When we got home Liza welcomed us by serving us a big feast

After being told what happened at the ceremony and about the escort from the royal palace she almost fainted from shock

“Congratulations James-Sama”

I said thank you while taking another serving of the chicken soup she has made

“By the way James”

Scot looked at me with a mischievous look

This guy better not say anything weird

“It looks like you were getting along with Stuarts daughter, you going to marry her soon?”

When Scot said this Elizabeth poked his head while lecturing him about how I was too young

But then she also turned around with a big smile and spoke

“Make sure I get a grandchild before I become an old lady”

She then kissed me old the forehead and went away to help Lize to the dishes

3 weeks later I turned 4 and for my presents I got a necklace from Elizabeth

A book about sword techniques from Scot and some clothes from Lize

Overall, it was a very good birthday, it was different to the ones over in the other world but that was due to tradition

The following “big” celebrations for birthdays in the human continent are-

4- around the time when you get your sword ceremony

11-able to attend school

17-fully grown adult

The following day after the birthday party I was informed that Scot would train me with the sword until I was 7 and sent back to the Wrathead Estate to receive even better training

The following days went as followed

Get up,

Do a morning exercise,

Have breakfast,

Swing my sword for 3 hours straight, have lunch,

Train my body with Scot,

Have a break and then have dinner,

Have Liza and Elizabeth teach me the human language, math etc

Spar with Scot for 2 hours

Get ready for a bath and have a snack before bed

Read a story with Elizabeth or Scot and then go to bed

At the start the training was like hell but slowly but surely, I got used to it every now and then Scot would amp up the training conditions and would teach me about the earth sword form (the only one Scot knows)

While Elizabeth would sometimes teach me about the Water Sword Form

Before I knew it 2 and a half years had passed and there was only 5 months until I left for Wrathead to train

On a particular day Elizabeth’s back was feeling bad so she gave me the list of stuff I had to get at the nearest village

“James make sure not to forget anything”

“Yes mother”

As I said that I started walking to the village, I had been here a few times with Liza or Elizabeth but never on my own

It was a sunny day, and I could see kids my age running around laughing

After I went to the shop, I was greeted by the owner who I had met on the few occasions I came here

She was a nice woman and she had already prepared everything that was on the list

I paid up and thanked her while walking out of the shop

While I was walking back home, I noticed a sound

It was the sound of a girl screaming

I looked around to see a girl to the right of me a distance off running away from a beast

Although this is the human continent there is also beasts and other dangerous animals that live in forests

This girl must of went into the forest for some reason and ended up getting chased out of the forest by this beast

Before I knew it, I had put down the bag of food and had started running towards the girl who was about to be eaten

Feeling hostility, the beast turned towards me and leapt out of the way of my sword

“Keep behind me”

I said this to the girl who was around the same age as me and she nodded

the beast that was up closer a huge wolf ran at me with its jaw open

I hit my sword on the ground and imbued it with Earth Form energy, I thrust the sword deep in the giant wolfs mouth and a few second later, the Wolf stopped moving

It was already dead

When I turned around the girl who was teary eyed before had the look of amazement

“w-what was that?” she asked with her mouth agape

The girl who was around the same age as I had beautiful blond hair and was a cut above average in looks, she was on par with Claire who had stunning long black hair, black hair was the traditional hair that at Wrathead’s had, me included

“It was just a Sword Form”

“Teach me!”

When I heard those words, I obviously was going to answer no but when I looked into her eyes, she showed no intention of taking advantage of me, she had the eyes of someone who had something to protect

“sure”

I was even more shocked with the words that had come out of my mouth

The girls’ eyes were glistening with happiness

“what’s your name?”

I asked her that, if I was going to take on a disciple, I needed to know her name

“Clara Strothings”

She has a nice name it suits her

“Nice to meet you, I am James Wrathead”

After introducing myself she put her finger on her check pondering for a second

“The one who lives near the outskirts of the village in the big house?”

“Yes, that’s me”

When I said that she stood there for a second and then twirled around

“let’s be friends”

After she said that in such a cute way how could I say no

“ok”

After saying to Clara to meet me here every day at this time she nodded and wondered back home

I went to pick up the back that I had put down and went back home as well

Over the last 5 months I have been training Clara with the sword, luckily, she has the affinity for the water form, so I have been teaching her everything I have come to know if it. She would also join in on my lessons with Elizabeth

Its 3 days until I go back to Wrathead, I do not know how long I will be gone but I guess it will be for a while

After hearing this Clara bawled her eyes out for hours while I tried to comfort her

“w-will you come back?”

She said this as tears rolled down her eyes

Even I was almost on the brink of tears, she became like a little sister to me over the 5 months I have been training her

My mother Elizabeth also took a liken to her and has been talking to her while they knit together

One night when Clara was staying, she was knitting with Elizabeth, and I could swear i heard Elizabeth say

“So how much children are you two going to have”

While Clara went bright red and waved her hands in the air Elizabeth gave a little “hehe”

The following day I woke up and got ready to head

“of course, I will be back, I just don’t know when, even though I’m not here make sure to keep training”

While patting her head she gave me a small nod

“When you come back, I’ll be as strong as you, just you wait!”

I couldn’t help but giggle when I heard this which led Clara to pout

After Clara stayed over for my 7th birthday, she and the rest of my family gave me a hug and big me farewell as I got onto the carriage

While the carriage started to move, I could hear someone shouting

“Remember to come back!”

It was Clara

I poked my head out through the window and waved at her while shouting

“Make sure to keep up your knitting”

She gave me a big nod