Peruta looked satisfied as I sent him off after our training. Next, I sparred with Sumire, who seemed to have learned a lot from watching me. Of course, she could never be my opponent. Even though I had pretty much stopped thinking and sparred with the mindset of leading her spear forward, her spear couldn’t reach me at all.

However, only half a year had passed since Sumire really began to train in spearmanship. Although she had the basics down from the family training she had when she was young, it was still only the basics. I remembered this clearly as she had sparred with me when she started training and I had watched her Spear Technique become mid-rank.

Sumire learned high-rank Spear Technique after working with me today. Her improvement was easy to see, and I quickly ascertained that her spearmanship advanced to high-rank Spear Technique. I didn’t know how Sherafina split mid-rank from high rank, but I could feel her advancement from her spear’s movements. I knew she wanted to get stronger quickly, but her speed really surprised me.

“…”

“Thank you! Shin-nim is the best!” she said excitedly.

I smiled wryly. “No, I don’t think I did much.”

“If it wasn’t for Shin-nim, I would have never learned high-rank Spear Technique! Shin-nim is really amazing…!”

Sumire entered her worship mode. Though I was happy, I asked her with a bitter expression, “Sumire, did you put any skill points into Spear Technique…?”

She shook her head. “No. Didn’t you tell me not to? That it was important to not put skill points into mana training skills or martial art skills.”

I nodded. “Right. So you reached high-rank Spear Technique in half a year with just your own ability?”

“It’s more thanks to Shin-nim rather than my ability.”

Sumire spoke as she tilted her head....