31 Chapter 31 Training (1/2)

Joseph started on missile emission immediately after breakfast. The day went by fast. Stella was in and out pretty much all day, doing some series of exercises that he had thought would be very distracting at first, but his single minded kicked in and he wasn't bothered at all.

”We will be swapping out the guards in the convoy at the next town,” his father informed him at supper that night.

”Why?” asked Joseph.

”It allows all of my married slaves an opportunity to spend time with their families. And all of my slaves need an opportunity to train, even if they don't have families,” William explained.

”I reached basic proficiency with area emissions,” he reported happily.

”Really? That's awesome!” His father was as excited about it as he was. ”That's almost more impressive than gaze! Just be careful not to let anyone see you! Even my mages don't train like that. Honestly, I don't remember hearing about any mage training like that.”

”I can't wait to get back to Selena. I want to show her how to do this to see if it helps her get her eyesight back.”

”I wonder how I'm going to keep her gaining her eyesight back from the local n.o.bles. They will want to s.n.a.t.c.h her from me if they find out. And I won't be able to stop them since I don't have a n.o.ble t.i.tle.”

”I'm just excited to see what she can do if she figured it out. I wasn't practicing this stuff when I first met her.”

”Well, I'm working on keeping things calm with the war tensions rising. It's almost like someone is egging the kings on, like they want the war to start. It's been very frustrating with all of the messengers constantly coming, requesting some kind of resolution to a problem I never had anything to do with.”

”Does someone want you in trouble?” asked Joseph, a little worried.

”Oh, there's plenty of people who don't like my success, but I'm not sure who is causing this. It doesn't really matter, anyway, I have several favors I can call in if it gets too hot.”

”You had said earlier that the war would hold off for several more years.”

”I still hope it will, but I'm not sure.”

”I'll still get to see mom on time, right?”

”I would never allow you to be late. Your mother would kill me. Even if they closed all of the borders, I should still be able to get us through.”

Knowing that his mother would indeed never let his father live it down, he calmed down. With the system, his father had the ability to keep his word far better than anyone else.

They both turned towards Stella at the same time, and she jumped in surprise. Joseph thought it was cute. He was so glad he had his dad in this life. It was way easier to appreciate him knowing that in his previous lives, his childhood had been so c.r.a.ppy. Fortunately, not as strong as the Sylva memory.

She cleared her throat, confused.

”So, how was your day, Stella?” Joseph asked her. ”What progress have you made?

”I've merely been exercising more,” she murmured, shyly.

”Really?” said William, surprised. ”I tend to recall news of someone practicing their balance on the back of a moving horse, pulling a carriage.”

She opened her mouth, then shut it again.