I woke up earlier than the other kids and excitement filled my heart. Today is the day that I will have a wooden practice sword.

“This will be my first step towards my promise with my mother” :keuhkeuh: he muttered.

I got out of the bed, fold the sheets, washed my face, and started cleaning. One of the golden rules of the orphanage ‘Once you wake up in the morning tidy up your bed, wash your face and start your cleaning duty’

The earlier you finish your work the more free time you have later on. So in my anticipation of what to come I did some fast but precise cleaning.

‘I don’t want to be lectured by Goril… *ehem* I mean the old lady’ having these thoughts in mind I finished my cleaning duty.

I felt that the time is so slow while waiting for the wood worker to arrive.

Lunch time came and still no sign of him and it starts to feel like I ware betrayed. Two hours passed and I hear someone arrived. I ran as fast as I could to go to the entrance.

‘Finally he’s here’:wat: I thought but my excitement turned into anxiety when the wood worker goes straight to the room which the head of the orphanage resides. I became worried as I prayed please

“Please let me have it, please let me have it” I prayed continuously while staring at the door of the room.

A few minutes passed the door opened and they asked me to go inside.

“So Frau, I heard your predicament and analysed every detail especially your behaviour while you’re here”

The one who is talking to me just now is Ms. Clarisse Crane, single and in her early twenties. She’s from a noble family and based from the gossips in town, she decided to take over the orphanage in order to prevent her parents to wed her against her will. She is quite short standing in 4’11” in height, have a slim waist, average amount of meat in her chest and quite plump in her behind.

Form what I can see, her figure is quite balanced in every aspect except her face she has this very intriguing baby face, kind of cute if you ask me. She has silver hair and deep blue eyes, and it feels like she’s looking directly into your soul whenever she stares at you. I always have this creepy feeling when she stares at me and gave me some goose bumps.

“Truthfully I do not agree to accept you this request of yours. First of all it’s against the rules of this institution; second you are too young to have this kind of thing, third……”

*Blah blah blah blah* I’m getting tired of this she keeps talking non-stop, even my ears began to hurt *sigh* do I have to stay here even though it’s clear that she won’t accept it. Why do I have to endure long boring sermons that does not really benefit me?

By the time I felt really tired and I can’t keep my eyes open I heard something that made caught my attention and remove my fatigue.

“For now I will allow it”

:wat:“Huh really? I mean you will?” I asked her with a droll leaking out of my mouth

“Wipe that droll on your face! *sigh* yes I will allow it, considering you never caused any trouble in the orphanage since you came here and I hope that in the future you won’t do so. But those things are still dangerous on the hands of a child. So until your old enough I will hold unto it. If you don’t agree on my conditions then forget about having anything at all”

DAMN why? Where is all that excitement I have for? Wait does that include the wooden training sword?

“All of it? Including the toy sword?” I ask and instead of wooden training sword I said toy hoping I can at least have that now.

“Toy sword?” she ask raising one of her eye brows

‘Huh did I just dive from the top of a rocky cliff?’ GAAAAAAH :perche:me and my big mouth, someday I might really get into a big trouble because of it.

“I promised to give him a toy sword since there is no guarantee that he can keep those wooden practice weapons” the wood worker spoke and saves the day.

‘Nice, thank you sir nice follow up’:goodjob:

“Well if it’s just a toy then I will allow it but no messing around even a broom can kill on the hands of an amateur”

“Thank you very much” I smiled and take a bow at her.

“Well then both of you can go now I still have some paper works to do”

““Thank you very much”” both me and the wood worker said at the same time then we left the room.

Both of us are now walking down the hall way and heading towards the back yard.

“Now kid I really don’t want to experience that kind of thing again so don’t mess up ok, like getting into trouble because of those things I gave you. I will be partly responsible since I’m deeply involved in this matter”

“Yes sir I won’t, I also do not want to experience that boring and tiring thing again” just remembering that experience makes me tired it feels more exhausting than running around the orphanage for several hours.

“sir I just want to ask, what is that thing on your back, it looks like a bag but it has a weird shape” I ask him pointing at the strange bag which length is beyond normal, reaching from his shoulders down to his knee.

“*grin* now I will here is the thing that I promised”:keuhkeuh:

He let down his bag and opens it up, you can see a lot of wooden training swords and he draw the shortest one then reach it out in front of me. It made me smile from excitement ‘finally FINALLY after the long wait I will have my own training sword. Then reality struck me ‘that’s weird’

“Sir may I ask something?”

“You’re already asking me but ok go ahead unto your next question”

Ok let’s just ignore that one and ask what I really wanted to know, it’s better to go along than to piss the one you’re asking a favour of.

“Sir, why is this one is a little bit shorter than the other’s?”

“So you noticed huh, let me explain a sword must compliment the body of its owner and at your age if you overdo it you will end up getting hurt or worse became unable to wield one which is something both of us don’t want to happen right?”

“Right” I answered with a disappointed tone.

“don’t be like that it’s for your own good since I can’t supervise your training at least I have to make sure you won’t get into any kind of accident. And it’s also a good disguise so it can be seen as a toy”

“I guess you have a point”

“Now before I leave, the heating process will take some time so in the meantime I want you to swing this thing every day about one hundred swings for the first week then add another one hundred every week. It’s the basic of the basics ok. And oh yeah increase your stamina by running every day, you will greatly need it.”

“Ok I’ll do my best on my training and I’ll wait for that thing, by the way why do some soldiers lift stones?”

“Those are to increase your strength but a kid like you must not do that because you might injure yourself since your body is still not suited to those kind of exercise. You must slowly develop your body first”

“Um ok I’ll take your advice to the heart and thank you very much”

Then he left, I spend the rest of the day thinking of my ‘will be’ daily routine then in the end I decided to run in the morning and swing the sword in the afternoon so no one will complain saying ‘it’s too early in the morning and your already playing with your toy’.

One week passed by and I increased my daily training load twice as before. Right now I can see what the wood worker meant why I need lots of stamina. I can’t do other stuff faster than I should because of exhaustion. My pace became slower but on the last day of the week I manage to return my original pacing in cleaning.

Right now I’m expecting the wood worker to visit me and give me the weapons but another week passed and he still did not return. I became impatient but I can’t go to his shop because I might raise some suspicion so I trained and waited hope fully he will come over soon.

Two more weeks passed and “GAAAAAAH DAMN I CAN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE WHY HE ISN’T COMING?”

To my frustration I walked towards the forest wielding my almighty wooden training sword (toy) and looked for something I could vent my stress on. While walking I saw a small hill with a huge tree on top of it and decided.

“That tree will be my target”

I continuously hit the tree and by the time I manage to release all of my stress my hands became numb without realizing it and drop my wooden practice sword.

“*sigh* I guess that’s it, it’s my limit.” I sat down and lean on the tree, looked up in the sky and muttered.

“Until how long do I have to wait till I became strong, strong enough that I won’t lose to anyone, strong enough to protect those who I cared for?”

“Well if you hit the tree like that the whole day and then sit like that you won’t get any better even for a hundred of years I guarantee it”

Suddenly a man jumps down the tree and complain about my performance.

“Well I give you some credit considering your age and manage to hit this big old tree until sun set. Quite the stamina you have there.”

I stared at him while giving his speech in front of me.

‘Who the hell is this guy?’ I thought but I somehow have this feeling that I’ve seen him from somewhere before. Wait why do I have this urge to hit him in the face even though we just met? Hmmm strange.

He got closer to me and touches my body all over, like giving a massage.

“AH THE PERVERT”

I remember now it’s the pervert that is peeking on the women taking a bath on the nearby river. The one I hit with a stone.

“hey hey kid I’m not a pervert I’m just checking your body” he said when he released me from all of that touching.

“Isn’t that the same as being a pervert” I said to him with a straight face.

“hahahahha kids are really honest with their words. I really want to see you grow under my supervision”

“Don’t just decide things for yourself, and I don’t want to be associated with a perverted old man”

“hoooo let’s see if you can still say that after this”

He picked up a small branch, walked away and gain some distance facing the old tree he raised the branch over his head

“HAAAAAAAAAAA” he shouted while he made a slashing motion.

:wosh:

“What the heck is this old man doing” I asked myself thinking he just lost it.

But what happened next amazed me, the tree, the huge old tree I mean not only that but even the small hill was literally split in two.

“What the heck, how did that happen?”:wat:

I inspect the tree and the cut was so clean as if it was cheese cut into half by a sharp knife.

“Now kid from now on you will be my apprentice, come here every morning and I will personally train you, you want to become strong right? Hehehehe”

“ye-yes” I answered but still that was awesome will I be able to do that in the future?

“Ok its getting dark so let’s make some formal introduction before we go on our ways. I’m Carl Brazon and will be your master from now on”

“Yes I’m Frau, Frau NoSur, an orphan who lives in the nearby orphanage. I should be going now I don’t want to sleep without eating”

“Be here as early as you can”

“ok Mr. Brazon, I have to finish cleaning and run around the orphanage as part daily routine then I’ll be here after that”

“OOOh such a hard working young man, so training your stamina already, hahahaha good good, now im more eager to teach you. From now on call me MASTER”

“Yes master”

Then we go to our separate ways as I run at full speed back so I’ll make it to dinner.

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~~~~ Carl’s POV ~~~~

“Haa now those sexy young girls won’t let their guard down when taking a bath in the river and my only joy in life is now lost *sigh*”

With nothing to do I head towards my spot in the forest. It was a big old tree on top of a hill. A place with lots of memories, I use to train there and vent my anger when things don’t go on my way when I was younger.

I climb up and started to sleep.

*tonk* *tonk* *tonk*

I woke up from the weird sound around me. I look down and a saw a kid around five hitting the tree with all his might.

*pfft* “ hahahaha it makes me remember those younger years in my life”:haiha:

I decided to watch him to make the time pass by.

It has been several hours but the kid still hits the tree. “Now that’s something” I said. Right now it makes me curious, normally a kid won’t last that long and either the kid gives up or he can’t continue anymore because of exhaustion.

I observe him more and suddenly focus my attention on the tree. There are a lot of dents but what makes it weird is those are too deep. Normally it won’t go deep like that even a grown man won’t make that kind of dent on the tree.

I set my focus on his wooden sword; I noticed a small but faint aura around it.

“What a surprise and he doesn’t even notice he’s using that”

Time passed by and it’s almost sun set. He finally stops and sit leaning on the tree.

I jump down and talk to him. I touch his body and measure his strength

“AH THE PERVERT”

I back down from what he said. A pervert? Me? Well I did peek on some women but hearing it from a child really hurts.

I talk my way with him and decided to take him as my apprentice. He hesitated at first but after showing him a skill of mine he made a jaw drop face, it almost made me laugh.

We decided to meet tomorrow to formally start his training. I also learned that he’s from that orphanage and he’s been doing some stamina training all by himself.

“I wonder how long he’s been training to have that kind of stamina.”

We now go to our separate ways and I watch him rush towards the direction of the orphanage

I turn around then I realized.

“ wha DAMIT what have I done”

Right now I’m on my knees and palm on my face, looking at my nap spot completely separated in half.

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Hello HalfSpicy here

now i tried to use some onion kid smileys but for some reason my browser is not showing all of the images and cant scroll up nor down

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