Chapter 66: ‘Balanced’
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-The Next Day-
-The Von Helsing Estate-
It was at the crack of dawn when Caius stepped out of his room with the occasional yawn and his eyes not yet completely open. He had no idea when it happened—because he was sure it hadn’t been there all through this week or even in the memories of the life he lived before his soul took over this body—but there was an Alarm in his room now.
It was fixed to the wall, powered by Mana like everything else in this world, and let out the most annoying sound Caius had ever had the misfortune of hearing. It wasn’t even really beeping and was more like a grating, soul-scratching sound that reached deep into his very core and made him so uncomfortable that he couldn’t sleep through it.
In his annoyance, he let his Mana surge, and the spell circle of his ~Fireball~ spell appeared as he was very tempted to destroy the annoying thing but then he let out a sigh and got out of bed.
So now he was walking down the corridor, nodding nonchalantly at the bowing guards that were on patrol for security before he walked down a long flight of stairs to stand in front of large double doors that he pushed open knowing what he’d find behind them.
His father, Lucian Von Helsing stood there in an Arena built especially for Combat training. The practice weapon rack that had been placed in the garden for that one practice duel two days ago was lost among even more racks. Many of whom contained real weapons with edges.
There were other things as well and the more Caius looked at them, the more he found himself feeling like he was in a gym. A gym that looked more primitive than the ones he had seen in his previous life but at the same time looked more sophisticated. It was difficult to explain exactly but the Arena gave off an air of being a temple for body improvement. Which admittedly might still not be the best way to put it.