He was thinking about the strength of this elder, and he was also thinking, "Did I come out of school seeking knowledge just to end up learning to fight? ... but it is not to be rejected."
He finished, put on his clothes, and went to the teacher's place, where they ate together and performed the Dhuhr prayer. After they finished, the teacher began to teach him the art of fighting through reading in class until Idris started to yawn due to fatigue and the stiffness of his body.
The elder said, "You should go and rest."
Idris was very pleased with this statement.
In a short time, he found himself on his bed, and before he knew it, sleep had overtaken him. The teacher saw that the Maghrib prayer was approaching without any movement from him, so he confirmed that indeed the fatigue from earlier was asking for him, and thus he went to his door. He called him once, and the second time he heard him wake up.
The elder said, "You should get up for the Maghrib is near. I allowed you to rest for even an hour to unwind."
Idris got up and performed the Asr prayer, then they prayed Maghrib together. They performed the Isha prayer and ate together as they usually did.
Following his orders, and every night he saw that beautiful girl but did not know her story and had no chance to ask. He was deeply in love with her, but they had never spoken, and on every day he intended to approach her, his guide's horse prevented him.
He was there in this dense forest with his teacher and his horse and the wonders he had been seeing for a long time but had never asked about as he was instructed.
In one year, Idris gained a lot of knowledge from the elder, and in addition, he learned various fighting techniques with great endurance. Among the most important techniques he learned were self-defense and evasion in combat without using.
