Chap 9 Training By The Maid

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Devon has many questions about his situation He could ask himself or others like why did he survive, how did he transported to another world, what's the purpose of this or that, What will it change anything in his life but here he's sitting in the large dinning Hall under the chandelier taking the guest seat at the large table tapping his finger, Deep in thought with a serious frown 

'Why everyone call this the dinner table?' 'Why not breakfast table? Or lunch table?' 'Or should they be changing the name based on the time?' 'It's morning, So should I call this the breakfast table?' 

This is but one of the many questions he would use to think when he got nothing to do in the ship other than waiting and waiting and waiting... 

"Why aren't you eating something Devon?" 

Ruas couldn't take it anymore and asked only to get a response, She wanted to throw the orange juice on his face

"How can I eat something without my girlfriend, mother in law? But I appreciate your concern" He said with the same cheeky smile

Selia came with a sleepy face making her look like she didn't sleep well last night 

When Devon woke up early like he used to. He found himself alone in his room with Ruas still on the chair at that time he knew Selia has gone to her room in the middle of his sleep last night 

'Am I this bad?' It hurts him more than he thought it would

Selia avoided looking at him and whenever he would try to pass something from the table she would rather not take it

It makes him want to ask her, What happened to her or what's wrong with her

They eat in silence. Rumia one the two head maid was standing at the corner as her duty when Kronia came while massaging her head

"What happened Kroni you're late. Is something wrong?" She asked in concern for her sister, Noticing her frown 

Shaking her head. She dismissed her concern with a wave of her hand "I'm good, It's Ah... Nothing" 

Kronia decided rather not tell her she found herself at the corner of the corridor in the morning

She can't remember what happened last night when she was patrolling like usual.When she woke up, her mind was hazzy with a dream of someone was assaulting her and she couldn't do anything

It's a horrible dream she would rather forget about it

She scrunch her nose in thought. There's this distinct smell that she remember but couldn't point it now

Devon was sweating, anticipating her accusing him for assaulting her at last night or exposing his race in front of her master, Ruas that would complicate the things

'Thankfully she doesn't seem to remember it' 

Sighing to himself Devon opened the door to Ruas office she has told him to come after the 'Morning Dinner' 

Yes, That's what he decided to name the breakfast to match with the tables name 

'That's how you solve your life problems bois' He thought with a smile

If your answer doesn't match with the question, Then change the question to match your answer

That's how his grandpa used to say and That's also how he used to fail in maths... 

His teachers used to get a headache while checking his answer sheet. Filled with the answers they don't know or the questions they don't ever remember giving in test. They have to fail the whole class to let him pass, Only for his grandma to get angry on grandpa for teaching him nonsense! 

Devons smile dampened after the thought of this is but a memory in his mind and it won't become a reality ever again

Sighing again, He came back to his senses 

The room was filled with the smell of old books and some weapons decorated on the wall with the shine that makes them look like brand new 

"We will talk later" 

Ruas dismissed the other servants from whatever she was talking or ordering them 

The mension has more servants but To Devon there's only two

Others he would prefer to not take a notice of them as their appearance is kind of disgusting to say the least like some insects with hairy arms and wooden walking legs adjoined to their front torso, Their appearance makes him keep reminding he's surrounded by the hostile race unlike the cute and fluffy appearance of those two cat maids

Although there are more that looks more human outside Which Devon haven't met them yet

"Kronia..." 

Hearing her name the black cat maid stayed after giving a nod at the Rumia the second head maid in charge of the house

After the room is left with the three and doors closed Ruas spoke taking the support from chair arms, the sun was shinning through the window behind her study desk with the daily view of the tribe

"Mr. Devon has lost his memories in the incident at the sea. He doesn't remember anything but his name" 

Kronia raised her eyebrows after hearing that 

"Means he doesn't remember where he came from, where he belongs to, he doesn't even know the most basic things one needed to survive and most of all He doesn't seems to feel any spirit energy from himself"

In a world where a fight can break out at a moments notice. He won't be able to survive more than a few days without protection, Kronia thought

"Kronia I want you to teach him some basic techniques to survive in the outside world when Mr. Devon decided to leave to find his name"

Ruas indirectly told her he won't be living here forever and most of all she avoided bringing the so called relationship of him and selia to not further complicate the things as it already has become

Devon knows he's weak compare to them

He is but a self learned man with his crude fighting style. Demanding some teachings from Ruas in his list of demands wasn't out of expectations for Ruas and she doesn't believe he will become unbeatable after a month or two, The time she needed of her investigation before she decide on what to do with him

Ruas has chosen her as his instructor not because she's the strongest of all the other servants she has and a titled warrior at that but because she's the least to get attached to someone and take side with their students like many would used to in her years of experience

If she decided to kill him she won't hesitate to cut someones throat. She has known for many years, She's one of her most loyal subordinates

The maid gives a bow saying "Leave it to me my lady, I won't fail you" Accepting the mission

Although Kronia has to wait for some time as Devon and Ruas talked in private or more like a private teaching session

Ruas in her rectangular glasses with a high ponytail looks hot. Add with her holding a stick pointing at characters written at the black board behind her, Devon had a hard time focusing on the lesson

All he learned was the basic language

The language was too easy as the civilizations aren't advanced that much with even less vocabulary in English

He didn't learn it in one go though it was enough to make a broken conversation without the golden stone

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*Devon

The steel sword weapon in my hand was heavy, long and weight much more than the simple kitchen knives used for cutting vegetables or the sharpened iron bars as a crude spears as weapons

Holding a professional weapon used for killing lifes gives a different vibe compared to using those home appliances or should i say the ship appliances for killing and slaughtering

It would be much difficult to swing it with such control without training your forearms

The twisting of my wrist to maneuver it while in mid swing gives much tension to my hands than I thought but surprisingly I'm not having difficulty while practicing with it

It's the cutting I'm facing the difficulty

Cutting a human flesh is easy but a wooden trunk in front of me isn't, The bones didn't gives this much resistance either also I can't do anything flashy moves

Swinging the sword fast enough that it created a whistling sound against the air before blasting the wooden pieces on impact, My hand muscles vibrated with the metal piece of the sword in sync

The sword buried deep enough that Kronia has to pull it with both hands 

"Mr. Devons strength is good enough but usage isn't" After pulling out the sword in her second try

Kronia without making a single battle cry like I thought she would moves her hand at a speed I can't follow other than a blur like my time with Ruas

In one single fluid motion her hand stopped, passing through the wooden plank like it didn't existed as an obstacle before it slides back down, dropping on the green grass like a dead person would with only his upper torso and blood spurting out like a fountain from his still standing legs

The image gives me goosebumps, It's not how cool would that look but how much despair would the person be showing in his eyes seeing his own legs from below before he would see my face... Smiling at him

I want to kill someone like that. I want to be the person doing that! 

"How do you do that?" I asked trying to hide my excitement

I'm feeling the wonders of this world I won't be seeing in my world not that the government would let roam someone like me on the streets. I know enough about my mind that it isn't normal nor anybodys mind can after going through that incident but it doesn't matter, I'm not in my world nor this world is any normal which is what I'm the most grateful about

"Mr. Devon, I know you can't use the spirit nor the spirit energy but there are some ways a non spirit user can goes against someone even with the 1st ring spirit user by using the energy of someone against themselves"

Kronia said in her usual monotonous tone as she demonstrated her previous movement in a much slowly describing how she angles the blade right before it hits the surface before adjusting the back handle of the sword to push it right through the wooden plank without effort as it glides through it like a scissors would through the paper at one point

"The technique is to use the force the sword would pass it to you upon impact to direct it back in use to double your implied base strength and sometimes triple it and gains the strength. The 1st Runic Ring would produce using spirit energy

[Solae Refrain], It's the technique of us Murcy cats tribe" 

The usual stoic Kronia suddenly sounded proudful as she said the last words 

After hearing her I also tried it and I have but one comment

She's a genius! I can only say that cause when I try to pull the same technique I...can't! 

'How the hell did she do it?!' I have no idea

My sword gets struck in the middle of it and it happened for like fifty or so times, I have tried to change trajectory and the strength but the result is same

I don't know if it's my control or this wooden thing is rigged, My mind can't seem to find the joy cutting it in half 

Noticing my frown Kronia who's tasked to provide me assistance tried to cheer me up for my failures with her not so cheerful voice 

"It's the first time Mr. Devon is trying this so it's normal I can understand that even when Lady Selia has to face the difficulty in her practice. Lady selia has to" She stopped in the middle of her speech 

"Thud! 

The body dropped down with his upper torso cleaved in half neatly with blood spurting out from his lower legs as he watched his own detached legs in despair, The image of that one man who I hated to the core cleared from my view leaving behind a wooden dummy with no blood... 

While I stand there with my shaking hands holding the sword in excitement! 

Doesn't matter if I have to kill that man a hundred times or a thousand times his eyes gives me the same feeling when I killed him for the first time setting my brain wires in mayhem for the first time

Kronia watched me with her wide eyes and her ears standing straight

She thought it was a fluke of mine which she wasn't wrong that much as even after trying for another ten or so times I can't pull the same thing 

Doesn't matter how much I try I can't see those wooden dummies as a living things again taking away my fun and the motivation to do so

Nonetheless I tried my best to replicate one single time again before decided to call it a day but even in that I failed to do so

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"Huff... Huff... Miss kronia... Can I ask something irrelevant?" I asked lying down on the grass exhausted beyond belief but still can't repeat that technique, It's the feeling that done the technique not me at that time before I even realised it

"Hmm" She hummed in affirmation while she was brushing my hairs gently and letting my head on her lap, her black maid skirt was spread wide on the grass 

I don't even know why she suddenly get behind me and put my head on her lap not that i would complain though

"How strong are you?" I asked feeling the strain on my lungs and the softness of hers

"I wouldn't say I'm strong. It's Mr. Devon who doesn't understand the power dynamics of spirit powers. There are less than one percent population of this tribe which is spirit less or those who failed to awaken their bloodlines but still strong enough to beat others" 

It's true that I don't understand what these runic rings are, So let's start with them then

"Kronia I want you to demonstrate how strong you're?"

She remained silent for a moment before she replied 

"As you request Mr. Devon"

Standing for some distance away from me she gives a precautionary bow before joining her hands in focus with a

"Clap! 

Two meter no... It's five meters wide in radius Black circular rings that gives a natural oppressive feeling one would get from a predator 

At first the ring was small and revolving around her but as the time passes it's speed reached an astonishing level leaving behind but an amount of black fog obstructing my view hiding Kronia

In a second her shape and size changed into a seven meter wild looking animal in height with hollow insides, Enveloping Kronia in a single movement covering her completely

With a blink of an eye lid. There is a Wild cat of seven meters in height with fluffy black hairs swaying in the winds, her head held high like a proud tigress with sleek, sturdy and symmetrical anatomy

Her eyes see me from above as her leg muscles moves taking a single step forward destroying the grasses with the weight alone before she takes another one and another... 

I who was enjoying the show of someone transforming into a full blown mystical beast with an interesting look turned into a grim look, The moment I felt her hostility 

Her slow and careful walk changed into quick whipping of her legs against the ground with a blur of a moment utilizing her strength at maximum and before I could even reach the sword at five meters away from me 

Kronia in her Murcy cat form reached me, her low growl was heart numbing add her sharp saber tooths made of darkness in the way of penetrating my right arm bicep while her left claw pinning me against the ground almost crushing my left hand gives me a fright

Utilizing my legs I tried to push her away but I realized she doesn't even feel my strength

At that time I knew how powerless I was. Even if I would have learned that technique. It won't gurantee my safety here if everyone was as strong as her with just 1st Runic Ring

Luckily she snapped her head back before my mind snaps because of her little play 

She gives a nod or something to me before backing away quietly changing back to her usual stoic black cat maid uniform giving me a hand to stand back from the ground laying lifeless

"Mr. Devon, Lady Selia has invited you in her study room. You will be late if you sleep here wouldn't you" She said with a smile, Her communication bracelet was blinking showing someone must have contacted her

She didn't say anything about that nor she explained why she suddenly attacked me for apparently no reason but I knew it was her way of giving me a warning for whatever reason, I don't care about! 

All I know is I takes the warnings very... Seriously

'This won't end here' 

Spirit or not I you will regret it. She must have pulled this stunt to teach me a lesson, Too bad I'm already beyond help

I heard humans can use mana which is a poison against Beastkins? 

Time to dig in this mana thingy, I thought while stretching my body as I gives her a calm smile 

'Here I thought I would avoid you after that late night incident... Don't blame me for going after you miss Kronia'

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Kronia closed the door of her room before she takes out her hand gloves covering her right palm that she has used it to brush Devons hairs 

"As I expected" 

She confirmed after sniffing using her murcy bloodlines enhanced senses 

"He's a human, but there's something different about his scent" Frowning she added "Lady Ruas must have already known about this though" 

To her Lady Ruas was an intelligent and kind women who wouldn't do anything without any reason and Lady Ruas, Her master was the one who brings him here and letting his relationship with Young Lady Selia even if she disapproves on the outside

She and her elder sister Rumia is the survivors of her tribe saved by Lady Ruas, she would have to Respect her masters decision

If her master has already known about this then she doesn't have to worry about this. She thought on the other hand she has already given that human a warning to not do anything funny in this house 

The Murcy cats are know for their possesiveness of their territory, She's no different 

She did what she would do against any unknown factor entering her territory, Protect and gives threat to that person before taking action

"But thish..." She sniffed her hand glove again with a frown on her beautiful face, Her tail was dancing behind her without her knowing as she keep sniffing it