One week later I arrived at the Wrathead estate and when I got out of the carriage I was greeted like before with a line of Maids and Butlers

“it’s been a while Young James, I’m glad to see you are in fine health, Master Edward is in the Hall awaiting your arrival

“Thank you”

I said this to the man who got me the cup of water the last time I was here, he seems to be in good health as well, his name was Steven

Just before I was going to open the door, it slammed open when I came out of the shock, I could see a girl with gorgeous black hair had jumped out with her arms out and landed on me causing me to lose balance and fall

“James!”

That girl was Claire, she was the first friend I ever made in this new world

As she hugged me hard, I hugged her back

“How are you Claire, you sure have grown”

I said these words without lie, she had grown and was the same height as me who was already tall for my age

“Pftt, you sound like an old man, come hurry grandpa is waiting for you”

As she said that she grabbed a hold of my hand and dragged me into the hall

“Grandpa! I brought James!”

When she said these words the two men who were talking to each other turned around and Edward pointed to me

“THAT’S HIM FWUAHAHA THAT MY GRANDSON YOU’VE GROWN GOOD MY BOY””

While saying that he came up to me and gave me his usual bear hug, it felt warm

“Grandpa hurry up with your business so me and James can go play!”

When Claire said that Edward looked at her and nodded with a smile on his face

Happy, Claire hugged me and told me to come to the back to train when I’m done, I nodded and turned back around to Edward who was eyeing me up

“Here my boy this man here is going to be your and Claire’s trainer until you both turn 11”

The man then smiled and introduced himself

“Hello there, my name is Gregory, I have heard that you have the affinity for all sword forms, I’m grateful to be teaching you”

He then took a bow

“James, Gregory has already talked to Claire about the training schedule, it’s the same as yours so just ask Claire about it later, now it’s been a few years since I last saw you let’s see how much you have grown, to the back you will spar with Gregory”

As I followed Edward and Gregory to the back Claire was happily swinging her sword Which was passed down to her from her mother, the swords name is (Diamond of The Earth)

“Ok James take your stance”

With these words I got into my usual fighting stance while Gregory was already in his

“Make this a fair match, first to come close the other opponent wins, now START”

With the starting words from Edward, I rush forward to Gregory and sidestep away from his opening move

He is now defenceless on his left side

I take the chance by hardening my grip on the sword and infuse my sword with the Water Form energy

This allows me to move faster but it decreases my overall strength

Gregory’s eyes widen

But I could tell he was a pro; he ducks with extreme speed and increases the distance between us

“you’re not half bad, if you were a little bit faster you could have got me”

While saying this he charges straight at me, I don’t know what his Form is so I’m at a disadvantage, since I have not been educated on Fire or Ice, yet I can only block or move faster

Then I see it

It burns my eyes

Gregory unleashes the fire Form; it increases his strengths with no drag bag

The only thing I can do Is block

I infuse my sword with earth energy as soon as Gregory is about to strike

Once I block this ill switch out for the water form and end this

Gregory smiles

“Not bad but that would only work if you could block my attack”

H-how did he know I was going to do that? Can he read my mind?

Caught in shock I hear Claire shout my name

“James, you can do it!”

I recover from my shock but there is Gregory who is about to break my stance

I can only do one thing he doesn’t think I’ll do

Before Gregory attacks my guard, I undo my earth Form and Change to my water form

I kick of Gregory’s sword, but I am sent flying backwards

I hit the ground hard raising dust

Gregory’s eyes are wide, he is probably analysing what just happened

This is my chance I have the dust as cover

I infuse even more energy into the water form to increase my speed

I move to Gregory’s left side like I did at the start of the match, just like before I aim for his neck, I have won

His sword is off guard

Gregory’s brows stiffen and then he disappears, where is he?

“Where has he gone?”

I shout out

“James behind you!”

The shout is from Claire

I turn around but there is a sword pointed right at my face

I have lost

I drop on my knees and my sword falls out of my hands

Claire comes running towards me and checks to see if I’m ok, I nod

She lets out a breath of relief

“FWUHAHAHA WHAT A BRILLIANT MATCH, I HAVE NOT SEEN GREGORY THAT SERIOUS IN A WHILE FWUAHHAHA”

“THE WINNER IS GREGORY”

With those words the fight is over I look down and my hands are shaking

The glare that Gregory gave me before he disappeared

He must have been toying around with me before

Claire holds my shaking hands, and they relax

“That was a good match, you will be worthy to teach James”

The one who is saying that is Gregory

“You went easy on me”

With these words me and Gregory have a laugh

That night when everything was else was having dinner me and Claire were having a sparring match

I can see how much she has improved; with just normal sword skills she is on par with me

“You really have grown up Claire, without my sword forms I don’t think I could win”

I see these words while lying on the floor out of breath on the floor

“it’s you who has grown up, I’m half a year older than you yet you could beat me, no wonder my best friend, your strong”

I’m her best friend? That makes me kind of happy being someone’s best friend, its true I had friends in my previous life, but I never considered anyone a best friend”

“thanks”

With these words we look up at the sky and talk about all the things that have happened over the 3 years that we have been separated

After taking a bath together me and Claire get in our pyjamas

It was set that I would be sleeping in her room, of course we are only 7 so nothing weird goes on

The next day we start the schedule that was planned out for us

Schedule for the next few years-

Wake up,

Get ready,

Start morning exercises

Get breakfast with the rest of the family

Swing the sword for 2 hours

Have lunch and do normal educational stuff/Human Language- I have been learning some of the Elf Language

I spar with Claire while Gregory watches and gives us advice

Have 2 hours of break although we usually continue to spar-I usually ask Gregory to help me train my Fire and Ice Sword Forms while Claire works to sharpen her Earth Form

Have Dinner, go for a bath

Then have 2-hour free time until bed

Rinse and Repeat

It Doesn’t hurt as much since I got used to my old training schedule but this one is a lot more demanding so me and Claire are left exhausted after every day

Over the following couple of weeks nothing unusual happened and we continued to train

However, one day 3 months after I came here, I get a letter from my family

To James,

We hope you are doing fine and are keeping up with your training, also say hello to Claire for us, we are doing fine and have Clara here to help us as well, she gets on with your mother like usual and they have been knitting some baby clothes, yes, your mother is pregnant, we don’t know if it’s a boy or girl but you’re going to be a big brother! Clara is especially happy because she wants to see you come back to see the baby, when you get this letter please respond and give us the days that you have holidays, if you are coming back make sure to bring Claire with you, she would be delighted to say Elizabeth again

Yours truly, Scot and your Family

So, I’m going to be a big brother again?

To be honest I’m excited, let me go show the letter to Claire

“Claire, I got a letter from my family come look!”

“Oh! Let me see, give it here!”

While reading through the letter Claire’s face shows joy, happiness, and annoyance

I wonder why, all the letter is good news

“James”

She says my name, just my name what did I do wrong? She looks annoyed

“y-yes?”

I answered back

“Who is Clara?”

“Huh?”

It slipped out my tongue

Why is she asking about Clara? Why would she- oh wait”

“she’s my disciple/ friend who I saved from a giant wolf “

Claire looks at me with a frown

Well, I’m not lying I did save her from a giant wolf

Claire looked a bit unhappy that I mentioned Clara as my friend

“Is she your best friend?”

Claire asked that with fire in her eyes

“n-no she’s my friend but you are my best and first friend”

I’ll try to lip service her for now

Luckily it worked, when she heard these words Claire’s sullen mood became a lot brighter and she smiled

“Well let’s go tell grandpa about the letter he will be happy that there will be another Wrathead in the family!”

I nod and we go to see Edward who is in his office

Claire knocks 3 times and then runs in

“Grandpa! Look!”

As she said this, she gave Edward the letter

he puts on his reading glasses and starts to read

“FUAHAHHA ANOTHER GRANDCHILD? HOW MANY FORMS WILL THIS ONE HAVE?”

With a hearty smile he pats me and Claire on the back and proceeds to tell the maid to prepare a big feast for tonight

“So, grandpa when can we go see Elizabeth?”

“FUAHAHAHA ME YOU AND JAMES WILL GO SEE THE BABYS BIRTH, JAMES GO WRITE AND TELL YOUR FATHER WE WILL BE THERE BEFORE THE BABY IS BORN”

With this is nod and me and Claire sprint happily out of Edwards office and into our room

We spent a full hour of our time on this letter then we give it to the butler who oversees that kind of stuff

After bowing me immediately run outside to train

8 months later

The night before we head to see the baby’s birth

A month after we sent the letter, we got the date that the baby was going to be born and fixed out timetables

This time it’s only me Edward and Claire who are going to see the Baby

“Hurry James pack you stuff, here here’s your pants”

My face went red as I stuffed my pants in my bag

“Alright we are all set for tomorrow Claire are you excited?”

I look at her saying that her eyes are shining, and she had been talking about it all week

“of course, I am! I get to see Elizabeth again and then I’ll put that Clara in her place”

Put her in her place? You are only 8

That’s right it was Claire’s 8th birthday 2 months ago, she had a party where she was given a mountain of gifts, I have her a matching bracelet that I made for me and her to wear, when I did that, she was like

“I’ll never take it off again!”

It was a good day

Speaking of which my birthday is in 4 months I wonder what she’s going to get me

When we got in to bed, we were talking for what felt like 4 hours until we were fast asleep

The next morning Claire is nagging me to wake up and get ready as she’s half naked getting ready

“Claire what did I tell you about getting ready when I’m watching?”

I’m not fully accustomed to this worlds culture but I guess people don’t care about this stuff

“Who cares it’s not like you haven’t seen it when we take baths”

With those words I just give up and get ready for the day to come

After getting ready I’m tugged downstairs and outside by Claire as we are greeted by the carriage driver

Once we get in, we hear the door opening

“FWUHAHAHHA LETS GO!”

It was Edward, I guess he is also excited to see his new grandchild

With this the one-week journey starts