"Stand like this... Keep the centre of your body balanced" Master got into a strange stance which involved balancing your body
I imitated the stance and held on to my daggers
"Dont fall." She said
Confused I looked over at her to see what she meant, and she was gone
"M-Master... How long do I have to stay like this? Master!?"
Without saying anything, master left me in this position
***
I lost track of time, but it was starting to get dark, my legs were trembling and I could no longer feel them. I was about to drop when all of the sudden
"Well done." Said master
"M-Master... Can I drop down now..." I asked
"Hm... Okay" She said
In that instant, I was about to fall over backwards when all of the sudden, my body subconsciously rotated while keeping the stance, causing me to stay standing
"Eh? What was that, that was so coo-"
Suddenly, pain started surging through my legs which caused me to fall over either way
"Before learning a stance, you must find balance. Tomorrow will be more stance training."
"Yes..."
***
I walked wobbly back home, my legs felt like a small breeze would be enough to push them
Instead of getting a carriage, I would just cast furtim and levite to fly home, while making sure that there was no one watching
While the nice fresh breeze continued to hit me as I flew in the sky, I started talking to myself
"Come to think of it... we"ve been in this mansion for 6 days already... I guess the super soft beds are whats keeping everyone there. But after school starts we"ll all move in to the dorms so, might as well just enjoy as much of it as I can for now."
It didn"t take long for me to reach the mansion. I deactivated levite and deactivated furtim, and walked inside
"Welcome back, esteemed guest" Said one of the maids
"Thank you, how is everyone?" I asked
"The young master is still in her room, as for your two friends, Serena and Ariel, they are behind the gates" She said
Hm, then how comes I didn"t see them? Well I guess I flew over the gates...
"Hm, I didn"t get to see them..."
"Shall I go call them for you?" She asked
"No it"s fine, let them continue their training, I have other matters to attend to." I replied
"Very well"
She"s rather young for a maid, still in her teens. If I remember correctly her name was...
"Thank you, mrs tao!"
The maid seemed surprised by something, did I get her name wrong?
I"m a little busy now, so I"ll just ask next time
Without wasting any time, I went straight to eleanor"s room.
"How do I do this..."
As I stood in front of her door, I tried thinking of a way to get in
Maybe I should invent a spell which allows me to phase through objects? Haha that"s a funny joke. If it fails I"ll be stuck in a wall
"Hm... Do I cast silentium and furtim and just slowly enter... Hmm I might go with that."
I cast silentium, and furtim and concealed my presence as much as I could
I then slowly opened the door to her room and walked inside
What I saw, left me speechless
The lights were off, but the room was lit up by a bright light. It was coming from under the blankets of her bed
The room was big, there were many things that stood out, but none of them grabbed my attention, or rather, I was more interested in what that light was
As I got closer, I could hear Eleanor muttering something, it sounded like a spell
"Hujus luminis fons sit amet meis offero pro viribus obire hostes arma lucis." Translation: Spirits of the light, be one with my magic flow, i offer my power in exchange for swords of light to strike down my enemies.
She"s chanting? And why... Why can I understand every word?
[do you want power?]
Wh
"Advanced Holy Light magic: lux gladio"
The moment she said that, The light which was coming from under the blanket, took shape of swords. 5 Swords of light were formed right above the blanket
At the same time, she got lifted up the blanket and got up
"I did it!" She shouted with an excited expression
She was in her pyjamas. Her golden blonde hair which always silky straight was now a bit messy and her oceanic blue eyes now had dark circles under them.
"`I finally did it..." she muttered once more
She got up from the bed and the light swords dispersed
I see... She"s been practising all this time... if she needed help why didn"t she just ask us?
"I have to get stronger... I can"t keep relying on those 3 all the time, I need to stop being so useless" She said as she clenched her fist
"Useless? Who said you were useless?" I accidentaly blurted out
"That voice... John!?"
c.r.a.p...
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"Sir kurt" Said the head maid
"yes?"
"I noticed John standing in front of eleanor"s room"
A smile was formed on kurt"s face when he heard this
"So that means the plan will soon start... The plan to get John engaged to Eleanor..." Kurt muttered
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"Atchoo..." let out serena as she sneezed
"Is it too cold for you?" Ariel asked
"Hm? Ah no, not really... I have a bad feeling for some reason..." Said Serena as she looked towards the mansion
"if serena has a feeling, then we start heading back to the mansion, besides, john is back." Said Ariel
"Hm? How do you know?" Serena asked
"Ah, I learnt a new spell. It allows me to feel other people in the area through the wind. I felt something descend from the sky, and only john can do that so..."
"Ariel..." Serena muttered
"Y-Yeah?" Ariel replied
"You"re amazing, let"s head back and see if everything is fine."