Chapter 14: I get some disciples!?

I wake up early again…

I hate this pattern. School, student council, sleep, repeat.

Instead of getting ready for school as soon as I wake up I should do some exercise. The free running was fun, maybe I should do some more before school instead of after. Less people around to bother me and get in the way. I swear I was almost killed because of several people being where I wasn’t expecting them.

After carefully getting changed while Claire was sleeping, I do my stretches and walk out of the room.

I jump down the stairs while trying to be quiet, and was about to exit through the terrace again, but I hear voices.

“Do you really think he will show up so early?” A male voice asks with serious doubts clearly on his mind

“Yeah. This is the perfect time in the morning to do that stuff. If we want him to teach us we will have to get up this early and maybe even earlier.” A female voice soundly reasons with the male.

Do these people seriously not have anything better to do? I mean, it is literally just jumping around and climbing things that normal people would normally refuse to climb. It isn’t some superhuman skill.

“I don’t think he will do it so early in the morning considering that he only did it last night, and no one else has seen him do anything yet. Can you see why I am reluctant to be here right now?”

“I see your point.” The female sounds like she is about to give up. “Especially if Claire finds us crowding around him again… I honestly fear for my life.”

I want to have some fun with this. Why? Because it seems like something to do.

I open the door to the terrace and they all look at me with shock in their eyes. Yeah, I didn’t know I would do this either, so stopped being so shocked.

“So you guys want me to teach you? Why aren’t you wearing the proper clothing for it?”

They were all dressed in their school uniforms, it was harder to do free running in tight clothes. Not impossible… but it might as well be impossible for beginners.

“We already have a plan for that sir!” One of the girls shout and grabs her bag from a table. She pulls out a pair of jogging pants and puts them on under her skirt, removes the skirt and removes the top, button up part of the uniform. Underneath she was wearing a loose t-shirt underneath…

I personally would have worn a long sleeve shirt considering the temperature, but I guess it will be okay once she starts running around.

I notice all five students that were there have now changed into the same clothing.

Interesting… I think this will be more fun that I thought.

“Okay, meet me on the ground in less than five minutes. I recommend you watch this first.” I feel like showing off a little to these people. Why you ask? I will respond with, why not? “Don’t try to copy this. I am kind of experienced. Mostly.”

I run to the railing of the terrace and do a side vault over it.

I connect it to a backflip while I am falling towards the ground. As soon as my feet I touch the ground I roll forwards and stay on my feet after.

“Why are you all still there!? You have four minutes and thirty seconds!” The students quickly regain their sense and tell their assigned staff to stay and watch their stuff.

One student climbs the railing and drops down, grabbing the space between the railing and the ground, he then pushes off the wall and lands on the rock I used to get up last night.

He quickly jumps off and does the least coordinated roll I’ve ever seen.

If he did it like that from a drop as high as mine I can guarantee that his knee caps might just pop out of place.

The other students all run in the building to take the stairs. While they do that I might as well talk to this guy.

“So, why did you follow me when I said not to?”

“You never said not to go that way. You said not to copy you. So I didn’t. I copied what I saw in a video last night.”

“A video? You researched it? How did you know what it was called?”

“I asked my assigned staff and it just so happens that her brother was huge into this stuff when they were younger.”

“I see, that is convenient. So, why did you want to learn, you seem pretty tired from just that much movement, this will be hell for you later on.”

“I am well aware that I will be having issues. I am not as physically fit as some other people and I have always admired the physically strong.”

“So… Do you have any goals? I do this because A., it is good exercise and B., because I enjoy it. This is very dangerous and you will be injured. I can guarantee it. Are you prepared?”

“Yes!” He shouts with determination and straightens his back.

“Good, the others should be arriving soon, we will have the same talk. From now on, just call me Logan.”

“Yes master Logan!”

“No. Drop the master. I refuse to be the master of a noble.”

“Then I will lower my head and ask that you accept me as a disciple!” He drops down to one knee and lowers his head.

“Umm… I guess it’s okay… I think…”

What have I gotten myself into this time?

…

“Jump higher!”

I was currently training the five people that were stupid enough to follow me as disciples.

I was currently getting them to climb on some rocks near the main gate. Up and down, repeat.

They were all sweating furiously, a lot of students had started to gather around, but no one said anything.

“Stop! We are moving on to the next thing! After that we are done for today!”

““Yes Teacher!””

The five all get off the rocks and follow me the best they can as I jog to the next location. I found this one during my run last night.

“While free running it is important to know how far you can jump, and to be able to jump varying distance consistently. For that, I will have you jump from rock to rock in this grass area. I will first show you how it is done, then I want all of you to copy!”

““Yes Teacher!””

I jump from rock to rock carefully, making sure not to make any wasted movements. I almost mess up several times as I am mostly unexperienced still, but I’m sure the point got through to them anyways.

“Now go!” I shout to them as the tiredly try to jump from stone to stone, failing almost every jump.

I put my head in my hands. This may take a while…

…

“What did you do this morning Logan?” Claire was sitting on the end of the bed ready for school in her uniform.

“I was apparently guiding my new disciples.” I grab my school uniform and walk into the bathroom, I leave the door open, not caring if Claire walks in.

“Disciples? Okay, you will need to give me more information. I get a little worried when I wake up and you aren’t here.” Claire walks in behind me.

“Well,” I turn on the shower and remove my clothes, “I had planned to go out for a normal run in the morning, but after the incident last night they must have contacted each other early in the morning. I was basically ambushed.”

“Then why were you smiling so widely when you came in the door.”

“Because I had fun. They seriously wanted to learn under me.”

“Are you a professional in it? Is it safe to teach something you don’t really know about to other people?”

“You worry too much Claire. Those people clearly know what they are getting into, I have warned them heavily, but they refused to back down. Ah, before you ask, they did not force me to do this, I am teaching them of my own free will.”

“I see…” Claire walks out of the bathroom with a complex expression on her face. Is she upset?

“Hey Claire, are you upset?” I decide to ask, the easiest way to find out is to just be straight forward after all.

“A little… you haven’t really been spending as much time with me. We get back and all you do is homework then go to sleep. You don’t really talk to me… it makes me really sad.”

I feel horrible!

I’m happy she told me but it makes me feel like I’m an asshole now!

“I’m really sorry Claire… I didn’t realize I was doing that to you. Getting married is just not something I was ever planning in my school life, so it was pushed further and further from my mind as time went on. I’m really sorry for treating you that way… can you forgive me for being ignorant of how you feel?”

Claire turns to face me with a happy expression on her face.

“Find me at lunch and I will forgive you.”

“Of course I can do that. Want me to walk you to class.”

“Sure.” Claire happily walks out of the bathroom and closes the door.

Well… at least I think she is happy…

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