Chapter 21: Knight's Guilt

Freya stayed behind to train long after the rest of her team left. Because she attended a party Mendoza invited her to last night, she had stayed up all night and didn't have the time to sleep. So while her team trained, she spent the day sleeping.

"You can continue tomorrow, Freya. Or you'll just end up wearing out yourself." Hercules, whose team if was, said when he saw her training on his way out of the training house.

"I spent most of the afternoon napping, master. Also, having the training house all to myself gives me a certain kind of thrill." Freya revealed, briefly pausing her training.

Hercules stared at her for a while before he shrugged, "Take it easy. Goodnight."

Freya waited for him to leave before she got up on her feet. Standing in front of the stuffed punching bag in the shape of a man, she spent the next thirty minutes punching it effortlessly.

"If you use that stance to fight in the combat tournament, your opponent will have a field day breaking your ribs." A fam