Their efficiency matched their excellent discipline.
In less than a quarter of an hour, the small training ground was tidied up, and the entire set of equipment was neatly arranged.
Lilian thanked Captain Martin and then stepped into the small training ground.
Once Lilian was inside and confirmed not to have come back out, Captain Martin summoned a Knight.
“You go ask at Count Koen’s estate, and take a fast horse.”
Lilian’s identity was indeed special, but they still needed to confirm Count Koen’s identity.
This kind of matter couldn’t be allowed to go wrong.
Lilian closed the training ground door and turned to inspect the place.
This was a roughly 200 to 300 square meter training ground, surrounded by stone walls over three meters high.
Fixed equipment was lined along one side of the walls, and in the middle stood wooden dummies clad in iron armor.
Rows of Stone Locks were arranged together, with some black pipes stacked nearby.
The rest were bars like pull-up bars—none of the fixed machines you’d find in a modern gym back in her previous life. It was a bit of a pity.
Still, Lilian was quite satisfied.
This place was indeed very suitable for training alone.
She walked over to the Stone Locks, giving them a quick scan.
Fortunately, the units in this world were roughly the same as in her previous life, so there was no confusion in recognition.
Confidently, Lilian picked up a pair of Stone Locks labeled 15kg.
Using all her strength, she barely managed to lift them off the ground.
Those days of carrying a bucket of mineral water up five flights of stairs without breaking a sweat were gone, family.
Your brother has become weak.
Your brother is unhappy.
Lilian felt a little discouraged and could only switch to the 10kg pair.
These she could lift, though with some effort—it was just the right weight.
A small workout for the biceps.
Having experience from her previous life’s training, one set felt quite easy.
【Effort Training, Strength EXP +1】
She couldn’t find the Constitution stat anywhere, but then the system highlighted her name.
Ber, why is the Personal Information Entry on the name itself?
【Lilian Elward】
【Constitution: Lv.1-】
【Strength: Lv.1- (1/100)】
【Agility: Lv.1+】
【Mana: Lv.0】
【Awareness: Lv.1+】
【Willpower: Lv.2+】
【Charisma: Lv.2+】
【Note: Lv.1 is the normal standard; raising Constitution does not affect Charisma】
【❤】
Oh, so training herself wouldn’t affect her appearance.
That was good—Lilian shuddered at the thought of looking like Nezha from the Ten Cold tribe.
Besides Charisma and Willpower being at Lv.2 and slightly higher Agility, both her Strength and Constitution were weaker than average.
That was normal—after all, Lilian hadn’t really trained specially since childhood; she was just an ordinary little physician.
But what was this Heart Icon?
It was actually pulsing.
Unable to resist her curiosity, Lilian clicked on it.
【❤Mouth Sensitivity❤…】
Snap!
That was fast.
Lilian quickly closed the system.
Is this really the “Effort Brings Rewards” system?
It rewards that too?
Lilian laughed bitterly.
Ignoring that little episode, Lilian focused on reading the attribute descriptions.
After all, these determined whether she could improve her strength and possibly gain extraordinary power.
【Methods to Improve: Proper training, adequate rest, quality nutrition, professional guidance, effective medicine】
Pretty much the same as training methods in her previous life.
Improving Constitution, besides endurance and cardiopulmonary function, meant muscles.
The principle of muscle training was to continuously tear muscle fibers, then let the body repair itself, strengthening the muscles.
Lilian walked over to the armor, where a Sword was propped up.
Gripping the hilt with both hands, she barely managed to lift it.
Just trying to get into position made her wrists protest.
Endurance was something that required long-term training to improve.
Even with the system, it was probably the same here.
But Strength could be improved quickly.
Not by using steroids like in her previous life—no mention of “if you ask me” or “if I ask you.”
Even if Lilian wanted to use such things, this world didn’t have them.
As a physician, Lilian knew several remedies that could accelerate injury recovery.
Although they weren’t as effective as magical potions, they were sufficient for body training.
If she remembered correctly, her family still had some of these medicines and raw materials, so she’d need to find time to go home.
She suddenly felt busy all of a sudden.
She wondered whether doing aerobic and strength training at the same time would interfere with each other.
【No】
The system suddenly popped up.
It seemed capable of answering simple questions.
But it never answered Lilian’s words.
After a brief warm-up, Lilian was ready to start training and planned to begin with running.
The small training ground’s lap was 250 meters, so she decided to run 4 kilometers first.
“Huff—huff—”
Before even reaching 2 kilometers, Lilian felt as if her lungs were on fire and her entire body was screaming in agony.
She stopped running and began walking.
So tired. Maybe she should just give up.
Honestly, there was no real need to train physically in this world; there was magic after all.
Wouldn’t it be better to just learn magic?
Maybe she should rest now and start again tomorrow?
There was still plenty of time before the Count’s estate was to be sacrificed, so she had ample time.
Besides, after all this time, why hadn’t the system given any reminders?
I’m not running anymore; I don’t want to run…
Almost inevitably, once she stopped wanting to continue, all sorts of excuses piled up to justify giving up.
【Effort Training, Constitution EXP +1】
【Effort Training, Willpower EXP +1】
Seeing the system’s prompts, Lilian slowly felt her willpower returning.
Instant feedback was powerful; Lilian felt like a different person.
Her pace quickened, her breathing became rhythmic, and warmth spread through her body.
But what Lilian didn’t notice was that the training ground door had been opened without her realizing.
Eleanora watched Lilian run with complicated eyes.
At first, when the maid told her a Knight said a girl named Lilian had gone to train in the yard, she had been somewhat skeptical.
Hadn’t she told the maids to have Lilian rest for a day?
Why would Lilian come here to… train her body?
She didn’t understand what Lilian was up to.
In her previous life, Eleanora couldn’t quite place Lilian’s role—mage?
Support?
But one thing was certain: Lilian had never made any achievements in close combat.
No, not even achievements—Eleanora was sure that even in the last period, Lilian’s Constitution was that of an ordinary person, maybe even weaker.
So Eleanora didn’t understand why Lilian was wasting effort here.
But on second thought, this could be a chance to make Lilian dislike her.
After all, Lilian would never succeed in this.
If she mocked her from the start…
Just thinking about Lilian getting angry or even starting to hate her made Eleanora smirk.
So, when Lilian finished running 4 kilometers and was panting through her post-exercise cooldown, Eleanora suddenly appeared from somewhere.
Covering her mouth, she smiled mockingly.
“Yo-yo-yo, Lilian, you stupid fool actually training? That’s downright laughable.”
Her words were the kind of taunts only background villains in silly novels would shout.
Hmph, Eleanora was quite pleased with herself.
That morning, she had already noticed Lilian didn’t react at all to being called “idiot” or “stupid fool.”
So she painfully studied some taunts from scripts and even asked the maids, who said these words definitely had a good effect at annoying people.
Come on, Lilian, get mad! Then hate me!
Eleanora puffed out her chest, lifted her dainty nose slightly, and her silver hair fluttered in the wind, looking extremely proud.
Lilian was a bit puzzled.
What was she pretending to be cute for?
Although, she did look cute…
No, no.
Lilian patted her forehead and looked at Eleanora with confusion.
What was wrong with this girl?
How did she go from a useless noble lady to a useless villain in such a short time?