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[Vesna]

I had accepted Blue Fright's invitation the day they sent it, now I'm on my way to their association. In my previous timeline I didn't join Blue Fright, it was some other small scale association. I have made improvements, even if they weren't technically of my own accord.

I still think making a literal castle an association hub was a bad idea, but everyone thinks it's cool. Arceid is childish sometimes.

Kaltain also accepted the invitation, there was a lot of uproar in the group chat of our college. There are rumours that an academy is going to be made in place of a college with an alphabetical tier system for strength.

Things have accelerated quite a bit, still I have a few years until the next catastrophe happens.

That girl will arrive a few years from now, 'the witch of resonance'. The False Calamity…

I arrived at the castle after quite a while, there was no one to greet me or anything. Not like I expected anything.

Surprisingly Kaltain was here too, we arrived at the same time. He looked amused seeing me, which was kind of odd.

"Miss Vesna, pleasure to meet you. You also got the invitation."

"Please don't call me Miss, I'm not that old. Yeah I did get it too that's why I am here."

"Yes of course that makes sense. What do you think about Azrael? Are we going to meet him too?"

His ever so sympathetic smile was still plastered on his face. I just can't believe this guy isn't suspicious.

"Kaltain, Why don't we just get inside and check if he is here or not."

"That's a wonderful idea. After you."

He gestured to me to go first, which I did. His face was smiling while his eyes were scanning the surroundings, looking at every nook and cranny of this place.

Is he planning something? He could actually, he was the most mysterious Astra.

The castle has an inner and outer circle, the outer circle contains the training field whereas the inner circle contains the logistics and administrative department.

Going inside we were actually welcomed by Miss Larrisa, The Frost queen. She was training, probably her cosmic energy control. Frozen shards were gleaming around her body, illuminating, giving her an ethereal glow.

"You guys are pretty early, nice job."

"Early? And here I was stressing out thinking we were late, Miss Larrisa."

"Kaltain, right? Strongest of the new gen. I have heard a lot about you, good things only. You seem like an easy person to work with, much better than Azrael."

The smile on Kaltain's face bloomed even more, maybe he was genuinely happy.

"He is here…haha…that's nice, can I ask you about his location, Ma'am?"

"He is late, he will be here by 10. So like 3 hrs from now."

"Oh, Thanks for the information Ma'am."

"And you are Vesna right? You were also pretty good in the fight against that turtle creature."

"Yes Ma'am. But I was just a support role, the main damage was dealt by Azrael and Kaltain."

She waved her hands, shrugging my remark, "Don't think like that, supports aren't useless, you should have a lot of self esteem. You guys are Planetoid Rank, you are much better than the majority of your peers and humanity as whole."

She is such a sweet person. Even if she shows a tough exterior, knowing her end…makes me wanna…I should not dwell about the past, which I will change.

"Ma'am, what should we do now?"

"Nice question, just wait for a portal breach. If you can handle it, go and do that, that's it. Rest of the time just train."

"Ok, Ma'am."

We travelled through the outer circle and found a separate place to train. The number of people on the planet with Planetoid Rank strength are abysmally low, still everyone can use cosmic energy for everyday work and to maintain youth.

That's also the reason why there are so many people here, albeit they don't talk that much.

We were explained how the machines here work by the worker. Most of the machines are for physical strength enhancement, which is the best for me.

Strangely enough Kaltain was also going to train his body.

The machines are basic gym equipment with a twist, which is that they will change their weight according to the wielder's strength.

Here are treadmills with the speed of light. Gravitational chambers and even white rooms to keep your mind at bay, increasing overall cosmic energy control.

Because of the cosmic energy, our physical prowess could theoretically grow endlessly with sufficient time and effort.

And I'm going to test that theory, I have both time and determination to achieve that.

"Vesna, I will go train in the gravitational chamber. If we get any work, inform me okay."

I replied with a subtle nod which he returned back. After that I went to do strength training in a temporal dome created by me.

Temporal dome decelerates the time around the space it's formed, doing so it seems as if I'm working out faster whereas in reality it's just that time is slowed for me.

….

I worked out for the next 3 hrs straight after which I took a break. Kaltain was still in the gravitational chamber trying to control the pressure, slowly increasing his overall control on gravity.