Several years later.
At a sunlit manor.
A petite blonde girl was sparring with a silver-haired boy beside a haystack.
The girl's golden hair shone like the sun. Her features were exquisite and beautiful, with a captivating air of valor.
Beside them.
A young Green-Robed Mage sat in a chair, a book covering his face, fast asleep.
"Hey, ha!"
With a fierce shout from the girl, the silver-haired boy's longsword was knocked to the ground.
"Brother, I won again!"
A clear, cheerful female voice rang through the air.
"Yes, yes, Lia, you won."
The silver-haired boy smiled helplessly.
When they were little, he had still been able to defeat her with his greater height and strength.
But as they grew older, the blonde girl's strength increased by the day. She was practically a Dragon in human form!
By the time he was ten, he could no longer beat her.
At first, he had trained hard, determined to turn heaven and earth around and snatch victory from defeat.
But he simply could not beat her. Faced with this freakishly powerful girl knight, he had given up trying.
The two wiped the sweat from their foreheads, put away their longswords, and walked over to the Green-Robed Mage.
"Teacher, we've finished this morning's sword practice."
"Teacher?"
The blonde girl called softly.
Seeing no response from the Green-Robed Mage, she rolled her eyes helplessly.
"Teacher's fallen asleep again."
"Yes. Who would have thought that our teacher, the great mage Merlin, would enjoy slacking off and sleeping every day? He even says it's a specialty of his homeland!"
The silver-haired boy complained as well.
Over these years.
The girl and boy practiced swordsmanship in the mornings. In the afternoons, they studied under Merlin, and at night, they cultivated diligently.
They had never slacked off for