Today is my second day of school; the first class is martial training, all the class gathered in the stadium where I fought Edward yesterday. By the way, Edward had to leave school to return by his father side, I wonder what happened, but at the same time I am happy that a jerk like him left this school.

Our teacher is apparently a great swordman who teach Lightning Sword style, he started his lesson by first explaining for the four type are: The Wind-Cutting style is a dualsword style who is all about using speed to outpower the enemy by unleashing a flurry of attack leaving the opponent no time to attack.

The Waterfall sword style is a style based on dodging and blocking enemy's attack, exhausting him and ripost with a fatal blow to end the fight; it is which can be used to fight many opponent at once. This swordmans who use this time often use a shield and a sword.

The Earth-Shaking style is all about using strenght to overpower the enemy, they use a claymore and is the most used style by adventurer who often fight brainless monster; however againsn't a smart opponent, it is really hard to use, if the user's opponent decide to overwhelm the user with his speed, only expert in this style may be able to ripost.

And finally the Lightning Sword style which use a katana is a style who use both strenght and speed to deal deadly blow; this style main point is waiting for the right time to unleash a quick and deadly blow to quickly end a fight.

The teacher is a young human named Roy, he was an adventurer with a B rank style Lightning Sword style; the rank used by the school aren't the same as the real one, a S rank in the school would be the same as an B rank outside.

The rank made by the school is here to make it easier to distinguish student with talent from others, Edward was ranked C rank in school which is the level of the 12 years old student, he attained this level at the age of 6, thats why he was considered a genius.

The teacher told us that we have to choose a partner to spar with; most of the student here are noble or child of rich merchant which could afford to pay someone to teach swordmanship to their child, most of my classmate already know the basic of all style and some are ranked E, but mostly F.

I looked around for someone to spar with me, however they are all trying to avoid me... they considered Edward as someone they would never manage to beat, and seeing me toying with me made most of them scared of me... It's not like I would eat them... well I think maybe Velarox would.

Estiel : "Hey Shina, if you got no one to spar with, why not with me me?" I heard someone say behind me.

Shina : "Sure, it look like everyone is avoiding me because of yesterday..."

Estiel : "Seeing how you were toying with Edward, of course they would be scared; most of them don't even know how to use a sword properly so trying to fight you would close to be asking for a beating.... by the way, go easy on me okay?"

Shina : "Sure, I ll try not to hurt you... too much"

We've let a distance of 20 meter between us and waited for teacher's signal to start the fight, when he gave it Estiel slowly walked to me, carefully step after step.

I waited for her to approach, she slowly closed the distance and when she was only at 8 meter from me, she suddenly accelerated and made a vertical slash at me; it surprised me but I managed to block it, it looked like one of mom's technique.

After blocking it, she tried to go for an horizontal slash, but I didn't give her the time and slashed at her wrist which made her drop her wooden sword.

Shina : "Nice try, I was almost tricked."

Estiel : " *Muuuuh* I told you to go easy on me!" She said with teary eyes while holding her wrist, I really tried to hit her lightly.

Shina : "I went easy... but still, it is hard for a beginner to attack with the right timing, where did you learn that?"

Estiel : " It seem that it is an advanced technique of Lightning Sword style; I asked my sister to teach it to me."

Shina : " You got a sister?"

Estiel : "Yup, she is considered as one of the greatest genius of the Lightning Sword style; she is 16 years old and already A ranked, I of course mean the real rank, not the school's one. But she is pretty strange sometime."

Roy : "Come on guys, time for a second round !"

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After many rounds and hours of beating, yelling, cursing, crying and finally reconciling; it was finally time to eat; I followed Estiel to the cafeteria, we soon arrived to a luxurious and big room, the tables are made of what look like wood of quality, I observed around the food people were eating, it was made with different food from Earth, but it still look delicious and smell nice, I want to try someeee...

I searched for a place to sit down, but it was full; there were no place left.

Estiel : "Why don't you come to my table? Royalty from each country got a personal table for them alone, and it feel boring to eat alone."

Shina : "Sure, but where do I order my food?"

Estiel : "If you were to eat on common table, you would have to go make the queue to the counter to order food, but for royalty, someone will come to ask us what we want to eat."

After sitting, someone came to take our order; I ordered some 'Mesar meat' along with some fruit named 'Kissis'. The Mesar meat taste somewhat like chicken, but I never ate something as delicious as the Kissis, it is a triangle shaped fruit which you peel like a banana before eating, it is very sweet and juicy.

As we finished eating, Estiel asked me.

Estiel : " Did you choose what lesson you want to take this afternoon?"

Oh I remember now, Faust told me that we have some obligatory class and some secondary which we can select.

Shina : " No, I completly forgot about that, what lesson are available?"

Estiel : " Mhh, I think there are horse riding, etiquette class, music lesson, flower arrangement, archery. This is all what we can do for now, apparently we are still too young for others class. By the way, I am forced by my parents to take etiquette class and flower arrangement, they say I am too boyish..."

Shina : "I think I ll take archery then, even if horse riding seem fun, I always loved archery."

Estiel : "Are you sure, this class isn't really taken; everyone prefer sword to bow, and even more in this country where swordmanship is said to be the absolute weapon, moreover bow is considered as a coward weapon"

Shina : " I don't care about what others say, I won't stop doing what I like just because peoples say it suck."

Estiel : " * fufu * You are really funny after all."

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After eating with Estiel, she guided me where archery's lesson took place, she didn't want to let me get their alone; did she realize I got no sense of direction?...

It was a large room, around 200 meters big there were many different type of bow and some target were positionned at certain distance, but there were also a lot of case full of wooden sword; the place also looked kinda dirty, Estiel left me right after guiding me, she had to hurry in order to get at her lesson in time.

I was alone in the room, I waited a few minute and the door opened; it was the red wolf haired girl from my first day, she was alone and surprised to see me.

Girl : " Hmmm, hello, are you here for the archery class too? "

Shina : " Yeah, but I didn't see the teacher yet, he is kinda late. "

Girl : " I-I see."

Shina : " By the way, I am Shina, why did you take this lesson? Estiel told me it wasn't a really popular one. "

Girl : " I-I am Fiona Shezil the third princess of Aorlan, it...it seems that human hate archery, but for us demihuman, it is a respectable weapon which is taught to every young child. Didn't you choose it for the same reason?"

Shina : " I don't know much about demihuman's tradition, I was raised in an isolated place and only left it recently."

After I answered her, Fiona's tail dropped a little down, at the same time, the door opened once again and an old man with fox ears and tail entered the room.

Man : " Well, what do we got here, did you lose your way, or are you here for the archery's lesson; it's been a while since I had some people attending to my class."

Shina : "We are here for the lesson, are you our teacher?"

Man : "Indeed, I am Fenzard Hoker, you can call me Fen like most people do; it is really rare to have some student, most people think bow is a weapon for coward and is useless."

Fiona : "Bow is a great weapon ! It's just that those people are ignorant !" Fiona yelled, she looked as if she was going to cry, it seem that she really love archery.

Fen : "Hohoho, it seem that this young missy is quite passionate, well why don't we start our lesson, does any of you know how to use a bow?"

We both nodded at Fen's word, bow is my favorite weapon, I learned how to use one from mom.

Fen : " Then young wolf missy, why don't try to hit the target over there." He said pointing to a target 40 meters away. Fiona walked to a bow on a wall and took it along with an arrow, she tested the string of the bow, and after a few test and back to us; she took her stance and armed the bow, she was concentrated on the target. The look on her face was the one of someone really who really enjoy archery; she has a very serious face, yet it showed her passion and the enjoyment she was experiencing.

When she released the arrow, it flew right in the center of the target, Fen looked pretty surprised by her success, I wasn't really impressed because I can also manage to hit it from this distance, but I was more than anything charmed by the expression on Fiona's face as she succeded.

Fiona suddenly snapped out of her state and showed a sad face, it looked like the string of her bow was cut, the bow was not really used or maintained.

Fen : "As I said, I don't have many student, it's been 5 years since I had a student, lately I don't even bother to maintain the bows of this room. Why don't you go to the school's storage ask for a bow string; they still command some every months even if I don't bother use them."

Fiona : "O-Okay" Fiona said and left the room.

Fen : "Oh, I didn't even ask her name."

Shina : " She said her name is Fiona Shezil, by the way I am Shina Dragonheart; just call me Shina"

Fen : "What a cute girl, why don't you use my bow to train while waiting for Fiona to come back?"

As he said that, he handed me his bow and some arrow, it was an old bow, but really well kept and made of quality wood. I took them in my hand and aimed at the target 50 meters away, out of 10 arrow, 8 managed to hit the target, and only 3 were in the center. Fen looked pretty amazed by my skills, he then got up and came to me.

Fen : " It look like this year's student are really good, but let me show me how to really shot with an arrow."

He took the bow back and aimed to the furthest target which was at 120 meter from us. He armed the bow and after a few second, what seemed like a bolt came from the bow and directly hit the target in the center.

But it didn't stop here, the old man then launched 4 more arrow which all arrived in the center of the target. I was totally amazed by his skills.

Fen : " You don't have to be surprised, this old man travelled the world with this bow by his side, by the way it seem that Fiona is pretty late; the reserve shouldn't be far from here, can you go looking for her?"

Shina : " Sure, but you have to teach me how you did that !" I asked him, this old man skills are incredible, I wonder what someone like him is doing here as a teacher.

I went out of the room and started looking for Fiona, maybe I should have asked for where the storage is? Which way did I come from? I don't remember... Yay, after walking for 30 seconds I am already lost. I feel like crying...

As I was wandering, I heard some voice, one looked similar.

Fiona : "I am sorry, I am sorry!"

Boy : " Of course you are doggy, look at what you did to him with your stupid stick !"

As I approached, I saw Fiona crying being bullied by two boy, they are the boys who were with Edward; even with him gone, those guys continue to bully people. Somehow this situation look familiar... are princess really meant to be bully target?

Boy2 : " That bitch really hurt me with that bow, how dare she hit me with a weapon made for coward !" The second boy grabbed the old bow out of Fiona's hand t broke it on the ground.

Boy : "What should we do with her now?"

Boy2 : " Let's give her a beating she will remember all her life, after that I don't think she'll want to remain in this school."

Boy : " Oh yeah, one less of those beast around us !"

One of the boys was going to hit her, at that moment I rushed at him and kicked him in the legs, he dropped to his knee instantly, right after I punched him in the face.

When the second boy saw me, he started turning pale; he already experienced this situation once and already knew what was going to happen, I only walked to him with a huge smile on my face... and beat the hell out of him.

Shina : " Hey Fiona, are you okay?"

Fiona : "Shi-Shina? You helped me?"

Shina : "What do you mean? Isn't that natural?"

Fiona : "B-But, everyone else ignored those guys, nobody wanted to help me"

Shina : " I don't care about others, isn't it natural for me to help my friend?" At the word friend, she made a surprised face.

Fiona : "F-Friend?..." Tears began to come out of her eyes, she hugged me and refused to let me go until Fen came looking for us; it was quite hard to explain the situation.

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