NOVEL NEXT Chapter 35: Back to training hard
The day had passed naturally, Reída hurt my chest and wrist so I returned home bandaged and was bombarded with questions by my mother.
I also mentioned to my dad that I would start training in the Water God style from now on.
"Okay, but don't neglect the Sword God style for any reason" he said seriously
Obviously I had no plans to do so but it didn't hurt to reaffirm it.
In addition to that, I lightly healed my wounds with intermediate level magic, a layer of pink skin formed on the wounds but it will take about two weeks for me to fully recover and it will leaves a scar...
The next day after that I continued with my normal morning training, had a duel with dad, had breakfast and went out to the dojo.
I arrived quickly and there were Nina, Isolte and Eris, I was surprised to see that the three of them were talking together.
"Good morning Gino!" Nina said as she approached me.
I greeted her back and approached the other women.
"Hello...Gino" Eris murmured while looking slightly anxious.
I smiled at her and looked at Isolte.
"We haven't introduced ourselves, what's your name?" I said, feigning ignorance.
"Heh...my name is Isolte Cruel, Water King!" She proudly proclaimed.
I nodded at this as I glanced sideways at Eris and Nina, both of whom rolled their eyes as they looked at her.
"Umm...where is Miss Reída?" I asked.
"teacher is having breakfast with lord Sword God" Isolte explained.
"I see, she won't be long coming, right?" I murmured.
"It shouldn't be, but I'm afraid we won't be training here, after all this is the central dojo of the Sword God Style" Isolte reaffirmed.
"Oh I see, where does she have it planned then?..." I muttered.
"Well actually..." My teacher won't stay with me so she asked me to teach you the techniques as far as I know them...and that's why she gave you that demonstration yesterday..." Isolte muttered as she scratched her neck nervously.
"...I see...that's a shame" I muttered as I saw that Nina also looked discouraged but Eris didn't pay attention to it.
"But in that case I guess we'll have to learn from a Water King, right?" I muttered to lighten the mood.
Isolte looked at me and smiled.
"Of course! But let me tell you, I won't be kind to you! You may be a Sword Emperor but you don't know anything about the Water God Style!" Isolte said in a proud tone.
I smiled at this and bowed in respect.
"I see, then I'm waiting for you to teach me please" I said
At this Isolte nodded pleased.
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"Gino, you are already a beginner of the Water God style, so let me tell you the requirements to advance in rank..." She muttered laughing as I sat in the snow between Nina and Eris, Isolte standing behind us as the most experienced in the field.
"But first you must know one rule, and that is that from now on you stop calling her Mrs. Laughter, call her teacher, and this goes for you two too" Laughter said while looking at Nina and Eris
"Understood, teacher," I said, nodding.
Laughing, she nodded to herself, pleased, and looked back at us.
"Very well, to be an intermediate of the Water God Style you must be able to repel the third basic step of an attacker of the Sword God Style, To be advanced level you must be perfectly capable of repelling a long sword of silence, To be saint level you must be able to effectively apply flow to your sword and thus repel a long sword of light, and to advance from that level you must master one of the five secret techniques of the Water God Style, if You master one you will be a King rank, two will be Emperor rank and with three you will already be fully entitled to claim the title of Reída Reia" Reída explained as she walked in circles in front of us.
I nodded at this explanation as I looked at her.
"But let it be clear to you that it is not like repelling an attack as you are used to, it is an art of applying your Touki to your sword and undoing and returning an attack" Reída clarified while speaking seriously.
I felt this again as I looked at her.
"Very well, Eris and Isolte, stand up, you will give us a demonstration" Reída said.
I heard a growl of anger from Eris and Isolte made a mocking smile.
Nina took advantage of this to sit closer to me and I was looking intently at the two women.
Both of them got into a combat stance, Eris had left that wild attack stance and had relaxed her impulsive behavior but that would not be enough.
Isolte on the other hand, she was standing straight as a log, her legs were slightly spread forming a ∆, her sword was slightly tilted to the left.
Other than that she didn't make any other movement, Eris on the other hand bent her knees and put the blunt side of her sword on her neck, ready to throw a long sword of light at any moment.
"Very well, begin" Reída said, and immediately Eris threw a long sword of light at Isolte.
I could see the whole process, it was a perfectly executed long sword of light, his body was stable and there was no extra pressure on any of his arms.
The attack was launched at high speed at Isolte, I couldn't understand the process, but Isolte's sword was filled with a kind of aura and the long sword of light was repelled and dissipated.
Nina and I were totally shocked at this and Eris just groaned in frustration again.
"What you saw there was the technique Flow" Reida explained.
"But don't get excited, it will take a long time before you get to that level" she continued.
Shit...a Demonic Eye would be the best in these cases, I can't understand the Touki's form so it will take me more time to figure out how the technique works...
"For now, you will concentrate on manipulating your Touki to be able to cleanly repel an attack, the stronger your control becomes, the more powerful the attacks you will be able to repel will be" Reida said as she looked at us.
"I don't expect huge control in a short time, if you can reach the advanced rank in about three years then you are talented" she declared.
I frowned at this instinctively, I didn't have three years to practice with my impending departure in a year...
I looked at Nina and she had a complicated face, she was probably wondering if she was suitable for this style.
She had nothing to lose by trying but it would be depressing if she couldn't make any significant progress.
...
The training session was summed up as Isolte beating Eris, Nina beating Isolte, and me beating Nina.
It wasn't anything out of this world and I don't have a clear idea of how to manipulate my Touki in such a way to repel such a complex attack and I don't have the time to learn it normally either...
Now that I realize it, I don't know if I'll be able to learn too much in just one year, although if I at least reach advanced rank this year it will be progress.
And so ended my first day of training in the Water God style.
It wasn't much since it was obviously the first day, but I could already get a general idea of how things were going.
Also Reída can't stay too long so in about two days she will return to Asura and so our training will be in Isolte's hands.
And with all this said our first day of training ended, Isolte and Reída They returned to Gull's house and Eris was left training alone, after trying to convince her to do it, she agreed to just do swings.
And so it was just me and Nina who were left alone, it was 4 in the afternoon but neither of us wanted to return to our respective houses.
"Hey Gino..." Nina murmured blushing as she held my hand.
"Do you want to go to the hot springs to relax?" she murmured as the grip on my hand tightened.
To my surprise, not more than two years ago I discovered that in this place there are hot springs, if you walk further north from where the central dojo is you will find another forest and in the middle of it there are hot springs, consequence of some kind of inactive volcano.
The best thing is that the waters are always in a warm and constant flow, and the best thing is that it is not a very well-known place.
So people can have a lot of privacy if they go there.
Naturally I accepted Nina's proposal immediately.
And so we went naked into the hot springs, Nina was shy the whole time and even more so when I started to touch her, she complained weakly but never objected.
The part I touched the most was obviously her tits, they were already quite big for her age and I had already marked them as mine on many occasions and today was no exception.
But our private moment was interrupted when Ghislaine arrived, needless to say Nina gave me a sideways glance as I got hard in front of that angelic brown-skinned figure.
"I didn't know you guys were here, should I come back another time?" she murmured, blushing slightly.
"n-no! We were just leaving!" Nina replied as she climbed out of the water only to shiver from the cold as she emerged naked.
I took this opportunity to ogle Ghislaine, she surprisingly smiled and stripped in front of me, but by that time Nina was already ready so we had to leave.
I noticed Nina was looking at her own chest on the way back and I could only smile weakly.
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Back home, in addition to reviewing Ghislaine's naked body, I reviewed what I learned yesterday and today.
After dinner, I broke my routine and went out to the patio.
I carried my Dragon Phoenix sword and closed my eyes.
I raised my sword to the height of my head and concentrated my Touki on it.
"No...not like that..." I said as I undid the control
I tried to do something different but ended up unconsciously making a long sword of silence.
I had no idea how to do Flow, or any of the secret techniques, now more than ever I needed a Demonic Eye as a guide.
But who...I couldn't go to the demon continent to look for Kishirika...the solution was closer to me than I thought and I knew it.
To master this style I first have to know how it works...
I was using Sword God style techniques and it would be of no use like that...
I guess this will take a while, huh?...
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