Happy Moments

Luke laying down, completely drenched in his sweat. That was his first serious spar... no, maybe not... but surely it was the first of its kind.

Never in his life, his muscles were so tensed up. The five minutes were something that tolled on them, and while this was something that would make others completely exhausted, he was smiling... a true smile...

"Ha... hahaha!" He suddenly started laughing, but no one, neither the maids nor the warriors were thinking that he was crazy...

They had also had faces that were telling 'He is another one...', either exasperated or entertained by this.

Luke suddenly stood up, completely ignoring his screaming muscles.

With his happy smile, he went towards Fergus and...

"That was fun! That was also amazing!"

That took Fergus completely by surprise, and after two seconds he also started to laugh boisterously. "Haha, aren't you an interesting fella! You completely surprised me, and for what I see, I am not the only one!"

Right beside him, Cù was completely taken out by that. He sparred numerous times with him, and never claimed that it was 'fun' or 'amazing'.

"Is this discrimination!?"

"What are you talking about? I don't know about other cases, but when you spar with me, the only thing that I want is to smack your face!"

That was because, while this was a serious and more warrior-like, the previous was of Cù grinning like a madman and trash-talking, while Luke gritted his teeth. The first time was ok, so was the second, but after sparring more he started to surpass himself to at least making Cù shut himself for a bit.

Obviously, while mentally tormenting him, he seriously told him how to wield his weapon... while hitting one or two nerves...

And while Cù down for the comment, the two were talking about the spar.

"So, you used a scythe, but while you are really good with the spear, you choose to use a scythe to test its limits?"

"Yes, and there are also other motives... but they are a surprise! So I won't tell anyone about it. Ah, also, a bit because while you had fought with a countless spearman, the use of a scythe may take you by surprise one or two times... so there's also that"

Fergus was taken aback and blinked a few times. It wasn't normal, no, it's more correct to say that only a few geniuses of this age could perform a great battle analysis. That was normal, warriors were not born, every warrior had a master from where he learned... only a few, like Cù or him, had so much potential that could outwit a normal soldier.

But this was not what took him by surprise, but that wasn't the time to stand like an idiot and decided to ask Cù a few questions... and also his master...

At spar ended, the maids wanted to move to the sitting room, before a loud growl stopped them...

Fergus shook his head while patting his stomach."Hahaha, sorry but sparring made me hungry. Why don't we move towards that tree's shadow and make a little picnic?"

Luke agreed easily also because he was a bit hungry and started to become accustomed to those peculiars' heroic personalities.

"... and so remember well! If you are a true warrior, the four more important elements of your life are eating, women, sleep, women, fight and women!"

Luke, not sure how to respond, started to point to the maids, that shrugged and sighed, accustomed to the man's behavior.

"We were talking about Cù adventures, so from where that came from? Also, I'm pretty sure the word 'women' was repeated more than 2 times..."

"Hahaha, don't mind little details, all that matters are those? Don't ever forget... and so, as we are talking, had out little disciple here got a bit of action in that regard?"

"Hoho, I'm pretty sure that our pretty little boy here is not a 'man'... but I may have a little info under my sleeves... listen here..."

And while the two warriors were chatting, Luke was exasperated by their behavior... 'what are you? Women starved for gossips?' was what was experiencing in his mind.

The oldest maid patted him in his back, with a look of sympathy, completely understanding of what was his mind now... and now he was sure that he was now reconciled with a lost 'brother'...

But while the two were bonding in sufferance, the two finished to talk and they had a big grin in both faces...

"And so, little Luke is watching his shishou eh?" Those few words that took him by surprise, and while maintaining a normal look, his cheeks were a bit red...

"Yeeeees, big F, when shishou is with him, he doesn't move his gaze from her! He sure pays complete attention to her!"

Luke that was drinking a cup of water, took to calm down a bit and offered by the maids emptied his mouth's content in the ground. He was prepared to suffer a bit of teasing, but that nonetheless took him by surprise, and surely the two giggling maids near did not make their best to stop his cheeks to burn a crimson red.

Taken a few breaths of air, and calming his fast-beating heart was all that could do... and ignoring the two figures that were chatting like highschool girls that found a big scoop. The funny thing is that now he was completely sure that while this was like a mental torture for him, he was smiling... little did know that he himself accepted the two big brotherly figures as 'real' brothers.

While he didn't know a lot about Fergus personally, nothing could stand his decision made by heart, not mind...

And that atmosphere continued for a few hours until a comment completely froze them.

"So, the queen is going to arrive, so I think is best to move to the inside, we don't want to disrespect our lady... right, dear guest?" Mei told them, and they were completely sure that she enjoyed their reactions. No one wanted to disrespect the house lord. Fergus became completely serious and Cú paled a bit... Luke himself was aware that the steps that he made were a bit fast than normal, but no one could blame him... the lady could be a little scary at times...