Chapter 18: Master and Student

It was seven years ago during her childhood in which Elizabeth trained and trained to better herself and understand her capabilities a little bit more. She was special. Yes, more special than anyone else, and her skills and adaptability made her quite formidable in any situation she was up against; Elizabeth was an Non-mana born, and one of the best ones.

"Put your back into it Elizabeth, you must flow like the water, be calm and steady."

Her teacher Izumi stood in front of her with one arm behind his back, the other held out in front of him blocking the Rozenheart's attack which came in rapid succession.

"HAAAA! TEYAA!!!"

Elizabeth had been throwing out her attacks but held back in strength which made her hits lackluster. She started to pant, wiping the sweat from her forehead and falling back onto her butt, slamming it into the ground.

"It's too hard Sensei… I can't do it…"

She balled herself up as she hugged her knees.

"Elizabeth, you don't see it do you?"

Izumi walked towards his student before sitting right next to her on the ground, crossing his legs.

"See what Sensei?"

He chuckled before patting the small Rozenheart's head. 

"Your potential Elizabeth. It is great, you have the potential to master any martial arts… even Martial arts that I cannot master yet in this world."

She looked up at him with an curious expression. Her eleven year old mind was unable to process exactly why, but her teacher Izumi expected that.

"How can I do that master? I thought you were only training me for money since I'm a Rozenheart."

Izumi took his hand off her head and bowed his head with a smile.

"I do not care for such trivial things as money. The only time I would ever do such a thing as a tournament or any of the sorts involving money, is to meet and experience countless fighters in my lifetime. Though it is hard from me being born as a Yggdrasil Hero such as Siegfried by the amount of fame I have. However as a hero I don't represent "Humanities protector" like Siegfrieds and King Arthur's. Mine is simple martial arts and the way of life, nothing more."

Elizabeth would smile.

"Being a hero sounds really cool… I'm really glad you became my sensei! I wanna be like you one day!"

"And you can Elizabeth! You can be like me one day, there's only a matter of time before you reach that goal."

Izumi would stand up on his feet, picking up Elizabeth by her hand.

"I will turn you into the greatest martial artist the world has ever seen. Out of all my students your potential is the highest of them all."

His words held a special place in her heart. She was always looked down upon all her life, always being harassed and bullied from being unable to cast a simple spell, and now with Izumi at her side, she felt more freedom than ever, and the ability to control her own fate.

"Sensei Izumi, I promise you by the end of today I will master the Flowing Water Rush!"

Her teacher smiled.

"I place my full trust into you Elizabeth. Master it, and that will be the first step in achieving your very own martial arts that will surpass even my own."

She clenched her fist and shook with excitement.

"Right! Ehehehe!"

***

A few hours and more had passed, Elizabeth trained herself to her limit. She hired izumi to train her and teach her, always having to do things on her own, while her parents ignored her existence. Being outside the Rozenheart residence, they trained somewhere far away, or more specifically in one of Izumi's Dojo.

"FLOWING WATER RUSH!!!"

She had her hand movements flow like water, even creating the illusion of water. She was sparring with her opponent who seemed to be a large tall man with brute strength, all the sudden taking him down from hitting his calves, and pressure points in quick succession.

"Gaaaah—!"

Her opponent screamed in pain while they dropped to their knees paralyzed, now feeling a brute kick sent into their chest, sending them flying across the dojo—

"Ohhhhhh~!" (Students)

Al the students who watched the sparring match was shocked to see Elizabeth's potential as an martial artist. If anything she was quite scary with her adaptability.

"This little girl mastered the Flowing water rush in a few days, she's incredible."

One of the students muttered to the other.

"Indeed, I heard she was a Non-mana born; They are insanely strong in physical prowess when it comes to it."

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The other student replied.

"I know that, but even then, mastering a martial arts in three days when it took our seniors more than a few years is actually scary. This little girl has more potential than anyone here."

The other student nodded his head in agreement, all proud at Elizabeth's work.

"I-Incredible… at such a young age you managed to beat me. Heheh…Heh… it's been quite some time since I've lost."

The one who she beat was one of the seniors here at Ryuu Dojo, proud to see an student such as Elizabeth attending the class.

"At this rate you'll be caught up to Sensei Izumi in a few years! KAHAHAHAHAHA!"

The other students laughed at the sensei who was on the ground, and causing Elizabeth to laugh as well nervously. She rubbed the back of her head blushing at such a compliment, making her feel fit in with the people here.

"Ehehehe, thank you very much!"

*SLAM*

"Sensei Izumi! Sensei Izumi is missing!!!"

All the sudden they could feel a drastic change in the atmosphere as their Dojo door slammed to the side. One of the students had a look of panic upon their faces, spreading more panic to the students in front of him.

"Calm down Jiuinshi, tell me what's wrong?"

The student who opened the door name was Jiuinshi, seeming to be a black belt from the belt around his waist.

"Senior Gatka, come quick! It's an emergency!"

Jiuinshi begged his senior, but the other students also offered to come as well, even Elizabeth. They all quickly left the dojo and ran outside to their masters dorm, worried all together. They eventually reached the door after running for minutes, seeing that the slider-door to Izumi's dorm was open.

"What is this…?"

They all could see red stains painted upon the dorm's window. Blood dripped down the three steps up to his dorm, and it was fresh.

"...….."

All the students were quiet, taken back by the sight of blood. It made matters worse that it was inside of their Sensei's house. Gatka held out his arm to the other students to stop them from coming any closer, as he was the one who needed to Investigate.

"All of you, stay here…"

He walked forward and his eyes were filled with disbelief, even though he didn't want to show it to the other students. As he approached the Dorm, he walked up the steps, trying his hardest to avoid the blood that was painted upon the wooden grounds of the dorm's front balcony.

"Sensei Izumi, are you there?"

Gatka questioned, proceeding to walk inside of the Dorm, and noticing things scattered everywhere upon the floor.

"Sensei Izumi! Please answer my call!"

Gatka looked around and investigated the area. It took quite some time to check for any patterns or footprint in the blood that laid inside the dorm, however he found none. 

"What is the meaning of all of this…? Sensei Izumi, are you… dead?"

Gatka looked down in question to his own comment, not wanting to believe in such a tragedy. He slowly approached the outside, his eyes saddened.

"Sensei Izumi… he is… no longer… with us…"

The students squeezed their eyelids shut as hot tears streamed down their faces. Gatka's choppy breathing and watery eyes remained for quite some time, and he stood there unmoving, grieving with the other students who had been brought to tears.

"No way… Senior Gatka is it really true? Is Sensei Izumi no longer with us? Isn't he a hero though? Isn't he the strongest hero in the world? How can that happen Senior Gatka?"

Elizabeth quickly ran up to Gatka who had been standing in the doorway, however she stopped by the stairs to not attract blood upon her soles.

"Please tell me it's a lie Senior Gatka! Nobody can beat our sensei, he's the strongest man in the world!"

The other students bowed their heads, sniffling through their nose. They tried to halt their crying and show strength like their master had taught them, however it was too difficult. But finally one spoke up.

"I doubt it. Our Master is the greatest of any man on this earth. Nobody poses as a threat to him; I can assure you that the blood we see now is the blood of his enemies, and not his!"

All the other students looked at who said this, and realized it was was Jiuinshi. His tears stained his face, and he balled up his fist shouting at the others.

"Our Sensei is not dead! You best believe he is still alive and kicking! And we must find him, together!"

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