That morning was like any other.
Senior Delphine couldn’t join us for breakfast due to the bruises she suffered the previous day, but as a skilled warrior in her own right, she would return in a day or two. Rather, the unexpected part was something else.
It was Cien’s enthusiasm for learning.
“Ian Oppa, what exactly does ‘Jin (盡)’ mean?”
I was so startled by the question that I ended up widening my eyes in surprise. This sentiment wasn’t much different for Sir Irene, who was so flustered that she nearly dropped her spoon.
The culprit herself was lost in thought with her arms crossed.
“A specific state? Or perhaps a methodology for training? Why use such a vague definition like ’emptying’? This is why warriors are tiresome…. If it were magic, there would already be hundreds of papers……”
After that, Cien continued to voice her complaints for quite a while. Most of it was about how the ambiguous explanation of ‘Jin’ made training difficult, and it was truly a level that could be called tremendous progress.
Previously, she hadn’t even shown interest,…