Hero of Harmony (Continued)

Chapter 285: Training Day

"So, what do you think the girls are doing?" Asked Vanimo curiously as he sat on his bed before turning to look at Alexander, who was doing one-handed, upside-down push-ups.

"Talis is most likely talking about how great flying is. Lazuli is probably silently sitting down and meditating, and Vanye, I would say she's practicing with her sword, but there isn't enough space to do that in their room, so she's probably minding her own business." Replied Alexander lightly as he paused his workout and glanced at Vanimo with a thoughtful expression before continuing to do push-ups.

"Eh, really? I honestly thought they would be arguing." "Well, that's my second guess if it makes you feel more confident." Remarked Vanimo and Alexander, respectively, as the former glanced at the latter, who raised an eyebrow and nodded in agreement.

After boarding the ship this morning, it set sail probably about five hours ago, and since then, we haven't done much, nor has anything really occurred; it's around the time we would usually eat dinner, but we all had a large brunch, so I doubted anyone would eat, besides the chef probably wasn't better than me anyways.

Since the ship also only had so many cabins, we separated into two groups, men and women: Vanimo and I were sharing a small cabin with only two bedrooms and the bare necessities, though neither of us seemed to care; after all, this was only a temporary stay. As for Lazuli, Talis, and Vanye, they had a slightly bigger room with three bedrooms, which was the biggest room we could get since we bought the second lowest-tier ticket, which cost each person a single gold coin.

However, since Talis sneaked aboard with her flying, I saved a whole gold coin, which was like a month's work, so I wasn't complaining, though I didn't know if she was even in her room right now.

'If it's just Lazuli and Vanye, they're definitely arguing.' Thought Alexander with a wry expression as he pushed himself into the air, only to switch hands while continuing to exercise.

"Um, hey, Alex, c-can I ask you something?" Asked Vanimo lightly as he left his bed and approached Alexander, who nodded through his exercise.

"C-Can you teach me to get strong like you?" Added Vanimo awkwardly with a faint blush as he lowered his head in slight embarrassment.

Momentarily stopping, I pushed off the ground and did a backflip as I landed perfectly in front of Vanimo.

"Why do you want to be strong? You've got Talis and Vanye." Asked Alexander curiously as he folded his arms and looked at Vanimo, who softly sighed.

"I know, but that's the point. Before, I was cursed, so I never sought to get strong since it wasn't possible with my underdeveloped body, but now... Now that I'm a man, it's a possibility." Remarked Vanimo as he clenched his fist and raised his head while looking at Alexander, who raised an eyebrow before nodding.

"Okay. But why, though?" Asked Alexander with a narrowed gaze as he stared deeply into Vanimo's eyes.

"B-Because I'm ashamed of myself. Whenever Talis grabs me or picks me up to fly around with, I-I can't resist her at all, a-and she does it so nonchalantly, like she's not even trying. Actually, no, she's probably trying, just not to hurt me." Muttered Vanimo softly as he once again lowered his head at his self-mocking statements.

"I-I thought that now that I was a man, I-I would be able to wield V-Vanye's sword, but no; I-I can still barely swing it for a minute before feeling my arms shake. E-Even after you broke the curse, I-I'm still so pathetic." Added Vanimo weakly as he raised his hands and glanced at his arms, only to depressingly slump on the ground while curling into a ball.

I rolled my eyes at how he seemed to not notice how much stronger he's gotten from before; swinging Vanye's sword just a few times to doing so repeatedly for a minute isn't some minor improvement, but it seems he thinks otherwise.