Chapter 301 Future ns... (End of Volume-3.)


    Sunday, 9:00 A.M.


    Rio and Lia entered a famous café and got to their reserved seats.


    Lia nced at Rio and inquired in a tone of confusion.


    "Why would Mr. Jin give you the vouchers, though? This ce is so good; with his personality, he would have used it to woo Ms. Anna, right?"


    Rio also nodded his head at those words.


    "Likely because he must have been pressured by the mediapanies or others to make me take the interview… Also, he has two more vouchers with him…"


    Lia frowned a bit at those words. She ate a spoonful of the ice cream that was served by the waiter and asked,


    "Does that mean they wille to the café at the same time as us? That will feel so awkward…"


    Rio shook his head at those words,


    "No, he said he would go some other day; I confirmed it with him on message-"


    Just as Rio was about toplete his sentence, Jin and Anna entered the café, dressed in matching outfits.


    Anna was taken aback for a moment after seeing Lia and Rio there, and Jin only scratched the back of his neck in embarrassment.


    Their seats were the same as those of Rio and Lia, so they had no choice but to sit beside them.


    Anna sat beside Lia, and Jin sat beside Rio, smiling awkwardly.


    Rio nced at Jin and said,


    "You said that you weren''ting today?"


    Jin, embarrassed, scratched the back of his neck and spoke.


    "Well, I wasn''t going to, but Anna discovered those vouchers in my coat''s pocket, and it turns out she has always wanted toe here, and she dragged me here right away…"


    Hearing those words, Anna said,


    "Er… I didn''t know you two would be here too… Ugh, I ruined your time together?"


    Seeing that guilty expression on Anna''s face, Lia shook her head,


    "No worries; now that you are here, we can hang out together…"


    Rio looked at Jin and Anna before posing a question.


    "By the way… isn''t that the ''couple'' outfit that''s been famous all over the inte these days? You two also got one?"


    Jin nodded his head and said, in a proud tone,


    "Of course, I got it custom-made for us! See! Even our names are printed on the shoulders!"


    Ignoring Jin''s smug expression, Lia nced at Anna and asked,


    "It seems you have recovered a lot; you can now walk by yourself… Last time we saw you in Oaklum, and you were still in the wheelchair… Congrattions on your recovery!"


    Anna nodded her head and replied with a smile,


    "A certain someone kept pestering me to recover fast every day, so I had no choice but to recover; now I have recovered to the level of a B-ranker… a month or two, and I will be back to my peak form…"


    Lia, taken aback by those words, responded,


    "That''s quite fast; didn''t they say it would take you two to three years to recover?"


    Anna nodded her head and replied in a calm tone.


    "Well, that''s true, but then Jin brought a lot of rare recovery items, so I was able to improve my health much faster…"


    Unlike usual wounds, Anna suffered damage to her mana circuit and soul.


    Even with the assistance of S-rank healers, healing the damage to one''s mana circuit and soul takes time.


    Although SS-rank healers can heal them much faster, Jin couldn''t bring Anna to the Elven Empire; otherwise, he would have asked Syvis to heal her.


    Currently, there''s no way to ask Aria to heal someone, and the world only has Syvis as the sole SS-rank healer, so hiring her is a very difficult task.


    Moreover, Riya destroyed her precious herb garden; she will likely be busy rebuilding it and won''te out for years.


    Anna nced at Lia and Rio before she spoke.


    "You two, you both have progressed again, it seems; even Lia has be an A-ranker now. Sigh~ time really passes fast…"


    "Come to think of it, there should be only two or three months left before your final exams of the second year, right?"


    Rio nodded his head in response to Anna''s question.


    "Yes, they are actually going to organize the final exams a bit earlier for us who won in the tournament; the rest of the students will continue as usual…"


    Rio and others won the tournament, which shows their amazing capabilities, and they have also all reached rank A, which is basically the academy''s graduation criteria.


    In other words, they all have alreadypleted the requirements to graduate; all they need to do is pass the written exams and move on to the next year''s curriculum.


    The Academy doesn''t want to act as a shackle for these talented children, so they are trying to graduate them as fast as possible.


    A-rankers are already very well-known and strong people in the world, and the academy can''t just keep them locked in studies for too long.


    Jin sipped the juice from the ss and then nced at Rio,


    "By the way, what are your ns for the future… I guess Lia will take care of her father''s guild; what about you?"


    Rio shrugged his shoulders and spoke in his usual emotionless tone.


    "I am thinking of opening a tea shop or something; I will go on asional dungeon raids from time to time…"


    Anna was really taken aback by Rio''s words; she narrowed her eyes and asked in curiosity,


    "For someone with such amazing talent, that''s quite an ordinary ambition you have…"


    Anna has been a professor for many years, so she has seen many students that rose from humble origins and what all of them wanted was the same thing, which was money and fame.


    Rio has already started to get a lot of fame and money as he has won the tournament of supreme talents.


    But it seems that all that didn''t matter much to him; he just wanted to live a peaceful life where he could do things as he pleased.


    He would spend his free time ying games and stuff, and he would go on dungeon raids whenever the mood for them arose.


    Anna suddenly frowned and looked into Rio''s eyes before saying,


    "You know what… My intuition has always been very good; I ignored it once and got myself injured in the dungeon… but I can''t ignore it right now…"


    "I have a feeling that you might not be able to stay so peaceful… So keep getting stronger and working hard…"


    Rio smiled a bit at those words and said, n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om


    "Well, if the world denies me the peaceful life that I want… I will change the world to my liking…"


    Rio''s words seem quite arrogant, but he was actually dead serious about it.


    At that moment, Jin, Anna, and Lia—all three of them—took Rio''s words as a mere joke; no one knew what the future had in store for them.


    …


    An hourter.


    Jin and Rio sat on a bench under the shade of a tree.


    Rio nced at a nearby clothing store and said,


    "How long do you think they''re going to take?"


    Jin waved his hand and shrugged his shoulders at those words,


    "Who knows… They are likely going to take a few hours at least."


    Jin nced at the horizon and asked,


    "We will start the training by tomorrow; are you ready?"


    Rio nodded his head at those words,


    "I am always ready for a good spar… but I am doubtful if you can really learn ''Sword Intent'' or not…"


    "Also, don''t me meter if I end up copying all of your fighting skills… I am good at swordsmanship…"


    Jin smirked at Rio''s words,


    "Hah, you underestimate me too much, kiddo! My sword skills are not child''s y; you will need a lot of practice to learn them, and I am quite sure I can grasp at least an imperfect form of sword intent…"


    Rio shook his head and stopped mentioning that topic.


    He didn''t want to get Jin''s hopes too high; otherwise, it will hurt more when he finds out that he can''t learn sword intent.


    Jin nced at Rio, who had gone silent, and decided to change the topic,


    "By the way, where are you two going now?"


    After finishing their time at the café, Rio and Lia made the decision to separate from Jin and Anna in order to spend their date alone.


    Upon hearing Jin''s question, Rio shook his head,


    "No idea; maybe just wander around the market and enjoy the time… After all, we don''t get many chances to enjoy free time. There is always something going on…"


    Jin nodded his head in response to those words.


    "I and Anna will go to visit her parents next… She agreed to the engagement, but we will make our rtionship known to the public right before our wedding date…"


    Rio was taken aback for a moment after hearing those words. He looked into Jin''s eyes and asked,


    "So, you seeded in getting her approval? Congrattions… Don''t forget to invite us all to your wedding…"


    Jin nodded his head and smiled,


    "Of course, you are all wee… I have been trying to get her approval for so long, and she has finally agreed… I just feel so happy and satisfied that I can''t describe it in words…"


    Rio nodded his head at those words,


    "It seems your efforts paid off…"


    Jin, embarrassed, scratched the back of his neck and spoke.


    "Well, she likely agreed because I took care of her during her injury… Although that was an underhanded method to impress her, I guess it worked well…"


    Rio nodded his head,


    "Well, all that matters is that you both are happy; the methods don''t matter…"


    While Rio and Jin were chatting, Lia and Anna came back with plenty of bags in their hands, filled with clothes that they had bought.


    Rio and Jin smiled at the sight and happily carried the bags.


    They waved each other good-bye and then went on their own.


    It was a wonderful day, so it won''t be a beneficial idea to waste it just yet.


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