CHAPTER 24
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I don't understand how I lost to him. I m %100 sure he was going to do a horizontal slash to right side how did it turn into horizontal slash to left side, I can't understand.
"What, are you curious how a right side slash turn in to left side one?"
It is like he read my mind." Yes, how did you do it."
"It is called a deep faint, usually faint are done while acting like you're going to go for a strike and you start the motion but stop it the next second. This kind of faint you are able to read and you are able to read almost all of the squire's moves too but the kind of faint I just used the kind that changes the center of gravity, you have never seen it. So you are not able to fully understand it."
So it has been 3 years since I started training with my 5x it would be like training for 15 years. I thought I was becoming a sword master but I was too arrogant. There are still many things I need to learn.
"There is something I m curious too. What was the thing you threw to the ground?"
"I call it smoke bomb."
"What is that?"
"I don't want to tell you what it is made out off."
"Why?"
"It is my invention, why should I give it for free?"
It is true I invented the smoke bomb here but the thing I used was not the smoke bomb. The bomb wouldn't even be able to produce the half the smoke I created. What I used was a first level spell called Sambrar ( fog cloud ) that created thick fog. The spells' cast range was really long I could cast it as far as 40 meter ( 130 ft ) and its effect range were 6 meter ( 20 ft ). It was a really useful spell but I never needed to train on it. After I reached 45 mana suddenly I just knew how to cast it and I got a few more like it: Keligon Anogrosa ( stop bleeding ) is a minor healing magic that cauterizes a wound but it does not heal damaged tissue so it won't fix big wounds and even if it fix a wound it will leave a big nasty scar, Inretio (entangle) is a binding spell then can only be used in places with plants because it uses plant to bind people for example if I have only weeds I can at best cause them to trip up but if I have big trees around I can even bind their whole body with roots, Letagon (snare) is similar to inretio but it does not bind with plant, uses pure magic to bind enemies because inretio has limitation in its use it need 5 mana to bind feet and 10 mana for whole body bind but letagon need 10 mana for feet binding and 20 mana for full body bind.
When Rodrik started talking I come out of my deep thoughts.
"It could be really useful in a fight."
"I know it is useful Ser Rodrik that is why I used it."
"Hahah, you cheeky brat at least now you know even this fancy things can't save you if you fare against a competent warrior. As I promised I m going to go and talk with the lord about your passes."
He was going toward the keep why mumbling and laughing by himself. If Lord Stark accepts it I can at last leave the castle and explore around the castle and go hunting, I want to see if I can dominate bigger wild animals other than birds. Just as I was ready to leave the training grounds the Stark children came and saw me. There was Robb, Jon, Sansa and little Arya. Now Arya is 3 years old she would always follows around Robb and Jon if Sansa is the definition of obedient and docile child for Lady Catelyn, Arya is the definition of a highborn beast. She hates everything to do with being a lady. If you make her angry she will bite, claw or climb all over you. Most of the times she will run away from the septa and come to the training ground and watch people spar if she sees one person with a sword her eyes would sparkle.
I started playing with Robb and Jon. Like most of the time we would play tag or spar with our wooden swords but we started using iron training sword since last week. Like always Sansa sits somewhere and watches us play and Arya picks up a branch and tries to copy our movement.
Robb ask with a surprised look " Did you really earned a gate pass? "
" Not yet but Ser Rodrik promised he is going to ask Lord Stark and going to recommend that I get a gate pass. "
" Cool, I would really like to have a gate pass too. "
"Why, didn't the Lord promise you, he would take you guys hunting next month?"
"Ye, but it isn't like we can get out of the castle whenever we want, like you would be able to if you get your gate pass."
" Sometimes I really envy your life. "
"Yee, being a commoner orphan is really a blast, who wouldn't envy my life?"
Robb got flustered, with a embarrassed look on his face said " I m sorry, I didn't mean it like that, you know I didn't mean that, I just meant you are free to choose what you want, you don't have to do anything if you don't want to. "
"No, Robb everyone in life has to do things they don't want to, it is called living. You might think your life sucks because you have to learn a lot of thing and can't do the things you want but. In life there are far worse things than being had to listen to Maester Luwin's lectures for a few hours a day. Do you think the salt wifes in iron island want to be there, do you think people in Essos want to live as slaves. You really should say things like that."
Robb looks at the ground embarrassed and says "You are right about that, I m sorry." I really like this about Robb, he always accepts it if he is mistaken and learn from it.