Kapis Dimension, Secret Base, training hall.
After trying to figure out the secret in the octagonal star orb for a whole hour, they finally gave up and decided to continue with the intense training, this time it's only Bob against Seito and Itsuki, Sky and Junior are watching, Maria had left the room and joined the girls in making some sweets which make Junior really curious about a rather serious matter...
"I had been wondering about a thing, you said that the tournament will start in less than a month, but I rarely seen the girls join us with the training, aren't they are going to enter the tournament as well? Don't they need to train?" Junior asked.
"Trust me, they indeed don't need any training for that, they are way stronger than they look. Moreover, magic limiter will be applied in the tournament, which means every contestant will have the same level of magic, so the magic gap will not be a problem." said Sky.
"You serious?" said Junior, rather hard to believe. "Yes, if not why would you think Chris, Maria, and I are allowed to enter the tournament?" said Sky.
"No, I mean... If the magic gap is not even an issue, then what's the point of all these intense trainings for Seito and Itsuki? Aren't it's to improve their magic level? Especially Itsuki." said Junior, both confused and curious.
"Well, I have my own reasons. Hehe..." said Sky with a 'Chris-like' scheming smile...
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Meanwhile, infirmary. Hoshe is doing his jobs given by Ben, including examining the conditions of Marco who has yet to regain her consciousness. Ben is checking all of his medicines and herbs to see if he needs to restock anything or not.
"Her conditions are pretty much stabled and most of her injuries had recovered, but I wonder why she hasn't regained her consciousness yet." said Hoshe.
"Well, to be honest, it's already a miracle that she is still alive. She probably needs more time, since her life force right now is purely depends on that magic core in her body." said Ben.
Hoshe nodded, pretending that he doesn't know the 'source' of that magic core.
After a while, the siblings had done with their doctor's works and are now doing some paperwork, like recording all the reports and checking all the related documents ensuring nothing is left out or misdone. Then Hoshe stared at his younger brother, he is having a lot of questions in his head about his younger brother.
"If my things are bothering you, you can just speak out to me." said Ben as he noticed his elder brother's uneasiness.
"Well... I..." Hoshe is in hesitant.
"Is it about my father?" Ben asked, emphasizing the 'my'.
"Ah... Yes... I am wondering... Did you by any chance found out about..." Hoshe is still in hesitant.
"Know the truth behind his death?" said Ben. "Yes..." said Hoshe, in a really low volume that is almost like a whisper.
"Well, maybe you haven't known about it yet, but my father gave me parts of his memories before he passed away. That is of course including what you had done." said Ben, rather calm compared to Hoshe.
"What? Does that mean you know everything..."
"No, I would not say it is whole truth behind his death, but I can tell you that, your idiotic deeds is indeed one of the causes of his death, although I very doubt it's the main reason." said Ben, still very calm despite the topic.
"What do you mean by that?" Hoshe asked, rather confused.
"Do you actually think my father is a weak person that will die because of such a lousy reason? Yes, he used up a huge amount of magic and sustained a huge damage to repair the damage from your idiotic deeds but I very doubt that it is enough to end his life." said Ben.
"You mean there is another hidden reason behind Lord Shiya's death?" Hoshe asked rather shocked.
"Yes, and I'm very certain that, Chris might know everything about it in detail but choose to keep it as a secret, probably because of the death wish of my father." said Ben.
"Eh?"
Hoshe is even more confused when Ben pulled Chris into this matter.
"And I believe it has something to do with the angels. I seriously don't think his hybrid angel's identity is enough to create such a hatred of him towards the angels and I don't think Chris is a person that would launch a war towards the Heavenly Realm just because of some unimportant village." said Ben while taking off his glasses and starts cleaning It.
Hoshe nodded, despite found it hard to absorb what Ben had just told him. Then, they continued with their paperwork in silence.
Suddenly, a burst of laughter can be heard from outside the infirmary breaking the silence, it's the girl's laughter from the cafeteria kitchen.
"Ah... Seriously, I wonder what they are doing right now? They are supposed to be in the kitchen right now, right? Their laughter surely has some strong penetrative effect." said Ben.
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Meanwhile, Cafeteria kitchen. Maria and the girls had baked an average-sized cake and are about to decorate it with different frostings and toppings prepared by Jason.
"Jason-chan, are you sure you are not joining the tournament? You might miss a lot of funs you know?" said Maria as he covered the cake with different colors of frostings.
"Well, that earth Deity will certainly fit in better, I never liked this sort of thing ever since I was still working with the celestial court." said Junior.
"Aww... I really wish to see you showing your skills in the tournament." said Maria.
"Well, too bad it's not a cooking contest." said Jason with a smile while handed a plate of nicely chopped fruits to Maria...
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*Something out of the story
Sky: "Dear readers."
Chris: "Hmm?"
Sky: "This chapter is meant to be released for webnovel.com."
Chris: "Oh! This matter. Yes, if you're reading this chapter on another platform than webnovel.com, know that it's an illegal copy diffused without the Writer's authorization."
Sky: "As what Chris said. Right now, this story is free on the authorized platform, so please read it from authorized platforms as mental support for the writer."
Chris: "Mhm... There are two authorized platforms. One is webnovel.com. And another one is that messy and half-dead Weebly site that she uses for draft and backup... But not recommended."
Sky: "Ah... Haha. Yes, as Chris said."
Chris: "But look out, those scums might change this note to their own website link. So, be cautious.
Sky : "By the way, if the cover page is the old cover page that shows two stickmen, stop reading it, it's cursed and might caused the writer to stop writing."
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