Within a couple hours, Keqing was completely healed, and a nurse wakes her. "Excuse me, Keqing, you're completely healed now. You are free to leave once you've collected your things," smiles the nurse. Keqing woke up, and may have gone a tad pink at noticing a sleeping Ganyu collapsed on the end of the bed. She lightly prods her, and Ganyu immediately jerks up, her hair a mess. "Wha- You good now, Keqing?" asks Ganyu, drowsily. "Yes! The nurse already told me that I was free to go as soon as I got my stuff," replies Keqing, swinging her feet off the bed and stretching her body, feeling her limbs and she's surprised at how quickly everything become okay. "That's good," smiles Ganyu, taking ahold of Keqing's arm as she hoists her bag onto her shoulder.
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One day later
When they head to the arena as usual, Klee is standing there, a clipboard in hand. "Miss Keqing! Please follow me, you need to do the training session before the final stage of this course!" yells Klee with a grin. "See you, Yuyu," says Keqing, as she walks off with Klee. "So, Klee, how are we going to train so I can defeat a Lawachurl?" asks Keqing, intrigued. "Most people who get knocked out are sent into our training rooms with either me or Mom! You're with Klee for today, hehe!" giggles Klee, leading Keqing down a hall of rooms with windows. Keqing gazes at the rooms in wonder and notices many of her classmates training hard and learning how to dodge and improve their attack style.
Suddenly, Klee stops and Keqing nearly knocks the girl down. "Here's our room!" laughs Klee, opening the door as the two walk in, and to her surprise, Xingqiu was there, striking his sword in various directions. "Xingqiu!" exclaims Keqing, going over to her friend, who promptly stops his bladework and turns to face the Electro wielder. "So you landed here too, huh?" grins Xingqiu. "We're separated by weapon type if you get knocked out from fighting a boss, so glad to see you here."
"Which boss took you out, Xing?" asks Keqing playfully. "Got knocked out by a Rifthound, unfortunately. And you?" replies Xingqiu, looking annoyed. "The big ass Lawachurl," says Keqing simply, to which the both of them laugh.
"Ahem! As part of this course, it's my job to help you guys improve and defeat those horrible enemies! So, we'll provide two paths for you Sword users to follow. Either, learn to generate a shield although few of you are Geo vision users, so don't expect an amazing shield. Or, you could use your brains and learn... how did Mom say it... eva- evasive," shouts Klee, struggling. "Evasive maneuvers?" asks Keqing. "Yes! Thank you, that's the word Klee wanted. If you want the shield, stand on Klee's left side and if you want the second option, stand on Klee's right side," adds Klee.
The students split up into two lines - Keqing and Xingqiu go to the Evasive line. "Now, we need to wait one minute, because Klee's friend is coming to help Klee!" says Klee, hands on her hips, and just as she says that, the door opens and a small figure shows up. "Who's that?" asks Keqing, confused, as the figure steps out.
She had short lavender hair that was topped with a cute purple beret accompanied with a long braid and pale skin with black fingernails. An assortment of talismans were stuck on her, most notably one that covered part of her face paired with a lilac frock along with bandages wrapped around her legs. "Qiqi!" exclaims Klee, running over to hug the girl. "Klee asked for my assistance, so Qiqi came," says Qiqi calmly. "Qiqi here will help those who want to do evasive things, okay? You guys, who want to create shields, follow me!" yells Klee, guiding the other line.
"Qiqi has lived for a very long time. Therefore, Qiqi has learned many types of bladework. I will help you all learn to evade enemies easily," states Qiqi, pulling out her sword out of thin air, save for some golden sparkles. "Everyone, please get your swords..." adds Qiqi, and upon command, the students pull out their weapons in a flurry of golden sparkles. "Qiqi will watch your attacks one by one. Please, begin," says Qiqi, as people start to demonstrate their chosen style of bladework. As the numbers of people left to perform dwindle, it's Keqing's turn, and she rapidly strikes the air, before ending her performance with a Charged Attack and sliding backwards. "Good job. Next, Xingqiu," says Qiqi, monotonously. Xingqiu finishes his with a flourish as he was the last, before Qiqi walks in front of all the sword users.
"Qiqi noticed one thing while you guys were battling. None of you bothered to adopt evasive maneuvers whilst battling. Everyone is so focused on striking forward and finishing the enemy that you forget how vulnerable you are. Please watch me carefully, and see how Qiqi battles," says Qiqi, grasping her sword and unleashing a flurry of Normal Attacks, and on her fourth strike, she leaped into the air, spinning as she fell back down with ease and executed her final strike, as the students watched in amazement.
"I hope you saw how Qiqi jumped into the air. This is for evading against enemies like Geovishaps, as they tend to slam into the ground whilst trying to attack you. Qiqi would like you all to start trying them," says Qiqi, throwing her sword into the air as it disappears. "So... you want us to leap into the air to evade?" asks a student. "Was that not clear?" responds Qiqi, tilting her head to the side in confusion. "It's just... it seems a little hard to just leap into the air and perform evasive maneuvers like that," adds another student. "That's a fair point. Perhaps you may learn to evade backwards? Qiqi saw Miss Keqing doing that with her charged attack, and it might prove easier for you to learn. Let me just try it..." replies Qiqi, pulling out her sword.
She repeated her string of attacks, and on the fourth, struck her sword outwards and back in with force, thrusting herself back into the fifth attack. "Qiqi hopes that was easier to understand... will you try now?" ponders Qiqi, and this time, students nod their head as they get into their own spaces and begin working. "Hmm, I think I could do that... but in my own style," mutters Keqing.
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