Morning arrives as the bipedal sun howler belches it's call,inside the castle [Darians Room]he was instantly awoken by a clock his father had installed, his torso bouncing up the moment he heard the noise coming from it, as If he was a reanimated corpse,but one thing was sure,he planned on meeting the day head on.
Knowing, that there would be quite sometime till his father calls due to him being occupied,Darian decided that today he would speedrun through everything.He began by wearing his custome made puffy slippers, blue pajamas, and pointy blue hat,brushing his teeth with the finest of brushes, rinsing his mouth shortly after that,seeing that the maids had rudely already been in his room, while he took his nights rest, causing him to let out a scoff," the audacity", he said,did they not trust in his fashion sense, his right hand formed a fist, realising that he was talking to himself finally gaining a bit of lucidity,thinking it through he wore the clothes the miads had selected anyways, his reasoning being simple was doing them a favour, a kindness afterall,he had no desire for their jobs to be obsolete.
After that he Quickly went out into the hallway and straight downstairs were breakfast was.Their was no point in leaving his room or bed as neat as possible, that was what maids were for,and he took full advantage of it .when arriving at his destination what appeared before him was a buffet of food.He knew better than to be greedy today of all days, having eight hours of class and training, if he had no desire to extend that time greed was his worst enemy.
He Selected a modest 5 pastries, a cut stake,two domino bird wings a vegetable stue,and egg wheat bread, in his opinion everything had to be balanced and this was a true balanced meal.Closing his eyes while simultaneously circleing his chest with his hands, representing the sun with a vertical cross at the center representing the act of giving and unity,or as they say the annihilation of the interests of two things to make one agreed upon interest,that worked for both parties,after eating he waited five seconds like a gentleman until the food had completely been digested enough to allow walking around.
Doulos walked past grabbing his own breakfast.Darian could not help himself from teasing him,by sticking out his tongue and slightly pulling down the cheek of his right eye,a gesture signaling deformity and low intelligence, at that moment doulos almost made his plate fall, but he was a different man wise enough to not feed into the antics of a young troll as he would describe him. Quickly remembering today's goal, Darian stood and began walking his stomach so full from gorging himself, that he began to wadle from the weight.
Lady Rose has arrived the maid shouted,as she came over running her hips swinging from side to side waving both her hands while keeping her arms bent on each side in near a 90 degree position,while she held the skirt of her outfit so as to not trip,the maid outfit and running seemed to be an oxymoron.Doulos knowing this new information decided to go pay lady rose a welcome, as the third in command of the household after lady liedia and Sir Conrad,it was only natural, besides that, the two had some prior history.
Despite Darian always making fun of him saying he looked older than Conrad or Claus Doulos was the youngest and was only 27 turning 28 this year meaning four years ago he was 24,but his grumpy stern demeanor to most gave off an older vibe. The maids were surprised once they would find out his true age,but he welcomed it as a sign of his maturity.
On his way Darian found out he still had time so he decided to watch,the maids do the laundry outside, it was either that or going to the Pegasus stall but Landen was too strict,while watching he noticed the maids stayed openning their arms,for a second then flickers of light and an Ethereal aura emitted out from their bodies, then flowing directly towards the water basin,used by the maids at speeds Darian could not percieve another maid came to help.
Both Remotely lifting the water out of the basin, within it were clothes,while detergent had already been applied prior by one of the maids in the water.The water segregated forming into two layered parts,the outer bubble of water stood still, while the two caused the inner bubble of water to rotate at high speeds after deeming that all clothes on the inner side were clean enough they undid the spell placeing the clothes on the clothesline,then generating air out their palms to dry it, avoiding the production of fire in order to prevent any accidents for it was too volatile, this magic was something all people could do with a bit of training and, or basic education.Darian would begin his own formal training once he reached 4 years of age,"times up", he said to himself.
"Okay up next religious theology", Pierce said," I can't wait for this ",Darian replied," well let's begin in the beginning,in the beginning was something and that something was the true light and the light formed and gave Darkness it's meaning, in 6 days it formed the heavens and Earth and all who live in it And in the tenth day was the abyss".
"Theologically we don't know the reason for the abyss only that it's a prison, now I know what your saying isn't that the reason, but the Question is much deeper than that why imprison instead of eradicate,and why does something capable of defying the light exist many arguments have arrived through the years the free will arguments by Areownius of bethel or saint Scottfrin of gaul with the true judgment arguments".
"A main standing agreement has always been that God is perfect so everything that is not God is imperfect because to be perfect you must than be God, so man or anything physical or any spiritual thing cannot compile multiple layers of perfection that extends to every layer which explains the defiance of the beings said to be in the abyss".
"This is why the light is called the truth it is the objective reality it's thoughts are objective, and its laws which govern the universe are an example of that, this thought is the reason why the heavenly scriptures are given so much importance and authority even over the priests and the church heads,forcing a type of order within the body like a chain or a code of DNA keeping the rest from going asstray creating structure",as Pierce said this passion burst from his eyes while simultaneously hugging himself Darian watched, in awe and inspiration wanting to have such faith.
"as for magic it's origins lies in the fall,the light at some point made a male and female human being, one after the other, making them swear an oath of blood,they were perfectly suited for each other in personality and thoughts the flaw of one was sure to be seen in the other, and they oversaw civilization as all men sprang from those two, unfortunately their names are not recorded".
During this period magic was once just elemental abilities, that could only be used in farming and in the betterment of people's lives in the attempt to find, a loop whole to abuse creation, magic was born,I've been told by your father to keep this segment short so the priests themselves will explain this to you, when you go for your initiation, but the issue of the use of magic has been a big thing that created many schisms across the churches history and is a complex but controled topic".
"Well that's it we've done history Geography finance and we've started with the basics of theology I'm going to give you some reading recommendations to study alright","yes sir",Darian put up a solute.
"Now to meet Claus his probably in the garden".
Sure enough Claus was in the garden, at the centre of the Garden was a statue of lord Douman, near him was a connection hound. The statue bent its back and stood on one knee drawing out water it was a very well sculpted fountain statue, Claus took the responsibility for trimming the hedge Maze and making sure the garden was not overgrown, by doing some topiary work while practiceing his swordsmanship.
Instead of directly going to Claus Darian heard of how busy he was, so he went up the balcony that overlooked the garden to see the master at work,Claus took out his blade using one leg for balance and stability the other leg for advancement his right hand held the blade, while he simultaneously closed his eyes took two fingers from his left hand and gently stroked it on the blade indicating the pouring of mana or Aither into the blade,he leaned further with one leg at a 90 degrees angle one leg digging into the ground,then pouncing forward creating a contained sonic boom in the air,then spinning his torso ingaging in what could only be described as an intense fast pace walts with the blade.
He switched the blade between both hands spinning it,while he slashed the air,and the shrubs of the plants with efficiency he moved his one leg straight thrusting to the right,the direction of that one leg would decide the direction of his strikes his skill was so unique in a few seconds only five moves could be seen but actually he made 104 moves,each small leaf would be cut in its centre,while one leaf would fall at the blade, it's enhanced sharpness would cut it in two,at the end of these motions Claus opened his eyes and looking at Darians direction,Darian clapping as a show of respect.
At the bottom of one of the castles Towers on a barren straight terrain near the stable Darian would face Claus in a head to head duel both having wooden swords,"Remember what I taught you Darian use your small stature to evade, when attacking, get in your opponents blind spots",Claus said, putting one hand behind his back , then placing the wooden blade vertical to his face,Darian spreading his legs holding the blade with both hands one on the hilt another on its flat pommel trying to put enough force into it as he dragged it across the sand going straight for Claus.
He Quickly closed the distance dragging the momentum with his posture signaling a upward swing, claus prepareing to parry, at the last moment and taking a slight step back, in seconds Darian spun going for Clauses legs, yes that was a feint he pretended to go for a slash to Clauses abdomen to obstruct from his,real target only to be met with a Quick parry from Claus, a masters reaction time could not be considered slow with or without mana enhancements the force from Clauses parry Pushed Darian slightly back,Darian Quickly regaining an attacking position by pushing one leg deep into the ground, and making a forward lunge used that moment to perform five thrusts in a row each targeting different areas unfortunately,Claus dodged them easily and replied with a side slash using only 8% of his strength without magic enhancements the swing too fast to be dodged by running.Darian would place his sword directly infront of the slash the force destroying his balance causing him to fall atleast that's what was expected, he fell squating Quickly rolling forward side,attacking horizontally with the blade like a side sweep targeting clauses legs, seeing this Claus jumped in the air,to keep it fair he made sure it was only slightly shorter or close to Darians own height,using Clauses Arial imbalance Darian Quickly stood up to give a forward thrust using both hands Claus countered by using the flat side of his blade as a shield mid air countering, and giving off an excited smirk his student was growing fifteen more years and this could of been a fair fight, although at that time old age would be his handicap after that last monouvre, Darian collapsed from exhaustion he had spent all his energy on those few exchanges and dropped his sword breathing heavily.
Claus gave a smirk," you've improved Darian I remember myself when I was your age lazy and care free,but such is the fate of the rich to keep that wealth naturally the standard must be raised for what you get in wealth is multiplied with physical and mental torment", Claus added saying ,"your stamina needs some work next time we will be doing more stretching with some running exercises".
"It's finally" over Darian exclaimed he successfully speedran his schedule .