At this time, Candita and Bernie were drinking ale comfortably in the tavern, which was a cozy ......

"Chariti, the wine you brought back this time tastes so good!" Candita, who looked like she was enjoying herself, put the empty wine glass she had just finished drinking on the table, and Chariti, who was standing in front of the counter, only gave him a blank look and didn't speak!

Bernie picked up a piece of fruit in his hand and threw it in his mouth and chewed, "I don't know if Ike is lazy, if he does, I'll have to beat him!"

"Why do you keep trying to beat him, Ike, this kid is very obedient, and he helped me do a lot of work the other day!" Charity threw a cloth in front of Bernie who was not annoyed, but was still a little happy, and it seemed that there was some progress last night! Candita smiled knowingly, with a wicked smile on her face!

"Bernie, I think when we were still mercenaries, if anyone did this to you, you would have screwed his head off!" Candita quipped with Bernie in exchange for a rag that Charity still had to bring to wipe the table.

"Candita, don't be a good guy for a day, Bernie is honest, don't always bully him!" Chariti walked over to Bernie with a glass of wine and sat down: "I'll invite this glass!"

"Thank you, hostess!" said Candita!

"Charity, it's not easy for you to be alone, don't always invite us to drink, how embarrassed!" Bernie said a little embarrassedly, it is true, the proprietress often invites them to drink, and likes to chat with them, listening to them tell some stories of previous adventures, although not as wonderful as the old poet told, but from a different angle, it still sounds very interesting!

"Bernie, the proprietress invited me to drink, you see you still have half a glass, Chariti didn't bring you a glass or fill it up!" Candita smiled even more, with a wicked smile on her face, Charity and Bernie really wanted to punch him alone!

"Candita, Bernie, are you so relieved that the two children are not lazy to practice swordsmanship in the woods?" Charity asked, looking at them separately!

"No, I know this kid Ike, he's stubborn, just like me, he won't be lazy!" Bernie said earnestly, Candita didn't care, just continued to take a long sip of ale.

"And you said you were going to beat him up?" Chariti looked at Bernie's serious look, angry and funny.

More than ten years ago, their two families passed by here, and it was also in this tavern that Keith was holding two children, Bernie and Candita were both dressed as mercenaries, and while they were eating, Bernie and Candita began to argue, in order not to scare the children, the two went out for a while before coming back, both of them were covered in mud, Bernie's eyes were red, and Keith who saw it in his eyes just sighed and didn't speak again.

At that time, it was still early, there were not many people in the tavern, Chariti finished serving the wine and food they ordered, and sat in a daze at the counter boringly, intentionally or unintentionally leaving these strange guests, when he saw them come back, it was obvious that Bernie had cried, Chariti was very curious, so he paid more attention to this tall bald man, only to see that when he came back, he patted the dust off his body, and took a slightly older baby from Keith's hand, his eyes were full of tenderness, and every movement was so slight, for fear of hurting the child。。。

Chariti thought of her sick and dead husband at that moment, and her heart was also sour, what woman doesn't want a child! The man in front of him must have a story that others don't know!

"Bernie, it's not a matter for us to wander around like this with a child, and now that Keith has a baby, let's quit, we can use the money we have saved to buy a piece of land and find a place where no one knows us and start over!"

"Bernie, the child is innocent, he has no mother, do you want him to have no father?" said the woman holding the child, her tone full of a mother's nature!

Bernie didn't speak, just looked at the child gently, his eyes were still the same red, and at this time they were just more moist!

"Bernie, Fanny doesn't want you to do this, not for anyone else, just for the child, okay?" the woman holding the child pleaded with the bald man in a pleading tone!

Bernie still didn't speak, but at this time there were tears in his eyes......

Chariti was shocked, she said that mercenaries are the most ruthless, for money, dare to do anything, but what is it that makes this strong man so sad, she began to feel a little sorry for this bald man, she didn't know if she should do something, but at this time, Bernie, Candita and Keith were just strange guests, maybe they won't see each other again after today!

Charity, who was looking at it with fascination, suddenly saw the bald mercenary take off his sword and throw it to the blonde mercenary and said, "Thank you, Candita, Keith!" Charity didn't know what happened to them, she only knew that Bernie and Candita's family had lived in the village since then, and more than ten years had passed......

"Chariti, Chariti, what's wrong?" both Bernie and Candita spotted the distracted Charity, and it was Bernie who spoke!

"It's nothing, it's nothing! I'll get you another drink!" he turned around and walked behind the counter, turning his head to wipe his eyes!

"I'm leaving, you go on, don't be like a stuffy gourd, take the initiative to say something!" Candita gave Bernie a hug, whispered this sentence in Bernie's ear, and then walked out with a wicked smile, and didn't forget to say goodbye to Chariti when he left!"Chariti, I'll go first, the wine money is Bernie's!"

"This cunning guy, you should have been bullied by him before, right?" Chariti sat down next to Bernie with two glasses of wine, Charity's hair was a little wet, she must have just washed her face!

"This guy is a bit more powerful sometimes, but in fact he is very righteous, and he used to be on adventures......" Bernie heard Chariti and hurriedly explained to Candita!

He hurriedly interrupted: "Stop, stop, I know! Why don't you tell me about your adventures in the past?"

It's better to do this, in addition to telling the story of his previous adventures, he has to talk more, and if he talks about anything else, he probably has to talk about it again!

......

Candita, who came out of the tavern, didn't go home, it was still early, he wanted to quietly go back to see if Ike and Lance were lazy, if they were doing well, he was going to explain the "alternate footwork" in the basic footwork to them in advance, because the basic footwork practice was really boring, and when he was learning swordsmanship, he was about to go crazy practicing basic footwork......

As Candita expected, Ike and Lance were not lazy, although it was very boring, but the two of them still practiced decently, and after watching carefully for a while, the two guys practiced like that.

"Ike, Lance, stop!" Hearing that it was Candita's voice, both Ike and Lance stopped their movements, and it seemed that it was finally over!

"Good practice, I'm going to teach you the 'alternate footwork' in the basic footwork first," Candita said as she began to demonstrate to the two children.

The alternating footwork starts with a T-step, and the back foot takes a step forward to become a new front foot, forming a new T-shape, but the whole body moves forward, and then the same backward alternate step is practiced.

Alternate steps can also be used to move diagonally, in fact, diagonal alternate steps are often used to dodge attacks, such as when defending with your left foot in front, if your opponent is slashing at your head, move to the right with an alternate step to avoid the blade, and if you have a larger step, let your left leg drag behind and quickly return to a defensive position. Be sure to swap your feet, keep your movements steady and smooth, and return to a well-balanced T-step stance at the end of your stride.

In fact, this is a very simple action, it is not difficult to learn, but it still requires a lot of practice and practical application to use it flexibly, because considering the boring and boring practice of footwork, Candita decided to use Ike and Lance as targets to practice, fortunately, Candita is very light, and it is inevitable to be beaten.

In this way, several people practiced until twilight fell before returning to the village, and the old poet still enjoyed the warmth of twilight under the old elm tree at the entrance of the village, and the summer twilight was more comfortable!

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During this month, as long as it wasn't raining, Candita and Bernie would take Ike and Lance to the grove to practice basic footwork and chase through the woods to exercise their agility to chase and escape. Spending more time on footwork can be very effective in chasing down enemies and saving lives, so Candita and Bernie are very focused on basic swordsmanship for kids!

Fortunately, both Ike and Bernie are not bad in physical fitness, and after several years of training, intentionally or unintentionally, they have made rapid progress......

"Your chopping should be both powerful and precise, and you should let the handle rotate freely during the chop, so that the blow will be more powerful, and if you hold on to the shank, the power and fluidity of the chop will be affected. Seeing that when Ike was holding the sword, his left hand always grabbed the handle of the training sword, Candita explained to him helplessly, but soon found out that the problem was, the hilt was too short, and Ike's hand was relatively large, so there was no choice but to prepare a training sword for him again according to Ike's own situation.

"The thumb of the right hand is often placed on the body of the sword when holding the sword, which can provide better control in many technical movements, and the thumb must be used for certain chopping movements. ”

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In the years that followed, Ike and Lance mastered the basic sword grip, basic sword lifting, basic slashing, basic thrusting, basic dragging, and basic defensive movements, Ike and Lance had grown into big guys, Ike was calm and introverted, the same as Bernie's personality, Lance was elegant, but without Candita's ruffian.

In the past few years, a lot of things have happened in the village, Billy Sr.'s son Jack Jr., who is a handyman in the city, traveled with the master, met bandits, and died in the chaos, Billy Sr. left alone after learning the news, and never came back, leaving only Little Jack's mother alone, Chris and Lucy gave birth to another little Lucy, Brooke, a playmate when he was a child, was locked up by the town's guards for stealing things, and the old poet's health is getting worse and worse, like a flickering candle flame, which may be extinguished at any time, and the most important thing for Ike, Bernie and Charity are together, but Ike is still called Aunt Charity！