A Body Worthy of a Queen [Holly]

It was a very embarrassing moment and he wouldn't even blame her if she was to get totally livid with him. When she harshly inquired as to why he didn't tell her she had to visualize her clothes, he gulped. "I... I k-kind of... Forgot that detail!" he said and at first it didn't sound like an important detail, but to be fair, Galen had been gifted his afterlife body and not generated one, so he wasn't all that used to the generating process of it. He could still feel the heart pounding on his chest and he was angry with himself that part of him was feeling all fuzzy and giddy that he saw her like that, he felt like an old perv, but that's what you get for training under the turtle hermit, right?

In any case, if she could generate a body, she most definitely could generate clothes just as fast and so she did and then she informed him he could turn around and he reluctantly did so, uncovering first his eye before taking his hand off his face completely. Holly apologized for yelling at him and he shook his head, saying there was no need to apologize at all. He coughed, though, when she said that the fact that he ended up seeing her naked would be the payment for helping her get her body back. "So sorry, your grace! I feel really embarrassed! And please, don't think too much about it! Don't have to call it payment or anything, I helped you without wanting anything in exchange!" and he blushed even more and scratched the back of his head, feeling he might sound somewhat ungrateful and immediately tried to mend it. "Not saying it wasn't a worthy payment! Y-you are a beautiful lady! B-but... I... Well... Nevermind! I'm just making an even greater fool of myself right now!!" he lowered his head and scratched the back of his head even more now.

Then he took a very deep breathe and managed to muster enough of a grip over himself to be able to stare back at her. "She looks cute in that dress..." but he quickly shook the thought out of his head and that helped him crack a smile once again. "Well... Sorry for the rough start... But hey, I'm impressed! I mean, I knew you could do it! But that easy? You are really talented, your majesty!" and he sounded really proud of her. Then, chuckling a bit, he continued. "Experiment your new body! It's much lighter than the living one. Even your stamina is far greater! And after I train you, you will be even stronger!" he said, chuckling a bit more, unable to help himself but to feel excited about this alliance between the two main protectors of Earth, the Queen and the Future Guardian.

Galen did feel more at ease when he noticed Holly was now giggling and he couldn't help but to sigh deeply in relief. "Thank goodness..." he thought to himself. He nodded when Holly addressed him but decided not to say anything about the topic as it would only make him blush heavily again and he felt he didn't quite match the red look on his cheeks and thankfully the topic was quickly diverted from their initial accident and he managed to crack his usual carefree smile, nodding when she mentioned the training's ability to accommodate to her special set of skill. "I believe it will, your grace. I know a little bit of magic, not nearly close to your level, but I would place this one set of skills I have more towards magic than actual ki manipulation. It's nothing like the rest of my techniques." he said with quite the confident tone. Truth be told, he was thinking about the Evil Containment Wave and how it worked. It didn't quite rely on his pure power or his ki manipulation, it was something beyond it. True he never thought about calling it magic before, but it seemed quite fitting now.

Galen was trying not to blush, but he couldn't help but to blush once again when she turned around to stare at him once again, with her golden locks dancing with the wind. The human gulped and gazed away, but it was clear he was a bit shy; he was infatuated, but he was doing his best to neglect those rising fillings that came as butterflies inside his stomach. Her invitation was quickly attended as he nodded and started walking at a fast pace so he could be by her side and then he adjusted the rhythm so they would walk at the same pace. "I don't mean to pry into your ancestors affairs, but I do have to agree that understanding how your magic and ki work would help be a lot in adapting the training for your needs. But worry not, Holly!" and he chuckled, dropping to a less formal tone for now. "Your secret is safe with me. Cross my heart!" he chuckled once again, with the gentle smile of his. "I would share my own secrets with you as well... But I fear I'm not from a very interesting background! Hehehe!" he said, scratching the back of his head.

He was a farmer and she was royalty. It was fun how fate messed with Galen's path. From just a farm boy from the East, to a wandering swordsman, to the Tower Keeper of Korin's Tower and now to the aspiring Guardian of the world. Maybe he was blessed by a star of some sort. never would he have thought he would come so far, especially by being just a human. But as some say, greatness comes from the heart.

Galen blinked twice when she asked how he learned Magic to begin with. "Well... It was kinda by accident, after I climbed Korin's Tower, met the ghost of Master Korin and drank the Holy Water. Then I managed to learn some bit of magic so I could actually grow the magical senzu beans. For most of my life, that was it as for magic, but when I died for the first time..." and he paused to chuckle for a bit, resting both his hands on his hips. "It's so funny to speak of death so casually, hahaha!" he interrupted his own words to add that comment, but then shook his head and continued with what he was saying. "Then, when I met Master Mutaito here in the afterlife, he taught me his style, which involves the use of both ki and magic and a learned a few magic skills, one quite powerful." he explained with a smile on his face.

He blushed again when she said his background was somehow interesting, but she didn't linger in that subject for long and then she proceed to imply she trusted him and he nodded. "I appreciate that, your grace." and he truly did; Galen would cherish this trust and make sure she wouldn't regret giving him her confidence. Then, she asked him to try and sense her energy and he arched his brows slightly and then proceeded to focus on the task at hand. For a moment he couldn't really believe himself. He narrowed his eyes and frowned his brows as he analyzed the ki signature coming from her body and once again it didn't match to the potential and powers she demonstrated back on Earth. "That's odd..." that was his first comment as he kept the pace with her, walking by her side.

Galen touched his chin with a thoughtful expression on his face. "Are you suppressing your power? Because what I sense from you, while far greater than the average human by... Maybe a hundred times, it's still quite modest in comparison to what I have today and to the potential you displayed down on Earth... If almost feels like the power I had when I was just a wanderer a long time ago, before I was even formally trained as a martial artist..." he said with a slightly confused tone; it didn't make sense.

He never really thought about his life as an interesting one. Quite the opposite;, he thought of it as quite the simple and chill life for the most part, even when he was on his Tower, taking care of his duties such as growing the beans and watching over the Korin's Holy Grounds and the Karinga Tribe, though when he looked at it from Holly's perspective, it did make it seem like an extraordinary life and that made him chuckle. "Well... When you say it like that, it does seem quite the thrilling life... But to be honest, I was usually just watching over the land and the people that lived there and training with my sword." he said with a cheerful tone, missing those peaceful days and the people he cared for; Galen was a lonely man, but he wasn't completely alone.

The subject then changed to her own peculiar power and as she explained it to him, he grew even more interested in this Magi thing. To say he was bewildered was an understatement as he never could have thought that there was such a depth to magic. He thought that the pinnacle of it was when Arion, one of his masters, managed to create the Earth's dragon balls, or when he created objects out of the blue, but what Holly was telling him? That was above and beyond. The complexity behind the way it worked definitely explained as to why it wasn't possible to fully sense it. Galen came up with a theory, inside his own mind, that it worked in such a complex way inside the body that there was no way it would give out the same feeling that ki gave; ki came from sheer and pure power within an individual's core, whereas magic came from a more composite procedure.

"Wow... That's... Deep. I don't think I can fully grasp the picture, but I did help me understanding a bit more. Thank you for taking your time explaining it all to me, Holly." he expressed his gratitude with his large smile, falling silent again as she began to explain the flaws of this mystical power. Not being able to properly fight in close combat was indeed quite the dangerous flaw and he wondered if she had ever been submitted to martial arts training in her life and, by the looks if it, the answer was likely negative.

"Yes, I do favour close combat. I've been a swordsman ever since I was a child and I'm the current master of a style known as Kikoukenjutsu." he started. "Most of my techniques relies on physical strength, speed and bladework." he chuckled, looking at his own hands for a moment. "And before my time in the afterlife before I briefly resurrected, it was pretty much all I had going on for me. Luckily that changed due to the training I was subjected to while here. Which is why I think it will favour you as well. I do not excel on those, but knowing them allows me to have better odds while fighting. And I hope I can help you with that as well." and he widened his smile. "Because I truly hope you won't die again for a very long time!" he chuckled.

Different sources of energy, that made sense. So similar, yet so different, magic and ki. Galen felt like he was beginning to understand it better and when he thought of it, the way some of the techniques from the Mutaito school were indeed essentially different from the ones that he most commonly used with his normal ki. "I believe I'm getting a better understanding now." he commented as she explained, before he went on with the narrative of how his fighting style was. When he mentioned death, she seemed to be a bit affected by that and he took notice.

Their goals in restoring Earth were aligned and he was happy for that. "I'm sure we will be able to." he reassured the monarch, chuckling when she said that - basically - her life depended on his training and he wondered if his masters were disappointed he failed and died again. Galen nodded at the statement they needed more defenders, strong ones. "Indeed we do. Once I claim my position as the planet's Guardian, I will work toward bringing the Z-Fighters back to action. We need to be ready, because, chances are, they will come again." he said with a more serious tone.

Galen had many ideas on how to better protect the Earth, but first they needed to improve and then they needed time to prepare. He wanted to spend his time on the afterlife, not rush himself and learn as much as possible so they could have a better chance of success.

Galen chuckled as the situations got reversed and then he started explaining everything to the best of his knowledge. "Well... It will sound weird at first, but, to the layman, the Guardian is what some people and religions pray to as the God of the World, the God of Earth." and he knew it sounded shocking to say the least, but he had that simple smile on his face, completely untainted by vanity of any sort. "But in reality, the Guardian is more of a... Well... A watcher and a protector, the main shield of the planet, the one who is suppose to be guiding the warriors who protect it, who are known as the Z-Fighters. Those warriors rose again, generation after generation, always successfully restoring the planet from damage and destruction. It may seem like a bedtime story, but when I ascended to become the Keeper of Korin's Tower, one of my duties was to learn the history of the planet, the history people don't usually no, not even among royalty." he added, trying to explain why it was likely that she, even though she came from a royal line. "During my lifetime, Earth had four Guardians and they all fell for different reasons and that is one of the reasons why the planet went through such a chaotic state. Without its guidance and without the Z-Fighters, Earth is vulnerable to harm." he sighed as he gazed away to the skies of Heaven.

"Last time I was here, like I said, I was trained by many people. The first one was King Kai, which is the... Well... He is a Shinjin, the deity that looks over the Northern Galaxy, where our planet used to be located. He also told me it was my duty to take over the mantle of the Guardian and later, when I met Master Mutaito, the very first Z-Fighter our world ever had, also trained me so I could become the Guardian. It's a call I have to answer." and he stared back at Holly with a kind smile on his face, though his eyes seemed anxious with the burden he was to carry. "And I will not cower before that responsibility. My body, heart and soul will become a shield and a sword for Earth!" and despite the burden, it was still burning with fiery will-power. "Our world will come to exist again! And we will be the pillars of its peace!" he added.