Departure

"gah", a painful sound came from Ryuu's throat as he was kicked hard by Maheswara, he spit a glob of blood, then he charged at his teacher with a punch with his right hand, Maheswara went to catch the punch with his left only for Ryuu to crouch as he used his momentum to punch him in the groin, with a surprise show of agility his teacher placed his right hand on the offending arm of Ryuu, then he cart wheeled using Ryuu's right hand as a support, as he went on in an arch while holding his right hand then using the momentum he flung Ryuu. Ryuu was sent flying, but he did not give up, he used his hands to grab one of the branches of the tree on whose direction he was flung, to change the direction, he gained the desired effect as he now shot towards his teacher like a stone released from a sling. Maheswara sidestepped going out of the way of Ryuu's attempt of flying kick on him and kneaded him hard, Ryuu felt his ribs crack as blood flowed out of his mouth; he bounced on the ground before hitting another tree near the arena, before falling unconscious.

He opened his eyes, as he found himself inside the hospital room again. 'I really should make this my personal room from now on, instead of staying in my house, as recently I have been spending more time here.', he thought with a deadpan.

Suddenly a voice came from his side, "Welcome back Ryuu."

Turning to his side he saw his First Mistress sitting by his bedside.

Ryuu quickly tried to seat only to wince from the pain in his ribs, Veena stopped him from sitting.

Veena:"Child there is no need to sit, you injured yourself during the practice and now your bones are almost healed, so rest for a little bit before moving again."

Ryuu nodded before asking Veena, "um First mistress how long I was unconscious."

Veena: "Just half an hour I healed all you injuries during the time. Due have any more problems? And more importantly due you remembered anything?"

Ryuu: "No First Mistress, except the slight pain I felt when I tried to sit I am alright. The last I remembered I was sparring with master before everything went black."

Veena nodded: "Do not you hurt your ribs when Mahes kicked you, but the force of the kick was great so you were sent flying towards a tree, before hitting your head which caused you to faint, well since you are mostly healed I will release you soon after that you go and take a bath in that medicinal hot spring for as long as you can, before you go home. Oh before I forget the tomorrow is a holiday, as your older sisters are taking you on an excursion for a few days, you should pack your things and spent some time with your mama."

Ryuu was astonished with the news, before hurriedly asking Veena a question," What is an excursion?"

Veena: "Well since your progress is satisfactory, your older sister thought of taking you to some places where you can relax and learn a thing or two outside of cultivation. Now what you will be learning is a surprise, but remember to listen to your sisters and try to be on the best of your behavior."

Ryuu nodded at that, after he was fully healed he went to take his daily deep in the medicinal hot spring.

While Ryuu was busy having his daily doses of stink and pain from his medicinal bath, Maheswara was currently sitting on a seiza position, as he had a bruised and battered look, cowering under the combined glares from his wives.

Veena strolled as she leveled an angry glare which promised pain on his husband, before scolding in a scathing manner," What possessed to hit him so hard? He had 7 shattered ribs, one of them broke so badly it punctured his left lung, internal hemorrhage, collapsed lung, not to mention his brain injury, he could have died."

Maheswara tried to whimper out, "But you he….."

Veena shouted out at the top of his lungs, "Do NOT 'YOU' ME, you imbecile, if had not reached 'Advanced' realm in his 'Virtuous Buddha's Jade Body', few days ago we would have been holding a funeral now, he is a seven years old, I understand due to his unique condition he has advanced by leaps and bounds in cultivation, but he is immature and not strong enough as he still hasn't finished his growing, you should have held back more."

Maheswara: "I understand, but my body reacted on reflex and …"

Nuwa: "No excuses we have decided to punish you accordingly.", as she leveled a glare on her husband.

Celestia: "Maheswara you are getting the couch for 3 months."

Maheswara choked as he replied in a disbelieving manner," 3--3-3 months, isn't it too.."

Celestia: "Ara, you think 3 months is too less, ok them 4 months it is."

Maheswara: "No no what I meant…"

Celestia: "Oh you want more, ok 6 months it is."

Nuwa stifled a laughter at his sister wives antics before she added," We would shut up before you increase Celestia's punishment, now that is not the only thing you have to do, during that time you have to do all the household chores, and our servants will not help you in the slightest."

Veena: "In fact, your status will be that of a servant, a butler when will be waiting on us taking our orders and fulfilling our wishes, but do not worry, you will be doing your regular duty on top of it as well as teaching Ryuu."

"I….",Maheswara tried to argue back, but the glare from his wives made him shut up, "I accept."

Veena then spoke with a smile towards her sister wives, "Oh before I forget, as it seems you all have finished training with the training dummy, I hope you don't mind me using him for some practice."

Celestia and Nuwa smiled at her before replying," Knock yourself out."

Veena left the room dancing and skipping while holding a whimpering and crying Maheswara by the ear.

The next day went out in a blur for Ryuu, he spend his entire time spending with his mother, packing his stuff, and getting last minute lecture on etiquettes from his mother.

Ryuu awoke early that day as he freshened up and had his breakfast before Biskha brought him clothes for him to wear, well he there was more armor than clothes, his eyes shone as he went day dreaming about fighting demons and what not wearing those armors, he cannot wait any longer.

His mother helped him get dressed in robes made of finest silk before putting the armor on him consisting of body armor, vambrace, pauldron, greaves, gauntlets, armored skirts and gauntlets, a crown like headdress on his head. His mother herself was amazed how amazing her child looked in his platinum colored armor and the royal blue robe he wore underneath, the armor itself was decorated with various grandiose designs, what stood out is the draconic looking head at the centre of the chest part of his armor, at the back of his armor stood a painting of Yin-Yang surrounded by the four Divine beast.

Ryuu left with his mother as he went towards the destined meeting point, to meet up with his elder sister, Xiao Xiao could swear she saw Ryuu floating in the air with all the excitement, but soon the excitement vaporized as he saw, the army, dressed in blood red armor covered from head to toe, holding banner as they stood beside Qilins, an army which used Qilin as their mount, not to forget the banners had the same symbol as it was on Ryuu's armor, the ferocious aura of the army made Ryuu gulped, but he held his ground and did not show any sign of fear as he looked at those warriors. The commander of the army with a slight different armor, as his helmet has ore feathers and more golden decorations on it, looked at Ryuu with small approval in his eyes, he would never serve or respect a coward, even if he was the disciple of his master.

Soon an expensive looking carriage drawn by six majestic looking Qilin came in, a red carpet was rolled out, Ryuu's attention was drawn to the voice which greeted him and his mother.

"Good morning Aunt Xiao Xiao, Good morning brother." Antariskh and her sisters greeted Ryuu.

Ryuu turned toward his sisters and was stunned to see his sisters looking like heroines of some fairy tale with their armor.

"Shall we depart ", suggested Sylvana from among his sisters.