Demon's Of Pain

Chapter 6

My special training area is a two hours treck away from the village, Between a cliff and a lake, The area is large and open, surrounded by trees and cliff, perfect for my training. There is always a constant guard of thirty or so monks with me whenever I train. Today I'm working on imbuing my magic into the quarterstaff I have chosen to train with, attempting to make the weapon a part of myself, I concentrate on filling the magic within me, transferring it to the weapon is a lot more difficult, I sit and feed my magic into the weapon and notice how it has a dull blue shimmer about it, experimentally I stand up and swing it around a little bit, the staff feels lighter and faster than before, moving fluidly through the air as if there is no resistance to it at all, I spot a dying tree close by and decide to take a swing at it. As the staff makes contact with the tree there is a big explosion, splinters and pieces of branches flying everywhere, I dive backward away from the tree covering my head with my arms, the monk guard is all there surrounding the smoke and dust only to find me lying on the floor, arms overhead.

LaFael dismisses them back to their positions and approaches me, "You are using too much magic." She says to me, "You fill your body with magic and then the weapon, but, you are not keeping the magic within yourself constant with the magic you feed into your staff. I've been watching and have noticed that you put most of the magic into your staff." She turns and walks back to her spot under a tree twenty meters away, leaving me to digest the words she just spoke. I get up and try again, trying to keep the levels of magic in my body and the staff constant, Over and over again I try and explosion after explosion I just can't seem to get it right, getting more and more frustrated I end up dropping the staff and with a magic-imbued fist I punch the closest and hardest thing to me which happens to be the cliff face, a mighty explosion causing giant rocks to go flying in all directions, within a split second monks are on top of me and surrounding me, weapons poised and ready to pin me. Lying on the floor I look at the cliff face and notice what I've done, there's a huge hole big enough for a behemoth to enter, on the other side of the hole the cliff has been hollowed out to the point where the roof of it is too dark to see without light, same with the sides and back, I slip into the unconscious state I have become so accustomed to.

I awaken in my bed, feeling weak, my limbs heavy, LaFael is sitting in my desk chair next to the bed, "You used too much magic and passed out, still, it was truly amazing at how much you used before you did. I did not know that any living being was capable of such a feat." She looks at me with concern, "How are you feeling?" she asks while passing me some water to drink, "Very weak." I reply. "There will be no training today." She says in an almost caring way, I could have sworn that I saw a tender smile but decide to not trust my senses at this point because I am so weak and my mind could just be playing tricks on me. "I shall stay the night and make supper for you." She gets up and busies herself with preparations for food. I lay on my bed for a moment before asking her "Why are you doing all this for me? Every other person in this village hates that I am here, the way they stare at me, I can feel their hate and a killing intent from some." And for the first time ever, LaFael opens up to me, "There is something about you Malakai, from the moment we met, I don't know what it is but for some reason I know that you are special to me, I just don't know why yet?" and this time I did not miss it, there was a smile on her face, the first time I had seen her smile and it is one of the most tender, kind and beautiful smiles I have seen in a long time, I feel a warmth growing inside me as I start blushing, there's a twinkle in her eyes as she leaves the table and sits on the bed next to me, her breathing is heavy, she leans in close to me cupping my face in her hands, she kisses my forehead and stares me deeply in the eyes before kissing me so softly and tenderly I turn into jelly, it's a good thing I'm already lying down or my knees would have given way. She breaks off and strokes my cheek with her thumb before returning to the table to resume chopping vegetables and meat.

Over the next two weeks we spend even more time together, training as normal, In the evenings LaFael comes and cooks for the two of us and we sit, eat and talk about anything and everything, her company is euphoric to me and I suspect she feels the same way. I learn that her village was attacked by demons when she was a little girl and the monks took her in, she was chosen by Gale to train under him to be the next Pillar once he passes from this world and returns to Gaia, She tells me of her times undercover in the different kingdoms, I realize that it must be a very lonely life, living that way but she's done what she has too in order to maintain balance in the world. I see tears streaming from her eyes, I sit next to her and put a comforting arm around her, "I've never felt so happy to have a person in my life." She says to me, Lifting her head she gazes into my eyes, a deep, long gaze, as if she's searching my soul, next thing I know she's pushed me to the floor and is straddling me while kissing me, We spend the night together in hot passion and love.