*Sigh*
After a few minutes of gaining nothing, I sigh in defeat as I leave the place.
'Time to train my sword skills' I thought as I made my way to another building that was smaller that the one he was at.
The Warriors training ground, where I felt at home and at peace. Although I don't have any talent in magic, my martial techniques and my sword play are the best in the academy.
Immediately I walked into the building I saw a woman walking in my direction.
She noticed me and she smiled, "Quan. You didn't come for practice yesterday, did something happen?" She asked, looking worried.
"Nothing miss Nitoru. I just got stuck at the training grounds in the magic section by master Yuan" I lied, I was actually getting beaten up by bullies.
"I see" she said, looking relieved.
"Have you decided what weapon you will train with." She looked at me with expectant eyes.
"I haven't actually decided, because I am interested in both the sword and the staffs" I said as I pondered for a while.
Coming to a conclusion I decided to stick to what I am used to, "I think I'll train with swords for now."
"Swords? I thought you liked both of them."
"Yeah but I can't actually train in two departments" I replied.
"Says who?" She said with a confused look on her face.
"As long as you can attend classes for both. Two hours for sword classes and two hours for staff classes"
"Really!, wow. Then I'll do it" I got excited already.
I was already afraid of having to choose one department in the knights training ground to choose.
"Okay. Go take up a practice sword, we will start the class in a few minutes." She said as she left to go to her own department (the archery department).
As I walked towards the training grounds I saw a lot of people around my age practicing various moves and sword styles.
My face changed when I saw a group of boys walking towards me.
"Sigh... Not again" I mumbled.
The one leading them is a boy around my age, he has black hair and rare yellow eyes which made his handsome face even more handsome.
"It's quite brave of you to show yourself before me" the boy said as he walked forward.
The boy's is Chan Yeng of the Yeng family, a rich family that specialises in alchemy. Chan is what they call a rare talent who is a genius in both swordsmanship and magic.
And yes. He is the bully of Keyi academy.
"I just decided to learn a few things, since you guys always bully me in magic section" I said with a shrug.
"Hehe... Make no mistake. I don't bully anyone, I only show them their place" he said with a grin.
"Speaking of place, someone doesn't seem to have learned his lesson" Chan said, signalling his guys to surround me.
Immediately I was surrounded I got ready to fight for myself until we heard a loud voice.
"What are you boys doing? No fighting except in the sparring area"
Looking at the woman whose voice I heard I saw miss Nitoru behind us and I felt relieved.
'Thank goodness, I don't have to use my last savings to buy healing pills' I celebrated internally.
"Haha, of course miss Nitoru. We were just greeting Quan. Right Quan?" Chan looked at me with a kind face that I have never seen before.
I still didn't want to drag anyone into my problems so I played along.
"Right." I answered.
"Quan. You too should know about the 'No fighting on normal grounds' rule" Miss Nitoru said as she looked at me with a dissapointed face.
"No, it's nothing like that, just a friendly greeting" I answered. I wanted to expose Chan of his bullying but if I do this boy will be against me and not let me have peace of mind. Besides, I am a master of Primary swordsmanship myself.
He can't beat me at my own speciality.
'Yes. I'll use this chance to teach him a lesson now.' I thought with a plan in my head.
"How about this, let's take it to the sparring area, let's see who is better at swords. No magic" I said as I challenged Chan to a duel.
"Fine" Chan agreed.
~Chan's POV~
'Does he think he can beat me. Hmph, not a chance'
'After this, you wouldn't dare come to the academy again' Chan thought as he smiled at the boy in front of him.
They began walking towards the training area where there were wooden swords of different sizes and shapes placed around.
~Quan's POV~
I picked up a wooden sword along with Chan and we walked to a wide space meant for sparring.
The other students there stopped as they saw what was about to go down.
"Hey look, it looks like Quan and Chan wants to have a sword fight"
"You're right!"
"I don't think Chan will beat Quan though. He's the number one in swordmanship in the knights section"
"Yeah you're right. But the last time they had a sword fight was almost three months ago"
"Yeah. Even then, Chan wasn't able to beat Quan."
"It has been three months. By Chan's talent I guess he should be at Quan's level already"
"Let's see who wins this duel"
...
I just heard continuous chatter from the students that surrounded me and Chan who was about to spar.
I have no idea why Chan was smiling evily now. But whatever the reason is , I will beat that smile off of his face in a moment.
"Ready when you are" I said as I got into a fighting stance.