"Cyra told you all that? What else did she say?" I was shocked that he even knew angels were all female.
"Of course she told me everything! She said the final battle between heaven and the demon army is coming soon. I'm the chosen one! Now that angels have come to help me, saving the world is my job. She can't hide anything from me!"
Raydwin looked super proud and excited.
"Pffft!" Adrian spat out his Coke.
"Ah, as I thought, the heavenly messenger isn't used to Earth drinks. Wait a bit, I'll get you something else!" Raydwin quickly brought over a bottle of some herbal drink.
Because of Cyra's nonsense, Raydwin thought Adrian was a messenger from heaven since he came with me.
But Adrian didn't want to drink that weird herbal stuff. When Raydwin went to clean up, Adrian whispered to me:
"What a mess. Should we tell him the truth? Is this another of Cyra's tricks?"
Adrian knew what Cyra was like.
"Uh, (;一_一) it's not good to burst his bubble, right?" I said.
I was cringing inside. Looks like Cyra had been lying to live here comfortably for over a month. If the truth came out, we might get kicked out or even caught by Earth's government! We couldn't just kill this guy to keep him quiet over something small.
"What are you two whispering about?"
Cyra suddenly came out of her room. She grabbed a Coke from the fridge to go back to streaming, but then turned to us and said:
"You just left heaven so you don't know how dangerous it is down here. Be careful when you go out. The demon army is getting bolder. I heard Lady Elara ordered us to fight hard against the monsters and protect Earth from the demon realm!"
This made no sense and sounded super childish! When did Elara ever say that? And how would Cyra even know Elara's orders from Earth?
But hearing "demon army", Adrian and I quickly realized she was reminding us to back up her lies since she heard us talking outside.
She couldn't say it directly with Raydwin there, so she had to be vague.
"What about me? What can I do to help?" Raydwin immediately asked, pointing at himself.
"I know I'm just a normal human now, but I learn fast! I'm different from other humans - I was chosen by heaven! I'm ready to help save humanity. With some training I can do any job. If you have some secret fighting skills from heaven, that'd be even better. I won't let you down!"
"Secret skills, huh... Well..."
Cyra hadn't expected this and was stuck. She'd told him all those big lies herself, so it didn't make sense to leave Raydwin out completely.
She looked him up and down, then her eyes lit up as she glanced at Adrian.
"For training, we should ask Adrian! He was human originally, and he's even a bit stronger than me! You know us angels look like humans but we're totally different. Our techniques and magic might not work for Earth humans. It's better to learn from your own kind!"
"Really? So the heavenly messenger was human too! No wonder he feels so familiar!" Raydwin was overjoyed.
Though he was fat, he moved pretty fast! He rushed over to Adrian and suddenly dropped to his knees.
"Master! Please accept me as your disciple. My future depends on your guidance!"
I get it now! Were these two pulling a trick together? Or had they planned this from the start?
"Huh? Me? Um..." Adrian was totally lost. At first he thought he misheard, then he looked at the eager fat guy kneeling in front of him. He glanced at me for help, then nervously grabbed that herbal drink and chugged it.
"Bleh! What is this taste? How can anyone drink this?" As expected, he spat it all out. That herbal drink was famous for tasting awful!
"Sorry, wrong one!" Raydwin quickly swapped it for some iced tea, then knelt down again.
"Just accept him if you want," I told Adrian, glaring at Cyra.
Honestly, though the fat guy's sudden request was surprising, you could tell he was sincere.
I was also curious if skills from another world could work on Earth humans. Angel light magic weren't suitable, but Adrian was the perfect choice to try.
"Well, if that's the case..." Adrian was mostly worried if he could actually teach, especially to a normal Earth human.
"Alright, I'll give it a try. But don't call me 'Master', I can't guarantee I'll succeed..." he said seriously. "I'll warn you, my teaching will be strict! You're not young anymore and clearly out of shape. If you want real results, you need to be ready for hard work!"
"Of course, Master! You're right!" This challenge didn't scare the nerdy guy at all. He was about to kowtow like in TV shows, but Adrian quickly stopped him.
"What are you doing? I said don't call me Master. Just think of it as me being free and trying to teach you!"
"No problem, Master!"
"I told you not to call me that!"
"OK, Master!"
...
The mood lightened up after that. Happy to be accepted, Raydwin lost his shyness. He dragged Adrian outside to an open space, eager to start training right away.
Cyra didn't join them, of course. She went back to her room to keep streaming.
Adrian and I privately agreed to pretend we never heard all the nonsense Cyra and Raydwin said before.
Actually, it wasn't all lies. We really were angels fighting monsters. The "saving the world" stuff was mostly in the nerd's imagination, so it wasn't exactly cheating him.
"That jerk Cyra! Is streaming that profitable? She still hasn't come out!"
I got bored waiting in the room. When I went outside, I found they were already doing running training.
"Since you haven't awakened Battle Qi. We have to start with the basics! Your body is in terrible shape. If you can't run 3km a day, we can't do anything else!"
I don't know what amazing skills Adrian showed at first, but Raydwin happily accepted this tough training plan!
Of course, Adrian didn't start with the full training right away. He knew from his own experience as a normal human how important it was to build up slowly. He added lots of rest breaks too.
As the evening went on, more people came to the open space to exercise. Adrian and Raydwin had to move their training along the nearby mountain paths, going further from Tenda Flats.