Training the mad dog

That night I returned home as if nothing had happened, I realized the enormous difference between me and the other Gino, the poor idiot didn't even have time to react and Eris humiliatingly defeated him.

I smiled to myself, satisfied with the enormous progress I had made in such a short time.

When I got home nothing relevant happened, I had a quiet dinner with my parents, I took a bath, and I fell asleep.

I woke up the next day as if nothing had happened and went outside to jog, my title in the sacred land of the sword was already quite known, which is why the villagers looked at me with fear and respect, I followed my usual route, I ran for about two hours, I realized that even running at maximum speed I don't get tired...

So I still have enough fuel left to have a close duel with my father.

After having breakfast at home I headed to the dojo, the way there was relaxing, it was winter so a snowstorm caught me on the way, when I arrived at the dojo it was covered in snow, obviously, all the sword saints were there. Inside the dojo so enter slowly.

I shook the snow off my jacket and walked to where Gull Farion was.

The sword saints were just arriving, including Nina, if I do the math she must be barely having breakfast, but on the other hand...

Eris was already doing her swings.

There she was again...her technique was great but too inefficient

"Good morning, Eris," I said with a smile as I approached her.

She just looked at me out of the corner of her eye but I no longer heard that click of her tongue.

Good progress!

I looked at her for about 5 minutes and I could see the same mistakes as always.

"Very good, Eris I have already identified where you are failing," I told her.

She stopped swaying and looked at me waiting for me to speak again.

"..."

I briefly explained to her what she was failing at, I even corrected her posture with my hands to give her a better example, the result was immediate.

She quickly adapted to her new positions and continued with her swings.

By this point, Nina had already returned and started training.

She gave me a jealous look so I had to clarify the situation for her.

She didn't seem satisfied with this so she stared at me the entire time I trained with Eris.

I immediately realized his enormous potential and his aggressiveness was a double-edged sword.

At the end of the day, she had a small breakthrough.

"...thank you" she murmured but understood immediately that she didn't know my name.

"My name is Gino," I told her although I remembered introducing myself to her or maybe it was just my imagination.

"Thank you Gino..." she murmured as she looked at me.

"No problem, it was a pleasure to help you," I said with a smile.

"hmmp!" She murmured as she crossed her arms although I could notice a slight blush on her cheeks as she left for her guest room.

To no one's surprise Nina confronted me totally jealous...

"Why are you training that animal!" she said angrily

I could barely contain her in my embrace as she tried to struggle.

"Don't worry, I don't have eyes for anyone else if you're worried hehe..." I said with a mocking smile.

Nina could only blush and look away.

"I-I don't mean that!" she snapped.

"i-it's just...I don't like her at all..." she mumbled as she buried her face in my chest.

"Don't worry, that can be avoided by simply ignoring her, and she doesn't seem like she has any intention of making friends!" I told him.

Nina lasted for a few moments and shortly afterward she reciprocated my hug.

"It's okay...but I don't want to see you flirting with her...not with her..." Nina murmured.

What do you mean by, not with her?...

"What do you mean by that?" I told him without understanding.

"w-well... I noticed how you look at that woman Ghislaine... and she seems like a person to respect..." Nina murmured with her cheeks blushing.

"A-are you okay with that?" I murmured in disbelief.

"As long as it's not Eris...and don't forget me!" she said

I hugged her tighter at this.

"I would never do it" I told her seriously and she nodded with a smile.

...

The days kept passing and in the blink of an eye a whole month has passed since Eris arrived, I feel like I've become closer to her since now she doesn't look at me like an annoying bug...If not more like the annoying guy in your class...this look brings back very bad memories...but what can i do?...

Eris's performance is improving, she is correcting her technique and posture quickly although she is still not able to use a long sword of light.

She has seemed really angry about this but I can only tell her that she needs balance in her body and mind.

And that's another point, her mind is always busy, too busy with various thoughts that dull her progres.

Ghislaine on the other hand, being a Sword King she can clear her mind and focus on her goal, I have not faced her but it seems that she is almost as strong as me, yes, I said almost.

And it seems that Ghislaine's talent only took her to Sword King.

It seems like she is stuck in her progress and I can't figure out why, her posture and way of moving is perfect, she just doesn't move forward....

I can say that she has simply reached her limit.

...

It was already the year K420, we were in the first month of the year so we were still in winter.

This day I decided to train outside as usual, this to clear my mind.

I went out for a run, the cold consumed my body but my jog kept me warm, I jogged and ran for two hours until I returned home and trained with him.

After that and having breakfast I went out into the forest to train alone.

Obviously I had already warned Nina and Gull about all this beforehand and in fact it was already a habit of mine.

I walked for a few minutes into the forest, my goal was the cliff overlooking the ocean, I had already made peace with my trauma with the black bear, so I could return here now.

But to my surprise I heard a whistling sound in the air, it was a sword swinging, I walked a little and there was Eris

She was wearing sweatpants and a kind of sleeveless green shirt.

Her short green hair was tied into her Dead End bandana.

She noticed me immediately and stopped swinging.

"What are you doing here?..." She asked as she caught her breath.

"That's what I'd like to ask you, I thought you'd be at the dojo" I replied.

"I needed to clear my mind so I came here" she said as she started to do her swings again

I did the same while accompanying her, and after about twenty minutes she stopped to rest again, I was fine but I stopped anyway.

"Hey...and why do you want to defeat Orsted?" I asked her while looking at her

"tch....it's none of your business" she replied angrily.

"Oh come on! There must be some reason! Let me guess...revenge?!" I said while pointing my fingers at her.

Eris stared at me but just crossed her arms.

"I knew it! And why? Did he kill someone you care about?" I asked her cautiously.

The grip on the handle of his sword became so strong that the palm of his hand turned pale, that bloodlust in his eyes returned as she looked at me.

"That bastard...that bastard Dragon God!!!" Eris spat in anger

"That bastard... almost killed someone very special to me... and I couldn't do anything..." Eris muttered as tears welled up in her eyes.

"I only survived on Orsted's whim... I felt so weak and helpless... so that's why! That's why I want to become stronger! And kill him!" Eris said with determination in her eyes.

I approached her and put a hand on her shoulder.

"I see, so that's why you want to train so hard huh?" I said with a smile.

"Yeah! Any problem with that, idiot?!" Eris said as she wiped away her tears.

I gently caressed her shoulders as I looked at her with a smile.

"No problem, I think it's a great motivation and that's why I want to help you" I said.

Eris nodded as she looked at me and then looked at my hands on her shoulders and blushed a little.

"Get your hands off me..." She muttered

"I'm sorry!" I said quickly as I stepped away from her and picked up my sword.

I glanced at her and she was frowning as she touched her shoulder.

How odd...

...

As the days continued to pass, Eris began to relax around me and when I praised her performance she would smile lightly only to realize her action and make a "Hmmp!!" noise and cross his arms while looking away.

I also focused on training Nina, but she performed quite well considering her slight stagnation.

I also helped her become Eris' training partner, which led to the two of them becoming rivals.

This worried me a little at first but when I saw that Nina no longer hated her I calmed down.

And it seems that Gull appointed me as Eris's trainer, I don't know when it happened but even I realized this after a long time...

Ghislaine on the other hand...she always stayed out of the situation, most of the time she trains alone, or is at Gull Farion's side.

I asked Gull if he would allow me to have a duel with her and he agreed.

Obviously I already knew what the consequence of my victory would be...

I would become a Sword Emperor...the thought alone made me shudder.

But even if I failed, even if she defeated me, I still had all the time in the world to keep training and beat her.

So with this in mind I started training hard, day after day, my body developed and in the blink of an eye spring came and I turned 13 and Nina 16.

And my birthday was the day my duel with Ghislaine was scheduled, if I won I would become a Sword Emperor...

And if I lost...I would just have to try again...until I won.

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