"That was a good one," Ron said as he sat on the ground beside me. Our little spar had ended and now we were taking a bit of a breather.
"You are certainly growing. I'm sure you would have surpassed me by the next time you're here," he said.
"I'll take that as a compliment then," I replied.
There was no winner for the previous spar; we just traded blows for half an hour and then stopped. It was enough time for me to assess his skills.
And the result…well, I'll have to get here as soon as possible when the calamity will strike. The academy rules won't matter after that but I'm sure they will be valid during the time I'll take my leave. Though I don't really care for all that.
In everything I was doing, the single goal I had was to save my family from being killed in the calamity. Anything else came afterward.
"Zero," Ron called my name as he sat on the grass beside me. I turned to look at him, an indication that I was listening.