After all that fuss I told Ghislaine what happened, shortly after she visited the central dojo, there sat the Sword God and his guest, the North Emperor Aubert.
Ghislaine had her eyebrows slightly furrowed but showed no outward sign of paying attention to Auber as she approached the Sword God and asked him bluntly.
"Master, why don't you teach Eris anything?"
Gull listened and laughed "I already did, didn't I?"
"How to wield her sword you mean? Because that's what Gino taught her" she replied.
"No, to temper herself" he replied as if it were obvious, the normal roughness of his voice was absent, he was genuinely calm.
Ghislaine didn't care much for that side of him, so she gathered what intelligence she had and chose her words carefully.
"You've always said it yourself, do everything with logic" Ghislaine replied a little anxiously.
"I said it" he replied while scratching his chin.
"So, what are you doing with Eris? She's out there swinging her sword every day like an idiot who doesn't know anything else, what part of that is logic?" Ghislaine replied more anxiously.
"Hmmm? Since when have you become someone who complains?" Gull said as he started to get annoyed.
"Since before I came back here!" she replied raising her voice.
"I see, I thought that with Gino it would be enough, so you're not going to listen to your master anymore?..." Gull said now annoyed.
"But!..."
A sword suddenly appeared on Ghislaine's neck. To a normal person, it would have seemed as if the weapon had just magically appeared in the hand of the Sword God. Ghislaine, however, could see him unsheathing it, but she was unable to react in time. She couldn't react to the fastest man in the world, not even as the Sword King.
"Ghislaine you know, I kind of regret the way I taught you," Gull said angrily.
"..."
"You were like a hungry tiger before, but now you're like a cat that's lost its fangs, if you had stayed the way you were you'd already be a Sword Emperor, not even because Gino trains you are you progressing" Gull said with a sigh.
Ghislaine swallowed hard at his words, she felt like she had weakened lately, although she didn't think it was all bad, it was true that her growth with the sword had stagnated, however, she had gained important things in return, intelligence, wisdom and a man she loves, things she wouldn't have been able to get just by mastering the sword.
"I'm not going to let Eris lose her fangs too" Gull put the sword away as if to say: "now you understand, right?"
Ghislaine sulked.
"I don't understand... why don't you train her personally?" she said
Gull let out a sigh remembering that she was the type of person who needed thorough explanations to understand.
"Listen, if someone wants to become better than me... they have to be able to figure things out for themselves, after all, that's how I got to where I am, of course they'll need the necessary amount of talent and hard work to deserve the title of "Sword God" and only Gino can be considered worthy, but let's put that aside, Eris's goal is the Dragon God Orsted, his existence defies logic, he's a monster beyond imagination" Gull said with a nostalgic look.
In fact, Gull had already fought the Dragon God himself, before he was called the Sword God, when he was just a strong but arrogant Sword Saint. He lost miserably, to the point where he still wasn't sure why his life had been spared, or more importantly, why all of his limbs were still intact.
After his ego was defeated, he set out to defeat Orsted and trained for it ever since.
That was how he became the Sword God, and it was also exactly why he didn't want anyone else to meddle in this matter.
"Hey Ghislaine, doing exercises isn't the same as training, you know? Especially if you have something you aspire to, there's no point in acting like an obedient dog and doing everything someone else tells you to do, right?" Gull said while raising an eyebrow.
"...master, you always say such complicated things, I don't understand." Ghislaine snorted.
"Hah..." Gull snorted with laughter at his response, that's right, this idiot, she won't understand if I don't explain it clearly.
"In other words, it means that just learning from me won't do her any good, that's why I've prepared a lot of things for her, starting with Reida and then with him," Gull said pointing at Aubert.
He lowered his chin in greeting.
"I am the North Emperor Aubert Corvette, on the streets they know me as the Peacock Leaf," he said with a smile.
"Ghislaine frowned, the man gave off an indescribable smell, it wasn't a body odor, but something strongly citrusy, probably a cologne, an unpleasant smell for a beast woman like Ghislaine.
"And what is someone of the North God Style doing here?" she said suspiciously while crossing her arms.
"Responding to the Sword God's request that I instruct one of his students?" Aubert replied with a smile.
Ghislaine's expression became more suspicious.
"Why someone of the North God Style? I don't see how your dirty tricks could suit Eris?" Ghislaine said.
"Because the Dragon God would use them against her?" Gull answered calmly.
The doubt on Ghislaine's face only deepened. To begin with, she no longer knew if Eris was still trying to defeat Orsted because of how enthralled she looked with Gino. Besides, she had never heard anything about the Dragon God being a Northern God-style swordsman.
"Who is that Dragon God?" she asked.
"Not that I knew, what I do know is that he has all the moves of all the moves of all the swordsmanship schools in his arsenal, naturally that means he can use them and he will be able to counter the ones used against him, she has to learn them too, because if she doesn't, she won't be fighting on equal terms.
Ghislaine's expression softened, learning the techniques that your opponent would use against you, that was logical.
"I see..." Ghislaine said and her tail wagged happily
Gull smiled wryly at this, Ghislaine would be satisfied as long as the answer was something she could easily understand, that part of her almost never changed.
"Well then, Master Sword Emperor, I hope you have a relaxing stay here" Ghislaine said.
Now that her doubts had been dispelled, she knelt down and paid her respects to the North Emperor.
"Certainly Master Sword King, I hope we can have a friendly relationship during my stay here" Aubert also put a hand to his chest and returned the gesture.
And with that, Eris's training moved on to the second phase.
...
For some reason after Ghislaine came back from talking to Gull, the first thing she did was hug me and...smell me?...
Yes, she smelled my hair repeatedly, according to her because she had smelled something unpleasant in the dojo.
I don't know how to interpret this but I guess she shows her love that way, right?...
A few days later, Eris began training under Aubert's guidance in the North God style.
Gull also suggested that I train with him but I didn't want to, honestly I never liked that style and with my current strength only Gull, Reída or Alek would be a problem for me.
But that doesn't mean I hold a grudge against Aubert or anything like that.
I have actually spoken with him many times and I was surprised that in Asura the rumor of my strength had been spread for a long time and Reída confirmed it, Aubert said that he would also give his approval to this rumor
A child under 15 is already a Sword Emperor...Impossible to believe, right? Besides, this makes me a little nervous because I don't know what kind of repercussions it could have on me if I became so famous...
But on top of all that, Ghislaine told me that I should talk to Eris about whether she will continue training to defeat Orsted, although it is practically impossible that she defeats him, but I still have to ask her.
...
On my way to see Eris I met Nina who was training with Isolte, due to Aubert's arrival, Eris has her training days divided.
One day with Aubert, another with Isolte and another with me and so she goes.
And since Isolte no longer has anything else to teach me, now only she and Nina are training.
As I mentioned before, Nina's progress has been very great and from what Isolte said, she would start teaching her Ocean Mirror soon.
I decided not to bother him and so I went to see Eris.
She and Aubert were training outside the dojo, they were on the outskirts of the forest and they were talking together until they saw me approaching.
"Oh, young Gino, to what do I owe your visit? Have you changed your mind about wanting to train with me?" Aubert said with a smile.
"I'll pass, I came to talk to Eris but I'll wait until they finish training" I said.
Eris just raised an eyebrow and Aubert smiled.
"Oh I see, that's a shame, luckily we're almost done so it won't take long" he replied as he turned his attention back to Eris.
...
As Aubert had said, his training with Eris lasted for about another thirty minutes until he left.
There we stayed, the two of us, so it was time to ask her.
"Eris, I need to talk to you about something important," I said as I looked into her eyes.
She approached me while wiping her sweat
"What's wrong? Is something bad?" She asked with a raised eyebrow.
"None of that, it's something more personal..." I murmured.
"I already told you that you can only touch them when we are alone..." She murmured blushing as she approached me.
"No, I don't mean that, it's about your future Eris..." I muttered.
"My future?...what about my future?" She said confused.
"Well...about this, your training, you came here in the first place to defeat Orsted and protect Rudeus right? No? But...now you're with me...what will you do now?" I asked her as I took her by the shoulders
Eris blushed again and avoided my gaze.
"I want to stay with you..." She murmured.
"Stay with me?..You Abandon your goal for me?..." I muttered as my eyes widened.
Eris frowned and pulled my cheek.
"You should already know that, right? I love you and I want to spend the rest of my life with you even if it means giving up on that goal..." She said while hugging me.
Oh shit...I'm shocked and scared by this statement...
I hugged him back as my mind was in turmoil.
"I see...I love you too" I replied. We hug for a couple of minutes until I think it's prudent.
"When I separated from Eris she was breathing heavily and blushing, and I have noticed that lately her lust has increased considerably and today was no exception.
Oh shit...my hips still hurt from yesterday...
Before I could say anything, Eris threw me to the ground and used me as she wanted, I felt helpless...
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