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As though they had arranged it beforehand, Claire, Linse, Fianna, and Alice were all gathered in Linse's room. Even Carol stood beside Linse, and all the girls turned their eyes toward Noah.
"How did it go?" Alice was the first to ask.
"Has the matter with the headmistress been settled?"
"Yeah." Noah pulled himself together, recalling that stunning sword strike called Heavenly Absolute Flash Thrust and the fundamental principle behind it, then nodded firmly.
"I've received what Grayvas intended to give me."
All that remained was to spend some time practicing and getting used to it. With Noah's keen instincts for combat techniques, he should be able to master it quickly.
Once he had mastered Heavenly Absolute Flash Thrust, even without using his Authority or Gate of Babylon, Noah would have a close-combat skill he could bring out in high-level battles.
According to Grayvas, even Ren did not know the secret of this Absolute Sword Technique.
Furthermore, Grayvas had now lost her abilities as an Elf User and could no longer perform sword dances. Heavenly Absolute Flash Thrust would probably truly be impossible for anyone besides Noah to master.
Although Noah knew that Grayvas must have had her own purpose for teaching him Heavenly Absolute Flash Thrust even at the cost of hastening the decline of her Elf User abilities, he would still master the secrets of this Absolute Sword Technique as soon as possible, so as not to waste her painstaking efforts.
Fianna, who did not know that Grayvas had called Noah out to teach him a trump card, asked curiously.
"What exactly