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~chapter 4~

[training]

i had found a sword, i had found a teacher but..."hey.. old man; I don't know your name. The stories told to me were all about a nameless benign god who made swords for our templars." he chuckled "well, for now, old man is fine, but if you really want to know, my name is Nysicia Ch'tira." I gaped at him, he only gave me a silly grin. "so... your the famous Nysicia who started the caste wars which lead to the new government? THAT Nysicia?!?" "the very same! I also tore down the ancient walls of Ranynia, with no help." I mean, its true that if one doesn't die on the battle field, they can technically live forever.. but those walls were build over 5000 years ago "so.. where do we start?" i was curious as to how he was going to train me.He chuckled and shook his head, then i saw a unique feature, when his hair shook, it shimmered, but there was no light past my shadow. "well, the first thing, i want to see how well you can fly with those wings." "alright! lets go! i cant wait!" now... i had never flown seriously until now, i had maybe hovered a few seconds here and there to show off... but nothing else. THIS was going to be fun.
I walked to the edge of the cliff, and looked down again. sure enough i could see the treetops and some earthen spires below, i also saw a few birds and realized i was quite nervous."hey, you shouldn't be flying in that, those clothes are too torn, that's going to fall off instantly. here, let me give you something." my cheeks instantly flushed a deep scarlet, when i looked down, I was wearing a white summer dress, with so many rips in it; i was surprised it hadn't already fallen off of my shoulders. He emerged from the darkness holding a sky-blue dress; Along the edges and waist, it was accented with a white and gold lace trim. He also handed me a set of bracelets which were gold-alloy cast, with opalescent pearl, faceted with sapphires."wow... Nysicia its beautiful, where did you get this? don't tell me you sew..." I was practically speechless. "oh no, when i fell, they felt it was a loss to lose me, so they made my family fall as well, my wife was quite the seamstress, so she made dozens of dresses while we were here. Go ahead, put it on, i can't see anyway." he laughed a little after this, obviously pleased with his joke.
I still had some decency, so i went into the cave, tossed that old dress aside, and quickly slipped into this one hopefully no one is watching.. maybe his friends are here in the cave? pervert. It was miraculously a perfect fit, not too tight, not too loose. the skirt fell to my knees, not making it too long or short. I went outside to get a better view in the light and it looked absolutely beautiful, the gold accents shimmered, and it seemed to simply capture the radiance of the sun and sky.