The King's Sorcerer by B T Narro

Author:B T Narro [Narro, B T]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-04-02T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

After breakfast was served in our rooms, most of us boys coincidentally met in the bathing quarters for a quick bath, and soon I was headed out onto the courtyard. A grin made its way onto my lips as I saw Leon with training swords and protective leather tunics.

All eight of us formed a half circle in front of him. He always looked displeased, with his large green eyes that seemed incapable of expressing joy, and his strong jaw that appeared as if he was firmly pressing his teeth together behind his closed mouth. But something about the sight of us this morning really lowered his eyebrows. He was clearly not as excited as I was to begin sword training.

After a sigh, he said, “Girls, you will be on your own most of the day.” He shooed them away. “Train, just keep your distance from us.”

Aliana, Eden, and Kataleya seemed content to walk off, but Remi remained.

“I would like to learn the sword.” She had a fragile demeanor as she held her hands together and seemed barely capable of looking high enough to make eye contact with Leon.

“You?” Leon asked incredulously.

Remi blushed, but she did straighten her back a little. “I would like to try.”

“No.” He pointed toward the other girls, who had stopped and turned around to watch. “Go away with the others.”

Remi looked absolutely broken as she started to walk away.

“At least give her a chance,” I said.

Remi stopped and looked back.

Leon glowered at me. It seemed that he expected me to lower my gaze or even apologize, but I would do neither. She deserved a chance. Why not?

Eventually, Leon blinked and turned his head toward Remi.

“Why the hell do you want to waste everyone’s time, including your own, trying to learn sword? Didn’t you hear me earlier when I said we don’t have time to waste?”

“I think I might do well,” she said shyly.

“You’re doing well with fire,” Leon replied. “Just stick with that.”

“I’m sorry,” she said, “but I want to try sword. There might be instances that I don’t want to burn someone alive in order to stop them.”

“So you’d rather cut them? It’s no different!”

Poor Remi looked terribly uncomfortable as she had trouble meeting his eyes. “Please,” she said. “Can I at least learn with the boys one day to see what I can do?”

“I have a better idea.” Leon looked over at us. “Who has experience in hand-to-hand combat?”

Reuben raised his hand. “I was trained in every form of combat.”

I suddenly had the urge to challenge him, but I was smart enough to know what Leon was getting at. I was glad Reuben had volunteered for this.

Leon tossed one of the wooden practice swords to Remi. She caught it with one hand, but he didn’t seem impressed.

“Here are the rules of every duel,” Leon announced. “When a point is scored, the duel stops. A point is scored when you make contact with your weapon, your fist, your elbow, or your knee or foot. You will only strike each other below the neck.

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