At ten years old. My father started to teach me swordsmanship, he told me as a man, I should be able to protect a woman or something like that. Angelica, saw me practice once and asked if I was practicing kendo, whats kendo?

Also, she said that she saw it in anime, kendo, and anime? Angelica still says some weird things from time to time...

On my 12th birthday, my father bought me a real sword. When Angelica saw the claymore, she inspects it and said in a surprised tone "This is real?!" Why shouldn't it be?

"Your parents are so cool!" [Angelica]

"Heheh thanks!" [Blake]

"But, why a real sword?" [Angelica]

"For monsters." [Blake]

"Monsters? There is no such thing as monsters Blake." [Angelica]

I told her the reason, but she wouldn't believe me... speaking of which Angelica, hasn't stepped out of the village yet. Maybe that's why she hasn't seen one.

On Angelica's 13th birthday a monster breached the perimeter, it was a dual-headed wolf. Dual-headed wolves are easy to take out, but their jaws can tear people in half. Good thing that this is a lone wolf, if it were a pack, the village might have sustained casualties.

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When Angelica first saw this monster, she was terrified. Showing fear to a dual-headed wolf will most likely make you a target as an easy prey.

It dashed towards her and lunged, as it was in midair I managed to cut it in half by the jaw, I was glad that Angelica wasn't hurt.

"All this time you've always protected me... Now it's my time to protect you..." [Blake]

"Blake..." [Angelica]

The day after. Angelica asked me if I could train her with the sword. She said, she wanted a gladius, but the nearest city is a four-month journey from here. So ordering weapons may take some time.

At first, she wasn't able to lift the claymore, her movements were slow and easy to dodge. Because of her clumsiness, all the injuries she sustained were self-inflicted by her... still... she persevered.

On her 14th birthday. Angelica took novice magic lessons, the teacher only knew novice magic like ▪First Aid▪ and ▪Fireball▪ I wanted to join her, but my body wasn't able to cast it...

Her 15th birthday came, she had grown up into an absolute beauty. Every time she passes, we never fail but notice her, her swaying hips, that long golden hair moving as if being supported by the wind and her bosom which can fill a whole hand... I touched it by accident during our practice so that wasn't intentional.

Her learning is quite remarkable, you wouldn't think that she was inexperienced in handling a sword two years ago. With her form and elegance with the sword. Moving gracefully like a dance, I've been even more captivated by her.

I was thankful that I've become this tall. During our childhood, she was taller than me until I became nine. Now, I have a medium build from my training, my voice had changed and my hair grew out that almost made it problematic during our practice.