The Knight Of Prophecy

Chapter 19: The Eighth Sword

"They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom."

- Confucius

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|KOJIRO|

"That's enough Shin-kun, take a break first." I said and hand him over a towel.

"Thanks gramps." He said and took the towel from me and starts wiping the sweat all over his body.

I made him practice his own swords style today, I can't believe how much he have grown. I can't be any more proud, I can even tell that he have surpassed me already.

After teaching him the three fundamental swords, he mastered it in just half a year and he created his own variations of sword skills.

Including the three fundamental swords, I have seven different sword skills, derived from the original three, I only taught him the original three. But who would've guessed that he'll be able to create nine more in total of twelve. Shin-kun is indeed gifted, he's making this old man proud.

I looked at Shin-kun who's taking a break beside me, I just can't helped but to smile while looking at how strong he has become.

"You're hair is longer now, huh?" I uttered and I felt that he became a bit conscious.

"O-Ofcourse it will get long, gramps! I didn't cut it for three years since the start of our training." He said and his ears starts to turn red. His embarrassed reaction is always a refreshing sight for me.

That's right, it's been three years since we started training. Despite me having just a bit of magic powers inside me, I can feel that his magic is also starting to grow.

Little by little, he's awakening his true powers, just like the powers inside his mother Azrael-chan when she's not suppressed. His eyes also turns golden yellow because of the immeasurable magic inside him. That golden yellow eyes reminds me of his Uncle Uriel and his Aunt Gabriel.

Those two have the same golden yellow eyes, but Gab-chan only has a golden yellow eyes in her left eye and azure blue on the right.

But sadly... In those three years, we also heard about a heartbreaking news... Lion-kun... They said he died fighting against The Demon General of the West, Abaddon the Death...

It was a huge blow to us specially to Aria-chan who is the closest to Lion-kun cried for days... I can't utter a single word when I heard the news. That young man was like a son to me. It broke my heart one of my son also passed away because of the Demons. I wonder how Merlin-chan and Luther-kun reacted when they heard the news...

We also decided to set a grave for him beside the graves of his brother and sister, along with Ayame.

The death of their uncle gives them even more motivation to become stronger specially to Shin-kun. I know they want to become stronger to avoid this kind of meaningless deaths again...

While me and Shin-kun are taking a break, I decided to duel him as his last lesson from me. I don't have anything to teach him anymore, currently he's even stronger than both me and Ro-kun. This time, it will be up to him on how he will make himself stronger.

"Shin-kun, you've grown stronger haven't you? Care to have a duel with this old man?" I said and stretched my body.

"Are you sure, gramps? You're like, eighty years old now, right? Can you still fight?" This young lad is underestimating his old gramps, huh? I must teach him another lesson.