Five minutes had passed since Mr. Bacchus lost consciousness.

"Uh-uh. ......

　He let out a painful moan and slowly sat up.

"Hey, Mr. Bacchus!　Are you okay?

"Yeah, I'm fine. ....... I'm sorry I worried you. ......

　He sat down on the floor and slowly caught his breath.

(...... Amazing. It really is a tremendous resilience. ......)

　( is amazing.) His face, which had been earth-colored earlier, quickly turned bloodshot.
　For a while, I was wondering what was going to happen to him, but from the looks of it, he seems to be okay.

"Grandfather, please drink some water.

　Rose held up a huge canteen of Bacchus's special water.

"Oh, thank goodness for that ......!

　He gulped down the water as if he were bathing in it.

"Phew ....... But I'm surprised. ......!　I'd forgotten about that fight to the death for half a century!

　Bacchus said, laughing gaily, "Bara bara bara! Bacchus said, laughing gaily.

"So how did the ...... go, ......?

　I timidly asked him about the battle with Zeon.

"Oh, it's impossible. You'll never win.

　He shrugged his shoulders and shook his head quietly.

He cowered and shook his head quietly. "If I were in my prime, ...... I'd be killed a hundred times over with my incurable body.

"If you were in your prime, would you be able to beat that Zeon?

"Well, to be honest, I can't really say. ....... Above all, it's not on 'equal terms'. ......

　He rubbed his white beard with a difficult expression and continued to talk.

It's a good idea to have a good idea of what you're going to be doing and how you're going to do it.

"A severe handicap, ......?

Yes, that's right. That evil dark monster seemed to have a very difficult time fighting. ....... I'm sure you'll be able to figure out what's going on. I'm not sure what happened to him, but he seems to have some pretty strong restrictions placed on him.

"Oh, really? ......

　In the many times I've crossed swords with Zeon, I've never once seen him look uncomfortable in a fight.

(That is, .......) (That means he doesn't need me to get serious. ......)

　And Mr. Bacchus is a swordsman of the level that Zeon is trying to crush.

　It seems that this guy is much higher than me.

(I'm going to train harder and harder, and one day I'm going to beat his nose in. ......!

　In order to do that, I need to learn the techniques of the Sakuraga Itto Ryu.

(Okay, let's do it. ......!

　When I was so motivated.

But, kid, ....... How can you keep your ego intact while carrying such a monster? A normal person would have had his body taken away before he could even remember.

　Mr. Bacchus told me a very scary story.

Yeah, ....... Oh, really? ......?

"Hmm. As well as the billions of years of pretending, the unbelievable mental strength that binds that monster ....... Maybe that's your 'strongest weapon' .......

Oh, thank you so much ......!

　Then I threw myself into my training with an uncanny intensity, and after an hour or two.

"Okay, that's it for today's training!　Well done!　Now let's go to the bathhouse and wash away our sweat and fatigue!

　Bacchus said, sheathing his sword like a sword.

「「「「「「 Thank you very much!

　We thanked him for his training and followed him to the bathhouse.