Akasha second day of training...
Akasha did the same thing as yesterday and experienced 3 Limit Breaks.
Even with the increased training portion, Akasha managed to finish the training a little faster than yesterday.
Then Akasha had another sparring session with Erina.
And once again Erina made Akasha faint immediately.
Akasha third day of training...
The portion of training this time was also increased again, this time also Akasha managed to finish training faster than yesterday. Today Akasha only experienced 2 limit breaks.
They started sparring again today, and just like yesterday, Akasha fainted quickly but this time an unexpected thing happened, Akasha became much faster than before but that was it.
The fourth day of Akasha training...
Just like the previous day, Akasha finished the training faster. In this training Akasha only experienced 1 Limit Break, and in sparring this time Erina also managed to make Akasha faint again.
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Akasha seventh day of training...
Unlike the previous training, the training began to increase so much that it took Akasha longer to complete the training than the previous day.
Unlike the previous days, despite the heavy training Akasha did not experience any Limit Break. This means that Akasha body continued to improve very quickly just from a week of training alone. Another effect was that Akasha body was getting used to Limit Break and was starting to have trouble experiencing Limit Break.
Unlike their previous spring, this sparring saw a big change. Akasha managed to perfectly replicate the stance from the book she had read.
Akasha began to prepare to step on the ground, then as the tree leaf in front of Akasha fell, Akasha accelerated towards Erina. Same movement, same angle, same breathing but Akasha felt different this time.
(Master movements became a little slower? No, it's...the world has gotten slower?)
Akasha realized that she had improved and was happy about it.
Then Erina began to launch attacks, this time Akasha although still a little difficult but Akasha managed to see Erina's movements.
Before Erina hand reached Akasha left side, Akasha immediately retreated backwards, feeling that if she let herself be touched by that hand, Akasha would immediately faint.
For the first time, Akasha managed to dodge Erina attack and managed to survive Erina's first attack.
Erina was surprised that her attack was dodged this time and then immediately understood that her movements were starting to become more and more visible to Akasha eyes. Erina smiled at the rapid growth of Akasha who was already able to see her movements.
This time it was Erina who started attacking first, but Erina's movements this time were much faster than before.
"T-wait a minute, it's cheating to suddenly-"
Akasha who realized that Erina movements suddenly became faster than before began to protest.
But Erina didn't listen and managed to touch Akasha and instantly made Akasha faint.
After that a lot of time passed and Akasha developed very quickly without knowing the limits. The content of Akasha training also made less and less sense but Akasha always managed to complete it.
It had been a month since Akasha had been training, Akasha had experienced a total of 21 Limit Breaks, a number that could never have existed in the history of this world.
In sparring, Akasha even began to be able to dodge Erina increasing attacks and even counterattack.
Akasha managed to complete her training and sparring in daylight hours. Akasha progress was faster than Erina training content...
Currently Akasha and Erina were resting under a tree, Akasha went to the house to eat and Erina relaxed in the tree while looking at the clear sky.
(What kind of monster did I raise exactly?)
Although complaining, a smile full of pride was clearly visible on Erina face at this time.
"Looks like it's about time we moved on to the next stage."
Erina then stood up and shouted to the house.
"Akasha, after lunch walk to the North and I will be waiting for you in a log cabin there."
"Alright Master."
Akasha answered back with some confusion as to why she suddenly felt a sense of deja vu.
After lunch, Akasha went to the North as instructed from Erina. After walking for a few minutes with the animals following her, Akasha arrived at the cabin in question.
Akasha saw a cabin that looked quite nice and well maintained, Akasha knew that this cabin was very well maintained.
The surroundings were also well maintained, there were no plants creeping into the cabin and no wild plants around the cabin.
Akasha looked around for Erina but didn't find her, so Akasha thought to enter the cabin because Akasha felt if Erina was inside the cabin.
*Knock*
Just in case, Akasha knocked on the cabin door but there was no response so Akasha quickly entered the cabin and found the Erina she was looking for currently hugging a dull book.
The sight of Erina lovingly hugging the book was beautiful, the sunlight shining on Erina beauty, the sad and lonely smile on Erina face, the blonde hair reflected in the sunlight made the dark cabin bright.
The expression Erina was giving right now was like someone reminiscing about a precious memory and at the same time also looked like a girl experiencing first love.
Akasha stared in amazement at the scene and was silent for a few minutes. The two people did nothing for several minutes.
At this moment a small emotion began to emerge from within Akasha, a small emotion that was sweet and very refreshing.
"A-akasha!"
But the silence was interrupted by Erina who was surprised by Akasha appearance.
Erina felt embarrassed as she was remembering Master Erina legacy being seen by Akasha but Akasha who was still shocked by the scene was silent.
"Ahem, you've arrived."
Akasha immediately regained her senses and responded with a nod, Akasha mind still a little dazed.
"Why?"
Erina asked curiously and looked at Akasha.
Akasha saw Erina red eyes staring at her and began to feel an emotion arise. Little by little Akasha cheeks reddened slightly which made Erina even more worried and brought her face closer to Akasha face.
As Erina face got closer, Akasha face heated up and Akasha unconsciously pushed Erina face away.
"Hoho, you're starting to push your master around."
"... Quiet. By the way, why did the master call me here?"
Akasha answered in her usual monotone voice though her face was still slightly blushing.
"Ah, right."
Erina walked out of the cabin and Akasha followed behind.
"During this month, you have improved so much. Even now you can beat kids your age right now.
Your body can now follow my movements very well. You have now reached the minimum limit for learning martial arts."
"Is that so?"
To Akasha, he didn't feel that much of a change because he still couldn't fight Erina and always lost so it was hard to judge whether she was improving or not.
But in Erina eyes, Akasha had improved drastically and very quickly.
Right now even Akasha in terms of physique was able to beat most Mages who specialized in research.
"Yeah, so you should be more proud."
Erina felt sad that Akasha did not realize how great her improvement was and that Akasha still had difficulty expressing herself, even so Akasha was expressing more often than before and could now even be joked with.
"From now on, after finishing your usual training, you will come here and do martial arts training and various other exercises.
This cabin will be your second home, it has sufficient facilities to live in temporarily."
"Why should I stay here if I can just go home? And why do we have to train here?"
Erina only smiled meaningfully in response to Akasha question.
"Why do we have to stay here? It's because this place is the most appropriate place to train.
As for the question of why we should stay here instead of at home, it's because there may be times in the future when you can't even walk home."
Akasha felt an uncomfortable feeling with Erina's answer and smile.
"Then let's go straight to learning martial arts."
Erina turned and faced Akasha. Then for the first time this time Erina set up a stance.
"Wait a minute, aren't we going to learn? Why spar?"
"Do you know the idiom that says learning is more easily learned in person than memorized."
Erina immediately moved forward, in contrast to Akasha who lunged forward quickly and was full of rough and disorderly movements.
Erina movements were gentle but sharp with no wasteful movements, although Erina was currently running forward but to Akasha it looked like she was dancing.
When Akasha was confused by Erina movements suddenly Erina was already in front of Akasha and attacked directly at Akasha using her left hand.
Akasha was surprised and responded late but managed to dodge. As Akasha tried to retreat backwards by applying pressure to her legs to retreat, suddenly an attack that was invisible to Akasha eyes hit her leg.
Akasha who lost her balance immediately fell down, when Akasha tried to get up Erina hands appeared who had locked both of Akasha hands on his back.
After realizing he couldn't do anything, Akasha gave up. Erina immediately let go of Akasha hand and started talking.
"Do you know how this defeat is different from the usual?"
"Technique."
Akasha nodded and answered confidently to Erina question this time.
"Right, in sparring this time I adjusted my physical strength to match yours. So if it was a purely physical battle, it would have been even but you still lost. What made you lose this time was not physical strength but the difference in technique.
From here onwards you will learn various types of martial arts coupled with various fighting styles for various situations in the future."
"Yes, Master!"
"Yes, then we will start again to continue the fight."
"...Yes."
Akasha gradually got used to Erina brutality and resignedly complied with her master wishes.
That day was the day Akasha really training actually began.