Chapter 8 (2/2)
“As you know, a human’s body is much more fragile than an orc’s. You think it could endure the merciless training methods of Orcs?”
Kurotan realized the seriousness of the problem and looked distraught.
“I didn’t think about that part.”
Luke looked into Kurotan’s eyes seriously.
“Your stomach hurt after the meal this morning, right?”
Kurotan’s face paled as he recalled the memories. Because he swallowed such large pieces of meat without even chewing, Kurotan’s stomach had been in pain for most of the day.
“I-I’ve never experienced such a thing.”
“Listen well. Orcs can pretty much pick up and eat most things off the ground, but humans will become sick if they do that. And unlike Orcs, humans can’t live off a meat-only diet.”
“….”
“You need to eat things like bread for nutritional balance.”
Kurotan frowned at Luke’s words.
“The human body is so weak!”
“I admit to your point. But for you to survive as a human, you must listen to all of the things I tell you.”
Luke motioned at Kurotan’s axe, and Kurotan slung his axe onto his back.
“Just like Orcs have their training methods, humans also have training methods that are right for them. Only by following them can we avoid troublesome complications.”
Kurotan silently listened, before asking Luke.
“Then can you teach me the training methods of humans?”
Startled, Luke looked at Kurotan.
“Teach you the training methods?”
“Yes. For me to swing my axe for you, shouldn’t I first train this fragile body?”
Luke’s smile turned hard to describe.
“Will you be able to follow my training methods and orders?”
“Yes.”
“No talking back even when they don’t make sense to you?”
“Of course.”
“All right. I will teach you the body training methods of humans. Although it’s still not guaranteed that you will recover your former strength as the Great Warrior.”
Kurotan, who had been getting more and more excited by Luke’s words, tried to pull out his axe once again. Luke quickly waved his hand to calm him down.
“There’s no need to take out the axe.”
“How can I train without a weapon?”
“The training you will do from now on is running.”
Kurotan asked back with a stupid face.
“R-Running?”
“Yes. A st.u.r.dy lower body is the foundation of physical training. You’ll only be doing running until you build up some strength.”
“Ho-How is that training?”
“To a human, it truly is a marvelous training method. We can start as soon as we get out of Lactel City.”
Luke and Kurotan soon left Lactel City, with all their traveling supplies hanging in the bags that were tied to the saddle.
After leaving the castle door and reaching an area of the road that had very little people, Luke began to train Kurotan seriously.
Luke tied a rope that he’d prepared around Kurotan’s waist. The other end of the rope was tied to the reigns of the horse.
Kurotan frowned as he raised the rope tied around his waist.
“What is this?”
Luke mounted the horse and explained with patience.
“Listen. You’re going to train your lower body by running till you get exhausted.”
Luke raised a finger and pointed to the road, disappearing into the horizon.
“Run along this trail from now on, until I say stop.”
Kurotan seemed puzzled and scratched his head, but he none- the- less began to run when Luke gave the word. Due to this, the reigns of the horse were pulled, and the horse began trotting along behind Kurotan.
“Your upper body is hunched. Straighten up your back.”
Luke pointed out the errors in his posture, and Kurotan followed Luke’s orders to fix them. Of course, it wasn’t easy to fix a lifetime of Orc posture just because you had a human body.
“Straighten out the angle of your arm and swing it with more strength.”
“I got it.”
On a road where no other human presence was, there truly was a sight to behold. A tough, bandit looking man with a rope tied around his waist sprinting, and a rider and horse trotting behind.
Luke sat relaxed in the saddle and enjoyed the view.
“When I first came here to enlist, I didn’t even dream of enjoying the view in such a relaxed manner.”
Huk, Huk.
Judging by how rough the breathing had already gotten, Hal’s body really was in s.h.i.+t shape before. If it was Hal’s soul instead of Kurotan’s, Hal would have long since fallen while making sick noises.
However, the new soul inside Hal’s body only focused more on running, without any complaints.
“Your posture is slightly off! I told you to straighten your back.”
Though he had been consistently fixing Kurotan’s posture, Luke began to doze off while on the horse. He had ridden horses since he was young, and was rather familiar with horse riding. This coupled with the current situation weighing down on him, stressing him out, he began to doze off. Luke had fallen completely asleep on the back of the horse.
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