I had just started training because I liked to read many newspapers and talk about great characters who did incredible feats. When I told this to my family, they nodded in acknowledgment for what I wanted to do.

Every morning I started getting up early to go for a run in the countryside and take some tours to start improving my physical condition. The first few times I got so tired that I ended up sweating like never before.

I even started to worry because people around me were moving away from me or when I was close to them I used to hear:

“That's not normal in children, and less at your age.”

I started to be scared not only for my condition, but also if there was really something wrong with me or if I was really doing things right. Among these two things, what kept going around in my head over and over again was the reason for these things they said about me.

When I got home, I grabbed a towel and started to take a bath and change my clothes. After thinking it over, I went to my father and asked him if he knew someone who could train me. Seeing how I was and the last few times he saw me leaving the house to train, he decided to take me with a friend of his.

Before we got there, he told me that when I entered I should call him uncle. Hearing this, I thought he was really my uncle, but after asking my father, he just said that they had been through a lot together and that brotherhood often didn't come from blood.

As we walked into a small house, I started to question whether anyone here could really help me. No matter how I looked at it, it looked too simple and I didn't think there was anyone who could guide me.

Just as we were about to arrive, the door opened and as we entered, I noticed my father let out a small sigh. I had many doubts about where we were or what was going on.

And when the person who came out to greet us said:

“It's been a long time, I can see that you've brought yourself at a younger age. Haha, come on, sit down, we're not strangers. Tell me what's happened.”

“It's true, we haven't seen each other for a while, but every time we sit down to talk, I can't help but remember things as if we've just lived them.

Today I'm here for my son, his name is Nil. Lately, he keeps telling me he wants to learn how to fight, and I couldn't think of anyone better than coming to ask for your guidance.”

“Always dumping on me the problems that you don't want to take responsibility for. Come on, boy, say your name and why you want to train.”

I started to introduce myself and also told him about my sweat in training. I thought that only someone like him could tell me the truth or at least why this was happening to me.

It didn't take long for him to tell me that this was due to the fact that I was wearing a lot of clothes. Besides that, I ran in areas where the temperature was very high. As I started walking back home, only then did I realize this, just because I was so focused on training that I never noticed.

With this, I was able to take a breather, but there were also things that didn't sound like the things he was telling me. In the end, my uncle had agreed to train me. I was so happy that someone was finally guiding me.

The reason why I wanted to train was not only to achieve great feats or recognition, but also to help my family. For some reason, growth in our family began to decline due to my father. In one of his battles, he was injured, and the bonds we had with other families began to drift away because they had also lost great things.

To this day I did not know what battle he faced that he ended up retiring, or why every time I brought up the topic they just went around and around.

We had been training for three years and I was beginning to see satisfactory results. Now that I was running again, I was not wearing as much clothes and I was not punishing myself for not doing some exercises as I should. With my uncle's guidance, he began to correct me in everything, and I was very grateful.

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This time it was already late for training, and while I was making some preparations to eat, I decided to run in the afternoon. Now that I was jogging, I started to notice that there was something different. I saw a lot of people gathered.

They were children just like me with their parents, and looking closer, I noticed that there was a girl next to a tree, and the people around her were starting to throw stones at them, raising their voices and a little agitated. The children just saw laughs among them, while the parents were calm without saying anything.

When I entered the crowd, I saw that the girl was petting a fat cat with a brown spot under her nose. It looked like a mustache, which made it look funny. The girl holding it didn't seem happy at all, just with an empty face and pressing hard on the cat. I could see that she was not bothered by what was happening around her.

I approached her and someone held my arm saying.

“Be careful if you get close to her you will have the fortune of calamities.”

“Fortune of calamities? What is that?”

“You don't know? It is said to be a curse and that nothing good will come out once you relate to someone from that family. The last family that got involved with them ended up without money; all their businesses were taken over by other families and over time, today there is no one alive.”

As I repeated the last thing I heard, I started to get a little scared with what I had just heard. Curse, if that was true, wouldn't it mean that I would be condemning my life for something stupid with a stranger?

I better started to leave and, as I did, I arrived at my master's house and started to talk to him about what I had heard. When he heard this, he just gave me a beating like never before. Then he started to tell me if all this time that we had been training was for nothing or why I was even still training believing every thing I heard.

At first I was angry and I could only pretend to listen to him. As I listened, I saw that, although I believed this was a minor matter, my master kept repeating the same thing about why I didn't do anything. After telling him that I wouldn't risk my family for a stranger, he started to calm down. I didn't know if he understood, but he was calmer anyway.

The next day, I didn't go for a run in the morning. I waited until the afternoon and, when I looked at the place where the girl was, I only saw that she was still in the same place. There was no one today and, when I approached her, I only saw the cat growling at me. I didn't get too close and called the girl, but she never answered me. I got closer and moved the cat away, but as soon as I did that, I was pushed back. I hadn't seen the girl well yesterday, but this time I saw her with a face stained with dust, unkempt hair and with a totally covered clothes, only the face part was visible and the hair could be seen, but to a certain point.

When she pushed me, I took her by the wrist and started to ask her why those people were throwing stones at her, if it was true about her family, what had happened to the people who disappeared.

“If you want to know so much, why don't you just go and look for them?”

“I have done it, but they haven't said anything. Maybe someone like you would know.”

“I don't have time to talk to you.”

She grabbed her cat and they started to leave. Although I had some doubts, this time I shouted at her.

“I've already touched you and we've exchanged a few words, could you tell me then what's going to happen to me?”

“You're so annoying, seriously.”

I just saw how with her sandals she started to throw me the dust from the ground and I started to do the same. I only saw how the poor cat in her arms curled up and put his head in her chest so as not to get dirty. I found it quite funny and, when the dust fell on the cat, the girl only realized that I was not bothering her, but the cat. As she stroked him and dusted him off, she began to approach me and finally began to talk to me.

“Look, I don't know who you are or why you're interested in knowing this, but it's not true what they say. When my family lost its fortune, it was due to a fight. To be honest, I don't even know it well. A close family tried to help us, but they were pushed to the limit by another force. To this day they are still fine, maybe with some big losses, but they just use it as an excuse to keep our family away from any possible relationship.”

“I see. Where are you living now? Why do you cover your face?”

“Look, I've already answered you, why do you want to know where I live? Do you also want to throw stones at me there or walk away after you arrive?”

“I'm sorry, it's true that yesterday I left without doing anything, but I also want to know why you come here. Every morning I come to train, but I had never seen you until just yesterday. I'm curious about your clothes; I had never seen it in other parts.”

When I said this, I also believe that yesterday I did the best I could. If the rumors turned out to be true, I really would have had the worst fortune. I still couldn't believe everything I heard.

As we spoke, she finally said goodbye. Before she left, I took her by the arm saying that if I saw her again, I could forgive myself for the previous thing. She just looked at me a little strange and left.

Returning to my master's house and finding him, I only saw how he was very calm this time. When I told him about the girl, he just gave me a small smile. Since I arrived, the house had been smelling very strange. It wasn't easily perceptible, but around my master the atmosphere always felt a bit heavy.

As I returned to my room, I just heard him say.

“Don't forget, people who talk about the fortune of calamities will only be buried by it.”