Chương 343: Chapter 326. Emily And Ruby's Training

Emily Metis Point Of View" Ahh.... It's so boring!!!!"" You could help me organize this paperwork instead of just sitting on the couch you know?"" Don't want to." I could only sigh at Ruby's tantrum. This has been happening every day since Matthew left for Zana 2 weeks ago. I've been able to keep my mind occupied with the decent amount of paperwork that comes through the door every day.

Most of it is according to what Matthew assumed would be made, such as the Reports from the Blacksmiths experimenting with what B through S-Class Monster materials the Hunting Parties gather on their hunts. He's asked them to try and mix and match different materials to create unique items to sell, things like using Chopping Deer antlers together with Soft Fox teeth to make ornate hairbrushes and back scratchers that are meant to last a lifetime.

It doesn't take a genius to realize he plans on selling this to people. Most experiments fail, but the chosen few that become decent products are then made to take priority now that all the materials to make Weapons, Armor and Magical Devices have been finished. Honestly, you'd think we were stocking up for a war the past few months from reading the Inventory Reports from the Armories around Paradise.

That's not the only industry that Matthew wanted to hone in and experiment with, everyone who lives here already knows how much time he's put into the cuisine of Paradise, adding rare delicacies like the Demonic Alligators to staple parts of the diet. Medicine Production is probably the next priority, he already had the Botanists and Doctors start looking at the new plants that surround Paradise to see what is useable." Ah!"

Ruby interrupted my thoughts; she's seemed to notice something while I was overlooking the last of the paperwork." Emily! It's time to train!" She was excited because she could finally stretch her legs." You realize I still have some work to do, right?"" But you're almost done! Come on! You just need to figure out if Matthew needs to see it when he comes back, right?"" That doesn't mean I can just leave it be and go train, I need some more time.""

But didn't you want to blow Matthew, Sarah and Anna's socks off with your growth when they come back? We need to be consistent to do that!" Ruby was half staring at me and half staring out the giant window overlooking the town. Granted, her sights were focused more on the bottom right of the window, where you can barely make out the side of the training grounds on the property of this giant mansion that Matthew, Sarah and Anna live in.

Even though all 3 complain about how they wanted a smaller, more "intimate" home, the previous owners sure did pack the grounds with everything a Demon Noble would possibly need. From the training grounds to the garden that most likely was made to increase the Value of the Property, but now is mostly used for Matthew to Meditate, as well as state of the art Magical Appliances that the Servants are thankful for.

And to top it all off, this big office with one of the best Dimensional Storage Devices for paperwork I've ever seen. I hope they grow to appreciate how lucky they are to have it. Well, at least Ruby understands how nice it is. Seeing how she's looking at the training grounds the way a child does after being grounded by their parents." Fine, just let me finish looking over these pages." I gave in and gave her what she wants." Great!" Ruby's excitement finally boiled over.

I quickly finished up the work in front of me and in only 30 minutes, Ruby and I had left the office, changed our clothes, and arrived on the training field along with our guests." What are we going to do today, Ms. Ruby?"" Well, Charlotte, I planned on learning a few more of those Dark Elf Techniques from you and Prince Delcan. While I do that, Emily is going to practice her jab and other strikes on that dummy over there."

The tale has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident." Isn't it strange that she keeps practicing on the dummy? Why not have her learn some of the Dark Elf Martial Arts as well?" Princess Charlotte and Prince Delcan have joined us for the past week. It's been equal parts fun and a little disheartening, since I've sparred against them and I can feel and see that I'm doing better in both my striking and grappling, even though I lose every time against my 3 opponents now.

But for all of the good I feel the new sparring partners bring, I can't help but feel judged as Prince Delcan's Guards also join us for the afternoon training. Their stares remind me of when my Father would bring me to his Business Meetings in the beginning, everyone looked at me as if they were wondering why I was there. Maybe I'm just thinking about it too much?" Well, for now, the important thing is for her to drill her Techniques until they become second nature to her.

I'm sure you've both noticed that she's had good moments against us all when we spar her, but that's from her using her head to counter or trap us in an exchange. Once her trap or counter fails her, she crumbles because she can't comprehend what to do next. I want to make sure that using the jab becomes second nature. Imagine how dangerous she'll be once she can jab and trap us at the same time? I know she'll end up being able to challenge me quite well while I'm holding back!"" You really think that, Ruby?""

Of course! You've already caught everyone you've fought before with different set ups and traps, that's all great! You're just weak to the pressure for now, once you've learned the jab to the point it's muscle memory for you, it'll let you recompose yourself as you look for what to do next, not even adding into the advanced jabbing techniques I'll be teaching you next, like the flicker or double jab... Then there's seeing if you can use a power jab properly.""

It sounds like you already have a style in mind to teach, Ms. Emily, Ms. Ruby."" Of course I do. I'm her personal instructor, when I started teaching my 4 new students, I already had some ideas about what to make their styles. The only one not really molding to what I thought would happen is Matthew."" Why is that?"" Oh, right you both weren't there, right? Well, I'm not sure if I should say... Princess Charlotte works for us now, but Prince Delcan is still technically an outsider?""

I'm going to be a Business Partner in time, you know?"" That is true..."" It shouldn't be too much of an issue, I mean, I'm sure, Matthew would probably show Prince Delcan his ability if he asked."" Yes, but he'd do it because I'm a "Prince", not because I'm his "Friend"..." Prince Delcan grew depressed as he thought back on his special challenges these past few weeks.

Ever since the Drake Family returned from Darkheim, Prince Delcan has tried his best to build a Friendship with Matthew, but so far, he's come up short." Well, since you said it's fine, Emily... Matthew unlocked an ability called Holy Martial Arts. With that, his unarmed combat has evolved into a strange direction."" How so?" Princess Charlotte was interested in Matthew's growth. I'm sure I'd be just like her if not for the fact that I was a witness to his training."

Well, he's gained the power to fight evenly with me while I'm not holding back."" Really?"" Yeah, actually, I'm pretty sure he's growing stronger everyday as a matter of fact. And it's not because of his growth as a Martial Artist, it's something else, something more tangible. It's probably tied to his Job as a Paladin if I had to guess."" I see... I want to see what he can do... Hopefully, when he comes back, we can all train together."" Oh, you plan on training here every day, Char?"" Why not, Del?""

Are you sure you'll be able to punch him in the face?"" Hmm..." Princess Charlotte and Prince Delcan's conversation led to Princess Charlotte thinking quite heavily about her idea." I'm sure I can do it. After all, it's about making us both better if we spar, right?"" Oh, is that so? You won't think it'll leave a bad impression on him?"" Please! He'd never think like that!" Prince Delcan began to laugh at Princess Charlotte's reaction. I guess he just wanted to try and tease his sister?" Alright!

I think that's enough talking! Let's start our practice now!" With my teacher's announcement, we all began to do our warmups. Mine was pretty simple, Ruby showed us all a simple procedure to warm our bodies up with stretches, it was the Demon way of warming up, Charlotte joined me as well, since she liked the style of warm up that Ruby taught us. The Dark Elves' style of warming up was quite different, however. /SNAP! CRACK! / The snapping and whipping sound was from Prince Delcan's own body.

The Dark Elf way of warming up was to shoot mana throughout their bodies to loosen and strengthen different muscle groups in the Dark Elf body. It was quite a quick way to do it as well, since it took Princess Charlotte and I 10 minutes to warm up, but it only took Prince Delcan 3 minutes." Alright! Let's get started!" Ruby was all set as well, with that, I split from the group and began to attack my dummy, or I would've, if not for an interruption." LADY EMILY! LADY RUBY!"" Hm? Harold? What's the matter?"

A Flameskin boy came running over to us... Harold? If I remember right, we have him as an Apprentice for one of the Mining Group Members... What could he be running over here for? We all stopped what we were doing in order to hear what the boy had to say.