7 Travel

Sebastian stopped attacks as he was staring at Anzen, he looks like falling into his thought.

"Hey, kid are you practicing martial arts?"

Anzen seems to be confused at Sebastian's question, 'why he suddenly wants to know it?' Anzen thought before he stands up and answers, "yes, I was practicing some techniques"

Sebastian nodded before he speaks something that makes Anzen surprises, "I will teach you my techniques but in exchange, you need to promise me something".

Knowing that he will get the techniques from Sebastian for free, Anzen couldn't help but feel excited. "What do you want", Anzen asked with a serious expression he knew that something worth those techniques is not so cheap yet he still wants to learn it.

Getting himself injured every time he copies those techniques isn't hard but his body also had its limits, and with an old man teaching he sure that his battle prowess will grow in no time.

"Use all of your strength to protect Miss Lucy even to risk your life", Sebastian said with a serious expression. But at that moment a laugh appears from Anzen as he was trying to stop laughing.

"What's so funny?"

"Sorry about that hahahahahaha"

"You're not doing it?"

"I will do it, deal"

A month passed like that on the day Anze will stay around Lucy while in the evening he will train with Sebastian after that he will train Asura's techniques at night before he sleeps.

Day by day he is getting stronger, his development always makes Sebastian shocked, everyday they will spar. At first, Anzen will always end up losing to Sebastian he even got beaten several times but now he was equal to Sebastian, looks like he is going to surpass Sebastian in less than a month if he still growing at that monstrous speed.

In the evening two figures are fighting in front of a small house, they are exchanging their techniques, of course, they are Anzen and Sebastian. Sebastian seems to be cornered by Anzen as he was blocking the incoming attacks.

Anzen whose seems to get the advantage in the fight suddenly dash behind as he can see something hit the position where he just jumped off, a kick passed his face.

'New technique, this old monster still hiding it from me' Anzen thought as he on his guard again while inspecting an old man in front of him. "I'm glad you can dodge that but it wouldn't surprise me anymore" Sebastian spoke as he dashes towards Anzen whose seems to be more careful.

'I can't see it clearly and yet I can't copy it' Anzen thought as he blocks the incoming attacks, a punch aiming for his head so he simply dodges it, a kick shot towards his torso so he simply block it with his right arm before use 360 roundhouse kick as counter-attack but Sebastian manage to blocks his kick even he was still in the attack posture but Anzen predict that and throw another punch aiming for Sebastian side torso.

'You already blocked my kick with your two hands, I wonder if you can still block this old man' Anzen shot a punch at Sebastian's torso and he couldn't block that before he stepped back for a meter.

Yet at that moment Anzen couldn't let this moment wasted he then follow to deliver another kick to Sebastian but this time Sebastian lean back before grabs his right leg and throw him to the ground another stomp was followed.

Anzen narrowly dodges it before use his left leg to kick Sebastian while he was still on the ground.

"Impressive at first I thought you were gonna fell for that, yet today is enough," Sebastian said as he blocks Anzen kick and dashes backward,

"Tomorrow, Miss Lucy needs to go to another city and you must go with her". Sebastian spoke as he dusting away the dirt on his sleeves.

"Where?" Anzen asked while he grabs a bottle of water from the table in front of his habitat and starts drinking it.

"Embers city, you guys need to live there for a while until the business will be finished, Miss Lucy will go in Flos's family name".

"How do we travel there?" Anzen asked again before sitting down at the table.

"By horse cart, on the way, there is a chance you can get robbed be careful tomorrow morning go wait for Miss Lucy and wait for her also here" Sebastian hands him a talisman before he leaves.

Anzen goes into his habitat before continue to train Asura's techniques.

In the morning Anzen was wearing a black butler sets as he waited for Lucy to come out from her mansion, normally he didn't wear this but Sebastian tells him to. "Going out from this city you must wear a uniform so that they will know where did you come from otherwise they might not let you join their trade at Embers city" that's what Sebastian told him so he wears it.

Lucy comes out from her mansion, she was wearing Flos's family uniform the suit was a polite grey dress, Lucy's hair styled also changed too. Normally her hair will be a ponytail but today it was a twin tail which gives a cute expression with a barret on it looks like this trade is important since she was wearing an official uniform.

Lucy walking towards Anzen with a smile, seeing that Anzen couldn't help but also smiles.

they get into a cart before going out, a cart was an ordinary one but still looking expensive and there are two horses in front followed by two guards aside which was riding a horse in the cart there were only one sitting on the same side as Anzen bench while Lucy was sitting alone, somehow Lucy tells Anzen to sit beside her so he gladly did that.

They have been traveling for a full day before the sun is going disappears, suddenly a cart stopped. Yet Anzen knew what's going on outside so he gets out from the cart to see what was happening, they are getting rob as Sebastian said.

There is a group of thieves outside, there are 7 people wearing a mask and holding a weapon in their hands yet none of them has a gun, two guards are doing their best to protect the cart and goods.

Even those thieves have more people but they didn't seem to have any advantage by fighting two guards, it shouldn't be a problem to let the guards kill them but Anzen doesn't want to waste time since it's starting to get dark so he will end it himself.

Lucy opens the door and asked what was happening, Anzen tell her what was happening before tell her to stay inside the cart.

'Let's test how strong I am now' Anzen walks towards the group of thieves without hesitation he didn't even use the sword at his left waist, he just wants to fight bare-handed. Anzen walks past the guards before telling them that he will fight the thieves himself but the guards seem surprised but they still step back because Anzen's position was higher.

They even think that he was crazy fighting those thieves bare-handed that because they didn't know about his skill, only Sebastian and other people near the mansion knew about him.

At that sight the thieves were shocked before starting to laugh yet even they were not strong but the kid in front of them was wearing a butler sets and he says he will fight them bare-handed.

But at the next moment, they stopped laughing, Anzen simply walks toward them before delivered a high kick to their neck, his kick was too fast for them to react in time yet they then use their weapons to attack Anzen after saw one of them unconsciously fell on the ground.

Anzen dodges incoming slashes and punches them at their weak point one by one.

'These people were too weak I don't even need to use my techniques just normal kicks and punches are enough to take them down. No, they are not weak but it was me who gotten stronger'. Anzen thought as he dodged another slash before using his counter-attack.

In less than five minutes the fight has ended, Anzen simply walks back into the cart leaving two guards shocked.

"Are you okay, Anzen?" Lucy quickly asked him after saw him opens the door, Anzen shook his head as sitting in the same position before he went out. Seeing that Lucy revealed a smile before they continued their travel.