Heavenly Dao Child 147 Freezing with disbelief

Celestia dragged Ryuu with her as it was her day for the lessons while the others left for their individual chores.

Ryuu was sulking as he badly wanted to go with Maheswara to check out his new ship but was told that it was not ready as a result he will have to wait which caused Ryuu to sulk as he was being dragged off by Celestia.

Celestia, "Do you know the real reason why we decided to send you out?"

Ryuu mulled over his teacher's question as he replied, "Well I need to gain more experience."

Celestia:" In what do you need to gain experience Ryuu?"

Ryuu: "Everything I guess."

Celestia: "It is true that you are not so much experienced in various things but more importantly you lack experience mainly when it comes to fighting it is atrocious."

Ryuu was shocked at that, "Third mistress with all due respect I do not think I can yet pose a challenge to master…"

Celestia stopped him with a glare as she spoke, "No one is asking you to pose a challenge to my husband with your meager strength, you will not be able to become strong enough to pose a challenge to him for a long long time, but I was telling about your past battles once you almost lost life to other because you forgot you had daggers which could be useful in an enclosed area where a sword is too big for you to wield, another time you went berserk and would have been greatly injured where as you could have triumphed easily, least not forgot how instead of using your own strength to help yourself out of nay situation which you could have easily if you think a little bit you tend to rely on your Divine body and thereby causing you to defeat them with brute force.", she took a small breath as she spoke again, "You are strong Ryuu do not forget that but what should have been your hidden trump card you always use it in front of everyone, there are hidden places where you might have to venture into during your adventure and you may not have access to your Divine body and as a result you would fail without its support where as normally it would have been a breeze for you. Do you understand where I am going with it?"

Ryuu nodded at that with a stoic visage causing Celestia to sigh as she spoke again, "Listen Ryuu we have given everything for you to flourish yet you fail to utilize it effectively grow, your body is a greatest treasure for many they will do anything to get their hands on them, we will protect you but you should know the universe is huge there are others who are as strong as us and could easily steal our body so remember to minimize depending on your Divine Body as much as possible."

Ryuu nodded at that, he hated playing the part of damsel with distress he still remembered when he was younger he did not fight properly nor smartly opting the using his Divine Body to suppress his enemies the end result he nearly died and his team had to spend the remaining time hiding giving up their chances on exploring the ruins.

Celestia smiled as she saw Ryuu taking what was told to him by heart as she spoke, "Ryuu have you heard the saying the 'String thrives and the Weak perishes.'"

Ryuu nodded at that as he spoke, "Of course I have heard about."

Celestia nodded at that as she spoke, "You might have heard from my Daughters', am I right Ryuu?"

Ryuu nodded in confirmation as she spoke, "Yes big sisters were rather adamant about it mentioning it to me many times., and why are you asking about it 3rd mistress?"

Meanwhile Ryuu's mind was going on a different direction, 'ugh if even my teachers start preaching me about it I might hang myself.'

Only for a shiver to run up his spine as he turned to come face to face with a Celestia glaring at him as her eyes narrowed in anger.

Celestia spoke in an angry tone, "I am glad that you dislike the philosophy as do I too."

Ryuu looked at her in surprise as he asked, "Then why did you allow them to think like that."

Celestia just shrugged as she spoke, "There are adults even though if they do something to stupid they are not old enough for me not spank them but I do not want to take away their free thought everyone has the right to think freely and you should always be broad minded, 'which I learned by making the biggest mistake of my life'", she whispered so low that Ryuu was unable to catch it.

Celestia shook herself from the regret she was feeling as she began speaking, "Personally I think the thought is flawed what I believe is that 'It is the fittest that survive.'"

Ryuu looked confused at her as such she elaborated, "Think of this in terms of a battlefield, a group of say 100 heavy armored cavalry is facing a group of 100 light armored archers now I will give you 2 different scenarios, in the first case the two groups are facing each other on an open field do you know what will happen?"

Ryuu thought carefully before giving the result, "The heavy armor will protect them from the arrows and it will be a matter of time before they reach the archers then it will be a simple one sided slaughter of the archers."

Celestia nodded at that as she spoke, "Good child you are correct it will be as you say now in the second scenario they battlefield is a deep marsh full of big trees where the archers are hiding now what will happen?"

Ryuu shrugged as he spoke, "The cavalry would lose their heavy armor would cause them to get stuck in the marsh and owing to their slow progression it will give the archers ample time to defeat them."

Celestia nodded at that as she spoke, "As you see just the change in battlefield yielded different results, the first one was because the cavalry was suitable in that kind of battlefield and second was because of the archers were suitable, I hope you understand what I meant by the word survival of the fittest."

Ryuu nodded at that, "They were in the best position to survive in that area."

Celestia: "Since the recorded history countless species came into existence but because they failed to adapt with the change in environment, as such remember Ryuu not all battles are fought face to face, in fact those who harp about being chivalrous and whatnot are either idiots or they have some nefarious plan for you."

Ryuu nodded at that as he spoke, "I understand that very well master in fact I tend to fight dirty."

Celestia spoke with a small smile, "There are times when you are forced to fight in an honorable duel but remember if you fight each and every battle with honor and chivalry very soon you would end up becoming the most honorable and chivalrous corpse."

Ryuu nodded at that it was something he himself believed that no war or battle is fought without deception after all 'Winners are Kings and Losers are Beggars', as he replied to Celestia, "3rd mistress inside the library I was read a good advice, 'If after all the handicaps given to your enemies they end up to be in an equal position in a battle then you might have done something terribly wrong."

Celestia nodded at that as she tousled Ryuu's hair, "Very good child you are making a good use of the library come on I think I have a few things to teach you before you left."

A few days later a star struck drooling Ryuu glanced at 'Flying Vessel' in front of him, Maheswara idly noted that if Ryuu was dog he might have already lost his tail by wagging too much with the amount of excitement he was showing.

'Oh well lets trample his enthusiasm', he idly mused, 'it was a good day to be a complete bastard.'

Maheswara with a smile that of a saint spoke, "I actually Ryuu that is not yours the one over there is."

Ryuu glanced at the 'Flying Vessel' and froze.

"Oh you liked it so much that you are speechless, I knew I made the right choice.", as Maheswara praised himself.

Chapter end

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