The Pathway Of Wisdom-Chapter 44: Cardio?

’I need to learn more about the God of wisdom and his teachings... I have committed a great blasphemy by ignoring his teachings all this time...’

’With my previous mindset... I seemed more like the paladin of the goddess of combat and war rather than the god of wisdom...’

What Jake didn’t know was that this realization that he got today would help him go much further in life.

Due to Alex defeating him, Jake’s understanding of his own self and his own ’Path’ in life improved tremendously, helping him get one step closer to his dreams.

’Now that I think about it... even father uses traps and tactics to hunt down monsters and beasts who are difficult to track and find but are dangerous to be left alone...’

’I always ignored the meaning behind it all despite learning his skills for so long...’

’My defeat this time was really inevitable... I naively thought that just because I was following the code of a warrior, others would do the same and would fight head on...’

Only now did Jake understand that in battles and in war, no one fights as an equal; most try to use various abilities and even the environment to their advantage to win!

After all, everyone wants to live and is afraid of pain and death; thus, even when following the honorable code of a warrior, you still need to be able to understand and use strategies and tactics!

A battle is not just physical strength and attack power; there are many factors that determine a person’s real strength!

*Click!*

Just when Jake was busy thinking various things in his mind, the door of the infirmary opened and Freya entered the room.

It was morning right now, and she had a bowl of soup in her hands, which she likely brought to feed Jake. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Seeing Jake awake and sitting shirtless, she was so surprised that she almost tripped, and the bowl fell from her hands, causing it to shatter and the soup to splatter all over the ground.

"Y-you finally woke up, Jake! W-wait! You are shirtless! Wear something, you idiot!"

Covering her face with her hands and peeking through the gaps in her small fingers, Freya blushed, her face turning as red as a tomato, and she hurriedly left the room.

Seeing her being shy like that, Jake shook his head and thought to himself,

’What’s the point of acting so shy now... wouldn’t you have seen me shirtless when I was unconscious?’

’Talking about being unconscious... how much time has it been since the duel?’

Jake had no idea how long he slept, so he hurriedly got up from the bed and wore his shirt placed on the chair nearby.

Just as Jake was done wearing the shirt, Freya returned with the sisters, and his father, Ethan, was not too far behind.

They all felt happy that he had successfully recovered and was now back at full health.

"Your aura is still weak, likely from exhaustion and lack of proper meals during your coma... you have been asleep for three days! So, it’s not weird that you feel weak..."

At Jake’s asking, Ethan diagnosed his condition and also told him that he had been asleep for three days straight and it was Freya who took care of him the entire time!

She even skipped her daily training just for his sake!

The sisters arranged another bowl of soup for him as the spilled one was cleaned hurriedly.

"Uh... how are you feeling right now?... You don’t need to take the defeat to your heart, you know... losing to the chosen ’Saint’ of our benevolent god of wisdom is nothing to be ashamed of..."

"Moreover, his holiness is a royal prince; losing against someone of his status and capability is an honour... you don’t need to blame yourself for it..."

Ethan tried his best to use words that would console Jake while also telling him about the reality and giving him enough room to not feel heartbroken.

This was Jake’s first ever true defeat in a battle; before this, he had always won against all his peers, and no one dared to even challenge him anymore, due to which he was usually fighting with adults!

Ethan assumed that Jake would feel heartbroken from this overwhelming defeat, but to his surprise, Jake was very energetic, and even a smile appeared on his face.

"Don’t worry, Father, I have learned a lot from this duel... I have already come to terms with my defeat... I will not be as naïve as I used to be ever again!"

"Also... his holiness the saint understands our beloved god’s teaching very thoroughly! We should follow him instead of doubting him..."

"He proven his ability by defeating me... I have no more qualms against him becoming the ’Saint’..."

Hearing Jake’s words, everyone heaved a sigh of relief; they were all worried that Jake would go berserk the moment he woke up and would try to attack or challenge Alex once again.

They were all worried that Jake will not be able to accept this defeat and will try to do something wrong to Alex, and this time, Alex might not let him off as easily.

Alex, being so shrewd and cunning, likely had many counterplans in place in case Jake tried to attack him when he came back to consciousness, and Ethan already knew this.

He knew that this time the damage Jake would receive for being out of line would be much worse than before; thus, he was relieved that Jake had calmed down and thought things through on his own.

"Talking about his holiness the saint, where is he right now? I would like to meet him and apologize to him for doubting him..."

Hearing Jake’s words, Ethan glanced outside the window and looked at the garden before saying,

"Err... he’s doing ’Cardion’... no, it was crdio... Cardio?... er.. I don’t know what it was but he’s doing early morning training... I was helping him out but came over after hearing the news of you waking up..."

"You can meet him at breakfast if you want... eat up something first and take a bath; you are drenched in sweat..."