"Yahoo!" What was this? I thought I was dead. "Hey, you alright there? You look like a zombie." Huh? Someone's speaking to me? "Ritsu~" They're calling my name? Light gradually flooded into my eyes. I looked around myself, it was like I was sitting on a still pond. The ground seemed weirdly blue with no shades or effects of light.
I managed to regain consciousness after that weird ray of light.I looked around, it was definitely a forest. There were thick rows with hundreds of trees, I was sitting on the dirt beside one of them. The trees were all eerily thin, but their number was enough for the forest to seem very dense.It was pretty dark as the trees were all unusually bushy at the tops.Is there where I'm going to die for the second time?Beside me were the sword and the book that the goddess had given me.I might as well find out how to use this sword of mine...I grabbed the thin boo
I could feel the adrenaline pumping through my body. I had felt something like this before, actually many times before. It was a feeling quite familiar to me.All of my concentration was focused on the aggressor's movements.Suddenly, I noticed that he was lowering his staff towards me, instinctively, I moved my head to the side. The front of his staff flashed white before crystal formed and was shot out from his staff piercing the trees behind me."Ah!"The girl screamed as several trees collapsed after being smashed by the crystal.That was close.The entire area suddenly
"Ritsu.""Ritsu."I felt someone tugging against my shirt. Slowly I opened my eyes, adjusting to the bright light. My body was still pretty sore when I tried to move around but it was significantly better than before."Huh?" I said with a yawn."How long are you going to keep sleeping for?"Oh."I'll get up now."Celestia was sitting on a stump from one of the trees beside me."It's getting pretty late, do you have somewhere to stay?" The girl asked me.
We took seats on some white antique-style couches. It was a huge room, furnished with a coffee table, rug and several other antique-looking ornaments. I placed my sword on a little side table.Celestia sat next to her dad. She took one of the pillows from the couch and placed it on her lap, she was also being hugged tightly by her older sister on the other side. Her sister looked around my age with the same blonde hair as the younger sister.I was sitting on the couch opposite it."What was your name?""Ritsu, Ritsu Takamiya.""Nice to meet you, I'm Alfonso Regas.""Nice to meet you, too."<
I had almost forgotten everything about myself since I died. ** This was my chance. Trials for the state team. My entire life, I've been seemingly held back. I always thought my skills were good, no, I knew they were good. I was no less capable than any person in all the teams I'd been excluded from. I eventually made up a little story to keep my mental s
The morning had finally come.After a brief wake up call by the maid, I made my way to the living room. Alfonso was sitting on the couch waiting for me."One of my guards will escort you across the border. It's best to keep your sword easily visible in the carriage so the border guards don't find you suspicious."He grabbed a little sachet of money."This should be enough for you to last a few days in Gavaria. My guard will pay the border crossing fee. You should be aware that they will do an inspection of the entire carriage and your clothes.""Thank you.""Here, I also had a sheath made for yo
"Hey." "Hey!" "Are you alright there?" The pain gradually subsided. "What's the matter, you look like you're in pain." "I-I'm alright now." That was weird. Maybethat was something important to me. "Here, have some water." The guard passed me a drink bottle. "Thanks." Gr