Volume 4: Chapter 8: Sparring Once Again
<span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-weight:400">Volume 4: Chapter 8: Sparring Once Again
<span style="font-weight:400">"Hah," Everyone shook their heads as they stared at Keith''s expression. It was something. His expression was something indescribable. The man looked up at the sky.
<span style="font-weight:400">The ghastly expression on his face has persisted since yesterday. The group was heading to their ssroom. But the man continued to have that expression even as they walked.
<span style="font-weight:400">Carolyn took a deep sigh, "Would you stop pouting like that?!"
<span style="font-weight:400">"Can I not?" Keith questioned. This was an oversight on his part. How could he forget about it? Building the cart was important. But he had forgotten about one thing!
<span style="font-weight:400">The majorponent of the cart!
<span style="font-weight:400">That was the food! Keith couldn''t believe it as a dryugh came out of his mouth. Seeing this, everyone didn''t know what to say about it. Sarah took the first move as she tried to cheer him up,
<span style="font-weight:400">"Keith, you don''t need to worry so much. You have all the time to think about what kind of food to sell."
<span style="font-weight:400">Oh, yeah! What Sarah said made sense. There was no date for the stall''s opening. That meant he had all the time to think about it. But he didn''t want that.
<span style="font-weight:400">I need to think of the menu fast.
<span style="font-weight:400">Thinking up a recipe should be easy! In his previous life, he had opened up stalls during festival seasons. Not only that, he ate so much street food! There was no way he couldn''t think up a good menu.
<span style="font-weight:400">Now, what should I do? Keith frowned as he was lost in thought. While he was doing that, Carolyn and the rest stood to one side,
<span style="font-weight:400">"Is this the usual?"
<span style="font-weight:400">"Indeed."
<span style="font-weight:400">"I guess Keith will be like this for some time." Jack analyzed.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Well, we''ll head to our ss now." Sarah waved her hand as she headed to her ss with Jack.
<span style="font-weight:400">"See youter," Carolyn waved back.
<span style="font-weight:400">While she did that, "Gabriel, help me carry him to ss."
<span style="font-weight:400">"You sure," Keith was lost in his ideas.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Just grab his hands and lead him there. He''s going to walk automatically." She said it like it was a usual thing.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Alright." Gabriel nodded. Like that, Keith was brought to the ssroom without even realizing it. The ssroom gave him a look before looking away.
<span style="font-weight:400">It didn''t take long before Aidiun entered the ssroom.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Good morning, ss. Let''s begin." Aidiun stated as he noticed the dead expression Keith had. And he decided to ignore it. He already knew about it.
<span style="font-weight:400">...
<span style="font-weight:400">"Why do you look so dead now?" During their elective, Jack noticed the spaced-out expression Keith had. It was much worse than in the morning.
<span style="font-weight:400">"But there''s too many options to choose!" Keith groaned. He was lost in thought throughout the ss. And that was because he couldn''t decide on what to cook.
<span style="font-weight:400">Eventhough there were many ideas to choose, the opposite could be said as well! There were just as many that he couldn''t use.
<span style="font-weight:400">That was because of theck of ingredients. Keith''s expression scared the other students. Jack shook his head. Tennol entered the ground,
<span style="font-weight:400">"Good morning, ss. Today, we''ll have some light drill training with one another." Tennol instructed.
<span style="font-weight:400">Keith turned to Jack, "Jack, do you want to-"
<span style="font-weight:400">"Keith," Before Keith could finish his sentence, he turned around to see Krystal in front of him. Keith tilted his head,
<span style="font-weight:400">"What''s the matter, Krystal?"
<span style="font-weight:400">"Pair with me," Krystal stated with a calm expression. What?
<span style="font-weight:400">"I was going to ask Jack." Keith turned his head and realized Jack wasn''t there! What the?! He looked around and saw Jack talking with a couple of people!
<span style="font-weight:400">This man ran away!
<span style="font-weight:400">"Sure," Keith nodded. He didn''t mind. Like that, he was paired up with Krystal.
<span style="font-weight:400">Keith raised his wooden sword, and Krystal did the same. The two stared at one another.
<span style="font-weight:400">"They''re going at it again."
<span style="font-weight:400">"It''s the battle between the strongest!" The students stared at Keith and Krystal in wonder. The two were the strongest students in the ss. But before they started,
<span style="font-weight:400">"Aren''t you going to take off your bracelets?" Krystal questioned. Keith still had those things on.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Don''t need to,"
<span style="font-weight:400">"Are you looking down on me?" Krystal frowned. But Keith shook his head,
<span style="font-weight:400">"No. But I want to get my training in."
<span style="font-weight:400">"I will make you take them off," Krystal gripped her sword and dashed towards him without a thought. Like that, the battle between the two started.
<span style="font-weight:400">Shing!
<span style="font-weight:400">"..."
<span style="font-weight:400">Is that the sound of wood shing with one another? That sounded more like metal! Everyone shivered from the sound the wood made.
<span style="font-weight:400">Did she get stronger? Keith wondered. When he fought with Krystalst time, she didn''t have that speed or power. But this was much different from before.
<span style="font-weight:400">She wasn''t holding back. Keith realized this.