Book 2: 310

Book 2: Chapter 310

Translator: Seven

Editors: Ana_Banana, Sei

Even though they were in a hurry, he couldn’t skip his meal. After recovering from sickness, it was necessary to pay close attention to his body and nutrition.

Snow and Lukas filled their stomachs with a meal of soup and bread before setting off.

The forest was about two days away from the academy. Or at least, that was the case if one was riding a carriage, but Snow didn’t get a carriage. She didn’t use the Warp Stone either. (There weren’t any Warp Stones near the forest in the first place.)

Nevertheless, Snow and Lukas were able to arrive at the Amalgam Forest in just one day.

“Urg...”

Lukas forcibly suppressed the urge to vomit. Even with the fresh air of the forest, the nausea didn’t go away easily.

Snow snickered as she saw this. This sight pleased her a great deal.

“You’re tougher than I expected.”

“...wasn’t there... another... way?”

“There wasn’t. But thanks to that, we were able to arrive much faster than if we took a carriage.”

She wasn’t wrong.

Nevertheless, it wasn’t good to only look at efficiency when doing a task. Oftentimes, it could cause disasters to occur.

Lukas gagged a few more times before finally straightening his back with a sigh.

“...the people we passed stared at us like they had seen some kind of ghost.”Thê source of this conte/nt n/o/v/(el)bi((n))

“Ahaha. This Queen saw that too. They all had funny expressions on their faces.”

“...”

Well, anyone would stare if they saw a white haired woman carrying a white haired man and running at a speed that surpassed the Fly spell.

He thought that it would have been better since Snow was wearing a mask, but instead, it only seemed to make the scene even more bizarre.

...In any case, it was a memory that he would not easily forget.

“This is Amalgam Forest.”

He looked around at Snow’s words.

They were in a clearing in the forest, but it didn’t seem to be completely natural. The grass in the clearing was cut very short, there were tents at one end, and in the centre, were traces of bonfires.

Although the traces were a bit old, it was clear that a group of people had stayed there at some point.

“This is the place we take talented people who want to enter the alliance. To be precise, this place is a test site.”

“...a test site.”

“Right. The goal of the test is survival. You just have to survive in this forest for a month. Simple, right?”

“...”

It wasn’t that difficult.

The forest was neither hot nor cold, there were tents, and it seemed easy to obtain drinking water. It wouldn’t be difficult to find food either since he saw the shadows of beasts moving within the forest from time to time, and there were many fruit trees.

Snow walked forward with light steps before bending over and picking something up.

“This isn’t too bad.”

It was a branch.

However, it was very thin. It wasn’t even 1cm in diameter. It was a thin twig that even a newborn baby could snap into two pieces.

But.

“...”

Snow swung the branch once.

From top to bottom.

As if she was drawing a line in the air.

Whoosh-

And a strong wind billowed around her. He could even see bugs who were sent flying by the sudden gust.

Snow looked down at the branch appreciatively before turning back to Lukas.

“Draw your sword.”

At that time, he’d had four friends who were on par with him.

If so, then was it when he was Frey Blake? Of course, there were people who he’d called companions at that time. Snow in front of him was one of them, and Ivan as well.

However... had he really treated them as equals?

‘No.’

In the end, Lukas had handled everything on his own, including the final battle with Lord.

Right. At some point, he’d gotten used to fighting on his own, and now it seemed that he had taken it for granted.

That’s why he’d been so shaken by Snow’s words.

To allow others to deal with attacks that he couldn’t handle for him.

“...”

Of course, apart from that thought, the feeling of relying on others simply made him feel uncomfortable.

“For today, we’ll only work on the general framework of your swordsmanship. Tomorrow, I’ll guide you in swordsmanship. And on the day after that, the last day, we’ll have a spar, so do your best to satisfy this Queen. Then I’ll acknowledge you.”

“What happens after you acknowledge me?”

“I will recommend you to the Alliance’s talent training centre. And I’ll tell you this Queen’s name.”

Talent training centre.

Snow’s words made Lukas feel a bit uncomfortable.

“What about Diablo’s subjugation?”

“...”

“Can’t I take part as well?”

Snow’s eyes narrowed slightly. Then she spoke in a slow tone.

“To be honest, the strength of our alliance is not much. Even though the Circle split into two parts, the sides led by Ivan and Iris are still stronger than us.”

“...”

“Nevertheless, I can assure you. The number of talents the Alliance can mobilise is more than three figures. They are all stronger than you and they have no flaws either.”

Snow didn’t say more, but her meaning was clear.

In other words,

Even if Lukas were to participate in this battle, with his current strength, he’d most likely just die.

It was only then that Lukas understood the situation and Snow’s attitude.

She wasn’t treating Lukas like an ‘equal companion’ or ‘someone to leave her back to’.

He was just one among dozens if not hundreds of people.

Although he was crippled, he still had a lot of potential.

That was all Snow’s expectations of Lukas amounted to.

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Perhaps her act of investing her time now was also just a part of trying to recruit a good talent.

“...”

It was true. But it severely wounded Lukas’ pride.

Crunch.

The hilt of his sword creaked a bit as the strength of his grip increased.

Before coming to this forest, there had still been a number of tangled thoughts in his head. His heart had been heavy and his mood was gloomy.

This was natural, because he’d gone there without any idea of how to deal with his many problems.

But at that moment, he forgot about everything else.

Snow’s attitude was understandable.

In all honesty, it couldn’t be said that she was looking down on Lukas, in fact, it was possible to say that her attitude was excessive compared to the worth he had displayed.

‘...nevertheless...’

Lukas had no intention of being looked down upon like this.

He made a decision at that moment.

There were three days left.

During that time, he would change Snow’s attitude towards him, regardless of what it took.