After Lebo slept, Ams and Jane decided to prank him. When he woke up, they put on masks and made a loud noise to scare him.
Lebo slowly woke up and stretched. Still half asleep, he stood up and walked toward the room door.
Suddenly—
Ams appeared right in front of him wearing a mask.
"BOO!"
Lebo jumped back. "AH—!"
Then he quickly turned around—
And saw Jane behind him, also wearing a mask.
"Boo!"
That was enough.
"AAH!"
Lebo panicked and used gravity, pushing both of them away.
"WOAH—chill! It's us!" Jane said, laughing.
Ams started bouncing in the air, laughing so hard it could barely stay still.
Lebo stood there breathing heavily.
"You guys are serious? That's not funny!"
Jane tried to stop laughing but couldn't. "O-okay… maybe a little funny…"
Ams added, "Your face was priceless!"
Lebo tried to stay mad… but then he remembered how it felt.
He suddenly burst out laughing.
"Okay—okay, that was actually really funny!"
The three of them laughed together for a while, pointing at each other and replaying the moment.
"Did you see how you jumped?!" Jane said.
"You screamed!" Ams added.
"I did NOT scream!" Lebo said, laughing.
"You did!" they both said at the same time.
They kept laughing together, unable to stop.
After calming down, Jane said, "Alright, get ready. We have something for you."
Lebo tilted his head. "A gift?"
They walked through the streets together, still joking and laughing about the prank.
"Careful, Lebo," Jane teased. "Something might jump at you again."
"Don't even try it," Lebo said, smiling.
Ams floated behind him and whispered, "Boo…"
Lebo turned quickly. "I heard that!"
They all laughed again.
They passed through two streets until they reached a blacksmith.
Lebo's eyes lit up.
"Wow… is my gift a cool-looking axe?"
Jane said, "No, but it's a good-looking sword."
Lebo and Ams looked at each other.
"Good enough."
Jane smiled. "Oh, and it's made with Uniqerum ore."
Lebo said, "Oh, so this is Uniqe… but with 'rum' added to make an ore?"
Jane laughed. "Yes, pretty much."
this is unoringnal.
While they waited, Jane explained that Uniqerum ore can absorb your Uniqe and make the weapon sync with it.
Lebo said, "That's awesome! So it becomes stronger with me?"
"Exactly," Jane said.
Lebo grinned. "And when will I go on missions and kill monsters to save people?"
Jane crossed her arms. "After six months of training."
Lebo froze.
"…Six months?"
He looked down at the ground.
Ams floated up, pouting. "Six months is too much! Why? I want adventures with Lebo!"
Jane said, "Because we are not throwing you into danger before learning anything."
Lebo sighed, then looked up again.
"Can I at least train with Adam, with the same trainer?"
Jane smiled. "Of course… but let's hope his clan accepts."
Lebo grinned. "We'll make them accept."
Ams nodded seriously. "Yes. We beg… or we cry."
Jane laughed. "Let's hope it doesn't come to that."
While the blacksmith was making the sword, they went to Adam's clan to ask.
Surprisingly…
They accepted.
Jane, Ams, and Lebo all said at the same time, "Huh?"
The clan explained that Adam works well with Lebo, and that's how he learned the Flame of Tomorrow.
"Guess we're lucky," Lebo said.
"Very lucky," Jane added.
They brought Adam to the blacksmith to make gauntlets for him, since he is a hand martial arts user.
Adam jumped with excitement.
"Yesss! I can train with my new best friend!"
Lebo smiled. "Yeah, Adam! We're going to get stronger together."
Adam laughed. "And I'll be stronger than you!"
"We'll see about that," Lebo said.
Lebo then said, "I need to master the gravity Uniqe… because for some reason, it's just bad with me. Ams can control it better than me."
Jane frowned. "I thought you should have better control."
Ams shrugged. "I don't know… maybe it's just hard to master."
They all nodded.
"Yeah… that makes sense."
Finally, the weapons were ready.
Lebo grabbed his sword—
It turned purple in his hands.
"Whoa!" Lebo stepped back in surprise.
Adam put on his gauntlets, and they turned dark orange.
"Awesome!" Lebo said. "I can control gravity better!"
The blacksmith smiled. "The darker the weapons, the more it means you have mastery over it."
Adam immediately started teasing.
"Haha! I have more mastery! La la la!"
Lebo rolled his eyes. "Relax…"
Adam kept going, laughing and dancing around.
"Master Adam! Master Adam!"
Ams laughed. "He's never going to stop now."
Jane laughed too. "You created this problem."
Lebo sighed… then laughed anyway.
After a long day, they went back to Lebo's house.
Adam insisted on a sleepover.
They played, talked, and laughed loudly together.
At one point—
"BOO!" Adam suddenly shouted.
Lebo jumped again.
"NOT AGAIN!" Lebo yelled.
Everyone burst out laughing.
From another room, Lebo's aunt shouted, "CAN YOU ALL BE QUIET?!"
They tried to stay quiet…
But a few seconds later, they started laughing again.
After a long, fun, and exhausting day…
They finally fell asleep.
(end of chapter 3)