24 Going Outside

Now:

Dudley is currently in his room a few days after the exercise thinking about how bad he did and what he could have done differently and better even though the people who are training him have tons of experience on him.

*Knock, knock, knock* he hears and he straightens himself on the bed.

"Are you still sulking about what Marimo said to you" Wyllt asks.

"No" Dudley grumbles and he asks another question

"Why was he so mad about it in the first place. It's not like I can't handle myself in the forest. I mean most animals can't even hear me when I walk past them. I get that in the first few months I was here the crawling dungoem plant almost took my leg off but that was the…" Dudley shivered and he looked at Ashura,

"What were we talking about again?" Ashura nods his head in understanding and he says,

"I was going to tell you why Marimo was pissed at you for not taking your weapon with you. During our time in training, we did a similar exercise to what we are putting you through and he almost lost all his limbs because he refused to take his weapon with him even though teacher warned him several times. After that debacle, teacher also put him in the ringer for a while. He also refused to teach him because teacher believed he had grown arrogant of his skills."

"Keep in mind that Marimo was the best of our year so he definitely deserved to have some pride in his abilities. Anyways, we have talked about and we believe you are ready to go outside in your own."

"Really" Dudley asks with excitement.

"Yes, we've assessed your strengths and weakness and we believe it's time for you to go outside " Wyllt says and Dudley begins to shake with excitement.

"But before that, it's time for you to return. Head to Marimo to find your answers" Wyllt says and he walks out the door leaving Dudley puzzled about what he said.

A few days later pass by quickly and we see four people standing behind a bubble like barrier. One of the four approaches the and pulls out a staff from his had and he starts changing while moving his arms. He points the staff towards the barrier and move down. Like a zipper, the barrier follows the staff and opens up slowly.

"Are you ready?" The man with the sword asks the child standing besides him.

"Yes" The child says calmly as if he is not going to a dangerous zone.

"Good" the man lips curl up slightly as he steps back.

"Here" the second man says as he gives the backpack boy an old tattered journal and he whispers in the boys ear.

"And just so you know, you're not the only student this has happened to and you will not be the last and only one. Because we've all went through what you're experiencing when we first heard it." The boy looks up in surprise and the man steps back.

"I still do not get why you're using a backpack when there are more easier ways to carry stuff" The stuff carrying man says finally. The boy smiles and says nothing. The man puts his hand in the birds shoulder and says,

"Take care kid." The boy nods solemnly and says,

"I will."

"Oh, here almost forgot about this" Wyllt says as he digs through his pouch.

"It's a journal that will never run out of paper and this quill will also never run out of ink. Just write your name on it and it's yours. Also you can add different kinds of books to it when you put said book on the journal for about an hour."

"Why does it take so long?" Dudley asks.

"Because I want your experiences in there not, you copying what someone has already wrote. It's also the reason why I made it an hour because I know you would need someone else's knowledge soon. Ask the owner before you copy the book. Trust me, the process will be faster."

Hearing that, Dudley turned to face Ashura and the man nods.

"Now hurry up and go already" Marimo says, making a shooing motion. Dudley smiles, his mood a little bit abated and walks toward the open barrier. He turns around and says

"I'm going" Everyone nods and Dudley steps through the archway. He turns around and sees Wyllt doing what he did before. He was about to wave again when he feels something around his waist.

"Aaaaaaghhhhhh" He screams as he is flung away like team rocket.

"Stupid disciple" Marimo mutters "I always tell you to look at your surroundings when you are at a new place but what did you do when you stepped into a new place, the same stuff I warned you about." Marimo shakes his head as he finishes.

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"Welp, that was new" Ashura says as he turns around and walks towards the house. Marimo and Wyllt look at each other and nod thinking about their first time in there. They also follow behind Ashura to the house.