"so."
Leo opened his mouth while eating breakfast before Chelsea came to visit.
"How do you plan to deal with Meram?"
Although Ar declared that he would take the title of champion of the Water Colosseum, objectively speaking, there was a clear difference in skill.
If so, there must be some kind of plan, but I haven't heard about it yet.
At Leo's question, Ar put down the fork and knife he was holding in both hands.
Then he crossed his arms and said with a serious face.
"That's right!"
"I'll win with my spirit, if you tell me, I'll throw you in the water."
Arga looked terrified.
It seems like there are no specific plans.
"Hey, there's still some time left until the Colosseum. I was planning on asking Black Rabbit to give me some special training in the meantime. That's why I came here so early in the morning!"
Arga said in a flustered manner.
"If I work hard enough to the point of death, won't it work out somehow…?"
Leo clicked his tongue as he watched Ar speak while stealthily observing his surroundings.
"That kind of lack of countermeasures is just like Aron."
"Hehehe. Thanks for the compliment."
"That's not a compliment."
Leo became serious as he watched Ar scratching the back of his head as if embarrassed.
Aron is a coward who gets scared easily, but when the time comes, he somehow finds a way.
The problem was that it was an old-fashioned approach.
Especially in critical situations, it was absurd to see them charge forward and create a way out, thinking that they would somehow succeed.
It was the same when I was training.
'I think it'll work out if I work hard.'
Because he used to say things like that and then create outrageous technologies.
When Risinas saw that, he would stick out his tongue and say, 'If your head is not in good shape, your body will suffer.'
'I didn't like using my head. There was no need to use it in the first place.'
Leo, who was always thinking of Aron, who always tackled problems with the right approach despite being afraid, remembered something.
Arga's eyes sparkled as he looked at Leo.
"Did you come up with any good ideas?"
"You asked me to leave it to you, so what are you going to do if you rely on me?"
"If it doesn't work out anyway, Black Rabbit will torture me horribly to make it happen."
"What's torture when you can't use the good word 'training'? Torture."
"Anyway. Did you come up with a way to make me stronger?"
"I don't know if it will make you stronger or not…."
Leo stroked his chin.
"Isn't the Colosseum of Water filled with water?"
"That's right. That's why it's a place I really don't want to fight in."
Arga was impressed.
As a cat, Ar hated water.
"Meram also controls the aura of water. That's why he's harder to defeat."
The interior of the Water Colosseum was a battlefield overwhelmingly advantageous to Meram.
"Is there a rule that if you fall into the water, you lose?"
"No. Water is also part of the battlefield, so there are a lot of cases of underwater combat."
"Is that so?"
Leo smiled meaningfully.
"There is a technique derived from the Breath of the Brave."
"Oh? What is it? What is it? Did Black Rabbit learn it directly from Aron?"
"No. I didn't learn it. It's a technique only Aron used."
"Huh? Then doesn't that mean you can't learn?"
Arga looked disappointed.
"It's okay. I know how to learn it."
"Oh!"
"Ar. You are the successor to the hero. You know that, right?"
"Ahem! Right!"
"It's a skill I never learned, but you should be able to master it."
"Okay! Leave it to me!"
"It must be hard, are you okay?"
"Huh. I'm already used to the tough training."
"Really? That's good."
Leo smiled broadly.
It was a smile that would have sent chills down anyone who knew Leo's face and sent him running.
If it had been normal, Ar would have just run away, but unfortunately, he was so arrogant that he couldn't see Leo's face.
"Then shall we go to our room and start training?"
"Can you do it in your room?"
"of course."
"What kind of training is this?"
Arga followed Leo, who had risen from his seat, and showed curiosity.
"It's surprisingly simple training."
Water knows the answer.
That's how we got to where we are now.
"Phukk! Pukkeoggeoggeoggeok! Bubble bubble!"
"What kind of training is this?"
When Driana, who saw Arga struggling in pain, asked in shock, Leo spoke.
"How to breathe freely in water."
"Auror skills?"
"No. You can literally breathe naturally."
Using magic and summoning techniques, including auror skills, creates a gap.
Aron's breathing makes it possible to breathe underwater without any special techniques.
"Is that possible?"
"It is possible."
"how?"
Driana asked with a dumbfounded expression.
Leo then recalled the events of the past.
'Kyle! Kyle! I can breathe underwater now without doing anything?'
'How? What exactly is the principle?'
Leo gave Aron the same answer to his own question from the past.
"I don't know. But it worked if I did it."
***
The others who witnessed Leo and Ar's training, which was close to madness, ran away.
"Is that really training?"
"I've seen Aron train like that before, but...."
Dion and Bormann asked with a shudder.
As descendants of the brave, Azonia students value courage as a virtue, but they are still afraid.
To those two questions, Driana said:
"Leo wouldn't be doing that just to harass Ar."
"That's right. You probably know the aura operation method for underwater breathing that Aron used."
However, because of the nature of Aron's technology, it is not something that can be solved simply by knowing how to operate it, so a rough method is used.
"So? What do you guys plan to do?"
"We also need to train since we have to participate in the Colosseum."
"I was going to do it with Arrang, but it looks like we'll be doing it alone."
"Then I will help you."
Driana said, patting his shoulder.
"I've only been working on weapons at the blacksmith shop lately, so my body feels a little sore."
"Oh, then we're very welcome."
Bormann grinned and showed his competitive spirit.
Fighting strong opponents is the best way to improve your skills.
"Chelsea Llewallin. Are you going to join us for training?"
"Joint training? That sounds fun!"
Bormann reacted excitedly to Dion's question.
"I'll hold off for now. I'm not used to Suin's body yet."
"no way."
Bormann looked visibly disappointed.
"Then we'll go to training. Chelsea, will you wait here?"
"huh."
"Then I'll see you later. Now, let's go."
Driana left the hotel where Leo was staying with Dion and Bormann.
Chelsea waited alone in the hotel lobby for Leo and Ar's training to end.
Chelsea, who had been killing time, stared silently at the tail that was moving on its own again.
'Listen to me, I've been in more than one embarrassing situation because of you.'
Chelsea spoke to herself.
Then Chelsea's cat's tail began to wag even more, as if it was being given medicine.
'This!'
Swish-!
Chelsea growled softly, clutching her tail.
-what are you doing?
"huh?"
Chelsea, who had been fighting with her own tail for a while, turned her head at the sound of a voice coming from beside her.
"Elsie. Are you done with Leo and Ar training?"
-Not yet.
"Do you think you're making any progress in your training?"
-So, for now, Arga has given up? I think it'll take a long time.
"Will I have to wait a long time?"
Elsie said, looking at Chelsea who looked slightly bored.
-So Chelsea, do you want to go find Silleton with me?
"Just us?"
-yes.
The reason Leo came to the Land of Water was to find the Great Spirit of Wind, Sileton.
While the Colosseum was open, Leo planned to find Sileton in the Holores region.
-Chelsea is a wind wizard, so maybe she can find it.
"There's nothing to do right now, so should we go find the Great Spirit of the Wind?"
Chelsea nodded and stood up.
"But will Sileton be in the Aqua Garden?"
-According to Larel, it's most likely to be in this city.
"Don't the great spirits hate crowded places?"
The Great Spirit is the pinnacle of beings that manipulate the elements and seeks harmony.
Any race, regardless of race, was not suited to large cities created by the Great Spirit and civilization, as places where people gathered in large numbers disrupted harmony.
That is why there are many countries and cities throughout history that were destroyed by the wrath of the Great Spirit.
Among the spirits who made a contract with Leo, the Great Spirit of Light, Laleel, and the Great Spirit of Fire, Ista, who had penetrated deeply into human society, also established territories in major cities for the purpose of making a pact, but interacted only with a select few humans.
-According to Laruel, Silleton likes crowded places.
"I knew it, but it's a strange spirit."
-Doesn't that mean you have a good personality?
"You look a little excited?"
"Yes. As Chelsea knows, the spirits often have bad personalities."
As they were born as special beings who stood at the top of all spirits, the Great Spirits were basically bad-tempered.
And there was a tendency to look down on people regardless of race.
-Sileton is definitely a good-natured person who gets along well with people.
Elsie thought about the other great spirits she had met so far.
They were all fierce, twisted, and incoherent.
Although she had no choice but to use force to force him to listen, Elsie, who loved peace, felt bad about it.
That's why I was looking forward to meeting Silleton, who seemed to have a different disposition from the great spirits I've seen so far.
"Sileton certainly has many good anecdotes."
Unlike other great spirits who have terrifying anecdotes, but have an eccentric temperament that can lead them nowhere, Silleton has only good anecdotes.
It was when Chelsea was walking down the street of Aqua Garden.
Whoosh-!
At that moment, a gust of wind passed before Chelsea's eyes.
"Wind spirit?"
-Besides, it was a spirit without a pledge.
Chelsea and Elsie looked at each other and then chased the spirit away.
A spirit summoned without a pledge.
It's a very strange situation, but it makes sense if it's related to Silleton.
Chelsea quickly chased after the wind spirit as it quickly ran into the complex alleys of Aqua Garden.
For a long time, I wandered through the maze-like alleys, chasing the wind spirit.
thud-!
"evil!"
Chelsea bumped into someone who appeared from the alley across the street.
Chelsea, who had been thrown and landed on her butt, got up, rubbing her face.
"Oh. I'm sorry. Are you okay?"
"Chelsea Llewallin?"
"huh?"
Chelsea opened her eyes wide at the familiar voice and raised her head.
There is a classmate there with a tall stature and a sturdy body like a warrior.
"Warren?"