Missions
Of course, the question was; what was the next step, precisely? This was something he had wondered the entire day later, even after he returned to the Orphanage.
Normally, after a training stage, he would undergo some missions to gain more experience with the techniques that he had just mastered and solidify his foundation of those techniques in combat with missions.
This time, however, it wasn't strictly necessary. Each of these was a technique that he previously used for a long time. Although they were less comfortable by virtue of not being nearly as well suited to him as they were when he was a Martial Apprentice, it wasn't as though he needed experience using them in battle. That imperative was missing this time.