Humanity Return

Ch. 117 – Special Places

Setanta opened his eyes wide after hearing that, not believing what he had just heard.

“Yes, I've obtained a swordsmanship suitable for that one person and your spearmanship is better than mine. So, thank you”

This time Uther who looked very surprised and immediately turned to his side, then found Setanta was looking at him as well.

“Abanya ‘so, thank you’? I haven't seen their abilities with my own eyes”

“Yes you don't need to see, I've changed my plan”

Leinn suddenly turned his head towards the two young men who were still in shock.

“Their capabilities are not enough, so I will teach them the basics first”

Roland also turned his head towards them, and smiled slightly.

“Basic, yes..”

Their breathing and heartbeat that had stabilized after stopping moving for a while started to become disordered again, as it received two ferocious gazes from the two young men who were smiling at them.

The sweat that soaked their clothes began to be covered by the cold sweat that began to rush down from their foreheads and backs as well.

They realize they will get stronger after this, but the unpleasant feeling can be clearly felt in the back of their head.

...

“...20344!”

And with that one last slash, Uther fell to the ground, exhausted.

The sun was already nowhere to be seen behind the academy walls, signifying the day that was about to end.

“...7550!”

And beside him fell lay Setanta, who had just finished giving his spear a final stab.

Leinn simply had them repeat the same movement and give the goal, then immediately walk to the edge of the field and go to sleep.

Uther had to swing the sword down 20,344 times, and both of his legs could not move at all.

Setanta had to change the position of his two legs and stabbed repeatedly as many as 7,550 times.

First they were surprised by the small number, then confused by the strange number.

But they ended up doing as Leinn commanded, by putting energy into each of those movements from the start.

The one that took the longest was the last 1000, and the one that felt the heaviest was the last 50.

The only thing stopping them from stopping at the last count was the two words Roland had left behind before he left that field.

“Don't give up”

And now here they are, not giving up and not being able to move on the floor. Sensing the afternoon breeze hitting their faces and the two arms that could not be moved anymore, they realized the reason for the strange figure.

Leinn managed to figure out the limits of their current body and let them arrive at a state that was already half a step before becoming unconscious

“Congratulations, at least you are not someone who easily gives up”

The sound came from outside their point of view, but they already did not have the energy to turn there.

“If you feel you can still follow me, come tomorrow at the same time”

“Um..”

“...uh”

Now is the time when the afternoon classes are just finished, and students usually choose to eat in the cafeteria or return to their room to rest.

So the two of them will be here until their bodies can move back, which is unlikely to happen anytime soon, or hope someone will notice two bodies that do not move in the middle of the training field and do not immediately run away because they think they are corpses.

And the young man who had just left the two of them continued walking without looking back, visibly drowning in his own daydream.

Leinn started humming while walking back to the dormitory.

“Hm~”

Indeed the past few days have felt quite boring for Leinn due to the absence of interesting things he could do, but evenings are a special exception.

The twilight sky slowly began to dissipate and was replaced by the deep black of the night, which was followed by a cold wind that began to blow slowly.

Leinn finally arrived in front of the new student dormitory and immediately stepped in without further ado, passing through the hallways and stairs that led him to the higher parts of the building.

“So in the Fighting Theory Class last afternoon, is it true..”.

“Yes, you won't believe.”.

The two young men in the long hallway were seen walking while talking about the class they had attended earlier this afternoon, unaware of the black-haired young man walking past them just like that.

Leinn's black hair was a very unique thing, considering that only he had such hair among all the students and teachers in the academy at the moment.

But it didn't work to make him aware of the dozens of people he passed by and it could all be because of two things, his silent footsteps and his presence that didn't feel at all.

The sounds of footsteps were softer than the sound of feathers falling in the snow and an existence like the wind during the day.

Ironically, the only evidence of Leinn's current existence...

“Wait a minute, didn't you just exist..hm?”

A young man stopped talking abruptly and turned his head around, making the friend beside him become confused.

“What's up..?”

“No... may only wind”

With a few light steps, Leinn turned a corner just before the young man turned his head and made it out of his line of sight.

And with that turn, Leinn reached the last staircase that would carry her to her final destination, the dormitory's open roof. The door, which is usually always locked at night, was opened with the key he received from one of the new students in charge of guarding the dormitory garden.

With one powerful push, the two doors opened and showed a view of the open roof.

Plants of various colors can be seen around the roof of the dormitory, adorning the white tables that are also scattered around the park.

Leinn continued to walk through all of the tables and came to a long chair that was on the edge of the roof, which allowed the disciples sitting on it to see a portion of their academy clearly.

He immediately laid himself on the chair, making himself comfortable.

“Hah..”.