Alliance, Kapis Dimension sub quarter. C-760 is giving some briefing to Seito and the others.
"By right, I have no right to do so but I was quested by Mr. Vlansky and Dr. Ben to give you some proper training, particularly for the three of you, and I believe he had told you all about that before sending you all here. After settling you all down, we will start the intense training this afternoon." said C-760, particularly toward Seito, Itsuki, and Yuki.
"As for you, Miss Ai. I was informed by Dr.Ben that you followed them here out of boredom, he told me I don't really need to give you any training, so I had prepared some sweets and snacks for you as instructed by Dr. Ben, you can watch over them later from a viewing platform while having some afternoon tea. But if you want to join them with their training, it shouldn't be a problem as well." said C-760 towards Ai.
Ai nodded despite being totally confused...
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Mine Cave Town.
A townspeople have brought Sky, Maria, and Junior to a huge mine cave that is located at the northwest of the town. The whole mine cave is surrounded by a thick ceremonial rope to prevent anyone or anything from getting in or perhaps... getting out from the cave.
Despite bringing Sky and the others to the cave, the townspeople do not dare to get near of it, they are standing at least twenty meters away from the cave.
"This is the furthest we could escort you, we certainly don't want to get near of this cursed and haunted cave. And here's a talisman from the priest lady of the grand temple in our town, I hope that it can provide some form of protection to you all." said one of the townspeople.
Sky nodded and accepted that talisman from the townspeople before heading towards the cave with Maria and Junior. As they reached the entrance of the cave, Sky took out two face masks, he passed one to Junior and wore another one by himself.
"Jun-chan, please make sure you wear your mask properly, the air quality inside is really bad." said Maria as he took out his mask and wore it as well.
After all three of them wore their masks, they stepped into the cave entrance. Despite having the protection of the face mask, they were greeted by a pungent foul smell as soon as they stepped into the cave.
"Ugh... The smell of this cave got even worse since our last visit." said Sky, who is obviously disgusted by the foul smell.
"Mmm... It's a good thing Chris-chan didn't tag along this time. He would really hate this environment in here." said Maria.
"Yeah, and if you have forgotten, he got sick for a whole month after we get out of this cave last time." said Sky.
"No, how could I? That memory is just too awful, I really felt bad for Chris-chan who had to experience that. I definitely don't want that sort of thing to happen again this time." said Maria, slightly shivering a bit while recalling their previous visit.
Despite not knowing anything about the past experiences of Sky and Maria, Junior can feel a tense feeling that slowly growing inside of him.
"Hah... I hope so too. Let's get to the location of that special mineral, mine the mineral we needed, and leave this place as soon as we could." said Sky as he flipped out a special device that showed a holographic map of the cave.
The location they are heading to is marked with an 'x' which is in the near deep end of the cave.
"Heh? Darling, where did you get this map?" Maria asked, rather surprised.
"I generated it by examining the geographical structure of the cave just now along with the memories of our last visit." said Sky.
"Wow... Even though I don't understand half the thing you just said, but that sounds professional." said Maria with a thumbs up.
"Hah... Save your flattering to someone else. Let's just get our work done and leave this place." said Sky as he started walking towards the direction shown by the map. Maria and Junior immediately catch up with him.
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Alliance Kapis sub quarter. Training room.
Seito and Itsuki are having some intense training with two of the ranked soldiers of Alliance who happened to participate in the battle arena tournament, while Yuki is training with a lady official to increase her agility and accuracy in a simulation training room next to the intense training room.
As for Ai, while everyone thought that she would definitely join the training, she chose to watch the training for both parties from the viewing platform while having a nice piece of black forest cake with a cup of chocolate milk.
Then, C-760 walked towards her with a plate of freshly baked cookies, he placed that plate of cookies in front of Ai before sitting down at another chair opposite her.
"Miss Ai, I really thought you would choose to join them in their training, but... I guess these desserts are more attractive huh?" said C-760 in a surprisingly casual tone.
Ai nodded as she stared at the cookies C-760 just brought.
"But for someone who is able to defeat me in the agility test, I doubt if you even need this sort of training." said C-760.
"Hmm? Were you in that agility test?" Ai asked, still staring at the cookies.
"Yes, I ended the test a few seconds after you. Which is quite a shame for me." said C-760.
Ai nodded without saying anything, still staring at the cookies...
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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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