ASCELLA: The Untold (Untold Stories 1)

08

"Wow! What an excellent aim! Didn't expect that Lira," I uttered and clapped my hands after seeing Lira shoot the arrow. Her shooting skills were definitely outstanding. She practices almost every day and with her growth, her talents are already showing at a young age.

"I will surely defeat him when I get older, Jill. I'll show him what a lass can do!" she answered and pointed to a boy from Josh's team, they were clashing their swords, practicing their skills just like we do. Some of the girls liked to train with the archer so it was called by the Chief that all girls should drill with the bow while the boys prime with Josh, swords.

"Leo?" I asked.

"Yes, I'll make sure to shoot my arrow won his face!" she angrily stomped. I can't imagine a girl in this youth would be thinking about violence already, she's merely eleven and she dreams of killing one of Josh's company.

"Nope, uh-uh! You're not pointing a weapon towards your companion, Lira. We trained you for you to be ready and alarmed when the time comes, it's not for you to boast and compete with others," I confronted her, I bent my knees to keep my level with her and placed my hand on her shoulder.

"But-"

I cut her off before she could say a word. "No, but's, Lira. End of conversation." 

"But Jill, he's not my companion!" she shouted which made me draw back my attention towards her.

"Neither is he an enemy! Do you understand?" I exclaimed.

Out of fear, she nodded in response. A girl like her shouldn't think of something like that, even though we train them as early as they can, their focus should be on their skills not on their companions. There is somewhat a kind of gender inequality here.

I walked towards the lawn and shot a glance at Liam who was sitting near the faucet-area. I went to him and stood beside him. I leaned on the brick wall and stared at the kids. It's a different view every day but the concept is consistent. Training, advising and many more teaching matters. Josh was busy helping his troops.

"Busy day?" Liam approached.

"Yep, as always," I answered and opened my tumbler of water to hydrate myself.

"Teaching kids is always difficult to work, lucky me I get to train teenagers, they listen easily," he said and crossed his arms. His eyes were stuck on the children. The Chief assigned her to manage the older ones since Josh and I were already taking on the kids.

"Yeah, some kids in my area wanted to kill someone already and I haven't even told them what to face soon," I answered and placed back the tumbler on the table beside me. I crossed my arms just like Liam and watched the children aim.

"Really? That's awful," he exclaimed and gave a disgusted look.

"I don't know what made them think like that wherein they shouldn't be. Yes, we drove them away from the toys they should be holding now, not arrows, bows, and swords but killing someone is another thing. A thing they shouldn't be keeping in their minds, well not yet." I spoke.