The Phoenix and the Lamb

Chapter 8

Disclaimer: I do not own Cult of the Lamb. I am simply a fan of the game. I was inspired by Jbrine061. Please check out her story. She is amazing. Now onto the story.
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Two weeks later...

"Take this!"

WHACK!

Edan swung his sword at Ebany. She blocked it easily but kept her guard up. Edan had improved immensely with his training. It was as if he was born to wield a sword. Benjamin would train him while Ebany was work. Right now, the two were sparring. Ebany could feel it in his moves that Edan had improved. She had gone to the local blacksmith and ordered a sword to be made for him. It didn't take long and she was able to negotiate a decent price.

Edan was amazed by the weapon once it was presented to him. Ebany enchanted it to grow as he did, just like hers was. Instead of wooden swords, they were using their real swords. Benjamin kept a close eye on them to ensure no one got seriously hurt. Ebany had trained for much longer and was careful. Edan was too, but he was still starting out, big improvement or not.

CLANG! CLASH!

Their swords clashed against each other before Ebany defeated Edan once again. She was able to disarm him at last. It had been difficult this time as her cousin had been crafty to avoid being disarmed so long.

"I win this round." She panted, tired from their match. Ebany withdrew her sword and sheathed it. Edan was panting as well. He was sure he almost had Ebany that round.

"How'd I do?" He asked.

"You're getting better all the time and almost had me there. Nice job on being crafty. Works well when you need to pull a fast one on the bad guys in a sword fight." Ebany said to him.

Benjamin flew over to them and gave them towels to help with the sweat.

"I think we earned ourselves a bath." Ebany said as she wipes her forehead. Edan nodded in agreement. He put his sword away, wincing upon doing so. Wait, why did that hurt? He took a look at his hands and started to feel sore suddenly. It was all over his body as well...

"Ebany... My body is hurting all over... Is it normal?" He looked at her with a worried look.

Ebany walked over to Edan and held his arm, asking if it hurt when she pressed in a certain area or not. "Considering how much you've been working out in the last few weeks, I'd say it is. I think we both earned some time off training. At least until your muscles stop aching. The warm bath will help ease them."

Edan nodded and went back inside with her. Ebany let him have the first bath to help him ease his sore muscles. She remembered the feeling when she was starting out with a sword. After a while, it took a toll on her. The same had just happened to Edan.

After Edan had finished, it was Ebany's turn. She took advantage to give Rune a bath too. That is, after a chase to catch her and then give her a bath. It was after they were washed, clean, and dry that they were informed about something.

A letter had appeared on the living room table, addressed to Ebany. Edan had seen it appear while Benjy was giving him some pain killers for the aches he was having.