Chapter 1 Part7 (1/2)
”That's right. We know about the training you tried to carry out behind our backs. Dan and Mel also informed us about the stories you told them. Or, rather than stories, I should call them allegories. Allegories filled to the brim with hidden meanings, each of them teaching a significant lesson in life.”
While playing with Mel and the others, I had come up with a training plan.
In the beginning, I showed them the type of exercises elementary students would perform on school gym mats. After that, I managed to pester Walt into tying a rope around a tree branch and dangling it down to the ground. We climbed up and down the rope and also used the tree branch as a makes.h.i.+ft pull-up bar. (TL: please look and here) I also introduced them to something this world had yet to see: ”jump rope workouts”.
Well, alright, I suppose that from this world's perspective those exercises do seem a bit strange . . . it seems like they were way more suspicious of me than I thought.
After mocking myself for a moment, I separated myself from my mother and fixed my gaze back on the three of them. ”What are you intending to do after this?”, my grandfather asked.
I began telling them the plans I had for strengthening myself.
”I'm confident that I have magical talent and also some talent in swordsmans.h.i.+p. Because of that, I think it would be best if I further developed these two skills. For swordsmans.h.i.+p, I would like to receive instruction from Ojii-sama. However, I can't think of anyone who would be able to teach me magic.”
”I'm fine with training you in swordsmans.h.i.+p. As for learning magic . . . hm. Don’t you visit the healers quite frequently? Are they not an option?”
I visited Old Dorothy, the village healer, whenever I injured my body. I often requested her to demonstrate healing magic for me and had also listened to her explain the magical procedure in great detail. In the end however, I wasn't able to succeed in learning healing magic.
”Although I've asked Old Dorothy to teach me healing magic, unfortunately . . .”
”You told me that you're absolutely certain you have magical talent. If that really is true, then I will have to hire a private tutor for you.”
I widened my eyes. That type of privilege was usually reserved for the children of n.o.ble families. It's highly unlikely any tutor would be keen on coming to such a remote village. Even if we a.s.sume that there was someone who agreed to do so, having to pay them exorbitant amount of money will be inevitable.
”Yes, there's no doubt I have magical talent. However, the money . . .”
”Relax. I have some connections I can use. Well, money's still a problem though . . .”
When my parents heard my grandfather's words, both of them seemed to have come up with something.
”We could call Lydianne?”
My mother nodded in agreement.