"lets begin" her voice came as everything faded into darkness. soon a light shone and a man in his twenties appeared in front of her. he had red hair and red eyes and was just as tall as kai. faes was still in her adult form from previous world so she was about five feet and ten inches tall but she still looked short in front of the beautiful man in front of her though she knew he was not real and didn't bothered much. she focused on her task not giving in his looks.
'kai looks better' she thought as she smiled and bowed. she was surprisingly wearing a white sundress.
"greetings sir" she said but didn't knew who the person in front of her was so she left it at that.
the man nodded smiling in return and gave his own bow looking graceful.
"i am james nice to make your acquaintance my lady" the man said
"its a pleasure to meet you sir james my name is faes" faes replied as she saw him motioning towards a table that somehow appeared out of nowhere
"would you like to join me for lunch?" James asked
"i would like to" faes replied and took his arm as he led her to the table and pulled a chair for her like a gentleman and then took his own seat.
"i like your hair and eyes my lady, you look beautiful" james said
'what is this? is it a test for etiquette or a date? my first date with a spirit! what have i gotten myself into? am i also going to turn into ghost?' faes thought but smiled at james
'the ghost still called her beautiful so she was not going to let him down'
"my lord is just humble the person who looks so handsome is my lord" faes flattered him.
she saw james smiling and red tint on his cheeks and ears and almost laughed. watching blake flirt had taught her many things.
"my lady have a soft heart, lets eat" james said as food appeared in front of them. faes had the etiquette skill so she didn't had any problem talking and eating with james. by the time they were done james was blushing like a maiden while faes was trying not to laugh her ass off as to pass the test while not making the spirits angry.
whenever during the lunch james had tried to praise her she had praised him back with lots of flattery filled words and that had resulted in this current situation.
"i hope we will meet again soon my lady" james said kissing her knuckles as faes smiled
"we will meet again soon sir james" faes said as james vanished into darkness.
faes was once again alone in the dark space not sure what she should do now. again a light flashed taking her attention. it was james again but this time he seemed composed but was smiling and his eyes shining.
faes bowed greeting james while james did the same. faes was in training pants and shirt just like james.
"my lady i heard you like using a sword?" James asked as he pulled out a sword hanging from his waist.
"you heard correct sir james" faes smiled noticing that she now had her sword on her back. she smiled at james
"would sir james want to guide me?" faes said
"i would love to" james replied as he attacked faes. though he was smiling the killing intent he was emitting was making faes take this seriously as she used her own sword to defend and counterattack.
they fought for gods knows how long before faes was pinned on the ground with james holding his sword on her neck. faes was panting by now. she knew that the spirit in front of her was stronger than her even though she cant sense his cultivation level, her being pinned on the ground was a proof of that!
but faes needs to win! she have to for both her and sky's sake.
faes kicked james making him back away and used her movement technique to extreme. using the speed to overcome the lack of strength, still faes was not able to defeat james.
'system scan' faes said now that she was in front of james. she had again made a mistake of not scanning her opponent at first but she wasn't late this time. instead the system replied something she wasn't expecting.
[unable to scan!]
'why?' faes asked as she dodged his attack
[the opponent is stronger than normal beings in the world and your strength is still lacking to scan beings on his level.]
at the reply faes gritted her teeth. she cant know her opponents strength and weakness! and this made her feel frustrated. but faes calmed herself down. if she cant scan him then she will do it herself, but first she needs to say something
'system you are really useless!' faes spoke in her mind and then took a deep breath and ignored the whining of the system.
faes smiled at james as they stood in front of each other. james on the other hand tilted his head in confusion but still smiled back.
"sir james is really strong and talented, i thank sir james to go easy on me" faes said then paused smiling brigthly before continuing
"i hope sir james continue to enlighten an armetour like me" faes was smiling but the smile james had also turned bigger with the flattery faes was saying. the more she spoke the more he smiled.
"i would love to" james said as faes eyes sparkled.
faes used her movement technique to the limit as she began to attack james, who easily dodged them or blocked. faes was using her whole strength and power as she observed all his movements and postures. when he attacked, how his hands moved, how his feet were positioned, and where his eyes focused the most, when he defended or dodged, how he controlled his strength in his muscles, and his back posture. faes observed it all and began to copy him. soon faes found that the more she observed the more she realised that her posture was still slightly wrong.
faes copied him correcting her posture and strength she used. when he hit her sword from the side and she blocked her strength focused on her hand and foot that was stopping her from moving backwards. her thigh and arm muscles were paining now but faes pushed herself.
after god knows how long faes realised that not only her movement technique was faster but she was having less difficulty fighting james. soon they both stopped panting from the extreme spar.
faes was grinning while james was smiling at her with spark in his eyes.
"you used me to train yourself?" James asked finally catching up to what faes was doing all this time.
"my lady you know we were fighting and if you lost i would have to kill you, yet you used it to train yourself?" James asked
"sir james, i apologize for the mischief but i saw an opportunity to train while observing you so i took it, i hope i didn't cause any offence" faes said but her expression clearly said that she was not at all sorry for what she did and was rather excited and happy.
looking at her james laughed and stood straight smiling.
"i had fun sparring with you my lady" james said
"thank you for letting me improve my skills, sir james" faes smiled
"i heard that you also use magic?" James asked as their weapons vanished and soon faes face paled when she noticed that the surrounding began to get filled with huge amount of mana of all kind of qi and magic particles.