Chapter 28: The mad dog
It happened in the blink of an eye. I'm twelve years old now, and my muscles and height have changed. Now I'm 160 centimeters tall, and I have some biceps, hehe.
It's also been two years since I became the Sword King, fortunately, Hitogami hasn't revisited me in a long time, we're already in winter but that doesn't change the general picture much. As it seems, the rumor that a child has become a Sword King spread like wildfire for some reason, this negatively influenced the number of wandering swordsmen who came to the dojo just to see me or challenge me to a duel, this was simply unbearable to me, but this is something that I will experience even if I become the Sword God, right?.
My training, on the other hand, has progressed greatly, according to Gull I am surpassing the threshold that millions can only dream of, and according to him I have even surpassed the rank of Sword King, but I will only be able to progress to Emperor if I defeat another King, but the problem is that there is only one other Sword King besides me, and that is none other than Ghislaine Dedoldia who should still be in Roa, but there is no hurry, she will come to me.
Nina's progress has also been good, not at my level but it has been remarkable, since she became the strongest sword saint in the dojo but she still needs time to become a Sword King.
In addition, she has already turned 15 years old, so she is already an adult in this world, suffice it to say that I took advantage of this by massaging those breasts, but we have not advanced further than that yet, only because my Gino Jr. is barely over 10 cm tall...
But leaving that aside, you could say that we are already in a relationship and the best thing is that I have the support of my two in-laws and it will only be a matter of time before I turn 15 and we get married hehehe...
Ahem!, yes, life has been pretty good to me and because of this I was able to allow myself a little more free time, and I used that free time in the adventurer's guild and that is reflected in my adventurer card since now I am an A-rank adventurer.
I couldn't ask for more than that but I remembered the hard way that the world doesn't revolve around me...yet...
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It was a day like any other, it was about five in the afternoon, and there was a snowstorm outside so I was very slouched in my seat.
I was nervous from the moment I first saw her.
The central dojo was silent when she entered through the doors, the large hall, with its clean and polished wooden floor, was filled with light, the dozens of sword saints were gathered to practice together, and the God of the Sword himself watched over us all.
The day was almost over, the sun had set behind the mountains and a snowstorm was whipping the walls, however, the air that touched my skin was warm, and the cold of the holy land of the sword did not whip me like before, since the days I became King of the Sword.
But when she opened the doors and entered with the winter light behind her, I felt a chill that invaded me.
It was not for any apparent reason, but my hair stood on end.
I had never seen anything like this before.
A human with all the air of a wild animal.
Her eyes were wild and she was squinting at us, she was assessing us, looking for a threat, her hair was red and disheveled, she was not tall, but she seemed to fill the doorway, motionless.
The fight had already begun, and from the moment she opened the doors, she was already tearing us apart in her mind, she was already planning how to do it.
She took her first steps inside and the whispers finally reached my ears, the Saints who were sitting on the other side of the room, their backs to the walls, each of them a veteran with decades of experience.
"That's Ghislaine, isn't it?"
"The other Sword King?!"
"She's finally back..."
the Saints murmured.
Obviously, Eris wasn't alone, Ghislaine was coming with her.
"Ghislaine?!, it's really you! Hahaha" Gull's voice echoed in the dojo
He leaned back on his cushion, laughing to himself, the scars carved into his face stretched under the light, a shark-tooth grin spread across his face as he looked at the newcomers.
The whispers died down around me.
"Master" Ghislaine said as she bowed with an expressionless face.
"I'm glad to see you, Ghislaine, but I can't imagine you came for no reason right?... Who is the girl?" Gull said, losing the shark smile
"My disciple, Eris" Ghislaine replied dryly.
Ghislaine put her hand on Eris's shoulder, it was a warm gesture, the girl took a step forward and her disdainful expression deepened.
"She has something to ask you," Ghislaine said.
Eris opened her mouth, a sixth sense screaming in my ears, telling me this would end badly, even before the words reached my ears.
"I have no time for insignificant people like you!" Eris said with total disdain.
I was right...
unfortunately, Eris had her perception of reality totally altered by her bad luck.
The saints in front of me burst into anger.
Accusations and insults poured out from those veterans and elders, they were also proud: an insult to their god by a stranger was like an insult to themselves.
For the sword saints, so many other arrogant swordsmen before her arrived in the same way and died before speaking, they had seen it before, but obviously, that was not what happened.
I looked at Gull, sitting next to me, his legendary sword was sheathed at his side.
Instead of the anger we had often seen erupt from him, the man did something strange.
His face twisted, once again, and the scars on his face trembled.
And then he chuckled.
"Everyone, silence!" Gull commanded.
All the saints shut their mouths, no one liked the master to besmirch them.
"You have good eyes girl, who are you trying to cut with your sword?" Gull said
Eris's eyes were violent, that was true, was it good to have such obvious aggression?...
"The Dragon God! I want to kill the Dragon God Orsted!" Eris declared with her arms crossed...
I'm sorry dear but no one can beat our donut maker...
That name had a strange effect on Gull, if her bold insult made him laugh, then naming Orsted was the best joke he had heard all year, Gull burst out laughing.
"Hahahaha! I see! If you compare me to Orsted, I'm certainly a small fish huh?!" Gull laughed
I shifted in my seat feeling the deja vu of the situation.
"I see! I see! So it's him you want to kill! So there's someone besides me who wants to kill him!" Gull continued talking.
Gull had a big smile on his face as he looked at Eris, I looked at the other Saints in front of me, all these veterans and elders were frowning.
Nina was in a corner with anger evident on her face, she looked at me and I gestured for her to relax.
As suddenly as the laughter had erupted in him, it disappeared, the central dojo went silent, and he looked back at Eris.
"But you know, just saying it is easy, can you really do it?" Gull asked
"I will" Eris answered without hesitation.
Gull smiled at this and stood up from his seat.
"Alright, let's see your sword" Gull declared.
He looked around the central dojo, at all of us, at the Saints sitting with their backs against the walls and their legs crossed, he paused for a moment looking at me, we exchanged glances but he shook his head and kept walking.
"Nina, you're her opponent," Gull declared.
I frowned as she stood up from the crowd.
Shit... it's been months since I've trained with Nina, I've become too fast to get anything out of training with her, and as I looked at those two facing each other, the chill in my arms remained... I knew that Eris was much more dangerous than her...
If she continued like this, Nina would be seriously injured... but Gull won't accept a change now, it would be best to comfort her in private...
The girls received training swords, Gull leaned back in her seat and rested her face on her hand.
Ah... there it is... something dark appeared in Eris's eyes, it was bloodlust, a desire to break something...
As I recall this was a provocation technique that Ruigerd taught her... and it really is effective...
"Then you two... begin..." Gull declared.
Eris raised the wooden training sword in her hands, that bloodlust swirling around her, and raised it high, her legs tensed, her head turned towards Nina and she lunged at her...
"Raaaaaa!!!" Eris let out a roar that echoed through the training room, I could see it all in slow motion, she crossed the distance in an instant, a red stain to my eyes, and ripped the sword from Nina's hands.
Nina fell back, her face twisted in surprise before Eria attacked for the second time.
The steel blade crashed into Nina's head...and she collapsed unconscious on the ground.
"..."
This time there was no fuss, all the saints around me were more stupefied than anything else.
I looked at Eris, the red-haired girl who was standing, panting, next to Nina's unconscious body, my empty hand closed on my knee.
She was just as fast as Nina.
I looked at Gull, he looked at his daughter, lying on the ground, with a strange emotion, if I could name it, I could call it disdain.
"How naive, huh?..." Gull muttered to me
I looked at him directly with bewilderment, I'm not sure what he saw on my face, whatever it was, it made his smile come back.
"Very well son-in-law, your turn," he said with a mocking smile which made me stupefied...
Eris looked at me with the same bloodlust, she was already crouched, with her whole body ready to move in any direction.
It won't work on me dear.
I smiled at this while taking the same posture as her, a toothy smile which made her raise an eyebrow slightly.
"Now, begin after both of you are in the center, although surprise attacks are also good, this time show me your sword after I give the signal," Gull said.
"Attack!" Gull's voice echoed in my ear
The wind erupted and light flashed around me, the steel blade arcing downward, forward, with my entire body behind her.
She was a blur of red, her own sword swinging from below.
My sword curved around her guard and crashed into her wrist, I felt her bone crack beneath the wood and her sword flew from her hands.
This was not all, her healthy fist headed for my skull, I blinked for a moment before dodging her blow, but she didn't flinch, her fist spun and headed for my jaw, I dodged it but Eris still had those bloodthirsty eyes, her fist changed to my stomach, I put my sword diagonally at the last second, her fist hit the center of the wood with a crunch, her eyelid trembled slightly, I moved at high speed and with a slash that hit her in a rib and she crashed into the wall with a thud.
The saints around me jumped in applause, Eris was unconscious on the wall and Gull looked at me with a smile.
"Master...is that the other Sword King?" Ghislaine muttered as she looked at me.
"Heh! That's right! He's as strong as you!, or maybe more!,Hahahaha!" Gull burst out laughing but Ghislaine was frowning.
"It was a good show! Although it was obvious that she would lose to GIno still... Ghislaine, heal this girl and take her to a room, from today on she is a Sword Saint" Gull said.
hahaha... thank goodness... this didn't affect the overall plot...
The other Sword Saints tried to protest but with just a threat from Gull, they fell silent...
That was the day Eris came here...
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