Chapter 67: Chapter 67: Are We Really Treating Training Like a Picnic?
"Lily, don't you think the way you're carrying someone is a bit off?"
Asher felt like he was about to throw up all the wild boar meat he had just eaten. Artoria had originally said she would carry him on her back, but now she had him slung over her shoulder, his abdomen pressed against Artoria's shoulder. The constant bouncing was driving Asher crazy.
He suspected that this young ahoge-chan was doing it on purpose, because the wild boar leg he had eaten today was bigger than hers.
Why couldn't she run a bit slower! Even if she was worried about other demonic creatures attacking at night, she didn't have to keep jumping from tree to tree!
Was she learning the Naruto run?
If so, she should put her hands behind her and carry him on her back properly!
"The situation is urgent, please bear with it a little longer," Artoria said, then ignored Asher. The power of Rune words activated again, and she carried Asher, jumping from branch to branch, until her gaze finally fell on a moderately sized cave nearby.
"What's wrong?" she looked at Asher, who was clutching his stomach and lying at the cave entrance, and couldn't help but ask in confusion.
Asher barely raised his eyes to look at this girl who seemed completely unaware of what she had done. "Next time I carry you like this, you'll know how I feel now... urgh!"
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Sleepless night.
The next morning, Morgan appeared before the two of them.
This woman was humming a song at this moment, sizing up the two people in front of her, looking quite cheerful.
"Older sister."
"Big Sister Morgan," Asher said.
"It looks like you encountered a battle last night. It was a bit earlier than I expected," Morgan showed a gentle smile and sized up Asher a few more times. "Why do you look a bit pale?"
"Could it be that Lily snores at night?" she pondered for a moment, then asked.
"Older sister!" Artoria's tone became a bit more serious, expressing her dissatisfaction.
"She doesn't snore, but last night—" Asher paused, "Forget it, let's not mention it."
Being carried by a girl for most of the way, entering a cave and then throwing up violently... he wouldn't mention such embarrassing things.
"Last night? Ara ara? Did your feelings heat up so quickly? As expected, men are very fickle~" Morgan le Fay looked like she was about to cry, raising her moist eyes to stare at Asher. "You were clearly calling me 'Big Sister Morgan, Big Sister Morgan' every day, but you've already gotten close to my younger sister—"
Seriously, how old was she? Why did she still act like such a little girl...? Although it was indeed very cute.
"That's not what I meant!" Although he was complaining in his heart, Asher's face showed a very helpless expression.
What on earth was this woman thinking all day long?
"Just kidding," Morgan le Fay spread her hands and walked into the cave to sit down, seemingly not caring at all that she was getting her clothes dirty.
"Now, let me reintroduce you," Morgan le Fay looked at the two of them, "This is a forest in the south. There are many ferocious demonic creatures and it's also territory occupied by foreign races. And there's only one thing you need to do—"
"Survive here for the next two months."
"Is this some kind of survival challenge...?" Asher couldn't help but retort.
"Hmm... you're not wrong to understand it that way," Morgan le Fay said, "In short, you will spend the next two months in this kind of environment. After two months, I will come here to pick you up."
So it really was a survival challenge?
"Well then, I hope you can hold out until the end of the two months," Morgan le Fay said, already transforming into a crow as she spoke. "I'll come visit you in a couple of days. I hope you're still alive by then."
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In the blink of an eye, another two days had passed.
When Morgan reappeared in this forest, she saw Asher gnawing on a rabbit leg, and Artoria beside him silently eating a roasted rabbit leg as well.
"You two seem to be enjoying yourselves quite a bit," Morgan le Fay looked at these two little guys with surprise.
"It's clearly training, but it looks more like you're experiencing a picnic?"
Asher glanced at Morgan. "That's only because you didn't see how many dangers Lily and I encountered these past two days."
Even in the cave, it wasn't very safe. Sometimes all sorts of demonic creatures would pass by. Because of this, they couldn't sleep together at all at night. They could only rest one at a time while the other kept watch, taking turns like that.
Artoria was obviously much more adaptable than Asher. She had long been used to this kind of arduous training. After all, her training before had almost no rest time at all. Now it was just that the training had been changed to actual combat.
And... she couldn't eat wild animals every day back at her foster father's place.
"Did you really encounter danger?" Morgan blinked, asking in confusion.
"Of course, this forest is very dangerous," Asher said, a lingering fear evident in his voice at the end.
There were too many demonic creatures in this forest. There were quite a few of those giant undead they had encountered that night. There had been several battles in the past two days, and they had also encountered human corpses in several places.
"Very dangerous..." Morgan pondered for a moment, seemingly thinking about something.
Looks like we're finally going to move the training location?
Asher felt a surge of joy in his heart and nodded. "Yes, super dangerous."
"That's wonderful," Morgan quickly broke into a smile. "That's my purpose."
Asher: "..."
"Actually, this is also bride training, little Asher," Morgan patted Asher's shoulder with a smile, looking at his speechless face. "If you want to become my queen, how can you do it without a certain level of strength? Endure these two months, and your older sister will give you a little reward."
"What reward?"
"Hmm..." Morgan le Fay pondered for a moment, then showed a smile. "We'll talk about it later."
That sentence sounded extremely perfunctory, almost like dismissing a beggar.
Artoria had remained silent the whole time, silently gnawing on the rabbit leg beside him, seemingly not paying attention to what was happening here.
She felt it was necessary to conserve her strength. Only by eating some food could she replenish her energy to cope with the demonic creatures that might appear later.
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"Oh right, this is this week's portion," Morgan handed the White Dragon's blood to Asher, then waved her hand. "Work hard, I'll see you in a week~"
After saying that, she disappeared before Asher's eyes.
Asher sighed. "When will these days finally end?"
On the other hand, this girl beside him, he had really underestimated her resilience... He hadn't expected her to endure for so long without any complaints. Truly worthy of being the future King Arthur?
Asher couldn't help but turn his head to look at the girl beside him.
He saw that she was still holding a roasted rabbit leg skewered on a branch. Noticing Asher's gaze, she thought for a moment, then tore off a small piece of meat.
"This is all I can give you."
Asher: "..."
Well, this ahoge-chan really was treating training like a picnic.
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