112 Ch. 112 'Silver Haired Man'

Where is this?

Once again, Niken was in an unfamiliar place. Is she dreaming? Is she having a nightmare again?

Niken sighed in relief that this place wasn't as bad as she had seen last time. This place was like a big city surrounded by sturdy walls preventing anyone from going in or out.

What place is this?

Niken walked without knowing where to go. She just wanted to find a way out or something that could wake her from this dream. Niken stopped in her tracks as the road divided into two paths. One was toward the hill, while one was toward the forest.

Niken wanted to choose the path to the forest, hoping that Kazuto was there in the form of his wolf. Maybe Kazuto would be able to track her down and find her sooner if Niken entered the forest.

But the same butterfly flew before her sight. As if to ask her to go somewhere, the butterfly was circling towards the road toward the hill.

Because she wasn't sure whether she could find Kazuto in the forest, Niken decided to follow the butterfly's direction and chose the path to the hill.

Niken walked without lowering her alertness. She sharpened all her senses against the threat of any impending danger. Various kinds of weeds pass through and tall trees blocked some sunlight. Even though she could still see, the surrounding environment was still rather dark, making her felt anxious.

Niken couldn't be careless and instantly alerted when she heard a sound that apparently came from a squirrel who was hiding in a tree hole.

Niken could only breathe easily when she arrived at the top of a hill where there were no more trees blocking the sunlight. Now she could see clearly without squinting.

She blinked several times to adapt to the blazing sunlight and then looked for the butterfly's presence. However, it was not the butterfly she saw, but the back of a young man.

The person had knee-length silver hair, and his aura had that majestic vibe around him. The person's shoulders were so upright as if holding exceptional confidence.

Is this person the same as the person in her last dream?

Who is this person? Why is Niken dreaming of the same man in a row?

What was that person's face like? Why does she feel familiar with the person's back?

Unconsciously, Niken walked over to the person. She didn't know where her courage came from. She knew this person was perilous, she knew she had to stay away from this person, yet somehow she felt as if she recognized this person?

Suddenly the person made a slight movement as if aware of her arrival.

"You come again."

Just when the man turned around, the ground under Niken's foot shook and was wide open to eat her alive made her scream in fear.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaa!!!"

"Niken,"

"Niken, are you having nightmares again?"

Niken tried to answer, but her throat felt a little sore, so she nodded her head to answer his question.

"How strange, yesterday you fainted from training with me and then had a bad dream. Now, why did you experience the same thing after doing an intimacy session with the black knight?"

Hearing this question, Niken's face heated up and inched even deeper to hide her face.

"Do you have to say it like that?" sighed Kazuto while rolling his eyes.

"Is it important? What's more important is Niken's current condition at the moment is not normal. If she experienced a nightmare once or while she sleeps, I can understand it. But she experienced it twice in a row, and that too she was not sleeping."

"Are there any side effects from the training you gave her?"

"There shouldn't be. Her mother did not experience any nightmares or faint while enhancing her abilities."

"In that case, should we postpone it first?"

"No." objected Niken. "I don't want to delay my training."

"But…"

"Kazu, I'll be fine. Besides, shouldn't I look for the reason why I fainted? Maybe everything will be okay if I don't collapse."

"Yesterday, you fainted because the old man accidentally increased his excessive gravitational pressure."

"Today, you fainted because Kazuto increased your energy fusion too much."

Kazuto coughed awkwardly while Niken looked down in embarrassment.

"I told you, don't say it like that."

"How should I say it then? I'm talking about the fact."

"How about we try again?" interrupted Niken trying to break up the debate between the two knights.

"Do you want to try another intimacy session?"

"Nooooo," Niken shooked her head with teary eyes, realizing Kazuto teased her. "I want to practice again with Sir Lionel."

"Alright then, let's get out before sunset."

Niken quickly stood up to overtake her mentor, but Kazuto held her hand and did something unexpected.

With a swift motion, Kazuto stole a kiss from Niken once again, making the girl stiff.

"Don't faint anymore. Otherwise, I will do more than this in our sessions."

Niken lowered her head then nodded shyly. Nobody knows how red her face was now. Her body's temperature had risen dramatically to the point of being able to boil an egg!

***

"First of all, I will attack you using the wind element. Try to form defense aura from your astral dimension."

"But, sir Lionel, aren't you an earth Elementalist? How do you attack me using the wind element?"

"Do you know why I was chosen to be a Time Master's mentor? That's because I have this." Lionel took something from his astral dimension, and a platinum-colored wristband appeared.

Even Kazuto, who had seemed uninterested, was curious about the wristband. Somehow he felt something different energy flow on that thing.

Lionel put the wristband on his hand then relaxed his muscles.

"Are you ready?"

"Hm." Niken nodded her head with a sure look. She set her feet on the ground, preparing to face any attack that would approach her.

Lionel raised a hand with the wristband, then a unique yellow like a banana-color circle emerge in the middle of air made Niken and Kazuto wide-eyed.

Magic circle!!

Before they could digest the meaning of the magic circle, a strong gust of wind hit Niken's body violently.