In the Fire Island, Eleanor looked at her scarred hands and silently gritted her teeth.

Tie the sword to her hand with strips of cloth, and she continued to concentrate on swinging it.

"Damn...... Why ......" The right arm that wielded the sword had regained numbness, and she could only change the hand holding the sword to her left arm, struggling to condense her will and attach it, "It's been almost a year...... Can't ...... yet"

Can't learn this transcendent swordsmanship yet?

Such an intermittent thought flashed through her exhausted mind, and then her legs suddenly weakened, and the whole person fell to the ground sideways.

In the last blurred vision, I saw the figure of Nora running this way.

The second floor of the estate.

After treating Eleanor lying on the bed, Nora sighed faintly and left the room with the door.

"How?" Asker asked.

"Physically and mentally overdrawn." "You need to recuperate for a while. ”

"Asker......" she hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Ellie, can she really learn the Indomitable Holy Sword?" ”

"I don't know." Aske said, "No one can say with certainty that they can learn any extraordinary swordsmanship." ”

"She's putting too much pressure on herself at the moment." Nora sighed, "If we can't learn it, can we convince her to give up?" ”

"Her 'will' ability has a natural resistance to the effects of her 'mind' ability." Asker understood what she meant, "What's more, I don't think her current stubbornness is a problem that can be solved by hinting or implanting thoughts." ”

"yes." Nora only said casually, and since Asker denied it, she didn't think much about it anymore.

"Her problem is that the gap between ideals and reality is too big." "She has witnessed the pain of this war and wants to stop it in advance, but she does not have the ability, so she can only pin this unrealistic hope on learning the Indomitable Holy Sword." ”

"Ellie has always been like this, it's easy to idealize things and then get into it." Of course, Nora also knew that the war between the Empire and the Holy See was not something that could be solved so easily.

The two leaned against the railing on the second floor and pondered quietly for a while.

"I'm leaving." Nora waved her hand, "Call me when Ellie wakes up." ”

"What are you going to do?"

"Plant flowers." "I got some new seeds." ”

"The flower garden on the east side of the manor is already full, right?" Asker asked casually.

"Well, this time I'm going to plant it in the woods down the mountain." Nora replied.

Shortly after Nora left, another girl went up to the second floor, interrupting Asker's musings.

"Medea?" Asker nodded.

"Tell us about Eleanor?" Medea came to his side, leaning her arms against the railing.

"Are you the type who cares about your peers?" Asker said with a smile.

"No, I'm not." Medea unexpectedly simply denied it, "I just came here to warn you." ”

Nola's assessment was too idealistic, and she expected too much of her girlfriend to see the problem. In fact, Eleanor is currently in some sort of dangerous phase, both for herself and for our team. ”

"Well, I'm sure you're not the kind of person who would be alarmist." Aske smiled wryly, "Let's talk about it." ”

"Who do you think is the first person on our team who is most likely to leave in the future?" Medea asked suddenly.

This question made Asker scratch his head a little. After thinking about it for a long time, he also sighed helplessly:

"It's Eleanor."

"Hmm." Medea did not deny it, "Mia and Mi'er, these two little girls are not assertive, and they are quite comfortable with their current life, so it can be said that they are very dependent on you." ”

"Nora and Peggy, it's unlikely that they'll leave easily until their interest in you wanes."

"Sidlifa, Sheila, they're on the team to get strength. In the long run, there is a tendency to leave the team, but at present, as long as your strength can still crush them, I guess you don't have to worry about it. ”

"Only Eleanor. In addition to her desire to grow up, she herself has very complex ideals: whether it is the ridiculous and naïve desire to win her father's approval, inherit and revive the Weissbach family, or prevent the war and save the people, in a sense, it is somewhat contrary to the mercenary profession. ”

"And as her experience deepens, she will eventually realize that simple growth in strength cannot achieve her ideals, so what does she choose to do?"

"I see what you mean." "But our team is not a pyramid scheme, and if she does leave one day, I certainly respect her wishes." ”

"That sounds a bit insincere, my captain." Medea poked his chest and laughed coquettishly, "You have carefully cultivated her from an ordinary girl to this level of strength, how many resources did it cost the team in the middle, and how much effort did you put in yourself?" Are you really willing to let go like this? ”

"What if you don't want to?" Aske sighed, "Even I can't stay here forever. ”

Medea's smile was still on her face, but the gloom had already crept out of her eyes. After a long silence, she whispered:

"Even so, if she really jumped out to stop this war, wouldn't it be equivalent to putting our team directly on the opposite side of the emperor?"

"If that's what you're worried about." Aske was silent as well, "I'm sure she won't do such an embarrassing thing." ”

"Really?" Medea pouted and said, "Only at times like this is when your emotional intelligence is unexpectedly high." ”

"Do I usually have a low EQ?" Asker couldn't laugh or cry.

"It's so low, it's like a pile of wood." Medea grinned and said, "By the way, what did you just ask me for?" ”

"Well, Malkina has sent a potion from Jade Hope IV." Asker said.

"So fast?" Medea was surprised and said, "Didn't you say that it would be given to us if we found the person behind it?" ”

"Maybe it's because we want to increase our strength." Aske said perfunctorily, "Don't worry so much, it's good for us." ”

"Uh-huh." Medea read it again, and realized that Asque was not lying, so she spread her hands and said, "Take it." ”

"Don't worry, let's go find Nora first."

The two went downstairs.

In the bedroom, Eleanor sat alone on the bed, her face still a little pale with prostration.

She also heard the conversation outside the door clearly. Eleanor even had a subtle premonition that Medea had known that she was awake and that the conversation with Asque was meant for her.

So you're worried about me leaving the team?

Captain......

A strand of blonde hair fell next to her cheek, and Eleanor looked down at her newly healed hands, silently closing her eyes.