Striving for Perfection

I finally finished reading a book on the basics of sewing. Although by the end it became very difficult due to the fact that I could not find the lamp for a long time. Seriously, who hides a lamp behind a table? If we continue the series of questions, who hides the lamps at all? Okay, not the point.

Now I'm lying on the bed having decided that I will make a needle out of a fork tomorrow. In case the maid comes into the room, I hid the fork on the cupboard. If it was difficult for me to climb on it, then the pony is even more so. I rolled over on my side towards the window and covered myself with a blanket. After closing my eyes and lying down for a while, I fell asleep. Or so I wanted to do. A knock on the door interrupted any attempt I made to sleep.

I got up with a grunt and started walking to the door instead of shouting from the spot. Going to the door and opening it, I saw Luna. When I saw her, I rubbed my eyes and asked with a little irritation in my voice, "What do you need?"

"Good evening to you too, Mr. Ctumer. Your training starts today." Luna said with a smirk on her face and to my confusion.

"And let me ask you, why should I be notified about this at night?" I asked with growing irritation.

"Oh, we forgot to tell you. Since the nobles imposed many restrictions on the Solar Guard, one of which is a ban on serving in the No pony Guard, so you will serve in the disbanded lunar Guard, that is, work at night." The Luna explained to me, increasing my irritation even more.

"Wait, wait, wait, how can I serve in a disbanded army unit?"

"Although the Lunar Guard was disbanded during our absence, there is no ban on its recreation. Do you have any more questions before your training starts? "

"Why arrange training at night? "

"The lunar Guard is a night unit of the Equestrian army, so I recommend that you learn to sleep during the day. "

I sighed in defeat, knowing I had no right to refuse and said with humility, "Okay, tell me where to go."

The Luna turned around and went in an unknown direction while I was following her. Examining the night castle, I mentally noted that at night it looks at least tolerable. Pointless spending on ugly door decorations is almost invisible at night, so only the stained glass windows remain, which are the only good part of the castle. Yeah, no matter how crazy it sounds, this castle can only be beautiful in the conditions of eternal night. Okay, whatever.

After passing through many corridors, all of which I could not remember because of the volume, we reached the gardens. In the garden there are many statues, plants and most importantly a pond in the middle, from which the moon and many stars are reflected. Perhaps the idea of sleeping during the day will not be so bad. While I was looking at the landscape, something pushed me sideways, knocking me to the ground. Turning around, I saw Luna, which immobilized me by putting one hoof on each of my limbs.

"The first lesson: always be vigilant. In battle, any carelessness can lead to death." Luna said while I was trying to figure out a way to get out of her trap.

After thinking a little and examining my position, I began to create ricochet arrows in both hands. Having fired arrows, they began to bounce many times from the hooves of the Luna to my hands, constantly gaining more strength. In just a second, the arrow gained enough strength to push Luna hooves away from me hard enough for me to get out from under Luna. I stood up in a stance, about to go on the offensive, but Luna instantly moved to me and hit my leg, pushing it back.

"Lesson two: your fighting stance should provide protection, reveal your strengths and smooth out your weaknesses. Now she does all of the above terribly," Luna explained to me, moving various parts of my body to change my stance. When she finished, she took a couple of steps back and continued, "now try it."

She made a dash to me and struck a blow that I blocked with my right hand and responded with my side kick to the head with my left hand. Luna blocked my blow and made a cut, knocking me to the ground. While I was trying to get up, Luna put a hoof on my chest, not allowing me to get up.

"Already this mistake could lead to your death. Besides, you're always looking where you're going to attack, so you're very predictable. Try to look for gaps in the defense is not so noticeable."

I pushed Luna's hoof off me with both hands and quickly jumped a couple of feet away. I got into a modified fighting stance and began trying to look for gaps in her defense unnoticed. She did not wait for me and made an instant dash to me, striking me with a hoof. I did a somersault to the side and kicked off from Luna a few feet. Unfortunately, as soon as I felt safe, Luna instantly moved towards me and hit me, sending me into the pond. Landing in the pond and sprawled half submerged in the water, I almost fell asleep.

"Get up." Luna said in a commanding tone.

I got up with a grunt and wearily took a stand again, despite the fact that I was knee-deep in water. Luna moved towards me again, once again striking me on the chin with a hoof. Quickly reacting, I blocked her blow with my hand and struck back at the head with the other. Luna also reacted quickly and took my blow aside and struck at the gap that had formed. Without having time to react, I received a strong blow to the jaw, staggered and fell back into the pond. I tried to get up, but Luna put a hoof on my back and pushed me into the pond.

"Don't think that the opponent will give you time to get up. You have to act faster. Come on, show me how you fight when your life depends on it!" Luna shouted in my ear, making me think for a while.

Does she want a real fight? Okay, I'll do it. I don't care what happened last time, now I'll show her what perfection is.

I turned around on my axis like a cat and grabbed the hoof of Luna. Stretching out a hoof to myself along with Luna, I kicked her in the neck. Luna didn't expect such a blow, so she stepped back quite a bit, pulling the hoof out of my grip, but I continued to attack. I made a quick fake blow to the head, but also quickly changed its direction to the chest, but Luna managed to react and block it. Luna tried to put an uppercut in my jaw, but I grabbed her hoof with both hands and tried to bend it. Unfortunately, Luna quickly suppressed my attempt and hit me in the stomach with a free hoof, knocking me into the water again. Luna had already opened her mouth to say something, but I got up and slammed her mouth with both hands. To be sure, I also kicked her in the chest, throwing her a few steps away. I ran up to Luna and made a tackle under her by shooting a ricochet arrow into her belly. I was about to continue my offensive, but Luna struck with its hind hooves, throwing me with great speed into a tree.

Having broken through a tree with my body and stopped only by hitting the next one, I wearily slid to the ground. While I was thinking how I was even alive after this and why it didn't hurt as much as when orange punched me, Luna flew up to me and started talking.

"I'm really impressed. The fact that you were able to switch from passivity to aggression so quickly is very impressive, but unfortunately your training is over for today. " Luna said bitterly, to which I objected.

"No. I will train until I stop moving. " I said, standing up again and making Luna grin.

"As you wish. " Luna said before rushing forward.

She flew up to me, trying to push me away, but I grabbed her and threw her aside. I retreated a few feet to better assess my position, but Luna managed to recover and get closer to me. Approaching me, Luna struck with her right hoof, which I blocked and responded with a blow to the horn. She reacted quickly and instantly darted to the side. I started looking around for Luna, but it just seemed to have evaporated. At some point I heard a strange sound and quickly turned around at him. In a flash of light, Luna appeared and hit me right in the face. I tried to dodge and hit her back along with the dodge, but Luna also ducked to dodge my lunge. As a result, the hoof of Luna hits me right in the face, and my hand could not reach her.

I flew into a tree, but quickly recovered and rushed to Luna. As I ran, I raised my fist behind my back to deliver as powerful a blow as possible. Luna easily blocked my punch and responded with a punch to the jaw that knocked me to the ground.

I can't go on like this. A couple more punches and I'll be knocked out. I need a change. But what. . . Precisely! She's probably used to the way I fight, but what if I move to four legs? I've already done it, though not on my own. I just need to repeat it from memory!

I got up on four legs remembering how I fought with the guards in the cave. Luna looked very surprised by this development. I rushed to Luna and as soon as she was ready to strike, I jumped back to the tree line and started jumping between them. To distract my opponent, I tore off some branches and put explosive runes with a timer on them. At some point I pushed off from the tree and jumped to Luna to attack. Due to the fact that she was distracted by exploding branches, she did not have time to react to my attack. In the air, I took my position so that two legs were pointed at Luna. Flying into Luna, I was able to shake it slightly, but to continue my initiative, I took the Moon with my feet using them as a hook and threw it into the tree line using my hands as a support. I ran on all fours to where I threw Luna to continue the attack, but she instantly moved to me and hit me right at the top of the head. Fortunately, I managed to dodge and jump to the tree line again, but instead of jumping between them, I immediately jumped back to Luna. Luna immediately tried to hit me while I was in flight, but her blow was blocked and I was already preparing to hit her in the face. Unfortunately, she hit me in the solar plexus with such speed that I didn't have time to react and crashed into the nearest tree. While I was trying to catch my breath after an active fight, Luna started talking.

"Consider our training sparring over," Luna said to my confusion.

"Okay." I said exhausted between breaths

"This concludes your training for today. Tomorrow you will learn the basics of military skills. Get up, I'll take you to your room."

Due to exhaustion, I just silently got up, deciding that I would not be able to continue sparring and began to follow Luna with a limp. Despite the fact that part of me said that accepting her help and even more accepting defeat was a blow to pride, I still continued to follow her. When we got to my room, Luna turned around and said.

"Good night Mr. Ctumer."

"And the same to you, Princess." I said it purely out of an agreement about politeness before entering my room and closing the door behind me.

Entering my room, I took off my soaked loincloth and hung it on a chair. After that, I fell on the bed and without even covering myself with a blanket, I began to fall asleep. Before I finally fell asleep, I heard a whisper again, but this time it was much louder and more legible.

"Statue, go to the statue of chaos."