ACIEL'S DIARY : INDIGO
SHEET 3.4: PRAYING MANTIS

Just like before, today I also spent time after school to practice with Master. Even though I called it a drill, what I did was to hold back all the Energy Streams that Master had spilled on me.

It's just like restraining my murderous lust and maintaining my composure, if I liken it to a cartoon or a movie. Each Spirit had an aura that coated their bodies and it could be used to attack consciousness if the given amount was large enough.

And the amount that a high-level Spirit like a Master gives is certainly huge. Fortunately since I also had a considerable Energy capacity on my body, I was somehow able to endure it even though it made me nauseous and my head hurt as well.

Pretty heavy exercise.

"Ugwahhh—!!"

The long-awaited break finally came after an hour of sparta training, I lay weakly on the fragrant yellowish grass plains.

The master turned his form into a cat and lay down beside me, licking the soles of his feet while moving his ears.

"It's the second day we're doing the exercises and you've been able to withstand quite a lot of the energy I've given you. At least your ability to adapt is above average, not bad."

"Well, I survived desperately here so the compliment didn't feel too smooth to me. My head is dizzy, my stomach is nauseous, my ears are buzzing and my tongue is bitter, I need a lot of glucose intake to restore stamina."

I took out a candy and a bottle of drink, then Bakpao the meat and threw it at Master who instantly caught it with his tail.

Life instantly nourished my body back as the flow of tomato juice entered my body, plus the sweet candy I ate, as if getting the sensation where my brain was massaged.

Very nice sensation. It's like the feeling of an office employee just coming home and soaking himself in a hot tub with wine in his right hand.

Or maybe like that? I don't know, I saw it on television yesterday anyway.

"Master, how long am I going to do this endurance exercise?"

The master still ate his meat bakpao and swallowed all of them at once with his mouth, slightly burping and answering me.

"We will continue to do so until your body gets used to it and is completely unaffected by the Energy I have sent. Right now I'm only sending fifty percent of it, at least you should be able to hold back that much if you want to finish this exercise."

Fifty percent ...

"So the total amount of Energy that Master had sent out during this time was only fifty percent, huh? After telling me to take the training seriously earlier, isn't it a Master who isn't ser—Auh!! Why did you slap my cheek with a tail?!"

"That's because you said something stupid again with your stupid mouth. Just think about it with that stupid brain, what if I just sent all my energy to you? You who are currently so exhausted from holding back half of it, what would happen if you accepted it all?"

Some images of my body exploding or having internal bleeding enter my mind in a moment, I immediately shook my head to eliminate all those frightening things.

"Maybe I'm gonna pass out?"

The master snorted hearing it.

"One of the images you have in your head before is the truth. It would really happen if I did."

Huh uh? One of the pictures I have in my head? Between the body exploding with internal bleeding, one of them would actually happen if the Master sent out all of his Energies?

Nope, no. Maybe this cat just fucked me up by saying a lot of scary stuff like that. I didn't need to get into her trap and panic over it.

All right, I gotta calm down.

"Is that so? That's pretty scary."

"Hm?"

At that moment the Master immediately looked in the other direction, where the bushes were. His ears moved several times with his unblinking eyes. His nose twitched, his tail became straight up.

The master responds to an existence.

"Is there anything in the bushes?"

"Yes, it's the Spirit. He's been around and around for some time now so I let him but it seems he's starting to keep an eye on us, he's looking at us right now."

"Is everything okay?"

And as Master said that, a sound of friction came from from from the bushes.

Grrskk—!! Grrskk!!

Something out of there.

With very long slender legs brownish in color, it looks like a twig that has serrations on its back. Then the four hands attached to the shoulders hang them, having the same look as the feet with four fingers that resemble a scythe.

His very slim body, three times the size of his legs, there is a greenish pattern resembling a snake tattoo that spread throughout his body.

Then the most striking part, which is the exact same head as the praying mantis. The antennae on his head twitched as he stepped closer to us.

The master positioned himself in front of me.

The three-meter-high locust spirit stopped in front of us and stared, turning its face between myself and the Master. He did it several times before folding his hands on his chest.

"Greetings, I am Beida. It was the name of the group from the Spirit who had the same look as me. You don't have to remember it, because it's not my name. Even so if you intend to call me, please use that call."

The grasshopper spirit that called herself Beida slightly bowed its head at us, with her slightly lowered posture.

Oh, the Spirit type that has manners, huh? His man-like voice and his elegant movements were, inexplicably, pretty cool.

As I began to admire this Spirit named Beida, Master raised his voice.

"What do you want by watching and approaching us?"

"No, I just happen to be wandering around this mountain and forest and the activities you do interest me. I therefore decided to look a little but at that moment, I smelled a rather strange scent, and felt familiar with it."

Beida sat on the grass plains and her head shifted towards me. Anyhow you think about it, he's looking at me.

Seeing the face of his trunk twitching with its antennae that never stopped moving, plus his mouth that just kept spitting out some foam made me quite uneasy about what this Spirit was actually thinking right now.

In the end, I decided to ask him.

"Is there something?"

"If you look carefully, the structure of the face and this smell. It's not wrong, are you Miss Anella?"

Hm? This grasshopper knows mom?

"But some parts there are slight differences, such as the structure of the face and the black hair, and then the voice as well. Miss Anella, did you ask those despicable Kyn to change your gender? Even so, your aura is also slightly softened."

"Ah, no, Anella is my mother's name. I'm his descendant, my name is Aciel Luciel."

The locust's antenna stopped a little when I mentioned my name.

"Oh? Im sorry. The spirits are a little insensitive to change. So yes ... So you're Miss Anella's descendant. Mr. Aciel, can I ask how your mother is doing?"

"My mom is dead."

The grasshopper slightly snapped when it heard him, then its posture slightly relaxed. It was as if he was completely shocked to hear it.

"That's what it looks like, it's unfortunate. I intend to come here and look for him to finalize the agreement we made a few years ago but it looks like I came too long."

His voice was weakening, I think he really felt sad. But there's something that interests me more than that.

"covenant? You said the deal, right? Did my mom promise you anything?"

It's just like Master said before, I have to make sure of it.

"Eh? Ah, ja. This is a two-party agreement. Miss Anella promised to help me find a nest from Huflu and I also promised her to give her some honey."

"uh? A huflu? What'sthat?"