Enlightenment and New friend?

After dinner I go to my room to sleep. Once awake I look outside the window to make sure that it is time for the training.I go to the bathroom and take a short shower after which I dressed up in a white shirt and brown shorts and go down to the dining hall and order some light breakfast from the servants.

After I finished eating my mom comes in to get me. Once again on the training ground with the wooden sword in my hands I make my self ready for what is to come.

[ Now listen good Ather I gonna teach you the standard movements of the sword ,like defense attack and counter] my mother says seriously while looking me dead in the eyes.

[ Yes Mom I gonna give my best to make you and Father proud] I answer with determination in my voice and face.

[ Good, now look closely how I execute the moves] she says while holding her wooden sword before herself. In the next second she executes a horizontal, vertical and diagonal slash in a instant so that any other human would only see a bluer. Wow! I might have pride in my martial arts but that only counts for the unarmed categories I have much to learn when it comes to the sword.

[ Did you learn anything from the demonstration?] asks my mother, to which I take the same stand as her and then slowly like in slow motion begin to execute what she demonstrated before.

The first try was slow and shaky but after the sixth try it was a lot more stable even thought not much faster.

POV Camilla

He really is a monster born for the sword. I showed him the perfect execution of the basics so that even marine lieutenant would have difficulty to follow it but he not only saw it he even understands it completely from only seeing it once. The only thing he has to do now is to make it a muscle memory and use it in a fight.

I watch how his once slow movements get faster and steadier with every try he makes. If this goes on like yesterday then we will have a spare together so that he get some experience in the actual way to use these moves in a fight.

POV Ather

This is really something else, I never thought that the way of the sword was this complicated and mysterious. I have a lot of ideas how the way of the sword could be thanks to the novels that I read in my first live but to actually understand the sword that I hold in my hand is a complete new experience and somewhat addicting.

I stand there repeat the moves with my body while thinking about the sword which is in my hand .....It is a simple wooden sword.....it was made for the sake of training.....I remember all those scenes from animes and mangas where the people cut with a mere stick mountains and split the oceans before them......cant everything be a sword?...what is the thing that cuts trough things?........is it the weapon?.....or is it the strength of the person`?......maybe it is the will to cut the thing that cuts in the end .........I need to find it out in the future.......I blackout from exhaustion of repeating the moves over and over again.

Again I wake up in my room ,drenched in my sweat and full of energy. I once again go to the bathroom to take a bath this time and dress in some comfortable cloths. I walk down to the first floor where I find the table already covered in food only waiting to get thrown in the abyss of my stomach.

After finishing I walk out of the house in the direction of the forest near by. In the forest near a big tree you can see four kids training in the arts of fighting. I walk to them, once I'm only ten meters away they notice me and get alert and stand together.

[ Who are you? ] asks the oldest in a suspicious voice. The kid is roughly estimated six years old while the others are five and two are four years old.

[ I just saw you four training in close combat and wonder if you would like me to teach you] I answer with confidence while walking closer.

[ What could you possible teach use and why should we trust you] he answers while the other three are nodding behind him.