After eating his fill, he was then informed by Shepard that it was now weapons training, where they are allowed to pick their specialty. He wanted to choose the sword at first, but knowing that it can be trained later, he started with guns, especially with sniper and flintlock. When he went to pick up the weapons, he was stopped by Shepard.
"Why would you use something that was touched by this peasant? Do not worry, in the God's Knight base, there are a lot of those you require," Shepard said to Thorne. He then called a CP0 agent.
"Hey, you, pick up the Flintlock rifle and Flintlock pistols from the base, ensure that you do not touch them, otherwise, I will kill you where you stand," Shepard ordered the CP0, who immediately left the premises.
"May I ask you something?" Thorne asked Shepard, who just looked at him with a curious look.
"Fire away," Shepard said, as if not hiding anything.
"Why do you oversee the CP recruits' training? Doesn't a Noble and God's Knight like you have other things better to do?" Thorne asked directly.
"To be honest? I was getting punished by Saint Garling, he summoned me while I was sleeping, and I accidentally slapped his hand when he was trying to wake me up," Shepard admitted, laughing as if some innocent man,
"You are lucky that father did not kill you," Thorne said bluntly, even though it sounded harsh. Garling has the authority to execute someone in Celestial Dragon if he deemed it to be, and considering his contributions and loyalty, the 5 elders would not question his decision.
"It's actually because of you I was let off, just by overseeing the recruits' training," Shepard admitted.
"Huh? Why is that?" Thorne asked for clarification.
"Well, before Saint Garling announced his punishment, you called him in DEN DEN MUSHI, I think it softened him even just a little bit to give me a second chance," Shepard said.
"Ahhh, that time, I guess you owe me," Thorne said, though he did not remember the events.
"Yes, I did, that's why I'm doing this favor for you, a noble such as yourself should not partake in any training before 6 years old, but you're still 2 even with that kind of talent," Shepard said,
"Alright, it's a tie now," Thorne said.
Both Shepard and Thorneweres were talking for about 5 minutes before the CP0 arrived with the rifle and pistol; he was not holding it due to the locked box inside.
"What? Is this brand new?" Thorne asked
"No, it's my gift for you. I forgot to bring it yesterday, and I was already sleepy after coming home, so I just thought I would give it to you now," Shepard said, handing him the treasure box.
After opening the box, it was then he saw the most intricate rifle he has ever seen, but the pistol is not as luxurious as the one Elder Warcury gifted him, he then lifted the gun only to find it too long for his current size, he did not mind the size difference and just started aiming for the somethings, with him checking the scope, there, he saw a flying balloon, used for target practice in shooting, he locked in and aimed, then he fired, he missed.
"What? I aimed perfectly," Thorne said.
"You did not consider the velocity of the wind, and other factors, I may not be a master sniper, but I know my way around in guns" Shepard said, remembering the time when he participated in the hunt of the gods, and just used pistols to kill the prey.
After hearing what Shepard said, Thorne then looked at the flying balloon again, this time, moving the rifle towards is left side a bit, when he fired his shot, the balloon popped, indicating a hit, Thorne then started focusing on the rifle for the entirety of the afternoon, until the sun was setting, Thorne then thanked Shepard for his hospitality.
"Thank you, I'll come back tomorrow," Thorne said to Shepard, who just looked at him and said.
"Go to the God's knight facility tomorrow, my punishment is over, there, someone would be able to give you advice on how to handle rifles and pistols much more clearly," Shepard said.
"Alright," Thorne said, while smiling, after turning his face where Shepard could not see him anymore. His face suddenly went blank, and every ounce of emotion that was in him suddenly vanished. Thorne then started walking towards his home. After just a few minutes of walking, he reached his residence. There, he could see his mother waiting for his arrival,
"You did not eat here," Seraphina said to him with a serious expression, while Thorne just looked at his mother with nothing in his face, no love, no affection, no hatred, just neutral face, this shocked Seraphina even more, only yesterday that her son was still happy and want to be seen with her, now, just after the stupid test she agreed, to do, it seems like everything his son was is gone.
"I did not, I am not hungry," Thorne answered while walking passed his mother, who was just standing there, shocked.
Going up to his room, he first cleaned himself up for a bit. After that, he got ready to go to bed, then he grabbed the sword of Chimare, the snake bit him again, but unlike yesterday, he dids not collapse immediately, leaving the snake to increase the potency of poison, which was enough to kill a vice admiral, Thorne then just let it, just a few moments passed after being bitten that he suddenly feels dizzy, he managed to bring himself to the bed before passing out ending the whole day.