The day after his whole ordeal with Merchant Fredrick, Brann continued on with his new daily routine. Comprised of a quick exercise in the morning followed by a healthy breakfast, finish up he continues with his strict workout regiment and ending it off by reading and tinkering with his new swords, Runes stones and reading a book that He acquired from Merchant Fredrick Regarding Runes and how it is made.
'Wow so i really am at a loss then, because the only way to make a Rune sword is by using magic or a magic tool'
'That is bad news, but you could probably hire someone to make them for you' Debby says reassuring Brann.
'Yeah maybe but i'm still disappointed that i can't use magic at all'
Brann puts the book away and sleeps for the day.
It was the following morning when something unexpected happens. His father Vern has just arrived from the capital a day early, And Brann came to greet him at the front of the Manor.
"Father you've arrived" He says with a happy tone. 'Hopefully he brought me something from the capital. Rushing to his father as he is picked up by him.
"Brann my boy, you've grown quite tall" Vern says hugging Brann.
'What are you doing?' Debby asks.
'Why spending time with my father of course'
'Oh that's what this certainly looks like, I mean you definitely don't have any hidden agenda'
'Criticize all you want, i actually am happy to see my father'
'But?' Debby teases.
Asher sighs 'But i'm hoping that he'll have something for me, so that's why I'm doing this'.
Mavis then learns of her husbands arrival and heads out to greet him also. "Oh darling you're home early"
"Yeah there was no problems with the negotiations at all"
"That's good news now we can all spend time as a family together, come let's get you something to eat"
"Oh that would be most welcome" Vern says putting Brann down and embracing his wife.
"Oh and i see you've got your self a stubble" Mavis says gently caressing Vern's face.
"Well i know you missed it and liked it when i had one " Vern teases.
"Hmm among other things" Mavis teases back.
"Oh and what would that be?" Vern says pulling Mavis closer.
'Are they seriously doing this right now? and in front of me?'
'You did say that they love each other' Debby said laughing.
'Whatever' Brann thought leaving his parents alone and continues with his exerciser. After finishing up his father approaches him.
"Brann what's all this?" Vern asks.
'Better to tell him the truth now'
"I'm Practicing father building up my muscles to use a sword" Brann replies with a smile with flexing his arms.
"Haha that is adorable, well continue on"
'Wait this is my chance to learn how to use a sword'
"Father could you teach me to use a sword?"
"Why would you want to learn how to use a sword?"
"Because Mother always talks about you and how strong you are"
"Hmmm I'll speak to your mother about this, if she says yes then I will teach you"
"Yes!!, thank you Farther" Brann exclaims.
'Why do you want to learn how to use a sword again?' Debby asked.
'Well I'm in a fantasy world, might as well become a fantasy character myself'
And so Brann started learning on how to use a sword from his Father. Although it was very hard convincing his Mother in the end she gave up and allowed him.
At the Manor's courtyard.
"Alright Brann you're still small so i won't push you too hard but first let's teach you the basic's"
"Yes father"
"Good, now there are many styles and ways swords are used in this world"
'Aww man i'm excited' Brann thought.
"The one i'm going to show is the the most basic fundamental but it's important" Vern continued "Foot work, without foot work your swings are nothing and foot work allows you to move around the battle field and can help you dictate the fight"
Vern shows Brann on what the footwork stances are. "Good just like that, now it's important that you practice this along with your sword skill everyday from now on"
Asher then practices it but can't help but question why it's important. "Why is it important Father?"
Vern smiles and says "Oh because of this" Suddenly Vern disappeared.
'What? Where'd he go?'
'Holy crap he just disappeared' Debby yells.
"Behind you son" Vern says poking Brann on the back.
Asher yelped "Whoa how did you do that father? that was amazing"
Vern laughs and says "It's called Flash Steps, my mentor taught me it and now i guess I'll be teaching it to you"
"Yes please teach me" Brann genuflects.
"Haha" Vern laughs "Get up training isn't over, now that I've showed you the footwork skills it's time to move on to swinging your sword"
Vern calls for a guard and asks him to fetch a small wooden sword. "Alright now sword swings are tricky because it's so easy that there are plenty of methods for it, So tell me what kind of swings do you want to make"
"Hmmm" Brann thought 'Flash Steps makes it so that the person you fight loses sight of you because of how fast you are going then how about a fast swing that the person doesn't see coming'
"Umm I want a swing that the person won't see coming"
"Ahh that one, that's one of the one's that I have mastered from learning from my Master" Vern positions himself the sword at his side "It's a bit too small and light but it'll do"
Vern then walks over to a nearby tree "Brann come here but not to close alright"
So Asher went to where Vern was and stopped 20 feet away from him.
"That's far enough, Now watch" Vern then kicks the tree hard causing it to shakes making the leaves fall. As the leaves continue to drop Vern swings the wooden sword hitting and cutting the leaves making a swoosh sound with every swing. At least that was what Brann thought happened the sword was too fast or rather the swing was.
Vern finishes with a flurry of swings and stops looks over at Asher and smiles "What do you think?"
"Whoa that was awesome Father i couldn't even see the sword at all it was just a blur"
"Haha, yes now that skill is called Lightning flash, A sword skill that unleashes so many swings but the most I've gotten was 23, but it can also be used to make single swings or strikes those are usually the fastest because the longer you use the skill the slower the swings will be"
"Soo cool I can't wait to learn it" Brann exclaims he was ecstatic seeing something like this up close all he wants to do now is to study and and experiment with it. He then looks over at the tree and notices slice marks on it about 23.
"Whoa Father the tree did you do that?"
"Oh that yes that's the result of the skill, with enough force and speed it can cause fast wind currents that could slice the air, but it isn't as effective when compared to using Magic".
"Magic or not it's still cool"
"Ha, alright then lets practice those shall we?"
"Yes, Father i'm ready"
They practiced on for the whole day until it was time for them to eat, after eating the whole family went to the courtyard to play with Brann. And then they tucked Brann to bed and went to sleep.
'Man i had so much fun today'
'Yes you did' Debby repleid.
'Did you get the footage?'
'Yup, I've got the data and analyzed the move'
'Good open up the MindScape let's put those moves and skills into theories'
'Already done'
'Good, now while my body sleeps I can get a little extra training done'
With that Asher slept but was awake in his MindScape testing out the skills and moves.
'Another good day'