Hey guys! Back with another chapter. Last chapter, I forgot to say something in the author's note, I am actually writing this on my phone. Which is weird for me since I'm used to writing Jeanne's Faction on my pc. This sadly means that I will not put in as much effort in this fic as my other ones. And to those here that also read Jeanne's Faction I will warn you guys that the next update might take some time. My pc broke down and I will not write on my phone since it is my most popular fic and I want to give it my all. And to the guest that tried to flame me, I want you to know that you will always be in my heart as the first flame I ever got. *Sheds a tear* Sorry guys, this is just a very important moment for me. I love you, Guest. Excuse my happiness at being flamed by the totally unexpected Guest that flames every SI fic. Anyway, on with the chapter. Enjoy!
"Harder! Faster!"
"For fuck's sake shishou, I'm thrusting as best as I can! And stop it with those God damned innuendos!"
"Well, I guess you will never satisfy my expectations, will you!"
"What!?"
His thrusting increased in speed, strengh and precision. The poor training dummy had multiple holes pierced into it. The normal spear Liam held in his hands moved with an unnatural ferocity for the modern age.
A fitting style for the newest wielder of Gae Bolg, his purple-haired teacher stood to the side and randomly threw things to motivate him. Considering that she once threw a drying machine at him while he was laying on the ground from exhaustion, he worked as hard as he could until she said he could stop.
He thrust at specific parts of the dummy. Head, heart, stomach, tendons, every single place that would either be fatal or debilitating. The wind whistled as his spear moved through the air. He continued his training, sometimes dodging whatever his teacher got to launch at him. His speed and strengh reached their peak.
"HAAAAAA!"
The spear cut right through the head, the wind produced by the slice sped across the air to cut a tree in half, and the one after it, and the one after that one, and so on.
"YES! I cut a tree in half without touching it. I'm on my way to becoming a shounen anime protagonist. Or is it just that I'm an SI? Hmm, food for thought."
His teacher walked up to him with a smile.
"You've improved a lot in just a few months. I think you're ready to use Gae Bolg now. Now that you have mastered the spear, it is time to learn rune magic. Follow me, young padawan."
Her student sighed and said mournfully.
"I'm starting to regret making you watch Star Wars."
Five minutes laaater.
"HOW THE FUCKING SHIT IS THIS GOING TO TEACH ME TO USE RUNES!?"
Explosions rang out from the small clearing they had went to start his lesson. Scathach had decided that the best way to start teaching him was to show him rune magic's destructive power.
Sadly, she decided to use him as target practice at the same time.
One year after Liam's arrival.
"You have learnt everything I had to teach you and whatever you need to teach yourself. As such, I give you my blessing, you may go and have your own adventure."
Liam looked at the woman he had come to know as a friend. He smiled gratefully, but he knew his teacher well by now. He knew that the moment he would leave, she would fall back into her old routine of brooding and wishing she was able to die.
So he did what the heroic spirit inside of him should have done long ago. He held out his hand to his teacher.
"Come with me, shishou."
She looked at him, surprised, and for the first time in a long time, she drew a true smile on her face.
"No, I can't. I would love to join you in your adventures, but first you need to make your own path."
Liam sighed regretfully and grinned. He knew she loved it when he did that feral grin of his.
"Okay then, but just so you know, next time we meet I will convince you to go out with me."
His teacher smirked.
"Oh yea-"
Liam suddenly leaned forward and kissed her straight on the lips. He held her like that for a few minutes, Scathach melting into his arms and returning the kiss full force.
When Liam finally let go, they were both out of breath and blushing. The reincarnated hero smirked.
"You were saying?"
She glared heatedly at him, her face still red. Multiple lances appeared over her head and launched at her student. He laughed while he dodged all of them and ran away.
Her scowl slowly vanished as she smiled in the direction her student had gone.
'You better not die before we meet again, dumbass.'
Liam
'Daaaamn, well that was kind of stupid.'
Thought Liam to his only other friend in this world.
'Yes it was, but at least it gave her some will to live.'
Cú Chulainn responded with enthusiasm. In his time, his teacher had yet to lose the will to live. Which meant that he couldn't do anything to help her, since nothing was wrong.
'So, what are you planning to do now, kid?'
The nineteen year old thought over his options.
'Well, we don't really know in what part of the storyline we were placed in. So, our best bet is to go to somewhere or someone that is deeply intertwined with the timeline. I really do not want to travel go Kuoh, so there is one option that we should take above all others.'
His friend raised an eyebrow as he floated next to him in an astral form.
'And what would that be?'
The host of the Irish Heracles suddenly stopped in a large clearing. It seemed mundane enough, except for the large magic circle drawn in the middle.
'I recognise the positioning of the runes in this, it's a teleportation circle. But where does it lead to, I wonder?'
Cú Chulainn looked at the occult circle, he was perplexed about the amount of evil forbidden runes placed to determine the destination of the circle. He looked at his host.
'There is only one place that would require so much evil runes to be added to the circle. That place is not one that people go to for a simple journey. You will have to fight beasts that are so evil that their sole presence on the mortal world would cause pandemonium. Are you sure you want to enter this place?'
Liam snorted and stepped inside the glowing system of runes.
"I've been trained by Scathach of Dun Scaíth and her most succesful student. If anyone can survive Hell, it's me."
We're done for this chapter. YAY! Holy shit my fingers are dead. As always fav, follow, and review. I feed on those.
