Day of devotion

I wake up to the sun lighting up my entire room, bringing me a sense of peace on the day my life would be decided.

'It's been 4 months since I got here, I thought I was going to die, but training with Catherine made me lose my fear'

I look at my body and see that I'm much stronger than when I arrived, with a lot more muscles, even though I'm compact.

As I sit on the bed I see a completely worn wooden sword in the corner of the wall.

'Her training sessions are crazy, I never want to go through that again, but she made me improve a lot.

Yesterday was the first time I managed to beat her in a fight, even if she was holding back, it's a victory, right?

I wash my face with a bucket of water and see how much I've changed, my hair is much longer and I can already see some beard fibers on my face.

'I need to take this off, and also get a haircut'

I tie up my hair and go out the door to see what fate has in store for me I see 3 people

A girl with white hair and blue eyes standing about 5′ 8″ with a warrior's body toned by years of training and a longsword on her back

"Finally sleeping beauty woke up"

Next to him, a 6'0 tall dark-skinned boy sighed as he watched me go down the stairs.

"Ignore this nonsense, we're still way ahead of time, and stop picking on him Aqua"

Aqua pouted as she looked at Catherine with puppy dog ​​eyes asking for help

Catherine realized the request when one corner of her mouth turned up.

"Don't be so mean to her Victor"

frowning he turned his face

"Tsk, you are too soft on her, and this will be a problem for our divisions in the future"

Smiling with your interactions

"Good morning everyone, let's go. I don't want to see the teacher angry"

'it's so rewarding to be able to talk to them without hearing jargon, it's okay that I'm not fluent yet but now I understand most of the words'

Upon arriving at the arena that has been my home for the last few months, I feel an emotion

'Who would have thought I would be so strong, where are you Julian'

I remember my nightmare about Julian and my parents and I feel uncomfortable

Catherine puts a loaf of bread in my hand, smiling and winking while everyone pretends not to see

"You didn't eat anything, right, you never change"

I smile with shame as I feel my heart speed up

'Hey hey, run slow friend'

"Thank you cath, always saving me"

Looking satisfied, she turned her face away so I couldn't see her expression.

At this moment we see harmonium around several circles and a pile of stones next to it,

"Hello children, as you are the first to arrive, you will do the ritual first"

"Well, as you know, some God will choose you, and to give you power he will have to impose a penalty on you, it could be anything, but it always matches the story or some weakness of the god

 such as the Achilles heel that was his only weakness will also be yours."

Waiting for a moment while he measured us with a glance

"You've grown a lot, so don't be embarrassed by the results, God's blessing is not the most important thing, but how you use what you have. Do you understand?"

we respond in unison

"Yes sir!"

"Well, take a stone and each one get into a circle"

We did as ordered while I examined Hermodius

'He seems happy today'

"Close your eyes and let your mind sail, imagine that you are sinking and going close to the end, when you pass the last bit of water you have found your God, you have 30 minutes"

I closed my eyes and began to see myself in third person as I sank into this endless water, the ocean seemed calm as I went down and down

I lost track of time, when I stopped in the water and it seemed like there was something stopping me from going down,

It was a large medieval gate, just like the ones in the stories, with beams around it as if it were very old.

'So I couldn't, right.."

[Hello my son, I would like to know why they didn't open the gates for you, wait a moment]

'what?, how do you

made it up?'

[hahaha, I'm a God boy, don't underestimate me]

I saw the gates open as I unconsciously returned to my first-person view

When I peeked inside I saw an endless flat world with trees and a tall blond man with hundreds of different types of weapons around him as he sat on his back enjoying the view.

As soon as I passed through the gates I heard your voice as if you were by my side

"You've finally arrived Herran"