Warming Up

Melinda instantly went inside.

Old lecher? Strange I couldn't understand what she meant at the time.

I went back to the garden and waited by a tree's shade.

It has been long since I last took time for me and rested. I wonder how my life will change now that I am under the care of one of the most influential houses in the continent. Though as a servant, it is a far cry from where I came, also benefiting from the knowledge that I will gain from the best school of magic and swordsmanship is a thing to be grateful for.

I dozed off under the shade until a young-looking man waked me, this man I would have thought him to be one of the nobles that came and visited this house as he was dressed in elegant clothes and had a charming smile, his hair was well kept and had a handsome face.

However, the scar on the bridge of his nose revealed him as none other than the bum I saw earlier. This man is the swordmaster. talk about a complete makeover

"You seem to be enjoying your rest, I would have left you to relax more, but we are on a tight schedule, Now wear these you will need them," he said

As he gave me two silver bracelets with various inscriptions on them, two leg greaves from the same material and a chain vest that was made of springs.

"What is this?" I said

"This is what you will be wearing for the next few years, you will never remove them, even if you want to take a shower or take a dump, even if you want to make love or under any circumstances, unless your life is endangered, these shall be your companions for better and for worse, and trust me, there will be a lot of worse once we start" he said as he laughed menacingly.

I took the silver bracelets and placed them on my hands.

Nothing seemed out of the ordinary, I then tried to put the greaves on top of the pants I was wearing when he said

"Are you an idiot? How will you remove your pants then? put them under so they don't look stupid, by the way, make sure that your equipment remains hidden under your clothes."

I then did as he said and pulled up the pants while placing them, they felt cold at first but their temperature changed after a while.

"Now remove your jacket and the shirt and link the vest to everything."

"How? This think links?"

"Yes, let me show you," he said as he waited for me to remove the jacket,

Once I did, I honestly felt a bit embarrassed being half-naked in front of a man in the open. But I soon let go of the thought.

This equipment looked to be for body reinforcement probably they act as a set and once they are linked they will make moving a bit difficult, but it shouldn't be hard to run with this, it is not heavy and would probably not hinder me much, it should be but a matter of getting used to it.

Once he finished linking everything to the vest, he said

"Well, the preparations are finished, how do you feel?" he asked.

"Well, it is rather itchy and a bit strange to the feel, but I don't think this would be problematic."

"Well, I am glad you feel like that," he said as he placed his hand on my chest and spoke the words "Activate."

Once he did, I felt my legs dig in the ground from the humongous weight of the formerly light equipment. I wasn't able to stand up. My arms and legs instantly sprung while my body locked on itself; I felt like I had transformed into a human ball.

"W-what the hell?!"

I said as I lay curling like a ball on the ground.

" The First task, try and move out of that position, without removing the chains, or asking for help, once you do and you can move properly we will begin our real training," he said smiled and walked away leaving me on the ground unable to even move a muscle… literally

And he said this is not even the real training…