“Ugh… my whole body aches…”

Staggering, I returned to my quarters immediately after finishing training with Paejon.

That damned old man. Whatever he put me through, my arms and legs were trembling like leaves.

[See? I told you to hold back a little.]

Noya’s words made me chuckle dryly.
Well, he wasn’t wrong. My mouth had been the problem. If I hadn’t mouthed off, the training might’ve ended much sooner.

‘...I did hold back, though.’
[You call that holding back?]

Noya’s tone was incredulous.

Honestly, that was me holding back a lot. Why was he so surprised?

‘I …