I said to her "I don't think you understood . You don't have to be scared of , I will not touch your body. You will not be my slave either, I was only testing you". She was shocked, but also relieved at the sa ti. I continued "You are not stupid. You chose to be a slave, instead of death. I believe that you tried to spy on , due to curiosity. So I decided to give you a chance. If you satisfy my requirents, I will pass my knowledge onto you. If not, you will only have yourself to bla".
She was still confused and a bit fearful, but asked "So, you want to teach ? Make your disciple?". I nodded, and said "If you can satisfy my requirents, you will beco my inheritor". She had to take that in, before she asked again "You will teach ?". I asked "Do you have a problem with your hearing?". She quickly shook her head, and replied "No, no. I thought I was dreaming. Tell , what do I need to do, in order to beco your disciple?". I said "You will have to morize a book. You will have three weeks to morize it. If you can do that, I will teach you. If you can't, I will not. Don't think that the book will be simple though, it's going to have 1001 pages".
She was stunned, and stood there for a while. I asked "How many herbs do you know?". She thought about it, and said "Maybe 40 or 60. Not more than that. Why?". I said "You will know soon enough. For now, I will take you back to the village. This ti, keep this to yourself, I don't need too much attention". She nodded, and said "I will". I walked over to grab her, but she instinctively moved back. I shook my head, and grabbed her anyway, then disappeared from that place.
We arrived in front of the village, and I let her go. I said "If I wanted to do sothing to you, I would do it already. I told you, you don't have to be scared of ". She looked around, nodded and said "You are fast… It's the first ti, I saw soone so fast". I laughed, and said "Practice. When the book is ready, I will bring it to you. Just beware, you are not allowed to show it to anyone. Alright?". She nodded like a little bird. I smiled, and said "Good. I will see you around", and left towards the training area. I already collected all my things, before I chased after her, so there was no need for to return.
'I wonder if she is able to achieve that. Although I would like to teach her, I can't teach soone who has no talent in this field. Although I didn't have talent, this is different. I'm the one who sets standards this ti, not Nick' I thought, and began my practice. Every night, I would sit down in my room, and write the book, that I burned down a long ti ago.
Because my mory was excellent now, I could still rember all the details about the herbs in the Thousand and One Herbs book. It would still take a few days to write everything, and draw all the sketches. 'Fortunately I can draw. Otherwise, I would need to use another thod to test her' I thought. The days slowly passed, and I finally managed to finish the book. 'The Thousand and One Herbs book is finally completed. This was tiring' I thought, and headed towards Olav's house.
When I knocked on the doors, Kara opened them and invited inside. I said "It's fine, I ca over to give you the book. Like I said earlier, you have three weeks to morize it. I will test your knowledge after that ti". She took the book, and said "I will try my best". I nodded, and bid her farewell. I headed towards the training area, to continue my sword practice.
The three weeks passed rather quickly. I made improvents, and was better able to carry out all the attacks fluidly. I could also defend better, and it ca more naturally to now. I spared with Aran more seriously a few tis, and learned even more. Although I never used my full power, I still managed to catch so moves that Aran was executing. Aran was very pleased with my training, and said "You are getting better and better. I will teach you so skills soon, as you managed to get the hang of simple attacks. Rember that, everything is derived from basics. Whether it's stances, or styles. Practice a bit more, and you should be fine".
I nodded my head, and said "For now, I will rest. I still have sothing to take care of". Aran had no issues with that, and we ended the training for that day. I headed towards Olav's house, and knocked on the doors. Kara opened them, and looked very tired. I said "Three weeks passed today. Can I have the book back?". She nodded and handed the book. I asked "Did you copy it?". She quickly sobered up, and shook her head. She replied "No, I wouldn't dare. I already ssed up once".
I nodded, and said "Good, then follow ". She nodded her head, and did just that. When I saw no people around, I grabbed her, and left the village. When I put her down, she said "You always grab like this…". I replied "Don't think too much about unnecessary stuff. Today, I will test your knowledge". I placed the book in my right hand and froze it, then destroyed it into small pieces.
When she saw the book getting destroyed, her face went a bit grim. I asked "Ready?". She sighed, and replied "Ready!". I began by asking her so simple questions. Stuff like, what herbs could I use, to make poisons or dicines. She answered all the questions correctly, so I increased the difficulty. I asked "What herb or herbs are needed, to cure limb paralysis?". She thought about it for a while, and said "You would need to use Rinse Berry, Loran Grass and Perch Sprout". I asked "Why would I use these herbs?". She creased her brows, and thought for a while. She then answered "Rinse Berry has the effect to calm the paralysis, while the Loran Grass helps in muscles flexibility. The Perch Sprout is not really required, but it would help fight the aftereffects of numbness. A person could be brought back to health faster that way".
I said "Interesting. Let's continue". I asked a few more questions, each harder than the other. She began sweating, when I got to the point where knowing the book, would only help her 50% of the ti. She had to extrapolate a lot of things. To my surprise, she managed to answer all the questions correctly up to this point. I asked the final question "The Ethereal Flower, who found it?". Her face changed, and she began panicking. 'Of course you can't know this. This was never written in the book, so how could you?'. I was interested in her answer nevertheless.
After a while, she replied "I don't know, but I have a feeling that this is a fake entry. A flower that grants immortality... Even if soone found it, wouldn't that an he or she is still alive? Wouldn't that person be very famous or sothing? I know, these are just excuses, so the short answer is, I don't know… I failed". I smiled, and shook my head. She lowered her head, while I said "You've passed".
She couldn't believe it when I said it, and asked "I passed?". I nodded, and replied "Yes. The last question I asked, you had no way of answering it. I was only interested in your answer. All other questions were answered correctly. You even gave better answers sotis, than I required. This ans, you must've morized the whole book". She beca elated, and asked "Then… Then… Does that an, you will teach ?". I nodded, and said "Yes, I will teach you".
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