"That, with more force!"
Aaron's screams echoed in his grassland-like sub-space.
"You call that swinging a sword?! Your sword must be suffering from having such a useless swordsman as a companion!" Aaron easily dodged a sword slash that was going for his neck.
"Good! Cut with determination, with the intention of ending the fight with a single blow!" Aaron smiled as he watched the brat in front of him swing her sword with more force and precision.
"I will make you swallow your words, old man!" Kayla yelled angrily. She hated that they belittled her fighting skills!
"Less words and more action!" Aaron provoked Kayla again, causing her to scream in frustration. This girl has a more explosive character than she thought...
Aaron looked speechless at Kayla. They were in the second week of his training and he finally realized the true personality of this girl who seemed reserved and quiet at first!
How can such a little girl be so vengeful? Aaron again dodged a cut that would cost a normal person their life.
But Aaron didn't care much, rather, he liked it. He already knew from Zinon's letter that Kayla was a girl with a kind heart, that she was willing to risk her life for strangers.
So it was a good thing she had a slightly twisted personality.
A charitable heart without spines would only be torn apart without mercy... Aaron knew that very well and was glad he didn't have to waste time teaching Kayla to attack without remorse, like the stupid newly recruited cadets who believed they could magically defeat his enemies with his sense of justice.
Although he's already crossing the line... Aaron watched, speechless, as Kayla stabbed her sword towards his groin...
Although it was easy for him to dodge it, he decided to teach the brat a lesson.
Without warning, he advanced towards Kayla, narrowly avoiding her sword, and threw a punch at her stomach.
Kayla's eyes widened in surprise, but she was still able to react. She gathered a large amount of mana into one leg and stomped on the ground, propelling herself backwards, narrowly avoiding Aaron's blow.
"I see that you can already control mana quite nimbly." Aaron was still surprised by Kayla's talent with mana.
In the first week he was already able to control it to increase the speed of mana circulation in his body, which gave him a slight boost of strength.
And in this second week he was already able to circulate a large amount of mana in a specific part of his body, gaining a momentary boost of strength that his body normally could not withstand.
That's how Kayla was able to jump almost fifty feet back so suddenly.
Even someone who has used mana for years might not be able to do that. Aaron knew very well how complicated it was to do what Kayla did. If she didn't have precise control of her mana, she might end up crippling her leg from the sudden flow of mana.
"Hey, you never said you could attack too!" Kayla was in a cold sweat. She could have looked very bad if she received that hit...
"I didn't say I couldn't either," Aaron smiled slightly, making her angry. "Although, let's stop, it's time for tea time."
Aaron suddenly waved her hand and a blanket appeared on the floor before various desserts and a teapot full of tea appeared on top of the blanket.
"Clear!" Kayla immediately let go of all the frustration she had felt until now and sat down with Aaron to eat.
This had been a routine for them these past few weeks. Every day they had a tea party where they talked about anything, whether it was the things Aaron was teaching Kayla or about her life.
"Whatt?! So you once fell into a giant rabbit trap when you were young?! Pfft what idiots you were haha!" Kayla laughed out loud.
Sometimes Aaron would talk about his life as a rookie soldier, while other times they would talk about Kayla...
"So you were wandering around the city at night looking for possible rape attempts and stopping them? How admirable…" Aaron looked at Kayla in surprise.
Time passed quickly as they both talked about various things, and at times like this, Aaron couldn't help but think about the past... His past
They are so similar... Aaron looked at Kayla and could swear he saw a figure superimposing Kayla's, a figure he knew very well...
Yes, it would have been nice for the two of them to know each other... I'm sure they would have been good friends despite the age difference...
Feelings he hadn't felt in a long time resurfaced in his heart, stirring him a little. But as a soldier with hundreds of years of war experience, he quickly buried those feelings.
Those feelings are useless currently... Aaron's eyes, which had been momentarily cloudy, regained their clarity.
He looked at the sky and noticed the position of the artificial sun in subspace, which was connected to the outside world.
"Well, it's three o'clock, it's time for your writing class." Aaron stood up as he pulled out a desk and a blackboard from his space ring.
"Yeah!" Kayla nodded her head, you could see the seriousness on her face.
Although she had been training since four in the morning with various weapons ranging from swords, spears and even bows, she still had enough energy and spirit to study about the language and history of the continent.
Not to mention that she was extremely talented with languages. Even though it had only been two weeks and she only studied two hours a day, she could already read and write somewhat complex sentences without any help. Although she also had to give credit to hi class skills that helped her enormously in her studies.
And after studying writing, Aaron taught him history for another two hours, two more hours of noble etiquette and finally three hours on controlling mana.
And at twelve o'clock at night she would go to sleep for about four hours to get up a little before four to get ready and start her training at four o'clock in the morning.
Although the training routine was tough, Kayla was happy. She was learning how to use various weapons and basic things like the lyrics and history of her new world. It was impossible for Kayla to feel tired when she knew that this would only help her a lot in the future.
Not to mention that she could spend time with Aaron, who was an old man who always gave her advice and treated her lovingly, but more importantly, as an equal. Something I had rarely felt before...