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I ruffle my slightly sleepy hair and get up from my already too-comfortable bed. Something hard, cold, prickly is rubbing my side, wait, this sword was thrown at me by that strange boy in my dream. It's calling my name, I'm leaning closer, you're calling me, are you calling me?

Yasuha: - I found you, you are the chosen one, young man.

She whispered in my ear, then started laughing loudly at me, her jokes are annoying, not because they are not funny or entertaining, but because she always wants to do them at the worst possible time.

Mizeya: - Ahhwhhh.

My older sister! Don't scare me, it's not funny.

Yasuha: - I'm not talking to a sword, you idiot...

Although the dream came unexpectedly, but to get the sword there, who could that boy be... Let's leave it, I won't think about it, I just know for sure that it is with me now. Do I feel his presence, like a sword has a soul, or am I wrong? All I have to do is look at it and I get an incredibly uplifting feeling that I would just whiz, cut the air, the endless sky and its delicate edge, completely through the clouds, delicately, slowly, and then become the master of this fantastic sword, but I don't know how to start this mastering a great blade because I don't have enough experience to do such things yet, I've never trained with a sword, I don't have any sense for it, maybe I can see that boy in my dream again, he must know that I can master this sword or at least give me some advice because as I lift it by the handle, at the shaking part, it is much, much harder than when I held it in my dream, but even if I hold it with all my strength, I can hardly hold it, not to swing it or cut through the whole sky...

I went out to the fresh green field, which is not far from our house, only 3 miles, perfect for the start of my morning workout.

Yoriko: - Hi! Mizeya, I finally found you.

Mizeya: - Hi, I think you are going home.

Yoriko: - My father cut me off, he thinks I'm dead, so yes.

She said with those beautiful lips. She looks at me strangely, then nudges my shoulder,

Yoriko: - Come on, isn't anyone going to be a knight?

So she looked at the sword she found stuck in the ground in front of her, a little surprised.

Mizeya: - Because of the sword? I started to train a little, it suits me.

Yoriko almost laughed, but she saw the seriousness and fire on my face, which made her blush a little, then look to the side in confusion.

Mizeya: - Yoriko?

Yoriko: - Nothing.

Mizeya: - Would it be that unusual?

I said with a big smile on my face as sweat dripped from my forehead to my chest. Yoriko is getting more and more confused, but you can see on her face that she is worried about me, because she sees that from one day to the next I am trying so hard to achieve something, with this sword and stretching the limits of my own body.

Yoriko: - Stupid, don't strain yourself or train yourself to death.

The girl turns her face away, then I lean over and, looking deeply into her eyes, tell her with a small grin.

Mizeya: - I understand, you don't have to worry about it.

I stroke Yoriko's freshly washed, short, lush hair, then suddenly I trip over a small pebble and my perfect coolness, which I wanted to give this girl, disappears in the blink of an eye.

Yoriko: - Awh.

Mizeya: - I'm so sorry, are you okay?

Yoriko saw in me how important she was to me, she blushed again, and then she barely managed to moan something out of embarrassment.

Yoriko: - I. I'm fine.

I helped her up from the ground and then accompanied her home, during our journey we talked about my sweet little witch and Yoriko's parents, that her father has been sick a lot lately and she doesn't know what to do about it, I offered my help, but she didn't accept it, she said that it was her parents and she has to solve this task, even if it is difficult.

Unlike my usual routine, I didn't go home right away but continued training at the field, thankfully it's not evening yet, and although the sun is setting quite a bit, I still have at least 2 hours, that's more than enough to strengthen my body, of course, I'll do this regularly, a little I was really happy about these things because finally something I can do and care about, like mastering that special sword and meeting the boy of my dreams, I wish he achieved the overwhelming level of shooting that he can with his sword to imitate.

As I guessed, it got completely dark after about 2 hours, it was time to go home, I tie the sword to a rope and wrap it around my chest, because I can't handle that freaking huge blade yet. I opened my door to my sweet home, and my sister was already sitting at the table waiting for me, judging by the set table and the preparation of the cutlery and plates.

Mizeya: - Dinner time?

Yasuha: - As you say.

I see her for dinner, then my sister puts her hand on mine and asks the following.

Yasuha: - Where have you been for so long? Because you're not used to just leaving home, but not yet, you've never been there until this late.

Mizeya: - I just started training a little, it's okay or not?

She starts laughing at me as arrogant.

Yasuha: - How do you train? Stop kidding.

Mizeya: - I'm serious, I recently got a huge sword and I want to wield it, but I'm not strong enough yet, so...

My older sister can see that I meant it, I didn't just say these things as a joke.

Yasuha: - I understand, it's good, as long as you don't hurt yourself, it's good for me too.

We continued to have dinner together, but we were suddenly distracted by a guest who just started banging on the door with all her might. I get up from the chair and rush to the door to see if she can be out so late.

Mizeya: - Who are you?

I could barely make out her figure in the darkness, but as soon as she came closer, I could see her.

Yoriko: - It's me, Mizeya.

I see her burst into tears and I could only hug her, she could barely breathe, was she running? It's not interesting, I have to ask her what happened, I think...

Mizeya: - What happened? Yoriko.

The terror and nervousness are perfectly visible on her face, she can barely hold back her tears so that she can at least talk to me.

Mizeya: - Yoriko!

Yoriko: - A group of bandits broke into our house and took my father away.

I hugged her tighter, which calmed her down a bit, but she was still trembling and could only talk about what happened, about how they broke into their house late at night and dragged her father out of his home in front of her eyes, unfortunate girl, I understand her, what she could have done.

Mizeya: - Can you tell me exactly where they were taken?

She tries to wipe away her tears, sniffling a little, but with great difficulty she said.

Yoriko: - To the forest near the big waterfall.

Mizeya: - Listen to me, don't come after me, you stay here nicely.

I was ready to run, but my sister grabs my shoulder and, looking at me, immediately releases it, seeing the nervousness and recklessness on my face, which she could not prevent me from doing.

Yasuha: Wait...

I started running towards the forest with a huge sword on my back.