Training Program

"I will be your weapons training instructor ." Theo is wearing a brown top and black training pants. He stands tall in the middle of the training grounds. She is wearing the same color training clothes as him but she looks like a kid compared to his build.

The training ground is wide enough to have several hundreds of people to be in. There are few wooden and straw dummies but it looks old and abandoned.

"Start with 50 laps."

"Huh?"

"You are a knight in training. You should say 'Yes, Sir' when given command"

Her forehead is twitching as she repeats after him "Yes Sir."

"What are you idling about? Start running." He shooed her away. She purposely didn't use the messenger anklet to seriously train her endurance.

She underestimated 50 laps and collapsed after running for 5 hours straight.

Accumulated fatigue is 67.

Theo walked towards her and said. "100 sit ups and 100 push ups."

She still hadn't catch her breath when she close her eyes tightly and said "Yes Sir"

Sit ups and push ups are part of her daily exercise thus it was supposed to be easy but not today. Her muscles are screaming in pain.

After a few more hours she finally finished all the push ups and sit ups. The fatigue built up to 97.

"Stand up" Theo looked at her from above.

"Yes Sir." She struggles to stand up. Her trembling legs cannot carry her weight anymore. It took her a few minutes to get up from the ground.

"Catch"

Her reflexes dulled out instead of catching the sword it hit her in the head and she stumbled down.

"Seems like you cannot continue. Tomorrow, do this warm up exercise and I will teach you the way of the sword after." Theo said and left the training grounds.

'Is this normal or he just purely hates me?' She grit her teeth as tried standing up once again.

*Ting*

[The Player reached the maximum fatigue]

~ Commencing Force Sleep in . . .

5 . . . 4 . . . 3. . .

"I still have le-

2. . .

" . . .ssons . ."

1 . . . ~

"Shit!"

[Force 'Sleep Mode' Activated]

****

"Fuck!" she cursed as soon as her eyes opened. She tried to get up but her leg muscles gave out.

*Ting*

[Some Fatigue Recovered]

~ Lifting Force 'Sleep Mode'

Fatigue: 90 / 100

"Dammit. . . Dammit." She starts crawling out of the training field.

She opened the door and found Gio reading a book. He looked in her direction. His long silver hair shines under the white lights of the room.

"You are late." He said and went back to his reading.

She struggles to move with her sore muscles.

"I am sorry."

She is scheduled to train in the morning and take lessons in the afternoon but since she spent most of her hours doing 'Warm up exercise' then 'sleeping' right after she is beyond late for afternoon lessons. The sun is already setting.

*Groooooowl*

And she hadn't eaten anything the whole day.

Gio sighed and rang the bell. One servant knocked and entered the room.

"!(&!)*@+!@9#!}!_~{_!_"

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They spoke in the language she cannot understand. The maid bowed down and left. Gio didn't say anything for a few minutes which made her sleepy.

*Knock knock*

')!*_@_#*$"

Servants entered and put several sandwiches in front of them. She swallowed her dry saliva.

"Eat." Gio said without averting his eyes in his book. She looked at him and the sandwich alternatively.

"Eat and I will start the lesson."

"Ah. Yes." She grabbed one sandwich and started eating. Her arms are sore but she is hungrier.

"Let me introduce myself again. I am Giovanni Alexanders. The second born of Count Konrad Alexanders. "

She swallowed her sandwich.

"You met my brother, Theodeous Alexanders, The first born. He is your weapons instructor and if you successfully finish your training you . . . . . .will have the name "Kaleena Alexanders" The youngest and only daughter of our family." Gio paused before mentioning Kaleena.

'Kaleena Alexanders. She is that person. That person's code. . .'

"To live as an Alexander you must be aware of how the world works and the society you belong to. First, the language we are using right now is classified as Lost Language. A language that had been long forgotten and deemed to be dangerous and labelled as one of the Forbidden languages. Using this language can execute you on the spot. "

"Then, how can you speak this language?"

"It's my mother's language. How are you able to know this language?" His voice sounded cold.

"I don't know."

"I figured, anyway, be careful using that language in public. I will be teaching you the basic knowledge about this world."

She listens to him explain the existence of the empire and ranking of aristocracy.

She learned today that the Alexander Family is a noble family from the southern part of Millano Kingdom. Millano Kingdom is located in the southern part of the world. It is a kingdom that produces and exports rare ingredients for medicinal and alchemy purposes.

Gio gave her the assignment of memorizing all the noble family names and its current head, including their family members, their characteristics, and businesses. The Millano Kingdom's noble families and its neighboring kingdoms.

Inshort, she was given 18 Books to memorize for the night.

****

'My intelligence is too low.' she said as she put down the book she was reading.

She stood up and the water from the tub spilled as she walked out of it. She dried herself and started walking to the bed.

'How long was I in the tub? my fatigue went down during the lessons but my muscles are still screaming'

'huh?'

She looked outside the window and saw the rising sun.

"Crap!" She put on her training clothes and ran to the training grounds.

She saw Theo standing in the middle of the training grounds.

"Good Morning Sir." She places her hand on her chest and gives a salute.

Theodeos Alexander, a nobleman, first in line successor to Count Konrad Alexander, second in command to Alexander Knights. He holds both a noble and high military position. He also achieved the title swordmaster three years ago.

The gap between knights in training and high officials is incredibly high. She was taught proper salutations to such figures because in families like the Alexanders, who specialize in raising knights, military ranking holds great authority.

"It seems Gio taught you." Theo smiled a little.

" Yes sir."

" At ease. Run Along"

"Yes sir" She saluted again and started running laps.

'Yesterday I thought I should run earnestly but I was wrong. very wrong one'

[The Messenger Anklet]

Difficulty : Rank B

Description:

This accessory is an item that will dramatically increase the speed and turn the user's steps to light weight.

Attributes:

AGI : +150

She finished the 50 laps in two and half hours today. She slowed down a bit to avoid Theo's suspicion. She proceeded to do push ups and sit ups right after running. Her fatigue came up to a total of 73.

'The end justifies the means.' She felt proud of her 'strategy'. There's something pricking her conscience but she ignored it

Total of three hours and fifteen minutes had passed. Theo is wearing a big frown look and she avoids meeting his eyes.

"You did it faster today, Alot faster." He squinted his eyes while emphasizing the words 'a lot faster'. She doesn't know if it's her hard earned sweat dripping from her forehead or cold sweat.

"hmmmm."

She is internally shouting for him to let it go.

"Let's start your weapons training."

'Phew'

"Start by practicing 500 swings and 500 stabs"

'Argh'