Freedom's Heart

Chapter 22

"I'm sorry I am late," I stand up from the bench I was sitting on, hearing her voice. "I hope you weren't waiting long for me."

"Not at all," I smile. "It is only a few minutes passed the time we agreed to meet."

Today is the promised day. The day I agreed to teach the game's heroine Ellis Lockridge how to fight and use body strengthing magic. I really hope this doesn't turn around to bite me in the ass, but I shake away those fears a few moments later. After everything that has happened, there is no way I can see Ellis using what I will teach her on me.

We are in the school training grounds after Sara gave us permission to use this place. Since we are training, both of us wear light, easy-to-move clothes. I wear plain shorts and a T-shirt while the heroine wears a short skirt. I should probably not teach her any moves involving kicking today. It might be wise for me to ask her to wear shorts next time, so she doesn't accidentally give me any fan service scenes.

"I made us both lunch," Ellis smiles, putting a woven wicker basket down.

"Thank you," I force a smile. In the game, Ellis was a terrible cook. I hope things have changed to improve her performance in the kitchen.

"So, what are you going to teach me first?" Ellis looks at me. "A Hawken Nerve Pinch or maybe the Touch of Death?"

"Neither,"

I don't know how to do those moves, and I think they were just put into the game to make some of the assassin's dialogue more interesting. I have never met anyone who could do those things. Still, if I were to not pull my punch and infuse it with my magic, I probably could do my own version of the Touch of Death. I'm not saying I would do that, only that I could if I wanted to.

"Just some basic self-defence moves for now," I tell her. "And then after we eat lunch, we can move on to the basics of body strengthing magic."

"Okey," Ellis replies happily. "I look forward to learning from you."

We start out simple. I teach Ellis how to block strikes and throw a punch. As expected of a heroine, she had some natural talent for fighting. She is good at reading my movement and anticipating attacks. Ellis could become a great fighter if she didn't have so many problems. Her main problem, though, is her concentration. Ellis seems to have a problem whenever I get too close, which usually ends with me just stopping short of landing a hit on her. If she has a problem with people getting close to her, she might be better off switching from the unarmed combat group to either the spear or bow groups. But she refused to when I brought the idea up.

After a breath break, I started teaching her some basic moves to get out of holds and disarm opponents. I took self-defence classes in my old life, so it wasn't hard to pass on my knowledge. Once again, Ellis shows she has a natural talent for fighting and picking up things fast, but she still has a problem focusing. But then I can't complain after losing focus myself after a gust of wind gave me a peek at her striped panties under her skirt.

Still, by the time lunch came around, Ellis had reached the point where she could at least defend herself from some untrained attack. But she has a long way to go if she wants to be able to fight in an actual battle. On the upside, her cooking skills are leagues above what they were in the game. The moment we sat down and Ellis showed me the lunch she prepared, I knew she could possibly be better than my family's chief back home by the smell alone.

I was expecting her to make some simple sandwiches and prayed Ellis didn't make any mistakes like adding hot source instead of mayo or something along those lines. Instead, she made rolls Ellis claimed to have made herself filled with ingredients I didn't expect her to know how to use. At first, I questioned whether or not she really made them, but I couldn't ask her myself. Not when she looked so happy seeing me eat one. They tasted good too. So good that again I was surprised she made them, but when I noticed the small bandage on one of Elli's fingers, I realised she might have actually made them.