(Everyone, Happy New Year's Eve.)
Because Bai Ye had not deliberately concealed his presence, the sharp Kermal noticed him the moment he entered the training room.
"Hah!"
Before Bai Ye could speak, Kermal lightly tapped the ground with her toes and charged toward him.
Bai Ye raised a hand and effortlessly defused the girl's attack.
"!"
A familiar feeling welled up in her heart. Kermal looked up at Bai Ye and suddenly said:
"It's you."
"It's me."
Although Kermal was speaking in Sargonian dialect, Bai Ye could understand her and communicate with her directly in the same language.
"Master."
Kermal bowed to Bai Ye.
Though she found it strange that the blond-haired man from before had become the black-haired person before her, Kermal did not care about that.
Who he was was not important. What mattered was that she needed the guidance of a master like him.
When she had fought Bai Ye before, Kermal had felt a path unlike any she had ever seen unfold before her.
It was a whole new world, a new way of fighting. She wanted to learn it.
"Don't tell anyone about this..."
After a moment of silence, Bai Ye carefully warned Kermal not to reveal what he had looked like before.
In other words, she could not tell anyone that Victorique and Bai Ye were actually the same person.
"I'll remember." Kermal nodded. "So when you said you would introduce me to a teacher, you actually meant you, didn't you?"
Unlike what Bai Ye had imagined, this warrior from the rainforest was neither dull-witted nor incapable of adapting.
On the contrary, her mind was exceptionally quick.
Yet beneath that quickness was a certain simplicity, which pleased Bai Ye greatly.
"That's right. So I'll keep my promise as well. What do you want to