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In the port town of Beretta, Eunius and Aleist were undertaking Keith's tutelage alongside Rudel

The expedition had displayed quite sooon like Keith

Inspectors Izu the salty sea breeze as they watched Keith drag a blackboard over Bennet sat next to Rudel with the intent to learn what she could

While Izulances From Izumi's point of view, she wanted her to be more wary of Keith, but she was troubled over how she couldn't bring herself to say it For the innocent Izue, Izu fro in fro at a glance, the lecturer Keith seemed quite displeased

"Why are there so many women? You're in the way"

"Lieutenant, please tell us what today's lecture's about!"

"Good question, Rudel Today I'll have you do sooon I could teach you through practicals, but it would be better if you started those out with the knowledge, after all"

When Rudel raised his hand to ask a question, Keith instantlyher beloved katana's sheath in her left hand so she could draw it at any uard down for an instant

"First off, we're going with current and past relations In the past, dragoons largely focused on fighting to protect a dragon's back That really hasn't changed, but funda a dragon's scales, a huoon's reason to be, Rudel directed so, Keith continued on his explanation

"Then if all you have to do is find yourself soe attack, you just have to draw out the dragon's oer That's how I see it"

On the blackboard, Keith drew an x over the picture of a knight firing on's back While Keith was definitely weak, he had still cleared the basic physical criteria to be a knight

"Protecting a dragon's back is so towards controlling their dragons, but… that really isthe 'protect the back' part of their duty, those slackers"

"But less, shrimp"

Bennet's objection was cut down by Keith There, Rudel to her side tried coe attacks are important"

"A-aye"

Millia and Keith watched over that exchange with irritation Izued her tail was cute After clearing his throat, Keith went into an explanation as to why it was unnecessary It was surely because of the ee attack methods If it was Bennet's opinion, he had already discarded it

"If all your own attacks can do is serve as a diversion, then you're better off concentrating on giving orders to your dragon That's the honest-to-goodness truth But I thought I'd take that one step further You better put the words, 'draw out a dragon's power,' into your head"

"Draw out its power?"

When Izuht, Keith ue Rudel and Bennet sunk into thought

"What do you mean by draw out its power?"

Bennet asked If her orders took precedence, the dragon would move, it had always been like that and she didn't understand theof the words theained a on's back

"All you've ever done is order it around What I' out its abilities Let's see… I don't th What's ion's power I have this one technique called Rainbow Mirage, and that's a prime example of this theory in motion!"

While he proudly unveiled the name of his technique, no one around seemed to understand what it was As Rudel looked around troubled, Izu about that body double technique Probably"

"You ainst Rudel's sparkling eyes, Keith faltered As Izue for all his usual conduct, with a ed his technique nae to body double

Those clones of water he produced, Rudel had seen them as well He just didn't know the attack name, and Izu understood, put hion's latent abilities are high In order for us dragoons to control them, more than the telepathic bond we share, we need to understand one another But… in your case, your dragon's a subspecies, so it'll be difficult"

"It's difficult?"

On Bennet's question, Keith informed her there were absolutely no documents available You can't draw out what isn't there It all starts fro their dragons have done, and what they're capable of That was Keith's way of going about it

But Rudel's dragon Sakuya was a gaia subspecies What's more, even if its appearance had some common points, it was easier to say it was a separate species entirely

"In this case, the probleon itself hasn't noticed its own attributes She's still young No, she's way too young"

Seeing Keith seriously mull, Eunius was surprised He whispered over to Aleist as sitting beside hiht he'd be a bit more of a lost cause"

"Hah? Of course Keith-san is decent"

"… Just where does that trust of yours coot to tell me sometime"

Izumi endorsed Eunius' opinion as she worried for Aleist's chastity But to Izu even if Aleist was assaulted in so to let it be

She wasn't abandoning him If Izumi raised a hand, she understood the situation would clearly take a turn for the worse While Aleist's chastity was iuarantee his hares stood, Millia had yet to become wary of Keith Form Izumi's point of view, she ary of the harive the average dragoon a value of one, while dragons all have individual difference, the power difference puts theenerally ion, after all"

After writing that hulance around as if to ask, 'then what are they supposed to do?'

"Adding your oer onto theirs is slight and insignificant If all you're doing is protecting its back, then you should strengthen the dragon That's why I decided to draw out th The body doubles is a part of that You on ater, and imitate the surface"

"Is that really possible? Mana-capacity-wise, you wouldn't be able to use that ic too many times"

Rudel tilted his head There, Keith spoke with a smile

"Hahaha, I can't create those doubles on my own Who do you think I am? I don't have that sort of mana, and I don't have the control That's why I put on to it I understand his exact characteristics, transe, and support hith rapidly increases You don't need so as you can do sooon"

While the eyes watching Keith grew surprisingly favorable, Bennet put a da off everything apart froe as fighting on the dirt isn't suited to "

Did soht, as Keith's lesson came to an end As Aleist headed off to help him clean up, Eunius approached Rudel

"Oy, Rudel"

"What is it? I was planning on helping the Lieutenant"

"It's been a while, let's have ayou've become?"

"… Eunius"

While Rudel made a bit of a fed-up face, Izu hirief You guys are always the sahastliness befell upon Rudel's s that expression, Eunius also changed to a ferocious grin

Bennet looked over the tith tired eyes, but she looked just a little happy

However…

"I can't stand it any at Rudel and Bennet, Millia finally exploded

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"I'erous!"

"C-calerous at all More so, that idiot over there is&8211;"

"They're both guys, right? What are you talking about, Izumi!"