Qi

On getting up the next morning, Bethany was surprised to see Savarus sleeping beside her, he was always the first person to get up from bed, so seeing as he was still in bed was a surprise to her.

As Bethany turn to look at the table beside her, she saw the regular tray Savarus would use to carry the tea and cookies to her, meaning Savarus was up at some point before he went back to sleep seeing as the teas and cookies were present.

"Good morning love" said Bethany in a low tone as she kiss his cheek so as not to wake him up.

"Morning my lady" said Savarus as he hold Bethany by her waist and gently draw her closer to himself.

"I thought you were sleeping?" asked Bethany as she look at Savarus in a surprise way.

"Well I was, but it seems like my wife needed me attention that's why I'm up" said Savarus as he continue holding her close to himself.

"Well I don't need your attention, so you can go back to sleep" said Bethany.

"Too late, let's stay like this for some time" said Savarus.

"When did you get up to prepare the tea and cookies?" asked Bethany as she turned to position herself, such as her back was now facing Savarus.

"It hasn't been long I prepare them, you were still asleep so I decided not to wake you up" said Savarus. "Didn't know you like being spooned" said Savarus which causes Bethany face to turn red like a tomato.

On seeing the way she was reacting to his words in a shy way, Savarus couldn't help himself as he burst out in laughter.

"Why are you being shy, we are couple for crying out loud, I don't see any reason why you should be this shy" said Savarus as he try to control his laughter.

"Wait!, don't tell me you went downstairs with just that piece of cloth to prepare the tea and cookies" said Bethany.

"Of course not, I wouldn't let any woman see me in these except you" said Savarus which causes Bethany to hide her face him shame.

Savarus has made it his habit to tease Bethany using every of her words against her.

"After I finish preparing them, I pull off my clothes because I can't possibly let my wife be the only one naked while I'm with cloth" said Savarus while grinning widely.

Bethany face palmed herself on hearing the words of her husband, he was clearly having fun in teasing her.

"Bethany there's something I would want you to learn, so you can protect yourself with it" said Savarus.

"What It Savarus, is it a martial art technique?" asked Bethany in excitement.

"It's something like that, but not entirely martial art, what I want to teach you is something called Qi, it will help strengthen your body and every other aspect in fighting" said Savarus.

"Qi?, what's that, I haven't heard of it" said Bethany.

"I know you haven't, just listen as I explain it to you, Qi is known as life force, it's what everybody have but on different scale, you just have to learn how to cultivate and use it so you can protect yourself" said Savarus.

"Okay, but I don't understand" was the short reply from Bethany.

"It's okay, all I want you to do is sit cross legged on the bed, close your eyes, trust me and try to feel something within you and just leave the rest to me" instructed Savarus which Bethany comply by doing exactly what he said.

Bethany was now sitting cross legged on the bed in front of Savarus, even though she was naked, she didn't mind because he was clearly her husband.

Savarus stretch out his hand and place it on her stomach, after some minutes, he could see that Bethany was sweating profusely as he noticed that her body can't take more Qi as he retracted his hand.

The moment he removed his hand, Bethany breath out in relieve as her whole body felt different some seconds ago.

"Savarus, what was that feeling, why did my whole body feel different, why do I feel so much power within me not too long ago?" asked Bethany.

"As I said before, Qi is life force, it empower your body in every aspect" said Savarus.

"But why I'm I not feeling anything right now?" asked Bethany.

"What I did not too long ago was that I extended my Qi into yours, so you can understand what I'm saying and also be able to feel it" said Savarus.

"I did felt a tingling sensation inside me, it's like a light blue flame, I can still feel it right now, but not that much" said Bethany.

"What you are feeling right now is your Qi, although it's very small right now" said Savarus.

"Why Is mine small when your's is that much?" asked Bethany.

"That's because I have been training it for some years now, and you are just starting to learn" said Savarus.

"It's really very small, it's like a little fickle of flame which looks like it wants to extinguish" said Bethany.

"Good, that's a progress, now what I want you to do is continue focusing on that feeling, meditate and try to move it around your body, and in time it will continue to grow" said Savarus.

Bethany didn't bother to wait or rest as she quickly close her eyes to do what Savarus just said.

'I didn't tell you to do it right away' sighed Savarus as he shake his head.

After some minutes of waiting, Savarus could sense progress as he could see the Qi in her body moving very slightly.

'Wow, I didn't expect you to be able to move it on the slightest, humans doesn't have the body to hold a large amount of Qi, I'm sure if you can improve the Qi in your body, then you might actually be the strongest human on Earth' said Savarus to himself.