Out on front of the mansion, Jaune wearing a white tracksuit and his father in a tank top and jogging pants stretches their limbs for some morning jog.
"So father…when you said body building…doesn't that mean more than jogging?", Jaune asks as he stretches.
"Our track lead's us from here to the forge then to the training grounds. There should be weights ready on the training grounds", Alex says as he does jumping jacks.
"That's pretty much the whole estate…ehheheh", Jaune laughed hysterically knowing the torture he's in.
"Keep up with my speed. We should be there by 15 minutes", Alex finishes up on doing warm ups and takes a stance ready to run.
"Ready…Go!", Alex dashed forward and disappeared like a gust of wind.
Jaune was left there lost in thought of what just happened. A second later he snapped to reality upon realization.
Crap I need to catch him. I wont let this same scenario happen again. Was in his thoughts as he dashed forward trying to catch up to his father.
Later that day in the Combat Training, Alex is teaching Jaune how to use the Astral Shield function of his semblance. They are at the courtyard and some of the sisters are watching them.
"Focus son! Imagine the shield in your head, take a feel of where it might be in the real world then apply a burst of Aura to make it into reality", Alex instructions to Jaune.
"I-I'm trying!", Jaune struggles to activate his semblance. Faint flickering figures of force fields shows up around him.
"Clear your thoughts don't force it"
"Huuuuuuu…", Jaune tried his best to get the Astral Shield out.
"Well if you can't do it if you're calm let's try something else…"
"What is it da-", before Jaune could even finish his sentence a dagger suddenly came flying towards his face.
This sudden event made Jaune close his eyes. He hears a loud clang on the ground. As he slowly opens them, he gets astounded at the glowing yellow shield that surrounds him.
"Great! What you are thinking now, remember it! That is the fastest way you can invoke the Astral Shield", Alex raised a thumbs up to Jaune.
After that statement, a hand slapped Alex on the back of his head.
"Aw!", Alex grabbing his nape. Turning around he see his wife Helen.
"Do you want to kill our son? That was too dangerous!", with her hands on his sides Helen started scolding his husband.
"Cmon hun it worked! Besides I can summon a remote Astral Shield if he failed", Alex explains his reasoning to Helen.
"That is way too reckless! If that's how're gonna do things I'll make Noir teach him!"
"Hey hey…no need. Don't panic. I got this. I promise I wont do something similar again!"
"You promise? If you lie I wont cook for you for a month"
After lunch, the combat training resumes and now focuses on fighting techniques. Jaune and Alex does sparring with wooden training weapons, Jaune wielding a wooden sword and shield, Alex using a wooden mace.
"Me see your stance!", Alex orders Jaune.
Jaune assumes the stance he is most comfortable with. His shield positioned upright up his front and his sword positioned ready to swing on his side.
"The way you hold you shield is wrong!", Alex approached Jaune.
He tilted the shield so that the pointy edge is pointed at Jaune's elbow.
"The correct way to hold a shield is point the pointy edge to your elbow then hold the shield vertically. With this technique, the force of the impact will be distributed to your whole body not just your arm. The way you hold the shield is optimal for bucklers, but it isn't appropriate for the likes of a Kite shield"
After Alex corrected Jaune's technique. The training went on. The things taught by Alex was how to deliver fast and deadly blows on the enemy. Noir's focuses more on reading her opponent's movement and outsmarting them.
These trainings went on every single day without stop. Some days Jaune would almost give up barely standing and puking meals he have eaten.
