The sky gradually began to brighten.
In the courtyard where Yilan lived, the sound of weapons clashing gradually quieted down. Exhausted, Noel leaned on the tree with both hands, exhaling hot breath continuously from the depths of her throat.
"I'm sorry… Master Yilan, I have tried my best, but this is all I can do…"
Yilan tightened his loose tie and helplessly looked down at Noel, who was whispering like a dream.
"Although this is indeed our first time doing this kind of training, it's still a bit inappropriate to only go this far. Keep working on it next time."
"…Yes, I will definitely try my best to keep up with Master Yilan!"
Yilan smiled heartily at Noelle, who was looking at him with eyes full of fighting spirit, and handed him his coat.
"It's a little chilly this morning. Although I worked up a sweat from the intense exercise just now, it's easier to catch a cold at this time. You should keep warm."
"...Um."
Noelle took the coat and put it on herself, hiding her petite body in the large coat and secretly took a deep breath.
'Wow… It's the smell of Master Yilan…'
Noelle quietly tightened her coat, letting the smell completely envelop her.
"Let's take a break and continue. I haven't had enough fun yet."
"...Yes."
Noel felt a very special feeling today. She couldn't tell what was special about it, but she felt that she couldn't disobey Yilan no matter what and could only be played with by him.
…But this feeling is not so bad.
"Boom boom boom!"
Just then, there was a sudden knock on the door.
"Huh… Huh? What should I do? Why is someone here at this time?"
The knock on the door was particularly loud in the quiet morning, and Noelle fell into a small panic.
"Why are you panicking?" Yilan looked at her strangely. "We didn't do anything shameful. We were just doing morning exercises."
Yes, just now Yilan and Noel were just doing a somewhat special morning exercise. This "special" definitely does not refer to anything astringent. Anyone who has the wrong idea should go face the wall!
After receiving a 10-point attribute reward from the system yesterday, Yilan thought about it and then improved his soul strength and physique.
Now his three-dimensional attributes are:
Soul: 14
Spirit: 18
Physical: 13
After his attributes were improved, Yilan felt that his affinity with elemental forces had increased a lot, and his strength had also increased a lot. In order to verify his current strength, he started this somewhat special training with Noel.
The training method was very simple and crude—both sides did not use any forged weapons, but only used weapons made of rock elements to fight each other.
The result made Yilan very satisfied.
Although Noel had extraordinary strength, the weapons she created were of poor quality, and the difference in strength between her and him was not that great. After an hour of fighting, Noel damaged 23 rock-element weapons, while Yilan only damaged 10 weapons.
After continuously creating 23 rock-elemental weapons, Noel felt as if her body was hollowed out and he could no longer exert any rock elemental power.
On the contrary, Yilan still felt a little unsatisfied. He felt that he was far from reaching his limit. Judging from the quality and quantity of elemental power alone, he was probably several times stronger than Noel now.
"Brother Yilan, are you home?"
At this time, the girl's energetic voice came from the other side of the gate again.
"Wait a minute, I'll be right there!"
Yilan shouted towards the door and then said to Noelle, "It's Barbara. Please help entertain her first. I'll go change my clothes and come back."
"Yes, Master Yilan."
Noel looked at Yilan's back with longing as he left. The morning sunlight shone on him, as if covering him with a layer of gold, sacred and solemn.
"By the way," Yilan suddenly turned around, put a finger in front of his mouth, looked at Noelle with a smile and said, "Don't tell anyone else that I can use elemental power. This is a secret between us."
At present, he does not want to reveal the fact that he can use the power of the rock element. He has his own plans in this regard. Although Barbara is an insider, she is not a gossipy person.
"Well, I will keep my mouth shut, just like the language of roses!" Noel said seriously with a slightly red face.
"Yes, just like the language of roses." Yilan smiled meaningfully, and then—
[Negative Energy +1]
Yilan: "…"
Well, in a sense, this is a good thing. After all, negative energy is useful.
...
When Yilan changed into his daily clothes and came out of the bedroom, he found Noel and Barbara having a pleasant conversation in the living room.
"What are you talking about?" Yilan walked over and asked with a smile.
"We were talking about things related to Brother Yilan."
Seeing Yilan coming over, Noelle folded her hands in front of her belly and performed a dignified and elegant maid's salute. At such a young age, she looked like a perfect maid. Barbara waved at him and greeted him very lively.
"I didn't expect Noelle to be a maid here for Brother Yilan. This is really unexpected." Barbara's blue eyes seemed to be condensed with water light. Her gaze wandered between Yilan and Noelle, flashing with curiosity.
Although Noelle defines herself as a small and humble maid, who would really just regard her as a maid?
At least Barbara believed that if she and Noelle fought one-on-one, she would be smashed into "Barbara-chan" by her greatsword.
In terms of strength, Noel ranks among the top in the entire Mond!
There are various reasons why she was unable to pass the assessment of the Knights of Favonius.
So when Barbara knocked on the door just now and saw that it was Noel who opened the door, she was very surprised.
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Why is Barbara surprised…? 💀