While E601 Squad underwent the evolution Luo Zhen had given them and trained toward entirely new possibilities in his dedicated training ground, high above a place some distance from "Mistgun," where the training ground could be seen directly, a figure floated in midair.
"Ah...!"
The owner of the figure was holding a telescope and watching the scene inside the training ground. After a while, she suddenly let out a cry filled with agitation.
The reason was simply that she had seen it.
She had seen Luo Zhen kneel on one knee before Lekti and put a ring on her finger.
As Lekti's face turned bright red and she floundered in panic, while even Misora and Riko stood by speechless, the owner of the figure finally ground her teeth in anger.
"I was wondering why that senior who had been single-mindedly determined to transfer to the Omni-Fusion Alchemy Department would become the instructor of an E-rank squad. So that's what this is about?"
The owner of the figure was none other than Yuri.
Ever since she had run into Luo Zhen in the office of the head of the Aerial Combat Mage Department and learned that he was currently instructing an E-rank squad, Yuri had been unable to stop dwelling on it. At night, she tossed and turned with nothing but this matter on her mind, unable even to sleep.
"Instructing..."
This was not the first time Luo Zhen had done something like this.
In Special Operations Squad S128, every member had received Luo Zhen's instruction. They had only grown to their current level under his guidance.
Yuri included.
Therefore, Yuri knew very well that Luo Zhen was unexpectedly fond of nurturing talent, and was also very skilled at teaching others. Even with Kanata and herself, who specialized in the vanguard