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Mesugaki Tank Enters the Academy –
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Mesugaki Tank Enters the Academy –
93

Joy clenched her hands
tightly, grateful that Lucy had said yes to helping her.

Although she didn’t know what
methods Lucy used, she had grown to a level deserving to be called a
promising prospect of the continent in just one year.

If she could learn Lucy’s
growth methods, Joy felt confident she could become strong enough to
stand by her side.

Given Lucy’s strict warning,
the process wouldn’t be easy.

But that was fine.

Joy wasn’t someone who had
been coddled like a flower in a greenhouse.

She had always worked hard to
live up to her title as a Lady of the Partan Family.

She was confident she could
endure any hardships that came her way.

What would they start with?

As these thoughts stirred her
motivation, Lucy began to explain.

“Airhead Lady, from now
on, I’ll turn you, a sloppy mage, into the best.”

“Lady Allen will?”

Joy never doubted that Lucy
was an amazing person.

If she had doubted it, she
would never have asked for Lucy’s help in the first place.

However, that was solely in
terms of growing as a party member.

It wasn’t about growing as a
mage.

It made sense, after all.

How could Lucy Allen, born and
raised in a knight’s family, know how to become an outstanding mage?

“What’s this? Airhead
Lady, are you already whining even though you said you’d do as you’re
told?”

“No! It’s not like that.”

“First, listen, Airhead
Lady. And if you don’t like it, don’t argue. Are you an Airhead
Lady with no patience?”

“…Yes, ma’am.”

When Joy nodded cautiously,
Lucy stood in front of her with her arms crossed and her shoulders
squared confidently. Though Joy found the confident pose of the
petite girl adorable, she didn’t voice it aloud.

Expressing it would only
invite scathing remarks.

“The first thing we need to
do is build up your sloppy physical stamina.”

“Stamina?”

“Yes. As a sloppy mage,
you’re just a burden right now.”

A burden.

At that word, what flashed
through Joy’s mind was Lucy’s dungeon record, breaking a floor
every five minutes.

Lady Allen’s base standard
must consider such a speed.

Hence, physical stamina is
deemed essential to keep up with her.

Understanding Lucy’s words,
Joy nodded.

“I understand. What should I
do?”

“Airhead Lady, start
running.”

“Running?”

Perhaps running is just to
warm up her body?

Following Lucy and Frey, Joy
began moving her legs with determination.

However, it wasn’t long
before Joy lagged behind.

Despite her extensive
training, Joy was still a mage.

There was no way she could
match their leg power. At first, Joy tried in vain to keep up with
them.

“Airhead Lady. There’s no
way a sloppy mage like you can keep up with me, right? Just jog
slowly, taking it easy.”

However, seeing Joy clench her
teeth and persist, Lucy relented and decided to run at her own pace.

Joy kept on running.

Even after 30 minutes, and
even after an hour had passed.

When her legs started feeling
numb and a sharp pain began to tear through her lungs, Joy couldn’t
help but wonder:

‘How long is this warm-up
going to last?

At this rate, I’m not warming
up; I’m going to exhaust all my stamina just from running!’

As Joy pondered this, Lucy and
Frey, running at a pace comparable to horses, brushed past her side.

“Lady Allen!”

“Huh? What’s up?”

“How long are we going to
keep running?”

“Ahaha. What, are your
legs shaking from exhaustion?”

“Not quite that bad.”

Though it was undeniable that
she was tired and fatigued, she wasn’t at the point of collapse.

“Hmm. Really? Then let’s
run just as much as we already have.”

So… another hour?

Upon hearing Lucy’s
declaration, Joy’s lips tightened, but Lucy just gave her an annoying
smile.

“What? Don’t tell me you
can’t handle this much? You impatient, sloppy Airhead Lady? Want me
to coddle you?”

“Alright, alright. I’ll do
it!”

“Aha! She’s angry now.”

After Lucy scoffed and dashed
ahead, Joy gritted her teeth and followed.

In the end, Joy ran for
another hour and a half until she collapsed from exhaustion.

The astonishing part was Lucy
kept running for a long time even after Frey had collapsed to the
ground before she finally took a break.

“Airhead Lady, tell me what
classes you’re taking.”

Lucy’s advice didn’t stop
there.

She explained which of Joy’s
classes were beneficial and which were not.

If her explanations were
vague, Joy might have had doubts about Lucy, no matter how much she
trusted her.

But Lucy’s detailed
breakdown left no room for scepticism for Joy.

As soon as Joy mentioned a
professor’s name, Lucy not only knew what the class was about but
also the syllabus.

She went on to tell Joy which
classes were crucial and which were unnecessary.

“What you need most, Airhead
Lady, is a lot of magical power and quick, precise casting. A sloppy
mage like you won’t be able to handle a multitude of spells well.
So the classes you should take are…”

Her advice matched exactly
with what the Partan Family’s tutor had explained.

‘Lady Allen, you really do
have knowledge about magic?!

I had doubted it earlier,
thinking it was baseless advice.’

“Do you understand?”

“Yes. Got it. So, I should
add these classes, right?”

“Yes. And besides
physical training, I’ll tell you what else you need to do, Airhead
Lady.”

Lucy instructed Joy to use
non-elemental psychokinesis magic without incantations every evening
until she ran out of magical power.

The method was very specific.

Start by moving a single orb
with psychokinesis.

Then, as you become accustomed
to it, keep adding more orbs.

“Airhead Lady, you need
to focus solely on this until you can handle five objects
simultaneously. Even an airhead like you can manage this, right?”

Joy didn’t fully understand
the significance of Lucy’s demands.

But she had no doubts.

When they previously discussed
academy classes, Joy confirmed that Lucy had substantial knowledge of
magic.

Trusting that Lucy wouldn’t
ask her to do something meaningless, she decided to follow her
instructions.

And that evening.

As she followed Lucy’s advice
and used psychokinesis magic, she understood why Lucy had her do it.

“Controlling multiple
objects with psychokinesis magic requires a tremendous amount of
concentration.”

Psychokinesis magic is one of
the basic non-elemental magics.

Thus, it uses little magical
power and is easy to cast without incantation.

However, controlling it is a
different matter.

Lifting and moving a single
object wasn’t difficult.

She had done it countless
times before.

But moving two objects changed
the game. The concentration needed to move each orb simultaneously
with psychokinesis magic was not something that could be done easily.

It required at least three
times, and for more complex movements, more than four times the
concentration.

Naturally, the burden
increased severely when handling three orbs at once.

It became nearly impossible to
manage all three without losing control of at least one of them.

“This is efficient.”

Joy knew various ways to
improve magical proficiency.

However, those methods
typically involved overloading oneself with more difficult and
complex spells.

This meant greater magical
power consumption and shorter training periods.

But Lucy’s approach was
different.

Since psychokinesis magic is a
basic type of magic, the amount of magical power consumed is small.

However, the concentration
required could rival that of other spells.

Amazing.

Lucy Allen. Where did you
learn this method?

No mage has ever suggested
such a way before.

Even renowned mages only
advised mastering more difficult spells, not proposing training
methods using psychokinesis magic.

Could it be that Lady Allen,
you came up with this method yourself?

If so, I can’t help but
respect you.

It doesn’t make sense.

People have always told me I
am talented.

I always heard that I had
great potential while growing up.

But Lady Allen, your talent
makes mine seem insignificant.

No matter how experienced a
knight is, it’s hard to possess knowledge about magic.

That’s because the knowledge
required for a knight and a mage are entirely different fields.

Mastering both is nearly
impossible.

Even if someone claims they
have mastered both, in most cases, they’re usually bluffing after
only gaining a superficial understanding.

But Lucy Allen is different.

She indeed possesses profound
knowledge about magic.

And it surpasses Joy, who has
been solely dedicated to magic all her life.

Haha. I suppose it’s no wonder
you took first place in the Academy entrance exam?

Your depth and breadth of
knowledge is simply astounding.

Sigh.
Will there ever come a day when I can stand on equal footing with
Lady Allen?

Too far.

She’s just so far ahead.

To repay all the kindness she
has shown, I must stand beside her.

I need to work harder.

Enough to catch up to Lady
Allen’s talent.

For some reason, ever since I
taught Joy the training method, I could see respect in her eyes.

Not only that, but whenever
she has questions about magic, she comes to me for answers. I just
taught Joy the method I used when raising a mage character in Soul
Academy! I don’t know a thing about real magic!

Even if you ask me, Joy, I
can’t tell you anything!

I screamed this internally,
but it was impossible to tell Joy that I didn’t know the answers.

I didn’t want to disappoint
the admiration in Joy’s eyes.

So, every time, I sought help
from Grandpa.

Thankfully, Grandpa was a
versatile paladin.

He had often confessed that,
in the past, he had to endure needlessly complex and difficult magic
lectures given by the mage in his party, so he answered Joy’s
questions without much trouble.

The problem was that I was the
one delivering those answers, and each time, Joy’s respect for me
grew even more.

‘Well…’

‘…’

A few days had passed since
Joy began training under Lucy’s guidance.

Every morning, she built up
her stamina by running until she collapsed from exhaustion.

She stood at the back of the
classroom during classes to avoid dozing off.

At night, she practised
psychokinesis until her mana was completely depleted before falling
asleep.

Although Joy usually woke up
every morning with determination from seeing her gradual improvement,
today was different.

Staring up at the ceiling
tinged with the colours of dawn, she brushed her face with her hand.

Today was the promised day to
enter a dungeon with Lucy.

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