‘I wanted to be helpful. I wanted to be of help to someone.’
It was the only thought inherent in Aria’s psyche. Even Aria herself did not know why she had such thoughts and feelings. It was just there.
That day, after waking up on his bed, she naturally came to know. Her being harbored an earnest desire to be of help to someone else.
And she found him.
Aria herself found the one person she wanted to help with all her heart. Someone for whom she wanted to be strong.
“…Young Lord Cain.”
After that, Aria wanted to be of help to him. She hoped that she would become his strength, who showed affection for the helpless girl who did not know where she came from.
However, Aria’s wish did not come true.
Because Aria was of no use whatsoever. At the most critical moment, Aria became an obstacle that he had to take care of.
“…ahh.”
Yes, in the end, she wasn’t helpful at the crucial moment.
He said so himself, that she wouldn’t be of help. That’s why he couldn’t take her with him.
It hurt, and it was sad.
However, rather than that, the feeling of ‘resentment’ filled her heart. If she had been strong like the women he met on the capital, if she had been as useful as those women, she would have been able to follow him at that moment. He wouldn’t have been against the idea of her following him.
‘I could have helped him…’
The thought occupied Aria’s mind.
She hoped she could have the strength to help him. And hoped she could be his strength by having the same strength as those women. At the end, she wished for the day she could stand proudly next to him.
That’s why Aria chose magic. Her teacher said that if she devoted herself to magic, in less than a year, she would have the power to defeat most mages. If she became that strong, he would see her differently.
But, her teacher was proven wrong.
It was because Aria was reaching the realms beyond the realm that her teacher had achieved throughout his life in just ten days.
Of course, she didn’t reach that level overnight. Before leaving for the capital, Aria learned the basics from her teacher and acquired various knowledge related to magic.
Old Carol had a talent as a teacher, and Aria able to achieve this because she also had outstanding intelligence.
However, even taking that into account, no one could deny that Aria’s growth rate was unprecedentedly abnormal in history. Even if you call it fast, it was way too fast. Aria’s learning of magic at a terrifying speed seemed like she was not learning magic but rather recalling things she had forgotten.
However, Aria herself was full of dissatisfaction.
It was slow. It was too slow.
At this speed, it seemed impossible to make it on time. A few days later, he was scheduled to leave the Duchy of Estel and leave for a place that was nothing short of hostile. This time, she could never let him go alone. This time, she had no intention of waiting for him again, outside of the crisis. So, there was no time. She had to become stronger as quickly as possible. That way, she could become his strength.
“…..”
She closed her eyes and sank into the depths of consciousness. Aria’s body was on the ground, but her mind, immersed in meditation, reached the realms far beyond.
Aria turned her gaze upward. Her eyes were full of far-off knowledge not yet allowed to mankind. She reached out, yet it did not reach. Regrettably, it was still not enough. With Aria’s current level, she couldn’t go beyond this.
[…ah, ugh…]
However, she couldn’t give up like this. She couldn’t back off like this. That’s how desperate she was. She stretched out her hand again. She reached out her hand again, not caring at all about not reaching or being bounced off.
And at last, her hand touched a single piece of truth.
‘Ugh…’
At that moment, Aria felt her mental world expand once again. She realized that the wall that stood in her way had collapsed.
However, at the same time, it ended here. If she tried to get something more than this, she didn’t know that it would put a strain on her body.
She hated the thought that it might end up worrying him. It was something she didn’t want to do. Her consciousness emerged from the depths of the mental world. She opened her eyes slowly. When she opened her eyes, she realized that her beloved master was standing right in front of her.
“Young Master…Cain?”
She couldn’t even imagine that he would visit the place where she was training, so when Aria showed a dumbfounded expression, Cain smiled shyly at her.
“Sorry, Aria. I didn’t mean to disturb you, but it seems that you were bothered by something.”
Aria’s face turned bright red at Cain’s words. And as if she hadn’t thought about it at all, she quickly waved her hand.
“Ah, ah, ah, no. I’m really fine. Yes, no. No need to worry. Yes, no need!”
Saying that, Aria involuntarily took a step back from Cain. It was because she had been concentrating on magic all day today. It was completely different from when she usually waited next to Cain. At that time, she always washed her body thoroughly to hide the smell that might come from her body.
But now it was different. From dawn to now, she hadn’t had a single drop of water on her hands. If Cain sniffed her body odor and frowned, Aria was confident that she would pass out immediately.
“No, you just sat and meditated all day today, so what’s the point in cari…”
“Master, you don’t know anything!”
Carol looked at Aria with a slightly bewildered look, but Aria directly ignored her teacher’s gaze.
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