a bit uncertain, but choosing this unique ability was definitely a good decision.
Even in this state of pain, I could use it naturally. If it were magic, it would have taken much longer to calculate.
'And its utility has become even greater than in the game.'
In the game, telekinesis was used only to lift objects or press down opponents, but now I could use it like this.
I held my palms facing each other and created a sphere with telekinesis between them.
Woong-
The typical use of telekinesis was to hurl it at the opponent to strike them.
However, what I was about to do next was a power I developed here, which didn't exist in the game.
I compressed the spherical telekinesis by applying force from both sides.
My head throbbed and sweat started to form, but I ignored it and concentrated more.
Suddenly, the sphere of telekinesis morphed into an oval and eventually became as thin as a blade.
Shaak-
When I released the compressed telekinesis, it sliced a fruit in half that was on the table.
"Phew…"
It took a long time right now and the power was only enough to cut fruit at close range, but continuous practice would surely be beneficial.
Suddenly, I felt as tired as if a switch had been turned off.
It's the cost of using telekinesis beyond its level.
"Maybe I should go to sleep…"
I needed to wake up early tomorrow for Vivian's conquest, but the training had left both my body and mind in tatters.
As my consciousness faded, I prayed that tomorrow would bring good fortune.
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