Wielding her spear and charging through the monster horde, Lefiya felt exactly like a great hero from a heroic tale.
Chop, slash, swing, thrust.
These four basic moves were used repeatedly, combined with her overwhelming basic abilities.
This allowed Lefiya to rampage through the monster crowd.
When she finally stabbed the last surrounding monster to death, standing in place, she felt utterly exhausted.
Before, she had been too excited to even notice her fatigue.
Now, as soon as she stopped, weariness instantly flooded her.
But even so, Lefiya's face still held a joyful smile. She had finally overcome her cowardice and become stronger.
At that moment, she suddenly remembered Shirou, who had worried about her, so she turned around, intending to find him and thank him for his guidance.
However, as soon as she turned, she saw Shirou not far away, casually chatting with Ais and the others.
"Eh? Why is Ais-san here?"
Hearing Lefiya's startled cry, the four who were chatting looked at her. Seeing Lefiya, who had finished her battle, Shirou waved at her.
Signaling her to come over.
Watching Lefiya jog over, Shirou smiled and said, "They were just passing by, but after seeing you, they decided to stay."
"Who decided to stay?"
Tiona glared at Shirou, then bounced over to Lefiya, wrapped an arm around her, and loudly declared, "I'm here to prevent our Familia's future Great Mage from being led astray by you!"
Hearing Tiona's compliment, Lefiya's face instantly turned bright red.
"Great Mage... that's still very far from me."
"Only when I reach the strength of Riveria-senpai will I be worthy of being called a Great Mage."
"Don't be too humble!"
Standing up from the ground, Shirou smiled reassuringly, "Riveria said it herself, purely in terms of attack power, your magic has already reached LV.5. That's her personal endorsement!"
"Really? Riveria-senpai really said that?"
Hearing Riveria's praise for her, Lefiya clasped her hands tightly to her chest, her bright eyes seeming to sparkle with light.
"Of course!"
"Indeed, I also heard Riveria say that."
Tione, who had been watching the spectacle from the side, also spoke up, praising Lefiya to help build her confidence.
Ais, on the other hand, was more direct. She reached out and gently stroked Lefiya's hair, saying with a slight smile, "Lefiya has become stronger."
"Everyone! Thank you!"
Listening to the four's praises, Lefiya felt incredibly touched.
Even though she felt she had always been a burden, everyone had always encouraged her.
They had never thought of giving up on her.
This moved her deeply.
Thinking of this, Lefiya's already firm resolve became even stronger. Holding the spear tightly, she was determined not to disappoint everyone's expectations.
"Shirou-san, please continue to train me."
"I want to become an excellent mage that everyone can rely on."
Hearing Lefiya's wish, Shirou was extremely pleased.
Having a conviction was good; it would keep her motivated.
He feared those who were lost, who wanted to try but couldn't find a direction.
"In that case, let's head to the middle levels next. The upper levels can no longer cause you any trouble."
"Yes!"
"Wait, we want to go too."
Looking at Tiona, who had moved closer, Shirou helplessly glanced at Tione and Ais, hoping they would rein her in.
But unfortunately, the other two were also problem children at heart.
Feeling Shirou's gaze, the two instinctively turned away, pretending not to see him.
"Aren't you going to explore the Dungeon? The middle levels can't increase your strength, you know."
"It's fine. We've only been back for two days; consider today a rest day."
The optimistic Tiona kept patting Shirou's shoulder, expressing her nonchalance.
Seeing this, Tione and Ais also nodded.
Seeing that he couldn't get rid of them, Shirou could only helplessly accept the arrangement.
"Alright, then, let's all go together."
"Yay!"
With their goal achieved, Tiona laughed loudly: "Lefiya, we're going to train you properly, you know. I've already thought of many fun training methods!"
"Eh? How could that be?"
Lefiya, feeling deeply uneasy, couldn't even imagine her upcoming training.
Compared to Shirou, Tiona was far too unreliable.
"Just as I expected."
Shirou could guess her thoughts with his feet. That girl definitely wanted to torment Lefiya.
Sigh, poor Lefiya! Accept your bleak fate. Shirou thought, full of anticipation.
"Waaah, Tiona-senpai is too much! How could she do that?!"
Lefiya, having emerged from the Dungeon, was complaining incessantly. Tiona and the others had indeed gone too far.
"That's right, you went too far, Tiona! How could you throw Lefiya into a monster horde? Look at her, she's covered in footprints from being trampled by monsters!"
Shirou, walking ahead, criticized Tiona with a stern expression, but the corners of his mouth kept turning upwards.
Lefiya being bullied by monsters was simply too amusing.
"No choice, Lefiya's stat overwhelming is just too strong. She can easily defeat even Twelfth Floor monsters. If we don't add some challenge, how can she grow?"
In the middle levels, besides the powerful monsters, the most troublesome aspect was the continuous, relentless monster attacks.
But because the four of them were there, Lefiya naturally wouldn't face such a situation.
However, after quickly adapting, Lefiya was already able to easily deal with several LV.2 monsters.
So, Tiona carefully selected a group of Horned Rabbits without their stone axes and threw Lefiya into them.
Horned Rabbits without their stone axes had significantly reduced threat levels, perfect for Lefiya's training.
Therefore, Lefiya was kicked quite a lot by the rabbits.
After that, Tiona's training methods were incredibly varied, using various unique training techniques from their Amazon tribe. The cruelty of it made Shirou want to cover his eyes.
Watching through the gaps in his fingers, smiling.
"I never want to train with Tiona and Tione-senpai again!"
Looking at the miserable Lefiya, Shirou strongly suppressed his laughter and comforted her, "Don't be sad, Lefiya. Although the process looked brutal, everything was under the two seniors' control."
"See how quickly you've adapted to quickly reacting to close-range enemies!"
The ability to quickly react to close-range enemies was the focus of Shirou's training.
This was specifically designed to train Lefiya, who feared high-level monsters in close quarters. Once she could skillfully react to any monster in close combat, she would no longer be unable to chant due to fear.
Hearing Shirou's comfort, Lefiya finally quieted down.
Just as Shirou said, although the process looked brutal, she hadn't actually suffered any serious harm.
After realizing this, her resentment towards the Amazon sisters instantly lessened considerably.
The two walking at the front of the group breathed a deep sigh of relief. They had indeed been a bit too harsh earlier.
Now, thinking back, they truly felt some regret!
As for Ais, she maintained an expression that suggested she knew nothing, calmly walking beside them.
At that moment, Shirou truly envied her poker face; when she wanted to hide her emotions, no one could tell.
Soon, the five of them returned to Twilight Manor.
Looking at the dirty Lefiya, the entire Familia erupted into an uproar.
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