I opened my eyes slowly but everything was blurred for a few moments.
Trying to move my hands and feet but my body wasn't responding as it should.
Then a deep, masculine voice said "Calm down, boy. I just healed you" he said gently while pushing me gently back to lie down which I did.
After laying down, I manage to utter a few words from my dried and exhausted lips.
"Thank...y..you" I said.
Even uttering those words took a lot from me.
After going through a battle both physically and mentally, I was beyond exhausted.
Although I was healed I couldn't regain back my lost willpower or energy so I had to close my eyes and rest to regain them back.
But beside me, I could still feel the man sitting beside me doing whatever his doing.
Recalling I was safe where I am, I then decided to shut my body off and completely rest.
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The man POV
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'Ohhh his fingers moved'
'He's waking up' the man thought...
Seeing that the kid I beat badly suddenly tried to stand, the man went to him and gently pushed him back down and said "Calm down boy, I just healed you"...
And the kid tried his best to reply "Thank y...you"
I can't say I was the one who left in that mess.
Well, you attacked me first so it was all self-defense.
'Besides, I still healed you and waited till you wakened.' The man thought as he went back to where he was and willed a light vint energy playfully to pass time.
After a while, the man muttered.
"You have a menacing Daemon, kid"
"And leaving you out there on your own will definitely leave a bad taste in my mouth" the man muttered as he turns to look at the kid before him.
BZZZZZZZZZ
The space behind the man spoke.
"Shut up ok... I am only doing this because I beat him up ok... and not for you" the man whispered back trying not to wake the kid back up
BZZZZZZZZ
After hearing that sound, the man could vividly imagine his Daemon rolling her eyes but he ignored it.
After 2 hours, Cain finally opened his eyes gently as he recalls the past event and how he ends up where he is.
Gently sitting back up, Cain turns to the handsome looking middle age man who had long ears like an elf and a milk-hair long enough to reach his neck was sitting around the corner playing with his light vint energy with a dual sword behind him and politely asked "have you being waiting here since" completely expecting the man to have gone a long time ago.
"Yes, I was... I couldn't leave you there since I was the one who caused it" the man said nonchalantly like it was a casual thing,
I was completely taken by this man's straightforward and truthful personality.
Even though, he would have not admitted it, putting one or two pieces together would surely lead me to guess that he was the outside assistance that Eve told me about.
And also, that fist to my torso still aches mentally even though am healed as the pain is still fresh in my mind.
"And yes I was the one who hit you on your torso" the man continued as if he could read my mind.
The more he spoke the more upset I was getting.
The more my face twitch.
"What's with that face" the man turns to look at me solemnly...
"S..sorry, as it's rare to find someone so honest about something and..." Cain said only to be interrupted.
"I don't care of such matters."
"I waited to give you this," the man said as he pulled a yellow pearl-looking necklace out of nowhere.
Like he pulled it out of nothing.
Where do they pull these things from?
The beautiful lady before, now this man
"Here" as he shovels the necklace into my hand as I looked at him dumbly
He then said " This should help with your raging emotions".
"Uhhhh....thanks?" I embarrassedly took it.
*Ting*
[Calm Mind Pearl]
[An iron tier necklace made from a Daemon with a very pure light essence to help calm the mind and increase the wearers' willpower]
[Tier]: Iron
'Huh, my very first iron tier class ornaments'
With a shocked expression, I stood up and slightly bow in appreciation.
Realizing that I knew what I was given and even bow in appreciation.
The man with a proud face lifted me up and said "Only bow to your master or family. Never bow to anyone else"
This word of advice would have made him more mysterious and elderly if he could remove his proud nose that faces the sky.
'What a proud man' i mentally thought but deep down I repeatedly sang that sutra in my heart and mind.
"My name is Avil. The descendent of the Angloia Provinces." Avil stated...
"I am your instructor for 7 days though I was expecting a young lady" Avil continued...
"Ohhh you mean a beautiful young clerk with pink hair with a scent of spring flowers" Cain chirped in
"OOhh yes, that's her," Avil said as the image of the beautiful clerk appeared in both his and Cain's minds.
She was beautiful.
Completely lost in the clerk's mirage, Cain was the first to recover but he saw saliva dripping from the side of Avil's mouth.
*cough* *cough*
I coughed to withdraw Avil back from his weird illusion.
"Hmmm... sorry I got lost in a minute there," Avil said as he took out his napkin to clean his lips.
While he was doing so, Cain turned and saw the practice sword he had just recently bought far behind him.
He then went to pick it up.
"You can come back tomorrow then your training starts" Avil said trying to change the subject.
"But I will be leaving for the school HQ tomorrow, so I won't be attending for the next six days" Cain replied with a bit of sadness as he walked toward his sword.
"That shouldn't be a problem, you can still use the ticket at any branch within the Dawn's Dynasty till it expires" Avil said nonchalantly.
"This should be your very first time using a ticket right," Avil asked as he confirmed completely this kid is a complete novice with no common knowledge of the outside world.
"Yh" I reply embarrassingly that I didn't research Ewer's Hall before coming.
"Do you practice the sword?" Avil asked after adjusting himself and looking at my practice sword
After hearing that, Cain didn't know what to say but still replied
"I just bought this today and I haven't practiced a thing yet" Cain said as he bent to pick it up.
"Hmmmm.....I don't use swords so I can't teach you my techniques or skills"
"I do have a basic sword technique here for you though" Avil said as he took a basic sword technique manual and handed it to the returning Cain.
"I once used this technique when I began my journey as an Ewer"
"But i have no use for it now since I have already reached the peak form of that technique"
"I can just channel the vint energy to my arm and legs like I would do to any sword and attack with it" Avil explained as he moved to a clearer space to demonstrate the technique.
"Firstly, this technique is called Tri-Dash Chop"
"I will only demonstrate this three times ok... you wasted your training time sleeping" Avil said.
Being Cain's first time learning a technique, his attention and focus were on Avil completely trying his very best not to lose any detail.
"First channel your vint energy carefully on your feet, hips, and toes as guided by the manual" Avil said as he channels the energy slowly so that Cain can have a visual experience of how it is done.
After doing that, Avil took a fighting stance and then said "Taking this fighting stance reduces the strain of the technique on your body so make sure your fighting stance follows the manual guidelines".
Then Avil dashed to the left but it looked like he blinked there, the difference is the energy on his feet, hips and toes visibly increased.
"After dashing once, may sure the energy is stable to avoid damaging your legs and then enter the next fighting stance as soon as possible to avoid it depreciating" Avil said as Cain paid abrupt attention not blinking his eyes for a second.
Who knows what he might miss if he did?
After taking the second stance, Avil dashed again but this time he appeared in mid-air as he made a chopping move vertically using gravity to increase his attack.
"When you reach the third dash you will appear in mid-air and the charged vint energy rushes to your arms since your feet had to leave the ground"
"Once the charged vint energy reaches your hands, you must immediately go for the attack."
"Appearing mid-air allows the user to use gravity to increase his attack by several levels dealing a devastating blow to your enemies."
Avil said as he completely demonstrated three times how to use the Tri-Dash technique, he then gestures for Cain to practice it before him.
But Cain only understands it at 42% even though he had seen it three times.
So he replayed the technique multiple times in his mind as he kept reading the manual.
With excitement, I went before Mr. Avil to demonstrate the technique to the best of my abilities.
I then took the fighting stance with my practice sword placing the tip of the sword towards the ground behind me on my left side, eyes front as I bent a little to the front.
(For more reference check out the Maki no Kamae stance)
With intense concentration, I channel my red vint energy towards my hips, feet, knees, and toes.
I took a step forward immediately to avoid the energy fading out, but it looked like everything blurred before my eyes as my mind reregister that I have moved.
But before I could celebrate mentally that I completed the first dash.
*Ptui*
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...
I screamed