The panic I felt at her claims lasted about a second. I wasn't a deranged exorcist taken over by the cursed weapon.
I hadn't even unsheathed the sword once since I got it. "I know how your ability works. It moves into the body of the person you kiss and forces healing."
"Tch, that's what sucks about having a student like you," Ellen crossed her arms and frowned. She didn't seem pleased at all.
"If you can put your Ord inside my body, and not sense whether I'm possessed. Then you would be one incompetent exorcist. Since I ca here, I planned to test how my ability worked when I used the demonic sword in the Perfect state. Also, if any mistake happened, Ellen could easily deal with it without harming .
"What about the creepy fish? I can feel him creepily staring at through the box," she pointed at my backpack.
"He's my partner and my right-hand man. One day he will grow to beco a dragon," I smiled. I couldn't wait until he beca a dragon. After that, my life will be smooth sailing.
Ellen raised a questioning brow and looked at like I was crazy. Then she sighed and asked.
"What abilities does he have?"
"So kind of water control. Though it's weak, and Carpy can only shoot out water bullets," I saw no reason to lie to her. She had that weird demon of hers buried underground to detect any lies. Thankfully, I knew the specifics of the demons abilities.
"Unlike humans, a demon's abilities don't co with limitations. They can grow strong naturally by mastering their powers. Though they can't create their abilities, they're born with them," Ellen explained as a smile widened. She was probably scheming sothing. Of course, most demons dont bother training them. Unlike humans, they can deal with problems by throwing their power around.
Ellen was a Beast Master and the best teacher on this side of the world. I was going to learn a lot from her.
"Have you trained your familiar's abilities?" She inquired. The smile on her face grew to unnatural proportions.
No, I hadnt had the ti to do that. Usually, Carpy ate high-class demon at, and I sent him more Ord when I had the energy to spare. Thats why Im here.
"Well, control will be sothing both of you will need to train," she humd, then her face brightened. "There's a river nearby, and you can train there."
Ugh, she's scheming sothing. I didn't buy that innocent look on her face for even a second.
She might be an excellent teacher, but deep inside, her nature was that of a scher. She's just looking for her next laugh. Also, being in the mountains without human contact would make anyone strange.
"Though you should rest-"
I ignored whatever she was about to say next. Rest? Why the hell would I do that?
What does rest even an?
Relaxing? How? By sleeping? But I'm not sleepy. There was no internet in this world. Good TV was nonexistent, the CGI was too bad, and the movies were boring.
Why would I do any of that when I could experint with magical powers?!
The river she was referring to was at the foot of the mountain. The water that ran through was so clear I could easily see the bottom of the river.
I took out Carpy and gently put the little (not so little) guy in the water.
He looked at and started swimming in circles. He was still a dumb little fish, but one day he will awaken and get average human intelligence. So I wasn't going to treat him poorly just because he was a little stupid.
"Okay, Carpy, now you just need to control the water. Move it around a bit," I didn't know how much he understood. But I tried sending so Ord through our link to make him sense my intentions and what I wanted him to do.
He didn't seem to react at first. But as he swam in a circle, a small whirlpool ford all the way to the bottom of the river.
It was beautiful.
"Are you done playing around?" Ellen's voice interrupted us. She had a stern look in her eyes.
I probably pissed Ellen off. That was good. She was too smart when calm and would probably read like an open book if left to her peaceful self all the ti.
Despite how she had acted until now, Ellen was a genius. As I had discovered with Bets and Paris, geniuses weren't people I should ss around with. If I showed them one thing, they learned two. "Sorry, I got too excited. How can I make this up to you?"
So I was going to be over 110% nice to her.
She seed reluctant about sothing before finally sighing and saying. "Don't worry about it. I advise you to teach the fish to pull a small drop of water and move it around. Start small at first. That should be easier to learn how to control its inner energy."
After saying that, she walked away, raising no fuss. Was she expecting so kind of argunt? Was she that bored?
"Okay, Carpy, ti to learn so water control," I instructed my little friend.
He stared at with its empty fish eyes, and then a tiny water bubble ford above him. The water bubble was about the size of a fist.
The joy that spurted from was like that of a proud older sibling, just like when a younger brother gets first place in an exam.
Of course, an older sibling would probably growl and say: Yeah, no wonder you got first place when all your classmates are shit.
But deep down, we were proud and bragged to everyone about it. "Good, Carpy. Now let's continue our training."
Also, it seed like Carpy had so intelligence. I don't know what level, but he understood my instructions.
Two days passed in the blink of an eye.
My Ord control was already quite good, and I made a little progress. As a Master, there wasn't much to improve. I mostly trained physically, so Perfect would have more to work with.
Carpy was the opposite of . He had water balls the size of basketballs floating above the river.
Was he a genius? A fish genius? That sounded like the lead-up to a terrible joke.
That was when an idea suddenly hit like a bowling ball. "Wait! Carpy! Can you stay in one of your water bubbles while following around?!"
He tilted his head and then released all the water balls. Then a bigger one ford around him, and he slowly floated out of the river, swimming in his sphere of water.
"Yes! There's no need to always carry you in my backpack!" I clenched my fist.
This was amazing! If Carpy could master his water control at a higher level, he could travel in a water ball while shooting out water bullets.
Birds chirped peacefully, and animals moved about without worry. It had been a while since I stopped and just took in nature.
The tranquil mont got interrupted. Birds flew off, and animals scattered away. It was as if the forest itself seed to grow nervous.
Sothing was approaching.
I rembered the lesson Mr Fort had taught . Animals had better senses than humans, and when they ran away, it was a sign of sothing dangerous getting closer.
"Carpy, seems like we have a visitor," I warned my friend, and he imdiately let go of his water ball and sank into the river.
Good, he knew what to do in a situation like this. Whoever the enemy was, having a hidden card wasn't bad.
With the nearby river, Carpy could use all the water he needed. We were in an advantageous position.
After so ti, I felt the scorching heat of the sun on my skin. I tried not to break my concentration and observe everything before my eyesany slight movents, anything that stood out.
Since the week-long cooldown of Perfect wasn't up yet, I had to fight on my own terms.
Not long after, a man in red samurai armor ca out.
Calling him a man might be too much, as he had gray skin and rotting eyes. He was a zombie.
The zombie stared at for an uncomfortably long ti before finally saying. "Take out your sword, young man. I won't fight an unard opponent."
What?
I was confused for a second. It was strange to see a demon with a sense of honor. Was he trying to trick ? "Why won't you fight like this?"
Whatever the reason, I knew when there was an opportunity to buy ti. Ellen should already be running here.
"Because fighting a man without a sword dishonors my clan and ," the man pointed his katana at . "I know what needs to be done to end my existence. But it must be done honorably."
After saying that, he released his demon energy, which caused the insects on the ground to stop moving. So caterpillars on the trees curled up and stopped moving.
The forest seed to awaken; animals ran away and insects writhed in pain.
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