Chapter 7: I Will Protect Her!
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Two months passed by.
Father was walking to and fro with a stiff expression on his face. This was Charlotte's first time giving birth so it was understandable that he would be anxious, plus the painful cry coming out from the room would make anybody worried.
"Father!" I shouted.
I was even more worried, I have never seen how humans give birth before, in fact I have never seen any species giving birth in my past life. Curse my lazy existence!
"Don't worry, nothing will happen to your mother."
Another couple of minutes passed by and soon the cry of a baby could be heard.
"Charlotte!" Father instantly slammed the door open and hastily ran inside, I too followed behind.
When we arrived inside the room, Charlotte was holding a new-born baby, despite being drenched in her own sweat, she still smiled warmly at the baby. She looked like an angel!
I couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief. Relieved that both Charlotte and the baby were safe.
"It's a girl…" Charlotte said softly with a smile on her face.
She suddenly looked at me and said, "Caine, you're a big brother now…"
"B-Big Brother?" I shifted my gaze toward the baby.
As if she understood what we just said, the baby blinked then smiled at me.
C-Cute!!!
"Raine."
"Huh?" I was confused.
"Her name is Raine…" Charlotte smiled.
Raine… Beautiful!
Charlotte chuckled, "Caine, from now on you will protect your little sister right?"
"Y-Yes! I will protect her!"
...
Three days quickly passed by.
I will protect her!
I will protect her!
I will protect her!
Huh? Father…
I looked at Father in front of me who was practicing Swordsmanship intently.
If I want to protect those that I love, I must learn how to fight!
That's right! I have always been fighting to protect myself in the past but now I am fighting to protect others!
I clenched my small little fists and shouted, "Father!"
Hearing that, Father momentarily stopped and slid his sword back into his sheath, before walking towards me while wiping the droplets of sweat off his forehead.
"What is it Caine? Did you finish your lesson already?"
"Yes, Father."
With determination in my eyes, I confidently asked, "Father, I want to learn swordsmanship!"
Father momentarily blanked out after hearing that, silent quickly befell the entire training ground.
What is it? Is he not going to allow me?
Right… According to the measuring orb, I don't have any talents in any field.
No! I can not give up like this. I must learn how to use the sword in order to protect my family!
No matter how many times Father refuses to teach me swordsmanship, I will not give up!
"…"
Father finally sighed then said, "Alright, from now on I will teach you swordsmanship every afternoon."
"Huh…?"
He agreed…?
"But remember not to force yourself, alright?"
"Y-Yes!" I quickly became ecstatic, I thought Father was going to disapprove of it.
"Here, take this wooden sword." Saying that, Father tossed a wooden sword to me and took one for himself.
"Alright, attack me with all you got!" Father shouted while taking in a battle stance.
I momentarily copied his battle stance.
Okay, if it comes to raw power, I have confidence in controlling it's output. Since in my past life, I needed to be very careful not to accidentally kill the humans.
Plus, I have secretly practiced with large boulders that were found in the family field and had gotten used to controlling this human body of mine.
Alright then, I just need to lower my power and agility, and then…
Boom!
I immediately shot towards Father with incredible speed, with my wooden sword drawn, I aimed for the metal part on Father's chest.
Pik!
Despite the speed of my attack, Father was still able to block it. As expected of an experienced veteran!
Pik!
Pik!
Pik!
After countless attempts, Father always managed to block it at the very last seconds.
Pik!
Opening!
Just as I thought I was going to win; I immediately felt a wooden sword tapping my shoulder.
Huh? It was a trap!
"Alright, this should be all for today."
While crossing his arm, Father said, "Caine, your strength and agility are incredible but your ability to decipher your opponent's attacks is lacking."
"Remember to come to the training field each afternoon, from now on I will teach you more techniques for combat."
"Yes, Father!"
If I think about it, this was the first battle that I ever lost. Even in my past life, I am always the winner, well I do sometimes run away since the outcome is always the same and it was bothersome.
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GLOSSARY:
[Grading]
1: Ordinary
2: Primitive
3: Intermediate
4: Advanced
5: Grand
6: Supreme
7: Sacred
8: Divine
9: Demigod
10: God
*Each grade are separated with low-level, mid-level, high-level, peak-level.
Armoury and weapon grades rarity:
[1-3: Villages + Cites*] [4-5: Large Cites] [6-7: National Treasure] [8: Continental - Only 5 across the World.]
[Currency]
1 Copper Coin
1 Silver Coin = 100 Copper Coins
1 Gold Coin = 100 Silver Coins
1 Kg Gold Ingot = 1000 Gold Coins
*All authentic currency are marked with a divine symbol, this means that currency cannot be replicated.
A country exchange goods that they produced a Divine altar in return for authentic currency or vice versa (Exchanging currency for goods such as wheat or valuable ores used for crafting, but this way will be much more expensive).
(Technically it's a international trading system. If one country buy too much wheats from the system and they system has a low supply of wheats then the price will dramatically increase.)
- Writer
