Chapter 204 (1/2)

Chapter 204

Chapter 204: Lost Words

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GREY

I stepped back as Lady Vera positioned her thinStill, soed to slapthe fresh wound “I thought I dodged that”

“You’re too focused onher body still “Your vision should encompass your eneht now?”

I looked down at the foil still pointed at me “Aside from the obvious?”

That earned et smart with me, kid”

“Okay, okay!” I yelped “And I have a name, you know”

“I’ color,” Lady Vera said bluntly “Now, answer ain, I scanned the tall wo black pants, which only e anfrom my injuries While her methods were brutal and her personality was about as warm as a block of ice, they were effective

“Well?” she pressed, jolting hts

I let out a breath and pointed at her foot “You pivoted using your lead leg, bringing your back foot forward for longer reach”

“Good,” she nodded in approval “Although, if you weren’t able to see that froround…”

“Yes yes Then I don’t deserve to be your student,” I finished “No do I get better?”

Myover to the round’ ere in, which stretched out for fifty yards in both length and width, was her backyard

The sih rise building took up about every available plot of land spoke a lot about her wealth and power Adding to the fact that her entire backyard—which looked like soazine—was also blocked off from the outside world by a twenty-foot wall made me wonder what sort of position she actually held in Wittholm Academy, the military school I was still enrolled in

As we reached the clear pond that had fish in it—actual, live fish—Lady Vera sat down at the edge anda fish with your hands,” she said “Without using ki”

“What? Won’t they die if they come out of the water? I-I don’t think I can afford to replace a living fish like this”

She gave me a rare s warily at the aquatic animals that I’ve only seen in a frozen and processed forers barely touched the water, however, the gold and black fish darted off to the other end of the pond

“So fast!” I exclai at its speed

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She snapped her finger to get ain”

It only took about a dozen e that I was supposed to be getting from all of this Frustrated and wet, I swiped my hand without a care whether I’ll hurt the fish or not, only to slip on the wet stone and fall inside the water

“Gah!” I flailed out of the water, letting out a gasp asto clirass “What’s the point of this, anyway? It’s impossible to catch one with just your bare hands”

“Is that so?” hty voice

“Yes, it’s i a fish in her hand—“what? No way! Do it again!”

Lady Vera shrugged and threw the fish back into the pond “Sure”

I scrambled back to my feet and watched closely in case my mentor tried to pull a fast one and use ki or cheat in so forward, Lady Vera waited with her hand close to the surface Just as another fish was about to swim by, she dipped her hand slowly into the water and ca grin, tossing the fish back in “Now do you believe et it You did it so slowly…” I o into your hand?”

“Do I look like so as useless as that?” My mentor looked at uess not… but I still don’t understand the point of this, unless it was for you to just show off”

My mentor splashed water on my face at my remark “I did it to show you that you and these fish—the ones that were able to make a fool of you—are similar”

I furrowed my brows “What?”

Lady Vera’s hand suddenly shot out towardme to whip my head to the side

“Your reaction speed is fast, frighteningly so,”my shoulder “But it’s instinctual, not tamed, just like these fish”

“I don’t understand What do you ht not be aware of it but, through of this ‘ability’, by the time your opponent’s arms flex in order to throw a punch, your brain has already sent a signal to your body in order to react Now, if your opponents are on the level of students here, you hold a large advantage over theer opponents can easily predict how you’re going to dodge, just like how I predicted the fish would try to dodge when I grabbed it”

I thought for a moment and realized that what Lady Vera said was pretty spot on “So how do I ‘ta,” she answered, getting up and taking an offensive stance

“Isn’t that the sa?”

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She shook her head “One is intentional, the other is instinctual We’ve focused on basic conditioning for thehow to start responding”

My eyes shi+ned in exciteht from Lady Vera “The fun part!”

“Fun for ure eight “But lucky for you, your next class starts soon so we’ll start with this exercise toroan and rubbed the welt on my arm fro for you to get back to school,” Lady Vera said while shooing me away “Now scraru by the door before leaving

While the ride back to school took less than an hour, I still h for the driver to have to shake

I took a deep breath as I stepped out of the sleek black vehicle, prepared for the sharp gazes ofable to ride a private car However, the outer courtyard that was usually filled with students either lounging around in between classes were all gathered around the entrance of the ad off the perimeter were several fortified vans that looked a bit different fro on,” Ion ReadReadNovelFullonlinecouards in black, with their custoht sabers strapped to their hips, kept all the curious students fro doors These weren’t norrabbed the nearest student “What happened? Why are enforcers here? Was there a break in or an attack?”