Chapter 10

Horkeukamui stood in place as the sun began to set in the background in an open field. He was doing this because he was waiting for Felicia to come so that he could help train her when it came to using her ice powers. However, the black and gray furred wolf was not about to go easy on the maid once they started their training. This way he could see if she truly needed his help or not since he figured human's limits with magic were quite different then that of any beastman who could use magic.

While he stood in place his right ear twitched when he heard the sound of running footsteps heading towards him. He then saw the lavender haired woman as she ran up to him as she said, "I'm sorry to keep you waiting, Kamui. Lord Corrin needed my help with something before I left."

"It is fine. And now that you're here we can begin." The beastman replied while he crossed his arms in front of his chest. Once she stood in front of him he added, "But before I train you I need to see how strong your ice magic is currently."

"Um okay. So what do you want me to do?" Felicia asked with a nervous smile on her face.

"What I want to do is for you to show me exactly how strong your control over your powers is. Once I see that then we go from there." The anthro wolf explained while he saw her nod in her understanding.

His golden eyes sternly watched the young woman as she took a breath of air before she closed her eyes and focused. After she did this Horkeukamui saw a cold mist form around the two of them and the open field. Once this happened a mix of wind and snow began to blow from out of nowhere. However, the wolf beastman could tell that it only seemed to be happening in small bursts every now and than. And whenever it did not occur there was only a thick mist that would surround them.

This prompted the wolf's eyebrows to narrowed as he thought to himself, "Is this truly the best she can do? It seems she was not lying when she had said her powers were not well controlled. But perhaps there is another way for her to improve." The black and gray furred wolf closed his eyes for only a second before he reopened them and unleashed his own ice magic. It easily blow away what the maid had made, but as he stood perfectly still he instructed in a loud voice, "Alright that's enough! I've seen the extend of what you can do. And honestly it is exactly what I was expecting. However, it is fine because now I want to see how good you are at fighting under harsh environments. So all you have to do is try and locate me in this snowstorm, and than hit me with one of your daggers."

Felicia held her left arm in front of herself to stay standing as she muttered out loud, "W-Wow, I could tell when I met him that he was good with using ice magic. But I never expected him to be just as strong as my Father. Actually he might even be stronger then him. And now he wants me to try and hit him with a dagger in this weather?" She proceeded to let out a sigh while she grabbed a Steel Dagger and continued with, "Well, whatever works I guess..."

The young woman then squinted her light blue eyes in an attempt to make out the muscled beastman. And so she took a few steps forward and to the right before she could barely make out a shadowy figure off in the distance. Upon perhaps finding him Felicia threw the dagger hoping that it would hit. To her shock nothing seemed to happen at first which caused her to hold her breath as she asked herself, "D-Did I hit him? I-I'm pretty sure I did."

After a few seconds had passed the maid's eyes widen in shock when she saw the snowstorm quickly vanish revealing the beastman a few steps past where she thought he had been at. She let out a heavy sigh as she assumed she had missed him, but once she had started to walk up to him she saw her dagger was inside his left arm with a small amount of blood flowing out of it.

Seeing this caused the young woman to panic as she grabbed a Mend Staff and said, "Oh Kamui, I'm sorry I hit you. Don't worry though I'll take care of that injury right away."

And upon reaching the anthro wolf she pulled out her dagger before she lifted her staff into the air. Once she did a flash of light shined from the orb on the top of it. After this happened a green outline formed on the beastman, and with seconds his injury had been healed. Felicia though wanted to make sure there weren't any other injuries that required using a stronger staff. But when she found none she let out a sigh of relief before she said, "Phew, I'm glad I didn't hurt you too badly, Kamui."

When she looked up at the wolf's face though she was taken aback seeing a impressed look on his features while he remarked, "That was quite surprising. I did not think you were going to be able to locate me, none the less actually strike a blow on me."

Hearing this caused the maid to become embarrassed while she replied, "Well, what I can I say. I guess I just got lucky is all."

"No. I do not believe luck had anything to do with it. I think you somehow knew I was not actually standing where you thought you had seen the outline of myself. Therefore you mentally curved your aim to the left without knowing it." Horkeukaumi explained still with an impressed look on his face.

"That's very nice of you to say, Kamui. But as you could see my powers with my tribe's ice magic is still very weak." Felicia admitted before letting out a defeated sigh.

To her surprise she felt a large furry hand place itself on one of her shoulders when the beastman told her, "Yes, you're powers are not the greatest. However, I believe you are already an excellent fighter without using those abilities."

"Thank you, Kamui." Felicia let out, before she suddenly gasped. She then began to run back the way she came while she added in a shout, "Oh, sorry to just take off like this, Kamui. But I just remembered that I had some more chores to do around the house. I'll see you later."