Let This Grieving Soul Retire: Volume 4 [Parts 1 to 11] by Tsukikage

Author:Tsukikage
Language: eng
Format: epub

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Perhaps anticipation really is worse than anything that might come after.

Even after her disgraceful behavior, Tino’s master and the Smart sisters acted no differently towards her. It was possible they were just being nice to her, but Tino struggled to believe it. Treasure hunters needed to be strong both physically and mentally, and Tino’s master and the Smart sisters were fortifying her on both fronts.

Tino had been worried she might die when she had been made to run about in the storm and get struck by lightning. However, seeing how nonchalant Liz and Sitri had been, she was now only embarrassed at how much more she had to learn.

Her master’s words were worth more to her than any amount of gold, but they were also something to be feared. Every Trial of his up until now had been a hellish barrage of adversities. But on the other hand, Tino was glad she had looked death in the eye and survived to tell the tale and she trained daily with this sort of resolve.

However, this current Trial differed from any other so far. This was a training bind; she was supposed to put aside the skills she worked to the bone to develop and place herself in the position of someone weak.

Initially, she failed to understand the point of this, but she figured it out by watching Lizzy and Siddy. She didn’t know what was going to happen on their vacation, but she could tell it wasn’t going to be anything good. What might be a vacation to the capital’s strongest Level 8 would surely be a gauntlet to her.

Now she would be going in defenseless to the sort of Trials that she barely managed to complete with her life intact. She wouldn’t be risking her life, she would be throwing it away. It was a Trial unprecedented and perilous.

Naturally, the Smart sisters would have a better understanding of Krai’s words than Tino. So why was there not a shadow of concern on their faces? It was beyond Tino’s understanding. The two sisters weren’t accustomed to leaving themselves defenseless and it showed in their every movement, but Tino saw even that in an admirable light.

Surely this must be the difference experience makes. Tino couldn’t hope to emulate them. It had become second nature for her to be aware of her surroundings, make no footfalls, and always be prepared for combat. To throw that away would be throwing away everything she built up until this point.

The humiliation she had felt when Lizzy dragged her to the carriage had faded without a trace now that this new Trial lay before her. This wasn’t simple combat training, this was refinement of the soul. This was so that her soul might be as fluid and placed as water, that she might stay calm even in the worst of situations.

Tino had been unable to quell the emotions inflated by that mask and secluded herself in her room after she had been overwhelmed by the shame that followed.

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