"My sword training has started, father really is a strict teacher" thought Andrej to himslef while flying towards the sword which his father knoched out of his hands.

"You need to learn how to defend Andrej"

"I would, but it's not going so well"

Andrej raised the blade and went straight for Kiril, who with one swing threw the sword out of his hands again.

"In battle you musn't mindlessly go at the enemy, you need to think rationally and be prepared for every situation"

"If that is the case then we go again"

Andrej took a stance, and went for a strike, but Kiril suddenly vanished, Andrej stopped in confusion, and then Kiril appeared again and in the time span od 2 milliseconds he grabs Andrej and throws him on the floor.

"Eeh, did you at least try to think?"

"Was that supposed to be an insult?"

"Don't say that father, but you used some awesome techniques, how do you know them?"

"Your father used to be in the Royal Guard you know"

"Whoa really?"

"Yeah, i will tell you about that after training"

He said and immediately vanished again, leaving Andej once again in confusion, before appearing again and swiping Andrej off his feet, but Andrej stood up quickly and swung his sword but Kiril dodged and vanished again, but Andrej knew that he would appear behind him again, so he turned around just in time to block Kiril's strike, then Kiril appeared behind him again and attempted to throw him off his feet again, but Andrej managed to dodge and tried to kick him in the chest, which left his leg in pain and he fell to the floor.

"Damn, are you made of stone?"

"So far, defending and thinking is going fine with you, now let's see your attacks"

"Yes!"

Andrej ran towards Kiril, he tried to knock the sword out of his hands again, but Andrej managed to dodge and hit him in the face with the hilt of the sword, but Kiril managed to knock him back a little, then Andrej went for another hit but Kiril predicted it and kicked him again knocking him into a tree.

"For a begginer, your attacks are really good"

"Thank you father!"

"As a reward let's go and have lunch at the place with the tasty gulash, there i will tell you the story"

"Yes let's go"

Soon the father and son arrived at the place in the village where the tastiest gulash was made, they sat at a table and ordered 2 bowls of gulash.

"Father, can you tell me something about sword arts themselves?"

"Of course, there are three basic styles of swordsmanship, the west wind style which is suited for predicting your opponent's moves, and adequately countering them, then there is the north wind style, which is used for strong head on attacks with a lot of force, and finally the east wind style, which is used for quick attacks and assassinations"

"I guess the west style is the best for me"

"Haha, with enough dedication you could master all three" said Kiril to him while laughing and patting him on the head, at that moment Andrej felt unexplainable excitement.

"Father, in one month before Katarina goes to the entrance exam for the mage school i want to impress her with my skills" said Andrej with a hinge of happiness.

"You remind me of when i was younger, i always used to boast about my skills with my friends from the Royal Guard, and also i hit on and showed off to a lot of girls, until one day i found an angel on earth, that was your mother, she was a teacher at the magic school, that is also when i met Oleg, my still best friend, he also helped me win Olga's heart, after a long relationship i proposed to her, but soon Oleg and me were called for a mission with another group of adventurers and my squad of royal guards, that is also where Oleg met his future wife"

"Ooh, so you two were really connected"

"Like you and Katarina, except differently"

"I keep telling you, it's not like that!"

"Whatever you say, anyways we were tasked with investigating a cult which was reported to kidnap people and children all over the country, we were searching for clues until we finally found them in a small village, and it turned out their leader was the Demon God of blood Chernobog, what happened next was a grand battle between our army of some of the kingdom's finest warriors and Chernobog which lasted for three days without break, even your mother and multiple knights were sent as reinforcements, but it was all useless in the end as most of the army was decimated and killed, and Chernobog and his cult are still active today"

Andrej was silent for minutes thinking about his father's words and about Chernobog himself, he thought until he finally spoke.

"So father, can you tell me more about this Chernobog?" just the thought about him scared Kiril for a moment, but he answered his son anyways.

"He is a creepy being, the look in his blood colored eyes i will never forget, his strength was massive, just like his magic"

"What? A being like that exists?"

"Yeah, and if you ever become stronger, you will cross paths with him at least once"

"And when i do i will defeat him"

"Enough about me, you still didn't tell me about your magic"

"Oh right it totally slipped through my mind, its dark magic"

"I see, well let's finish with the meal and go home"

"Of course!"

At home, Kiril gave Andrej a book with the west wind style movements and techniques, which Andrej was happy to practice on wooden dolls and targets, he was starting to quickly learn some of the basic techniques.

"Okay Andrej that is enough, one final spar to show me what you learned and we can call it a day"

"Of course" said Andrej as he took the common west style stance "Let's do this"