This should feel harder, I thought. My muscles felt fine. A little warm but that was to be expected after a hundred-fifty metres of butterfly. I knew ... was overdosing on adrenalin.Who wouldn’t be high after posting a personal best to within a second of the Olympic record for the fifty freestyle? That performance in the final guaranteed me a slot on the national team. I was going to the Games! It took every single ounce of my self-control to pull it together for the butterfly final.I was the. “Cluster Shot!” Like her other spell, four arrows of mana were launched along with a real arrow and all found their mark in the ogre’s chest.She ducked down, avoiding a horizontal swing of another sword, then spun around and kicked her opponent in the temple. The blow disoriented it long enough for her to grab another arrow and plant it in the center of its eye.Looking over, Noah saw Pinot’s team trying to guard the captain. All of them were bloody and struggling to hold their enemies at bay.. "They looked at me with so much love, devotion, and confusion, that I finally told them, "I am truly sorry. I didn't think before I acted."It took me a minute to determine exactly how to say it."I'm Not Sterile, anymore."Rebecca and Colleen were at first confused, and then Rebecca put her palm against her stomach and looked at Colleen, until she got it, too. It was Colleen's turn to stare at me in wonder, then she put her hand on Rebecca's stomach, and they shared a look of pure love.Rebecca. You will beat them and beat them well for this! Every last one of them!"And the men of town had taken his words to heart. The rumor mill among the women was a weak one - there was too much fear and mistrust, too many informers trying to gain favor for there to be a truly free exchange of information and stories - but there was a rumor mill nonetheless. Jessica, who had been perhaps one of the all-time best at ferreting out gossip in her previous circles, was starting to become tuned in to this.