The Demon King's Paladin

Chapter 47. Planning and Buffing

We arrived in the field to find Warrick sitting cross-legged, he rose to his feet and began to speak.

" Good afternoon, everyone! Usually, we would all jump right into single sparring sessions but now with all these people it would be inefficient. So, to prepare for different styles and to have you all improve on your own fighting styles, you will also spar each other with martial arts and magic!"

We all simply nodded to Warrick as he spoke, waiting to hear the next part of his planning. In time, he began to speak more.

" To begin I will spar John than Cynthia in one-on-one spars, as they are the least experienced of the group. Sarah, Asha, Sharon and Anna, you may all pick a partner and spar each other. In time you will also begin to spar as duos against each other as well as trios. I expect every day, for you all to pair with different people to work on your teamwork with everyone This will also be the case while sparring against me. To end our classes, you all will fight me as a team to work on your teamwork. Do you have any questions?"

Everyone remained silent. Seeing that no real questions needed to be asked we all started our rounds. The training was awkward. However, out of it all, the team that had the most success was the trio of Sarah, Anna and me. After finishing for the day, I decided to ask Anna why she was so in sync with us.

" I've been watching you since you began training Master! That includes all of the classes you've had with Sarah's as well. I simply matched your movements! Also, our jobs have a high level of affinity with each other! It's almost like fate brought us together!"

" You continue to amaze me, Anna. I do wonder at some points, just how talented of a person you are."

Anna smiled and responded to me.

" I'm simply following in my Master's footsteps! You've saved the members of the royal family 3 times and stopped a kidnapping while doing so. You also helped some of our nation's most important minds from being looked down upon, I plan to continue to grow to match you Master! So, please watch over me!"

All the earnest praise she gave me began to embarrass me. I simply nodded to her, when we finished speaking Sarah came up to me after speaking to Warrick for a good while. She began to speak.

" John, Anna! I just found out the next rest day for us is going to be a week from now! If I remember correctly, John you promised Anna a date did you not?"

I was surprised to know that Sarah knew about that. It seemed Sarah noticed the look on my face, and she hurriedly began to speak.

" John, it's okay! Anna told me about her request after you agreed to it. As I stated before, as long as you always remember that I am to always be first, everything will be fine! So have fun on your date when the time comes. But I'll have you know that I will expect you to pay me back with another date, in time of course.""

Sarah began to exert a strange pressure again. Is this some new skill she learned? I simply nodded to her statement, she flashed me a smile and kissed me on my cheek before approaching the other girls. When she left, Anna began to speak to me.

" Will the next rest day be an appropriate day for our date Master?"

Anna started to fidget as she spoke. Seeing her like this, there was no way I could refuse her. I began to respond to her.

" Yes Anna, our rest day fits me fine. Do you have any ideas for our date? To be honest, Sarah and I only visited one place that was a bit date like."

Anna looked at me in excitement as I gave my agreement to her, Anna began to speak in an excited tone.

" Yes! I have a few ideas! Please leave it up to me Master! I'll show you around the town as well and show you a few places you may have not seen the other day!"