SC1 8.1 – Movement Skill
At noon I went back to the hut. At the peak of South Ridge, just 20 meters above the hut, I put the three-stacked chicken cage in my back to the ground. After checking that Bonnie-01 and her sisters were fine, I changed to peregrine owl before flying to the hut and perched on peak of nearby bamboo.
From my position, I could easily observe the hut. I found Kato, Yunno, and Yui were at the dining hut. They were busy preparing chicken feed using my method. The vegetable leftover they used was bamboo shoot.
The hut was in the middle of bamboo groove, so with ease they collected bamboo shoot, and because the amount was huge, they only stored the most soft and sweetest part for the cooking. As for the rest of edible part, they chopped it into chicken feed.
Other than bamboo shoot, they also chopped a huge amount of acorn I had collected every morning. Normally, I had to dry it under sun until it’s as hard as rock. But I didn’t have time to do it. Fortunately, I could use Dehydrator Spell and Time-lapse Spell. The combination of these two spells was a perfect replacement for food dehydrator. By applying it with formula 32 hours at 45 degree Celsius, I got a perfect dried acorn as hard as rock.
Therefore, Yunno and Yui could chop it into wedge with ease, and then took the edible part before chopping it into smaller bits, and mixed it with chopped bamboo shot. The ratio was one cup of chopped acorn for every four cups of chopped bamboo shoot. After that they stored the mix in their spatial ring.
In instant I took a breath full of relief as everything was fine. Kato truly knew how to handle children. It was easy to tell from how she made Yunno and Yui giggle and laughing, without neglecting their work.
Wasting no time, I then went back to take Bonnie-01 and her sisters. A few minutes later, I already entered the hut’s yard. As soon as they saw me, Yunno and Yui immediately run over to me with big smile in their face.
“Big Bro Sanno,” Yunno cheerfully said. “This morning we had super delicious breakfast.”
“Yeah,” Yui nodded her head before adding, “Aunt Kato is a super duper good cook.”
“I know,” I happily replied. “Warrior Deitoro brought me the same breakfast.”
“Really?” Yunno happily asked.
“Really,” I firmly replied. “Now, can you help me make temporary pen for Bonnie-01 and her sisters?”
“Big Bro Sanno, are you carrying Bonnie-01 and her sisters in your back?” Yui asked as she looked at fully covered three-stacked cage in my back.
“Yup,” I happily replied.
Yunno and Yui immediately peeked inside the three-stacked cage. In an instant they had big smile as their gaze met with Bonnie-01 and her sisters.
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“Big Bro Sanno,” Yunno happily said. “We will help you make the temporary pen.”
“Yeah, we will help you,” Yui eagerly added.
At the same time Kato calmly walked over to us and said, “Yunno, Yui, we will continue the work to make chicken feed tomorrow, but you have to store the rest of ingredient and your equipment to your spatial ring before helping Sanno.”
“Yes, Aunt Kato,” Yunno obediently replied.
Wasting no time Yunno and Yui returned to dinning hut and carried Kato’s instruction. Meanwhile, I handed over to Kato the document that became the legal proof that Yunno and Yui were Warrior Deitoro’s property.
“Mrs. Deitoro, this is the purchase letter of Yunno and Yui.”
“Thanks, I will keep it as if it’s my most precious treasure.” Kato gently smiled before adding, “While you making chicken pen with Yunno and Yui, I will prepare the lunch.”
“Yes, Ma’am.”
Wasting no time I went to build the chicken pen. I planned to put Bonnie-01 and her sisters in the greenhouse I would build later, so I would only make a temporary pen for them. In short, I was just put together bamboo fence in a corner of the hut, and put Bonnie-01 and her sisters inside this fence.
The job went fast because Yunno and Yui helped me. After that we had lunch. The menu was stir fry bamboo shoot and pork, with white rice, fried tofu, and spinach miso soup. Similar to our breakfast, it was simple menu for me but a feast for Yunno and Yui. They ate it heartily and it made Kato smiled widely.
After doing the dish, Yunno and Yui then played with Bonnie One and her sisters. Meanwhile, I sat in dining hut checking the result of their study.
“So, how is their study?” Kato who sat in front of me curiously asked.
“Very good,” I replied. “Other than some small mistakes they complete it perfectly.”
After a smile Kato said, “Glad to hear that.”
“In a few days, I will bring my younger sister here,” I calmly said. “She insists to check on Yunno and Yui condition personally.”
“Any suggestion on how I should handle it?”
“No, just handle it as you see fit. We don’t need to do anything out of our daily routine.”
Kato immediately nodded and replied, “Understood.”
“Well, it’s time for their afternoon training.”
“Okay,”
Without delay I said my goodbye to Yunno and Yui. They tried to coax me to stay and had dinner in the hut, but unfortunately I couldn’t do that. I had to switch back to Warrior Deitoro. Therefore, after hugging them tightly in turn, I left the hut.
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Leaving the hut as Sanno, and then returned as Warrior Deitoro. It was a pain in the butt, but it was necessary precaution. I just couldn’t openly announce that the simple young man from a rural village was a warrior with deep knowledge of martial art, rune art, and modern cooking. At least, I had to maintain this double appearance until I became the strongest warrior in the area.
And so, I re-entered the hut’s yard as Warrior Deitoro. Kato then told Yunno and Yui that it’s time for afternoon martial training.
In a calm tone I opened the training, “Two hours in the morning and two hours in the evening, that’s your main menu for martial training.”
“Yes, we understand.”
Yunno replied in high spirit while Yui eagerly nodded her head.
“Well, from now on, if you understand my instruction, just reply with ‘Hai!’. Understood?”
““Hai!””
A smile instantly bloomed in my lips as Yunno and Yui replied at the same time.
“Okay, now I will teach you some movement skills.” After clearing my throat, I continued, “As Rain Dragon Warrior, you have high compatibility with Wind Step and Water Step.
After mastering these two movement skill, you can then learn Lightning Step, one of the most powerful movement skill.
Understood?”
““Hai!””
“Be ready then. I will share my basic knowledge on Wind Step through Soul Binding.”
““Hai!””
The sharing went smoothly. After that I showed Yunno and Yui some examples of Wind Step. Basically, it had two types of basic movement. The first movement was combination of the movement of grasshopper and bird. In short, the user could use Wind Step to propel their body into a long or high jump like a grasshopper, and changing direction in midair like a bird.
As for the second movement, the user could use Wind Step to make a light movement as if their body was made of cotton. For example, they could jump off a cliff and landed gently on their feet.
After watching my examples, Yunno and Yui tried to imitate it. As expected, even if they already had the basic knowledge of Wind Step in their mind, it would take a while before they could execute it. Proper knowledge did indeed eased the path of a warrior, but in the end it was hard work and indomitable spirit that enabled them to master a skill to highest perfection.
Fortunately, Yunno and Yui were hard worker kids who didn’t give up easily. Even after their clothes were drenched with sweats, and smeared with dirt from their fall, while their hard effort showed no result, they kept trying their best to execute their first Wind Step.
Then, just twenty minutes before the sun fully downed in the west, I ended the training.
“Yunno, Yui, let’s continued tomorrow.”
“Can we do it a little more?” Yui said while giving me an expectant gaze.
“You still have to feed Bonnie-01 and her sisters, remember?”
Once I mentioned Bonnie-01 and her sisters, Yui immediately nodded her head eagerly. Then, without further ado, I took Yunno and Yui to feed Bonnie-01 and her sister.
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