The sun shone brightly as I walked to the training hall with Aurora. As we walked, we entered a facility which was rectangular and the light became dimmer and dimmer as we walked inside. Aurora suddenly stopped in her tracks and looked at me. A few lights were placed on the pathway near the entrance.
"We are here."
I stood still for a second in front of the door to the training hall. The door became visible because of a few lights placed on the sides of the doors. The door is made of some kind of metal and the walls looked rough and rugged giving the feel of a military training hall.
"Thank you."
Aurora smiled at me playfully. I turned my head towards the door, as if ignoring her teasing.
"Is it empty?"
Aurora gently tilted her head to the right, placing her finger on her chin.
"Hmmm." "...Charlotte might be training inside."
"Be sure not to disturb her, okay ~ ".
I turned my head facing towards Aurora.
"Yes, I will keep that in mind."
I gently bowed my head.
"Thank you."
Aurora smiled at me and walked towards the door. She took some sort of card from her pockets and tapped it on a button on the side of the door. And the metallic doors opened slowly making a screeching sound.
I entered the training hall through the pathway. Aurora waved her hands while smiling at me. As I walked inside, the light suddenly became a lot brighter. The place is lit up using some sort of mana tools.
'I will look into it later.'
I looked around and walked towards the weapons rack. There are all sorts of weapons. I stood still in front of the weapons rack.
'Before learning mana. I need to build up my basic endurance and strength.'
I walked away from the weapons rack and looked around the training hall. It is a massive place and the area is roughly a few hundred square metres.
'It must have taken an incredible amount of time and money to build this place. And it is exclusive to the student council. Charlotte must be somewhere around here.'
'...okay let's start running a few laps.'
I started running slowly at first to test whether my body is in good condition. I ran as I warmed up my hands. Slowly I increased my pace.
'I ran a few laps already and my body feels perfectly fine.'
I ran a few more laps and I didn't really feel that much exhaustion but I stopped my run for the day. The previous owner of this body must have trained diligently, looking at the condition of the body.
'Okay that's enough running for a warmup.'
***
I picked a wooden sword from the weapons rack and walked towards an empty space.
I emptied my mind and calmed my nerves. I took a sword stance and held the sword with both my hands and held it centrally at mid-torso height pointing the sword outside.
I moved the sword up directly straight over my head and gently brought the sword back down the center line of the body down to the floor while simultaneously lunging forward with my right foot using my left foot, making a vertical strike and again making the vertical strike this time going backwards using my left foot.
I repeated this sword strike a few times while also increasing my speed.
I took the sword stance again, this time made a diagonal strike to the right making almost a 45 degree angle. Next I made a diagonal slash to the left.
I repeated these two strikes a few times while increasing my speed.
I started showing signs of exhaustion. I stopped doing the sword strikes and sat down on the floor. I let out a heavy breath. I stretched my hands and laid on the floor with my back against the floor.
***
I got up after a while and walked around inspecting the training hall. As I walked, I felt a heavy gust of air almost like it was made from a sword strike. I walked towards the point of impact and I saw Charlotte making a sword stance lunging forward holding the scabbard in her left hand with sword inside it with her right hand holding the grip.
She moved forward very fast making a big leap and quickly drew her sword making a horizontal slash making a heavy gust of air towards the point of impact.
'She must be using some type of mana technique to move that fast. She is good.'
'...but the sword strike felt a bit heavy.'
Charlotte noticed me staring at her and sheathed her sword.
"It is not nice to spy on people."
"I was looking around as it is my first time here and noticed you training." as I walked towards her.
I looked down and noticed her hands which were rough and rugged.
'She must have trained a lot for her hands to become like that.'
Charlotte noticed me glancing at her hands and immediately hid her hands. Charlotte glared at me coldly.
"I am sorry." I apologised as I bowed my head slightly.
'I stared too long unknowingly.'
"You can go back to your training." I said as I walked away from her.
***
I played Charlotte's movements in my head as I closed my eyes as I laid on the floor. Charlotte moved quickly on her feet and drew her sword.
That sword must have been a mana technique or else it is impossible to generate that much power.
'I can't slack off. I need to build up my endurance and strength in the next few days and start learning mana.'
'Classes start from next week. So I only have a week. In that time I need to at least master the basics of mana.'
I turned to the side and opened my eyes.
'I also need to register my courses for the new semester.'
***