I was training with Blake in the forest to hone my skills with the sword.


    "Hyah!" [Angelica]


    "Hahah! You swing like a girl." [Blake]


    "That''s because I AM a girl!" [Angelica]


    "Heheh." [Blake]


    Blake laughs at me like an idiot as I was trying to slash him from left to right. He dodges with grace, even if I use my excuse of being a girl, the sword was indeed heavy AF. Who in their right mind would let a girl swing a two-handed claymore? I would''ve preferred using a cutlass or gladius for their weight and lenght.


    The first time I picked up the claymore. It was really heavy and I could barely lift it up and when I swung it, it flew off my hands missing Blake by an inch... Even now, sometimes when I swing it, the momentum forces my body to go forward.


    "Come on angel you can do it." [Blake]


    Blake edges me on, he had the habit of teasing me by shortening my name. Hahh... the irony... me being a devil in my previous life, I would''ve just smacked him in the face right about now.


    "Don''t call me angel!" [Angelica]This story has been stolen from Royal Road. If you read it on Amazon, please report it


    "Would angie suffice?" [Blake]


    "Ugh! Bake!" [Angelica]


    "Hey, now... that isn''t funny Angelica..." [Blake]


    "Says the one who started it!" [Angelica]


    Blake and I met at a young age. I saw him once being bullied by a group of kids, he was crying his eyes out because they teased him with the name "Bake" as in baking a cake. I defended him from the kids on an odds of 2 VS 5, and even though we won, both of us went home covered in mud and bruises.


    After that we became friends, I guess you can call me a tomboy back then. Defending the little crybaby Blake.


    He now grew up to be an amazing guy, handsome face, great smile, good with the sword "What kind of a guy wouldn''t be good with his sword heheh." I snickered, also for being tall at 185.6cm. When I was young, I thought that I had the height advantage... boys really grow up faster than girls at a certain age; now I''m at 170.9cm. If I wasn''t a guy I might have fallen for him already lol.


    When we finished training we washed our faces in the nearby river, wiping the sweat off my neck. I noticed him looking; "You little sneak." I thought, then decided to tease him a bit.


    "Do you want to borrow my towel?" [Angelica]


    "Wah... no..." [Blake]


    Heheh, he gets easily flustered which is funny and annoying at the same time, like some typical anime protag.


    "You know. I''m fine with you using it." [Angelica]


    "No it''s alright, it''s alright!" [Blake]


    "It must be because of my sweat huh..." [Angelica]


    While I showed him a dejected expression, he immediately snatched the towel and wiped his face with it. He''s taking his sweet time burying his face into the towel...


    "Quit, sniffing it." [Angelica]


    "Eh??" [Blake]


    He''s so easy to read...


    Then, we heard screams coming from the village. I stood up and so did Blake, we both nodded at the same time and then darted towards the village.