Chapter 13 A Good Training Is Always Necessary

It had been three weeks since Baron's quest, Ichiro had succeeded both in pocketing the guild's reward and that of the baron for the 'services' rendered and for agreeing not to report to Otto at the guild, gaining the beauty of fifty coins of gold. Since then he and the girls had accepted various C-grade missions setting aside a good sum of money and, more importantly, guaranteeing the promotion of Akeno and Cattleya to rank C; with that money Ichiro had been able to get better equipment and bought a small house on the outskirts of the city: for the first he had procured the materials and thanks to Cattleya's forging skills he had made her create a katana, forearms, chest armor, helmet and greave with an enchanted metal of her, really light, durable and that did not hinder the movements; for the second he had procured it at a very low price because it was thought to be haunted by ghosts but thanks to a rapid 'cleaning' carried out with joy by Akeno the problem was quickly solved.

In the last eight days he had accepted and completed two missions of rank B and he lacked only one in order to be able to move up in rank; all these facts had become a source of chatter for the taverns of the city: a boy who, along with two voluptuous companions, had become of rank C already from the examination and in less than a month was about to become of rank B when normally it took people several years to do it; he was considered a talent and since he was not tied to any group there were various members of legal and non-legal associations that they were trying to get close to recruit him. If they had succeeded in bringing a similar resource to their side they would undoubtedly benefit from it.

Ichiro, however, had not only spent time earning money, in fact thanks to all the continuous trips to the guild building and the various meetings with representatives of the various factions interested in recruiting him had gained much more:

-Swordmanship rose to lvl 10

-Swordmanship evolved in swordmanship II (lvl 1)

-Fire magic rose to lvl 7

-Healing magic rose to lvl 5

-Presence sensor rose to lvl 6

-Acquired water megic (lvl 4)

-Quick foot rose to lvl 5

-Acquired Bow tecnique (lvl 4)

And so on…

While people continued to chat about him, Ichiro was in his little bed house enjoying the company of Cattleya and Akeno: the first, by order of her Master, was wearing only a stunted white apron that barely covered the her breast and her pussy and she was cooking, but occasionally throwing a jealous look at Akeno; the latter in fact was satisfying the Master of her, getting fucked on all fours and constantly crying pleasure verses.

Her back was arched, her face distorted with pleasure, her breasts constantly moving up and down for rough movements; Ichiro held her by one of her arms and with his free hand he spanked her ass, leaving a red imprint of his hand.

After this tasty 'recreational activity' and an even tastier lunch, served by Cattleya who fed Ichiro mouth to mouth, Ichiro turned to both: "ok .. it seems that we have begun to attract the attention of some groups, but if I want to make sure that my goal is achieved I need some things: first of all more companions to evoke, as much as you be strong we are only three so we have to increase our number, second thing we have to reach rank B and to do it we need to complete the next quest, apparently a horde of orcs is about to attack a small nearby town and the guild has issued this quest for some selected C and higher ranks and, fortunately, we have been chosen.

From what I could hear we will be in total nine parties including that of the arrogant noblewoman and follower of Fumina, and it seems that her daddy was so concerned about the safety of his little princess that he sent all her guards with her; and it is precisely from one of those guards that my plan will start, the red-haired tomboy girl named Jessica: she is the person the noblewoman trusts most, so once she gets her we can get close to Lefay Vanes. The departure is in four days so I will take advantage of it to collect some other skills and train, and for this last part ... Cattleya, you will be my partner for sword training, and you ... Akeno will help me manage at best my magic..I hope that all is clear".

Akeno and Cattleya nodded vigorously and exclaimed: "obviously Master! Let us do it"; Ichiro grinned: "well then I would say that, after this discussion, we can take a little 'recreational break' together" and having said that they spent most of the afternoon in the bedroom.

Two days later, in a forest just outside the city, two figures were facing each other: one was holding a katana and wearing greaves and metal forearms, the other holding a huge two-handed sword.

The figure with the katana was revolving around the other in an attempt to confuse her but without success; realizing this, he quickly cast a spell: a long lance of fire started from the palm of his hand directed towards the adversary. The latter dispersed the spell with a slash of his enormous sword, but noticed that the caster was no longer in front of him; instinctively he turned to one side and parried a straight blow to his thigh.

After parrying the blow, he swung the broadsword horizontally, hurling the figure with the katana several meters away; this immediately got back on its feet and tried a more direct and dashed approach, preparing a slash upwards, the figure with the broadsword prepared to intercept the attack but at the last moment the man with the katana made a pretend and attacked with a horizontal slash .... stopping the blade a few centimeters from Cattleya.

Ichiro after stopping the attack sat down on the ground exhausted, while Cattleya helped him get back on his feet and praised him with a proud expression: "it was exceptional Padrone! He succeeded perfectly in analyzing my moves and fighting me and that fake was exceptional ! ", Ichiro with a tired expression replied:" well ... after two days I spent facing you, some of your attacks had come into my head, but I feel satisfied ... my body managed to get used to it quickly to the various skills I've stolen, but the thing that seems to put me in difficulty is the mana needed for the spells, and when I cast a spell without the formula much more mana consumption ... I'll have to somehow solve it in the future."

In the last two days Ichiro had devoted all his energies, even those he would usually have devoted to his 'recreational activities', to adapt his body to the skills he had stolen and thanks to Cattleya's experience and Akeno's magical abilities all this it had been possible faster than he expected; he felt he could handle any threat on his own as long as he was B at most, and with the support of Akeno and Cattleya even rank A would not be a problem.

The day before departure Ichiro was finalizing the final details for his plan and had decided to go and investigate the Vanes family; he had gone to various taverns scattered throughout the city, going to talk to various informants and, after killing some of his former pawners, he had gathered some items that had caught his attention: it seemed that the Vanes family was part of the faction more radical than the followers of Fumina, praising the superiority of their faith and pointing out those who venerated other deities as inferior if not even heretics. The head of the family, Eugene Vanes, was even carrying out his candidacy for High Cardinal, one of the highest ranking positions in the Fumina church, thanks to a series of corruption and recruitment of assassins to eliminate competition.

His favorite daughter, Lefay, had become an adventurer to take advantage of the freedom of action that adventurers usually had in order to establish a true religious faction within the Guild of adventurers; therefore, at least according to Ichiro, she was planning to carry out, thanks to her numerous guards, several missions of a high rank in order to gain fame and power and favor the ascent of her father.

Ichiro was convinced, although there was no certain evidence of this item, that there was a good deal of truth in them: Lefay seemed to be the kind of woman who would normally be seen in elegant clothes, inside sumptuous villas and surrounded by servants ; the fact that he had decided to enroll as an adventurer was proof that he was totally obedient to his father, whom Ichiro envisioned as a male version and decidedly more fanatical than the noblewoman.

But the voice that had most displaced him, although it had been said more like a joke than a rumor, was that his most faithful guard, the red-haired tomboy, was her lover since Lefay seemed to completely despise the men.

Ichiro returned to his home and with the new information obtained, by now certain to have perfected his plan: the Vanes family was certainly a powerful and wealthy family but he was sure to succeed in winning; he just had to implement a good strategy ... and one of the basic rules of any strategy is "to defeat the general, you must first bring down his horse".