In a world where everything seems perfectly logical and pragmatic. The thought of anything existing outside of the realm of what one already knows seems impractical.
That is how Melinda Morrison sees life.
The very life where she has shared nearly e...
Raise the flags, and lift your arms for the journey begins today and forever.
"My little raven, do you know of the word sleep?"
"Sleep?"
"Yes, the exact opposite of what you are doing at the current moment, swinging a sword about at dawn?"
I ceased my harsh movements against the straw dummy perched up with its arms stretched wide and vulnerable for every laceration and slice I had made. In favor of that, I looked over at my father who had meticulously made his way up to me while I practiced by myself on the training field.
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It had become a regular habit for me since the grand council meeting to begin training harder than I had before since I had been granted permission to attend the battle to Eerly. This also wasn't the only form of training I was getting, it was just something I felt I could benefit from since most of the other day was taken up by trips to the palace to be briefed by the Commander-General Tresher Xoum with Andrew and fellow noble men who had become the volunteers from their households for this feat to the territory.
It was odd being the only woman in there, many times I could see the eyes of the noblemen and gentlemen observing me curiously or perhaps with a bit of envy, or distaste—after all, they still didn't know the full capabilities of my skills and what I could do in a real situation concerning an on-going battle fo death in comparison to the show I made in the council hall where I took down the best of the country.
Which is why I had to prove myself.
This wasn't just about me going down there with Andrew because I feared for his life and how things could turn out if I hadn't requested the additional resources to ensure we had a fighting chance, but this was a golden opportunity to show that someone like me, a woman, a noblewoman at that could perform to the same level of my peers could potentially eliminate discrimination and the inequality between women in this field.
It was no different than when I did my absolute best to bridge the gap between women and men in the math and science field; it was a difficult obstacle to hurdle over but I continued to persist. Though even at times, despite it not being often enough, I would encounter an individual who thought my gender was enough to formulate opinions and prejudice about my abilities and how I acquire my information.
I got defensive about anything I was passionate about and would argue until there was no breath left in me; maybe others could find that distasteful in a woman and I was heavily criticized by those around me when that side of me came out, but I could care less. That was something I could not change no matter how hard I tried, if you told me that I could not do something, I would fight tooth and nail to prove you absolutely and utterly wrong to the point of embarrassing that person.
I really stuck gold when it came to being spawned in a nation lacking in progressiveness such as Vesneau where there were countries like Freu Prein and Cluyze where I wouldn't have to even debate my place on the battlefield, if anything, it would be expected.
