His face dark, Rimuru forcibly cut off Tony's outrageous lesson and set him straight on the spot, dragging the course back from its detour into playboy training to the proper path of devoted love and sincere reconciliation.
"Listen carefully. I'm saying this one last time."
"The point of these lessons is to heal his insecurity, ease his guilt, express his true feelings plainly, and win back his old love. It is not to mass-produce womanizers. No more teaching him your random tricks, and no more boasting about your checkered romantic past."
Tony shrugged and, for once, settled down. He stopped slipping in his own material and got down to teaching properly.
Over the next few days, Stark's exclusive romantic boot camp finally got on track.
Tony was every bit the brilliant man he was reputed to be. Once he put aside the flashy tricks, his ability to handle emotions, provide psychological guidance, polish someone's words, and shape their presence was second to none.
He taught Eddie no sleazy tricks. Instead, he taught him how to face his mistakes, let go of his inner turmoil, express his love openly, and show how he had changed through a mature, steady demeanor.
Eddie studied earnestly and diligently.
He was kind by nature and devoted in love; he had simply been held back by guilt and insecurity over the past.
With Tony's precise psychological guidance and gradual training in how to carry himself, Eddie might not have made leaps and bounds in romance or mastered the art of being romantic, but he was a changed man and had made some progress.
The biggest change was that he had fully regained the confidence to pursue Anne.
He no longer humbled himself to atone, shrank back in fear, or doubted himself and felt unworthy.
He finally