Chapter 12: Punishment?
Looking at her, I sighed helplessly. I wanted to refuse. All I truly wanted was to focus on training, to bury myself in it and ignore everything else. But then I remembered—how she stayed by my side, how she comforted me during my recovery. She deserved more than silence.
"How long was I even out?" I asked curiously.
She didn't hesitate. "About four days," she replied. But before I could react, she followed up quickly, her voice firm and authoritative. "Now, tell me—what have you been doing while I was unconscious?"
Though i will reveal most of it i won't reveal what happened on the dream it was to personal i don't want to give her a burden
That I'm supposed to carry
I nodded, resigned. There was no point in hiding it. I began explaining everything that had happened. The breakthroughs, the training, the unexpected events. It took more than an hour just to touch on the major points. But before I could even finish, she interrupted again.
"Tell me, what did the woman who was teaching you look like?" she asked, her voice suddenly sharp—demanding an immediate answer.
Lucy already knew that her eldest sister resided in another kingdom. So the moment I described the woman—golden hair and piercing gray eyes—her expression darkened.
Her face twitched slightly. "Tell me... did you reveal your talent?" she asked. She already knew that her mother, the Queen, was aware of my unusual Talent. The real question was: had I shown the full extent?
I hesitated before nodding lightly. "Kind of. She saw me break through to the Peak Layer in one night. But I didn't let her see that I could already cast a high-level spell."
Lucy sighed, her frustration evident, but I caught a glimmer of relief in her eyes. "Good. If she'd seen your full capabilities, she would've forced you to train under her immediately. You have no idea how intense she can be."