The Martial Unity

"You're late!" Crea huffed

"I'm actually exactly on time." Rui retorted.

"If you arrive just on time, then training begins late, so you're late!"

"Training begins after I arrive and I arrived on time, thus training begins on time as well."

"The entrance exam is in a week. We don't have time for delays!"

"Well, you're the one delaying it now with your little tantrum, you know."

Rui chuckled as she glared at him, doing her best to intimidate him, in vain of course.

"Colonel Jenken." Rui bowed lightly, happening to run into the man on the way to the training grounds.

"Squire Quarrier, I'm glad to see you've arrived on time." He nodded stiffly, ignoring his daughter's reaction to his words. "The entrance exam is just around the corner, and we're in the final stretch for preparation. She's made incredible improvements at your hand, validating my decision to commission you. Good job and good luck."

He turned towards his daughter, bending to her as his military posture relaxed a little as he smiled. "You've already made me proud. Do your best. I love you."

She nodded, a little embarrassed.

He got up, turning back to Rui. "Alright then, I've got to head to work, as you can see."

He gestured to his military garb and adornments. It was an ostentatious uniform with badged, medals, and several stars. None of which were adornments that would decorate the uniform of an ordinary Martial colonel, Rui was sure.

and Crea quickly reached the training grounds after bidding him

"Alright, let's begin!"

climax of your training under me. There is no time to start anything new, the only thing

Condition your mind and body

She nodded.

intense workout will coincide the day before the exam where you will be denied rejuvenation potions so that you can get a real organic night of sleep to time it right so that you will wake up completely refreshed for the exam, and your tolerance for rejuvenation potions will

impatiently nodded. "Let's

as usual, let us begin with mental fortitude training." Rui

eyes narrowed as she

he was exerting just a little above what he had experienced from the Martial Apprentices in the first round of the exam. This was the only round of the entrance exam that didn't change because of how important and useful it was. Thus, Rui paid

Rui would be very pessimistic about her chances of cracking the entrance

had a brave face on, but Rui

he eased up. "Well

deeply, massaging her

why you should ensure you're at your mental peak," Rui advised. "It takes the entirety of your focus to muster up the mental

know that." She grumbled. "I did just fine this time and

harm in reminders."

was to increase her chances of nothing going wrong in the entrance exam. He didn't want to tell her this for fear of her letting

resistance training later, she

Rui lightly complimented

her a mental

a minute later, she was on her

omnidirectional sparring, as usual." Rui casually said. Yet

with that face? This is quite