Fulfilling and joyful learning times are always short.

Just as Merlin was excitedly preparing to test the fifth advanced defensive sorcery he had learned tonight, he suddenly felt that the magic power that seemed to be inexhaustible began to decline, and looked up at the window, it turned out to be dawn.

Bathed in the first rays of morning light from the east, the power of the curse on his body began to wane, his sturdy body began to shrink, and his strong fur and scales slowly shrank, and finally it was a handsome and peerless boy who remained in place.

"Is it morning so soon?"

Merlin sighed at the speed of time, this weak human body could not allow him to experiment with his newfound defensive sorcery, so he had to go to the bathroom with some unfinished thinking and complete the washing task.

And when he came out of the bathroom, he found that the little Lori on the bed had woken up.

Seeing that Alice still looked like she was not giving up, Merlin thought about it and said.

"Why don't you go for a walk together and do a morning exercise?"

Alice is a sensible child, and he doesn't need to say any more useless words of comfort, all he can do now is stay by her side and wait for her to recover.

Merlin is now going to the training ground in the back mountain to exercise, and by the way, learn the swordsmanship of the chain sword, which he made an appointment with the head maid yesterday.

He thought that by the way, he would bring Alice with him, and proper exercise would help her get out of her grief faster.

"Hmm..."

Alice nodded obediently, and the wooden eyes finally regained a little bit of brilliance only when she saw Merlin.

Merlin walked over to the windowsill, grabbed the snake that had been turned into a cane again, and waited patiently for Alice.

Little Lori has not yet reached the age of dressing up and makeup, so the action is very fast, Merlin only waited for less than ten minutes, Alice was ready, so the two walked to the training ground in the back mountain together.

On the training ground in the back mountain, the puppet maid was really practicing the sword alone as if she was yesterday, and when she heard the footsteps in the distance, she withdrew the training sword in her hand and walked to the entrance of the training ground to greet her master.

"Your Highness, good morning."

When she saw the two small figures walking in, Vialis pulled the hem of the maid's skirt elegantly as always, and bowed slightly.

"Good morning, Sister Vile."

Merlin hadn't spoken yet, but the little Lori beside him also lifted the hem of her skirt and saluted.

Just when he was obsessed with studying before, Alice was not idle in the castle, in order to make her, an ordinary girl, better adapt to the life in the castle and the rules of the nobility, the head maid prepared a lot of supplementary lessons for her.

I don't want her to become an elegant aristocratic lady immediately, but at least she must be decent on the outside, so as not to damage His Highness's face.

"In the eyes of outsiders, your words and deeds also represent Your Highness, if your reputation is disgraced because of your mistakes, it will be my dereliction of duty and your shame, I hope you can always remember this."

These were the words of the head maid when she was given her first lesson.

The head maid was really stern, especially when it came to dereliction of duty and shame, and that indifferent look made Alice suspect that if she really disgraced Mr. Merlin, then this maid sister would draw her sword and cut herself.

However, the head maid's teaching Alice has always been well remembered, Mr. Merlin is her great benefactor, especially now that she is left alone after losing her father, Mr. Merlin is already her most important person, if she disgraces Mr. Merlin because of herself, she will not forgive herself without the head maid to punish her.

Therefore, Alice has always held herself to the strictest standards, she is trying to learn how to be a good lady, she does not want to stay at the level of not disgrace Mr. Merlin, she wants to one day Mr. Merlin can be proud of her.

Seeing that little Lori was perfect as a textbook-like standard gift, Vioris nodded slightly, a little satisfied.

Although the spirit is still a little worse, and the movements are not natural and elegant enough, but as a newcomer who has only studied for more than ten days, this level is already very good, at least she already has the appearance of a lady, which is much better than the wild girl who was just picked up by His Highness ten days ago.

Vioris liked this self-reliant and sensible little girl, especially the fact that this child valued the maintenance of His Highness more than herself.

Merlin didn't know what was going on between the two girls, he just said apologetically to the maid.

"Sorry, Vile, I'm a little late."

"It's okay, I'm very happy to have you here, Your Highness."

Vioris shook her head, her tone gentle.

The two didn't waste much time talking nonsense, and their relationship didn't need this, so the three of them went straight to the training ground.

Before the official start of sword practice, Merlin first went to two sets of radio gymnastics to exercise his body.

Well, although there is no familiar music, this radio gymnastics is not good at all.

On the contrary, Vialis and Alice on the side looked at him a little strangely as he did these strange actions.

"Your Highness, are you practicing any new dance?"

The head maid asked with some confusion.

Merlin: "......"

"It's a set of aerobics that I saw in a book, and I thought it was useful, so I tried it."

He explained casually.

Suddenly, the two girls who unconditionally trusted his words did not doubt him, and even Alice began to watch his movements carefully, looking like she was going to study hard after preparation.

Merlin: "......."

Well, I can't do this morning, and it's a bit of a shame to be looked at like this.

Tsk, no, I can't be ashamed alone, I think that the bodies of students in this world need to be exercised, why don't I talk to the old principal about the popularization of morning exercises when I go to school later?

"By the way, Alice, do you want to practice swords with me too? I just had a partner. ”

After a set of the seventh set of radio gymnastics in the country, Merlin asked Xiao Lori refreshedly.

Although in his plan, Alice should take the route of the master in the future, but there is nothing wrong with learning one or two more self-defense swordsmanship or something.

The most important thing is that if you practice swords, you actually need a sparring partner to learn faster, if he goes to the head maid to spar.......

That should be called being ravaged, not a sparring partner.

So he thought about fooling Alice to be his sparring partner, and the two of them are one is too big in size, one is in Lori's body type, the difference in height is not big, and the strength is about the same, and they are both beginners in swordsmanship, this is simply a perfect sparring partner.

"Okay."

Alice nodded in agreement.

Merlin smiled.

Hehe, although it's true that he's a beginner in swordsmanship, the original owner has some swordsmanship foundation, and it is clearly written on his character card panel that Royal Swordsmanship 70.

The skill level is 70, which has completely reached the level of professional swordsmanship, and even in the profession, it is a relatively good batch, but Merlin only found a small amount of memory about sword training in the memory of the original owner.

That set of royal swordsmanship is the swordsmanship that everyone in the imperial family had to practice in the past, and in terms of power, it is actually not bad, but one thing is very important, this set of swordsmanship is really handsome.

The royal people practice swords naturally not for combat, and there is no place for the royal family members to draw their own swords, the so-called power or anything is secondary, as long as it is handsome enough, therefore, this set of swordsmanship was selected by the royal family to become a special ceremonial swordsmanship for the royal family.

The original owner also practiced this kind of swordsmanship a few times when he was in the etiquette class, so that in the future, if there is a noble party or something, there will be a talent show or something, but the original owner seems to be quite talented in swordsmanship, and he has practiced to level 70 with casual practice, maybe this is a genius.

Merlin didn't know what his talent was in swordsmanship now, and what he was learning this time was a chain sword swordsmanship that was different from the ordinary long sword swordsmanship of the royal swordsmanship, which was a rare swordsmanship that was completely different from ordinary swordsmanship, not so much swordsmanship, but a hybrid move that fused swordsmanship and whip skills.

He didn't know if the swordsmanship memories left by the original owner were useful, but no matter what, he was a person with a foundation in swordsmanship, and winning a real new thing like Alice was not a piece of cake.

Haha, he can't be blamed for being treacherous, mainly in case he really loses to Alice, a little girl, when he fights in the future, then how embarrassing he is.

"Alice, have you ever studied swordsmanship before?"

Just in case, even this kind of trivial matter Merlin was very cautious to confirm, and after seeing little Lori shake his head, he breathed a sigh of relief and felt that this was stable.

"Then let's practice the basics together today, Alice, you go over there and find out if there is a suitable sword."

Merlin said, pointing to the sword stand in the corner.

The sword stand was supposed to be used by Vialis to practice her own swords, so it didn't rot because it had not been used for too long like the other facilities on the training ground, but it was very new, and there were all kinds of sword weapons on the shelf, from dagger-like short swords to one-person-high giant swords.

But I think Alice doesn't need those real swords, as a beginner, and a little girl, the small wooden sword next to the shelf against the wall is more suitable for her.

Merlin thought so, and then he saw the little girl standing by the sword stand and watching, and from time to time she picked up one sword and slid it a little, probably thinking it was too heavy, and she changed it to another, and changed it to the end......

Alice finally chose the two-handed giant sword with a height of about 1.7 meters, which was too big for her to be only 1.2 meters tall, so she had to carry the hilt of the sword in one hand, and then the tip of the sword dragged to the ground and walked towards Merlin step by step.

"Mr. Merlin, I've chosen, the other swords are a little too light, this one is just right."

As if she had found a new toy, little Lori forgot her sadness for a while, and said to the sluggish Merlin with a smile on her face.

She had already told Merlin when she signed the contract that she was really capable and had a lot of strength, even if it was hard work such as chopping wood and carrying water.

Merlin: "......."

Watching the little Lori drag the sword bigger than a human towards him with one hand, the tip of the sword rubbing against the stone slab on the ground, and the appearance of sparks and lightning all the way, at this moment, he finally recalled the reality that the Lord of the Torch's family is a barbarian......

Otherwise, he would still find Vioris as a swordsmanship sparring partner, right?