As soon as Alex reached 4 years old his father started teaching him about the basics of swordplay. He learned how swords are made. Which materials are used in their crafting? How the center of balance affects the swordplay. He learned how to wield a sword and to make smooth cuts with it.
Alakh fixed an hour of Alex's time for swordplay. At first, the only task Alex had to do was to swing the sword in a defined manner. The swinging of the sword started at 100 swings a day which was very difficult for Alex as he was just 4 years old and his bones and muscles were not fully developed. Alex has to fight muscle soreness every day. But Alex prevailed as learning sword was his idea and he found joy in magic and swordsmanship.
With all the hard work Alex put into his swordplay, it started looking great. His swings showed elegance and perfectness. His limit of 100 swings reached 1000 at the end of the year. Even though he played in the magical forest giving his time to magic he showed great discipline and never once stopped his sword training.
Alex used most of his time to study magic and mystical creatures that roamed this world. Alex learned about the history of Brahman and magic from the vast collection of books and resources the Knowen family had at their disposal.
He wanted to learn swordplay because he wanted to find out what a sword could do in this magical world when even a sword on earth could show wonders in the hands of real masters.
Alex wondered how he could do things that he was not able to do in his prime on earth. Alex was astonished by how quickly his body developed on Brahman as in just 5 years he had reached 4.5 feet in height which seemed impossible from the perspective of his previous life.
Alex tried to live a relaxed life as he had no responsibilities but his curiosity always got the best of him. As everything was so new to him it made him a child second time both mentally and physically.
As for swordsmanship starting today which was his 5th birthday, Alakh was going to teach him real swordsmanship which was meant to defend himself and if necessary kill someone. Alex felt happy as he had achieved something because of his hard work and discipline. Suddenly a big smile leaped from Alex's mouth as he remembered a thought from his previous life "The reward of hard work is always sweet".
Alex was so eager to learn swordsmanship from his father he reached the training ground an hour before the determined time.
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