Makoto and Minako chatted, each carrying her backpack. Makoto had Kumori's backpack slung over a shoulder in addition to her own, but didn't seem to notice the extra weight. At the very least she didn't complain of it.
Kumori Mizuno marked another day on her calendar and walked along, carrying only the pack with the first aid kit.
Ranma carried his own pack, with some of the supplies from his three slaves. It was good weight and endurance training, after all.
That was not the reason for the smirk present on Genma's face.
Ranma took his responsibilities seriously, often with complaints but that was more a token protest than anything else. As the Master of two full-use and one limited-duty slave, he had not taken liberties with any of them and was doing something that would have astounded any number of his hormonally befuddled peers.
He was training them in the martial arts.
The doctor received the least amount of training, and the gentlest handling. Often the first thing Ranma did when setting up for camp was that Ranma would give the doctor a massage along the legs, buttocks, back, and shoulders. She was about Genma's age, though still fairly young looking and pretty, and not nearly in Genma's shape. Genma, despite appearances, could run for hours and walk all day without so much as sore feet. The doctor could not.
Makoto was already developing quite well in the martial arts. Natural talent, her surprising strength, and the height advantage meant that she was quite a find. Genma had no objection to the girl becoming Ranma's permanent slave, it was expected of a dojo to have one or two at least for various functions.
Minako was clumsy, continually mangling phrases beyond all recognition, and a few levels short of a dungeon. However she had good reflexes and seemed to find some degree of talent within the Art when actively practicing.
Ranma had interpreted "full use" to mean "train heavily" - and was pursuing that. In addition to the stretches and early morning training before they set out, and the hour after setting up camp, he looked for opportunities for "training exercises" to unleash on the two.
Finally they crested a ridge and Genma nodded. "That's it, we're here at last."
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