In the final week, Junya fought against more Mobs. Polishing his craft and getting stronger from Elo he would gain. Alice would continue to instruct him a reprimand him whenever he did something idiotic.
Her scolding was even worse when he made the same mistake twice or got injured. Using Elo Alcohol seems like a way of scolding him, that not listening would get him hurt.
Whenever Junya was getting beaten, Alice would stay behind the grill and watch him get beaten, without ever intervening. It made Junya wonder If she really planned on watching him die.
Junya was fighting a Yeti that was running wild trying to squash him like a fly. After every attack the yeti made, Junya would use Asura step and slash his skin open, dying his fur red every time.
The anger and the loss of blood made it become slow and hard to keep standing. Soon it dropped to its legs and Junya delivered the final strike, separating its head.
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30 Gained, Ordinary Snow Yeti Killed. No Mob Drops.
[Name: Junya Wotanbe]
Level: 5
Elo: 130/150
Blessing: Fallen Slaughter (Angel)
Ability: Asura Step(Beginner) | Demon Crash (Beginner)
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Unlike before Junya was not on the floor and stood waiting for Alice.
"Why did you only dodge? Were you afraid?" Alice in a deadpan tone. "You could have killed him like the ogre. You lack flexibility in your steps as well. It's something you should take into consideration"
"I will," Junya replied, It was all he could see whenever Alice lectured him because she was always right.
"There are no more Mobs, my money isn't that tall. School is tomorrow, you should go and take a shower, for now, you smell awful," Alice faked a gag and held his nose.
Blood, sweat, and grime stuck to his body like an extra layer of skin. His suit was torn, leaving only a few strong to cover his prized jewels. This continuous wounding and healing of his skin made his skin soft to the touch.
He went into the shower which turned out to be another section in the wall. It wasn't a surprise to him that the bathroom was luxurious and made of granite and the purest marble.
Junya stepped into the bath which was similar to a small bedroom. 'I don't know why she needs this much space to wash, but what the heck'
He took off all his clothes and turned on the water which came from the nipples of a mermaid that was on the wall.
'Weird taste' Junya made the water wash his body of all the fatigue that lingered in his body. The blood and sweat that caked on his body in the last week washed of his body making the water black.
He scrubbed himself off and finished after the water that ran off his body became clear. 'Took a few hours, but I'm finally free from all the gunk, I feel lighter, it's disturbing how much dirt came off my body'
He went over his hair another time before stepping out of the shower. He dried off his body and wrapped the towel around his waist.
'Feels like I've been here for months, I swear even my face looks different' Junya wiped the mist of the glass to get a better look at himself.
His face was a lot more structured with a more defined jawline, which became more visible after his intense training. He was now 1.85 metres (6'1) tall, his body was a lot more with a solid set of a six-pack, with beautiful back muscles.
His platinum hair was now short ear length, but untidy from the rough edges.
Junya was not surprised by these changes because he was already used to having a normally strong body. It was explainable by the constant fighting and weightlifting he was subject to during his training.
"Stop admiring yourself, I have a better physique than you." Alice looked at him as he admired his pecks muscles.
He wasn't surprised by Alice, it wasn't the first time she snuck upon him. Eventually, he came to terms with not being able to sense her unless he wasn't looking directly at her.
"I don't remember asking you to stomp on my self-esteem." Junya sighed while brushing his teeth. Alice was the master of making his achievements seems null.
"Don't look so down kid, I simply don't want you to get a big head." Alice threw him a set of pyjamas. "Get some rest, You have a full day so don't get carried away, you've been up for five days straight with only one hour of rest"
"Oh, did Amus tell you that just now?" Junya grew annoyed by her attitude toward him, seeing her behaviour as a genuine act of kindness.
There was a small silence when Alice stopped in her tracks. She was already halfway through the door to leave.
"You think I'm doing this because I owe some kind of debt to Amus? Or to pretend that I'm your mother?" Alice turned around with her brows scrunched in anger and confusion.
"If I wanted to be a mother I would simply find a husband and if you think that I'm doing this out of guilt, then news for you, I can't even count on a hundred hands the number of people I want it to grieve and can't get the chance to. The only remedy for me is time.
So I'm not gonna let, you! Sit there! And think to be an ungrateful piece of shit! And if you think that my training is hard, then fucking excuse my goddamn manner for not wanting to see you get killed!"
Alice's shouting was loud, so much so that she felt the room shake a little. Her rant ended with a loud slam that broke the handle of the door on each side and left fissures along the surface.
There was a long silence from Junya after she left. 'Maybe I was being a dick, I guess I should blame everyone that's nice to me for having ulterior motives. She doesn't get anything from taking care of me neither from Amus nor out of respect for my mother'
Junya started trying to locate why he immediately thought of Alice in that way. As If she had to be doing this for some ulterior motive.
'Everyone is like Imani, I should think there's an ulterior motive behind everyone's actions.'
Still, even after Junya thought this, the thought of Alice becoming like Imani and completely changing her persona scared him. He could not see a normal person normally without wondering what their motives were.
'Fuck that bitch ' Junya cursed Imani to hell and back before putting on the rest of his clothes.