On this matter, Kael did not have the idea of rejecting either, satisfying his teacher's little desire to win from time to time was also considered the hidden understanding between teacher and student.
However, he did not have much desire to stand out today; in recent months, he had found himself at the center of a storm.
There were forces that had come over, ready to attach themselves to him, forces desiring to deepen their cooperation with him, and likewise, hostile forces planning to slow down his pace of development.
One could say that of late, if it were not for the help of Old White and Baron Newman who came over from time to time, and even with some help from Elanna and Senior Sister Lily—
he estimated that just the little remaining time he had outside of growing stronger would not be sufficient to handle all the related work properly.
Lily, who had taken a seat next to Kael, looked up at him with a weary expression on his face and said with some sympathy,
