"A vassal weapon?"
"Yes, this has always been my family heirloom. A grade S vassal weapon that was used by my father."
"Your gr- Father, I am not worthy to have such treasure." Even though I didn't know what it was, at least not now.
"Do you know what Vassal weapons are?" He asked.
"No, I don't..."
"Over two hundred thousand years ago dungeons started emerging from the ground. As expected of the inhabitants of Ceria, with humans at the forefront they gathered the strongest of their forces and began to explore these dungeons. Eventually, multiple dungeons were cleared and upon clearing each dungeon the ultimate reward was a weapon that could grant tremendous ability to even the powerless of course with a lot of other treasures. But the vassal weapon became the reason why everyone started to explore dungeons. Today, the moment you step out there almost everyone you meet has a vassal weapon. This brings me to the topic of Prima; Primas are wielders of vassal weapons..."
This was news to my ears, I was anticipating a lot but this, it's so fuxking interesting. "So is father a prima too?" Eww but I need to get information out of him.
"... I am not a prima, my passion is driven towards something else. I am a beast tamer."
'Dude's not even a prima and even this powerful.'
"Anyway, the reason why I want to give you this sword is because it's our family heirloom and you'll be respected wherever you go because everyone knows it, especially those in the capital. I'd like you to form a pact with this sword." He said, pushing the sword toward me.
He stood up, "I have to attend to some important matters, I hear you have been doing some personal training. I am impressed, I look forward to seeing more from you. I will leave your training on how to form a pact to Knight Denethor" He said and walked out.
'Is he a cold-hearted man or a warm-hearted man, he should just go ahead and choose one and stop confusing me?' I watched him walk out. "...wait, did he just say Knight Denethor..."
"Exactly, that's me..." Knight Denethor's voice rang in as he walked into the library and bowed. The bow didn't feel genuine with that naughty smirk on his face.
He folded his arms and looked at me, "I must say, his grace is putting a lot of expectations on you. I wonder he would feel when he hears you don't like swords." He said.
This guy would never stop until he gets taught a lesson, just wait one more week. I sighed and stood up, lifted the sword and followed him.
... ... ...
We were at the training ground, this was supposed to be a private. This was supposed to be a private lesson but all the knights were all outside watching, he seems to want to humiliate thirteen years old so badly, how shameful.
"So young Lord. Before you can bond with a vassal weapon there are two steps to it. First, you need a core: A core is that centre in our body where energy gathers and is distributed from to other points of usage. After getting a core you need to cultivate energy. There are five types of energy: Mana which is akin to mages, animus which is akin to beast tamers...heard about you peeing when you got a taste of the Duke's animus..."
He and the Knights watching giggled, I'm not moved by these childish acts, this guy has to be nineteen or something or life has been too good to him, I just needed to give him some despair.
He continued, "...anyway, another energy type is arcana, its quite mysterious and said to be used mostly by druids and alchemists oh and extraordinary blacksmiths too. Then, Ki, ki is used by martial artists who believe in their ordinary weapon than the power granted by a vassal weapon. Quite stupid if you'd ask me..." He said giggling.
'That's why I didn't ask you, I don't know what's funny.' My gaze was fixated on him and after a few seconds of his stupid laugh, he composed himself and continued.
"Lastly, we have ether. Ether is the energy that serves as the life force of vassal weapons. Primas use ether energy because it gives no complication in using your vassal weapon and secondly when a prima does not have ether energy, when he uses the vassal weapon's skill, its the ether energy of the vassal weapon that is being spent and when the vassal weapon energy depletes completely they die. So that's the basic, the thing now is the core ripens for the accommodation of energy at the age of fifteen but because the Duke is quite impatient we will be using some catalyst and be expecting a result in at least a month." He said looking at me as I smirked.
'Ana, making a pact with this sword should be a piece of cake right since we already did that thing...'
"Why would you need to form a pact with this scaredy-cat." She said, seated on my shoulder and paying close attention to the sword which was now in Knight Denethor's hand. As I noticed earlier, she has been giving the sword quite the stare.
'Ana, I don't understand...'
"Something smells fishy here... what happened when I hibernated."
"To fasten the ripening of your core we need three ingredients which the –"
"I don't think that will be necessary..."
"Excuse me?" He said, quite disgusted at me.
Well, can't blame him for my cocky attitude.
... ... ...
>Two weeks ago<
"You are doing well. You have continuously trained your body ten hours a day for one week, that's commendable."
"I told you I'm not lazy."
"We should be able to enter the next phase but Goshujin sama don't stop training your body, your stamina needs to increase surpassing the limits of the human body."
"...I get it, next phase." Her terms during my training are always beyond human limits, beyond human limits, like she's deliberately doing it.
"Core, the home of energy."
"Ohhh, that's interesting," I replied, excited.
"A human's core ripens for energy at the age of fifteen. But Goshujin sama is different."
"Of course, I am. I'm twenty-seven-year-old,"
"No, not because of that. Master is still in a thirteen-year-old body. It's because of me."
This bitxh just loves the limelight being on her.
"Goshujin..."
"Yes my princess, I sincerely apologise for the tongue slip." I forget every now and then that she could read my mind.
"Can you see the markings on your index finger?"
"Yes and it's growing, it's reaching the back of my hand. What is it?"
"It's the sign that Goshujin does not have the body of a human. Your body is a deitical one. It was reconstructed from the times I spent inside your body and completed when you finally wore me. It took me a lot of effort to make it possible, the marking grows as you gain mastery over your body and powers of course."
"Wait, wait, this is a bit confusing, I never remembered swallowing you... which means you've been in this stomach before I entered this body."
"Goshujin, Baka! do you think it was a coincidence that you entered this body? In three seconds I had to search for the best suitable body for you in the whole of Ceria and travel dimensions to bring your soul into it. I entered his belly one second before you entered his body."
"Wow, logical..." I was shocked, thinking about it, it explains everything as to why I was about to die and suddenly felt a fresh breeze. Anastasia's power was truly something magnificent and I was slowly coming to realize it.
"Goshujin sama..."
"Yes?"
"Your entire body is the core and it's not only ripened. It's constantly generating ether energy. To put it simply, you are not a source that stores esp and distributes. You are a source that creates esp and distributes."