The Lord even provided him an exclusive teacher, but the reports claimed he was not talented.

�Haah, I shouldn�t have done that. I should have just accepted the hits when he was adamant on beating me.�

It was natural that Rian, who had been compared to his brother all his life, was angry at the Thunder Strike.

It seemed that not all nobles were born to excel.

�Now what? I�m in big trouble.�

Agitated again, Shirone stared blankly at the real sword, which had been left unattended under the desk.

�I don�t have time for this.�

Shirone jumped up and headed for the study.

�Whether I fight or not, it�s always better to be prepared!�

Since he lived in the mountains, Shirone was confident in his stamina and level of fitness, so if he were to learn self-defense, he would be able to at least save his life.

After putting aside the history books for the time being, he collected all the books related to swordsmanship.

While there were technical books like the�Sword Textbook, there were philosophical books such as�What is Sword?�and�Only Humans Are Afraid of the Sword.

Practical books such as�Let�s Win With Bluff�and�The Stronger Individual Is the Survivor�were also seen.

Shirone opened a book with the simple and clear title of�Swordsmanship.

It was a book that contained the history of swordsmanship as well as overall knowledge about it.

It was also an interesting book in the eyes of the aspiring mage, Shirone.

If mages had the Spirit Zone, swordsmen had something called the Schema.

Schema was both an imaginary body and a schematic of the human body.

Every human had their own body image, and the Schema was an extreme embodiment of it.

Masters of Schema would say that they could fully understand their body and be involved in how their cells moved as well as how their nerves sent signals.

Shirone put down the book and slapped his knee.

�It�s nearly identical to Spirit Zone.�

A mage would erase their existence and assimilate with the world, but a swordsman did the opposite and further dug into themselves.

Shirone attempted Schema.

Feeling an imaginary self while maintaining the senses just before entering the Spirit Zone.

�As expected, it�s not too difficult yet.�

However, the imaginary body was dark as a shadow and could not be felt.

�If I were to remove this dark curtain, it would become Schema. It�s truly incredible.�

Shirone picked up the book again.

It was written that the method of mastering Schema varied widely from family to family and that prioritizing specific parts to strengthen it depended on the method. JrNovels.com