After finishing regular training, Raon headed straight to the indoor training center.
While the other children were gasping for breath and collapsing, he exhaled lightly and immediately sat down on a device to train his chest muscles.
‘It’s not a practice that has become legendary for nothing.’
Although my body was exhausted, the ring of fire swirled around my heart, restoring my physical strength and mental strength.
It hasn’t been long since I trained to the limit of my stamina, but to make me move with all my might again, there’s a reason why it’s called one of the continent’s greatest treasures.
“Huh… .”
Raon set the weight 5kg higher than yesterday and lifted the instrument. I moved slowly so that the pectoralis major muscle could be properly stimulated, and the range of motion was maximized.
widely.
When I finished six sets and got up, I heard the sound of someone sitting on the equipment next to me.
‘Who is it?’
The only person who usually comes around is a strange green head who walks around with a pouch attached to his stomach. I thought it was strange and turned my head.
‘Runan?’
The person sitting on the next table was Runan Slion, with long silver hair.
Runan started using the device with a much heavier weight than Raon.
Whoa!
Her posture in lifting the instrument was almost similar to Raon. She cared about muscle stimulation, not reps or weight.
-What is that?
‘I don’t know either’
Raon looked at Runan for a moment and then left. He sat on different exercise machines to provide detailed stimulation to his muscles.
“Hmph!”
After adjusting the weight, the instrument was lifted. I spun the ring of fire while hitting more than my maximum weight.
“Whoop!”
Normally, you would have to subtract 10kg from your current weight, but thanks to the Ring of Fire, you could lift your current weight and perform more reps.
After working out to the point where my arms and chest were shaking, I put down the equipment and heard the sound of someone sitting next to me.
‘no way?’
I turned my head while lying down. As expected, it was Runaan. She again set the weight heavier than herself and began lifting her contraption.
‘What’s wrong with him?’
Raon narrowed his eyes. I don’t know why Runan, who didn’t show much interest in Rimer, let alone the trainee, followed him and moved his device in the same posture.
‘Is it an illusion?’
If you think about it, it’s natural to train small muscles first after big muscles. I woke up thinking it was just a coincidence.
Thinking just in case, I headed to the shoulder training equipment this time.
Sigh!
I adjusted the weight and lifted the device, feeling the stimulation on my shoulder. When she finished one set, Runaan walked forward.
She looked down at herself, then sat down next to her and adjusted her weight. It was a heavier weight this time too.
“Hmph!”
Then, looking straight ahead, he began to lift the instrument without any hesitation.
-You can’t believe you stay quiet even after being provoked like that! How long are you going to curl your tail like a rat?
‘It’s a provocation… .’
Raon turned his head and looked at Runan. She used her device while looking straight ahead, as if she was not interested.
‘What are you thinking?’
I thought the first and second times were just a coincidence, but it was clear that they were following me when I saw that they even followed my shoulder movements.
But I couldn’t read her thoughts. The eyes are as cold as ice, but the light is so blinding that I don’t know the intent.
-You don’t know? Aren’t you arguing that I’m better than you? Punch me in the face right now!
To Lars, it had nothing to do with being a child, an adult, or a woman. True to her name, she was angry at everything.
‘Stay still.’
Raon ignored Lars’ anger and stood up and started squatting. As expected, Runaan followed next to him and bent his thighs with a heavier weight.
“W-what is it?”
“Why are those two together?”
“Why do you care about that drop, Runaan?”
The children training at the training center gaped when they saw Runan training next to Raon.
Puzzle.
Buren, who came into the training room with his companions after finishing his swordsmanship training, gritted his teeth at the sight.
“Mmm!”
“Why is Runaan there… .”
The collateral widened their eyes when they saw Runan training next to Raon.
“Hmm.”
Raon saw Runan next to him, receiving everyone’s attention.
Silver hair and pure white skin that shine like moonlight. The facial features are thin yet distinct. It’s a beautiful face that can only be seen in pictures, but the eyes look fierce, as if a screw is missing.
“Do you have anything to say to me?”
When Runaan finished one set, he approached and asked.
“… … .”
After hearing those words, Runaan looked at herself for a long time as if she were seeing a strange creature.
“no.”
She said that and started lifting the instrument again. This time by adding more weight to her.
‘I do not know.’
Raon shrugged his shoulders and stood up from the balloon. Soon he would get sick of it, so he decided to just let it go and do his thing.
My routine suddenly changed and as I was wondering what to do, I heard small steps behind me.
When I turned around, I saw Runaan looking around me with her purple eyes.
“If you have something to say, just say it.”
“… … .”
Runaan did not respond but only made eye contact with her. Her eyes looked like a cat that had just taken a nap.
“under.”
Raon let out a low breath and walked towards another piece of exercise equipment. As if she had been waiting, Runaan followed behind and used the same device.
* * *
A week has passed since Runan Slion began observing Raon Sieghart.
“hmm.”
As soon as she entered the indoor training center, she looked for Raon. As always, he entered the training room as quickly as possible and was lifting the equipment.
‘The weight went up more than yesterday.’
The weight of the device Raon is lifting has increased by 5kg compared to yesterday. Actually, that isn’t that strange.
If you exercise hard, it’s not unusual to increase weight.
But what if the weight increases every day? That’s not normal growth.
‘How can they do that?’
Most of you may not know this, but Raon Sieghardt has put on more than 10 kg in the past week. Even if a child grows quickly, this is a figure that makes no sense.
‘I said I was a patient… .’
His face was pale and his limbs were as weak as tree branches. But he held on and endured more tenaciously than anyone else in this gym.
‘Is it because of my posture?’
Raon’s posture in lifting the device was a little different from other people’s. Because of his unusual posture, I thought that such growth might be possible for him.
After making up her mind, Runan sat on the equipment next to Raon, who was doing chest exercises. He then lifted his instrument in the same position Raon had shown.
‘hmm.’
I didn’t feel anything special. Is it to the extent that the muscles are stimulated a little more?
‘Nothing much.’
It was a time when I tried to lift the weight in the original position, thinking that it had no particular meaning.
‘uh?’
As I inhaled the cool, inexplicable scent coming from Raon, the instrument I was holding became as light as a feather.
‘what?’
It feels like my strength and agility have increased at once. The weight that would normally have been difficult to lift became light.
However, as soon as Raon, who had been looking at him for a moment, left, that peculiar feeling disappeared.
“ah… .”
Runan looked at Raon’s back toward the next device with a disappointed face.
‘if.’
Runan followed Raon and moved to the seat next to him. I set a heavier weight than usual and lifted it.
“Ugh… .”
It was too difficult to lift the device. However, as Raon started exercising, the weight began to become lighter again due to the cool energy flowing out.
‘It was real.’
Lifting a device that is 10 kg heavier than what you can normally lift is not just a feeling. I really felt like my abilities had been strengthened.
“Hmph!”
Even though I was hitting more weight than I was capable of, there wasn’t the slightest strain on my shoulders and arms.
After finishing the exercise in a good mood, Raon was standing in front of me.
“Do you have something to say?”
Blonde red eyes. The boy who took Sieghardt’s evidence as is asked.
“no.”
Runaan shook his head. Raon looked at himself for a moment and then headed to the next device.
‘I’ll have to keep sticking around.’
Runaan followed Raon with long, cat-like eyes shining.
It was nice to be able to train with heavier equipment, but I was more attracted to the cool scent it gave off.
* * *
Rimmer climbed the mountain that rose behind Sieghard’s main building.
“Tsk.”
As he was about to climb up to the flat rock on the side of the mountain, he shook his head and clicked his tongue.
“It seems like you are quite worried about your grandchild, since he comes to my nap rock every day.”
An old man whose words were as sharp as a sword on a rock. Glenn Sieghardt came down.
“… … .”
Glenn said nothing, but looked at the faintly visible ridge.
“joy.”
Rimmer snorted and leaned his back against the rock. The two watched the falling sun in silence for a long time.
“Ugh. Just ask. “Do you really have to hold that weight?”
Rimmer sighed and jumped up to the rock where Glenn was sitting.
“The kids are doing great. To be honest, I’m training so hard that it’s surprising.”
“Surprising?”
“We left training to the children’s discretion.”
“I know that.”
“Really, how much willpower do 12- to 13-year-olds have? I thought that most people would be able to practice comfortably after just a week. however!”
It’s not just something you say. When I first decided on this training, I decided to select only 20 out of 160 people.
“I think there will be a lot more left than I thought. “Thanks to the matriarch’s grandson.”
“grandson? “You mean Burren?”
“Don’t pretend like you don’t know everything when you know it all. “I mean Raon.”
“I don’t know what happens in the gym. “Didn’t you ask me not to worry about it, that you would take care of it?”
“Ha, really.”
Rimmer scratched his red head. It was frustrating to see the old man who was waiting because he was worried about his grandchild pretending not to know anything.
“That guy. “It is different from what the matriarch and Sylvia think.”
“What does that mean?”
Glenn’s eyes remained the same, but his voice changed significantly.
“You were weak physically and mentally, so didn’t you want me to fall quickly so you wouldn’t get hurt?”
“I’ve never done that. “I just told you not to discriminate.”
“Anyway, I also tried to drop Raon as quickly as possible.”
A cold wind blew into Rimmer’s blue eyes.
“But he was a monster. He is not a normal human being with mental powers. “He is superior to military personnel who have been to dozens or hundreds of battlefields.”
Among the many talents I have seen throughout my life, Raon was special. So much so that he has to rub his eyes and look again every morning.
“When training began, Raon was in the bottom rank out of 160 people, but now, after three weeks, he has settled into the middle rank. “Do you think this is possible?”
“… … .”
“What was I even thinking? I could almost imagine that Raon was not actually a patient, but was hiding his powers. But that can’t be possible. “Because even now, a terrible cold is flowing through that child’s body.”
These days, I only focus on Raon during training. That child really put all his effort into each and every moment of training.
“These days, I’m to the point where I’m wondering if I should invite Raon alone and give him personal training.”
I couldn’t help but feel a little more attached to Raon, as he put in his best effort than anyone else in the training he had prepared so hard for.
“Is it that much?”
“This guy is like a winter tree and doesn’t stop even when frost comes on his body. The other guys are also inspired by that and are training more passionately. “I guess it’s a stimulant for the 5th training ground.”
“Hmm… .”
Glenn scratched his chin with an expressionless expression, but he couldn’t hide the slight raising of the corners of his mouth.
“Contrary to my expectations, the number of children who will pass seems to be significant.”
He muttered that it was bothering him, but his eyes were smiling.
“Isn’t there any strain on Raon’s body?”
Glenn was silent and then uttered one word.
“hmm… .”
Rimmer swallowed inaudibly.
‘It’s more than I expected.’
I knew that Glenn thought Raon was special, but I didn’t expect him to ask me separately like this.
It seemed like the affection that I couldn’t give to my youngest daughter was transferred to Raon.
“That’s a bit strange. “I’m sure I was overdoing it, but surprisingly, I recovered quickly.”
“Can’t you understand it properly?”
“That’s right. “This is the first time, except for the continental Ten Thousand, that he has avoided my eyes.”
Rimmer tilted his chin in response. I have seen other people’s potential and conditions better than anyone else, but Raon is an exception.
To be honest, I was more amazed by Raon than Glenn, who rose to the top of the continent.
“Rimer.”
“yes?”
“You are not the instructor in charge of Raon, but the chief instructor of Training Center 5. “Don’t just think about Raon, but pay attention to all the children who will help the family.”
Glenn uttered words full of majesty and went down the mountain.
“under.”
Rimmer let out a sigh as if it was absurd.
“What are you talking about when you only listen to Raon’s story?”