6. Spar

In a large open field, 2 figures can be seen sharing with each other while 3 other people watch from afar. One of them is a young white haired boy with golden eyes and a cute face using a sword while the other is an orange haired youthful woman who is fighting barehand.

"Waaah, big brother is so strong" exclaimed one of the spectators with a short stature.

" Hahaha, that he is Erza" replied Irene and then returned her focus back to the spar.

(Elior pov)

I am currently sparring with Juliet while Erza, Irene and Heine are watching from the side. It is a part of my daily training. I spar with either Juliet or Heine. It is a normal spar where I only use my sword while my opponent is allowed to use magic.

I do this in order to train my swordsmanship and haki. I can't use armament haki because of my lacking physical strength, it's hardly my fault. I mean, come on, even after all my training, the fact remains that I am still only 7 years old. Though that doesn't mean that I am weak. No, on the contrary I am physically as strong as a B rank magic or even stronger but compared to the monsters in one piece world, I am still very weak.

Unlike armament haki, I awakened my observation haki quite early, at the mere age of 5 i.e just one year after I started training. I didn't even have to practice it much, it came naturally to me. Looks like I have quite a talent in this particular type of haki.

Whoosh~

My musings are interrupted by a fist coming at my face. I tilted my face just a little to avoid it.

"You shouldn't be distracted during a fight, young master" commented Juliet with a smile.

" Hmm" I replied and closed my eyes. I usually always lose during these spars but last time, I felt something just before the match ended, it was only for a fleeting moment but if it is what I think it is, then~

"Did something happen, young master? If you want, we can stop it here." asked Juliet with worry in her tone.

"No, it's fine. Also, can you use your full strength. I want to test something and don't stop until I order you to." I answered. They usually restrain themselves a little during our spars but at this level, it is easy to dodge them. I need something a little harder, more challenging to succeed in what I am about to do.

"As you wish" and after that she shot towards me with a faster speed than before and attacked me with her mucus magic. I swung my sword and cut the mucus. I have reached the level of pre-time skip zoro in terms of pure swordsmanship.

After I cut her magic, I felt a kick coming towards my side and placed my hand there to block it. I successfully blocked the attack and got pushed back due to the force of the kick. 'tch it hurts but, I could sense it'. If it was a few days ago, I wouldn't even have been able to sense it much less react.

'I can feel it, that same sensation' I suddenly sensed an attack coming from above so I jumped backwards avoiding the axe kick which now broke the ground.

This back and forth kept going in for some time when suddenly, 'I can see, I can see how she is going to attack me'. I swung my sword at the place where she was going to appear and ~tear~.

"Ah!!" She exclaimed. I rushed at her with my full speed and started attacking her, all the while predicting her moves. 'Ah, I can feel a grin on my face'. At the beginning, she could keep up somewhat but after a few minutes, she started getting pushed back and finally,

"I win" I opened my eyes and said with a triumphant smirk on my face while my sword was resting on her neck.