Chapter 211 Why are you asking
for that?
After Ashtel left, Rio shook his head and finally left the training room after half a month of seclusion.
Rio checked his phone and saw that there were indeed quite a few ssages from the principal.
'She would have been so angry at
if not for the circumstances...' (Rio)
Raji is a short-tempered person.
If not for the fact that she knew that all of the students were currently recovering from their previous fight, she would have co to his door herself if he had ignored her ssages like this on usual days.
Rio read through all the ssages and rembered the information in his mind. Only one thing caught his eye.
'Spaceship? Hmm, that's interesting... they are going to use the military's tactical weapons for transport?' (Rio)
Humanity in this world is extrely advanced, and thus, the existence of spaceships is no big deal.
While reading the ssages, Rio also saw a ssage from a certain junior of his.
[ssage from: Qi ng.]
[Senpai! It's been a while! I have recently gotten two discount tickets for a famous caf??! Would you like to co with ?]
Seeing the ssage a strange look appeared on Rio's face.
'Aren't you supposed to be taking a girl with you on these types of events, why are you asking
to go there with you?...' (Rio)
Then Rio noticed that the date and ti of the supposed eting was today, and there were only two hours left.
'Well, I don't really have anything to do right now... I guess I should go...' (Rio)
Rio had just finished an extre training session which lasted 15 days, so this was the perfect opportunity to relax his nerves a bit.
After deciding in his mind, he went to take a quick shower.
While changing his clothes in front of the mirror, Rio stared at his own well-defined body for a few seconds.
'The '' in my previous life would have never been able to achieve this physique... my current capabilities would be like a dream for him...' (Rio)
'I have co a long way now...' (Rio)
Rio's dead fish eyes seed to be shining brightly with a great sense of accomplishnt at the mont.
'If one day I am able to feel my emotions properly again... will I still be able to keep fighting?...' (Rio)
The answer to that question was silence, Rio had no answer for it.
The original him from the previous life was a person who didn't really like to fight and he was not that good at remaining calm all the ti.
If the current Rio regained those emotions back, he will likely be overwheld by emotions in critical situations, which will be quite a bad thing.
'But yeah... the original
was indeed such a weak-hearted person...' (Rio)
If Rio had his original emotions, he would have likely been a lot more depressed at Zach's death, but now he didn't even shed a single tear at the unfortunate death of Zach.
Moreover, Rio is now surrounded by amazing friends, who don't judge him for his mistakes, otherwise, Rio would have been criticized a lot for not showing any sympathy at Zach's funeral.
'As they say, emotions are like a double-edged sword... they can be beneficial but also dangerous at the sa ti...' (Rio)
...
Academy, principal's office.
Raji stared at the person sitting on the opposite side of the table with a cold look on her face.
"Was it really necessary to interfere with my student?" (Raji)
At Raji's question, the other party nodded his head solemnly.
"Yes, if I hadn't solved this matter in the bud, he might have gone astray, you know..." (Ashtel)
"I don't think Rio is the type of kid who will be affected that much... he has survived a massacre in his childhood, he is certainly more mature than his other team mbers..." (Raji)
At Raji's words, Ashtel shook his head and said in a solemn tone.
"It's not about being mature... without the support of elders, I don't think anyone will be able to grow without stress... too much stress can cause a lot of problems in battle..." (Ashtel)
"I nearly lost my life once in the war due to the accumulation of stress... this is my personal experience you are still too young to understand it..." (Ashtel)
Raji squinted her eyes at that statent, but she didn't refuse it either.
Ashtel is much older compared to her. He was already an SS-ranker before she was even born. (Ashtel is even older than Raji's father Damian...)
"But to think soone brought you to a near-death situation... does such a person even exist in this world?" (Raji)
Raji herself is an SS-ranker, but she has no confidence in going against Ashtel at all.
She knows just how ridiculously strong this guy is, he can definitely defeat five of her at the sa ti.
At Raji's words, Ashtel shook his head and replied in his usual calm and collected tone.
"The world is filled with various mysteries, no one knows what may happen to an individual's life the very next day..." (Ashtel)
"Moreover, there are already two individuals who are showing the potential to rival ..." (Ashtel)
Ashtel's voice turned serious all of a sudden and his aura condensed as he said with absolute certainty.
"Link and Rio, they both will surpass
in the future, I can already feel it in my bones... such a ti is not too far away..." (Ashtel)
"I can understand saying this about Link, but Rio too?" (Raji)
"Yeah... according to records, when his maximum potential was asured for the first ti, it was only at C-rank... but now he has already reached A-rank..." (Ashtel)
"This shows that his talent has been wrongly judged for so reason, he likely has the sa amount of talent that Link has..." (Ashtel)
Raji went silent for a while after hearing those words from Ashtel's mouth.
"Strange natural phenona happened at the birth of Link, But those strange rebellious phenona didn't happen at Rio's birth if they had happened, you would have certainly noticed them right?" (Raji)
"Yeah, that's what I am most confused about actually, so many strange things happened when Link was born, it seed that the world itself was revolting against his birth..." (Ashtel)
"But if Rio has the sa talent as Link, then why didn't sothing similar happen at his birth..." (Ashtel)
Although both Ashtel and Raji were quite confused about this strange situation, they both had no ill intentions against Rio.
SS-rankers knew about this 'world' better than anyone else, they also knew how ssed up the 'Outer Space' is right now, thus they knew the importance of young talents.
They hoped that Link and Rio would grow up soon and support the human race when the need arose for it.
The more talent the young ones have, the happier they will be.
"Forget it, we will understand it as ti goes by, or we can ask him directly after he grows up to the sa level as us… everyone has their secrets, it's not good to pry into them too much…" (Ashtel)
Raji also nodded her head at Ashtel's words.
…
Academy, Market Area, Café Star Shine.
Rio slowly walked towards the café with ng beside him.
A happy look hung over ng's face, he seed to be quite happy to be able to walk beside Rio.
"Shouldn't you have taken a girl with you today, why are you asking
for this?" (Rio)
At Rio's question, ng replied in a depressed voice.
"None of the girls in my class talk to ... they lose interest after seeing my face... I feel like I have no charm at all... ugh..." (ng)
"It takes ti I guess, you will find soone eventually... even soone like
was able to get a girlfriend, you are much more handso than , you have the chance..." (Rio)
Rio just gave a simple complint to keep him from getting depressed from loneliness.
"it's different... you are so strong and powerful, any girl will like you senpai, and I am weak and useless, my scores in written exams are average..." (ng)
"Aside from 'Sword Intent' I don't think I have anything that special in ..." (ng)
Rio just shook his head at ng's words.
"Self-doubt is what pushes you forward to achieve perfection, you are able to assess yourself so thoroughly, that's already a great sign of progress..." (Rio)
"But don't doubt yourself too much, you have a bright path ahead... don't cut it off due to anxiety and fear..." (Rio)
ng was really impressed by Rio's words, he finally let go of his depression and cheered up instantly.
"By the way Senpai, you usually hang out with Lia Senpai, but she is not with you today?" (ng)
Rio shook his head and replied in his usual emotionless tone.
"Well, Lia, Link, and Riya, all three of them have gone back to their hos to spend so ti with their family, they are not in the academy right now…" (Rio)
"As for that guy Liam, I think he must be busy cooking for his pet dragon…" (Rio)
ng suddenly looked a bit distressed at the ntion of Liam's pet dragon.
"I was buying myself two ice-creams yesterday, then suddenly that dragon girl appeared out of nowhere and ran away with my ice-creams… she didn't even pay…" (ng)
"Liam Senpai gave
these discount coupons as an apology for that event…" (ng)
Rio nodded his head at ng and said:
"Ellie has been like that since the start, it useless to argue with her, but she certainly didn't have any bad thoughts against you I think, don't take it too seriously…" (Rio)
"But don't get fooled by her childish behavior, she is a genuine S-ranker, even the professors will have a hard ti dealing with her if she went all out…" (Rio)
"Understood.." (ng)
ng secretly made a ntal note to not get involved with Ellie in the future for his own safety.
After a few seconds of walking, they both entered the café and ordered so tasty food for themselves.
"By the way, how is your progress in 'Sword intent' now? Last ti I saw it was several months ago…" (Rio)
At Rio's question, ng scratched the back of his head in embarrassnt.
"Uh, well, I have tried to train it a lot, but the progress is very slow, it's as slow as a snail! In the past months, I have not even reached 1/100th of your level senpai…" (ng)
"I-I am such a useless guy… ugh…" (ng)
"Hmm, well you need to focus more on your rank right now, improve your rank first, and then try to work on it further…" (Rio)
"Aside from that just rember to not go against its 'flow' and you can advance…" (Rio)
"Yes…" (ng)
Rio didn't ntion the fact that he has already advanced to rank A and his sword intent has been strengthened more than ten tis by now.
Moreover, Rio uses 'Sword Intent' as an air conditioner nowadays.
If ng knew about this, he would certainly be hit by a serious blow to his mind and faint from shock on the spot.
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Author's Notes.
Yo! It's your beloved author here! Writing these filler chapters is really the best thing in my opinion.
I get to tell more about 'behind-the-scenes' things and you get to see what our characters do usually in their free ti.
Question of the day.
If given the chance, which SS-ranker would you choose as your teacher?
1. Ashtel Rex (Strict training, but a beneficial guidance…)
2. Raji Croft (She will beat the sh*t out of you in every training session unless you win over Riya's friendship, only then will she be a bit lenient on you…)
3. Neo Aldif (Training? What's that? We don't do that here… we wander around the whole continent all day long!)
4. Jin Walt (Hell-level training that won't stop unless you faint…)
By the way, don't forget to use those power stones and also leave a review if you like the story. Comnt your opinion about the chapter. Your support is my motivation.
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