Chapter 65

Chapter 66: Can you go a little easier on the wall-hugging walk, missy?

About fifteen minutes later, Izay’s magic wore off, and Ais’ arm gradually regained its mobility.

“Hey hey, how’re you feeling? Ais.”

Noticing the star chart on Ais’ hand dimming, Tiona couldn’t help but ask eagerly.

“My arm feels so sore…”

Ais truthfully replied to her curiosity.

The sensation of having her entire arm compressed in another dimension was exhausting, even when doing nothing at all.

“Just that short while?”

Sister Tione couldn’t help but feel intrigued.

For their level of adventurers who have reached Level 5, regular training hardly has any effect anymore due to their overly developed physical prowess.

Short sessions are ineffective; long ones inefficient.

Nowadays, they mostly engage in light sparring with companions and spend most of their time exploring dungeons.

Though improvements after each return are minimal, it’s better than nothing.

Facing Ais’ situation where she felt weak after just fifteen minutes, Tione couldn’t help but wonder.

“That! Izay! Can you do it to me too? I want to experience what just happened!”

Similarly, her sister Tiona had almost the same open-mindedness. The Amazon girl directly hugged Izay’s arm and said with a cheerful smile.

“Sure, but you should prepare yourself. This time, I’ll spread the magic effect throughout your whole body.”

Izay nodded lightly, giving a slight warning.

“No problem!”

“Count me in too! I really want to try~”

“Me… Me too!”

Hmm…

Hearing the last voice, Izay couldn’t help but glance at a certain百合little fairy who had sneaked into the group.

He suddenly wanted to comment, “You three Level 5s wanting to try is one thing, but you, a Level 3 with weaker constitution as a rear-guard Magical Arts specialist, why are you joining in? Do you think you’ll be able to get out of bed tomorrow after my magic?”

But ultimately, Izay didn’t say it aloud.

Out of sheer mischief, Izay looked forward to seeing Refia going limp soon~

And not just them, Ais also wanted to experience the full-body version, which Izay didn’t refuse.

First-class adventurers aren’t as fragile as imagined. Their endurance in battle makes even cockroaches envious.

Even severe injuries barely affect their output; they activate buffs like pros when injured.

Just a simple space-twisting magic shouldn’t be too much for them to handle.

With this thought, Izay sequentially gave them all a buff.

Tione and her sister managed well, staggering a couple of steps before quickly steadying themselves against the wall, shock evident in their eyes.

This magic’s effect was stronger than they expected!

Ais, having experienced it first, didn’t show much surprise, slowly moving her body to adapt to the magic.

“How about this? Isn’t it challenging enough? I feel like you can’t even hold your weapons steadily~ Training or fighting under these conditions will definitely improve your basic abilities if nothing unexpected happens.”

Izay smiled watching their wobbly legs.

Simply put, his method was using magic to add “weight” to Ais and others.

A 360-degree, no-blind-spot “weighted” addition, every move being suppressed.

A common training method used by many anime protagonists.

Having watched so many animes, Izay could mimic them easily, right?

“Tch, don’t underestimate us, Izay. I’ll completely adapt to this within a day…”

Tione struggled to speak, starting to walk slowly toward the door.

“Hey, sis, where are you going?”

“To train!”

Hearing that, Tiona, leaning on the wall, lit up her eyes with a smile.

“Wait for me! I’m coming too! Izay~ see ya later~”

Walking to the door, Tiona waved back at Izay.

“By the way… the magic should only last around an hour…”

“I know~”

Then, Ais also bid farewell to Izay and followed the two.

Seeing their eagerness to leave, Izay gave them a slight reminder but didn’t bother further.

After all, he’d mentioned earlier that these were just his guesses.

The best way to prove a guess is through practice, isn’t it?

Whether it works or not, we’ll probably know tonight.

In the staircase of Twilight Manor, three figures appeared, walking while holding onto the walls…

Next door, Raul, who had prepared to invite Izay to explore the dungeon, coincidentally opened the door and saw the three stagger out from Izay’s room.

Raul: “…”

His eyeballs nearly popped out, but then fell silent for a moment before shaking his head with a light laugh.

“Yare yare, must’ve drank too much yesterday, hallucinating…”

“This state isn’t suitable for dungeon exploration… Better to go back and rest…”

Saying that, Raul clicked shut the door and went back to sleep.

Attempting to numb himself~

“I-Izay-sama…”

When the three had left, a seemingly forgotten small fairy timidly spoke.

“Is something wrong, Refia?” Izay responded with a smile.

“Later… can you… go a bit lighter?”

Refia shrank her neck, glancing around, trying to negotiate.

“Eh???”

Izay froze instantly.

Lighter?

What lighter?

What did you imagine?

No, what did I imagine?

One of us definitely has a misaligned thought process here.

“Uh… about the magic effect… can you make it lighter?”

At this point, Refia seemed to have realized something, suddenly aware that her physical condition couldn’t compare with Ais and Tiona.

If Ais could be restrained like that, how much more for her?

If she trained at that intensity, wouldn’t she be unable to get out of bed tomorrow?

The fairy realized this and attempted to negotiate with Izay.

Then someone suddenly understood: “Oh~~~ You mean this? I thought…”

“You thought?” A question mark appeared above the fairy’s head.

“Cough cough, never mind, nothing at all. Come~ extend your hand, I’ll give you a buff~ a lighter one~”

“Oh…”