Forgotten tales

CHAPTER 5: Training Days

"Ahhh... ummm... It's morning already I guess I should get up." My day starts slow and every morning my head is in a daze. I'm now three years old I can walk better and talk better now that my body is more developed this means I can start with my training.

I first start with chores like cleaning and throwing away all trash and then I start with training. I found a small part of the forest behind the orphanage for some reason that area had no monsters in it. I decided that I would training in that area.

My training schedule which I made myself is intense, but that one moment that I saw three years ago never went out of my head it stuck with me to this day.

my training starts with:

*1km run
*20min break
*15 push ups
*15 sit ups
*15 crutches

'This is how I'll train from now on after this much exercise I know I'll be strong enough to hunt and survive.'

I thought to myself " I can't wait to leave this place and finally explore". I don't want to stay in this place anymore. In these last three years I seen so many orphans die, either by monsters or they committed suicide.

This sight made me all the more frightened, to think that life means so little, but then again if you live in this place you would want to die.

They serve old food, give damaged and used equipment, take all the materials and gems of hunted monsters, Abuse us at anytime they want. Even when the girls are of age to hunt they get sexually harassed.

This place is a real hell and a sad sight happens every day that most of the orphans give up and give in to dying. "well... not me Im never giving up not until I leave this hell even if it kills me. "

As I thought this I continued my training until my body was developed strongly so that It couldn't get injured easily. I focused more on endurance than anything else.

I would sometimes try hitting myself on my body to help endure pain. When I finally finished I poured water all over my body. I said to myself "I'm glad that pig finally went away on vacation, but I know he'll be back in two years, cause I'm the only one who saw the schedule on his desk. " I had this much time before I could finally rid this place of that pig permanently.

Soon after I felt somewhat tired and my body felt numb so I ended training my body and I went to bed " I'm tired as hell and I know that my body has limits but it's all worth it if I can survive. " As I thought this I fell asleep instantly.

I woke up the next morning my body aching all over, I thought to myself 'I deserve this... I'm the one who wanted to push my limits'. I decided that day that I would only exercise on Saturday & Sundays. and use the rest of the week to recover.

Luckily for me It just so happens to be Monday, I can take a break from my intense workout. I can't really see how my body developed due to there being no mirror in most of the rooms, I don't even know how I look, my facial features.

I decided to got to the only room that had a mirror, it was Elfonz room. So I went to his room so I could grab that mirror. "it's not like he'll care if his not even here," Is what I thought as I entered his room.

"My God!" I shouted this out loud, cause the moment I entered his room there was nothing , but old documents and trash." that damned lazy pig" was the only thing I could think of when being in his room.

The thoughts I had was killing Elfonz before anymore orphans die.The moment I had this thought the spirits around me turned black and started moving closer to me. I finally calmed down thinking that if I ever murdered him I'd be no better than him. The spirits reacted and turned blue.

"I found it... finally I found the hand mirror on a table" the table was covered full of documents and hand written messages. What are all these documents... why are all these documents laying down all over the table.

I tried reading it, but I couldn't make out anything accept for the words 'experiment'. I couldn't understand, but it reminded me of what he said years ago. I left the room and the documents knowing that he would probably kill if he saw his stuff was tampered with, I went back to my own room with the mirror.

"So now I can finally see how I look, huh... wah.... huh! "I was so surprised of how I look that I had no words. I had long black hair, I had droopy looking golden eyes and my body was really developed for a boy my age. I didn't think I was this handsome, then again in my previous life I was a hot guy if I do say so myself. (it was his imagination)

"To be honest I don't think I was this muscular even in my previous life. "I guess this means I might be strong enough to finally visit the monster area. Even though I thinked about it, I know that I should first train and get equipped.

The orphanage do have weapons and amour, but I feel uncomfortable using the deceased weapons. I decided that if it's a weapon might as well use it, but deep inside I felt my chest turn at the thought of using the weapons of the deceased.

"Now is not the time to freeze I must get stronger, I will not remain here at the orphanage". I finally entered the weapons room. "There are a lot of weapons here, but I think I'm only suited for this five. Which one should I choose". I have five choices what weapon suites me:

*A dagger
*short sword made of cheap steel
*bow and arrow
*hammer
*staff with a tiny red gem

after a couple of minutes I made my decision. I'll take the dagger and the short sword. No one ever said you couldn't equip yourself with more that one weapon. The next thing on the list was amour, there is a lot of used amour here but I already know what one to take. I took chainmail amour. It's not to heavy and does provide protection to body hits.

Im ready to start sword training and combat training, however I knew the best way to do this was to learn from someone who is stronger and well trained already, I can't just learn from books I need physical training. So my goal for tomorrow is to find a person to train me how to use a sword and how to fight.

The next day....

I woke up and started my morning run as usual it was a quiet run, I had no one to disturb me. Once I finished my run I Emmediatly start with my sword practice. I decided to use this training:

*100 sword swings a day
*dagger movement practice
*concentration training
*reflex training

This was my training method for my newly acquired weapons. I learned from the books I read that concentration is key in battle and especially in emergency situations. To make sure I'm fast on my feet I decided to also do reflex training. The faster I can dodge attacks the better.

Even without someone to teach me I can still survive for now off of the basics, but I know at some point I will have to know swordsmanship. So for now I'll try self practice my body is still developing I shouldn't push it with to much training.

That day I trained with my weapons forgetting about time it was sunset already. "man I wish I had more time " as I said this I was quite disappointed, for a moment I felt a rush of power in my last swing, but even I knew that in nightfall monsters appear.

The monsters here in this place are no joke they have skills and a advantage in the forest. They work together also so the moment your surrounded your dead already.

I left for the orphanage, by the time I arrived all the other orphans were sleeping. So I sneaked pass there rooms and went to my room.

"Man now that I'm more relaxed I can feel every... muscle in my body... aching" when I had reached my bed my body gave out and I couldn't move. Every part felt like ripping apart whenever I moved.

"Damn it... why is this so painful... guess I shouldn't have pushed... my body ."As I said this the fatigue and exhaustion kicked in and I fell asleep immediately.

Just before falling asleep I said to myself " I'm not strong enough... I must continue to train even if it hurts like hell"....