"HAAAAAH!"
In the snowed ground, between servants quarters and luxury mansion a young girl about 10 yers old is charging on her opponent with a wooden sword behind her back.
*SWISH*
The sword hit nothing as the tall cat-woman with exceptionaly large chest effortlessly side-stepped the attack and kicked the girl in her back pushing her forward.
"Again, you are attacking so predicably i could defend without even seeing or hearing you."
"GHRR I'VE NOT FINISHED YETT! I WILL DEFEAT YOU TODAY!"
"...of course Eris"
After a couple of few better and a few worse clashes, she is lying on the ground, panting for her breath, soaked in sweet.Her clothes all over in dirt and snow.
Meanwhile the cat woman didn't even dirty her boots..
"Huuuf, huuuf ha OK! huuf.. I..HAVE ENOUGH! Huuf."
"I can see, rest a bit and go clean yourself."
After said words the warrior changed directions and left young lady of the Boreas looking at the sky above her.
Observing the clouds above her, Eris is day dreaming.
"H-how have you become so strong lady Eris???" In the same battleground it is Ghislaine who lost to Eris, collapsed and disarmed, full of admiration. "I wasn't even serious right now Ghislaine! You shoud train more often if you want to be a challenge to me!"
Prideful smile poped out on her face at the single thought of this scene.
"What? You started enjoying winter mud baths or finally went compleatly insane?"
Mommentaly Eris's smile has been removed and replaced by ^.
"No, I was admiring the lack of your STUPID VOICE!" She raised her head off the ground and looked at her left to see:
A young boy, similar height to her, similar fierce red eyes, same annoying voice and truth to be told the biggest diffrence between these two, his hair color. Shoulder lenght spiky. brown hair. A single strand of his hair is dropping on his forhead. The boy is wearing gray jacket, similar style gray pants,brown leather boots, brown leathered vest and wooden sword hanging at his belt.
"Tch, I would beat the crap out of you for that tongue of yours, but u got lucky this time. Rudeus said it's time for a magic lessons so can you finally LIFT YOUR ASS OF THE GROUND?!"
"THEN WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME FIRST PLACE!" The girl momentally throw herself from the ground and dashed into the mansion.
"VISIT THE BATH ON THE WAY ERIS, YOU STINK!"
"AHHRRR, YOU STINK YORSELF!!"
The girl wanted to say more but time wasn't on her side this time, as the so long awaited magic lessons are about to start and she don't want to be late for her only liked lesson in her teaching program.
"Whatever you say.." The boy answered and went to the stables to clean his horse.
When he oppened the stable doors, on the left side, the third one is his beloved mare, Eliye.
Brown Snowflake Apollosa to be specific.
Always clean, always feeded, always watered, always happy. His birthady present from his grandfather.
"Heythere girl. How are you?"
The horse shook his head at his entrance, which the boy petted.
"You here again? This horse is having a good life with you Gideon." The tall beat woman said leaning against the barn wall.
"Oh, hey Ghislaine, thank you."
Unlike Eris, Gideon learned his lesson to not bother the woman standing before his eyes.
The Black Wolf Sword King Ghislaine of the Dedoldia tribe.
One of the strongest warriors on the continent.
"You really don't want to learn magic? You are smarter than me or Eris, you should get this on faster than we."
"No, there is no point of wasting my time on that in my opinion. No offence."
In reality Gideon really wanted to be like Rudeus. Forming water ball at a thought, lightening a fire with a snap of your fingers or melting a brick into the mud and mixing it all into the combat style no less. But facing reality, it sounds ridiculous.
No magic book that Gideon readed or heard about is like what Rudeus is doing. He is a Genius, somone that can't be followed.
Even if he would master some basic spells, it will not be in a half as good as Rudeus's.
"No offence taken. It's your decison. Just be sure to remember about our sword lesson after we finish."
"Sure thing, I will be ready." He said and then the two nodded to eachother, separatating.
1 hour later
Standing across eachother, Ghislaine and Gideon are holding their woden swords tightly, ready to fight in any moment.
"Focus Gideon! I'm about to start!"
Hearing her words Gideon quickly took a Water God Style stance, aferall, his strongest asset.
Not that he favored it from the begining, but when Ghislaine said that there is no point of teaching Eris any other sword style aside from the Sword God Style.., naturally Gideon choose to train it direct counter.
*SWISHHH*
Ghislaine cut the air as she is shrinked the discance of about 20 meters in 2 seconds.
*BANG!*
Their swords coliided. Gideon manage to stop the strike, but the impact makes his bones vibrate, his arms already exhausted, just after one strike, yet he is still standing.
In a moment he juped away from Ghislaine to fix his form.
"It is a bad habit to make distance while useing the Water God Style, you would have an advantage in close combat."
"Im not gonna fall for that! You had never said you will hold back against me!"
"Hoh, you are learning your lessons."
Just a second later, Ghislaine is advanceing again, but this time strikes are lighter yet a lot faster!
One, two, three, for, five... Gideon is looking for an opening to launch the counter, but the time between the strikes is not much more than half a second .
FINALY!
"I got it!" He found the moment when Ghislaine shifted to much of her weight to her right leg. That will make her too slow to evade the counter strike from Gideon!
*SWISH* Gideons swinged his sword as fast as he can to "cut off" Ghislaine legs with one ,powerfull strike.
"No you dont." When Gideon was about to unleash his attack, Ghislaine spinned around and in just one move, SHE WAS RIGHT BEHIND HIM.
*GULP*
Was all what escaped Gideon throat as he closed his eyes, ready fo-.
He opened his eyes , lying on the ground.
"Wahahaha! How was it going?? You started enjoying winter mud baths or finally went compleatly insane?? HAHA!" Eris laughed, bearly standing on her legs.
"What the hell Ghislaine! I thought we were sparring! I wasnt ready for going to sleep!"
"Well, sorry. I was a bit carried away." She explained, scratching the back of her head.
"And you.. STOP LAUGHING! I HAVE STILL ENOUGH STRENGHT FOR YOU!
"Hahh?? You want to get double beatdown, you clown? Im ready!"
"You little-!" Just when Gideon manage to stand up..
"Okay! Maybe that's enough brutality for toady?.."
The two has been separated by a shorter boy with light brown hair, green eyes and in fancy brown jacket, white shirt, red short trousers and gray boots.
No one other than their teacher,
Rudeus Greyrat.