6 Chapter 5
Chapter 5
Three years later...
Someone with long dark red unkempt hair can be seen chasing down a wolf who is running away from its predator. However, the survival of the fittest rule stays true and the wolf takes its last breath as a short spear kills him. Soon, the predator shows up wearing hunting clothes which include brown leather armor on its chest with dark blue fur on its neck and dark brown pants with knee height boots.
"Phew, glad it hit or this guy is going to call backups. That would be a disaster, man"
An androgynous voice spoke while tying the wolf's legs and preparing to take it away. Yes, the sound comes from the hunter who now moves her hair to show her feminine face but, her body is far from feminine with clear muscle showing from the gaps of leather armor and her hands are also calloused, to show how much she trained with swords.
"Yosh, let's go back now. I already got three wolves. So, it means six meals secured. Not bad."
Yep, you have guessed it. The one who is speaking to herself is none other than me, Enma. Now, before we continue, let's go back a little bit to how I come to refer to myself as 'she'.
(You have been warned. Skip to *** if you are not comfortable reading about him changing mindset to female. I only decided to include this in memorial of my transitioned friend who died of Covid)
It was the night after I have pleasured myself, I think. I felt indescribable pleasure running through my whole body at the moment of climax. And, since then, I have been, well, indulging myself in pleasure from the female side of me. Yeah, I know it is weird to come from me who is 8 years old but, let's just say puberty hit me early. On top of puberty, I have decided to stop training myself in the breath of moon style a year ago because it is unsuitable to learn two swordsmanship styles at the same time. So, I dropped Kokushibo's style because it demands a strong physique.
Since then, I have been training in Edelweiss' swordsmanship styles for two years and long story short, my body has become feminine along with my moves and my mindset. Normally, the memories from those three people should only include combat or fighting-related experience but, well, when you have been experiencing female P.O.V for a long time, you got a little bit of their habit, unconscious or not.
Besides, that dude Kokushibo is kinda asexual since he decided to become a demon as he is been focusing on swordsmanship alone. So, I did not inherit the 'manly' side of his.
*Sigh* Though I am blaming the memories of three people, in truth, I have also been interested to live as a female since I accepted the fact that I am a shemale. And, that's how I decided to live myself as a female till I decided otherwise, but, I am definitely not interested in men much less want to be penetrated. I would suicide at that point.
*** ***
Anyway, my change in mindset aside, I have come far in my swordsmanship style which I have adopted from Edelweiss's fighting experience. And, if there is one thing I learned about her swordsmanship, her swordsmanship style is inhumane. Even I, who also have the perfect muscle control like her could not replicate her swordsmanship completely. Oh, before you say something about my eight years old body, let me say something.
Her sword style is not dependent on strength. Her swords style depends on how much you can utilize your muscle, each fiber of your muscle. Her swords style's main points are speed and fluidity. In her style, one can control body muscle to union and temper the nerve signal to achieve an inhumane result like gaining speed from zero to a hundred. No acceleration, no momentum need to perform the strongest attack at any time
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And, by connecting each movement with precise control and fluidity, one can indefinitely fight as long as there is stamina. That is the reason why her swordsmanship does not require me to have a strong body unlike the breath of moon style. So, I decided that I will train again in Breath of moon style only after I have reached a satisfactory level in Edelweiss' swordsmanship style.
As for the breath of Moon style, I can now handle till the sixth form without problem, pushed further and I can handle till the ninth form but, I would also get internal damage.
Besides swordsmanship, I have also been training in CQC based on Amou's experience, making my CQC skill reach a level higher than that of a normal adventure in this world. According to the system, this is my status concerning my skills,
[[[Skill
Swordsmanship - Expert
CQC - Advanced
Forging - Advanced
Hunting - Intermediate
Survival - Intermediate
Sewing - Intermediate
Medicine - Basic
Literature - Basic ]]]
(AN: Refer to 'Ranking' in Auxiliary in case you forgot.)
Well, that is how far I have become in terms of fighting skills. For forging, I think I have some talent because I am learning fast for someone who self-studied from books. So far, I have created two swords for myself based on Edelweiss' weapon. Two daggers for backup and a set of throwing knives with short spears for hunting. Yes, hunting. It has been a year now since I can successfully go out of the safe zone.
Of course, I didn't beat that spider monster but, if you know the basics of hunting, it becomes a little bit easy to avoid the dangerous monsters and hunt some weak prey. Besides, I am confident in my instinct and the ability to run away, courtesy of Amou's experience. So, I have been actively hunting.
Oh, on completely different side notes, My height has now reached 5 feet, which I am fairly sure is taller than most eight years olds. As for my weight? That is a secret. But, based on the fact that I have little to no body fat and density of my muscles, I would say it is around 80- wait, that's a secret. *Ahem*
For the Intermediate sewing skill, it is because I make my own clothes and others are self-explainable, therefore, let's move on to the most important thing.
Magic.
Yep, I myself would have forgotten that I am in a magical world if I don't practice regularly. *cough* For my progress, I formed my mana core some months after my sixth birthday. From then, it took me one year to reach to the dark red stage and now, after two years..., I have reached...
The light red core stage
Yep, It sucks. But, I am not complaining, after all, I have my trusted sword skills. *wink*
For my affinity, I have wind and earth. Both, I can control at a basic level and I can confidently say, I have solid basic because of Edelweiss' mana control exercise and guidelines from the books. It all starts when I remembered that Edelweiss herself is famous for having superior mana control. Thereupon, I followed her training even though I am unsure how effective it will be because of the difference in the world and probably natural law.
But, I am glad I followed her training because I can now perform mana strings like those from Naruto. Oh and, because of the difference in Chakra and mana, I could not do the 'leaf-sticking or tree-walking' exercise. However, I can stand on water using wind mana and soften my footsteps or boost myself with wind mana.
Oh, on the different side notes though, it seems 'mana control' is not a skill according to the system. I don't know why though. Thus, when I ask the system, it replied by,
[[[There is no sufficient information concerning mana control. Data input is needed to compare your mana control with other.]]]
Well, there is that so, I am not sure about my magic skills or mana control. In conclusion, I am 'so-so' in that department. But, I am not disheartened as I have already decided that, I will train in my fighting skills first before training in Mana. That is also the reason why I did not ask for talent in mana but, 30 years time before canon. Smart, right.
*Cough*
As much as I would love to praise myself, it seems there is a situation.
A situation in the form of, displacement of air molecule in the atmosphere *Cough* I mean, the displacement in grass and flowers near the meadow. And it is definitely not a monster because there are no footprints. Monsters here may be smart but, they are not smart enough to erase their tracks yet. But, I can't be sur-
Oh,
A footprint. Bingo. Well hello, there intruder. Now, I am sure my humble adobe and safe zone is invaded by a human or at least a humanoid being. The question is why are they here? Only one way to find out. First thing first, active stealth mode. *ahem* I mean, stealth technique.
??? P.O.V
Damn.
Things are definitely not going according to what I saw. How did they know I am here? Traitors? No, must be divination magic. Besides that, I can't think of anything else.
Setting that aside, we have to run away least they caught up to us. Though we have lost 20 soldiers as they are holding back the pursuers, I still have my two personal guards. I can rest assured to lose some lucky pursuers because my subordinate is erasing our tracks with plant magic. And besides, we are elves, it is almost impossible to tracks us in a forest if we really want to erase our tracks.
A few hours later, finally, we have lost them but, where are we? All of us only focused on losing the pursuers and erasing our tracks but,
"Where are we? Any idea, Alea? Aya? " (???)
"This is still Beast Glades but, my lady, I am not sure about the Area we are in." (Alea)
" I am pretty sure, I avoided going deeper into the Beast Glade and run along the edges but,"(???)
"These trees... Don't tell me, this is the forest of death?" (Aya)
*snss*
"*shrudder* Tha- That snake is - Black horn? Sh*t We are really in the forest of death. Gotta get away. Gotta retreat." (Alea)
"Language please"
*Snss* *snss* *snss*
"""Nani !!!""" (All)
"RUN!"(???)
Does the world hate us that much to make us encounter 4 black horns? All of them are superior A rank monsters, aren't they? Damn it. I can't fight them head-on with my injury. Alea and Aya are also injured. This is definitely not the plan. Gotta getaway...
Hm? A meadow? In this forest of death? How can there be-
*snss*
Damn it, Not even a slip of attention is allowed against the pursuit of four A-rank monster, huh? Move! Move my body! Enhance yourself with magic and run to that meadow, something inside me is telling me that, it is safe there?
"Run to that meadow!" (???)
"Shouldn't we try to get out of here, my lady?" (Aya)
"I trust my instincts. Just run. Run to that meadow." (???)
""Yes!!!"" (Alea and Aya)
A few minutes later, Alea calls out hurriedly from the back.
"My lady, the snakes! They are not coming after us anymore." (Alea)
"What?!" (???)
Looking back, I see that, the snakes are still glaring at us but, they are not coming after us. What- What does it mean? It is not like they are afraid. It feels like they don't want to enter this part of the forest. What have we got ourselves into? Did we enter a strong monster's area?
*thud*
"Alea!!" (Aya)
I was brought out of my thinking by Aya's shout. Damn it. Alea is losing blood because of her injury on her thigh. No choice. We have to at least get the injury treated. Besides, I don't detect any presence with my magic. Chances are slim but, the monster that lives here may be out at the moment. We can just get out of here after treating our injuries.
"Let's move forward." (???)
"!! But, My lady,-" (Aya)
"There is no other option. We have to treat our injuries first. Other things can come after that." (???)
Both Alea and Aya look conflicted seeing that they have to enter a part of the unknown forest that may or may not be a strong monster's territory. Alea has the worst injuries with bruises all over her body and a huge sword wound on her right thigh. Next is Aya with wounds on her left hand and abdomen. The only one with the least injuries is me. If worst comes to worst, I will have to sacrifice myself. They may be my subordinates but, they are still young and have bright futures ahead of them. I can't let them die in this forest.
Determined, I lead the way for us three and come to the top of the hill where we can overlook the whole meadow, which looks breathtaking enough to makes us forgot our circumstances but, I saw a cave from the corner of my eyes. There is also a glass building near that cave. So, someone lives here after all. That is good. At least, we can talk.
"Girls, let's go there. I see some medicinal plants. Let's treat our injuries first." (???)
"A cave? So, Someone lives here? It is unbelievable." (Alea)
"But, whoever is living here must have unfathomable strength for the monsters to be afraid to even enter this place." (Aya)
"Yes. We may not know whether the person who lives here is friendly or not, but at least we can talk it out. An option we do not have with the monsters. So, whatever you do, do not be hostile to the owner of this place." (???)
"Yes, My lady" (Alea and Aya)
Currently, I am on the light yellow stage, on the verge to reach silver and both Alea and Aya are on the dark yellow stage. I don't know all the monsters in this forest but, according to few pieces of information I have read about this forest, the weakest monster here is a superior B-rank monster with a couple of AA rank and possible S-rank monster as the strongest monster. We do not stand a chance against 4 A rank snakes. So, there is no way we will stand a chance against someone who can live in the middle of the forest of death. So, it is better to be polite, who or whatever the owner of this place is.
But, how strong is that person or monster? Currently, on this whole continent, there are only 8 silver stage mages including my husband and none of them live in Beast glades. If so, then..., an intelligent monster?
Damn it.
I refuse to just give up and surrender. At the very least, I pray that we can talk it out.
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AN: Hello there dear readers. Your author here.
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