Sword Anthem's

Chapter 34 - Back and Remembering

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For nearly four months, my foster father gave me a message to attend the Magic Knights Festival. This is the first step to test my abilities in a wider place.

As long as my foster father leaves on business, maybe for about a year I will be living by him alone in this house.

The sound of a shrill trumpet sound with the voice of enthusiastic cries from the people of the Kingdom of Ronove was clearly heard from my house.

"Reiss, I'll go first. So please take care of the house during Dad's departure and for you servants please take good care of Reiss," he said then left with a fairly luxurious horse carriage.

The servants bowed then immediately entered the house. And I just stared at his departure with that horse-drawn carriage.

Now was the day of celebration of the Magic Knight Festival, where the tournament that would determine the Knights Legion. Although I was quite hasty with the clothes that were as rough as I went straight to the arena.

Crowds of people who are excited about this celebration, dancing, singing and even playing musical instruments together. Among them the laughter and smiles of the merchants were full of enthusiasm.

Showing a very deep sense of pleasure, it all seems clear because now they are doing it.

Because of my carelessness, I accidentally bumped into a big man. The man had an apple tattoo that was pierced by a black knife on his right arm.

"Oiii .. if you look around," he said a little furious with a violent face that seemed forced.

" M-maaf—“

"It's okay," cut it soften. "Get this sweet red apple to eat, next time be careful," he continued, giving a red apple.

"Eh?!—A-a .. thank you." I ran because I felt bad.

His face was so fierce that it suddenly became good? Is this the effect of this festival?

A building with a giant wall supported by giant white stone pillars. Right in the middle of it a giant hole that is intended for visitors.

The line of people in knight clothes lined up neatly. Long and made up to seven banjar. Perhaps they were the ones who wanted to take part in this Magic Knight Festival.

If they are going to register then if it is like that I just go through the side door, because that part is in the designation for people who want to watch the game. Fortunately the guards there were quite friendly as they allowed children like me to enter the Arena.

Right after I took the spectator bench. A gong was heard and the match began. Voice after sound of sword complaints, spears, shields and even blows collided with each other.

A very tense fight, with the knights who were reaching the highest peak. The battle was completed within a few hours, but not a single participant was awarded a degree or input into the Knights.

It was all because they had lost heavily against the last boss, the Gate Guard. My eyes sparkled with interest in this fight. The festival is held approximately nine days which means that during that day I can still register.

The next day I tried to register myself. Now I managed to enter the Arena not as a spectator but as a participant. At first I was really nervous and sweaty because I was just a participant who was not over 13.

A voice called out to me, now it is my turn to fight over that Arena with this sword of mine. But my feelings are weird, or just my feelings?

I also stepped slowly towards the top of the Arena and the sound of cheers echoed festively. My opponent was a big man who used an axe and a small round shield.

With the training I had with my father, I at least remembered some moves that might have helped me. But, it didn't take long for me to fall.

I only once drew my sword, but—

Why is it so easy to break?! This is strange.the person who takes care of this has checked the weapons that will be used by the participants first. Why is it that only my weapon breaks easily.

I finally lost in the first round. All that didn't make me give up, as long as the remaining days were still there, I kept trying and trying again. But the results that I get are nil and I always lose in the first round, even though I have qualified until the second round.

Year after year I passed, every time the Magic Knight Festival was held I always followed it. But it seemed like fate cornered me like this, at first all this was just a coincidence but it seemed like this was indeed probably the fate of an orphan like me.

Defeat after defeat I got hard. The insults, insults, even abuse I received more and more. I don't want to disappoint my foster father because of my poor reputation.

Those people who branded me as a failed knight started to scorn me, sometimes cheering me loudly as a Failed Knight.

But just as I was 11 years old, what I heard, what I felt, what I feared became a reality. When I was about to train, I overheard the servants talking silently.

[Hehhhh, I wonder why Mr Raphael picked up such a child?]

[I'm tired of serving him, hahahaha]

It was only the beginning of a stab that made the firmness of my heart collapse ...

[You know? He is now known as a failed knight

...

[When he was only 11 years old, but his title was ridiculous]

[Hey why are you laughing is disrespectful]

[Why? That's because he's the damned child that our Master adopted]

[Hasn't he been taken from the village?]

[Ahhh .. yes you are right]

[For many years the village was a place for outcasts]

[Could Mr Raphael adopt her out of concern?]

[Maybe? Maybe Mr Raphael just had fun with him because he was bored?]

[I wonder why he has always been obsessed with the Festival?]

[Why indeed?]

[With his easily broken sword he still followed him]

[Don't you?]

[Hahahaha, the sword was not worth using but strangely he still did not realize it]

[So you gave him a fake sword?]

[Yes, like that]

[Cruel]

[You're really mean]

[But it was not pleasant to see his face that his pride was shattered]

[Hehhh, so you think the same as me]

[Hahahahaha .. sure enough, you did all that just to your own satisfaction]

[Haha]

And at that moment my heart was broken, my tears were spilled and this chest hurt a lot. Why ... why are you guys whom I consider family doing something like this to me?

Have I ever done anything wrong to you? Is it because I'm a damned child? No. No. No, they are not wasted and cursed children. Maria's mother, Manna's sister, Gill, Lenny, Jane, Cody, Mila and... Silvy.

They are not damned..Why did this life really plunge me into the abyss of despair?

What have I done?

I don't understand at all?

My herself?

What's wrong with all that?

You guys are really mean for doing all this to me, is the smile you gave me a fake smile?

I can't help it anymore, it feels like my heart has really been broken by them. The two-faced servants ...

Right at midnight I decided to leave the house, I wanted to find a better place for me. I had already made a letter and placed it right on my room table.

The days I have been through are now filled with violence and regret but with this journey. I hope I can find the happiness that has always been robbed of this cruel destiny.

Now I'm getting some coins, I work as a crystal collector, sometimes I work as a delivery boy. Now I live in a city that is not too crowded but the people there are friendly.

I never thought I would be 15 when I left my foster home. I changed my name to Kuro at that moment.

Right on a sunny day I got a job to defeat a monster that always plagues the fields and forests of the next town.

I am happy to receive it, the rewards given are also quite large. I asked some people who were using horse carts for the trip.

They were very friendly and I was allowed to ride with them. A sunny day with good luck was with me, I thought I should pay but they were good for letting me ride in their horse cart.

A long journey has passed, the weather has changed to night. A full moon and no stars at all have always been his entourage. Now I have reached my destination, for they are heading towards the capital so that we part at my destination.

"Hmm .. apparently here's where that farm-destroying monster is."

A pretty messy place in addition to the darkness of the night makes the monster comfortable. I'd better find him soon. Right in front of me was a field, on the edge of which was a road destined for travelers and far behind it was a lush forest.

The plants here looked extremely alarming once, they were damaged like they were eaten by a large mouth. The bite marks are also very deep, my feelings are starting to get bad with this. A liquid greeted me right on my left shoulder.

I don't know why suddenly the temperature became cold, my hair was also a little creepy. When I turned around, right in front of my face was a face that was staring at me fixedly.

It has blood red eyes and a strange face shape. His body was like an ape with a face that resembled a donkey-footed cow. On his back were wide wings that began to crack.

"M-M-Minotaur?!" nervous muttered.

"HNGOOOOOOO!!!"

I could hear his loud snort. He also directly swung the large axe that was on his back. I rolled over quickly to avoid it.

His attack was large enough to flatten the fields around me.

Trying to anticipate it, I immediately lunged trying to attack it with a sword. The sword swung, but unfortunately my attack managed to be stopped with the axe handle.

Fortunately my balance was not shaky and still stable. Once again I attacked him with a diagonally low swing of the sword, my goal was to make him fall to his knees so that I could easily chop off his head.

But my expectations again failed and ended with my body crashing backwards. This time it was his turn to attack, while trying to raise his axe high up, I also used that momentum to kick the temple of his right leg three times.

He was quite flinched and seemed to be getting angry. Without me realizing that the rough leg hit my left leg's shin hard enough, my body bounced and rolled around until it hit a tree.

"S-it looks like i-ni's not a good thing. I can no longer feel it" I mumbled softly.

The pain was really piercing, the blood came out from my left leg and my body was no less painful as it hit a tree that was quite thick in trunk.

The minotaur was now running blindly towards me, its axe began to swing to the side. I looked down and the tree behind me split in two. What a truly incredible power.

My body goosebumps against him, to buy time I put my strength on a prick. When the creature was caught off guard I stabbed its foot with my sword.

The sword made it into the flesh of his feet, but—

WHOOAAAAHHHH!!!

My sword was broken, the Minotaur snorted back in an incredible manner. His eyes turned red and he threw a heavy blow right at my ribs.

My body once again slammed violently, bouncing far away into a forest. My body really hurt a lot; my breath was tight, my dizziness was heavy, my hands were numb, and last was blood vomit as soon as I tried to get up, but I couldn't.

I was trying to get up with the strength of my legs that were still there .. ahkss—.

It hurts so much, blood comes out of my mouth so much. Fatal wounds on my left leg and even my shoulder were twisted and swollen as well. A bruise on my face and some blood scratches on my body.

Am I willing to survive?

While the creature had not yet entered the forest, I tried to get away from its pursuit. I eret my right leg and my left leg which seems to be broken. I haven't had time to say a pack of wolves has blocked my escape route.

At that moment I had actually given up but suddenly the Minotaur had been behind them. He smashed his giant axe and made the ground where it stood collapsed.

Started to propagate right where I was and at the same time I fell into the abyss.

Dark, I can't see anything, am I dead?

Kuro wake....

For some reason I could hear a voice calling my name, my eyes slowly opened with a hint of pain. Am I in an underground cave?

There were so many protrusions that were shiny like crystals.

I don't know why it happened, but when I woke up I was by the lake. Suddenly a stalagmite protruding from the lake gave rise to a little girl without clothes.

He was chained very tightly, his feet frozen by the crystals that constricted him. His hands spread upward like a judgment. His skin is white, his eyes are red, his hair is red and he is a woman.

With the wounds all over my body, I could only drag my body closer towards him. His slightly larger eyes slowly opened with certainty. Then he looked at me crying, shedding his tears.

He had only seen me for the first time. Maybe it was because the wounds I was going through could make me die that's why she was crying. Yet it was a huge mistake that thinking such a little girl was crying over the man who had only met her once.

"Kurou... Kuro's... Kuroooo"

"Huh!? You know me?"

"Kuro .. I've been waiting for you for a long time."

His voice was like softness at night. With the intonation and subtlety of his voice that I heard so clearly, was he really a child?

"Waiting me!? What do you mean," I asked in wonder.

"Kuroo's... Kuroo."

He didn't answer my question at all, all he said was my name. He was still crying while saying my name continuously.

Suddenly my heart became sick. Blood started coming out of my mouth all of a sudden. My clothes got wet because of it. It is bright red and still warm.

"Kurooooo!!!... Huaoo!!!!"

His crying grew louder as he called my name. I don't know if I'm going to die here because of a scream from a little girl who's probably younger than me.

For the umpteenth time I could hear a voice that echoed, smooth but full of strength, slowly but with little energy. Then everything that was holding him disappeared into pieces. He approached me slowly while floating on the surface of the cold lake water quietly. I who saw all that could only be fixated because my strength was completely exhausted.

My eyes began to close, darkness slowly approached me from behind my eyes. A light of hope appeared and warmth began to seep into my body quickly and made me come to my senses.

The little girl hugged me quietly. But for a moment I saw that she was not a little girl but a grown woman who was almost as good as me. Her hair that I saw red looked bright brown this time.

Her face was very pretty, having two eyes as bright as a ripe brown fruit. Beautiful to look at, with a very ideal body. Her lips were like sweet strawberries in the morning, red and a little seductive.

Her fingers were slender and warm, now they were just above my chest which seemed to be no longer lasting. I held that hand with my broken left hand. It hurts, but just touching it makes me calm.

It was so delicate, the softness of her white skin made my gaze for a few seconds. The fear....

Have I ever met you? This kind of sensation is really no stranger to me ...

Kuelus her soft right cheek with my right hand still working." W-have we met?" I said softly but after that I was unconscious.

"Welcome back, Reiss."

It was the only sound I heard after I closed my eyes. And now I began to be swallowed back into the abyss of eternity which always shuts hope into a despair, that is.

My memories began to re-strangle but broke as if they were destroyed by something. It was indistinct with a few patches of blood pooling it. There are some parts I remember.