Living monotonous in a Novel Universe

Chapter 15

I open my eyes, it is silent, blackness is the only thing I can see.

I stand up, reach my hands to the blackness trying to feel my surroundings.

Suddenly, a hallway appears behind me.

I can see that at the end of the hallway, a pitch-black door is there, releasing a red light from its open edges.

I walk towards it, as if curious about what is on the other side. The echoes of my steps are so loud because of the silence.

I reached the door and opened it. In front of me is a sword with a scabbard.

It is positioned horizontal, mounted on a sword holder in the wall. It has a unique design, combined with red and black colors.

It releases an eerie aura from it, yet it didn't bother me. It is as if it is letting me hold the sword.

I was about to touch the sword when suddenly- THUD!

I blink my eyes and look at the ceiling. Oh, I fall from my bed.

I sat at my bed and look in front of me as if zoning out. That dream...

The sword in my dream looks familiar.

I look at my phone and the time is 3:00 a.m.

I remember that after I have gone to the park, I returned and get ready to bed. It seems like, I was really tired yesterday since I slept the moment I close my eyes.

I stand up from my bed and proceed to go to my storage room.

Each of our family members has a storage room connected to our rooms. My family is quite influential and when each of us celebrates a birthday, a lot of gifts were sent in our way.

With these storage rooms, we have a place to put the gifts that we can't use for now. I look at the objects that I arrange neatly. Hmm, did I forget where I put it?

I saw a box on the floor. It looks like a treasure box design, it is locked, thankfully, I compile my keys properly and I'm able to see the key for it.

I open it and saw different weapons on it. To think, I have compiled this in such a messy way, I feel bad not displaying these weapons.

I saw the sword from my dream and took it. I sat and sheathed the sword. Wow~ I never look at it properly, but it's very beautiful.

The scabbard design is beautiful, but the sword itself is a lot more beautiful. With unique markings and designs, the combination of black and red complemented each other.

Sadly, the sword is blunt to touch, and I can see that it is for ornamental purposes. I remember that a friend of my family keeps gifting me weapons, I never really thought of it, but compared to my siblings, they delivered me the most weapons as gifts.

But this sword is different, I have obtained it from an unknown seller. That person just said "the sword has chosen you! So, I will give this for free! Bye!"

Now that I think about it, what if this ornamental sword was stolen and he just pass it to me to blame, or worse, what if this thing is cursed?

Lena, wake up! What the heck are you even thinking about. I guess the fact that in my past life, people said 3 a.m. is a witching hour, what if a ghost suddenly whispers to me.

Just thinking about it, gives me the chills.

Lena, stop! You're scaring yourself; I'll just entertain myself with these weapons to forget what I have imagined or else I'll scare myself.

I look at other weapons and saw how each of them was beautiful. It has a variety of weapons in here, there's a bow, sickle-looking weapon, and weapons that I don't understand.

Hmm, I should arrange and display, it's such a waste to let them here hidden. I look at my phone and saw that it was already morning.

I arrange the weapons back to the box and go to do my morning rituals. I have cooked the breakfast, ate, and said goodbye to my siblings.

The practice is only until 12 p.m., giving me time to go to the dojo.

My senior sister has contacted me and said that we have something important to discuss, so, after my practice, I say goodbye to my club members.

I walk in the direction of my teacher's dojo. The surroundings were full of trees and grass. It's peaceful and only the sound of the wind, the leaves, and my steps can be heard.

The dojo is far from the noisy cars in town.

Now that I think about it, this place feels like I entered another world the moment I step from the red standing gate with the same design on Japan's Torii, a traditional gate from Japan.

I walk on the path and saw the long stairs leading to the top. Oh no, I forgot about these stairs. Welp, this will be tiring.

I should put on some earphones with music on to entertain myself since this will be a very long climb.

I climb step by step and at last, I have arrived at the top sweating and panting a little. I guess compared to my first climb, this is a great improvement. The first time I have climbed these stairs was when I was a middle schooler, and oh boy, I felt like fainting after climbing it

"Ah, I arrived at last!" I say to myself as I sit at a rock, resting myself.

As I rest, I can see the red maple trees surrounding the dojo. It's very pleasant to the eyes and relaxing.

After I take a rest, I walk on the stone path when suddenly, somebody tackled me.

My sides hurt. I look at the child who tackled me.

"You! Why are you here?" The child in the park, why is he here?

"Big sister! Let's run away, scary people are here!" He suddenly growled and looked at the place where he runs from. I look at what the child is looking at and found my senior looking at the child.

"Senior Jiao-long? What's happening?"

The child clutches on the sides of my uniform, hiding on my back.

"Junior Lena, don't be deceived by such appearance, that thing is terrifying!" Senior warned me as he readies his wooden pole.

Senior Jiao-long is one of the disciples that our teacher is teaching. He is proficient in using a spear and using a wooden pole as a practice weapon.

He had a built body, grey faux hawk hair, and grey eyes.

Senior holds his weapon as if trying to fight a dangerous being. This senior can be quite stubborn and impulsive in his actions.

"Senior, let's calm down a bit. I think there's been a misunderstanding." I said trying to dispel the fighting look of these two.

"Junior! I'll save you! Raaaaagh!!!" Senior started to run in our direction.

"Wai-wait, Senior!"

Suddenly, another wooden pole flies or rather appeared, striking down Senior Jiao-long's head, making him unconscious. Uhh, isn't that dangerous even for a built body like a senior?

"Sigh, this child has eaten some of the experimental food of your senior sister, I hope you're fine Lena." An old man with white hair and a white beard appeared. Despite looking old, his body is obviously built with muscles.

He bends back his body like an old man.

"Ouch, my back, your teacher has become old now and these excited disciples are not making it easier for me too."

"Teacher! Thank you for saving us! And umm, will senior brother be alright?" I said as I look at the unconscious senior.

"Ohoho, don't worry, your senior brother will be alright. And I hope to discuss something about the peculiar child behind your back."

The child hides from my back while growling. It is as if it was afraid of the teacher's presence.

"Don't be so cautious young child" the Teacher said as he touches his beard.

"I hope to discuss this further with your senior sisters and senior brother for this is a very peculiar topic I suppose." The teacher looks at me as if suggesting to go inside.

I follow the teacher as I let the child keep clinging to me.