Chapter 14

Mana’s existence was actually related to the quality of one’s body. This was also the reason why very few civilians in the Empire could cross ranks. Civilians could not even eat their fill, and it was very difficult to cultivate mana.

The body did not allow one to store a large amount of mana, so one could not become a professional.

Even Ira could not be said to have climbed up from a commoner. It could even be said that he had been chosen by the previous emperor since he was a small noble and could almost be considered to have reached the heavens in a single step.

If it was a noble or even a royal, because the physical conditions were enough, there was no need to spend time working. Even if his talent was bad and he was usually lazy, he had the adaptability to become a professional.

This was also the reason why the children of nobles were also nobles.

However, Satan Leaf’s situation was relatively bad. Although she had the food and other conditions and did not seem to slack off in mana’s cultivation, her basic physical fitness was a little poor.

She had probably never specially trained for this…

“Run, run!”

Ira, who was supervising Satan Leaf, shouted. As he watched Satan Leaf run in a circle of about 400 meters, he asked Celina, who was watching from the side, “Scarlet Demon King… I mean Satan Leaf’s father. How did he train her?”

“The former Demon King has basically never trained the Demon King. Occasionally, he would return from the battlefield and only play with the Demon King. She has never had formal training.”

In response to Celina’s answer, Ira nodded. He roughly understood why Satan Leaf did not undergo systematic training. He asked, “Didn’t anyone teach her?”

“How can we teach the Demon King? This… this is considered overstepping our roles, right?”

Weren’t they very casual in Demon King City? Weren’t they pragmatists who didn’t care about the dignity of the king?! Why were they so obedient in this aspect?!

Ira, who was complaining in his mind, watched as Satan Leaf panted and stopped. He reversed the hourglass on the table and recorded the time. “You have very qualified perseverance. Next, you can rest for five minutes… Stand and rest. Walk slowly. Don’t sit down immediately.”

“Huff… Huff… Huff…”

After running the designated laps, Satan Leaf was about to sit in a chair at the side. When she heard Ira’s words, she frowned and stood up, beginning to pace and rest on the field.

“Mr. Ira, why…”

Before Celina could ask, Ira immediately asked her, “Satan Leaf seems to have practiced military techniques herself. What weapon is she good at? Is it like her father?”

Celina nodded at Ira’s words and replied, “It’s the same.”

That was the [Scarlet Demon Scythe].

“That’s a pity. I don’t know how to… She has to rely on herself in this aspect.”

Ira, who spoke so simply, shook his head. He knew nothing about such a strange weapon. It was also because of this that he would never place the scarlet dragon’s mana on the fourth wing pillar (close combat).

Be it the first wing pillar (core), the second wing pillar (movement), or the third wing pillar (long-range), he could naturally switch to the scarlet dragon’s mana. As for the fourth wing pillar (close combat), he never considered it.

“But no one knows how to use it anymore.”

As Vera spoke, she pulled Celina to the side. Under her puzzled gaze, Vera stole a glance at Ira, who was marking the time. “Miss Celina, Ira doesn’t like others commenting on his training.”

“Is that so? However, I still don’t understand why she has to keep moving when she rests…”

Celina had been thinking about this since just now.

“Ah, don’t worry about this. I didn’t understand at first, but Emperor Yosef of the Empire quite approved of it… Later on, it also proved that Ira’s training was indeed very correct.”

As Vera spoke, she carefully glanced in Ira’s direction and confirmed that he could not hear her at this distance. Then, she said, “If you have too many opinions, he’ll beat you up. He’ll aim at your butt and beat you up… Even a succubus won’t be able to take it.”

“Eh?”

Hearing Vera say that, Celina made a puzzled sound. Her face gradually turned red as she said, “What does it have to do with me being a succubus?”

“Of course it’s related. Let me tell you…”

Before Vera could lower her voice and make up a story, Ira’s deliberately dragged-out voice sounded from the other side, “Vera… I remember that when I beat you up, I deliberately avoided the key parts of your body, right? Also, I beat you up because of your nonsense.”

“Cough…”

Vera, who had been caught, let out a strange cry. Under Celina’s teasing expression, she dejectedly returned to Ira’s line of sight and said awkwardly, “You can hear this? You don’t mind, right?”

“…”

Ira did not answer. She only glanced at her, then looked at Satan Leaf who was working hard to condense a fireball. She said, “Next, you’ll be Satan Leaf’s sandbag, right?”

In other words, he wanted Vera to become the target of Satan Leaf’s continuous attacks.

“Ah, this, this is not good…”

Vera clearly wanted to retreat.

“I’m not discussing it with you. This is a notification.”

As he spoke, Ira looked at Satan Leaf who walked over and showed him the qualified fireball. He nodded and said, “It’s been four hours since the training began. Shall we play a game next?”

“Game?”

Satan Leaf, who had maintained the stability of the fireball in her hand, asked with an amused expression. She looked at Ira, who was grabbing the neck of Vera, who wanted to escape, and waited for him to finish.

“In the next five minutes, you need to stand at the furthest distance and not move. You have to continuously condense such a fireball to attack Vera, who is limited to moving in an area… Vera can use a short-range teleportation spell to dodge, but she can’t use it again without an interval of five seconds.”

As Ira spoke, he looked at Vera, who was continuously struggling, and smiled. “If you can hit her once, then today’s training will end… If Vera was not hit at all, I’ll give you half of my salary next month.”

Under such words, Vera stopped struggling…

“Really?”

“Of course, Celina and Satan are listening…”

“Alright!”

Vera instantly perked up and walked to the area Ira pointed at. “Then, it’s the area surrounded by the wall behind me and the mop over there, right? It’s very generous~ I’m sorry, Demon King, I have to win!”

“I… won’t lose either.”

Satan Leaf became serious. A fireball condensed in her hand… Although she knew that this intense training was for her own good, it was really tiring. In order to end today’s training and rest, she would not hold back!

“Then, three, two, one…”

Ira chuckled…

“Begin.”