A Master's Concern
(Jinsung Ha's POV)
My new student is a genius, unlike any I have ever seen or heard about before but I am concerned about him. I don't think other Irregulars were like him even at the beginning. Viole might be the weakest Irregular in the beginning but he has the potential to become the strongest of them all because of his god given talent.
And that's the reason I am concerned about him. Although I decided to train him, more than a year ago. The way we are trying to control him by forcing him, by taking his friends hostage just doesn't feel right to me.
I sometimes worry that in the pursuit of killing and ending Jahad and the Ten Great Families' rule, we might be creating an even bigger Monster for ourselves. After all, I don't think Viole has any love for FUG either. In fact, he might hate us more than Jahad and the Great Families.
I don't know what Mirchea is thinking, giving approval to this plan of controlling Viole like this. Sure the Elders are satisfied for now, but those old antiques don't understand that they are playing with fire here. (A/N: Grace Mirchea Luslec is the leader of FUG, the greatest crime syndicate inside the Tower who oppose King Jahad and the Ten Great Families.)
That aside, for now I am quite satisfied with Viole. He already understands almost everything about the martial arts that I have taught him, the ones he can't emulate are the ones that need more bodily strength that he currently doesn't have.
Still what really dumbfounded me and Hansung is his talent with Shinsu and Swords.
He created a Shinsu technique on his own that will make his road to power easier. Hansung was also dumbfounded at this since while he understood the concept of the technique, he couldn't emulate it since he isn't 'Blessed by Shinsu' like us. Though comparing our Shinsu blessings is like comparing the difference between heaven and earth. Viole's blessing reaching the level of heaven of course.
And his talent with the swords is also very extraordinary considering that nobody is teaching him. His Swordsmanship practice reminds me of Arie Family, and it surprises me but it's good. Anyway I still remember when he first asked me for a sword.
***
(Flashback)
"That's enough for today, Viole. Go and rest."
"Master I want to ask for something."
"Ask away, we will give you anything you want. Money, women, weapons, tell me and I will arrange them for you."
I said that to him enthusiastically since it was the first thing he asked of me on his own accord, and as a Master of the kid I just felt responsible for him even if we were forcing him.
"I don't want much, I just want a decent weapon. A sword to be specific."
I frowned a little at that, since Viole doesn't really need a sword. He can do anything with martial arts. Plus swords usually become obsolete on the higher floors unless you practice Arie Swordsmanship.
"I will arrange for it, but you can't slack off on your martial arts training to practice swordplay. Are you alright with that?"
"Yes, you don't need to worry about that Master."
He said with a smile on his face for the first time on his face since coming under my wing. Somehow it made me smile as well. And so I decided to give him a good sword.
***
A month later after that event, I gave him the B+ Rank Sword Rebellion. It has power of a devil sealed inside it and is only inferior to the Thirteen Month Series Weapons. Still the sword has potential to reach that level from what I have heard about it. Anyway, it won't harm Viole much even if he uses the devil power because of his nature. But I still warned him about it.
After that, he started practicing his own style of Swordsmanship that was eerily similar to the Arie. But I know for a fact, that he doesn't know about that style of Swordsmanship since he hasn't met anyone from that Great Family yet. They are the strongest Great Family in the Tower after all, and we have to keep Viole's existence under wraps at all costs.
So when I asked him about how he developed his Swordsmanship, his answer dumbfounded me, even if it made sense. But the answer just reaffirmed my point that Viole is a monster.
***
(Flashback)
"Viole how did you develop that style of Swordsmanship? It's quite similar to the Arie Family, in fact its almost the same."
When I asked him that, Viole first showed a confused expression then and asked me.
"What is Arie Family? Is it part of the Ten Great Families like the Khun Family?"
While this question dumbfounded me since I thought Hansung would be teaching political stuff to Viole too but it seems not, so I explained to him about all the Great Families and what they are known for.
1) Ari Family- This family is led by Ari Han. It is known that this family does not like war and will do everything they can to prevent it. This family is known for its prowess with needles.
2) Arie Family- The Arie family is headed by Arie Hon. Arie Hon stays at the 100th Floor of the Tower as the head of Arie Family and his territory is the largest of the 10 Great Families. This family is also famous for its prowess in swordsmanship.
3) Eurasia Family- This family is well known for their ability to manipulate Shinsu and for producing one of the strongest Princesses of Jahad to date, Eurasia Enne Jahad. This family is led by Eurasia Blossom.
4) Ha Family- This family is one of the Ten Great Families, it is led by Yurin Ha. The well-known Princess and High Ranker, Yuri Ha Jahad, comes from this family. This family is blessed with incredible physical strength. It's also my original family and I massacred a branch of it because of my lover.
5) Hendo Lok Family- This family is led by Hendo Lok Bloodmadder. All members of this family except Bloodmadder have short lifespans due to a pact that Bloodmadder made with an Administrator in exchange for eternal life. However, this family has the greatest number of children out of the Ten Great Families. This family has the fewest Rankers and the least influence in the Tower among the Ten Great Families. This family is known for their Shinsu Resistance and has the strongest defense power.
6) Khun Family- This family is headed by Khun Eduan. Khun Eduan has the greatest number of wives and the second-greatest number of children out of the Ten Great Families. There is a lot of veiled competition among his children and too much competition has created the 'official' fights, held once a year, after which the winners are decided to be his true children and the losers are abandoned. This family is also famous for its cunning intelligence. This family is known for Spear Bearing, lightning users and Ice users.
7) Lo Po Bia Family- The Lo Po Bia Family is led by Lo Po Bia Traumerei. This family is known for its Anima. The ability to control living creatures. It is said that the Family Head can control almost all living creatures in the Tower if he wants to.
8) Po Bidau Family- The Po Bidau Family is headed by Po Bidau Gustang. This family is famous for its Research Association which researches how Shinsu works and its secrets and limits.
9) Tu Perie Family- This family is led by Tu Perie Tperie. This family is known for Light Bearing. It is also speculated that the Family Head being the first Light Bearer in the history of the Tower can know all the happenings inside the Tower with his Eyes of God. But I refuse to accept that, since that would make almost everything we do futile.
10) Yeon Family- This family is led by Yeon Hana. None of the 'descendants' of this family actually possess Hana's blood, as Hana is a virgin. All descendants are the children of Ilarde, known as the 'godmother'. Female members of this family have a tendency to look down on men. This family is famous for producing Flame users.
After the long explanation to Viole about the Ten Great Families, I again asked him for an answer to my previous question.
And his answer was-
"Well I heard about the problems swordsman face in the Tower a few months ago in Crown Game. And I visualized how to swing the sword so that it doesn't face any resistance from Shinsu and this is the result."
After hearing his answer, I was stunned. It was because Arie Hon, the one who is known as White Sword and also God of Swords is said to have developed Arie Swordsmanship due to a similar reason.
***
Anyway, after an year of training here at the 2nd Floor. I think it's finally time for him to start his climb in the Tower. After all it's been an year since his "death".
Hansung also agrees with me and says Viole's growth might stagnate a bit if he stays here any longer. After all it's easier to develop powers, the higher the Floor you are in. Hence all the powerful people prefer to live in the upper Floors.