Rui couldn't hide his curiosity as they continued walking across the cloud that spanned the area of a town. It was quite interesting to witness how a small little village of sorts had begun forming atop the clouds.
"Martial Artists?" Rui murmured with intrigue. "I thought he didn't accept any pupils aside from one eight years ago."
There were several Martial Apprentices sparring with each other on a sparring ring, overseen by a Martial Squire
"They are also children of Master Zear that have a talent for Martial Art," The won inford him. "Thus Master Zear trained them as well as the Martial Squires that serve as their guides and ntors."
"Impressive that he has managed to provide them with such a support system," Rui murmured.
"He has ensured that they don't depend on him too much, allowing them to train at all tis even when he cannot train them himself," The won spoke.
"Interesting..." Rui figured. "Seems like he has plenty to keep himself busy with."
It was a good way to give himself purpose and responsibility on a day-to-day basis. Otherwise, he would have literally nothing to do while he waited for a rare talent to find him before finally training them.
Even Master Reina kept herself busy with her little guise. With that consideration, Rui could sympathize with why the man has so many won migrating to his little cloud clan.
'He's definitely also a pervert though.' Rui snorted inwardly, unwilling to give him too much credit.
"We have arrived." They stopped before a small but cozy-looking little house. "We hope that it suits your needs."
Generally, Rui was accustod to harsher conditions when he trained.
'However, this is nice.' Rui murmured.
"These quarters are already staffed with maids that will cater to your every need," They inford him as they led him inside, giving him a simple tour before leaving.
'I feel like I'm in a resort rather than training grounds. It takes away the tension.' He heaved a sigh of relief as he relaxed on the comfortable bed. He hadn't slept in a comfortable place in quite so ti, having to dig holes into rocks and boulders to create small cavities where he was safe enough to rest.
His body jumped at the opportunity to gain so quality rest as a wave of drowsiness washed over him. The fatigue of having fought golems and dragons while being drained of ntal energy from the entire forest caught up to him as he slowly drifted to sleep.
That night, he slept like a rock. So much so that it took him a while to even rember where he was when he got up the next day. The bags underneath his eyes had entirely disappeared as his entire body relaxed.
Yet he was extraordinarily famished.
The Hypnomaster had denied him of his al when he defeated the dragon, thus he had yet to replenish the energy that he had spent in that long and tiring fight against the stubborn Illusionary Dragon.
"His Honour wishes to speak with you," One of the maids in his personal quarters inford him. "Please follow us."
It wasn't long before he found himself in a training facility.
"You look better," The Hypnomaster remarked blankly. "What do you think of this place that I built? Remarkable isn't it?"
"...It is quite special," Rui admitted. "So, why did you call for ? Are we going to begin training? I'm starving, so can we do that after I eat sothing?"
"Hm, Martial Artists hunt their own food," The man remarked with a rare hint of seriousness. "If you don't subject yourself to that much danger on a regular basis as a Martial Artist, your instincts will rust, especially in a place as wonderful as Cloudia, hoho."
Rui furrowed his eyebrows as the Master shalessly praised his own work.
"But that's now why I called you here," The man remarked. "I want you to et my other ntee."
"Sure, but we'd et anyway. No need to call or personally introduce ." Rui raised an eyebrow.
"Heh," A mischievous smirk erged on his face.
Rui could even sense a hint of anticipation and excitent.
"What are you up to?" Rui knitted his eyebrows with dubiousness.
"Hehehe," The man chuckled. "Not much. However, I think sothing interesting might happen, that is why I'm personally here to witness it."
They arrived at a training chamber that the Hypnomaster promptly opened. Rui peered at the single figure that sat inside, ditating.
"...!" Rui's eyes widened with shock as his jaw dropped.
"Tokugawa," The Master called out. "et your fellow pupil that I was telling you about."
A flash of displeasure could be seen across his face. The man shifted his long pitch black hair away from his eyes, before opening them, revealing black eyes.
Pitch-black eyes.
Eyes that seed to reflect the very fabric of the world around them.
"I believe I inford you not to disturb with frivolous matters," Senior Ieyasu glared at the Master, before turning towards Rui.
A small jolt flashed through his body as his eyes narrowed with recognition.
His expression grew grave.
An air of tension brewed as the atmosphere chilled.
"...Why are you here, Rui Quarrier?"
"Tokugawa Ieyasu..." Rui murmured still half-dazed at how such a coincidence could possibly co to unfold. "So when you said you were going to return to your Master to gain guidance for the Master Realm, you were talking about the Hypnomaster?"
"Hahaha!" Master Zear guffawed boisterously, breaking the tension. "I had a feeling that this would happen. I'm so glad I trusted my instinct."
An expression amusent flashed on his face as he glanced between Rui and Ieyasu back and forth. "When I compared my observations of you yesterday with what this brooding pupil of mine told about his breakthrough two years ago when he returned as a Martial Senior, I made the connection. The fact that both of you had been a Martial Senior for the sa amount of ti was also a clue. Hahaha! It sure is a small world sotis."
He paused. "So the two of you broke through to the Senior Realm at the sa ti, hm? I wonder who will break through to the Master Realm first then."
Both of them narrowed their eyes at those words. A surge of competitive drive boiled from deep within his body as every hint of relaxation and comfort he experienced prior was instantly dispelled.
Neither of them was willing to lose to the other.
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