204 Training in Sword City (2/2)

”Just be more careful the next time. Come with me; I will start to teach you as I promised, there is another skill you have to master before learning the one you want. Wyba you can continue training here with a golem if you want.”

Yale summoned a Stone Golem; that golem would just receive attacks and wouldn't attack. Thus, Wyba could train without worries of being injured. However, the efficiency of training with a golem was far lower than with a real opponent.

Yale led Lar into an empty room and started to teach her Body Illusion, the skill that should be mastered before starting to learn Shape Shift.

”After two hours, you still don't grasp even the basics about the skill. Am I such a bad teacher?”

Yale hadn't expected that lack of progress from Lar, but the truth was that Body Illusion was a hard skill even among the illusion spells whose were already difficult. In the special realm, that spell was easier to master due to the favorable conditions and Yale thanks to his Illusion Immunity had a great speed in learning any illusion spell.

”There are no problems with your teachings! It is just that I am bad learning spells. In the Magus Path, I am just a 1-star Novice, this type of skill is too advanced and difficult, but I won't give up!”

Lar didn't dare to say that Liye was a bad teacher, he had a reputation of a legendary master with uncountable people wanting to become his disciple at any cost.

Yale wasn't a legendary master like Liye, but he was teaching Lar very well, the problem was Lar's talent regarding illusion spells and the fact her Magus Path was far weaker than her Warrior Path.

Although she had trained both paths equally before the Novice Rank, she focused on the Warrior Path after that. Lar had just started to train the Magus Path again after having reached the peak of the Novice Rank in the Warrior Path. Advancing to the Apprentice Rank in the Warrior Path would make her look like a kid for even more time, so she decided to focus on the other path instead of advancing.

”I learned it while being in the Mortal Rank. However, don't worry, I just need to lower my expectations a bit, you are still a kid after all.”

Lar was just a normal little girl obsessed with training and with some sword memories of her past life before reaching the Novice Rank. Although she recovered more memories later and remembered who she was, that wasn't enough to completely overwrite the personality born in her current life as if she had those memories from the start. Thus, even if she tried to act like her past life, she was still a kid, and she would need to mature like everyone.

Moreover, the fact her body didn't mature and remained in that child-like state was an obstacle for her to mature correctly. After all, body and mind were connected.

”I am not a kid! I will demonstrate to you that I can learn this skill quickly!”

Yale sighed and just patted Lar's head. Although she knew that Yale was treating her like a kid at that moment, she liked that sensation of being patted, so she didn't argue and just enjoyed it.

After some more hours, Yale decided to tell Lar to stop and continue the next day because sometimes resting a bit was more useful than overworking. However, Lar immediately challenged him to some swordsmanship sparring. Lar was the best opponent to practice his previous life's casual sword style, and the sparring was extremely beneficial for both of them.

Regarding swordsmanship, Yale had to admit that Lar wasn't like a normal kid, but in the other areas, she was just like any other inexperienced kid who lacked experience in life. After all, not everyone had so many experiences, and real battles like Yale with that age and Lar had practically lived sheltered by the Larken Clan without real danger for her life.

That night, Lar and Wyba refused to go to their houses and ended up sleeping again with Yale, who after some arguing had stopped bothering about the fact that they had three huge mansions, but the three of them ended up sleeping in the same room.

The next day, Yale returned to the Sword Arena while Lar trained with Wyba. Afterward, Yale taught Lar about Body Illusion, and both sparred with swords after that.

That routine remained the same for some months.