It’s so heavy that I feel like I’m going to die. Although the output has definitely been raised to 100%, it’s still too heavy.

But Aslan wasn’t the only one who was surprised.

‘That’s amazing. I can’t believe she can carry this weight!’

Bertrand was also incredibly surprised, although he didn’t express it himself.

He already knows her talent. But now his weight was not at an amount which humans could bear.

‘I’ve increased my weight to the maximum, you can’t possibly withstand this!’

He weighs 85 kilograms.

Thanks to his muscles, he weighed more than average even though he was not obese, but he became much heavier through magic.

Starting off, he amplified his weight to 120kg. However he was curious about Aslan who could bear that much weight, so he increased the weight under the pretext of her slowing down.

And now he weighs 700kg, which is the maximum output.

Nevertheless, Aslan was still holding out.

‘Even I, who have completed the physical enhancement magic, will have a hard time withstanding 700kg.’

An even more surprising thing is that Aslan hasn’t even completed the magic yet.

It’s only been a month.

Considering that her growth increases as she goes through classes, he was very curious about her appearance after finishing the remaining five months.

‘As expected, you can be the greatest in history!’

Bertrand nodded with a happy smile.

At that moment, Aslan, who could not stand it anymore, fell on the floor.

“Ack!”

“Oh!”

It’ll be dangerous if he sits on her like this.

In a blink of an eye, Bertrand, who weighed less, jumped aside.

‘Did she faint?’

It seems she didn’t faint because of shock. Rather by the looks of her condition, it looked like her mana was depleted.

‘You ran out of mana. The time is…… 3 hours and 15 minutes.’

Mana depletion due to 3 hours and 15 minutes of immense training.

Even though the disciple fainted, Bertrand was smiling.

‘Good. Thanks to that, your mana is permeating well.’

To her body.

All the mana that has penetrated her muscles has been depleted.

Aslan’s mana naturally permeated the empty muscles again.

And to adapt to this, the absorption becomes more robust and meticulous, and more mana was saturated with muscles than before.

‘If you keep repeating this, you’ll be able to reach your ultimate goal in no time.’

The body that has strengthened not only the muscles but also the internal organs.

Of course, we only have 5 months left to get there, so we will have to repeat the more classes than today.

“There’s no gain without pain. Push yourself a little harder.”

Bertrand, who wiped Aslan’s sweat from her forehead, tried to move her to the shade.

But at that moment……

“……!”

Bertrand looked around his surroundings as he felt someone’s presence.

‘Who’s that? Who’s that kid?’

A boy was watching them from afar.

The boy with dark hair and eyes looked younger than Aslan, but his presence made even Bertrand tremble.

“You……”

The boy approached slowly.

And dropped the bouquet he had in his hand.

[What did you do to her?]

With an eerie voice that could freeze even the soul.

***

‘Noona?’

After arriving at the Levonsuit family, Juven first looked for Aslan.

Leon who had a dark expression told him that she was taking a class in the training ground, so he had an ominous feeling.

And as soon as he arrived at the training ground, he found Aslan doing push-ups under a man.

‘Really…… Is that noona?’

It was a bizarre sight, but only Aslan, which had changed, came into the eyes of Juven.

Unlike before, she lost a lot of weight.

It’s not completely lost, but just a bit chubby?

The moment he saw it, the boy felt as if his heart was being squeezed.

‘Noona…… You’ve become so beautiful.’

He was going to surprise her by showing her how he’s changed, but it was him who was surprised.

However, the idea did not last long.

‘Noona!’

Because Aslan suddenly collapsed.

Juven burst into anger, looking at Bertran who was observing Aslan collapsed.

‘Is this class? What are you doing to her!’

His mana raged like a storm, and the feeling of anger became the fuel.

Dark mana soared, freezing the air around it.

“You……”

The former obsession with seeking strength has long since turned into an obsession with Aslan.

[What did you do to her?]

Fortunately, it wasn’t worse than in the game.

Anyway, Bertrand was going to die if he took that mad rage with his body.

‘Dark mana. Is this the child of the Marquis of Appleton?’

He has already heard about it.

In particular, dark and light mana must be reported to the Imperial Palace immediately upon manifestation.

It was very rare and powerful mana, so it was an obligation that must be done.

Of course, Juven kept it secret only to Aslan, but it had been long since it was reported to the Imperial Palace.

‘More talented than what I’ve heard.’

Even if the beholder of the dark mana is not talented, it was still a special attribute that’s different from the others.

However, the power that Juven was now showing was by no means ordinary.

‘I can’t believe you can make wings already when you’re only nine years old!’

The wings of dark mana spread out behind the back of Juven.

According to history books, even geniuses who possessed the dark attribute could only use it freely when they became adults.

The fact that you’re using it at your age……

‘Like Aslan, are you a genius among geniuses?’

No, maybe he’s beyond that.

Unable to feel envious in front of the talented genius, Bertrand escaped.

“Pole!”

From where he stood, sharp tentacle-like shadows popped out and smashed the ground.

‘Oh. He can handle shadows.’

Fragments of the broken ground seemed to have been by knife with a sharp cut.

Even Bertrand, the master of enhancement magic, will be fatally wounded if he is attacked.

‘It’s been a while since I’ve felt this.’

When did I last felt that?

When I ran into a Behemoth, a dangerous monster?

Or when I fought the ‘Silent Killer’, the skilled assassin of an enemy country, which allowed me to receive my status as a nobleman now?

‘It’s worse than that.’

I wasn’t scared, but my hands were shaking.

His instinct was telling him that he would die if he fought with him.

To a nine-year-old boy.

[Kill.]

Before he knew it, Aslan disappeared.

When he attacked, he used the shadows to take Aslan.

He released a relieved exhale when she was already in the arms of Juven.

‘I can’t fight. What should I do?.’

Should I run away?

Black shadows have already spread around the training ground like the sea, so it was impossible.

‘It can’t be helped.’

It’s still a child, so he doesn’t have much experience.

We could both die if I fought for my life.

But Bertrand’s goal was different.

“Are you Juven?”

[Kill.]

“No answer. Oh, you’re totally different from what I heard from Aslan.”

Juven’s hand, which was about to attack, paused.

But it moved again shortly.

‘As expected.’

What Bertrand was aiming for was experience.

It’s not about combat experience……

“Are you going to attack me? Did Aslan know you wrong? I thought she said you were a nice, smiling, cute kid.”

It was romantic experience.

Taken aback at what he said at the end, Juven asked.

“My noona…… Did she talk about me?”

An opening has been made.

Persuasion doesn’t work well for an agitated opponent.

Because they won’t listen to others.

Bertrand saw a method to calm his agitation when he saw Juven with Aslan.

“Yes, we used to talk a lot after class.”

That’s straight-up love!

He speculated that the reason why Juven, who is not even a relative, follows Aslan is because of love.

“Oh, you seem to be mistaken about something. I’m not harassing Aslan.”

Of course, they could just be really close friends.

The Duke Levonsuit and Marquis Appleton were very close, and that fact was widely known to the nobility.

It is possible for their children to become close friends too.

However, the thing that proved Juven’s love was left beside him.

‘If they were just close friends, he wouldn’t have brought such flowers.’

A plentiful bouquet of flowers.

A bouquet of blue roses is still beautifully arranged from the side of Juven.

Even if he was just a close friend and brought it out of courtesy, that was still too excessive.

‘I could have been wrong. Fortunately, I got it right.’

It is the natural instinct for those who are in love to be curious about how the person who they feel good about will think of them.

Bertrand aimed for it, and Juven got caught properly.

“Are you curious? About what class I had with Aslan and why I did that?”

“……”

“And what Aslan thought about you?”

Never once has Aslan told him a story about Juven.

But Bertrand was confident.

People who are in love easily fall for stories that are good to hear.

“If you’re curious, I’ll let you hear it. What do you think?”

“……Really?”

Juven gave in.

Eventually, the shadow surrounding the training ground disappeared.

Bertrand laughed bitterly.

“Yes. I’ll tell you everything.”

He was thinking about ways to lie.

***

“Did noona really say that about me?”

While Aslan was lying in the shade, Juven and Bertrand talked.

Juven had forgotten that he had been hostile before and before he knew it he was obeying him.

“Yes, she bragged that she had a really cute younger brother. He’s a nice, pure, angelic younger brother.”

Bertrand poured out lies as if he had oiled his tongue.

“Noona thought of me as a younger brother……”

“Oh, that’s what she said. But in the future, when you grow up, you may become a very nice and wonderful man.”

“Is that true?”

“Of course. If she really saw you as a younger brother, she would have only said you were cute. She has not it noticed yet, but she is definitely gaining interest.”

While talking, Bertrand looked at Aslan’s condition.

He had to finish lying before she woke up.