Little did Akko know, but new times awaited her at Wedinburgh Castle, a renewed training by the hands of whom she had no idea would be yet another renewal of the training from before, which on the day of Ursula's visit so far she had only been to give a news about what the legend was and how it could end up materialising in addition to the dangers of the lord of Appleton possessing not only the spirit of Ganondorf but also one of the parts of the triforce.
The day was about to dawn, but soon Kagari receives a surprise visit to her room, being woken up by the astrologer Ursula Callistis who appeared in her room, already to start what would be the training of Hyllian de Luna Nova, preparing her for what was to come ahead, the sleepy girl gets up from the bed facing a face she was not used to, even seeing blurred noticing that it was a familiar face, but when recovering her vision she notices that it was just another familiar face.
"Mrs Ursula Callistis? What are you doing here? Why have you woken me so early? Is there an important star I should see?" Asks the confused and sleepyAkko who was yawning from sleep still.
"It's nothing like that Akko, from now on I'll be training for the dungeons and what's to come, I talked a lot with the queens and they said it's important for you to train with someone more similar in style" Said the woman with glasses which made the brownish woman even more confused.
"What do you mean I don't understand anything? You're an astrologer, what is it about me? Strange you" said the confused Atsuko.
"Soon you will find out, now get up from that bed and let's start training, you are the hope of Hyrule, the danger of Ganondorf will be contained with you, you are the one who will save us all, but anyway, come on, I'll see you in the kitchen when you go to eat, as soon as you eat we will start your training" Said Mrs Callistis.
The crimson-eyed girl was soon starting to get ready for the day ahead, doing her personal hygiene and also going to the kitchen where she was eating a breakfast to start the day off in style and mood.
When she finished eating she followed Ursula to the soldiers' courtyard where training usually took place with Queen Laura who was sleeping at the moment, just like the princesses, which soon Akko could notice that she was more alone in the midst of everyone.
"There's no one around, the princesses who used to train with me aren't here, nor is Queen Laura, so it's just going to be us?" Said the confused Kagari.
"Exactly, first of all the beginning of the training will be a warm-up, so start stretching and then you will go out to run around here, it will be fifty laps, after that I want you to do push-ups and sit-ups, it's practically the same thing that Queen Laura trained you, so you should already know it well" Explains Ursula.
"Oh and how do I know, just remembering my body is already sore, jeez ... This way I'm going to be completely dry, she's still too heavy, but in a way it helps" said Hyllian of Luna Nova who takes a deep breath.
Akko begins to stretch, but also having the help of the astrologer who is pulling the girl's joints even more to the limit, which she is making many expressions of pain due to that exaggerated, but that was a help to improve Atsuko's flexibility that was already very good, quite different from training with Queen Laura where there was no such part of stretching having a help, it was all straight at once.
She was soon preparing herself because there was still more to come, with the part of training with the
warm-up, running fifty laps, more than the twenty she used to do, which was already going to tire much more than before, but even so until Kagari could handle it since she was used to the twenty laps from before.
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Already doing the first part of the training with the warm-up, she starts the next part, the crimson-eyed one is taken to a target practice by the astrologer who takes the girl to a place that seemed quite common so much so that this target practice was common for her to do normally.
"Am I going to shoot at a target? But I already do that normally" said the brownish one.
"But here it is different, you will see, first of all I want to see your accuracy with the boomerang, you need to learn to perfect this object that is in your hand, it will be necessary for your journey, some targets will be impossible to paralyse, besides it is good for hitting buttons in unreachable places" Said Mrs Callistis advising Hillian de Luna Nova.
And there was Akko starting to put that part of the training into practice, only that it began to differ, the moment she throws the boomerang the targets are moving and so she even gave a smile when she noticed the astrologer's intention to make things more difficult, which she was already starting to act, launching once again predicting the route of the targets and even hitting one of them which was getting more accomplished.
"Ah so that was the different part, we were going to this part of the training with Mrs McLaren, she talked about moving the targets, it looks like you started that before she even did it" Atsuko said.
"I want to see your accuracy improve, it's good to practice with the boomerang because it has a very good range and you will still use it a lot in dungeons, there are really annoying enemies there that once you have this thing in your pocket they can stand still and not bother you at all besides obviously being good temporary statues since they stay still for 30 seconds" Explains Ursula.
In this way Kagari continued to throw the boomerang, picking up more of the movement pattern, even playing predicting where to go, which was the goal of stopping all targets at once in thirty seconds and there were precisely eight of them moving which until then she could only stop a maximum of three in the meantime.
After a while practicing that way, the training changes to a bow, only without being that of Claiomh Solais, but a common one which was already the standard for Laura McLaren to train Hillian de Luna Nova, which she was already having more difficulties with the targets moving.
"Now it will be difficult, I still have difficulties wielding this thing, even if I have more practice it is still difficult to aim, without having the light that comes out of my magic bow, but I understand that I have to improve the aim in the common" Said the girl who went there continuing to practice showing how she can still hit one target or another, even with the difficulties.
"Look it's not as bad as you think it is, I know that looking at it based on other people ends up being a factor that catches a lot, but believe it or not you have skill with it, if you act with your eye as if it were the sight of your normal bow that's what has to get into your head" Said the astrologer.
And it was with this idea in mind that it was the wayAtsuko was training, she used her crimson lenses to guide herself as if she had a light pointing to the target, in addition to concentrating to take the various targets taking the arrows she saw and gradually improving, even if she missed several targets, it was evident that even without a sight the girl was an excellent archer.
Over time that part of the training came to an end, which showed that with weapons in this way there was good progress on the part of Hyllian de Luna Nova, so another part of the training that she did not expect to have.
"This here is a part to test your shield, you can also use it to slither around, especially when the terrain is smoother and more slippery, don't waste time with a path that has nothing much walking, go sliding that is faster" Said Mrs Callistis,
"Wait that's a Chariot Du Nord move! She already demonstrated it when she visited the village of Luna Nova, I remember her sliding with the shield is very cool, do you know it too? Have you met Shiny Chariot?" Said the girl with her crimson eyes shining like rubies.
"Oh yes, she was a good friend of mine before she disappeared, but of course before you start, come with me, I need to train you with a different type of board, lighter than the shield, but it's the same teaching, by the way take off your boots you will get very wet" Said the astrologer.
With Ursula Akko was going out to the part of the castle where there was a small lake, there with an improvised wooden board, the girl was taking off her boots and having one of her ankles tied to that, which she was strange everything, but soon she was entering the water and the astrologer soon did the same thing with another board.
"Well this is best done on the beach of Hyrule, but as it is extremely far away then the way is to train here, I will still show you how to make waves, but first of all you have to balance standing on it, I will show you how to do it, after all it is good to have the balance here in the water which is the smooth surface that best imitates some mudflats that you will still find, especially in the dungeon that I recommend going last because it is just inside Appleton's territory" Said Mrs Callistis.
"And how do we do it and why is there this thing tied round our ankle, is it to hold us up?" asks the confused Atsuko.
"I'll show you, sitting like this is a comfortable position, take a paddle like this lying down just to get a little boost and then you get up like I'm doing, little by little you will have the balance to stand on this thing, just go trying when you stand up you will see a whole new world, who knows one day we can go together to Hyrule beach? There it can be fun to have fun, when summer comes back it will be perfect" Said the astrologer who was demonstrating to Kagari how to do it.
The crimson-eyed one takes a deep breath and begins to imitate the steps and was already enjoying the effect of moving, kind of swimming and gaining speed in the water, but when it came time to get up she knelt on the board and when she went to balance to stand she ended up losing her balance falling backwards into the lake water and thanks to the board she does not sink what was swimming back to the surface and leaning on the board inflating her cheeks.
"This is harder than it looks, Chariot makes it look easy, so do you" said the frustrated brown woman.
"Just practice and you'll soon get it, it will help you a lot on the way" said Mrs Callistis.
And there went Akko starting to try more often, she did not give up, but it was tumbles and more tumbles always falling into the water, getting wet all the time while she was watching how the older woman did and trying to get more idea, which was soon copying the way to do.
It didn't take long and soon Atsuko was able to stand on the board and for her it was a wonderful feeling, she felt like she was Chariot herself having a vision of her slipping with the shield standing in the middle of a muddy hill, that scene that had inspired her she could feel the same feeling after so much trying to imitate, she could stand without taking falls.
"I did it! I did it! Mrs Ursula, I did it!" Said the smiling and excited Atsuko, who was happy that she was finally able to stand up.
"That's what I wanted to show you, now just practice standing up longer, I'll make it a little harder and add waves to simulate more of the movement you will do exactly as it is in the sea" Callistis said.
With the astrologer's magic it was possible to simulate waves that managed to make a wave movement and in that Kagari was trying to balance and noticing that the speed increased and was kind of swinging on top of that thing what the older one was seeing the potential of the girl who was on top of that with a huge smile on her face, when she realised that she was able to support herself with a tranquility until enormous, after trying so hard, but with the most intense waves there was no way to hold on and she even fell what returned to the surface laughing.
"Mrs Ursula this is too much fun! How come nobody knows about this thing before? I've never seen it done on Arcturus beach, that's because we rarely went there and we always looked at the ocean with fear, but this here has opened up a huge range of options, I can't wait for summer to come back again and be able to do this" Said the smiling and happy girl with crimson eyes, which were shining like rubies and soon the princesses and the queen were also arriving to observe everything.
"What are you teaching Akko? Is it that shield support from Chariot? When I went through the mud before the tower I went with a sled I made myself, you're crazy to try to do it that way" Majesty said.
"Wow, that's charming" said Princess Diana, who admired the smile and laughter of the warrior who was even jumping some of the waves and when she came back upright she was enchanted.
"Did you see that Mrs Ursula, I jumped on the bandwagon! That's one of the things I enjoyed most about training" said the bouncy Hyllian of Luna Nova.
"Well, we'll train like this for a while so you can get your balance, but then it will be the last part of the training that involves combat, but you already know how it is" said Mrs Callistis.
That part of the training was the one that most entertained Kagari, the shine in her eyes was very noticeable, even the three royal girls were stopping to watch so captivating and even the way she was risking more in the midst of the waves that were intense, she did not seem to give up wanting to go up and back to the board, she always came back with a smile on her face.
Risking even some acrobatics jumping the false waves made by the Astrológa who used her magic and even impresses the queen a lot for seeing such technique of the girl of Luna Nova.
"This is really impressive, I'm sure she has experience in this or was inspired a lot by... She was inspired by Chariot, it was a great decision to train her like that, I want to see after she comes out of the water with her body beaten like that" said Majesty McLaren.
"Wow, she really liked doing this, it looks really cool, then mum could make us learn this thing" Hellene said.
"Oh no, that's not going to be useful for anything, it's better to learn other things, why slip up in combat like that? We are not the Chariot" said Diana.
"Oh, I liked her, she was all stylish, I miss her around the kingdom, after she left...". She was unfairly persecuted for what she did" said the youngest McLaren.
"Girls we can have fun for this, I thought it was a good idea, then we can think about training this thing that Chariot invented, I mean ... Ursula is teaching Akko" said the queen rubbing the back of her head.
"I'll remind you all the time mum, I want to learn that too" said the excited rugrat looking delighted at that.
"Is it because of Akko or because she is looking at the board in the water?" She teases her older sister and the younger one simply doesn't react.
"I don't know what you mean by that sis, but look how radical, how cool, she's jumping waves out of the water, is there a place that does that? I really wish I could do it without magic, jump the water like it was something I don't know" Said the impressed McLaren.
"You two stop arguing there and let's go to your training, it's not because I woke up later that you're going to stay out, time to stretch" Said the majesty to her two daughters,
"Okay mum..." The two girls say and Hellene even looks at Diana in a strange way, a little worried, but already thinking of something more suspicious of the older girl's reaction.
(Why is my sister like this? Does she really think I would marryAkko like that? I am no competition to her, these silly cíumes of hers, I can already tell that she has an interest in Akko and does not want to admit it, I think I'm going to have to talk to Marianne to help things with the two, or else they will be in this for years and years, I'm sure I felt a very strong chemistry between these two, my little sister is in love, but does not want to admit it).
After a while training in the waves Akko is called by the astrologer and walks out of the lake half wet, but with her eyes shining looking at the water still with a feeling of euphoria, while also seeing the two princesses running and soon she was drying herself with a towel in her hair.
"They woke up too, it seems they are still training, good to know" Atsuko said.
"Yes, they are, now come on, time to train your combat, I think I was silly to make you get wet, but there is a reason, this outfit that is heavier with water, now come on, show what you have against me" Said Ursula with a sword in hand.
"Ah, it's okay, now that I've realised I'm heavier, but that won't stop me" said Kagari, still feeling confident.
"Concentrate and show your best, don't take it lightly, even though I'm an astrologer I know how to handle a sword very well, don't think it will be so easy" said the older woman.
"I know you won't, I'm surprised you even know how to fight Mrs Ursula" said the crimson-eyed one.
And there went the two beginning a combat, where evidently with the weight in the clothes Akko became heavier and with the compromised mobility, which could not attack very well against the mysterious astrologer who was going in the most guaranteed in combat with enormous ease.
Even the two princesses were impressed by the ease with which Ursula demonstrated the movements, it was something so impressive that even they knew they could lose to a woman like that which the warrior of Luna Nova was losing many of those combat training against the eldest, but did not seem to show the same expression of face that had with the queen, what the majesty realised and much.
(I knew the best thing for Akko was to bring this woman back to the sword to help her with her training, she has a huge admiration for Chariot, I know this can help a lot, Ursula will be very good for Akko to become the best warrior Hyrule has ever seen, I'm sure of it, she's even smiling even though she always loses, it even seems like they know each other from a long time, I knew a connection like that would be special).
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After Akko's training she was exhausted, but still showed a smile on her face and a lot of disposition, already going to talk a little with the mysterious astrologer who was also a little tired, even impressed with the vigour that the youngest had to endure so much to stay training.
"Wow, girl you really don't get tired for nothing, I love to see that you can handle a lot, good to know" Ursula said.
"I don't know, you're very strange Mrs Ursula, it seems like I've known you for a long time, you're all like Chariot! Your manner reminds me of her when I saw her, she said she promised one day to bring me to meet the stars, that I could be a great warrior with that captivating voice, did you meet her?" Said the delighted Atsuko.
"She was a great friend of mine, I got along very well, we practised a lot with the sword and everything, I learned everything to be a better warrior with Chariot... But after she ran away it was very sad..." said Mrs Callistis.
"Why did this have to happen? Will you explain it to me?" asks the confused Kagari.
"Well that was 9 years ago, Chariot was a renowned warrior of the kingdom of Wedinburgh, the queens right hand practically, but an accident happened, in a presentation she was doing for the whole city, she demonstrated her witch powers and how they could enchant, right here in Wedinburgh, but the presentation went very wrong, when bombs exploded, it was supposed to be just part of the presentation one by one, but it seems that someone sabotaged her performance and it ended up causing destruction everywhere, the town wanted Chariot's head for what happened, because people died in that explosion, from her wreckage, even she herself was injured and since then she ran away and never came back, the news even spread all over Hyrule and today she is not welcome anywhere, wanted as a murderer... Even if it wasn't her" Said the astrologer explaining more about the incident with the Chariot.
"I remember them talking about her, that's why the village of Luna Nova always diverted the subject when talking about Chariot, it was because of this incident, but how do you know it's not her fault?".The crimson-eyed one asks.
"These are questions that I just want to believe, but Chariot was not so well regarded either, elders from several villages mainly linked to magic said that she had a very dishonourable practice of magic and brought it to mundanes, which they saw as a crime, what really happened we do not know for sure, but I believe it was a sabotage of witches that must also have a little history there I do not know for sure ..." said the eldest.
"I hope she can come back and clear herself, I believe in Chariot's innocence, I know she is not bad, she who inspired me to be a warrior like her, now I am even more admired by her, she must have gone through a lot, it was a pleasure to meet you Ursula, you are really a very fun woman, I don't even want to detract from training with the queen, but I had a lot of fun training with you" Said Hyllian of Luna Nova with a huge smile.
"Thank you Akko, now I'm going back to my tower, Croix must be waiting for me, by the way the girls you saved from slavery are great apprentices, that Constanze is great, Croix is loving every moment with that girl, she learns fast and knows how to create great devices, as well as Jasminka is very good with the manipulation of magic and cooking, they were the helpers we needed, since Marianne cannot live with us" Said the eldest nodding to the youngest.
Ursula went on her way while Akko was just resting watching Diana training seeing her moving with the rapier, which surprised her a lot, as always so delicate, which even then she lost time and time again to her mum.
(Today was pretty cool, if I go every day training with Ursula I will love it, she is fun, this thing of walking on a wooden board in the water imagine when I get to the mud path, but she is very mysterious too, it is strange how Mrs Ursula knows Chariot so well like that, she even knows her style and this technique of walking on top of the shield, I wonder what she hides ... This Chariot story is really tragic too, I don't know).
And there Akko went, watching the princesses' training while the queen kept her form, thinking about the mysterious astrologer as well, how she was quite suspicious, but at the same time gave her a huge feeling of comfort, which was a very strange and peculiar thing.
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Days later the trainings were giving a huge progress for Akko who was showing an advance in her technique with the help of Ursula who was training the girl with a daughter practically teaching her all the best and
smartest.
On a day after training the warrior and the princesses went for a walk in the city, since there was a theatre festival there, which they could also take advantage of to go visit Marianne who could take a break and also have fun with the attractions of the city.
"It's been a long time since we left the castle" said Diana.
"It's only been a few days for me, what is today?" Kagari asks.
"Ah today is the theatre festival is where the town gathers to see the performances of the majora masqueraders, it's a legend of a hero who went to the lands of termina, it's quite bizarre, kind of scary, but I love the effects and the mask, it's kind of mesmerising" Cavendish said.
"Look at all the food!" Said the excited Hyllian from Luna Nova.
"Just don't eat anything looking like a..." The eldest princess even tries to warn her, but the warrior pays little attention and was already eating an ear of corn as if it were nothing and still earning a few laughs from Hellene.
In this Diana goes towards her friend but ends up colliding with a hooded boy, who ends up falling to the ground, it was a blond boy who then puts on the hood and runs out of there what the princess is slightly suspicious after having Akko's help to get up.
"What's that little blond guy?" Atsuko asks.
"I don't know, but I think I saw his face somewhere, anyway let's enjoy the event, soon the presentation starts and for all that is noble, for Hyrule Akko, eat right, don't look like a pig" Cavendish said.
"You really like to pick on me, don't you, where I live that's a sign that you like the food a lot" Kagari shrugged.
The blond boy hides in an alley and breathes relieved it was none other than Louis Blackwell the spy sent by Lord Hanbridge of Appleton who was hiding there getting information, but he can already notice some very peculiar things about the place and has already been writing it down for when he returns to his kingdom.
(Interesting to know, the warrior has a friendly relationship with the princesses so, it seems that she knows them very well, this can be a good weak point that the boss can use against her, but I felt another thing, it seems that the princesses are not that friendly, in reality it seems that Princess Diana and Atsuko are more than just friends, this could be bad for the king, if these two marry any diplomatic attempt to dominate Hyrule cannot materialise, but what a thing, I have to look better, I can't let them notice me, I already appeared as a messenger from Appleton to the queen she must surely recognise me just like the princess, I saw it by her expression).
And Louis was watching everything on the sly trying to see some of the movements and routines of the princesses and especiallyAkko that he was impressed that she was even more beautiful than by the descriptions until having a plan to draw more attention and detail to Lord Hanbridge, buying a mask and putting on another outfit.
He was walking in the middle of the city and approaching Kagari with that way of dressing no one suspected that it was himself only that it was a mysterious hooded man with a Deku mask.
"Hello girls, allow me to draw one of you for free, I'll draw two of you and give you a bargain" said the spy and the radiant Hyllian of Luna Nova agreed.
"Draw me! Draw me!" Said the happy girl with the crimson eyes.
"Sure, that's all right, little girl, sit down in that chair and I'll draw a picture of your pretty little face" said Louis.
"I don't want a portrait of me" Princess Diana said.
"I so little, I already have many in the castle" said Princess Hellene.
"This may be my first, although you've drawn me a few times Hellene, but this is the first one done by an outsider" said the smiling Akko.
And there went the Appleton spy making two drawings, one in a picture frame that is larger, another in a notepad that was copying more precisely the girl's features, even to remember very well, which was a quick drawing that Atsuko did not even realise what the intentions behind that person were, she was just happy that the drawing was being made.
Akko's training with Ursula was really something very encouraging for the girl who was enjoying that approach with the astrologer who was very mysterious, but very nice too, very communicative and even fun in some way, which was even making her suspicious of having such a close relationship with Chariot, in addition to being something strange and peculiar, which still has its mysteries. As well as the danger of Louis Blackwell appearing in the city of Wedinburgh already spying on the kingdom and also collecting information about the mysterious and chosen warrior.
See you, astrology witches