Chapter 151 (1/2)

Unlike now, I was a sickly and a quiet girl in my childhood time. I was proud of being a beastman and being Papa's daughter, but..... the fact that my body wasn't as healthy as the other children's, made me depressed more and more.

Even so, with gentle words, Papa told me to have confidence in myself. You are a beastman and a daughter that Papa proud of, he said.....

I determined to train my weak body little by little because of his words.

I couldn't do a satisfactory number of push-up in the beginning. There were also times where I got depressed because of my body couldn't move as I wanted and was crying. Still, I didn't give up. Papa and Mama also didn't give up encouraging me.

Then, as I spent my days for training, when I noticed it, I have become a child with the highest agility among the other children of the same age.

Next, when my body has become strong enough to do any kind of activities, I came to show an interest in swordsmanship. Mama seemed to have thought I would simply learn the swordsmanship of self-defense degree.

Once upon a time, Papa brought me touring the training place of our national soldier. There were some soldiers who looked really cool. The moment I saw the sight, I could see the figure of my ideal as one of them and decided to walk the path of warrior.

Mama was very angry when I told her that I'd like to learn swordsmanship in earnest. Because I was a girl, Mama told me to learn house works more than the swordsmanship. I understood that mama was worried about my future but I've made my mind.

Moreover, I thought that sort of thing was for when I have someone I love. Well, there was no one. Besides, I would accept only man who was stronger than myself.

Because Papa put his good words for me, I was allowed to seriously learn swordsmanship in condition I have to help Mama with housework properly.

Several years have passed since I began learning swordsmanship seriously. In the meantime, I've tried various weapons such as long sword and big sword. It was the twin swords that made the best use of my speed, that suited me the most.

To adjust my body in using the speed-oriented double swords, I trained accordingly. I did countless mock battle against the other beastman and life-exchange battles against monster. But of course, I would never forget to help Mama during that time.

With that being so, my strength became known among the people of beastman country, there was no single person around who could win against me anymore.

However, a different problem arisen one of those days. The men wooing me appeared from everywhere. Of course I rejected all of them because most people were weaker than me.

To be honest, there was no one who could make my heart throb. While there may wouldn't be like a story from storybook, I wanted to find and decide my future companion myself.

I was spending my days with helping Mama, training myself, and still refusing the suitors. One day, I heard a disquieting conversation between Papa and uncle Gio. There were many people who went missing form villages and towns in the south. According to the findings, apparently the cause was the people of southern country has been kidnapping them.

I ran to the south immediately. That was unforgiveable story. More than anything , I have the power. The power to fight.

I found a suspicious group on the way to the south. Group of human was doing something inside the forest sneakily. I confirmed the situation from the top of a tree and saw a number of beastmen were caught and tied up.

In anger, I beat several of them easily until a masked man appeared. I had confidence in my strength but I lost to the masked man. Tears flowed naturally with two regrets of being defeated and being unable to help my compatriots.....

[Geez..... can't you even beat a single girl? You lucky that I happened to be here..... Well, this girl is perfect for practice partner of golem.....]

The masked man said something but his voice couldn't reach my ears.....

With a slavery collar fitted on my neck, I have been brought to pass through dark passage such as a maze by the masked man, toward a vast underground space.

There were so many dolls made of stone inside there and something like battle sound could also be heard from surrounding.

[This is your new place. Well, please live long and entertain me at best!]

The masked man said so before throwing the twin sword at me and went back through the passage.

I couldn't defy him because of the slavery collar and I didn't know how to escape from this place either. I walked towards the direction of battle sound was heard.

What came into my field of vision was the figure of a beastman who loses his life by the fist of stone doll. If I look closely, a large number of beastmen's dead bodies which started to rot away, were scattered here and there.