390 Training Darlene 3 (1/2)

He could have chosen to demonstrate it to give Darlene a feel of what manipulating space was all about.

But if he had done so at the start, it would only prove that he can do it. It did not necessarily mean that she can too.

If she had such thoughts and failed, it would no longer be possible for him to trick her then. She would believe that every space distortion was caused by him and not her own abilities.

”Eh? Already? Since I manage to manipulate space, how about you let me off and let me practice on my own?” Darlene requested. She still had some fear of rocks being hurled at her.

Leon shook his head and denied, ”No, you can practice on your own later when you become more proficient in manipulating space. Right now, it is still better to practice with rocks. My dear will improve quicker under pressure this way.”

What a joke. If he did agree to her request, she would quickly find out that something is wrong when space remains unchanged.

He would not be able to trick her either, as it would be too difficult to guess how she wanted to manipulate space with such freedom. Only by practicing with throwing rocks could he guess how she would react and trick her accordingly.

”Hmm… fine. Hubby does have a point.” Darlene unwillingly agreed. It was not like she had a choice to begin with. Feeling the uncomfortableness of being bound to the stake, she shortly requested, ”Can hubby unbound me at least? I promise I won't try to run away.”

”No. Just put up with it for now, my dear. It is all for your own good. Unbinding you now and returning freedom of movements to your body will lower the effectiveness of this training exercise.” Leon denied her request again.

”Che, stingy.”

Darlene pouted with puffed cheeks.

Leon smiled lightly.

”I'm going to aim for your forehead again, my dear. Try bending space to curve it to the left this time.” Leon suggested before tossing the rock at said destination.

Darlene widened her eyes and saw the flying rock hurled at her forehead again before it was suddenly curved left due to spatial distortion.

Poof!

The rock embedded into the left sidewall. Without turning her head to look, she snarled, ”What do you have against my forehead? Don't bully my forehead! Why don't you aim somewhere else instead?! Can't you see how swollen my forehead is?!”

Leon looked at Darlene's forehead, and it was indeed a little red from being swollen even though he exerted a minuscule amount of strength and controlled the impact force with his abilities.

”But if I aim elsewhere, it will not produce the same result. Perhaps, your mind will not be as alarmed and too slow to react. If that happens, the chance of you being hit will be greater. Are you sure that is what you want, my dear? It will hurt a lot, you know?”

Darlene became hesitant after listening to his explanation. However, she quickly rolled her eyes. She was nearly fooled by Leon.

”But at the very least, I reckon it would still be better than getting hit in the forehead if I fail to curve the rock!” Darlene argued.

If she was struck in the head at such velocity, her head might just crack open and kill her! Getting struck in the arm or leg painfully was much better compared to that!

”That won't happen!” Leon said confidently.

”Huh?” Darlene looked at Leon with doubt and asks, ”And how can you be so sure about that?”

When Leon heard this question, he sweated.

Because he will distort space and curve the rock for her? He obviously cannot say such a thing. He would lose all her trust and destroy the confidence and belief she had built up so far.

”Because I believe in you!” Leon firmly said.

”Hubby…”

Darlene was immediately touched by his words and become emotional. Shortly after, her eyes were filled with determination before she said, ”Since hubby believes in me so much. I will continue to do it!”

She was filled with fighting spirit. She had to live up to her hubby's expectations. Little did she know, she had been tricked all this time.

”That's the spirit.”

Leon smiled warmly and secretly wiped his sweat. He had just dodged a bullet. He continued to hurl rocks at Darlene, while 'she' would manipulate the Spatial Law to curve the rocks left and right under his instruction.

After hurling numerous rocks, Leon began to frown and doubted if what they were doing was effective or not.

Although he can feel that Darlene had become very confident in her ability to manipulate space, he had yet to sense Darlene manipulate space for herself.