The Mother's Trial

[Sirius POV]

My daughter is growing so fast.

She learned magic and trained with spear without me knowing it.

It is a pity I haven't got the chance to train her those myself.

But I guess it wasn't necessary after all.

She had friends who can do it for me.

Then when I learned that she wants to leave with them, I was deeply saddened.

I wanted to keep her to myself and refuse to let her go.

But if I do that, her deceased father would hate me.

So, the only thing I could do is to ensure that she is ready for her new journey.

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[Ceobe's POV]

I was utterly surprised. Not just because that mother is charging towards me, but she also knows how to use a spear... or rather two spears.

She swings both of her spears at me and in response to her attacks, I readied my spear and parry them.

*clang* *clang*

When I parried her attacks, mother was impressed and proceeds to swing her two spears even more.

*clang* *clang*

I twirled my spear around to parry her strikes and then counter attack with an overhead strike.

*CLANG*

Unfortunately, mother blocked my attack by crossing her spears together. She then smiled at me and spoke.

"[Is that what all you got, sweetie?]"

"[Heh, that's not all, mama! Watch this]!"

I cartwheel backwards to gain distance from mother. Then I grab my knives from my hips and threw them at mother's direction.

"DADADADA!!"

I made sure that I aimed for her non-vital spots, just in case mother couldn't block them. But to my surprised, she twirled both of her spears and managed to parry six of my knives.

"[Careful with those knives, sweetie. One wrong throw and you might accidentally kill somebody]" mother scolded me.

"Sorry, mama. It won't happen again"

"[Now, now, let's pick up the pace, sweetie. Rudeus and the others will leave soon]" she said while looking at a certain direction.

"Eh?!"

Confused on what she meant, I face towards the direction where mother was looking and saw Rudeus and the others were all dressed up and ready to leave.

I made eye contact with Rudeus who was looking astonished at me

"Hi there, Ceobe"

"Oh hello, Rudeus"

We greeted each other once we met each other's gazes. I also greeted Eris and Ruijerd, which calmly greeted back. But then Rudeus looks to his right and shouted.

"Ceobe, watch out"

"!!"

Following Rudeus's warning, I instinctively bend torso backwards to evade mother's spear thrust that was aiming for my face. She was amazed when I dodged her attack even though I was distracted.

"[Uuh~ Nice reflex, sweetie]"

"[Come on, mama. I'm talking to my friends here]"

"[Yes, I know that, but we are in the middle of the trail. So, let's end it right away]"

After mother prompt me to end this trial, both of us get serious and we then step back from one another.

"[Listen, sweetie. If you manage to survive these last attacks, I will let you join them in their journey. Got it?]"

I nodded at mother's instruction and she proceed to ready her attack. In response to that, I assume a defensive stance and prepare myself on what's to come.

"[This spear is an embodiment of who I am.]"

Mother suddenly begins to chant something and her two red spears were starting to glow,

"[And I am the epitome of the spear.]"

After that, her bloodlust spikes up and she then dashes towards me in full speed.

"[GAE BOLG ALTERNATIVE]"

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[Third POV]

Sirius charged at her daughter who was in utter shock by her speed. But she recovered quickly and was ready to defend herself.

The adult beast woman then proceeds to thrust her two spears alternatively at the young beast girl. Ceobe tries her best to parry her mother's flurry of attacks with her spear while side stepping away.

Eventually, one of the Sirius's spears hit Ceobe on her left shoulder and she feels a numbing sensation on her whole left arm.

The beast girl notices this and begins to panic. That anxiety begins to grow as more hits were inflicted on Ceobe's body, ultimately immobilizing her in the end.

After stunning her daughter, Sirius took a huge step back and raised one of the spears in a javelin throwing position. She winds her arm backward and the red spear begins to glow brighter.

Rudeus senses something was wrong about the attack and he wanted to jump in to save Ceobe. However, Ruijerd grabs his shoulder and stops him from doing it.

"Ruijerd, let go of me"

"Do not interfere, Rudeus"

"Why not?"

"Look, she's moving again!"

While Rudeus and Ruijerd were arguing, Eris shouted at them while pointing at Ceobe. They observed that she is slowly getting up on her feet as she fights the paralysis.

When Sirius also saw her daughter standing, the beast women smiled gently and she calls out to her.

"Ceobe!"

"?!"

"[Can you still keep up, sweetie?!]"

"[Yeah!]"

Hearing her daughter's energetic reply, Sirius hurls the spear towards Ceobe. The young beast girl grips her spear and she prepares herself to either evade or parry the incoming red blur.

When the red spear is close enough, Ceobe decided to move towards the side and then tries to parry her mother's spear.

When her spear collides with the red spear, she successfully parried her mother's weapon but for the cost of her weapon breaking.

Everyone who was watching, including herself, were shocked by the result, and because Ceobe survived the final attack, the trial was officially over.

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"[Phew, that was close one, sweetie. For a second there, I thought wouldn't dodge that]" Sirius casually say while approaching her daughter.

She looks down at Ceobe who was kneeling in front of her broken spear. The young beast girl looks at her mother and sadly spoke.

"[Mama, my spear is broken...]"

Seeing that her daughter visibly upset about her broken weapon, Sirius went to picks up her red spear on the ground and hands it over to Ceobe.

"[Here, sweetie. Take this spear instead]"

"[Wait, this is mine now?]"

Her mother nods at her and the young beast girl tries brandishing it.

"[What is this weapon called, mama?]" Ceobe asked.

"[That's the Gae Bolg Alternative, sweetie. It was made of the branch of the Yggdrasil tree]"

"[Woah, cool]" Ceobe cheerfully said as she twirls it around and strike poses with it.

Sirius gently giggles at her daughter's playfulness. While the mother and daughter were bonding, Rudeus and the others approaches them.

"Hey, Ceobe. Are you two, alright?"

"Yeah, we're fine"

"So.... That means you're ready to join the journey, right?"

Hearing Rudeus's question, Ceobe looks back to her mother and Sirius nodded at her, giving her the permission to come with them.

The beast girl brightly smiles upon seeing her mother accepting her wish, then looks back to Rudeus and spoke.

"Yeah, I'm ready"

And so, Ceobe officially joined Rudeus' crew and they all prepare themselves to leave today.