Vencha
Thanks for the Chapter I liked it from what I noticed there were more details in this chapter like explaining his uncle's reaction and explaining that some died man there's only one thing to say this skill has a lot of potential because if he trains assassins he will gain the skills of an Assassin If he trains a Blacksmith he will gain the skills of a Blacksmith, so it goes to seduction skills, wizard skills, imagine all the things that a human being can train, he can learn, for example, if one day he wants to become King, just put it his army to train to be a king and he gains skill ready
Make a underground division that focus on spying and assassination, like train pretty and handsome orphan child to be spy and assassin. Skills like assassination, espionage, stealth, escape and acting are perfect for underground force. Also make a division of combat maids and butler for the protection of his family, skills like counter-assassition, hand to hand combat, counter-weapon combat, concealed weapon combat and first aid are perfect for protection and delaying assailants and delaying deaths of those that they protect
Well I understand why he wants a light weapon, he mainly fought in naval battles and needed a light weapon for fast and nibble attacks but I don't understand why it doesn't have a guard, that type of weapon is for assassins because it is easy to conceal and inconspicuous but not suitable for direct and prolonged combat specially in great number, sword guards block the opponent's sword from sliding to the hand of the wielder because you know the swords are made of smooth metal which tend to slide off each other when struck, it could be debatable the he don't need it because he can block on one hand while attacking on the other but that's just arrogance...