After removing the blindfold, Caroline looked at him and asked "How was my technique, Nash?" with expectation in her eyes. Nash, with a serious look in his eyes, spoke "You have adopted to the grandmaster realm. There are no wasted movements; your reaction time and your reflex are spot on. So you have improved a lot".
Hearing this, Caroline gave a triumphant smile. Nash continued speaking "We have three months left, till the start of the immortal assembly. For the next two months, you can hang out with your friends, your mom, you can travel and drink, do whatever you want. You have full freedom, no restrictions."
"After two months, we will start the final standard training, with less intensity. Then we will begin our journey to the assembly". Hearing she has two months to let loose, Caroline immediately became happy and her face broke into a villainous smile, like that of an old women, plotting something.
Seeing this, Nash got suspicious and looked at her with a questioning gaze. Realizing, she let her emotions show on her face, Caroline calmed down quick, gave him a silly smile, lifted her sword and vanished using a movement technique.
After she left, Nash looked at her three standing opponents and pointed at the unconscious man and said "Take him and go see the physician. Once you guys are healed, check with the accountant to get your payment". The three people gave him a bow, lifted the unconscious man and left.
Once everyone left, Nash walked to the center of the training ground, materialized an axe in both of his hand and started practicing his martial arts. His movements were slow, his breath deep, his focus on his qi.
After about an hour, he ended his practice and stored his twin axe in his storage ring and then left the training ground and went to take a bath. Once he was refreshed, he informed the servants to bring his meal to the garden by the pond.
As he sat down by the pond and started eating, a young man ran in and said "Boss, Boss, Mr. Jackal is here to see you". Nash stopped eating, raised his head and spoke "tell him to come here and join me on the table, you should also join me to eat, Hanmaru".
Hanmaru nodded and left. After a few minutes, he came in with a tall man with sharp, calculative eyes and an elegant demeanor, carrying a stack of ledgers. The man looked at Nash and said "good day boss".
Nash smiled and replied "Keep the ledgers aside and join me and feast". So Jackal and Hanmaru, joined Nash at the large round table, carved in a hundred year old oak with intricate design. The table was by the pond with seven chairs surrounding them.
They both sat opposite to Nash and looked at the sumptuous meal before them, with different meat dishes filling almost the entire table. Then all three, started eating the meal with gusto. Once they were done and the table was cleared by the servants, Hanmaru stood up, bowed to Nash and left the garden.