Early in the morning, Liens had already woken up and started practicing his sword.

After failing to challenge Lucrezia in the instance again last night, it was almost dawn.

So, he simply got up and practiced his sword.

For him now, practicing his sword in reality was better than practicing in an instance.

Because he could continuously accumulate the elements within his body through sword practice.

Perhaps when the elements in his body accumulated to a certain extent, his physical fitness would also improve accordingly.

Just like when he was promoted to a Knight.

And perhaps Liens's sword-wielding sounds had woken him, or perhaps he hadn't been sleeping too deeply to begin with.

Gars also quickly climbed out of bed, but unlike usual, seeing Liens swinging his longsword, he didn't interrupt him.

He didn't say things like, 'You're practicing incorrectly,' or 'This Sword Style has no rules.'

Although, even if he had said it, Liens wouldn't have cared and would have continued practicing his sword his own way.

On the contrary, Gars was unusually attentive today, seriously observing Liens's sword skills.

He even gestured with his hands.

Liens noticed Gars's abnormal behavior and guessed that he might have discovered something.

After all, if one were to look, he had quite a few flaws.

His voice, his height, and even his occasional cold reactions...

Moreover, the Illusion Mask wasn't an extremely rare item; it was sold in the 'mysterious shop' in the black market.

It was just that ordinary people couldn't afford it.

The Illusion Mask there required a full 100 gold coins to buy.

One should know that the Elemental Baptism Potion provided by the Glenbagen Family, when converted, only cost 500 gold coins.

The number 500 might not seem like much, but if you convert it again, it's 1 million small copper coins.

Ordinary people in Kara City, let alone a lifetime, couldn't save that amount in several lifetimes.

From this, one could see how expensive that thing was, and how extravagant Lucrezia was.

She would casually spend things worth more than a million.

Although he felt that Gars might have noticed his identity.

However, Liens no longer cared if his identity would be exposed.

Because he had already decided to leave.

After finishing a few final things, he would leave this place tonight, leave this city.

He would rush towards the freedom he had long yearned for, to explore this Different World, which only existed in his previous life's fantasies, alone.

"No rush, tonight is the moment I truly gain freedom."

"By then, someone will offer 'cheers' and 'gifts' for that moment."

Liens sensed the elemental structure hidden in his brain and thought to himself.

Thus, Liens was immersed in his sword practice, while Gars sat upright, watching intently.

It wasn't until the Military Fortress's horn sounded that Liens stopped his sword practice, and their tacit actions were interrupted.

"You must have already guessed my identity, right?"

"However, judging by your expression, you don't seem to have any intention of reporting me."

"That's good, because your act of reporting is meaningless."

"Your Lady Lucrezia already knows of my existence."

"Of course, if you want to gain her attention by reporting, it's not a bad method either..."

"Hmm?"

"Who, no, what is that over there..."

Liens hadn't finished speaking when he seemed to sense something and quickly turned his head towards the window.

"Hmm... gone, was it an illusion?"

Liens said softly.

However, although he said that, he knew his perception was not wrong.

There was indeed a transparent thing suspended in mid-air just now.

If it weren't for the elemental reactions on its body being slightly different from the surrounding environment, plus its sudden approach, he really wouldn't have discovered it.

"Could it be Lucrezia's reconnaissance method?"

Liens secretly guessed.

He immediately pinpointed the only person in the current Military Fortress who could use magic.

"What's wrong? Was someone eavesdropping on us just now?"

Gars somewhat eagerly woke Liens, who was deep in thought, and asked him.

"No one, I must have seen wrong just now."

"Returning to the previous topic... I'll tell you another piece of information, besides me, there are at least 3 other hidden guards in the Military Fortress."

"You can try to find them."

"After finding them, report them all to your Lady Lucrezia."

"Perhaps she will look at you with new eyes, impressed by your excellent reconnaissance ability."

Liens's expression returned to calm, he outwardly changed the subject, but secretly extended his perception to the surroundings, carefully discerning something...

"Did it really leave?"

"Forget it, if I'm discovered, I'm discovered. Anyway, I'm leaving, so what can she do to stop me?"

"If I can't beat her, can't I run away?"

Liens thought to himself, and then his tense mind relaxed.

...

Morning, Military Fortress, training ground.

With the thought that he was already exposed anyway, Liens no longer wasted energy pretending and directly practiced his Sword Style in front of Lucrezia.

And seeing Liens's sword practice, Lucrezia gave him a few meaningful glances.

Then, she turned her attention to guiding other soldiers in their sword skills.

She seemed not to care about Liens's performance.

As for Liens...

Although he also noticed Lucrezia's gaze, having completely let go, he truly didn't care about it.

At most, he would just run away now.

As for revenge, as long as he was alive, there would be plenty of opportunities later.

When he became strong enough, he could even come back and slaughter the entire Glenbagen Family.

Thus, Liens and Lucrezia each did their own thing, peacefully spending the morning training session.

It wasn't until noon, when Liens lay on his bed and entered the instance, that he didn't see Lucrezia coming to trouble him.

She didn't even come to win him over...

This made Liens begin to suspect that Lucrezia might not have noticed the abnormality in his Sword Style at all.

Or perhaps, his realm in Sword Style was too high, beyond her comprehension.

"Haha..."

Liens was amused by the sudden thought he had.

Ultimately, he was currently only at the 'Sword Style' stage, and there wasn't much of a gap between him and Lucrezia.

Thus, wanting others not to understand his Sword Style was basically impossible.

Although his current Sword Style had already begun to change to the next stage, it was still far from truly entering that stage.

Just like the elements in his body, it would also take a long time to fill them up.

Therefore, what he needed now was to persist in practicing his sword, practicing with his whole heart and soul.

As long as he persevered, when the time came, the flowers would naturally bloom.

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