Risa's POV-

Beep.Beep.Beep.

"What was that?"

I called her back. Call rejected.

Again. Call rejected.

If this girl is doing this on purpose I'm gonna kill her. I messaged her asking what happened and waited for a bit. One minute turned to five, then ten, then fifteen, and now I was done with her. This is giving me a headache now.

Okay, let's forget her for now and focus on the details provided by Lika.

FLM school. Looks like I'll have to make a trip there as soon as possible. Why wait let's go right now.

I got up from the chair and started looking for what clothes to wear in the drawer. When I got a whisper in my ear.

"Where are you going, Risa? Care to explain to me."

My heart jumped out of my mouth from this sudden fright. I looked at the owner of this voice and saw Siva standing close to me with an amiable smile on her face.

I started pouring buckets of sweat from my forehead. It was like a high schooler getting caught cheating red-handed.

But wait for a second, what did I do wrong. I regained my composure.

"Going outside for some fresh air," I said.

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"Oh! really" she replied mockingly.

"Before you go why don't we practice some good stuff I've been teaching you lately?"

This sentence sent my alarm off. Since I got discharged from the hospital Sivi has been giving me self-defense classes. But the 'good stuff that she talks about is not the normal type you see in self-defense classes.

While I was thinking this she tossed a knife to me, with one in her own hand. She looked at me in an uninteresting manner while I gripped the knife taking an attacking stance. This all started the day I got discharged, the same night she came into my room in the middle of the night. She woke me up and took me to the courtyard.

"Do you want to get stronger?" she asked.

"Nope. I just want to sleep." I replied groggily. Maybe I even thought that I got her with my reply.

"Then sleep for eternity," she announced while taking out a small sword from its sheath. I was stumped by it...By the beauty of the lady and her sword. Both were draped in the shiny cape of moonlight, like a goddess sending her sermon to the mortals.

Her swift sword came for my neck. Even then I didn't move. But some involuntary words came out of my mouth.

"I...I want to be like you."

The sword stopped in its tracks. A light smile could be detected on Sivi, but only for a brief moment. She retracted her sword and threw it on the ground in front of me.

"If you want to be like me, then do whatever I tell you to do. And maybe you'll come out just fine."

From that day onwards we've been practicing every night. Not only did she teach me fighting but the art of disguise as well. So the present situation doesn't affect me. I was rather excited.

I attacked her with a stab towards her stomach. She just reacted with a slash of her own on the tip of the knife. This shouldn't be possible as you need accuracy like no other to be able to do something like this, but she did this feat with ease. But I predicted she would do something like this. Her slash made me lose my balance, but I exaggerated it. While falling to my side I unleashed a roundhouse kick toward her chest. To my surprise, she intercepted my kick midair with a front kick of her own.

The made me fall to the ground. I jumped back up, ready for her counter. But she stopped. Not even moving a single step from her starting point.

"You are good to go," she said with a stoic face.

"Remember to disguise your face and change your voice too," she added and left the room.

I gave out a sigh of relief. She is hard to please but she thinks about my goodwill, so it's fine I think.