My Destiny To Be Loved By The Villains[part 2 ]

Chapter 136: Killing Two Birds With One Stone

"...I won't ask for the reason, so..."

Beatrix sighed, throwing such words into the dimly lit training ground.

"Just stop it already. It's becoming way too difficult to cover for you now."

"..."

Then, she looked at her friend of ten years with a worried expression.

Eleanor, her body covered in sweat, sprawled out in the middle of the training ground. This was, obviously, a familiar sight.

Whenever this woman's mind was filled with something complicated, she always came here to train until she was drenched in sweat.

However...

"...What is the meaning of all this? Adjusting the budget will be a mess after all this..."

Rumors that Lady Tristan had recently rented both the gym and training room to subject herself to an almost abusive training had spread throughout the academy.

Beatrix sighed, looking around at the training ground that seemed like it had been hit by a storm.

Shortly after, Eleanor silently wiped her sweat and tossed aside the magic dumbbell she had been using for strength training.

It was an item with mana stones embedded on both sides, allowing the user to adjust the weight as desired.

When she looked in that direction without much thought, Beatrix read the number 750kg written there before turning her gaze to Eleanor in utter horror.

'She lifted one of these with each of her arms and exercised with them?!'

"...How many sets did you do with that?"

"Only 300."

"..."

The rumor was accurate. Way, waaay too accurate.

It was unbelievable that someone even thought about exercising with this thing, but to go this far? That wasn't even training anymore.

That was just pure self-harm, nothing more, nothing less.

"...Why in the world are you doing this? You've been holing up here without meeting anyone! I know you always dedicate yourself to training, but this is the first time you've ever gone this far!"

"..."

Eleanor just wiped her sweat without a word.

The expression on her face made Beatrix furrow her brows.

This was an expression often shown by her.

Normally, she hid her inner thoughts obstinately, to the extent that one could see it as petty.

It was possible that she was taught from a young age that showing emotions was a sign of 'weakness.'

Since that was the case, her behavior was easy to understand.

She had decided to erase such 'weakness' to the best she could.

As for why, she explained it with her own words.

"...I realized that my dream is far too big."

"What?"

"Our household's cursed bloodline has always brought forth tragedy."

Eleanor's gloomy voice spread throughout the dim training grounds.

"...That man has been doing so well until now, and it made me momentarily forget."