Chapter 67 (2/2)
Shin smiled as she saw how worried Olivia was and had a good heartbeat.
He clutched Olivia's sword in his hands and as the attacks came at him, he gently swung the sword horizontally in front of him.
*SLASH*
”..” After that, a small silence was established.
Then out of nowhere, the magical attacks were cut off and destroyed while Ozard and his subordinates were all sliced up before they could notice.
Shin's attack created no explosion or damage but only a sound of the sword cutting through the wind.
The swing was clean and fluid, without hesitation.
Seeing this, the villagers were all wide-eyed, especially Olivia who looked at Shin with persistence and determination.
*CRACK*
A small crack escaped Olivia's sword as the blade broke, leaving only the hilt.
Shin's attack seemed slow and weak but the sword didn't resist.
This shocked Olivia and her esteem for the person in front of her increased even more.
'His strength and mastery of the sword is incredible and so beautiful' Olivia thought with admiration as her cold eyes turned bright colours.
”I'm sorry” Olivia was pulled from her thoughts as she saw the man right in front of her.
Shin sincerely apologized for breaking his sword, he didn't think this would happen.
Besides, it seemed to be a good sword.
To apologize and return the favor, Shin had an idea.
”As an apology, I'll reforge this sword for you, only better, how about that?” asked Shin.
Olivia was still watching Shin intently.
”Train me,” Olivia said suddenly.
”What?” asked Shin a little confused.
”If you really want to apologize, train me and then reforge my sword” said Olivia hopefully.
Being trained by such a strong person was more interesting to her and if he could make her an even better sword, she would win everything.
Shin looked at Olivia for several seconds which put a lot of pressure on her and even the villagers.
”Okay,” Shin said as Olivia smiled, which shocked the villagers because she had never smiled before.
Shin smiled when he saw her. He had analyzed her emotions, motivations and soul to see that she had a very pure soul and a huge dėsɨrė to become stronger to protect everyone.
His goal was to explore the world, to collect books but also to experiment and he thought that taking such an interesting girl under his wing was a good experience.
”You can live in my house. There's a spare room,” Olivia said, returning to her cooler state but you could see the excitement in her eyes.
”Alright but just before, let me take care of the leader” said Shin as he turned back to the villagers.
”Ah, Chief!” shouted Olivia as she rushed towards the dying village chief on the ground.
”Don't worry,” Shin said as he saw the concern on Olivia's face as she sat next to the chief.
Shin was surrounded by life energy that went to the chief and healed him of all his wounds or even illness.
After that, the chief woke up healthier than ever to everyone's relief.
All the villagers thanked Shin and welcomed him and Olivia took Shin home.
She lived in a small wooden house with two floors, a little out of the village.
”Do you live alone?” asked Shin as she entered the house and saw no one.
”Yes, but my parents abandoned me when I was a baby in the village,” Olivia said without a hint of sadness.
”Sorry,” Shin apologized for his clumsiness.
”It's okay,” Olivia said.
Then Shin walked around the house to the floor where her room would be.
”Fine, thank you.”
”To thank you, I'm making dinner tonight,” said Shin.
Shin sat down in her room and finally took off her coat to go down to the kitchen.
Olivia had been very surprised to see what Shin looked like and thought he was very handsome.
But nothing romantic or anything. Just respect.
Shin made dinner, Olivia devoured everything on the table and they went to bed.
The next day, Olivia was up very early as usual to train.
Shin got up much later and started training her.
\ 2 years later /
”Ah!” Outside in front of the house, Olivia attacked Shin and he managed to resist her as well as put a hit on her.
”Well done,” Shin said, looking at Olivia with pride.
In those two years he had learned a lot about her and she had become his little protégé.
He had watched her train and grow for two years.
Olivia was now sixteen years old and had grown to be more mȧturė.
She still had cold expressionless eyes except in front of Shin to whom she gave smiles and emotions in her eyes.
In those two years she saw him as her guardian that she never had, her family.
”You have grown up and become strong in the last two years” Shin said patting her on the head for her greatest appreciation.
”And today is the end of your training”
When Shin said this, the joy in Olivia suddenly disappeared and was replaced by a great sadness.
Shin was also sad but it had already been two years, he didn't think he would train her for so long but he had grown attached to this girl.
After that they went home and ate until noon, the time when Shin left.
”Listen, you have a big heart and an incredible talent for the sword” said Shin in front of the house.
He wasn't lying, she had a great talent for the sword and had a good affinity with the element of wind which boosted her already monstrous speed and agility even more.
That's why in addition to the sword, he trained her a lot on strength as well to compensate.
”You have the possibility to help a lot of people and I know that you will accomplish great things and that I will be proud of you.
”Remember, don't let your judgement be based on someone's race or status but trust your heartbeat and instincts and listen to them”
He says this because in those two years he was able to learn more about this world.
This world was a huge continent where there were many different types of monsters and species.
Monsters, elves, spirits, demons, beast men, dragons or even phoenixes, although more rare.
In the south of the continent there was a huge forest which was the home and country of the elves.
To the north of the continent was the habitat and land of the beastmen.
To the west of the continent was the habitat and land of the demons.
And to the east of the continent was the habitat and land of the humans.
The continent was at peace without any war, although there was friction between some races.
In the middle of the continent there was a big city where the biggest academy of the continent was located, where different races went.
And racism and discrimination existed in this world, that's why Shin told Olivia that.
”I'm going to miss you,” Olivia said with a lot of emotion in her voice.
Shin was also sad and hugged her.
”I'm going to go to the demons to fix your sword and I'll bring it back to you, like I promised” Shin said as he separated from Olivia.
The village was not far from the land of demons, between the land of demons and elves.
And Olivia's sword turned out to be made of a rare metal found in the demon realm.
So for the adventure and the sword, Shin planned to go to the demon land to repair the sword with that metal and strengthen it with materials because they would be better than Fairy Tail's.
”Goodbye” said Shin as he put on his hood and left.
He went to say goodbye to the villagers as he had been part of the village for the past two years helping them.
In fact, since he had been in the village, the village had never been so prosperous and the crops were plentiful.
\ A few hours later /
Shin was now far from the village on a cliff and was coming to the border of the demon land as Saphira came behind him from the sky.
”You'll see him again,” Saphira said in a soft, comforting voice.
Saphira had been surprised when she returned to Shin when she saw that he had taken a disciple under his wing.
And she had seen how over time he had begun to grow attached to this girl.
Even Saphira had taken a liking to her.
”I know,” Shin said as he looked straight ahead into demon land.