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Chapter 6
Genko's P.O.V
"Okay Genko today we begin your training!"
"Hai! Granberia-sensei!" I responded snapping a salute. It was some ungodly hour in the morning and we were currently in one of the training rooms in the castle. The place was virtually abandoned. Very few monsters care about honing their skills outside of the bedroom. Speaking of bedrooms, it appears Granberia doesn't remember anything that happened the night before. Which is fine because I chose not to recall the events either, but...
'Damn can she please a girl...' My thoughts began to derail to previous night, a blush forming on my face.
"Hmm? Genko you okay? Your face is red." The reason for my blush rose an eyebrow.
"I-I'M FINE!" I spluttered out. Bad thoughts! I'm supposed to forget that!
Granberia just shrugged, unaware of my inner turmoil. She then became serious.
"Anyway let's begin!"
"Right!" I whipped out my blades and settled into a stance...Only for Granberia to deadpan me.
"What are you doing?" She asked me.
"Uh... Training?" I tilted my head confused. "Aren't you gonna teach me sword techniques or spar or something?"
"No." She stated simply.
"Huh?" Now I'm really confused.
She crossed her arms."You do not need to work on your swordsmanship, its passable. What you do need to work on is your strength, stamina, and endurance. I told you this last night, weren't you listening?"
Ah... I vaguely remember her saying something like that. To be honest everything before certain steamy events is a little fuzzy.
I put away my katanas and dropped a little. "So that means I'm not gonna learn anything new right?"
"Maybe depends on how you look at it, but afterwards once you build up some sufficient muscle, I'll teach you some sword skills." She gave a small smile.
At that I brightened up. "Okay lets hurry up and start!" I grinned.
"Alright come with me." Granberia turned and walked out the room. I followed her eagerly. 'This is so exciting! Getting taught by a Heavenly Knight!' Well, Tamamo did teach me somethings , but she didn't really care for swords. Her training was more of the magical nature. Granberia, on the other hand is known for her frightening skills with the blade! 'This is gonna be so awesome!'
"I'm sorry what?" 'Maybe I heard it wrong.'
I stared blankly at the Fire Knight in front of me. She only looked back amused. Before repeating herself.
"I said run around the perimeter of the castle until I say otherwise."
"Are you serious!" I exclaimed looking at the towering fortress that is the Monster Lord's castle. 'This place is huge! It'l take forever to run around this place!'
Granberia smirked." I never said this training was going to be easy did I?"
'Ah... Thats true, oh well I'm no stranger to hard work! But...
I looked down at the weights on my legs. "Why the weights?"
Her grin remained. "To make the task harder. Your fast, so I slowed you down for the exercise to be more affective."
I nodded. 'A little much, but I understand. What I don't understand is...'
"WHY THE HECK IS SHE HERE!" I yelled. Pointing at a certain purple haired succubus.
"Mou, Gen-chan its not nice to point." Alma scolded me playfully.
I felt my eye twitch and looked to Granberia.
"Alma is here to motivate you to run faster." She replied, still grinning.
"Huh!?"
"She's gonna chase after you and make sure you don't slow down or stop running. If you do and she catches you... Well I don't need to say the rest, do I?"
I paled. 'She wouldn't let that happen would she?'
"Hear that Gen-chan! If you start to slack off I'll have to punish you~"
"Y-Your a s-sadist!" I shouted at Granberia.'I take it back! Screw hard work! To hell with this training!'
"Yeah yeah now start running already!" The sadistic knight commanded.
"You heard her Gen-chan! Get going," Alma vanished in a swirl of wind and appeared behind me." Or don't and let me have my fun~!" She whispered huskily in one of my ears.
"AAAAAHHH!" I screamed and booked it for my life. 'Never again!'
"Ufufufu! She really is a little cutie, isn't she." Alma giggled watching Genko dash off, a comical dust trail being pick up in her wake.
"Well she is amusing at least." Granberia crossed her arms, watching the sight as well.
"Anyway I've got to get things set up for her next challenge, I'll be back in a hour or so." Granberia began to walk back into the castle.
"Oh and what an I supposed to do for an hour." Alma put a hand to her lip, a playful smile adorning her features.
"Im sure you'll have plenty of entertainment with her around. Just don't ware her out too much, Her training for the day is not even close to being finished." Granberia answered, without stopping.
"Ufufufu...Gen-chan's right; you are a sadist Beri-chan~" The Succubus Queen chuckled.
"Don't call me that!" Granberia snapped, whirling around to fix Alma with a glare. Said person only looked back with a smile.
"..."
"..."
"..."
"...Agh! Forget it!" The dragon knight ended the unofficial staring match and stormed off towards the castle.
"Ufufufu! Your rather cute too Beri-chan~!" Alma coed at her retreating figure.
Grumbling could be heard coming form the direction Granberia stalked off in. No one, not even herself noticed the small blushed on her cheeks.
"Now then, to go off to go encourage Gen-chan!" Alma grinned then disappeared.
Genko's P.O.V
"Ha...ha...can't run...anymore..!"
I breathed out panting heavily as I neared the castle entrance for the I don't know how many-th time in a row. I don't know what time it is right now, i'm assuming its noon but I'm not sure and honestly don't particularly care. All I know is I'm about to pass out from all of this 'training'. When she said don't stop slack off, she meant it. Every time I even so much as thought of stopping, I heard that dreaded giggle echo from behind me instantly causing me to perish the thought. Every time I slowed down a little too much for her liking, a wet appendage would drag across the back of my neck, or something would nibble my ear, encouraging me to speed up or else. In short It was torture.
When I finally got to the entrance again, Granberia was waiting for me, which is strange because I haven't seen her since the first lap!
"Good job. You can stop now."
As soon as those words left her mouth I collapsed onto the ground, gasping for air.
Granberia just stood there, waiting patiently for me to catch my breath. After I heaved on the ground for a while I attempted to remove the weights on my legs, until Granberia stopped me.
"Don't. From now on until we complete this training you will wear those weights." She spoke sternly.
I gaped.
'Thats ridiculou-wait...complete?'
"I'm not done!?"
The redhead smirked at my unbelieving expression.
"What? Did you think it was over?" She asked, I nodded numbly. She snorted."That was hardly a warm up!"
'Warm up! Even a centaur girl would keel over after all that running!'
"Come on, Its time to begin the next part of your training." She walked off and I groaned and protested.
"Unless you rather stay out here with Alma?"
"Coming!"
That got me moving. I followed my tormenter-err, teacher into the same training room we were in earlier. As I walked into the room I spotted something peculiar in the middle of room.
"Umm... Whats this?" I asked looking at the very large blade sitting on the ground.
"This is your next exercise. I want you to swing this sword around as you would one of your katanas." Granberia answered.
"What!? That impossible!" I exclaimed, looking at the huge blade again. The thing had to be at 6ft Tall!
Granberia calmly walked over to the blade picked it up with one hand easily, and executed a series of motions so fast I couldn't keep track of. At the end of the sequence, she stuck the blade into the ground and smirked at my unhinged jaw.
"There, not impossible. Now you try."
I numbly walked over to the sword, before placing my hands on its handle.'If she could swing around so easily, its probably not as heavy as it looks!' thinking optimistically, I took a deep breath and pulled with all my might!...
The sword didn't budge in the slightest. I pulled again and again, but it still wouldn't move!
I was breathing hard, glaring at the sword with so much hatred by the time I gave up trying to unearth the blade.
"Ha... Ha.. Ha.. It's impossible..." I heaved out.
"No its not. Didn't the fox teach you anything?" Granberia asked a little confused.
"Whats Tamamo have to do with this!" I shouted out defiantly.
"Nothing..." She sighed. 'Huh!?'
"Until you can pull that sword out of the ground, we can't continue your training. So...tell me when you do." And with that she walked off.
'Oh fine just leave your student! Some teacher you are!' I grumbled to myself watching the Heavenly Knight of Fire walk off.
I looked back at the sword disdainfully.
"There is no way I'll be able to pull out this blade!" I shouted in frustration.
I sat cross-legged on floor for the next couple of minutes trying to think of the reason Granberia is having me do this.
...
...
...
"AGH, THIS IS STUPID!" I raged out loud to no one in particular.
'If she knew I couldn't pick up the damn blade why would she ask me use it!...Unless she didn't know I couldn't pick it up...' I thought back to what she said before.
Flashback
"Ha... Ha.. Ha.. It's impossible..." I heaved out.
"No its not. Didn't the fox teach you anything?" Granberia asked a little confused.
"What does Tamamo have to do with this!" I shouted out defiantly.
"Nothing..." She sighed. 'Huh!?'
"Until you can pull that sword out of the ground, we can't continue your training. So...tell me when you do." And with that she walked off.
Flashback end.
I put a hand to my chin. 'She asked if Tamamo taught me anything, and seemed genuinely confused that I couldn't pick the blade up... But why?' I furrowed my eyebrows in thought. 'What would Tamamo have taught me that would have helped me with this? Magic? The art of the fluffy tail?...I got nothing!'
I glanced over at the sword embedded in the earth...
Wait.
Earth. Tamamo is the Heavenly Knight of Earth... Oh...
I facepalmed.
"The power of the Earth!" Duh!
I got up with newfound energy and walked over to the sword.
"Okay! Let do this!" I closed my eyes and concentrated. Tamamo's words echoed in my head.
Another Flashback
"Feel the Earth, allow it to flow through your body and grant you strength. Let it empower and take your power to new heights!"
Tamamo exclaimed excitedly.
"That sounds stu-Oww!" A young girl rubbed her head from where a purple fan struck it.
"Its not stupid its a extremely powerful asset." The cause of the young girl's pain scolded.
"Maybe you'd like a
demonstration?" The nine-tailed kitsune walked towards the base of a very large boulder.
"Huh? What are you gonna do?" The young black-haired girl asked eyes shinning with curiosity.
Tamamo only smiled in response and tapped the boulder with her knuckle lightly.
...
...
The girl pouted."Nothing happ-"
CRACK
"Wha!?"
The boulder began to crack apart before crumbling to pieces. The little girl gaped at the spectacle that just occurred.
The Heavenly Knight of Earth chuckled at the girl's expression before grinning slyly.
"Still think its stupid Genko?"
The girl snapped out of her stupor, her eyes lit up with the spark of amazement, as I large grin spread across her face.
"That was awesome! It was so cool! You just went...tap! And the boulder went CRACK! And broke into a million pieces! You gotta teach me how to do that!" 12 year old Genko grabbed Tamamo by the shoulders, since their about the same height.
"Alright alright I'll teach you." Tamamo smiled.
"Yessss!" Young Genko fist pumped, her tail wagging behind her excitedly. Elder Kitsune giggled at the girls enthusiasm, before becoming serious.
"Okay now listen up! To use the power of the earth you must become one with nature, you must be able to feel the minerals of the earth and power it holds. You have to be able to recognize Gnome's blessing and the life it supports. Feel the earth and become one with it! Do you understand?"
"Uh...Kinda?" Genko tilted her head, unsure.
"Well, you learn as we go." Tamamo smiled and patted the girl on the head.
"Right!"
Flashback end.
Present
"Become one with the earth...!"
I opened by eyes and grasped the handle of the blade. I felt the power of the earth surge through me as I pulled the blade out of the ground.
'I did it!' Sure, my arms are shaking slightly with weight of the blade, but I still pulled it out!
"Good job Genko."
I turned around to see Granberia standing there with a smile on her face.
"Huh? When did you get here?" I asked her still focusing on holding up the sword. The thing is still heavy even with the power of the earth!
"I never left. I was just waiting for you to get the hint and use the power of the earth to lift the thing." She smirked.
'You couldn't just tell me that from the beginning!' I raged in my head, still focusing on not dropping the blade.
"Now then, even though you are using the power of the earth its still heavy right?" She questioned.
"Yeah... If I lose focus for even a second I'll drop it."
"Well thats because even though you have the powers of the earth you yourself are still lacking muscle."
"I'm sure half if the monsters in the castle couldn't lift this sword!" I tried to defend myself, arms rattling now from the strain.
"Regardless, will fix that with this training. You will use this sword as in place of your own to build up muscle. Once you get the hang of it we'll spar while you use it."
"You want me to fight with this thing!?" I shouted in disbelief. The sword dropped from my hands and somehow embedded itself back in to the ground deeper than it was the first time.
I looked at it blankly, running my sore arms tiredly.
"Eventually. Now pick that sword out of the ground and give me a hundred over head swings!"
'I hate my life...'
"Haa..." I sighed collapsing onto the bed, glad that training was over for today. It was rough to say the least. My legs feel like jelly from the weights, and my arms are sore to the point where bending a finger seems like an unreachable goal. Luckily, Granberia said I didn't have to wear the leg weights to sleep, so I don't have to worry about being immobile in the morning. Also! I got my own room in the castle, so I can avoid being sleep raped by my roommate!
All and though today was beneficial. I know that at the end of this training I'll be stronger than I was before, and that is what matters. I looked up towards the ceiling
"I'm one step closer to reaching my goal..." I yawned, the fatigue from today's events catching up to me.
"I'll avenge you...mother..." Was the last thing I said before falling asleep.
Crimson eyes watched as the young half-blood as she fell asleep, unaware of the other presence in her room.
"I'll avenge you...mother..."
The owner of the eyes smirked a devilish grin upon hearing those words.
"Good...she hasn't forgotten..." The figure spoke, walking up next to the bed.
"Soon... Very soon I will come for you pet..." The figures hand reached down to stroke the sleeping girls cheek. With her touch, a black tattoo came to life under the girls neck, glowing eerily in the dark room.
"After all...I am your master. Ufufu!" The figure giggled and moved her hand away, the tattoo fading back into the girls skin and disappeared in a crimson vortex.
END