Surprise

"How the hell did you survive a month like this?"

Ling Shu asked as she grasped for air as three days had passed by, she felt lighter than usual but it pissed her off to see Eun-woo running around playing with Snow while the rest of them couldn't even stand up.

"It's because I believed in the power of friendship, you should try believing in it too"

"Screw you!"

Ling Shu laid down on the ground sweating, she also saw Sowon who was sitting down crutching her chest, Ono Hayami wincing in pain as she sat down, the Hwang Twins taking deep breaths but what surprised her was Yu-na.

"You're a cheat you know"

"If I was a cheat I could have ran around like Eun-woo but I can only walk slowly"

Yu-na had been practicing her Valkyrie form for as long as she could, She could stand for as long in an hour before she would proceed to pass out from exhaustion but today she had improved by leaps and bounds as it was already late and she was beginning to walk.

"Snow!"

Yu-na saw Snow running towards her as Eun-woo laughed, Snow immediately jumped onto Yu-na which caused her to fall down and feel the pressure once again but shortly after Eun-woo lifted it giving everyone a chance to breath.

"You know I had another training session in mind but I guess this should be enough for you guys to steel your nerves, ultimately you guys will sooner or later know what I'm talking about"

Eun-woo then went near Sowon and carried her in his arms.

"Come on you guys let's go back I want to sleep"

Ling Shu rolled her eyes as she pulled up Yu-na and Ono Hayami, Snow ran back towards Eun-woo and Sowon who already left them behind, Hwang Yerin looked at Eun-woo as she helped his brother up.

"The Valkyrie isn't bad"

Acedia watched atop with Luxuria as they observed them leaving.

"But you can't touch her, that spear of hers repels our aura"

"I know, sadly I wished that young energetic girl could have been the best candidate but she dulls her senses too much."

"So?"

"If I give her my blessing she'll turn into a killing machine without any emotion, once she fights the worst outcome is that she can't differentiate between ally and foe and I won't be there to stop her from rampaging and even with your Child there the best he can do is stop her but sustain major injuries"

"I guess it's a no from this batch then"

"For me but perhaps Invidia would like to take a look, you know who she'll be interested in."

"Maybe next time, but she is the best for that child."

"What was her name again?"

"Hwang Yerin."

"Just let her feeling foster, by the time Invidia meets her she'll be happy to take her under her wings, besides there are no problems on your end either if it comes down to that."

"We'll get there when we get there for now I hope you take our agreement seriously"

"All right not a word about you stealing the sacred grounds and placing it here nor about how much Eun-woo has inherited from you"

"Good"

-

"You didn't have to come here"

Eun-woo placed Sowon on a chair as his mother had arrived and food was served onto a table.

"How can I not come here? My son illegally bullied an academy just to take a week off, do you want to have a go at it by any chance?"

Song Ye-jun took out her rapier and pointed at Eun-woo.

"Mom now's not the time."

"I know I'm just playing with you, after all I want to know how strong you've become to even force Lee Hyori to use her full power"

Song Ye-jun sheathed her rapier back and saw the group arrive, she nodded and didn't say anything, what she didn't expect was Yu-na grabbing her hands.

"Can I have your autograph Mrs. Song!?"

"Sure dear, you must be Jung Yu-na? How is your mother these days?"

Yu-na flinched at her words as Song Ye-jun patted her head and had a smile.

"I know your mother quite well, of course in the end she had to bow down to me"

Song Ye-jun then released her hand as she sat down at the head of the table while Yu-na was in a shock as she now knew the person her mother was afraid of.

"Eat, I want to know everyone here personally reports can only generate a small amount of real data"

-

Eun-woo was pushing Sowon in a wheelchair as she was tired from walking since her legs were too weak for now and she was yet to recover her mobility as she had pushed things too far earlier.

"You even have a arena built here!?"

Ling Shu asked as they saw Song Ye-jun and Yu-na at the middle ready to battle while Ono Hayami was the referee, while Hwang Yerin and Hwang Bin looked in awe as this was the first time they saw Song Ye-jun in action.

"I would be an idiot to not have my own gym no?"

"Well I guess, but why did Yu-na agree?"

"You have a chance to fight your childhood hero wouldn't you take a chance even if she mercilessly beats you down?"

"Well I would I guess?"

They soon heard a gunshot and turned their attention towards the arena but what they saw was Song Ye-Jun's rapier was already at Yu-na's mouth.

"You know your mother had to learn how not to shout to use her power especially how to use it instantaneously without alerting people I'm sure its a unique trait in your bloodline"

Song Ye-jun then backed off and looked at Ono Hayami.

"Again"

Yu-na nodded as well and thought about activating it before Ono Hayami started the match but.

"No, cheating won't help you in official duels though I highly encourage it in an actual battle but this is just an exhibition."

Song Ye-jun had done it again but this time she placed her finger tips on Yu-na mouth, she then backed off once more in an instant that not even the current group could see how fast she was except for Eun-woo.

"I'll give you a chance, you can activate it now and I won't do a thing"

"Do you want to continue watching?"

Eun-woo asked Sowon who was holding Snow in her arms.

"No, I want to rest more first"

Eun-woo nodded and took her somewhere leaving Hwang Yerin and Hwang Bin.

"Can I come?"

Hwang Yerin asked, she looked expectant, Hwang Bin elbowed her as it was too embarrassing that she couldn't read the atmosphere.

"Let her come Eun-woo, her mana's exhausted as mine I don't know how she can still stand up even after all this time."

"Hwang Bin made boots with a small mana crystal in it so we could store small amount of mana and I enchanted it with a small invigorating buff so I'm still fine but honestly mine is running out"

Hwang Yerin smiled at Eun-woo and Sowon as soon as she finished her explanation, Sowon looked at Eun-woo and nodded at him.

"All right I'll be right back, Hwang Bin come with me, I'm sure you've exhausted less mana since you're more accustomed to exhausting it when you're creating weapons and the like right?"

"Ye-yes!"

Eun-woo left with Hwang Bin leaving Hwang Yerin and Jung Sowon alone, Hwang Yerin looked at Sowon patting Snow on its head but she was taken aback when Sowon suddenly turned her head and stared at her with crystal clear blue eyes.

[ Reficiat! ]

"Wha-"

Hwang Yerin felt a bit lighter and her strength had regained somewhat, she soon saw Sowon's eyes turn normal again, she then saw Sowon return to patting Snow again.

"Thank you"

"It's nothing, as your teammate I should do my best in supporting you, I've always wanted to learn how to enchant equipment and artifacts but I never had the time to do so since I thought it supporting peoples bodies would be more beneficial but seeing your boots it made me wonder what I've missed out on"

"It's pretty much the same as enchanting people but the core in the mana circle is different, I can teach you if you want"

"It's fine I'm too busy on learning something else for now maybe in the future I'll think about it."

"I'm curious, what language did you use?"

"It was ancient language probably Latin, but the spell circle is different I can't explain it as I've learned just two only so far"

"I see"

Silence ensued as Hwang Yerin couldn't say anything else, shortly Hwang Bin arrived with a wheelchair and guided his sister to sit down.

"I'm fine I promise"

"No I can't have you collapsing again."

"Fine"

Eun-woo didn't say anything as he pushed Sowon forward to the garden that was reminiscent with Luxuria's garden, he looked above and saw Acedia and Luxuria waving at him, Sowon followed and acted like she didn't see anything but was wondering who they were.

Naturally Hwang Bin and Hwang Yerin looked up also and saw nothing but the scorching sun, they immediately returned their sights forward to see Eun-woo and Sowon leaving them they immediately followed after them.