The Tales of Draconic Warlock

A day went by as if it was nothing and now it is time for me to attend personal training with Angela. I made every preparation I could but should see what her mood was.

Whether those preparations are not needed or sufficient enough, that can only be known after I meet her.

Moreover, there is the topic of hand-to-hand combat training. She only taught Movement Arts and showed some defence positions in order to protect myself. They are not good enough to be registered by the status panel.

In addition to offensive, I need to learn defensive moves. I may have only a few months for that. There is no guarantee that she will continue to be our teacher next year too. So whatever I can learn has to be in these five months.

There is also the seduction part, where can get her to climb my bed.

Thinking about the time frame and the number of things that needed to be done, I am not sure whether that could happen but I have to try. Whether that happens or not, I leave that to the fate.

If it was supposed to, it would. If not, I should try my luck elsewhere, maybe Celine. She looks like an easy target when compared to Angela but I don't have a chance to make that happen with her.

With Angela, I have personal one-on-one training but that won't be possible with Celine.

Anyway, that doesn't matter for now. Let's think that later in the future if the path through Angela closes.

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After I woke up, I washed up and got ready. Then I had my breakfast before heading for my training. As usual, she was training by the time I came. I always wondered when would she sleep and do other things. I wonder whether she does other things.

Seeing me coming, she stopped her training, "You are here. Let's start your training".

I nodded and approached her.

If someone hears our conversation, they might think that we are total strangers who had met probably today or a few days earlier.

There is no context in that short conversation we had that says we have known each other for half a year. It was as if all the brownie points that I earned for months were a waste.

This is how she is. The only thing that can bring a smile to her is training. She is a training maniac. The only way to get on her good side is through training efficiently.

If there was any other way, I would use that way but in order to win her, I can only diligently train and see if I can get close to her.

"Teacher, can you teach me hand-to-hand combat arts?" I asked.

She suddenly turned around, "I told you I'll teach you Hand Arts. Why are you asking again?"

"The secret realm teacher. Though I can pack as many weapons as possible, I have to survive a month inside that. There is no guarantee that the weapons that bring along can survive till the end. There might be cases when I have to use my hand to fight the monsters in order to survive", I said.

"Why would you need those weapons? You are a spell caster and can use your skills without any weapon in hand. The efficiency would be a little low, but you defeat monsters in a few more strikes. If that fails, you can always run away. With the movement arts that I taught, you can easily do so. If you still feel uncomfortable, you can learn some movement skills that can aid you", she said countering me.

She thought that was the end of my reason but that was not it.

"Teacher, you should understand that there is no way that would be possible, especially in places where one has to stay for longer periods of time. There should be multiple ways to survive or else one might not survive. I can run away but in a place like the secret realm, there is a high chance that I would run into something more powerful. So I like to be prepared", I said.

This is the perfect counteract to her. There is no way that she can negate my statement.

"Fine, I'll teach you what you want", she reluctantly agreed.

I don't know why she was reluctant to teach me offensive arts but now she finally relented and agreed to teach me. With these, I should be able to achieve two things that I wanted to.

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Ah, finally, the hellish torture was but I can proudly say, Worth It.

Now, I have another art in my status panel, Hand Arts. Through this Art, I can finally have contact with her body. Though it was her hands were the only thing that I could touch today, while she was using them to trash me, I call it progress.

Whether I considered improving my strength or seducing her successively, I took a step forward. Not many steps but a single step. It may appear to be low but as days go by, I am sure to improve on both fronts massively.

I didn't lie to Angela about my training though. I would enter the secret realm after a span of five months and have to survive for a month inside. No one completely knows what exactly is inside. Everyone knows what's available in the outer region and a few details about the inner region but no one knows what lies in the core region.

I want to enter the core region. Only by doing so can I be able to reach peak Tier-4 and also obtain many resources that may be rare or not available in the outside world.

With no data available about the core, I need to be prepared well enough to survive there or everything that I did until now would be for naught.

With how cautious I am, one would think that I am timid. Indeed I am. In order to survive, I don't mind being a timid person. There is nothing wrong.

The dead tell no tales.