42 Swords Expert Stage Clue (2/2)

”Then, what can I do?”

Yale didn't want to stop improving his swordsmanship until reaching Rank 1 just because of that.

”If you want to be able to reach that stage while you stay in the mortal realm I have a method. I was able to become an expert in the sword while staying in the mortal realm, the method I will tell you is the one I used.”

Yale wasn't surprised to hear that Swordmad managed to do it in the past; if Yale could reach the threshold while in the 2-star there was no doubt that Swordmad in his young days wasn't worse than him.

”What you need now is a change of perspective. Until now your swordsmanship had been focused on the techniques that suited you the most. However, that wasn't enough to become an expert.”

Yale heard Swordmad with all his attention, what Swordmad was saying was true, Yale's swordsmanship based on a style suitable to him.

”Devising techniques that don't suit oneself is a difficult thing, but there is one shortcut that could help you. The method is teaching others about the use of the sword. When you teach someone else, you need to focus in a style that suits the other and not yourself, that would expand your own view about the sword and pave your way to become an expert.”

Yale didn't expect such a method. Furthermore, he was already planning to do that as he would be teaching Aizu after the lesson with Swordmad.

Unconsciously Yale was about to do the same Swordmad did in the past to reach the expert stage.

”Of course, that isn't the only possible way, but is the only one I recommend to you.”

”Don't worry master. It is just a coincidence, but after our lesson, I will teach about the sword to my classmate Aizu. She is the girl to started to live in my sister's house today.”

Swordmad didn't expect Yale's words, even without his advice Yale was already planning to teach someone else.

”Excellent! Without knowing it, you chose the same road as me in the past. Of all the students I had in my life, you are the first to do that.”

”Don't overpraise me, master. I wasn't thinking anything about reaching the expert stage by teaching her; I didn't even know about the existence of an expert stage before.”

”That's just why I said that you are the same as me in the past. I also didn't know anything and only wanted to help a friend to improve in his swordsmanship.”

Yale had difficulties to believe that himself was that similar to the past Swordmad, but that was something that made him happy.

”I leave now, good luck in your first lesson as a teacher.”

Swordmad left, and a few minutes later Aizu arrived.

She knew that Yale was training with his master before their lesson, so she didn't want to disturb them by going too early to the training grounds.

Yale didn't want to lose time, so he went straight to the point.

”Let's start with the training, first I want to see your ability, show me your moves.”

Aizu started to execute moves with her wooden sword and left Yale speechless.

Aizu had said that she was average in her class, which made Yale think that such sword class had a serious problem if Aizu wasn't lying.

Aizu's ability with the sword seemed inexistent from Yale's point of view, and he didn't dare to imagine how she was with other weapons given that she had said that was even worse.

”It seems that teaching her would be a challenge, but I gave my word to her.I will teach her and then I'm sure I will reach the expert stage in Sword Mastery.”

After Yale thought those words, he told Aizu to stop.

That kind of swordsmanship was hurting Yale's eyes, that demonstration was enough to let Yale know Aizu's level.

The truth was that Aizu was really average, but Yale's level was too high so an average ability for a ten years girl seemed like an inexistent ability in his eyes.

Yale was used to fighting with George who was extraordinarily talented in the sword or practiced with Swordmad who was a true master of the sword.

He didn't even look at his own classmates' abilities.

If he observed them, Yale would have seen almost the same scene as Aizu's show of ability.

That was the same reason as he felt the magus classes boring, his insight was superior to almost all the students, and their demonstrations couldn't help Yale, the first day he improved a lot due to his lack of basic knowledge regarding the elements.

However, remembering and understanding all in the first try wasn't usual, to the other students, those repetitive lessons were necessary to learn the basics of the elements.

”Let's start to forget anything you learned about the sword until now. Your foundation is wrong, no matter your talent, if you had such flawed foundation improving will be difficult.”

In Yale's eyes, Aizu had a lacking of a good foundation, and that made difficult to improve more. Thus, Yale planned to start again from the basics.

”I tried to learn how to use the sword by myself; it is my foundation too wrong?”

”Completely wrong. It is difficult to have a good foundation without anyone teaching you, so don't feel depressed. Starting again with the basics would let you improve faster afterward.”