"Morning honey," groggily spoke as awoke from my slumber.
"Honey," Ruby asks with a confused look
"Sorry, I was confusing you with someone else," I answer as slowly lift my body out of the bed.
"Who," she asks.
"Someone I known. someone I loved. someone I was willing to die for," I reply to the stunned silence.
"I should get going," I spoke as began walk to the window.
"Don't go," she cries as I step onto the wooden window frame.
"And why would I want to do that," I say in my usual suave tone.
"BECAUSE, I just haven't seen each anything half as advance as you from any of the kingdoms despite your aged appearance, and don't get me started on your two blades." she says in a high pitch voice.
"If you have a thing for tech and for weapons you'll fit in where I come from," I reply as I begin to walk away.
"Why is it a huge city filled full of technological and architectural wonders and you came here out of fear of being replaced by a more advanced model," she says with the fervor of a hungry dog smelling food.
"No. the world I come from is one of decay, death and war in the name of unending conquest. that is the land I come from, the land I helped forge and in turn I was forged by it." I calmly spoke.
"Then how did you get here, if your world is as ruined as you say it is," she says. Her mind full of questions waiting to be asked
"I slayed a monster of machinery and that must have displeased the gods to be banished here," I say as the sound footsteps begun grow.
"Why do you think you were banished to here if where you come from is as bad as you say it is," she says.
"Because it's not the world but the people in it," I say as I charge towards the window and jump out of it.
"Oh shit," I think as I land on one of the support trusts and begin sliding down it.
"What on earth is he doing," I hear Weiss shout, I think. As my feet are engulfed in a shower of sparks. "Well time to add a new set of boots and feet to the list of things I need to make," I say as I start sprinting down the beam. I kick off the column with the force of beast as I near the end of beam. Thankfully the was a well-placed tree read for me to grapple onto as I descend. I land on the hard-concrete path with a slam.
"Wow," a gaggle of students called out as I made my entrance know.
"Rust," I hear Pyrrha calls out.
"Oh, hi Pyrrha," I nervously say as she runs up to me.
"We thought you had left us, already," she says.
"I thought about it but a quick chat with Ruby and Yang changed my mind, made me remember who I'm fighting for," I say as we begin walking.
"Who are you fighting for if you don't mind me asking," she asks her emerald eyes dart around nervously.
"My adopted daughter, Ruka, no nations, no ideals, just her," I say.
"I didn't think someone as brutal as you could have someone to care about,"
"To say that you weren't the first person to tell me that would be the biggest understatement of my life," I chuckle. She nervously smiles at my reply.
"What else do you do," she quietly spoke trying to make small talk.
"I'm what you would call a kenshi, a wandering swordsman, a blade for hire,"
"Oh, so like a mercenary,"
"Yeah but often mercenaries are a part of a group and are trained to fight in squads I however am not. I was trained to be a lone wolf,"
"Who taught you to fight," she asks
"Well my father taught me the basics how to use a blade and the rest I've just picked up over the years, but enough of me who taught you to fight because you have skill you just need more power," I say.
"Sanctum academy it's a combat school in mistral," she says as we arrive at the dorm room.
"You came back," Nora shouts looking up from her small extremely thin book as we enter the room.
"Yeah, why wouldn't I my stuff is still here," I mock.
"But in other news I've got a job that might interest you," I say as both Ren and Jaune turn around to face me.
Now you might be wondering why this isn't after the 25th why is the a chapter well that is because all of my hard work has paid off and I've had a quieter week work wise, so I thought I would I do a chapter early. Thanks for these beautiful people for following or otherwise promoting the series:
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And enjoy pancake day slash Shrove Tuesday or valentine's day depending on when you read this. -Last