Chapter 10: A Spar

Chapter 10: A Spar

[Bonus Chapter]

"Fifteen minutes." Nathan muttered.

"You may start at any time you want." Alisha remained still.

Nathan took a deep breath, trying to find his rhythm. Fenrir also prepared himself. His current form wasn't enough to deal with Alisha, so he had to get serious.

However, there was one miscalculation that anyone could make regarding Nathan. It was the fact they never expected that his first move was to turn around and run.

Yes, he was running away.

"!!!" All of them widened their eyes in disbelief. Did he just run away?

Alisha said he needed to last for fifteen minutes. In that case, the best way to achieve it was to run.

"Where are you going?" Alisha hurriedly chased after him.

"When fighting against an opponent much stronger than me, it's better to run away!" Nathan shouted without turning back.

"Hahahahaha!" Vivian was laughing out loud. As she expected, Nathan's way of thinking was surely different.

"Wait. You can't run away! Your assignment is to fight me!" Alisha wanted to use her power to speed up, but Nathan surprised her again by stopping.

"What? So I can't run away?"

"Yes. We'll be polishing your hand-to-hand combat, so we have to fight. Running away is indeed the correct move in a life-and-death battle, but this is only a spar." Alisha shook her head helplessly. She felt like she was being played with.

And that was when Nathan's strike came. "I see. If I can't run away, then..."

All of a sudden, Alisha felt danger coming from behind. She hurriedly turned around, wind forming around her left hand.

"Waaf!" Fenrir let out a small roar, which neutralized the wind around her hand. He came with an open mouth, trying to bite her arm.

Alisha knew perfectly how powerful that biting strength was, so she threw herself to the side, causing her to fall.

That was why Nathan pointed at Fenrir and said, "When you used your wind yesterday, I ended up asking him how to do something like that. I tried imitating him yesterday."

"Are you serious?" Alisha gasped.

Even Vivian came over and asked, "You imitated him? Do you understand what you're saying?"

"Yes?" Nathan tilted his head in confusion.

"I told you earlier that the academy will be teaching you how to control your Ena, right? Looking at you being able to move your Ena already... Are you a genius?"

"What's wrong? Is that not normal?" Nathan's face was innocent as if he were completely clueless about it. Meanwhile, he also added inwardly, 'Yes. This is it. I'll just make them think I'm a genius or something. If it doesn't work, I can always say that it might be because my compatibility with beasts is high that I'm able to do it. It's a perfect excuse if I fail when they ask me to learn something.'

"It took me three days to be able to control my Ena." Vivian slapped her forehead before saying, "If you are like this, I might have to change my plan."

"Plan?"

"Yes. Having power is necessary, but don't be drunk with your power, or it'll be over for you. That's why I want you to solve your own problem without relying on me. Of course, I'll answer any questions you have as your teacher. You are a smart boy, so you can come to me if you think that problem is too big for you to handle. I want you to be independent."

"Does that mean I have to hide the fact that I'm your disciple?"

"No. If someone asks, you can tell them that you're my disciple. But there's no need to explicitly declare that you are my disciple to all people you meet."

"Oh." Nathan nodded.

Vivian turned to Alisha. "I'll change the schedule. Instead of training hand-to-hand combat for two hours in the morning, use one hour to teach him how to properly control Ena. After that, divide the schedule for him to study more about summoners as well as etiquette."

"Etiquette?" Nathan pointed at himself dumbfoundedly.

"You're my student, so people will know you sooner or later. It's better to have you learn etiquette so that people don't see you like an outcast." Vivian waved her hand while turning around. "Take care of him, Alisha. I'll go back first."

"Yes, Mistress."

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[A/N: Wow, you guys are awesome. We've got 60 power stones in 3 days even though there are only a few of us here. I really appreciate it. Here is another chapter for you guys.]