But before he could land himself on the ground, his uncle caught him. Jasper places Apo on the long chair and starts to wait for him to wake up.
While Jasper was waiting for his nephew to wake up, he started to remember their intense training a while ago. He knows that Apo keeps attacking just to find the weakness of his ability, but it looks not as simple as it seems.
So Jasper is able to keep Apo from being distracted by a continuous counterattack, so he can't find an opening.
But while Jasper remembers every inch of the fight, he raises an eyebrow as he remembers Apo's final attack.
'What was that dark smoke a moment ago??? Is he aware of his ability??? It looks like what father has...' Jasper said inwardly.
Because, as he trained Apo over the years, it was the first time he saw Apo produce some kind of black smoke, and most of all, apo didn't say anything about it either. So Jasper knows that this day was the day apo awakened his ability. Jasper also knows that Apo can't still control it, as he immediately starts to feel the fatigue in his body.
As time passed, Jasper stop think about it any further and just started to sit on another bench from the opposite side, so he could have some time to rest and enjoy the view.
While sitting, he stares at Apo for the last time and says "You truly improve a lot... And if you keep that 'same road', I'm sure you will be able to become one of the 'strongest' someday, maybe someday..." he said that with a faint smile at his face.
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As some time passed, apo was slowly starting to wake up from his nap. As he wakes up, sits on the bench for a while and he slowly stretches his body, since he just woke up and his a bit sleepy.
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Apo was slowly raising his head, and he immediately saw his uncle in front of him sitting on the beach on the other side while drinking coffee. "Uncle, what time is it?" apo asked while scratching his eyes. Since apo eyes were a bit blurry since he had just woken up from his long nap.
"It's now ten o'clock... and I also texted your mom that you are going home late, so you don't need to worry..." his uncle replied.
When Apo heard it, a small sigh of relief left in the apo mouth. Since he thought that he was going late for their trip. But now that knows that he has some time, apo has started relaxing his body. All the pains and fatigue in his body just a while ago are now starting to come back.
"Ouch! Why my body hurts!?" he said. Apo feels the stabbing pain all over his body. Suddenly his uncle gives him a special oil as he sees his nephew's pain.
"Use this... It can quickly relieve the pain in your body since this special oil was an elixir that was used by the heroes themselves... So use it well, OK" Jasper said.
As Apo looks at the bottle of oil, he listens to what his uncle says. After that apo slowly starts applying the oil in his body. His uncle also said that "it has some 'medicinal herb inside so that it can immediately reduce the pain in your body".
As they were done, it already a few minutes passed, thinking about the time they had rested, apo started to stand up from the bench and prepare himself to go home.
"Thank Uncle, I have to go now," Apo said in a soft tone.
When Jasper hears it, he suddenly says "Wait" and immediately grabs a sword with a beautiful cover.
Since Jasper prepared the sword while Apo was resting and sleeping on the bench, so in Jasper's mind it was now the right time to give it.
"This is a gift of you, and from your grandpa... He said to me that I give this to you if it's the right time... Here take it, as it helps you on your way to becoming a hero" Jasper said with a light smile on it.
As Apo reaches and grabs the sword, he can feel a mix of sadness and happiness from the inside. Because he is happy that he has a sword now but he also feels sad as he remembers his beloved grandpa.
As he hugged the sword in his arms, Apo said "thank you" to his uncle with a bit of a tear in his eyes, before he went and left his uncle's house.