Author Memo: Hello there! I’m here again! I had time so I wrote a little more! If anyone wants to suggest something, comment! It’s not a planned book. It’s writing itself. So if you guys wants to make a suggestion it would make the author, aka me, happy!

SO to everyone here! Let’s eat chocolates and let’s be happy!

For you who get it: SQUFFY!!!

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I parried some of his attacks, but he has faster than me and he had more experience wielding a sword.

His attacks were heavy. They made my hands go numb in 10 exchanges.

He started mocking me. Like what to see if he could dodge my attacks with minimum movements.

He was laughing. And started pointing what I was doing wrong and using that to show how to do it.

I felt it, my rage was building up. My vision was getting red and all I could see was the enemy in front of me. Relying on my instinct I choose the method to attack my prey.

He saw my personality change. And without being serious he finished the battle. I struggled but it was useless. He pinned me down. And with a low voice gave me orders to be calm.

It took me almost 3 minutes to be at a normal stage again.

The audience was cheering because they had never seen someone lose to instinct

“Brat, you need to control your rage. It would be possible to you to be more powerful if you had used some of your magic.” And with that the crowd cheered even more. Because they knew that they had someone with magic ability.

“Yeah… It’s true. I could had used it, but you weren’t using any, so I thought that it would be impolite to use it…” I murmured.

“Hoho. So our little magician think he is great and he could easily win against me using magic? I want to see that. Hey, Yoko. We’re going once more, but now he’ll be using magic too! Make a barrier. Don’t wanna see anyone dead here…”

She did as he command and put a barrier around the training field. She did the countdown like before. But this time Lance was even faster.

I chanted to make the wind to protect me, because Lance blows are heavy. Some spectators cheered to Lance, others were just happy to see a battle, and others had come the see magic.

What they saw was a boy trying to attack the boss. I was using everything that I knew to try to hit him. I used my tail, my fire breath, the training sword, my claws and my horns. But the annoying linx dodged everything. One or half step was what he needed to dodge, I needed two or three.

The I invoked just made the blow lighter, it was insufficient to take the weapon of his hand but it make the blows be easier to parry.

I chanted to make the ground near his feet turn into mud but he jumped and hacked the sword on my left arm.

I took a deep breath before opening my mouth and using my mana to make a bigger flamethrower, he got away. But it was what I needed.

Cutting the mana supply I change the wind protecting me to be a wind blade. I shoot it to him and he dodge with a roll. He is grinning. He is enjoying it. Without chanting water surround his feet. Yup, it was me. He got surprised by it. And it make a opening to me to attack.

I hacked my sword at his chest, but what I find is his blade stopping mine. With a grin he breaks through the water and kick my chest. I fall in the ground and when I open my eyes I see a blade near my throat. I had lost, again.

“I lost.” I announce. And the cheer get louder. All mercenaries that had seen the battle was happy. They came to shake my hand and give their thanks.

Yoko was smiling near Lance. I understand now. This was their plan. Make me show my abilities to make easier to their subordinates accept the new guy.

“Everyone, I know you all want to get to know that brat there. But it is time to eat. So let’s go before Alicia and her team gets mad… And I can see that everyone here wants to it.” Lance screamed through the crowd. “Everyone, let’s guide the draconian brat to the cafeteria!” And with that everyone walked to eat. I follow them with my sword on my belt.

We got there fast. And a furious woman was looking at a fearless Lance.

“I knew it was you. It is always you. Next time I’ll personally make your food. And yes, you’ll have to eat all of it.” Wait… She is scary! Look at that devilish grin at her face! When her eyes got on me that light disappears.

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“Oh, so this is the guy… I can see great potential.” She looked at my eyes with a warm smile. She is not a bad person… probably. “Everyone, I know you all wanted to see the newbie, but how could you be so useless?” She shook her head… Eh? She is talking about this mercenary group? They are useless? “You know, I work very hard to make all of your food tasty and what I gain? You all go away to see a stupid beating…” So she is the cook… Alicia. I think Lance called her this.

She was not that tall, 1,65m. Shoulder length blond hair and golden green eyes, she was using a red dress with a white apron. She was an elf. She had point ears, but they aren’t that big.

“Folks, did you hear the woman! Let’s eat!” Lance voiced. And moved to a self-service table. It had a lot of meat, vegetables, some bread, rice, soups and others things.Everyone took a place on a line. I sighed and followed then.

I didn’t need to wait long because no one came back to take things that they forgot. They were taking what was in front don’t minding the order. I a plate like them. I got two pieces of fish meat, rice, some soup, and some horrible vegetables… my mother always made me eat them… but they are not that good.

I ate everything but I wasn’t satisfied, so I asked some guy that had took a seat near me if it’s ok to eat more. He choked with his food but he nod.

I took more meat this time. Two steaks, a chicken wing and a rabbit leg, to help I took a bread. It’s smelled really good. I sat down on my chair and this time I see that Lance was here too.

“So you really had come back to take more… I know you’re growing but Alicia don t like when people come back to take more. She says that it look like they don’t know what to eat…” He explained but I could see that other people were doing it, I looked at his plate and could see that he had filled it again… I smirk to him and eat what I had got.

“You tried to say it again… but you’re the one who go backs more than anyone!” Alicia had appeared near him. I almost choked with my food.

“Alicia! I was just telling that brat that your food is fabulous.” He is trying to change the subject. Let’s help him.

“Sis Alicia, your food is almost divine. I can feel that you make it with care.” I eat another piece of my meat sandwich. She blushes when you praise her food! I can see that she wants to make everyone happy when eating.

Lance made a thumps up to me. He starts eating again. I chat a little more with Alicia. When I finish I look at the food table again but couldn’t find any kind of candy.

I fall on my chair and everyone looks at me. “I wanted some candy! But the table didn’t have any.” I start sulking on my place. I could see some girls with puddings, chocolate cakes and others candies.

Lance looks to me and almost fall from his seat. He was laughing. Adding the points I could see that guys didn’t get candies. But why? It is a rule that guys can’t eat sweets?

Alicia looks to me from the kitchen window and call me. I walk to her and when I’m near her she give me a pudding. I looked to her and I saw her smile. She wants revenge on Lance because she needed to wait the training finish to serve the food.

“Go there and eat in front of him. Don’t give him any piece. He deserve it because he made me wait almost 45 minutes! I felt broken hearted when no one come to eat…” Yup, women are scary. I’ll never get on her bad side.

I sit on my chair. I’m humming a song that mother had teached me. I ate my pudding happily in front of a raging cat. I could sense his bloodlust. ‘It was you who made her that way. It’s not my fault!’ I wanted to tell him that, but I could see that if I did it Alicia will get mad. So i just ate my pudding while humming the song.

It came after I had finished my sweet. A sweet aged smell came from the cup, it was a purple liquid. ‘Grape juice?’ I tilted my head after drinking it. But OMG this drink is heavenly!

“So the brat likes wine!” Lance gave a short reply to my face. I nod to him and started drinking more. I had never tasted this thing before. But what can I say, I had already got addicted to it.

It took almost five minutes to understand that they was wrong to give me so much wine… I felt my head spinning and it was so hot! And everything blackened.