“Be honest, Yuugo. You have an idea about how to erase Mizari’s weakness, correct?”
Asked Marcos.
“…Well, yeah…”
“Then why aren’t you saying it? You accepted to be her master in a way, so you should do your job as such. Even if it hurts you, you need to point out the flaws in your pupil, and do something to correct them. Isn’t that your job as a master?”
After seeing a demonstration of Mizari’s power on the first day of their training, they spent the rest of it practicing the basics.
But immediately after that, as Yuugo and Marcos washed themselves in a shower room close to the training area, Marcos brought her up again.
Marcos insisted that if Mizari could not go on like that, and if there was a way to fix her lack of power when it came time to finish a fight, Yuugo should say it. And Yuugo responded with what he had in mind.
“You’re right, but… What Mizari said about dreams stuck with me.”
“Aspiration…?”
“Yes. I don’t know exactly who she is aspiring to be like, but I think she’s been working on that fighting style because of it. It was my admiration of heroes that made me want to learn how to fight and be able to save people… I really get how she feels.”
Those emotions could be a powerful driving force to pursue one’s goals.
Surely that was the reason why Mizari continued to work on that fighting style, despite knowing her flaws.
Yuugo felt that aspiration towards the heroes he watched since he was young, and understood Mizari’s feelings all too well.
This all meant that he did not feel good about denying her of the fighting style she had been striving to improve due to her dreams.
“But at this rate, Mizari’s not going to get any stronger. If changing her fighting style can open doors for her, shouldn’t you recommend that?”
“I get that. But if she abandons that fighting style while not fully accepting this, she’ll also throw away the dreams that are her driving force. Then everything’s lost.
If she doesn’t accept the idea of changing herself, none of this matters.”
Said Yuugo with a serious expression, and Marcos felt the seriousness.
He understood that Yuugo was taking this role of master seriously, and turned off the shower before looking at Yuugo on the space next to his.
“…So you really are thinking of her, in your own way. Sorry, it wasn’t my place to speak.”
“No, it’s fine. In fact, it let me realize again what my responsibility here is.”
Yuugo also turned off the shower, and responded with a broad smile.
Marcos thought about how Yuugo was a good guy in more ways than one, and how his response was something the person he once knew would have never said. He then continued.
“But what are your plans? It’s fine that you value her dreams, but that’s where it’s going to end at this rate. How are you going to make her accept?”
“…First, get to know Mizari. You can’t convince someone of anything if you don’t know them.”
Make dreams reality… Lyrics from a song Yuugo knew appeared in his head.
What should he do, in order to not let Mizari’s dreams stay just dreams? Yuugo told Marcos what he came up with.
“Who does Mizari admire? I’m not getting anywhere until I learn that. And…”
“…What?”
“…Why does she want to become stronger fast? To me, she feels impatient. I should know what spurred this on.”
There had to be a reason why she asked to become his pupil, and Yuugo felt he lacked the information to convince her.
Marcos saw Yuugo from the side, serious and determined to fulfill his duty as a master, and snorted.
“If you’ve thought it through that much, I assume you already have something in mind.”
“I guess. I asked Melt and Hercus to see if they can find out if people are saying anything about her. It annoys me to leave that to someone else, but…”
“Fuhaha! You had no choice. A reputation as bad as yours won’t be reversed easily. Just try your best to do what you can, my friend.”
“Yes! I will! Thanks for the concern, Marcos.”
Marcos simply snorted.
Yuugo smiled, knowing this was simply Marcos not responding honestly, and pledged to become a master that would meet his pupil’s expectations, while thinking about what he could do.
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