《Half Demon, half human.》 Chapter one "Uwaaaaaaaaaaa." Were his first cries from this world, enabling air to enter his lungs. "Gwaaaaa." Was another cry, from another infant that seemed so similar to the another. The both of them were placed in the arms of a mother, whose tears filled her eyes as she looked at her children. "We have twins!" A man next to her happily exclaimed, his hand gently caressing the face of the weakened mother, he then continued after a while "We only have one name! What about the younger one!" "Theodore means gift from god, then.....how about Nathaniel?" "That''s a great name....Theodore and Nathaniel." The man carefully took up the small boy named Theodore and smiled as he wiped away the waste on the child while the mother did the same. The mother smiled "They have your eyes." <><><><><><><><><><> 6 Years later. "Stupppid! Stuuupid!!!" Shouted Theodore as he ran ahead, laughing at the slower Nathaniel as they played a game of tag. The two boys were identical, fair skin, black hair and sky blue eyes. Such a combination was odd, especially so as no human had such jet black hair, or did demons had sky blue eyes. Sitting near them was their parents and a infant, beside the mother was a sleeping child while their father was grilling some meat, this was what seemed to be a perfect family gathering, but there was the many oddities in this picture. The mother had curved horns that was similar to a ram''s on her head while on her back was a pair of black feathered wings, she had a fit look, not so much a over trained muscular body, but a slim yet firm body shape. She was extremely beautiful, her soft lips were curved into a small smile as she looked at her boys. The baby was a little girl, her hair blonde and her skin fair. Next to the wooden bench was the father, a handsome human that had blond hair, his eye color identical to the children. On his hips was a sheathed sword, while his clothing had spots of dried blood. "Now now, stop bullying your brother." Said mommy, her voice capturing the attention of the two boys who immediately ran to their mother. "Mommy!" I shouted as I pounced on her lap, turning my body around, I faced her as she patted my gently. "No fair!" Whimpered Theodore as he grabbed onto his mothers hand, pulling it towards himself. "Poor old daddy has to cook while no one loves him! How cruel! Betrayed by his own family!" Said daddy dramatically as he clutched his chest in mock suffering. Hearing his words, Theodore then ran to daddy and hugged his feet "Dad!" This odd family lived in the deeper parts of a forest, due to the bad blood between the demons and the humans, such a relationship was taboo and the pair of lovers could only take refuge in such a place away from prying eyes. The father rarely leaves the forest to nearby villages to purchase daily necessities for his family, but as for food, they had many monsters and beasts to hunt and many fruits to pick in the forest. "Seraphine, I may have to leave for the village soon, tomorrow maybe." Said daddy with his back towards mummy. Taken from Royal Road, this narrative should be reported if found on Amazon. "Must you? I''ve been so weak lately after birthing little Mitra." "I don''t want to go either my dear, but this two kiddos got a bit too excited and broke a few plates yesterday along with my chair." "Haaaa......this boys." Taking off the meat from the grill, daddy said "Theodore! Yours!" He then took the raw meat and placed it into places, serving it to mommy and me, who gladly chomped down onto the food. Mommy ruffled my hair and said as she laughed "Nathaniel does really take after me." "While Theodore is mine." <><><><><><><><> On the morning of the next day, daddy left after saying bye. But what we never expected was that on midday, adventurers charged in. "Hello pretty demon lady." Said a man with a sneer, he stood out among everyone, his weapon shinier and armor nicer from the others. "What do you want, humans." Mommy asked as she stood up from her rocking chair. "Oh not much, you know, we''ve been following up on you for a while, took you quite a while before your husband left. Today, we came for your head, killing a demon is quite a feat, don''t you think?" He said rubbing the sides of his blade. Pushing me and brother away, she softly told us to run. "Oh, don''t be alarmed, I won''t harm your children, I just need you." He said smiling, he other men behind him laughing. "Mommy who are they?" I asked, pulling her skirt. "Shh shh go to the room." Before I could speak again, Theodore dragged me away and we hid away in our room where Mitra slept. We hid behind the half closed door, looking curiously at what would happen with this men and mommy. "Brother, what do we do?" I asked, not sure what to make of this situation. Brother was smarter than me, he taught me how to talk and write and lots of stuff. "We need to call for dad. I''ll go, I know where he''s headed." Before I could react, brother left from the window. "DON''T YOU DARE TAKE ANOTHER STEP!" Turning around, I saw mommy shouting while she gathered a fireball in her hand. Why is mommy mad? Before she could react, 3 of the men charged into the room and roughly grabbed me, his corse hand dug into my skin. "Mommy! What''s going on!" "Leave my children alone! Bastards!" -------------------------- Voting: http://www.poll-maker.com/poll383847xFA4E4a1A-15 Results: http://www.poll-maker.com/results383847xb78870FD-15 I will use the poll function in RRL for the future polls, I just can''t access it right now. Note that after every poll I will state a brief summary of what would have happens for the alternative along with the personality stats. Choices will impact the future, choose wisely. Chapter two "Mommy!" I cried out once more, looking helplessly at her. Hearing my voice, mommy''s arms fell to her sides as she sighed, her face wearing a face of resignation "Let him go, It''s me that you want." "Ah, the pretty demon falls, you know it would have been easier for everyone if you had surrendered before all this happened." The man said with a smirk, sheathing his sword, his hand reached out and grabbed mommy''s chest. "Bastard!" "Hehe, nice chest yer got there, I don''t really even believe that yer already got 3 kids." The man said, his hand clenching and releasing. "Eh boss...? There''s only two kiddos here, a boy and a little baby in the room....." Another man called out, his head popping out from sister''s room. "?!?!" The smug expression was instantly wiped off his face, changing into a shocked one. "Shit!" He shouted, he then continued after a few brief seconds "We need to go, real bad." Removing his hand, he grabbed his sword and pulled it out, positioning at mommy''s neck. .......This is scary......I don''t wanna be here...mommy..... At this point, I was scared to death, my chest thumping like no tomorrow, but instantly, the fear dissipated and what it became....I don''t know. Following my instinct at that moment, I bit downwards onto the hand that was coiled around my neck mercilessly with all my strength, my head shaking in attempt to bite it off. A delicious taste came into my mouth, similar to the taste that belonged to the meat I ate daily. "AHHH! FUCK!" The owner of the hand instantly screamed as pain overtook his senses. Without thinking, he used his other free arm to pull me away, a action he succeeded by sacrificing a chunk of his flesh. Using his superior strength as a adult, he flung me away to the closest wall, my head came banging onto the wall. That feeling came back again.......even stronger......I''m scared of it mommy. <><><><><><><><><><><> POV change: Nathaniel -> Theodore (15 minutes after last POV) My stubby feet strained to catch up with my running father, his figure a long distance away, he had raced off upon hearing the news. Part of myself was hesitant, was I right to run off? Now that I think about it, there were too many problems that could have occurred when I took off without much warning, there could have been more people waiting outside securing the parameter. Crap. Picking up my pace, I ran faster, wishing for the safety of my innocent siblings and mother. Although to some extend I am not their child, I loved them. I was an orphan who died at a tender age of 14. The world was cruel, harsh to a child with neither a family or the ability to speak. But I''m scared, scared of the fact that I will break this wonderful delusion of a family I had, though weird to an extend. I don''t want to wake up at that place again. Never do I want to be alone again. If this was a dream then I hope that maybe my wishes would come true in this silly fantasy of mine. However, neither of the sights I hoped to see or wished to never see appeared, what I saw was even more so terrifying. My identical twin was on his 4 limbs, his arms frantically smearing blood of the fallen men close to him onto the ground, forming some sort of symbol while a never seen before tail was waving from his ass. Dad was at mom''s side, her face was pale as dark red liquid flowed freely from her waist, a huge wound dad was trying to cover his hands with. If you find this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the infringement. I ran to my brother, wanting to stop him from finishing what he was doing but I immediately stopped in my tracks when he looked up at me. On the corners of his mouth was a trail of blood while a trail of tears flowed from his eyes, his pale face contrasting with the splatters of blood from the men. The temples of his head now had little horns occupying it that parted his slightly long hair, his tail waving from behind. This appearance of his made people slightly terrified at this demon child that was crying. "Brother......I need to.....I need to fini-" before he could finish, his body gave way to exhaustion and slumped to the floor. Turning around, I looked for mom whose hand was grasped firmly by dad. "Mom!" I shouted and ran to her side, tears appearing in my eyes as I held on to her free hand, tightening my hold as if afraid that she would leave. "It''s alright.....*cough cough* I''m alright my stupid boys, James, take care of my babies *cough* especially little Nath, don''t let become one of them.....an-" before she could finish, her hands went limp and her raised head fell onto the ground with a thud sound. "Mom!" "Zaynib!" Dad hunched over, tears overflowing as he hugged the lifeless body of mom. Touching my cheeks, I realized that I too, was crying. <><><><><><><><><><> POV change: Theodore-> Nathaniel (one month after last POV) "So, where do ya all wanna go?" Said daddy as he carried little Mitra in his arms, on my neck was this nice circular pendent that he gave me when I woke up, he said it was a charm from mommy. I don''t know who is mummy though, a month ago when I woke up, daddy asked me angrily about what happened but I didn''t know what he was talking about. Lots of crazy things happened, I grew a tail and horns! I never had horns or a tail but it''s fun! Daddy said that we couldn''t stay here anymore and gave me the little pendent that hid my tail and horn, also the two weird little lumps at my back. A lotta other stuff happened within the last month too! Daddy taught me and brother how to use swords, I was faster than brother because I''m physically stronger, as stated by daddy. Daddy is very strong and cool, which is probably why he always go to the forest to kill things to feed me and brother and little sister. Today though, daddy woke us up and pointed to a map he brought out from our little bookshelf. Pointing at a rather big red area the was a little higher than where he said we were at currently, he said "The kingdom of Caswuador, a little barbaric in their ways with a cruel king, though it means less security and better swordplay training." Daddy than pointed at another county right to where we were and said "Elcar, a advanced city with civilized living, their magic academies better then the average. Between these two places, where do you want to go? Magic or swords? Though I''m sure there are alternatives being able to learn both of them, each of them are famous for their specialties." -------------------- Sorry, no idea on how to use the poll function in RRL. Also, this world is the same one my other novel''s main characters are in. Voting: http://www.poll-maker.com/poll385688x8ACA461f-15 Results: http://www.poll-maker.com/results385688xE09B0433-15 Chapter three Clinton - Possibility of Death +50% Alternative of the 1st poll whereas you could choose to move or stay, if he stayed still would have resulted in his Death. Alternative of the 2th of where you could choose where he went, he would have been more skilled in magic and chances of his father dying would be 0. Stats will not be given as it is a major spoiler, sorry. ----------------------- "Umm... Casuwador?" I said, attempting to make my sentence as short as possible. "I''m fine with anything." Brother said with a faint smile. He did not have anymore wide smiles anymore, all he had was faint ones since the last month. "I''ve heard that the education there is very harsh, you''ll have to deal with it as it comes, don''t complain. " daddy said. I nodded and so did brother. "Then we''ll leave tomorrow, I already started preparing our items, it''ll take only a few days to reach Casuwador if we hitch a ride." As there was no point in staying anymore, I left the room. <><><><><><><><> There isn''t much to say, daddy merely carried Mitra while me and brother helped take some of the baggage, in the past, I think I would have been excited for the trip but there wasn''t much excitement in me when we left the forest. While we were walking in it though, many monsters jumped out! It was rather exciting when they did, and daddy would just kill them with the sword he hung at his side. But when he cleaned the dead monster up and took it''s meat for the first time in front of us, brother puked, his face turned green! The monster was a wolf, daddy curtly explained as he pointed to his fluffy tail and long nose, and said that those features makes it a wolf. Daddy carved off it''s fluff and gave it to me so that I could put it into the bag for future use, its meat was placed in containers and into his own bag. As daddy was about to bury the useless parts of the wolf, brother stopped him and took a few bones from it, saying that he had something he wanted to try. Daddy didn''t really care though. After that was a lot more monsters, far more than what we need so daddy didn''t kill then but just made sure they were sleeping. As we walked further from our house, the lesser the monsters that appeared, even if monsters appeared, they were rather weak ones, sometimes, daddy would ask me or brother to attack them with our wooden swords. Just like that, we left the forest and walked on a dirt path, occasionally as we walked, carriages with horses, as brother had called them, would appear and daddy would attempt to stop them, though it mostly ended in failure. But the last one we stopped was driven by an bearded old man with his donkey. "So, whatcha doin out ere?" "We were wondering if we could perhaps hitch a ride to Casuwador." daddy said, taking out several furs in attempt to buy his service. "Ooo, that seems nice." the old man leaned over from his seat and took the furs, touching them. After a while of inspection, the old man nodded and got off his seat, walking to the carriage he said "It ain''t gonna be a good ride laddie, it''s filled with straw and feed, gonna be hard to find space. " "It''s good enough. " "Sure, if yer say so. " the old man pulled open a door and invited us in. "Oof." I jumped into the straw pile, it was softer than the beds I had at least. "Glad to see one of yer kiddos having fun, so whats with the intrestin looking boys yer got there. " "Their mother was from the beast race." "Ah, I see, gotta be careful there, people might just assume that they are from the demons, hahahaha. " as if finding what he said was funny, he laughed loudly. With a stiff smile, daddy nodded. For the next 3 days, we rided with the old man, whose destination seemed to be a village close to Casuwador, he had said that he doesn''t want to go to Casuwador due to the poor environment there. Also, with the bones, brother carved out a flower shaped pendent for Mitra with a knife. So, after getting dropped off, we walked a while and reached what seemed to be Casuwador, just in case, daddy asked a tall guy with dead fish eyes. As they were conversing, I noticed a small girl next to the tall guy, the girl had ears similar to a cat and a fluffy tail. The whole time she was sniffing and looking at me and brother curiously. She''s cute. After confirming our location, daddy walked to a big wall that cut off the farming area, guarding the big doors was two guards. "Halt! Do you have a merchant permit or a residence certificate?" one of them asked. "No, we are hoping to apply here as a permanent resident." daddy answered. ".....those two children, are they afflicted with the demon race? " the guard asked, suspicion laced in his tone. "No, they have blood of a beast race." After giving a nod to his friend, the guard said "One silver coin each!" Throwing five coins to the guard and after a while of inspection, they nodded and pushed open the door while the other guard retrieved something from a storage cabinet that was between the two walls and passed it to us. Support creative writers by reading their stories on Royal Road, not stolen versions. "Drop your blood on it. " Following the instructions, the residence certificate card lit up and my name appeared on it. ''Nathaniel Alden'' Similarly, on daddy''s card was his name ''Clinton Alden'' while on brother''s was ''Theodore Alden'' and Mitra''s ''Mitra Alden'' Also, it said copper rank, I''m not sure what it means though. As we walked through the gates, a guard called out "Hey! Remember to go register your children at Agrona academy before noon! It''s customary for all citizens to do so! You''re lucky that you came right before the registration period" I wanted to ask daddy what''s Agrona but I suppose I''ll find out sooner or later, right? It''s was already close to noon already, maybe a while more and the sun will shine in the middle of the sky. My question was quickly answered as daddy directly brought us to the aforementioned Agrona academy, though on the way there me and brother were looked upon with various emotions, suspicion, curiosity, malice or even interest. At the academy was rows and rows of children with their parents, busting activity filled the field as fights were carried out to see if each child had the potential to enter the school. Overseeing the whole thing was teachers and older children who seemed to be the current seniors of the school, though they stood in 4 different groups and wore 4 different colored uniforms. One was modeled after a Dragon, fiery red scale patterns covered the uniform and a Dragon badge was pinned onto the chest area. Next was a Griffin like uniform, patterns of black feathers spiralled down the black uniform, similarly a Griffin badge was pinned at the chest. Then was a uniform covered yellow feathers of a Phoenix, a badge of it''s magnificent form pinned to the chest. Lastly was a uniform covered the pale blue skin of a Kraken and a badge similar to the creature itself. These uniforms held little purpose other than distinguishing a member from another and also slight defence. Children that performed wonderfully against their opponents would be scouted by these 4 groups, the most talented joined the Dragon group while the rest picked up by the other groups. One could easily realise the hierarchy among these groups, obviously the Dragon ranked first, followed by the Kraken, the Griffin and lastly the Phoenix. The leaders of these groups wore a more magnificent uniform made with more material than the rest, easily spotted among the crowd as they called for the new children. These children ranged from the ages of six to eighteen, those with the age of six were the children fighting for a position in this school and a position in the groups. Although to those of another country, a sight whereas children fought desperately against another of his age was a barbaric and impossible sight, they would feel disbelief due to the tender ages of these young participants, however, what they did not know was that in this country, it was simply survival of the fittest. Stuck in a barbarian society, parents trained their children since young for survival and wealth, through strength, nobility and many other privileges can be obtained, such was the living of this country. Death was common, thievery was also common, to survive, all you had to be was strong, if you are strong, no one would think of attacking you or your family without madness or strength to back up their actions. I looked at the long lines and quickly joined what seemed to be the shortest one with daddy and brother, my eyes glued to the field in front of us. Currently a girl was using throwing knives provided by the academy to attack another boy who used a sword. The boy was injured badly, a knife lodged into his arm while to girl had multiple slashes. I suppose I''ll have to endure something like that too? I don''t like pain..... I looked at brother whose expression was extremely ugly, his gaze alternated between father as he thought. "Dad, why did you bring us here?" he muttered, looking at the bloody boy that fought for his life. "This is the only way to become truly strong, living in the lap of luxury will eventually bring you a pitiable death. " daddy said. "Ahhhhh!!!" the boy shouted as he pounced forwards, no longer caring about the danger and stabbed the girl. His face was twisted with malice and madness, a scary face that had me taking a step back. My heart thumped considerably fast, seemingly afraid at that expression. A older teen wearing a black uniform raised his hand and called out "We''ll take you. " Without any objections from the other stronger groups, a badge of a winged monster and thrown in front of the boy, who happily wept as he took the precious badge. Looking at the side, I noticed a serious look on brother''s face as he took in the sight, his fists clenched at his side. ------------------ I attempted to make this seem as childish as possible, it ain''t working. Voting: http://www.poll-maker.com/poll394008x42064CaC-15 Results: http://www.poll-maker.com/results394008x021bd665-15 Chapter four Pardon me if the fighting scenes are a bit lacking, it''s my first time writing them. Alternative routes are at the bottom of the story so as to prevent spoilers. POV Change Nathaniel-> 3rd person view I looked upon the next match as I stood in line, it was currently a girl that foolishly- yet somewhat bravely, chosen to not take a single weapon. Giving a small bow, she introduced herself to the teachers and seniors that watched on with slight interest in her unusual choices. "Good afternoon, I am iris of the east," she said with a gentle smile "and I will be using magic." "Woah? Magic?" "Really?" "She''s probably lying." Countless chatter broke out in the crowd, dubious remarks were thrown out towards the girl named Iris whose smile was still on her rather cute face. Despite the commotion and the shock of possibly having a magician as a opponent, the opponent, a girl, gave a cruel smile and shortly introduced herself "Kua, whip user." In her small calloused hands were a provided whip of the academy, the weapon was rather simple really, merely a whip without any special modifications or designs. Without any unnecessary exchange of words, the girl named Kua pounced, closing the difference between the other girl and her, she swung her whip back and front, using the momentum to accumulate weight onto the strength of the whip. Immediately, the what seemed to be defenseless girl, dropped her smile and the ground in front of her was raised upwards, forming a barrier that prevented the whip from hitting her. "Pak!" A loud sound was heard from the tables, a big chested girl with a blue uniform slammed her hands onto the table and said "No way..." Similarly, disbelief ran through the crowd as their image of the originally mentally disabled girl was changed into a magician. One must know, that in such a barbaric place, magic was seen as "art" or for the weak, although there were small amounts magicians in the earlier generations of this country, the heavy discrimination brought their doom, unlucky ones died with their families while "lucky" ones escaped the country. Since there was no more magicians living in this country, there were no teachers that could teach and similar to the art of the sword or the art of the bow, regular humans cannot easily self learn it. While talented people could grasp even the slightest of mana, they lack the knowledge of the magicians and magic books, none of which easily found in Caswuador. In the current Caswuador, it''s slow progress on the technology industry and many other ones along with the fact that it was a barbaric society that waged wars easily made it a bad choice for any magician to go. Slowly, the opinions of magicians were changed after the last war whereas the prince who had learnt magic secretly in the castle, used a large scale light magic in their wars against the demons, thus giving them the advantage. Although the prince had died in war, his acts weren''t forgotten and his story were told to children, and many aspired to be a magician only to fail, due to the inability of the current king, their friendships with the neighboring advanced kingdoms were practically nonexistent, which was why any magic related objects essential to magic training were scarce. Now, seeing a magician in their eyes, the girl who wielded magic, shocked them throughly, some even rubbed their eyes to ensure they were not merely dreaming. "Bang!" The girl fired a beam of fire, which was barely avoided by Kue, on her right cheek was a burnt piece of flesh. "Ahhh!" She screamed for a moment, but she instantly shut her mouth, gritting her teeth in attempt to bear the pain. Again, a similar madness that appeared in the previous boy''s eyes, appeared in hers and she lashed her whip out again, her heart wishing for it to strike the magician''s face in vengeance. However her anger had caused her to lose her rational, resulting in her moves being easily predicable, the clever magician who had efficiently read her movements, tilted her head slightly to the left, easily escaping the range of the whip. Seeing the girl she had hated so much effortlessly steering clear from her attacked, she could not bear it anymore and swung her whip left and right, not bothering to aim at her vitals, only wishing to hit her. "Oh my, are you not even trying anymore?" Mocked the magician, who evaded the clumsily yet powerfully thrown out whip by taking a few steps back and threw yet another fireball that burnt the right hand of the girl that was holding the whip. With a injured hand, she lost her ability to efficiently use her whip, thus she threw away the whip and fell to her knees. "Fuck you. Fuck you. Fuck you. Die. Die. DIEE!" Screamed the whip user as she held her charred right hand by the wrist, looking down at it. Her hand was horribly burnt, the fire ball had caused her fingers to burn off to the joints. With such a hand, it would seem impossible to be able to hold another whip with it, however if she had trained for long, then perhaps she could learn to use weapons with her other hand, but right now, she would be seen as a liability to her family. However, contradicting to everyone''s beliefs, the magician suddenly activated healing magic for the girl. "Ah..ah...." The girl cried out, looking back and forth at her hand and the magician, shocked. Instantly, the leader of the blue uniformed group, shouted "We''ll take her!" However, they were silenced with a word of the dragon group "No." The other two weaker groups could only look hopelessly on as the magician that could very well be the one that''ll pull up their rankings go, it was impossible to get her once the higher ranked ones chose to have her. With a victory smile, she graciously thanked the dragon group''s leader and took the badge. Stolen content alert: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences. After that, many other battles took place, though less entertaining than the previous one, it was bloody nonetheless. Finally, it was Nathaniel''s turn, he walked steadily towards the field and introduced himself with a expressionless face "Nathaniel." As he was about to walk away to choose a weapon, the kraken group''s leader called out "What''s with your black hair." With a small smile, he said "Ah, I am from the beast race, at least part of my blood is." The leader nodded, and so, he left to where the weapons were neatly arranged, each of them cleaned after every match, after thinking for a while, Nathaniel took a sword, the only weapon he had slightly trained in. "I''m Umar." The other boy greeted, in his hands was a spear. Without any other exchange of formalities, Nathaniel walked calmly towards the boy, his expression changed into one of curiosity at him, although on his way here he had met many people, he never really associated with them. Seeing the enemy close in, the other boy named Umar was shocked and without thinking, he thrusted his spear in the direction of Nathaniel who was stabbed shallowly at his left arm. "?!?!" Shocked at the sudden hostility, Nathaniel swung his sword rather clumsily, hitting the wooden pole of the spear, the sword cutting 1/5 into it. Although an inexperienced one would assume that the swing of the sword was done with all the strength of the boy, it was actually a powerless swing that had missed the actual opponent by a huge margin. Seeing his slightly damaged spear, the boy kept his cool composure and thrusted it out again, this time towards the lowered hand of Nathaniel which was at his shin, but unexpectly, Nathaniel jumped, easily evading the spear, and using the momentum as he was in the air, he flipped to the position behind the spear wielding child. "Eh?" Suddenly losing sight of his enemy, the boy was momentarily stunned, but quickly reacted by running forward, hoping to escape the missing Nathaniel. Nathaniel, however was like a cat playing with a mouse, his raw power easily overpowering the young normal child, he jumped again, this time in front of the boy "Boo!" Although this child had been training since he was able to walk, his young body are still limited in various ways, perhaps if he was matched with a normal child, then he would have a chance of winning, but unluckily he had been paired with a unusual child. As Nathaniel spoke, he thrusted his sword into the torso of the boy, impaling him and pulling it out. Like a puppet whose strings were cut, he fell to the ground, his jaw moving as if speaking, but not a single intelligent word was heard, instead it was incoherent mumbling accompanied with groans. However, Nathaniel did not merely stop at that, remembering his father''s actions with the beasts he killed, he squatted at the side and attempted to skin the poor child who was barely holding to life. "....!?!? Stop! Nath!" Shouted a nearby boy whose head had hair was similar to Nathaniel. "Eh?" Turning his head around, the boy looked at his twin and pointed to the almost dead child on the ground "But daddy said to not waste." Without speaking, the twin ran over and pulled Nathaniel up, and spoke with a scolding tone "You can''t skin humans!" "But w-" "Ahem." Before he could finish, both of the twin''s attention was captured by a sound that originated from a rather big chested woman at the side. Noticing that she had captured the attention of the two boys, she looked over to the tables where the leaders sat and nodded. Though, as she nodded, a pen flew out as though a bullet towards Nathaniel who grabbed hold of it easily, though he was slightly pushed back as he did so. "Nn..." The girl who sat next to the dragon group''s leader said, "Well, little boy, you''re joining us." With an exasperated sigh, the leader could only give her a short sideway glance before he threw out a badge. <><><><><><><><><><><><><> POV Change 3rd person view -> Nathaniel. Throwing my bag onto one of the beds in the room, I jumped into it and rolled around "How soft." It seems that brother was enjoying it too, a rather pleased expression appearing on his face. Luckily, both of us had enrolled into the school and joined the dragon group, brother was much better at fighting than I was, ending it without a single injury with his quick thinking and rather well honed techniques daddy taught us. My injury at my arm was bandaged up, and as quoted by the nurse, I healed surprisingly fast, the wound closed and scabbed over within a day. After the registration daddy brought us to an inn and we rested there for a day, afterwards we enrolled into the school''s dorm as instructed. In the dorm was rooms created to accommodate two people at once, lucky for me and brother, it was just the right amount. We hadn''t toured the school yet, since tomorrow is the official start of a school term. I wonder where should I go? Daddy gave me and brother each some a single silver coin... <><><><><><> Fighting mediocrely would have resulted in a slower victory with a single shallow cut and result in being taken in by the kraken group. Fighting poorly would have given him no injuries and being taken by the griffin. In conclusion, there was no big threat at all, the spear using boy was no threat to our non human MC. Also... Brutality up! Where to play? Voting: http://www.poll-maker.com/poll400732xF0B34CC5-15 Results: http://www.poll-maker.com/results400732x68da7e57-15 Chapter five Going to the library would have raised a romance flag with a female, the female being iris, and whilst doing so, our Mc could have learnt a bit of magic >:[ Training grounds would have raised a friendship flag with a guy, bleh. Going to inn would have raised family relationships slightly. Staying in room would have turned him into a lazy bast- I mean his brother would have dragged him out a while later and brotherly relations would become a ++. But fear not, as currently will still make chances for such developments occur if you pick the right choices! ----------------------- Where should I go? Turning to look at the door where brother had left in good spirits, I rolled around my bed, thinking of ways to get rid of my boredom. Come to think of it, when we were walking to the academy, we passed a interesting shop filled with beasts, brother called it a pet shop. Maybe I should go there! Having a goal in mind, I slid the single silver coin into my pocket, the coin was useful, I think it is equivalent to a hundred copper coins, one copper coin is also ten stone coins. I think the coin is rather precious, but I don''t really mind either ways because daddy will definitely give me more if I ran out of it. Skipping happily out of the door, I gave a last glance to the pile of baggage I was supposed to pack and closed the door. I''ll do it when I come back. "M, mhmm~ nhmm~" humming a tune I heard from a musician at the street of stalls, I skipped there. Although some weird looks were sent my way as I walked out of the academy, I did not bother too much with them and left. That being said, this was my first time really taking in the sights of the school, between the borders which was claimed by the academy, on the four corners were buildings designated as the living areas, or dorms. Each of them had different designs, each better than the last, the most expensive and luxury looking had a dragon banner hung on it, the building furthest from the main gate, making the environment there quiet and peaceful, while others differed in their luxurious qualities. Although, other than the special banners, there wasn''t anymore things that belonged to the individual groups, signifying that the areas of living could be switched with the rise and fall of the rankings. Still humming the stupid tune that played continuously in my mind, I retraced my steps to where the merchant filled streets were, but unfortunately, I seemed to have walked the wrong way. After detouring multiple times and also asking for directions from people who did not really show much disdain in their eyes, I reached the odd shop where suspicious beast cries were heard. "How may I help you?" A adult female appeared behind the counter, pushing at the thick black thing that hung from her ears and rested on her nose. Not really sure why, I started out by asking her about the thing on her nose, "What are those?" With a curious face on. "Oh these? It''s called spectacles, so, why are you here interesting little child." She said, stepping out from the mess she was buried in behind the counter, patting on her clothing to get rid of the dust on herself. "I''m here to look at the beasts you have!" I told her, rather happily. "Ah," she pushed up her spectacles and continued "I have some of the best beasts from the hunters who had visited many places, I''m sure you''d like some of them, although, I do hope you came with the approval of your parents." Ignoring the last sentence, I looked around the messy store filled with lots of beasts in cages, each going about with their own things. "Something cheap for a child, a boy, a small one would be good." She mumbled to herself. Looking around the cages that filled the place, she took a pole with a hook that leaned at the side of the wall and retrieved one of the cages that hung from the ceiling. "How about this?" She said as she poked at the beast with a pen from the counter "It''s a Ywor, scaly little thing, rather easy to keep and feed, they originate from the west, not too far, thus the price rather cheap." Pushing her spectacles yet again, she proudly pushed the small cage into my arms for me to inspect. The thing called Ywor was about the length of my small hand, scaly and small, not really fearsome but cute? Wrinkling my nose at it''s smell, I pushed it away "No, it smells bad." "Erm, you''d like a clean one? Then perhaps the furred animals I have might interest you." Scratching at her temple, she used the pole to return the cage onto the hook on the ceiling and dragged me by the hand to the right corner of the small store. "A animal of the hare species? Or a rodent." Mumbling to herself, she took some keys from her pocket and opened a rectangular cage and took out a fluffy bundle of unknown. "It''s called the Qia, fluffy little thing, good to hug, they feed on anything basically as long as it''s vegetation." "Too cute! I want something scary!" I said, jumping up and down, empathizing my point. Gently putting the ball of fluff into the cage, she straightened her back and pushed at her spectacles, her expression signifying that she was deep in thought. After many trial and errors, she sighed in disappointment and raised her hands to usher me out of her store with and apologetic look, whilst doing so, her face suddenly lit up only to disappear as she shook her head, an array of expressions dancing through her face. After a few moments of heated debate within herself, she said hopefully "I have something that fits in most of your requirements, but I''m not too sure as to how to handle that beast, perhaps you can get along with it? Since you''re partially from the beast race." Giving another sigh, she led me by the hand towards the back of her store as she explained "You seem this little one is called Blood weasel, or that''s what I call it anyway, a tiny carnivore who has the habit of attacking larger animals by latching itself onto it and sucking their blood, it was brought in by this particular group who sold it to me at a high price, due to the fact that I hadn''t seen it before." Pushing open the door which she unlocked with her keys, she led me into a less messy room compared to the store but still messy nonetheless. "I''m registered as a beast tamer, you see, and some of these are my own beasts but please pardon them." She said, stepping quietly over a large wolf. Reaching a table filled with papers that covered every corner of it, she reached behind it and took out a reinforced crate with small holes covering it and said "A feisty beast, it''s eating habits far over my control, I''m just looking to get rid of it, if it takes a liking to you I can sell it for a cheap price, if not then I''ll have to kill it, a pity really." She sighed. Unauthorized content usage: if you discover this narrative on Amazon, report the violation. "Curse those people, selling me it for a sky high price, promising me that I''ll be benefiting instead." She cursed under her breath softly. Leading me into another room which were mostly empty, she explained "This is where I let out some of the beast and all that good stuff, wouldn''t want the little thing run through my rooms challenging the other beasts, right?" The room was split into half, a short wall cutting off the 3/4 of it. Bending over the wall, she opened the crate and let out the still sleepy animal and said "Well, go take a look it at, it''s rather hungry so be careful." Tiptoeing over the wall, I looked at the long and rather fluffy thing groggily making it''s way to the walls, snarling slightly as it did so. It was the length of my arm, but unexpectedly, It had cute features. Turning to the female, I looked at her with bewilderedness, not knowing how it could be labeled as feisty. "Ah, I suppose a demonstration is in order," she sighed, pushing her spectacles yet again as she leaned to one of the multiple crates that was placed against each other, with a two large words stamped on them, the two words being ''Live Food'' Reaching in, she grabbed one small rat that was easily found everywhere and threw it where the weasel was without any hesitation or pity for the rat that squeaked in terror. Upon realizing the existence of a unknown creature that was hurled into its area, the weasel turned around and snarled, pouncing instantly and crushing the smaller rat''s head in between its teeth. Being rather starved, the weasel spared no suspense and quickly finished the rat, but even after it had done so, it was still hungry. "See? Terrifying appetite. I don''t really have any large live food to spare so that I can prove the part where it drinks the blood, but I suppose anything is wasted unless you can form a bond with it." She said, rather unhappily. "Pea!" She shouted and a large bird appeared, flying into the room and into her shoulder "You can try to go and touch it, but if anything happens I''ll get rid of it then immediately, it''s up to you." After thinking for a while, I shrugged and jumped over the wall, what''s to lose anyway? Within moments of entering, the weasel jumped towards me with its mouth open, but I quickly moved away from its range of attacking. Without faltering, it did the exact thing again, this time faster, not belittling the prey before it, but instead, I was still a step faster. As we continued the game of cat and mice, the weasel''s speed gradually decreased as signs of fatigue appeared on its face, after all it had been hungry for a while. Finding our small game amusing, I thrusted my hand near it, wanting it to eat so that we can continue playing. Noticing my hand, it gave me a look of upset and anger as it bit down, obviously mad it me letting it win, although I had no intention of doing so. "Eh? Kid?" The female said, rather shocked at my actions. "Its fine~" I called out. Sucking a bit of my blood, the weasel widened it''s eyes but didn''t stop, a pleased expression floating on its small face. While it did so, I petted it, a small smile appearing as I fiddled with its soft fur. "I suppose you would like to buy it then?" The female said, her eyes brows raised in expectations. "Erm....how much?" I said, rather scared that I''ll be unable to pay for it. "I''ll see it to you for cheap, mostly as a thanks for letting me get rid of it without total loss......how about...." Thinking for a while, she said "25 Copper coins." From my knowledge, a decent meal from a place would cost a a single copper coin with five stone coins, it''s a bit expensive but I think it''s a good price? Nodding to her, I took out my sliver coin which made her widen her eyes in shock "Um, it seems I might have underestimated you.....want a bigger beast?" She asked hopefully, but I shook my head. "Alright," she said scratching her head "I''ll throw in the crate and some food for your weasel wait a moment as I get them." After retrieving 75 copper coins, I returned with two crates in hand, one for the weasel and the other for about 3 rats provided by the female, also, before I left she helped me set up an familiar ceremony to make the weasel mine. "I''m back." I called out, knowing that brother had similarly returned by the sound of the shuffling of feet. "Ah, you''re back." He said, pointing the door "Oh, what did you buy?" He asked rather curiously. "I bought a Blood weasel and some rats!" "!?!?!" <><><><><><><><> Although it shocked brother and I got scolded, he still made a space in the big luxurious room for the weasel that was rather aggressive for him at first, but as for its food... It infuriated brother to no end, I also had a large appetite, combined with the weasel, the both of us need large amounts of meat. Taking the money that dad gave me, brother announced himself as the money keeper, and that from here onwards I''m not allowed to buy anymore pets. Rather mean. We have 3 more days till classes start, I have to choose at least one class and at most three classes, then there are the sub classes that can be forgoed, although the limit is a measly one, though I can also take extra classes, it''s entirely up to me. We can basically learn how to use multiple weapons, those covered by the academy are the; Long sword, short sword, broad sword, whip, throwing knives, bow and arrows, spear, fist fighting. Sub classes are Beast taming, trap setting, beginner''s magic. Although there''s magic, the things that can be learnt are very very limited, I wonder what I should choose? <><><><><><><> (Voting for main classes, you can vote three times, but cannot vote for the same things thrice, the top three will be chosen. There will be choices of if it is the second highest voted then the first highest class will be chosen, similar thing for the ) Voting: http://goo.gl/nfX5Xr Results: http://goo.gl/dXE4TB (Voting for subclasses, there''ll be the choice to not have any sub classes at all.) Voting: http://goo.gl/qOWaH8 Results: http://goo.gl/JjJjQR If I missed any weapons or subclasses you want, go comment about it, and if someone already commented about it, just comment again so I can count the thingies. Chapter six <><><><><><<><><><><><> "What are you going to choose?" Brother leaned over to my application form whereas I wrote down the classes that I wanted to attend. "Eh? Isn''t that a weird combination?" He commented. "It''s not, I can throw spears and shoot arrows into people and if I run out I''ll fight them with my fists!" "Then what''s the beast taming for? I thought you would rather learn magic?" "I dunno, but since I have weasel , I might as well go for beast taming." "That makes sense, no point learning magic." "What did you choose?" "Erm," he picked up his paper from the desk in the room and showed it to me "I only picked the sword class and the archery class." "Huh why?" I asked. "I thought it would be better to focus on a small amount of things and master it quickly and efficiently, plus we can change our choices again next year." "Oh." I said, looking down onto my paper, my earlier confidence slightly wavering. "Let''s go submit these, it''s only a short walk to the main building." He said, already at the door. Without thinking I followed him, the weasel who noticed that we were leaving and quickly jumped onto my leg and made his way to my arm, slightly nipping it for some blood. "Doesn''t it bother you?" He muttered unhappily, probably thinking back to the time the weasel bit him, which resulted in him screeching due to the shock. "No, it doesn''t bite that hard." I pull on the long body of the weasel, showing him the sight of the injuries healing almost instantly. Squeezing the weasel with my free hand, I placed it into the pocket that was on my pants, not really bothering to maker sure it''s comfortable. "Let''s go." I said, twisting the door knob. The walk was indeed short, perhaps only 15 minutes passed, whilst we walked there, I noticed the large amounts of people training in various open spaces littered with countless equipment, although occasionally sideway glances were given, not much attention was spared. Entering the building made of both stone and wood, me and brother both joined the lines for submission of our application forms, but to our surprise, one of the students with yellow clothing suddenly bowed in respect and gestured for us to go in front of her. "Uhh," brother mumbled in surprise, "it''s fine, we''ll just line up normally." He continued with a embarrassed smile. Looking at the line, I noticed that there was barely any students wearing a black uniform like ours. Including us, there was only 5 individuals in the dragon house among the dozens of students. Sighing at the long amount of people lining up, I pulled out the weasel and fiddled with it while brother zoned out. "Woahh! So cute!" A voice came from behind us, a dragon house female. Reaching her hand towards the weasel, she moved closer while her eyes sparkled with curiosity. "Hey!" I muttered, taking a step back from her. "Oh you, the magician." Brother who just came back to reality said, intrigued. "Lemme see it!" She jumped up and down, her eyes locked on the weasel who I was currently stuffing into my pocket. "No." "Please?" She muttered, her facial expression giving off a upset vibe. 1- Attack her! 2- Relent! "Go away." I replied, my fist swung out in attempt to hit her. Instantly, a barrier of cobble covered the distance between us, it''s sudden appearance giving me not even a second to react. "GAH?" A stupid noise emerged from my mouth as I watched my hand punch the wall in slow motion. "Ha. Ha. Serves you right." She said, waving her finger in my face as the barrier was instantly swallowed by the ground. After a few moments of awkward silence, my brother cleared his throat "Sorry for the commotion." "You''re not his babysitter! Let him apologize himself!" She shouted, pointing her finger at me. "Fuck you." I muttered, perhaps too softly for others to hear, but still audible to the girl. Without a second passing, a thud was heard as brother''s palm collided with the back of my head "No cussing!" "Hmph! I don''t like you! I don''t wanna see it anymore! I''ll get my own pets!" She declared, making a show of redoing her application form as she drew a big X on the column next to the subclass, Beast taming. "Fine with me." I retorted as I rubbed the back of my head. After a few more tranquil minutes, I passed my form to the instructor in charge who in return gave me a badge and approved my choices. Apparently, there are capacity limits to classes but since I joined the dragon house I was able to enter whichever classes I wanted. -------------------- "Wake up!" Brother pushed me with his arm while his other hung on to the double bed''s ladder. As I yawned, I jumped onto the ground and got ready for my first class. Today, beast taming was the very first period which I would attend. Quickly using the Toilet and changing my clothes, I separated from brother and headed to the large fenced area with only a few building occupying the large space. Unauthorized use of content: if you find this story on Amazon, report the violation. Noticing the small crowd that had already gathered on the fields, I speedily made my way to it and inconspicuously joined them. "So as I have explained earlier, today we will be doing a small orientation to the beast taming class." A female said, on her anticlimactically short stature was a small cat. "The goal all of you should have is to tame a single beast, those with no beasts at all will be expelled of my class. You can either use a familiar ceremony I have explained, mind control magic I have taught or the simplest but least effective bonding." Rubbing my nose, I sighed mentally. I was doomed. "Remember, the first type of beast you tame does not affect anything, rather, it''s alright to pick any simple beast you like since they are all very common and is unlikely to possess any unquestionably strong abilities or strength." "Okay, so on the rightest side of the field we have a cage for lizards, all kinds of lizards, oh and there''s salamanders too. For the fenced area to the left is for all kinds of fluffy animals used for farm work or stuff like that." Waving her hand, she dismissed us. Everyone ran around excited, looking for their first beast. I walked to the left, looking for another furred animal. While everyone gathered at the fenced areas, I walked into the large building filled with old and sick beasts none too attracting to the children. Weak whimpers came from a pen, curiously sniffing the bloody smell, I peeked my head through the wall and noticed a griffin senior perhaps about the age of 12 or so worriedly holding on to the paw of a black wolf while another woman looked at it''s rear. "What''s going on?" I asked curiously, looking at the wolf which was the origin of the whimpers I heard. "Why are you here?" The senior asked, but then realization dawned on him and he muttered "Oh, the juniors are on their orientation day today..." "What''s going on?" I interrupt the guy''s thinking again, repeating my question again. "She''s giving birth, becoming a mother." He said happily. Squatting down, I looking apprehensively at the new situation I had never encountered before. There were already 4 little wolfs on a blanket, their little paws twitching. "Cute!" Cried a voice from behind me. Turning around, I saw a familiar face, the annoying magician. "Can I have one?" She asked, her eyes sparkling. Holding up seven fingers, he said "Seventy copper coins, I don''t mind selling them." "Ummm......" She looked down, fiddling with her fingers, "I don''t know if mama will allow me to buy one....can I ask her and pay you next time?" She said hopefully. "No." "P-please?" She said again, looking at him with sparkling eyes. "No can do." He sighed. As he spoke, one of the smallest wolf pup started to wobble on its feet, slowly making it''s way towards the noisy being that captured it''s attention. Nipping slightly at the hem of her uniform, I whimpered softly, demanding for sustenance to fill its tiny body. "Woah, come here." The owner said, reaching out and attempting to grab the little wolf, but was instead stopped by the girl. "I-I''ll give you one silver for it! I''ll give it to you tomorrow!" She shouted out loud, shielding the wolf with her hands, refusing to hand him over. "....Alright....." The owner relented, and continued "I can''t give it to you today though, it still needs to stay with it''s mother for a while until it''s milk teeth starts to grow." "Hehe, thank you." She happily said, bowing in respect and running out to quickly tame a beast. After watching her skipping figure leave the building, I turned back to the owner and dashed towards him, throwing out a punch. "Hey?!" He shouted in surprise, his hands raised to block his face. As my fist hit his palm, a soft crack was heard. "Arg!!" He groaned, clutching his hand. "What are you doing?!" The lady at the side exclaimed, jumping on her feet in surprise, while the wolf that was still giving birth growled for a bit but stopped in pain. "I want a puppy too." I said, unhappily. Calmly walking to the owner, I straddled his torso and started hitting him. "Gimme one!" "What the hell is wrong with you!?" He shouted, using his uninjured hand to hit me away. Looking at this scene, the woman at the side ran out of the building as fast as she could, escaping the beating I would have perhaps given her after I finished with the owner. Although seeing her escape from my peripheral vision, I payed no attention as I continued with my ruthless attacks. As his face became a bloody mess, he finally gave up "Tak iet! Tak iet!" He screamed, his bruised cheeks hindering him from speaking properly. Pleased with his reply, I stood up and looked at the unconscious mother wolf that laid on the blanket, perhaps it had blacked out due to the pain, at it''s rear was a small snout poking out, but I merely gave one glance before walking to the blind pups, taking the largest wolf pup. But as I left, I couldn''t help but turn back once, should I give one to that annoying girl? Vote: http://goo.gl/EbOV8p Results: http://goo.gl/yryhOA <><><><><><><><><><> Chapter seven <.....I apologize, I forgot to mention that one person has to vote twice on the last chapter, for when I noticed, I was already too lazy to do the stuffs.> <><><><><><><><><><><><> Sighing, I turned around and walked to the boy, with the puppy I chosen still in hand. His mangled flesh though slightly distracted to the hungry me, causing myself to look at his bleeding self for a few seconds, raising my fist to end his life, after all, it''ll be good for the boy whose face would be unrecognizable to even his mother. His slightly opened eyes stuck to me, his lips forming words that could not sound, but I knew what he was trying to say. Without the slightest of hesitation, I struck him right in the head, watching as his labored breathing instantly cease. Returning to the blanket whereas the remaining 3 pups laid, I looked blankly at my single bloody hand that was free and decided to find something to contain them. It wouldn''t be appropriate to carry four baby wolfs which were all bigger than my head using just my two hands, right. Putting the pup I carried onto the blanket, I roamed around and chose a basket big enough for the 4 of the pups and after wiping my hand using the side of the blanket that the wolves lay on, I placed them in, my clumsy yet rough hands arousing them from their sleep. Feeling my stomach growling, I reached out to grab the boy but was reminded of brother''s words when I attempted to skin the boy I fought. I suppose a chunk of meat won''t make brother angry, plus I won''t tell anyone. Stepping on and crushing his elbow, I picked up his arm and ate, finding the meat delicious. Quickly finishing his arm, I wiped my hands yet again and threw the bones on the floor, leaving the building to hurriedly tame a small rodent that I can feed the weasel when I return. The commotion surprisingly did not arouse attention, although witnessed by a woman, this place doesn''t seem to be a place that really cared about the well being of students. Though my bloodied attire was rather disturbing, and also caused a instructor to come and ask if I attacked any of their beasts, but after I said that I attacked a student and not a beast, he left me alone. After I tamed a single rat through feeding it and using a familiar rune that was drawn on a paper, though I needed a student to help me find where the runes were kept, I was capable of doing the ceremony as I remembered what the shopkeeper did when she helped me tame the weasel. After classes ended, I went and looked for the annoying girl. Looking around, I finally noticed her long blonde hair among all the other students. "Oi." I called out, catching her attention. As she heard my voice, she turned around, looking at me with upset, she asked "What?" Digging in the basket for the smallest wolf and picking it up by its scruff, I took up out and presented it to her. "He said that I can have them, you want it?" I shook the little puppy, watching it squirm with slight amusement. "Eh...? Ehhh?!" It took her quite a while to realize what I was saying. "I want it!" She hurriedly shouted, elation filling her face as her two hands reached out, gently and meekly taking the pup. If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. Please report it. Scratching the back of my head, I turned and left, not really wanting to continue a meaningless conversation with her. But as I walked towards brother who stood near the fence, I heard a hesitant voice calling out "T-thank you!" Not bothering to turn around, I continued walking, but this time with a small smile on my face. "Nath! Don''t take your time, I''m hungry!" "I''m coming." Upon reaching the cafeteria, brother and I lined up to choose what to eat, of course, I chose lots and lots of meat. In brother''s plate were all kinds of food, like vegetables. No one in our house other than him likes to eat vegetables, not even daddy. But it seems that there''s insufficient tables, so brother and I decided to join someone, namely the cat eared girl we saw outside the walls the other time. She didn''t really care though, her food seems to be more important to her. "Hey, Nath, say hi to Pico. I met her in class today." He said, nudging my side with his elbow. "Hi." I softly said, looking down on my plate, my mouth slightly watering as I sat down. "Mmprf." She muttered, the food in her mouth causing her words to be muffled. It was rather disappointing that the food was cooked, brother said to just let it go but it doesn''t taste nice. Putting down my spoon, I felt a nudge at my arm and I shrugged. "So, umm...." He attempted to start a conversation. "I''m done." I said and stood up, taking my still heavy tray and depositing it at the return table, the basket in my other hand. Retuning to the dorm, I locked up weasel in his cage, which brother bought, along with the rat and placed the basket onto my bed. Afterwards it was fist fighting and archery, but all I did at the barehanded class was do strength training, as instructed by the person there. I''m archery we shot from wooden bows, my steady hands and good eyesight helping me hit the mark, though not right smack in the middle. Lastly, it was the spear class, this day seemed to be rather uneventful. "Hey!" A boy called out as I stood at the side, as I had already completed the assignment of completing 100 push-ups within half an hour, the other children alternated between doing push-ups and resting. However, it seems that I wasn''t the only on who had completed the task early, the boy had a rather fit body, perhaps he was a farmer''s child, since he had such tan lines that only belonged to those that worked in fields, I had learnt the signs of a farmer through the time we entered the country, the many fields containing humans for me to observe. "What?" I said indifferently, looking at the space in between his eyebrows. "Why are ya being so gloomy?" He said, pushing at my shoulders, seemingly urging me to play around with him. <><><><><><><><><><><> Decipher this: |20|8|9|19| |2|15|25|''|19| |6|1|13|9|12|25| |8|1|19| |6|9|18|5|1|18|13|19| Vote: http://goo.gl/U4jMzI Results: http://goo.gl/01fRSF <><><><><><><><><><><> Vote: http://goo.gl/aE222K Results: http://goo.gl/M3icg5