Three months had passed in the blink of an eye since the last incident in the Royal Capital.
Inside the training ground.
Princess Alice and Alexia held Magic Swords, ready to spar.
Alexia was the first to attack, her magic power gathering in the sword.
She launched an attack at Princess Alice.
Princess Alice parried with her blade.
Their swords clashed, emitting a harsh grinding sound.
Princess Alice looked at Alexia in surprise; her opponent's strength was already on par with her own.
Princess Alice had asked Alexia more than once what was going on, but Alexia had always chosen to keep it a secret.
"Alexia, I'm going all out now, be careful!"
After Princess Alice finished speaking, a vast red magic power emanated from her body.
Alexia, on the other hand, concealed her aura, with only a small amount of magic power around her.
Their swords interacted at an extremely fast speed, with flashes of blades moving rapidly.
A bead of sweat trickled down Princess Alice's forehead.
Princess Alice felt her speed was somewhat unable to keep up with Alexia.
"Then I can only win by force!"
Princess Alice unleashed an even more powerful magic power.
She swung her sword towards Alexia.
Alexia, at this moment, jumped back and simultaneously slashed Princess Alice's sword, using the momentum to retreat several meters.
Princess Alice's sword missed, and she swung another strike.
This time, Alexia had no chance to dodge.
The sword slashed down at an angle.
As the two swords collided, Princess Alice's sword slid along Alexia's sword, being directly guided to slash at the air.
Alexia seized this opportunity, using Princess Alice's sword as a pivot, rapidly spun her sword, and with a reverse grip, slashed towards Princess Alice.
Princess Alice, unable to stop her momentum, attacked the air to Alexia's side.
Alexia's sword, however, was aimed at Princess Alice's neck.
The sword stopped just before Princess Alice's neck.
"Princess Alice, you lost!"
"I lost!"
Princess Alice knelt on the ground.
Being surpassed by the younger sister she had watched grow up made Princess Alice question her own efforts.
"Alexia, tell me, how exactly did you become so strong!"
"I have an agreement with that person, and I cannot reveal anything to you, Sister, otherwise I might die!"
This wasn't the first time Princess Alice had asked, and Alexia could only say this; she wanted to dispel Princess Alice's persistent questioning.
Princess Alice walked away, disheartened.
She recalled the past, when she won the championship at the Martial Heart Festival, and Alexia sat alone in her seat, questioning her life.
She found that her current self was very similar to Alexia back then.
Extremely similar.
It started to drizzle.
In these three months, Alexia came to spar with her every month.
She watched Alexia grow stronger little by little, while she remained stagnant.
However, Alexia would disappear from the dormitory every night as soon as it got dark, and Princess Alice tried to follow Alexia.
But she lost her every time.
Alexia suddenly became mysterious.
Recalling all this, Princess Alice couldn't calm her feelings; she was very lost now, her self-confidence shattered by Alexia... During these three months, Alexia went to find Student Xi Nuo every night.
Student Xi Nuo would teach Alexia how to become stronger, and also... Alexia's talent was not bad, she was willing to work hard, and she could grasp the future, just like Kesha, her strength increased very rapidly.
Her talent was on the same level as Alpha and Zeta.
Her strength grew quite rapidly.
Milia would occasionally act as Alexia's sparring partner.
Every time, Alexia suffered a crushing defeat.
Each crushing defeat would make Alexia determined that she must surpass Milia... In the academy, many people heard about the Royal Capital's serial killer.
"I am Shadow Garden!" was the killer's catchphrase, essentially indiscriminate killing.
Many people in the Royal Capital were in a state of panic.
"Student Xi Nuo, Xi De, have you heard, a new Mitsugoshi Company has opened in the Royal Capital, and it sells a kind of chocolate food, which is said to be very popular with women. With it, won't we be able to find partners!" Jia Ka said.
"Chocolate?" Xi De was thinking about why food from his previous life would appear here.
"Then without further ado, let's go after school!" You Luo echoed.
"I'm not going, I have a girlfriend!" Student Xi Nuo said.
"It's precisely because you have one that you should go together! Maybe you can get another girlfriend!" Jia Ka said. (He just wanted Student Xi Nuo to be distracted in this way)
"Then what if we encounter the Royal Capital's serial killer?" You Luo said.
"Stupid, we have four Magic Swordsmen, how could we be afraid of that so-called Royal Capital's serial killer!" Jia Ka said.
"You're right! Let's go after school!"
"It's settled that all four of us will go together!"
Xi De was dumped by Alexia, so he was single now.
The group arrived outside the Mitsugoshi Company, where a long line had formed.
The group had no choice but to queue.
"There's a beautiful woman over there, I'll go ask if we can go straight in!"
Student Xi Nuo said and walked towards Nu.
"Student Xi Nuo is greedy, he'll definitely be rejected!" Jia Ka said.
"Exactly, we've tried to hit on that beautiful older sister before, and she very politely told us to get lost!" You Luo said.
Jia Ka and You Luo were very much looking forward to Student Xi Nuo being told to get lost.
"Nu, is there a special passage? I want to go directly into the Mitsugoshi Company!"
Nu was startled for a moment, looking at Student Xi Nuo.
She hadn't noticed Student Xi Nuo's presence at all just now.
"Is this Lord Shadow? To conceal his aura to such an extent!"
"Alright, Lord Shadow!"
Under the surprised gazes of Jia Ka and You Luo, Nu led the group to the staff entrance.
"How come they can go in without queuing!"
Someone in the queue saw them go in and immediately asked.
"They are here to do odd jobs, to do hard labor in the back kitchen!"
That person looked at Xi De and Student Xi Nuo's appearance; they looked like ordinary people, indeed very much like manual laborers.
"Is that so..."
The other party had nothing to say after hearing such an answer.
After Jia Ka and You Luo went in, they looked around and deflated when they saw the prices.
The prices of those items were beyond their means.
"I'm going to buy chocolate, and I'll buy some for you too!" Student Xi Nuo said and left the group.
"My stomach hurts, I'm going to..."
Xi De also left the group.
Nu led the two to the elevator entrance, and Student Xi Nuo walked in.
Xi De also remembered Nu, one of the group Beta had brought before.
"Does Lord Shadow want to come along?" Nu asked, seeing that Xi De had no intention of entering the elevator.
"No need, I have some things I want to buy!"
"Nu, let Student Xi Nuo have everything for free!" Student Xi Nuo said.
"Yes!"
Nu found a waitress and told her to follow Xi De, and that everything he bought would be free.
Xi De had only taken a liking to the burgers in the food section.
He hugged a large bag of burgers and started devouring them frantically.
Xi De asked the waitress and learned that the owner of the shop here was Gamma.
Xi De knew the knowledge Student Xi Nuo had taught Gamma.
"Gamma is truly amazing, to have opened such a large shop! And this burger is really delicious!"