"Oh dear." Damian sighed softly. "Daddy really is sorry, come, why don't you give me a make-up hug?"
"Stop treating me like a child, I'm fifteen-years-old!" She complained as she pouted.
A soft smile emerged on his face, as he got up, approaching his daughter.
"Congratulations on winning the Martial Contest." He smiled affectionately as he caressed her brown hair, patting her softly. "I'm proud of you."
Fiona didn't respond to those words.
"Unsatisfied?" He asked with a knowing smile.
"...Maybe." She replied.
"What do you feel?"
"I want to know..." She said.
He waited for her as he continued caressing her head.
"...I want to know what drives him and his kind down their Martial Paths."
She closed her eyes as she recalled the intense determination that sparkled his bloodshot eyes even as he lost consciousness.
"Is it really worth a path walking down?" She asked, as her intense curiosity coloured her eyes.
"Who knows?" He smiled. "Is it?"
knitted in surprise
"Isn't it?" She asked.
He asked, amused. "Can you truly know unless you travel
silent at
* * * * * *
Martial Academy immediately. The first
said. "You did
job smacking Ian." Kane threw him a
was admirable." Hever calmly told
fight!" Nel
was quite close." Dalen told him. "Good
them, catching up and bantering
job
him.
Kane's eyes widened as
you thought you could keep it hidden from me
a staff member
Rui Quarrier?" She addressed. "The headmaster
to leave. "I'll
headmaster's office. He quickly reached the giant
had reached a certain height of
smiled. "Your performance was admirable. You have done not only yourself a favour but this branch of the Martial Academy as
headmaster."
feel coming back?" The headmaster
my pursuit of my Martial Path. And I intend to continue doing that. The Martial Contest has expanded my vision of Martial Art. I intend on expanding my Flowing Void Style until it has matured and reached a shape resembling what my ideal vision of it is. In doing so, I will have become a Squire Candidate, and I will have travelled deeper down my
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