Swordsmenship training - 1

After reading the species encyclopaedia Claude finally calmed down a bit. There were still many things he wanted to know about the different species in Ordius but he decided to halt because He already had a lot on his mind like mastering the elemental spells, swordsmanship, reaching the green core and most importantly enjoying his life. After all, he took everything his father said seriously than why not do this as. There were also some responsibilities he had to complete being the second son of the head knight and all. Besides, it's fun to act like a child even if you are not a child by mind.

' But enjoying life means what ? I mean I enjoy everything in this world other than maybe cooking or playing with friends. Haah, I might be the first child in the world who is worried about how to enjoy his life.'

After thinking that Claude decided to eat and cultivate his mana. Well, now that he is awakened and can clearly see his mana core then you might think it is easy to cultivate his mana core. His mana core is just like an organ if it suits him that he will take it but if it doesn't suit him then it will throw it back.

Mana core is just like that if you give it more world energy than it can take it will resist it but if you give it too less energy then it will forcefully try to take the energy which will cause excessive pain in the body. That's why you should give the mana core a steady supply. After that he slept because he didn't want to be late for tomorrow's training.

On his first day of training Claude wore normal clothes and ate breakfast early at 7 am. After reading a bit of species encyclopaedia Claude went downstairs at 7:45. He headed towards Ares's office as he found no one in the living room.

When he entered Ares's office he found Ares, Ellen and a small kid.

The kid was around the age of Claude. He had height of 4'1 ( 125 cm) slightly taller than Claude who was 3'8( 117 cm). He had emerald eyes and dark brown hair. He had the typical pale skin of the north. He had his own cuteness but compared to Claude he was below average. But even though he was a kid he still had little bit of muscles and his body was well tone. Before awakening Claude had slightly chubbier cheeks and butt fat but now it was nowhere to be seen. This boy was Eren the only son of Ares and Ellen.

He had a light pink core with small barely noticeable streaks of brown. It seemed like he would have talent for a mage after a few years.

They were talking about small stuff when they saw claude entered the room.

" Boy, I was going to ask Layla to call you but it seems like you woke up early." Ares said with a slight smile while Eren just stared at him for a few minutes gauging him.

" Claude, come here." Ellen called out to him. She was sitting on the same sit as yesterday.

" Yes, lord mother." Claude said coming in front of her. She gave him a small bag which had a box and some small pouches.

" There is your lunch, some candies and a little bit of money. Don't spend it all, alright ?" She said with warmth.

Claude just tilted his head in confusion. He has not gone outside much so he didn't know about normal traditions.

" Kids of this village only comes home before dinner after going to play in the morning as the houses are far away from each other. There mother gives them snacks and lunch in a tiffin box." Ares said.

Claude understood the reason why he was given the bag.

" Thank you, lord mother." Claude said with a charming smile which caused Ellen to inwardly squeal in joy.

" Alright come on, boys." Ares called them out. Claude said farewells to Ellen and went after Ares and Eren. They went out of the lawn and started walking towards a certain direction.

The whole road both Eren and Claude were silent which caused Ares to creep out so he asked some simple questions.

" Come on boys, tell me the difference between a knight and a swordsman ?" Ares asked.

" Aren't they both the same ?" Eren answered.

" Wrong answer, Claude ?" Ares asked again.

" Knights are more oriented in defence, that's why they usually were heavy armours and carry broad sword and shield. Swordsmen are more oriented in offence with their speed and swiftness that's why most of the time they wear light Armor and carry a long sword or short sword." Claude answered.

" Correct answer, Claude." Ares praised with a smile.

" How do you know about rankers even though you are going to be a mage ?" Eren asked with eyes widened in surprise and a hint of envy.

" Didn't you read the beginner's guide lord father gave to you ?" Claude asked, which caused eren to become as red as tomato due to embarrassment.

" Eren doesn't know how to read and write yet." To his question the reply came from Ares.

" Dad!! " Eren shouted in embarrassment.

This scene caused Claude to think about his father and make his heart warm.

" Let me tell you the difference between knight and swordsman discipline." Claude said to Eren to which eren just nodded.

" You know about beginner and intermediate rank, right. In swordsmanship we train our body to become swift and agile. We train on keeping our body well toned, light and fast. But knights usually train their body to be bulky and stable, so that they can increase there endurance. They usually prefer broad sword as their weapon because there body allows them to handle the broad sword and there strength allows them to crush their opponents while they use shield for long range opponents because they can't dodge fast." Just like that we kept talking for a few minutes mostly me talking and eren asking some question here and there.

After walking we finally reached our destination. It seemed like a inn but in actuality this was dormitory for knights under the order of Ares. They were wild knights to be precise because they either failed to get in a academy or realised there interest in knightship later. Well, it's not a bad job they are paid enough to live like a small merchant with free dormitory rooms and training.

After a small shout from Ares everybody in the dormitory came down while wearing chain armours and steel boats with a sword around their waist.

" Is this your second son, sir Ares ?" A female knight asked. Though complete gender equality still doesn't exist in this world, at least in this empire both the king and queen both work together to run the country so females have more freedom.

" Yes, this is my second son Claude. He will be joining us from today onwards. Though he has talent for being a mage he is thinking of choosing a discipline with both rank and tier." Ares doesn't waste a single chance to boast about his son even if he is a step son.

" He is so cute !!" The female knight exclaimed.

Though Claude didn't believe in nobles and commoners. He felt a slight disgust talking to the girl which scared him. It seems like he really had his mother's personality.

" Hello, big sister." Claude said with a charming smile which caused all the female knights to squeal in joy. After all, calling a girl something more intimating always makes them feel like a princess.

Before Claude knew it he was surrounded by every female knight in the order and was receiving the looks of anger and contempt from every single male knight.

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