Helping Gwen to become stronger wouldn't be such a bad idea. Being heir to the Lioness throne, her life would always be in danger.
Emery couldn't always be beside her or come to her aide whenever needed. Especially when he went away for his third year in the academy, which meant he was going to be preoccupied with other things for an entire year. With all these things in mind, helping Gwen to become stronger was the most logical thing to do.
But then again, Emery could only help her if she had an innate talent in magic. Just like the others, he started by checking her blood to analyze her current skill set.
Gwen walked over to sit by his side before offering her hand. When Emery touched it, he could feel her heart beat a little bit faster.
He held the blade of his knife to the base of her palm, slicing it slowly. He tried his best to be cautious so he wouldn't hurt her.
"Ahhh!!!" Her sudden scream quickly alarmed him and he immediately wondered if he had cut too deep.
Upon seeing his worried expression, though, she burst into laughter. "Hahaha! Don't be too serious, Emery. I am just kidding."
Emery breathed out a long sigh. The girl was a little too cheerful for someone who had lost so much only a week ago. But then again, Emery couldn't complain. It was far better seeing her like this instead of seeing her depressed and sad.
He took some of the blood into his droplet before analyzing it with the symbol on his palm.
[Human - Female]
[Battle Power - 14]
[Spirit Force - 12]
[Element Affinity - Water]
[Spirit Aptitude D]
"D?" Gwen asked. "Is that bad?" The other 5 girls seemed to chuckle after she said it.
"D is the category for the lowest talent, but it's still better than no talent at all." As he said this, he shot the other girls a slight glare and his words immediately made them all turn quiet.
He then gave each of them a vial of [Gaia Serum]. Unfortunately, as he was still unable to cast the [Fragmentation] spell, he couldn't many any [Fey Booster] serum for them. Even so, giving them this serum would gradually make them stronger over time.
"All done," Emery said.
Seeing he had a limited amount of [Gaia Essence] to dilute into the potion, he asked the girls about the high priestess. But apparently, the lady of the lake was still refusing to see anyone but the chief.
Despite this, though, Morgana ensured Emery she would try asking again for him. With that matter momentarily out of the way, it was time for him to return to his training again.
The girl was about to leave, but Gwen, who after 5 days still had no way to communicate with Emery, suddenly burst out with a great idea.
"So that's it? Is the potion alone enough to make us stronger?" She asked curiously.
"What else are you thinking?"
"What about sword training?" Gwen said with a cheeky smile. She then looked in the direction of the other girls with a devious expression on her face. "This guy here was last year's knight champion in all three categories: sword, arrow and cavalry. It would be great if he could teach us at least one of those things."
Hearing this made the other girls follow suit in supporting her request.
"Yes, brother! How come you never teach us?!"
All the girls then scampered over to Emery's side demanding to teach them more combat skills.
The one who wanted this the most was Morgana, as Emery specifically promised to teach her. She definitely would not let this chance go. She once again turned on her murderous glare towards Emery, seething in the corner, while her sisters pestered the wizard.
Morgana stared at the four girls and their constant nagging, brought a genuine smile to Gwen. Something that had been missing from her since the incident.
"Alright, alright!"
Emery grabbed the six of them and took them to a clearing near the hut, while he himself goes with his spatial gate spell for a few minutes just to but a simple sword for them all.
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He then decided to teach them some techniques he had learnt from the puppets in the path of combat.
Emery started performing some basic level techniques and then asked the other 6 to try and partner up with one another.
Lelith quickly grabbed Lilith, her twin, and as Glita had always been slightly scared of Morgana and her intimidating energy, she quickly grabbed her oldest sibling Tyra.
That left Morgana alone, to be paired up with Gwen.
At first Emery thought Gwen would not be a good match with Morgana, but apparently, her years of training with Yvain the gold knight had paid off. She could not defeat Morgana for sure, as she was much more advanced in terms of strength, but in terms of pure refined skill, Morgana still had many things to learn from the princess.
Emery was surprised to see that their spar was a little more serious than he had anticipated and that they were opposing one another, as if they were fighting for real.
Clank! Clank!
The 6 trained for a few hours and from this single session alone, Emery could see some real improvement from them.
These 6 individuals definitely were not like any other girls, as they were able to absorb the skills he had taught them so quickly.
Emery still had his own training to focus on, but while he was helping out the girls, he was reminded of master Xion, who exerted so much effort into training him.
He decided to take his time in teaching them for a few hours every week, all while checking their improvement both in skills and spirit force.
"I will see you all again next week."
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