CHAPTER 73

"Where did you get this loli from now ?", Rachel asked Arata as he returned back to her. Alphonse and Anna were out for some souvenir shopping so only Rachel was left behind at the inn.

"She has talent. She asked me to teach her.", Arata said.

"Is your name Shia ?", Rachel asked the little girl who hid behind Arata's back. Rachel guessed that Arata did not kill anyone, as no blood smell came from him. And he certainly wouldn't have returned with a girl like that. Shia was 12, but she looked like she was younger than 10. So she looked like a complete loli.

"Ye...s", she replied with a slight shyness. She was wondering from where did such a beauty drop from. This big sister had brilliant green hair and a very noble personality. She also had an excellent size, but hers did not grow one inch ! She did not know why, but she was really shy against this big sister. But she really liked her big brother !

"Looks like she is shy towards me. What did you do with her mother ?", Rachel asked. It obviously wasn't as simple as it looked. She wanted to know why Arata would take a disciple and what actually happened.

"I made an understanding with Carole. She said that if that's what Shia wants, she will agree to it. So I took her as a disciple. She did not pry into why I actually wanted to kill her, but she must have made peace with it.", Arata answered.

"I never thought you would be so careless ! Well, it doesn't matter, do whatever you want.", Rachel said with an exasperation. She clearly wasn't that happy.

"Release your murderous aura towards her.", Arata said silently. Arata had seriousness in his eyes. Rachel decided to follow his instruction. And she was thoroughly surprised by the result. It did not affect her.

Shia actually felt the aura of both Arata and Rachel, but she could just repel the aura and it did not bother her much. She had grown in a very pampered environment, but she had the mental strength of people who had seen countless gory deaths. She was immune to mental attacks.

"Wow, you have talent !", Rachel said. She had heard from Shuri about the tournament that will be held. Right now there were duels goin on, and one had to win 5 duels to participate in them. As she and Arata were bored, they were planning to enter, but it seems now they had an even more interesting thing on their hands. She looked at Arata's eyes and they also said the same thing. She immediately took out the three scrolls of Enhancer, Summoner and Transmuter. She explained it to Shia.

"I want to become an Enhancer !", she said in her cute loli voice after listening to Rachel's explanation.

"Are you sure ?", Rachel asked her again. Personally, it would be the best if she chose the summoner according to Rachel, as she needed something magical, and not like pure brute strength.

"You guys are enhancers right ? So I will also take Enhancement.", Shia said grabbing the scroll from Rachel's hand. She had chosen to become a trong fighter this time. Arata also thought about it, he was done with assassination, he also wanted to fight. He made up a plan in his mind, which was as usual very reckless.

Thus her cultivation practices started. They returned to the mansion in which the specialists lived after visiting the newly integrated Western Clover Kingdom. They still hadn't found any clues on how to get their lifespans back, and the only lead thay had was going to the Western Spade Kingdom.

She had great mental strength but could not fight properly. Arata decided to hone her mental strength first and Rachel decided to take up the physical training for Shia.