9 Training under Broad

(Author: I'm nowhere near close to finishing, but I should at least release a couple chapters to stave off y'all hungry mofos and keep you slightly hooked right?)

Looking back, Draig saw a rugged middle aged man with a very scary expression. Beside him was the receptionist that told him to wait just now. Draig, feeling confused and wondering why the man was acting this way, continued to wait for the receptionist.

Man - "Are you the fledgling that can use healing magic?"

The man had a very tart voice, that in addition to his large build and scars across his face and visible body parts caused him to look even scarier, Draig didn't let this affect him since in his past life he saw people who looked even scarier but were extremely nice. Deciding to judge the man's personality later, Draig replied normally.

Draig - "Yes, that would be me. I'm called Draig and I just recently came to this city to learn holy magic and to fight. To be completely honest I don't want to just cower behind people and just use magic so I decided to become an adventurer to learn how to fight and earn some money while I'm at it."

Man - "Hou, how rare for a healer. Mu name is Broad, and if I'm correct you have the <taijutsu> skill right? So why would a healer want to become stronger? I'm sure the church can give some lessons for fighting."

Draig - "That's probably true, but say if I was for some reason separated from my 'guards' or whatever you want to call them during my travels, then what would I do if I was surrounded by monsters? Plus I wouldn't want to be completely useless in combat, so I want to be able to protect myself. (mumbling*) And I always wanted to be an adventurer (mumbling*)"

Broad - [well this isn't your everyday occasion to find a healer that wants to be an adventurer]

Broad began nodding and making a 'fumu' sound, then he began rubbing his chin and thought for a moment.

Broad - "Fine. Since you're an H-rank, the guild will request you to be healing personnel for the arena. We will pay you 1 silver per hour and the work hours are up to you. I'll train you on how to fight, so when do you want to start?"

Thinking that Broad was a nice person, Draig replied.

Draig - "Can I start from tomorrow?"

Broad - "Fine by me. Nanaera, I'm leaving the preparations to you. See you tomorrow then Draig."

Broad said before leaving with a strangely pleased expression.

Receptionist - "Yes, Broad-san. Oh I've never introduced myself, I'm Nanaera. I look forward to working with you Draig-kun."

Draig - "Likewise Nanaera-san. Well see you tomorrow."

Leaving the guild, Draig went back to the healer's guild before climbing to the roof. Just as he was laying down to sleep, Draig heard a familiar voice.

Shori - "Draig-chan!? What're you doing up there!?"

Draig - "Hello Shori-san! I don't really have anywhere to sleep so I decided to just sleep on the healer's guild roof to not disturb anyone. I used to do this alot back in my village (last life) so it's kind of a habit when I don't know where to sleep."

Shori - "Seriously!? What kind of village did you grow up in!? If you want you can stay in the room you learned magic in for the next 3 days! Lumina-sama payed for 3 more days anyway!"

Draig - "Really!? Thank you Shori-san!"

Draig replied with a beaming smile. Shori felt her heart skip a beat and looked down quickly to hide the blush she felt on her face. Draig continued smiling, oblivious of the effect he had on the girl.

Jumping down expertly Draig landed beside Shori, surprised she let out a short "Eek!". Still smiling, Draig tilted his head in confusion with dot like eyes and wondered why she avoided looking him in the eye.

(Author: you've probably seen them in anime where the characters have eyes that look like dots and they look confused)

Shori - "*Gohon*(cough sfx for anyone who doesn't know). L-lets go!"

Draig - "Haiiiiii."

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The next day, Draig woke up early in the morning and left the room. On his way out he saw Krull had a shift that morning so he went to greet her.

Draig - "Good morning Krull-san."

Krull - "Good morning Draig. J heard that you're leaving today."

Draig - "Ah yes, I have a request from and to the adventurer guild so I'm probably going to have to stay there."

Krull - "Oh, is that so?"

Draig - "Yes. Ah if you see Lumina-san again could you thank her for me."

Krull - "Sure."

Quickly saying goodbye, Draig had a light jog towards the adventurer guild. When he entered he saw that Nanaeru didn't have a shift now. Walking towards the human receptionist, Draig explained the events of the day before. She told him to head to the underground area after checking Draig's guild card. Thanking her, Draig began walking down the stairs that the receptionist pointed him towards. When Draig reached the bottom, an empty arena-like area that spanned around 100m.

Draig-"Wow, sure is wide huh?"

Broad-"Yep it is, fledgling. Anyway let's start. Your training will be from the basics so don't runaway okay?"

Turning around, Draig wondered when Broad had come before he felt pressure come off of Broad. For the second time in his life, Draig saw the face of a demon behind a person.

So Draig's training began.

Broad instructed Draig to run around the arena at full speed, and while he ran Broad began hurling insults at Draig. After being pushed to the limits Draig fainted out of fatigue, before being splashed with cold water to wake him up. The next thing Broad told Draig to do is to punch and kick a punching bag that was hung on the corner of the underground area. Continuing like the before Broad continued to insult Draig's sloppy form. Draig was slightly confused by Broad's first command though.

Draig-"Um? *pant* Instructor Broad. * pant* Why am I not allowed *pant* to use healing magic again?"

Broad-"It's because you have no stamina. So until you get the <Stamina recovery> skill you aren't allowed to use healing magic on yourself."

So the day of gruelling training continued.