It was the next day of tournament preparation, I had leveled up to 343 and it shocked Koga and Edna. Edna started saying scary things and Koga was visibly depressed and muttering to himself in self depracation.
Mana control lesson in the morning was the same, I would condense my mana into a ball and shape it into weapons and walls. I had also picked up my new primal crystal dagger that had the [mana deflection trait] and could survive explosions.
We trained Koga to the point where he could detect enemies from more than 10 meters away even if they were behind a tree. We used Edna to pretend to be the enemy, Koga would turn on [illusion] before walking in front of Edna and give her a scare by suddenly appearing. I just hope he is not using illusion to do any weird things to Edna. Koga's brown spiked hair blew in the wind, Edna's blonde ponytail was resting under a tree trunk. We were taking a break. The next activity was just for me to chase Koga and for him to run for his life. I would adjust my speed to be the same as his and run right behind him to give him a scare. There were times where I almost accidentally ran in front of him.
Ah~ This was the first weekend after starting school. The 3 days of training was over and Edna invited me and Koga out for some reason. "..., don't tell me we are going to do some training? I wanted to laze around."
"o...Of course not! I invited you guys out for a meal! And I'm pretty sure Koga here is pretty stressed from your training regime, being near 2 pretty girls on a weekend should heal him up!" (Edna) "Since when did you get so bold? You might as well go to Koga's house yourself and become his s**s***e". Edna gives a puzzled look as Koga becomes as ripe as a tomato. "See Koga here doesn't mind, you should go to his house, Edna. " I proceed to whisper into Koga's ear, "this is your one chance. Unless... you.want.me.instead?"
Blood splurted out of Koga's nose as he collapses on the floor."Oh no! I accidentally whispered a curse into his ear!". "Why does he look happy?!" (Edna). Continuing to walk and leaving Koga behind, Edna gave up and just followed me. "So where did you want to bring us?" "Ah, its there restaurant over there!" (Edna) Entering what looks like an antique wood door, the inside of the restaurant had a cozy atmosphere. The wooden chairs were bent and there was chatters of laughter in one corner of the restaurant. Looks like it was well received.
" Edna! Your back so quick, didn't you go to meet your friends?" ( lady) A middle-aged waiter came to greet Edna. Puzzled, I ask Edna who that lady was. "Oh, she's my mum, my dad's the cook. They run a restaurant together." So she took her friends to eat at her family's restaurant. Walking over to Edna's mum, I decided to greet her. "Thanks for treating us to the food, we have been in Edna's care and we are grateful for her help as she is a good support mage." "Ah, I can't make Ednavs friend bow like this. Go on and get a seat, you can order at any time!" (Edna's mum)
Finding a seat, the 3 of us sat around a table large enough for 4. "Speaking of which, Emily, did you have some image change from your white dress to a teal dress and hoodie?" (Edna) "Nah, I wear this hoodie when school is over as it would look strange in class, though I think it looks cool, I don't think society will think the same. This teal dress was just because everytime I finish my grinding at the dungeon, I would be all sweaty and my white dress will become translucent, you know what that means right? ", "... Ouh.. "(Edna) Edna's cheeks became flustered, well that's okay because she is cute.
After ordering and receiving our food, Edna's mum decided to enter the conversation." Hey Edna, is that your boyfriend~ Or is that Emily-chan's? "(E's mum)
" What do you think? Mister Boyfriend~?"
Koga doesn't answer and just focuses on his soup. "Tch, boring, how about you Edna? "
"No! There is nothing between us! In fact Emily-chan's the one that is closer to Koga than I am!" (Edna) "Well, thatvs because I'm sort of a tomboy even If I love dresses and I can sympathise with others much easier because I'm slightly less akward than you are. Is that jealousy I sense~?" Edna blushes uncontrollably. Eh? Don't tell me she really likes Koga and only invited me so that she wouldn't be nervous?! Well I won't get in the way, but isn't this just using me? I'm a level 300+,I have a extremely high level of combat whereby I have other uses besides being a third wheel you know? *sigh* huuuh~, what did I get into? I just wanted to relax at home because I have been grinding at the dungeon nonstop. Whatever, at least there is a free meal.
With that, we continued to have our meals and chat a little while before seperating on our ways and going back home. After the weekend passed by, it was time for the tournament...