-1348- Leave a mark?

Before long, the first semester at Hagun Academy finally came to an end.

As summer vacation arrived, it was late July, and the season had entered summer, with the sun high in the sky, emitting considerable heat.

As for Hagun Academy, with the arrival of summer vacation, it became much quieter.

After all, it's a rare vacation, and many students would go home. Even those who didn't plan to return home mostly intended to enjoy the holiday to the fullest, going out for trips or play. Only a small number of diligent, hardworking, or special circumstances students stayed at the academy, some lodging in the dormitories, while others used the academy's rich facilities to train themselves. Naturally, the academy became quite quiet.

During such a holiday, Rozen and his group's figures also disappeared from the campus, their whereabouts unknown.

Because they had all set out on the road to the training camp in Okutama.

The training camp is located deep in the mountains of Okutama, encompassing several hills and forests, with very rugged terrain.

Naturally, there are also collective dormitories provided for students to stay in.

However, calling them collective dormitories, in reality, they are more like...

"This is basically a villa, isn't it?"

Stella, carrying a luggage bag, exclaimed in astonishment.

Beside her, Ikki, Shizuku, and Arisuin Nagi were also present.

Rozen was there as well.

"This is the dormitory for the training camp?"

Rozen, with a luggage bag similar to Stella's, gazed at the dormitory before them.

As Stella said, it was more like a villa than a dormitory, not only looking luxurious from the outside but also having high-end decorations and a splendid façade, giving people the urge to live there forever.

But this villa-like dormitory was only used by Hagun Academy for the representative players of the <Seven Stars Sword Art Festival> to conduct intensive training. It was used only once a year and for about ten days each time, making it quite extravagant.

"Indeed, it's worthy of being one of the only seven knight academies in Japan."

"Considering the efficiency of its use, it is indeed too extravagant."

"Well, since it's a facility for the training of the representative players of the <Seven Stars Sword Art Festival>, which determines the rankings of the seven knight academies for the year, it's reasonable that such a place shouldn't be too stingy. Even if it's extravagant, if necessary, it should still be equipped."

Ikki, Shizuku, and Arisuin Nagi each expressed their opinions.

Only Rozen, who stared at the facility in front of him for a while, eventually curled his lips as if confirming something.

"What's up? Why are you smiling like that?"

Stella, who was eagerly observing the dormitory, noticed Rozen's expression, first in a daze, then asked curiously.

"Nothing." Rozen shrugged and said leisurely, "Anyway, you'll find out soon enough."

"What do you mean?" Stella was immediately dissatisfied.

Since discovering Rozen's true identity, Stella had many things she wanted to confirm with him.

For example, whether Rozen truly had multiple abilities.

For example, whether Rozen really had multiple Devices.

Moreover, Stella was also curious whether Rozen's current appearance and name were his real ones.

After all, no one knew the real appearance or name of the rumored Tenkai. Considering his abilities, it's highly possible that even his current appearance was a disguise, and the name was casually made up.

Therefore, during this period, Stella almost seized every opportunity to question Rozen, only to be either brushed off or teased by him, making her quite frustrated.

So, when Rozen played coy again, Stella naturally felt displeased.

To this, Rozen amusingly said,

"Don't worry, this training session is long enough. I will slowly train you. As long as you can meet my requirements or leave a mark on me, I'll answer anything you ask."

Rozen made such a promise.

"You said it!"

Stella instantly became motivated, her fighting spirit soaring.

She completely failed to notice the reactions of Ikki, Shizuku, and Arisuin Nagi to this situation.

"So gullible..."

"So gullible..."

"As gullible as ever..."

The three of them murmured.

Obviously, the three could see that Rozen was deliberately using this to stimulate Stella's fighting spirit, so she would train even harder.

However, leaving aside Ikki and Shizuku, Arisuin Nagi had been lost in thought.

"Leaving a mark on his body, huh?"

Such a statement implied that Stella couldn't even leave a mark on Rozen before.

This was very intriguing.

During the selection battles, everyone had witnessed Stella's strength as an A-rank knight, believing that she could even rival the renowned strongest, Todo Touka.

The public didn't know that Stella possessed dragon power within her, nor did they know that Stella had already defeated Todo Touka while suppressing her dragon power. At the very least, they believed Stella was strong enough to catch up with or even match Todo Touka.

Such a knight couldn't leave a mark on a peer of the same age?

Combining this information with the previous situation in the director's office, where Shinguji Kurono and Saikyo Nene unhesitatingly appointed Rozen as the training instructor, Arisuin Nagi realized something.

"It seems this 'Enigmatic Star' is even more mysterious than I thought and possibly possesses extraordinary strength."

With this thought, Arisuin Nagi couldn't help but entertain some notions.

At this moment, someone emerged from the dormitory.

"You guys are here."

The person who came out from the dormitory was Todo Touka.

Behind her, the student council members were also present.

"Oh, you finally arrived."

"We've been waiting for you."

"We should have brought you along."

"We're a bit short-handed."

Misogi Utakata, Totokubara Kanata, Tomaru Renren, and Saijou Ikazuchi each spoke up.

Stella and the others immediately stepped forward.

"The seniors are here too?"

"It looks like they came early to clean up?"

"The student council works hard."

"We brought some refreshments; please enjoy them later."

Stella, Ikki, Shizuku, and Arisuin Nagi each voiced their thoughts.

This time, besides Todo Touka and Totokubara Kanata, the two representative, the non-representative Misogi Utakata, Tomaru Renren, and Saijou Ikazuchi also came.

The three of them primarily acted as sparring partners for the representatives and came a week early to clean the dormitory for the intensive training.

Todo Touka approached Rozen.

"I heard that Arneet-kun will also be our sparring partner and even an instructor this time?"

Todo Touka said with a smile.

"That's wonderful."

Having witnessed Rozen's astonishing strength, no one present doubted his qualifications.

"Please take care of us, Arneet-kun."

Todo Touka bowed to Rozen.

Rozen smiled faintly.

"I'll do my best."

Then, he responded in kind.

The group then entered the dormitory, chatting and laughing.

Completely unaware that the truly surprising events were about to unfold.