2025-04-19 00:27:08About one hour later Mira woke up with a yawn, her eyes squinting at the sunlight which had seeped through the cracks in the windows into the room. This made her slightly upset as she wanted to have more sleep but this was made difficult by the sunlight which was seeping into the room. Even when she tried to close her eyes it was difficult to shut the sunlight out.
"The only day we're not attacked by assassins this sunlight won't let me sleep!" Mira grumbled as she turned over, facing another direction where the sunlight wouldn't hit her eyes. She was about to go to sleep again when a pair of hands grabbed her, forcing her up.
"I really need to have more sleep!" Mira complained, struggling to stay in bed but she couldn't match the other party's strength. In the end, she was pulled out of bed, facing Ezra who had a serious expression as usual.
"I'm serious when I say we really need to have some sleep!" Mira said as she broke free from Ezra's grip, attempting to go back to bed. "We only get to sleep in a bed once in a while."
"I know about that but we still have a lot of things ahead of us," Ezra said. "Are you forgetting our utmost goal in life?"
"Which is?" Mira asked, focusing on Ezra as she began combing her hair with her fingers.
"Don't tell me you forgot," Ezra frowned slightly.
"I wouldn't be asking you if I remembered," Mira replied as she rolled her eyes.
Why is this woman like this? Ezra thought within himself as he resisted the urge to do a facepalm. I'm having difficulties communicating with her as the day goes by...I'm beginning to reconsider entering a relationship with her!
"Alright," Ezra waved his hands, not daring to say what he had been thinking just now to Mira. "Our goal is to become the most powerful Cultivators in the world."
"That's a lofty ambition which suits only you," Mira said. "Because actually, I'm a normal martial artist...not a Cultivator like you."
"Whatever," Ezra said. "The thing is that you understand what I'm trying to say, don't you?"
"If I say I don't you'd see me as an idiot," Mira rolled her eyes. This made Ezra to chuckle a little before resuming his stern expression.
Ezra was about to say something when Mira took the initiative to ask, "If I may ask, why do you want to become the most powerful martial artist in the world? You don't seem like a type who wants to become a tyrant, do you?"
"Me? A tyrant? No, I can never be a tyrant," Ezra shook his head. "I'm not pursuing power in order to become a tyrant."
That's just what I said earlier, Mira thought within herself but she didn't say it out loud. Instead, she asked, "Then why do you want to become the most powerful person in this world?"
Ezra clenched his fists as he turned to face the window, "So that I will be able to protect those whom I love..."
When Mira heard this she became very quiet as she fell into a deep thought while staring at the back of Ezra's head. She didn't know why but she suddenly became emotional hearing Ezra say this.
"I was very weak and that's why I couldn't stop my sect from being destroyed," Ezra continued after a brief pause. "I watched as everyone I knew and cared about was killed while being able to do nothing. Even I fell by their swords because I was a weakling back then..."
When he made the last statement he turned to look at Mira before continuing, "And do you know the funny thing?"
When faced with this sudden question, Mira didn't know how to respond so she immediately shook her head as she said, "No I don't."
"The funny thing is that despite all the missions I have to take from the Echelon system and all the rewards I'm getting, I'm still not powerful enough," Ezra said with a sad tone. "I'm still a tier two fighter in the eyes of everyone. At most, I stand at the peak of tier two but that's all to it. If I'm to face a tier three fighter I'm not confident I'd be able to defeat him. It would be because of my abilities that I would be able to escape with my life..."
"I understand your feeling of helplessness but there's still time to grow," Mira said as she walked towards Ezra. "You don't have to feel devastated because you consider yourself very weak. If you ever think yourself to be weak, there are those way weaker than you are..."
Ezra let out a deep sigh after hearing that without saying a word. So Mira continued, "So you need to cheer up and stop feeling sad about what you can change, Ezra. You're even lucky to have the Echelon system. What about me who doesn't even have a system?"
"You're lucky to have a teacher," Ezra flashed a smile. "A very good teacher."
"And you're very lucky to have a great student," Mira smiled as she hugged Ezra. "So don't think about it too much."
Ezra nodded before falling into a deep silence. But that didn't mean he wasn't still worried about getting more powerful. There were a lot of things he couldn't accomplish and threats he couldn't vanquish because of his tier right now. The only way he could achieve everything in his mind was by becoming more powerful.
I really need to start asking the Echelon system for missions instead of waiting for it to casually initiate missions for me, Ezra thought within himself as he hugged Mira more closely. Training in the forest is not enough to become very powerful...
"Mira, I'm very lucky to have you," he finally spoke after some moments, whispering into Mira's ears. He didn't know why he made that statement at the moment but he didn't care anyway.
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