After waking up and stretching Nero was very happy that any injuries or fatigue that had built up while he was in the training space completely disappeared by morning or he would have a hard time explaining why his was covered in little cuts all of a sudden and why he was tired after a long nights sleep
Going into the kitchen he started to make breakfast, the same simple meal he always had of some bread with some porridge and if there were any leftovers he would add a small amount of meat and veg to his plate
"Ah Nero you're up" Aurathia said as she came in through the front door, already having built up a sweat
"Yeah I just got up, where have you been?" Nero asked as he made another bowl of porridge
"After you showed me that I'm allowed up on the walls I added it to my morning exercises, I just finished a lap and came in for a quick drink before I went back up to do some other exercises but now that there's food I'll fuel up before I start back up" Aurathia responded as she set the table
"So what are your plans for today?" Nero asked as he passed her the food
"After food, a short walk up to the top of the wall to let things go down followed by some morning stretches and yoga and then I was hoping you would join me for some light sparring, it will allow me to see what kind of fighting skills you have and let me make you your own personalised workout routine" Aurathia answered as she dug into the food
"Then I was going to head into town to see if I could help out as a trainer somewhere to earn some money, seeing even Hestia working to help out her Familia inspired me and then come back here later in the day to help out here in the diner, I did promise I would to your father"
"You really don't have to help out here" Nero retorted "it's barely busy enough to give dad enough stuff to do most days so it would probably be more efficient to go help somewhere else if you want to help out"
"No can do, I promised to help and I will do it" she declared "and if it's quiet I can just use that time to train your dad, he really needs to develop more healthy habits"
"In that case I'll leave him to you" bowed Nero with a mischevious smile surfacing on hos face as he imagined his father trying to do a push up"
"Now that the foods been eaten" Aurathia declared as she moved to wash her dishes "time to get back to training, come on let's go" finishing the cleaning quickly before the pair made their way out and slowly walked towards the nearby walls
"So what kind of person would you like to join our Familia next?" Nero inquired, making small talk as they walked
"Preferably a girl" Aurathia immediately answered "I am the goddess of training AND women after all, although alot of people forget that due to all this" she flexed
"If you wanted a girl why did you chose me as your first Familia member?" Nero continued
"I just had a good feeling about you, felt like you were the type of guy who could not only keep up with my training but also would treat any girls who joined the Familia later properly" she smiled "that and you had some kind of aura around you that I couldn't figure out, you still do and if anything it's gotten stronger so that got me interested in you as well"
"Wow, quite high praise" Nero smiled before snickering "that and nobody else wanted to join you I'm guessing"
"Hey, no teasing your goddess" Aurathia flicked his forehead as they arrived at the top of the walls "for that you're getting double training" she smiled evilly
"Note to self, don't tease the muscular goddess" Nero muttered
"Correct, now come on, we're stretching, and if you keep up maybe one day you'll be able to do this" taunted Aurathia as she stood on one leg while lifting the other one up and placing it round the back of her neck while remaining perfectly balanced
"Show off"
"Yep" she smiled "and one day you too will be able to show off like this, now, deep breathes while we do these, starting with knees-to-chest"
"You have it easier than I do" Nero mumbled as he noted Aurathia's generous chest
"Was that you wanted 3 times the training I just heard" she remarked with a smile
"Nope, just saying how impressively flexible you are" Nero responded
"I thought so" laughed Aurathia "now less talking more stretching"
Continuing to stretch for the next 10 minutes then resting for another 5 just to make sure that all of their food was completely digested the pair then got up and faced each other, both taking a different combat stance
"Someone's been training, where'd you learn a stance like that?" Aurathia noted with a smile
"Nowhere in particular" he responded
"Well it looks like the kind of stance that you would use wielding something about the size of a knife in each hand, too bad you don't have them so I guess it's up to me to teach you how to fight bare handed" she analysed Nero's stance
"Thank you for teaching me sensei" Nero replied subconciously
"Sensei, have you been learning from Take, no he wouldn't be able to train you to that level without me being able to tell and he would have taught you hand to hand combat techniques first as a basis" she muttured to herself before an even bigger smile surfaced on her face "no matter, whoever it is they are teaching you well and I don't mind being called sensei if you want, now, guard up"
"Holy crap" Nero blurted out, his feet moving before he could think managing to dodge to the side leaving Aurathia stunned as she was planning to stop her fist before it hit and give Nero a scare but his footwork was much better than she had expected
"Seems like I don't have to hold back as much as I thought" she smiled with an excited glint in her eyes
"Please hold back at least a bit, I'm going to the dungeon after this" Nero pleaded
"Potions aren't that expensive and I want to know your limits for this first sparing session so I can plan future sessions better so try not to get to badly hurt" she grinned as she reset her stance ready to go again
"Yeah but bruises hurt" Nero complained as the sparring began again.