It’s been three weeks since the fire incident. According to Jeanette things like that happens quite often. Most adventurers are quite hot blooded and sometimes things escalate and fights occour. Doesn’t make it more ok though.

I have also gained a nickname among the adventurers; Golem Girl, due to my apparently amazing control ower my golems. The way they moved was very realistic and the finess they had while working was incredibly precise.

After getting seriously scolded by Jeanette, Philomena apologized once again for scaring me. She even promised she would teach me some fire magic and some combat if I forgived her! Being the kind and caring person that I am I of course accepted it. Hohoho, I really am a saint (phoenix evolution here I come!).

During these three weeks I did nothing but train, eat, sleep and do quests. Thanks to my ability to learn spells by watching them training with Philomena was very easy. After showing them to me once I could immediately use them. But I still need to train. Even if I know the spell I am not as skilled with them as Philomena. She is way more experienced than I am. It seems that she is a famous adventurer and is A ranked. Morgana would not stand a chance.

But it’s kinda hard to believe considering how she acts sometimes. At first glance she appears cold, dignified and terrifying but when you get to know her better you realize it is actually quite the opposite. Philomena is air headed, ill tempered, ill manered, hot blooded, paranoid and suprisingly enough quite shy when it comes to new people.

Her teaching methods are quite… Unique. By unique I mean it involves throwing fireballs at me and forcing me to endure hellish training sessions. She and Rowan would get along well.

Neither less the training is quite effective. I have already been taught three new spells; fire step, which means I boost by speed by charging my legs with fire, kinda like rockets, fire coat, the same spell Philomena used to set fire to the guild. It basically involves that I cover myself with fire without it hurting me. The last one is, and hold on now, FIRE BREATH. I can now breathe fire, just like a dragon! Now how cool is that!?

Of course I also trained without Philomena too. Some things I can’t show her, like my other form. Considering how she acted whn she sw Morgana I get the chills just imagining how it would go if she saw this form. I have been practising gliding with Morgana and I think that I’ll soon be able to fly! Finally! I have grasped the basics and cand now control my body better when soaring.

The other ones have also trained. They said they wanted to get stronger. Rowan focused on his swordsmanship and weapon creation. He appears to be very determined. According to Morgana and Zar he is training non-stop whenever he is in the storage. He will also soon evolve! Just one more level and a new form will get unlocked. I wonder what he will become.

Morgana leveled up her transforming skill and can now transform into a dagger and a mini version of herself, about the same size as she was before. She found this very convenient as now she can continue resting on my shoulders. She tried some fire magic but in the end she said she prefered wind magic.

Zar reached another level but his progression rate is really slow. Is it because he is like a child. Does ones mentality determine how fast one level up? I didn’t mean for Taro, nor anyone else, to have the personality they have but I guess if I imagine it I can perhaps determine it.

If I create a golem with the mentality of a toddler does it not level up at all? Well, I have no intention of creating another child right now so I guess I have to leave it at that.

Today Philomena called me out to a place just outside the forest. She didn’t say what we are gonna do but I guess it’s some kind of training? She gave me a map showing the location and then she left in a hurry. The last thing she told me was to be prepared… I’ve got a good feeling about this!

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I arrive in an empty field where nothing grows, just dry earth and rocks. In the middle of the field there’s a large hill but otherwise the area is entirely flat. It seems like Philomena has yet to arrive so I sit down on a nearby rock and waits.

((Am I perhaps too early?))

“No mistress, you are on time. Maybe Philomena is just late?” Rowan said.

“Well the hag isss old. Musst be hard to remember thingss at that age” Morgana commented with a sharp voice.

“Yeah, she is old!!” Zar shouted in agreement.

“Morgana, stop it! You are having a bad influence on Balthazar!”. Morgana mumbles something about wrinkles and scales but I don’t listen. She becomes pissed every time Philomena is mentioned. Still mad huh?

“SO YOU SHOWED UP MY DEAR DISCIPLE” a booming voice suddenly says. I turn around. What. The. Funk. On the hill stands Philomena, dressed in red armor and with a painted face. Is that war paint? And what is that thing on her head? Is that a… Wolf skull with horns?

“P-Philomena, what are you wearing?” I ask, confused as heck.

“WELL MY BATTLE ARMOR OF COURSE.”

“Battle armor? Then what was that armor you wore before?”

“THAT WAS JUST MY REGULAR CLOTHES BUT ENOUGH ABOUT THAT” she says and jumps down the hill, landing 10 meters in front of me. “TODAY I SHALL TEST YOU. HOW YOU MAY ASK? WITH A BATTLE OF COURSE!”

“B-battle? Wait, why are your voice so loud? I don’t underst-”

“BEGIN!”. Philomena charge toward me. I jump up in the air, causing Philomena to hit the rock I previously sat on. The rock shatters into tiny pieces.

“Philomena wait! I don’t wish to fight you!”

“THEN YOU SHALL PERISH”. Philomena suddenly disappears from my vision only to appear next to me the following second.

W-wah! How did she get there!? She didn’t even use fire step!

Philomenas fist gets ingulfed in fire and she aims it towards me. Once again I jump away but when I do she grabs my face and slams me into the ground. Agh! That really freaking hurt! It feels like my head is about to crack open! How is my HP?

HP: 2/5

CRAP! Another hit and I am dead! Before Philomena have the chance to slam me to the ground I use Death Scream. This causes her to flinch in pain and put her hands over her ears. I do not let this opportunity pass by so I quickly het on my feet and create some distance between us. I quickly cast a healing spell on myself to recover my lost HP. Damn, that hit against the ground made me dizzy.

Luckily my Death Scream seems to have been effective. Philomena releases her head and stares at me for a sec before suddenly she starts to laugh.

“HAHAHAHA! I DON’T KNOW WHAT THAT WAS BUT I LIKE IT! I GUESS IT’S TIME TO GET SERIOUS!”

… She wasn’t serious before?

Philomenas body suddenly gets ingulfed in fire and she starts roaring like some kind of beast. What is with her!? This reminds me off some anime where the protagonist shouts when powering up (it’s over 9000!!!). I activate mana dome anf begin preparing a sealing rune underneath Philomena. But my sealing takes to long to activate and when she realize what I am about to do she use fire step to avoid it.

This is dangerous… Philomena is stronger, faster and more durable than. She also have more battle experience. I am in deep trouble. But I have a plan. It is so stupid that it just might work.