Fate's Worst Children: Destruction

Chapter 4

Lily had been pulling up her sword for an hour. She is a strong woman and yet she can only pull two inches. It seems to be worse than the training she experienced when she was a squire.

"I can do it. I'm one of the prodigies in our area." She wiped the sweat from her forehead.

"LILY!"

She turned behind her and saw the knight commander. She was furious and she already knew what he would say and do.

"Sir." She saluted.

"No one reached us or alerted us that someone destroyed the market! This will make our lord punish the other captains!"

She stood up properly, ".... I tried to catch the culprits, sir but they just gave me a bag of gold —"

Her knight commander kicked her in the shin. Even though it hurt, she tried to stand up straight and endured the pain.

"WHEN IS THE DIGNITY OF A KNIGHT BOUGHT?!"

"That's what I said, sir, but they gave it as compensation for the damages they did —"

The knight commander continued kicking. She dug her nails into her palms. She reminded herself that it was the leader in front of her. She has to endure her punishment because she failed to do her duties.

"What did you learn from being a squire, Lily?! Lords and citizens expect us to be responsible, fight with courage and honesty, and be professional even when targeting our weaknesses. What did you do? You accepted the money, the bribe! And you still have a face to show me!"

"I showed it to you, sir, because I didn't know what to do with it. I'm returning it to them and going through a good conversation so they won't damage other establishments. They suddenly left and ignored me —"

The knight commander blows a punch at her stomach and she kneels in pain, "YOU FAILED AS A KNIGHT, LILY! YOU WILL BE SUSPENDED FOR A MONTH!"

She could not speak because of the pain. She just heard the footsteps of the knight commander leaving.

'Why am I weak... Why am I not improving?'

She crawled over to her buried sword. That's what she made a foothold to stand on. Then, she started pulling again.

'I have reached this position. I said my vows at the ceremony. I will protect this city and the lord.'

She lifted her foot and placed it on top of the stone. With her remaining strength, she took a deep breath and pulled it with all her might. She doesn't let go of the sword like her previous tries. She could feel her muscles stretching throughout her body.

'You can handle this, Lily. You are a knight. You worked hard to reach this position. You fought it out with your parents.'

She screamed to release her annoyance and pain. Then, she heard a crack, she immediately bent down to see that the stone and the blade were split in half and destroyed. The handle was the only thing left that she was holding.

She dug into the ground. She saw something light up under the blade. She thought it was an explosive but it was a ball of light. She was touching and warm, "... What is this?"

It floats closer to her. She didn't stop it and she just saw it enter her body. She slapped her chest and stomach, hoping to get it out as well but the ball of light stayed inside.

"What am I going to do?! I don't even know what it is! Is it one of the magician's tricks earlier?!"

Suddenly, she felt her body heat up. Its temperature rises. Her head, back and throat hurt. She was unable to speak. She watched her hands light up until the rest of her body also lit up. It was like she was being punished because the pain in her body doubled until she lost consciousness.