What Kind of Code Is This?

Before long, all the Lizardmen had fallen.

They had fallen not only beneath Tier's blades, but also beneath Lumya's fists and Merika's magic.

The three girls had all displayed extraordinary strength, especially Tier, making Shien revise his opinion of her to some extent.

Even Lumya and Merika looked at Tier with what seemed like admiring eyes.

"As expected, Tier is still as amazing as ever."

"No, she should have become even stronger than before, right?"

Lumya and Merika gathered around Tier, chattering away with comments like those.

It seemed these two girls were still Tier's little fangirls.

But had they forgotten that Tier was younger than them?

Well, there was no rule saying you couldn't admire someone younger than yourself. In his previous life, weren't there plenty of so-called older sisters who acted young and went crazy for fresh-faced boys far younger than themselves?

He was used to it.

"Good work, everyone."

While Shien was letting his thoughts wander, Vivian stepped forward to check on her companions. Her expression was once again filled with gentleness and warmth, completely unlike her shrewd appearance from earlier.

Naturally, Tier did not take everyone's praise seriously either.

"This level of skill is nothing." Tier spoke without the slightest fluctuation in her voice. "At the very least, it should still be inferior to that Princess."

Those words caught Shien's attention.

The Princess?

Who was that supposed to be?

Ignoring Shien's pondering, Vivian spoke with an amused smile.

"The person you're comparing yourself to is a little unusual. Let alone in Mitra, no one in the entire Human Realm can surpass her. Those who can truly defeat her, even if you searched the Divine Realm, the Demon Realm, and the Human Realm, are probably limited to existences on the level of the Three Great Goddesses and the Six Great Demon Lords, aren't they?"

Vivian's words were met with Tier's silence.

But it was not a silent rebuttal. It was agreement.

Clearly, Tier agreed with Vivian's assessment.

But—

"Hm?"

Shien suddenly froze.

For some reason, Tier had turned her head and looked at him.

Though he could not see her face or eyes beneath her hood, Shien could sense that her gaze carried a thoughtful meaning.

It was as though she were evaluating Shien, comparing him to something.

That behavior left Shien somewhat confused.

But compared to that, there was something else Shien cared about more.

"That Magic Sword technique just now was impressive."

After carefully considering his wording, Shien gave Tier such a hint.

"Mm."

Tier fell silent for a moment, then nodded, counting that as a response.

"If one could learn that move, anyone would surely feel honored."

Seeing Tier's weak reaction, Shien's mouth twitched as he continued dropping subtle hints.

"Mm."

This time, Tier gave Shien a strange look before coldly nodding again, offering the bare minimum response.

"Although you're still young, there's a saying that the accomplished come first. So even if you were to become someone's teacher, you'd definitely be capable of it, right?"

With a stiff smile, Shien continued hinting frantically.

"..."

Tier fell silent and gave no further response.

"..."

Shien was immediately at a loss for words as well.

This girl was damn hard to deal with.

"What are they doing?"

"I-I don't know..."

"Is this some kind of code?"

Beside them, Vivian, Lumya, and Merika looked at one another in confusion.

The atmosphere suddenly became rather strange.

Shien and Tier simply stared at each other, both falling silent.

After a while, Shien decided that he still had to take the initiative.

"I..."

Shien once again rehearsed hundreds of subtle hints in his mind, preparing to give it his all.

Unfortunately, Tier's single sentence completely crushed Shien's grand ambitions.

"You want to learn?"

Tier bluntly struck at the heart of the matter.

Shien, who had been ready to give it his all, immediately felt as though his chest had been stopped up. His frantic hint, unable to hit the brakes in time, turned into this response.

"W-Who wants to learn? I don't want to learn at all!"

That was what Shien's words became, and his tone was filled with inexplicable arrogance.

"..."

This time, not only Tier, but Vivian, Lumya, and Merika as well fell silent, speechless.

Shien himself came to his senses and wished he could slap himself across the face.

Where did that tsundere act come from!?

Shien felt like dying.

However, at that moment, Tier said this.

"I can teach you."

In front of everyone, Tier actually said so.

"Tier?"

Vivian was immediately surprised.

"Huh?"

Lumya was stunned as well.

"You'll teach him?"

Merika was equally taken aback.

That was because everyone who knew Tier understood that this genius girl was not particularly fond of interacting with others. Her attitude toward other people was usually quite cold. Only in front of her teammates did she relax somewhat, and even then, it was merely her attitude; fundamentally, she was not the sort who would actively help others.

Moreover, Tier had previously been full of wariness toward Shien and had always been on guard against him.

Such a sudden change in Tier was truly surprising.

Even more surprising was that Tier had directly declared she would teach Shien the Magic Sword skill.

"That's the Magic Sword, you know? It's an advanced skill that even level seventy melee fighters have only an extremely low chance of learning?"

The words Merika blurted out were probably what everyone who understood the situation wanted to say.

Even among level seventy melee fighters, it was an advanced skill that had only an extremely low chance of being learned. Tier had already been hailed as an unparalleled genius for learning it before Level Sixty, yet now she wanted a Level Ten rookie adventurer to learn it?

Anyone who knew the situation would definitely say, "Stop joking."

But Tier remained unmoved.

"Come find me after we return to Lamigium."

With that, Tier turned and left.

Lumya and Merika exchanged glances again, then hurriedly followed after her.

"This..."

Shien had yet to react and could only keep blinking there by himself.

Vivian, who remained behind, looked at Shien with a meaningful gaze. After a while, she broke into a smile.

"See? I told you there are people who have actually already lowered their guard around you. You just didn't realize it."

Vivian said this in a lightly amused tone, leaving Shien speechless.

"All right."

It seemed that, as a Hero who had crossed over into Another World, he still had some status after all.

Today's second update!

The new book has already surpassed one hundred thousand words!

Although that is still very little, I'm sure everyone knows Ru Qing's reliability when it comes to updates. As long as there is enough motivation, once it gets published, there will be ten thousand words updated daily, and it will be completed at no less than five million words.

So whether this book can reach that point will depend on everyone's support.

This is my first original book. I sincerely hope it can be no shorter than the previous four books, nor any worse than them.

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