"So, how are you feeling now?" with a mug of sort of tea in his hand, Brick entered Felsen's chamber after he finished showering.
"Just alive," Felsen bitterly uttered through his teeth while settling on the bed.
"Guess, what is in my hand?" Brick voiced delighted to brighten his mood.
"Can't guess!! I am not in a condition," drying his follicle, said Felsen.
"This is a sort of tea. It will assist you to feel adequate," Brick pronounced while handing over the cup to Felsen.
"I wish It will help," carrying the cup from Brick, Felsen asserted.
When Brick said, the tea will help him lessen his pain, and feel better, it was everything that Felsen ought at that formidable time. He indeed wished for that ilk of the quencher and he did not disburse much time oppugn how it was made and bla! bla!
"Aa! yak! What is this? The heck....yak! yak!" as Felsen just sipped in, he let out these utterances because the tea was so vicious.
"You certain!! this will help me to feel better. I guess, this will help me to snooze perpetually. Have you!! tasted it?" with his tongue out of his mouth, Felsen while choking, talked. He fetches his tongue out of his mouth as if he never wished to take it back in because it had the flavor of tea on it.
"You are lucky. The master, himself, made this for you," Brick, who was settled on his right side on the bed, spoke by whacking a little on his both legs.
"Aa! master!! So, the master made this, huh!! Why didn't I guess it before? Sure he made this. Its taste is yelling out... that he made this."
"Now come on, don't act like a kid and finish it in one sip then it will not taste that dire," said Brick.
"It is easy to say. Its aroma is murdering me. Have you ever even tried this?"
"Yes, I have! and many times. This is my favorite tea."
Brick's sudden words made Felsen amazed, and for a moment, he thought that, if anyone in here is normal. He was uncommunicative for a whole minute as he was not believing on his ears, and then he burst out in laughter.
"How could this be someone's favorite?" Felsen chatted while laughing. No one could say that this Felsen was crying in pain a minute before, by the way, he was laughing.
"It is my favorite tea?" in the noise of Felsen's chuckling, Brick talked in a normal tone. He highlighted his every word.
Hearing his words, Felsen again paused for a moment, and then again burst into laughter.
"You must be joking. It is sure. How could be this someone's favorite or you might lose your taste."
"What is funny in it?" Brick mumbled in his mind.
"It is!!" with a straight expressionless face, Brick murmured while looking at him.
Felsen when again heard him, then he makes no sound and takes the tea in, in one gulp.
"It wasn't that vicious. It was good," after finishing the tea, Felsen spoke in a nice way, suppressing his annoyance from the vicious tea because he now does not want to speak bad about Brick's favorite thing.
"Good night!! see you tomorrow morning," Brick takes the deserted cup from him, and appeared on his feet.
"I don't think I have a morning tomorrow," Felsen sounds like an old man who is much in pain.
"Don't worry you will be fine," continuing his steps toward the exit, Brick talked.
"Good morning," said Felsen to himself while staying on the bed and stretching his body while dozing.
"Huh! my body...it is not hurting anymore. I am fine now," Felsen recited surprisingly after he witnessed that, he, now, can prance his body willingly, and not suffer discomfort in any part of the body. Felsen then settled on his bed with his legs hanging down.
"Great!" he brought his arms in the air to stretch them and with a broad smile on his countenance, he spoke.
"I hope you have woken up, and already started getting ready, and will not get late like yesterday. Brick," a screen emerged on his right side. Felsen was relaxing before, but when he read Brick's words, he went into the lavatory and get prepared quickly.
"Is Felsen ready?" on their way to the practice ground, the master interrogated from Brick.
"He has wakened on time. Don't worry he will not get late today," following the master's step, Brick talked.
The moment they reach the ground, the master and Brick get surprised, seeing Felsen there already.
"I am on time today," said Felsen with a scornful smile.
"Aa! so he is already here," Brick talked in his head. The master also was somewhere alleviated by Felsen's punctuality. As he did not want to penalize him again, because he can't see the one and only heir and savior of the land of Felicity, in distress.
Felsen was looking some different. Yes, he was looking more reenergized than yesterday. Yesterday...he was creaking so low, and in pain, but today, he was sounding so refreshing, and not only he was sounding rejuvenating, but also looking some different and invigorating. His body was looking bigger than before. Muscular and healthy heavy body, because of the work he did yesterday.
"Are you ready?" The master spoke.
"Yes fully, and I am on time today."
"Let's start then." The master glanced at both of them. Brick and Felsen nodded.
"Behind you, you could see five sorts of swords," the master guided him with his hand movement.
"Again behind me!!" Felsen forced his cheeks to maintain a smile, when, in reality, he just wanted to shout out by hearing the master words. But in his respect, he just hides his emotion behind his forcefully smile.
"Today we will teach you some sword skills. Brick will be your backer during this. First, I want you to choose your swords."
Brick shook on master's words and stood beside Felsen facing toward swords.
"As you can see these five swords in a row. The less fancy their design, the safer it is. The fancier it is, the more powerful and dangerous it is. So... be prudent in it's chosen because once you choose you will get no chance to exchange."
Felsen let Brick choose his sword first, and Brick because knew about them so much, he selected the safe one, which was the fourth one. Not too hard to use and then Felsen makes a step to pick.
"The fancier it is, the more powerful it will be." Master's words were in his thoughts.
"This one," Felsen selected the fifth one which was fanciest than the rest. It means it is the heavy one. Brick, who was way bigger than Felsen and stronger, chose the fourth one, but Felsen chose the fifth one. Brick and master were startled at his decision.
"Felsen, do you have any idea about the sword you chose? It is so heavy. It could have segregated your skull from your trunk if it slightly touched here on this spot, here on your neck."
"Is it like this?" Felsen acted with a horrified expression. Seeing him, Brick and the master thought that now he will remake his decision and will elect another one because, of course, his weak body would not be able to deal with the heavy one, but it was not like this. Felsen didn't change his decision and stayed obeyed his first choice.
"If it is like this, then it is cooler, and you cleared before that once we select, we would not be able to remake our decision."
Brick and the master were speechless at his decision and they let him continue with it.
"Take your position and maintain the distance of two meters," the master staying in his place, was guiding them.
Brick was obeying his guidance and giving them the form of actions and Felsen was learning from Brick's actions.
They were standing with their swords, grabbing it tightly in the air, giving rise to the shape "X" by joining them from the opposite direction.
[ First rule: Straight down from the top ]
As the master just finalized his words, Brick changed the movement of his sword and drove it from the top to down and maintain the alphabet "X" and Felsen followed him.
[ Second: Straight up from the bottom ]
The master guide and they changed their swords position according to his words.
[ Third: Diagonally down to the left ]
[ Fourth: Diagonally down to the right ]
[ Fifth: Diagonally up to the left ]
[ Sixth: Diagonally up to the right ]
and last but not least
[ Seventh: Left and right strikes horizontally ]
The master was guiding them and they were obeying him. Then the master carried them in a position where their swords get interlocked and then told them about it.
This position, the interlocked technically called "tsuba serial" but simply it's called bind. In this situation, the oppositions try to gain a position for an attack by jockeying around so that the 'Strong' ( the half closer to the hilt ) of one's blade is pressing against the opponent's weaknesses ( the other half ).
After the master's knowledge of these things, they started from the beginning.
Straight down from the top, straight up from the bottom, diagonally down to the left, diagonally up to the right, diagonally down to the right, diagonally up to the left.
Brick was shouting out the rules and Felsen was following him.
Left and right strike horizontally.
They repeated it many times and Felsen get it a bit more than their expectation.