With her spear in hand, charging into the monster horde, Lefia felt like the Great Hero in a heroic tale.
Hack, slash, swing, thrust.
She repeatedly used these four basic moves, combined with her overwhelming basic abilities.
This allowed Lefia to slaughter her way through the monster horde.
After she stabbed the last monster around her to death, Lefia stood where she was, feeling utterly exhausted.
She had been so excited just now that she had even forgotten her fatigue.
Now that she had stopped, the exhaustion instantly came surging back.
Even so, a happy smile still hung on Lefia's face. She had finally overcome her cowardice and become stronger.
At that moment, she suddenly remembered Shirou Emiya, who had worried about her. She turned around, intending to find him and thank him for training her.
However, as soon as she turned around, she saw Shirou Emiya chatting with Ais and the others not far away.
"Huh? Why is Miss Ais here?"
Hearing Lefia's cry of surprise, the four people who had been chatting turned to look at her. Seeing that Lefia had finished fighting, Shirou Emiya waved to her.
He gestured for her to come over.
Watching Lefia jog toward them, Shirou Emiya said with a smile, "They happened to pass by, but after seeing you, they refused to leave."
"Who refused to leave?"
Tiona glared at Shirou Emiya in displeasure before bouncing over to Lefia, who had arrived, and wrapping her arm around Lefia's. She loudly declared, "I'm just preventing the future Great Mage of our familia from being led astray by you."
Hearing Tiona's praise, Lefia's cheeks instantly turned bright red.
"Great Mage or whatever is still a long way off for me."
"Only after reaching the level of Riveria could I be qualified to be called a Great Mage."
"Don't be so modest!"
Standing up from the ground, Shirou Emiya smiled and comforted her. "Riveria herself said that, in terms of attack power alone, your magic has already reached the level of LV.5. That was her personal recognition of you!"
"Really? Riveria really said that?"
Hearing Riveria praise her, Lefia clasped her hands in front of her chest, her bright eyes seemingly shining with light.
"Of course!"
"That's right. I heard Riveria say that too."
Tione, who had been watching the spectacle from the side, also joined in to praise Lefia and build up her confidence.
Ais was even more direct. She reached out and gently stroked Lefia's beautiful hair, saying with a hint of a smile, "Lefia has become stronger."
"Everyone! Thank you!"
Listening to the praise from the four of them, Lefia was deeply moved.
Even though she had always been holding everyone back, they had continued to encourage her.
They had never once considered giving up on her.
This moved her beyond words.
Thinking of this, Lefia's already resolute heart became even firmer. With the determination not to disappoint everyone's expectations, she gripped the spear in her hand tightly.
"Mr. Shirou, please continue training me."
"I want to become an excellent mage whom everyone can rely on."
Hearing Lefia's wish, Shirou Emiya was extremely satisfied.
Having conviction was a good thing. That way, she would be filled with motivation.
What he feared was someone who was lost and could not even find a direction in which to work hard.
"In that case, we'll go to the middle levels next. The upper levels can no longer give you any trouble."
"Yes!"
"Wait, we're coming too."
Watching Tiona come over, Shirou Emiya helplessly looked toward Tione and Ais, hoping the two of them would rein her in.
Unfortunately, the other two were, essentially, problem children as well.
Feeling Shirou Emiya's gaze, the two of them turned away, pretending not to notice.
"Aren't you going to explore the Dungeon? The middle levels can't improve your strength."
"It's fine. We've only been back for two days anyway, so we'll just treat today as a day of rest."
The optimistic Tiona kept patting Shirou Emiya on the shoulder to show how little she cared.
Seeing this, Tione and Ais nodded as well.
Since he could not shake them off, Shirou Emiya could only helplessly accept the arrangement.
"Fine, then we'll go together."
"Yay!"
After achieving her goal, Tiona burst into loud laughter. "Lefia, we'll train you properly. I've already thought of so many fun training methods."
"Huh? Why?"
Lefia felt deeply uneasy and could no longer imagine what her training would be like afterward.
Compared with Shirou Emiya, Tiona was simply too unreliable.
"So it really is like this."
Shirou Emiya could guess her thoughts with his foot. This girl definitely wanted to toy with Lefia.
Poor Lefia!
Accept your miserable fate.
Shirou Emiya thought with great anticipation.
"Boohoo, Senior Tiona was just too mean! How could she do that?"
After they had left the Dungeon, Lefia complained incessantly. Tiona and the others had truly gone too far.
"That's right. You went too far, Tiona. You actually threw Lefia into a pile of monsters. Look at her—she's covered in footprints from being trampled by them."
Shirou Emiya walked at the front and criticized Tiona with a stern expression, but the corners of his mouth kept curling upward.
Lefia being bullied by the monsters had simply been too amusing.
"It couldn't be helped. Lefia's attribute suppression is so strong that she can even easily eliminate the monsters on the Thirteenth Floor. If we didn't add a little extra difficulty, how could she grow?"
In the middle levels, besides the monsters being stronger, the most troublesome thing was the endless stream of monsters constantly attacking.
But with the four of them there, Lefia naturally would not face that kind of situation.
After quickly adapting, however, Lefia could already easily deal with several LV.2 monsters.
Thus, Tiona carefully selected a group of Unicorn Rabbits without stone axes and threw Lefia in among them.
Without stone axes, the Unicorn Rabbits posed far less of a threat, making them just right for Lefia's training.
As a result, Lefia was kicked by rabbits more than a few times.
Afterward, Tiona's training methods became increasingly varied. She repeatedly used all sorts of unique training techniques from the Amazon Sisters. The brutality was so great that even Shirou Emiya had to cover his eyes.
He peeked through the gaps between his fingers, laughing as he watched.
"I never want to train with Senior Tiona and Senior Tione again."
Looking at the miserable Lefia, Shirou Emiya held back his laughter and comforted her. "Don't be sad, Lefia. Although the process looked brutal, everything was under the seniors' control."
"Look, didn't you quickly adapt to reacting swiftly when facing enemies at close range?"
The ability to react swiftly when facing close-range enemies was the focus of Shirou Emiya and the others' training.
This training specifically targeted Lefia's fear when high-level monsters got close to her. Once she could skillfully react to any monster at close range, she would no longer be unable to chant because of fear.
Hearing Shirou Emiya's consolation, Lefia finally quieted down.
Just as Shirou Emiya had said, although the process looked brutal, she had not actually suffered any serious harm.
After thinking it through, her resentment toward the Amazon Sisters instantly diminished considerably.
Seeing this, the two women walking at the very front of the group both let out a deep sigh of relief. The two of them really had gone a little too far earlier.
Now that they thought about it, they truly felt somewhat regretful!
As for Ais, she wore an expression as though she knew nothing and calmly walked alongside them.
At that moment, Shirou Emiya truly envied her impassive face. When she wanted to hide her feelings, no one could see through her at all.
Soon, the five of them returned to Twilight Manor.
Seeing Lefia covered in dirt, the entire familia erupted into an uproar.
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