"Alright Alex, 5 more laps and then we'll move on to sword practice."-Father

"Yes Father. Huff-Huff."-Me

Now you might be wondering why a 5 year old kid like me is drenched in sweat and running around the huge track. Well, you see, I live in the city-state of Kyros, where the strong rule the weak. Race? Gender? None of that matters as long as you are strong. This city-state is renowned for its great military strength. Even large kingdoms are wary of us.

The only reason it's the strongest is because practically every citizen is a soldier. I live in a very Spartan-like culture where parents train their children to become strong at a very early age. There are currently over 400,000 adult citizens living in Kyros. Of course if you add children to the equation then it would be something like 900,000. Children are considered adults once they reach the age of 16 and are put into the ranking system.

Our city-state is ruled by the council who are the top ten strongest people in our city-state and they govern the city. Many people strive to become strong enough to enter the top ten but in fact it is incredibly difficult to achieve. Once you enter the ranking system then you start off at the bottom and you have to climb your way up.

There are different ways to rank up like challenging those that are of higher rank than you but you can only challenge people that are 50 ranks higher than you. But you can also take on missions given by the city council that can increase your rank depending on the difficulty of the mission. I heard a rumor one time that people in the 1000 rank and above are as strong as dragons!

My one father Roy Malford is ranked 1,447 which is really impressive considering that he is only in his early thirties. Many people have said that my father is very talented and he should be able to get into the top 1,000 by the time he reaches the age of 40!

Because of my father's prestige I was brought up in a very strict household and my parents had very high expectations from me. My training started at a very early age learning from my father how to wield a sword, which was even earlier than when most children began their training, which wasn't very normal... But then again, I'm not a normal kid.

You see... I am a reincarnated person. I used to be an average Korean student that got nagged by his Asian parents to study more and get a good job. I was pretty average looking and had a very mild personality. My hobbies were cooking and reading fantasy novels. I was unfortunately killed by some bastard taht wasn't paying attention while he was driving and I got rekt.

I was very surprised to find out that I was reincarnated. I expected to go to hell because I wasn't a very good Christian. But since I read plenty of fantasy novels I knew what kind of situation I was in so I didn't panic. I probably figured that I was going to be the protagonist of this story and had to defeat the demon king or something. But the only problem was that I hated being in the spotlight. So I was determined not to become the hero and I decided to be the dude behind the scenes.

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I was able to learn this new foreign language to a proficient level within a year. I was a very abnormal baby because I messed up a couple of times and forgot that I was a baby with the mentality of a college student. My parents thought that I was genius which was the reason for my early training. I have an older sister and brother and a younger brother who was recently born.

I began my training when i was four years old. My father handed me a stick and went through the forms of the North style swordsmanship and taught it to me. There are four main styles of swordsmanship that are the most popular.

The Northern style is very aggressive and focuses on attacking your opponent. The Southern style is more defensive and focuses on outlasting your opponent. The Eastern style is a very speed based, so and uses many fancy tricks to quickly dispatch your opponent. The Western style was kind of a mix of all of the styles together so it was the most balanced type.

There are also rankings in each style that goes like this: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Expert, Master, Grandmaster, and Saint.

My father told me that he is an Expert in the Northern Style and Intermediate in the other three styles.

Naturally he mainly focused on the Northern style for me to learn but he also taught me the basics of the other four styles.

I do believe that I am more suited to the Western Style, mainly because I like being the all-rounder type of person that is kinda good at everything but doesn't specialize in anything.

A year has passed since I began my training and everyday is filled with my sweat and sometimes blood as I train with my older brother and father.

My mother is a magician that specializes in Light and Water magic. Mages also have the similar ranking system for the different elements which are Fire, Water, Earth, Wind, Light, Dark, and Lightning.

My older sister followed my mothers footsteps and became a mage as well, that specialized in Fire magic, so she no longer trains in the sword with us.

You are able to test your affinities once you reach the age of 8 because that marks the halfway point of becoming an adult.

"Alex come in for lunch!" My older sister called from inside the house. "Okay!" I replied.

My mother came up to me and embraced me as she said, " How's my cute little daughter today? How was training?"

Oh. Did I forget to say that I was reincarnated as a girl?

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Hope you enjoyed the chapter!