Enrolling to the Creztine Academy

Morning. Just like yesterday, Silvie woke up in Saria's embrace. '... this girl's stamina is really monstrous, I didn't have much sleep because she tickled me until morning, (what? do you expect me to laugh like a girl? oh please... I'm too old for that), Anyway...'.

Seeing her still sleeping, Silvie slips away from her embrace silently. She found out that after she turns like this, she becomes very hungry all the time. She went to the kitchen to search for food and found some leftover bread from the last dinner.

The chef and a few maids saw her eating the leftover food and hurriedly stopped her. The chef tells her, "Miss if you want to eat, I can cook for you, just tell me what you want to eat". Silvie thought about it and said, "Pumpkin Soup, I want to eat it". Hearing that, the chef was first confused as to why she wants to eat a commoner food like that but he didn't think much of it and then hurriedly started making the soup.

After it finished, Silvie took a bowl full and eat with content, 'What a familiar taste'. The chef tried a little and felt it lack some flavor, but seeing Silvie ate it with content, he didn't say anything. He heard that the young miss was outside alone for 15 years, so being used to eat this kind of food is normal. After all, there is no such thing as free food outside, and this kind of pumpkin soup can be made easily with just a few ingredients. 'Looks like second miss suffered a lot outside...'

"Young miss, how about I made some dessert for you?", the chef asked. Silvie didn't really care and answered with an "mhm". The chef beamed up and made all kinds of cookies and chocolate he could make with the ingredients around, he heard that the little miss likes sweets so that's what he makes for her. After it was completed he served them all to Silvie on one huge plate, "Here you go, miss".

Silvie ate all of them in delight, she never knows she had a sweet tooth but, 'the sweets were just too good!'. The chef saw that she ate the sweets delightfully and felt very satisfied after all the best compliment the chef can get is for the people to eat your food with joy.

Silvie finished the sweets, thanked the chef, and walked around the house. After coming to this mansion, she never looked around. Now that she did, she found out that this mansion was big. Most of the room was for the maids and butler on the lower floor, and the second floor was where the two master bedrooms were. It's a pretty weird design but I guess seeing before she came there are only three people, she could relate, she's an "Extra" after all.

"Hmm?", When Silvie looked outside, she can see Arthur practice swing an iron sword, but seeing he swing it so fast, the sword must've been very light for him. Thinking about it for a while, she decided to come down and say hello.

Arthur saw her came to him while still wearing her sleepwear and laughed, "Morning dear, you wake up pretty early, even your mother and sister slept until past morning". Hearing that, Silvie didn't think much about it and just asked shortly, "Training?", for some reason, she still can't accept them as her 'family', nor she can trust them, after all, she had been 'Betrayed' once, so it would be a while until she can accept anyone. Well, she never knows what 'family' is in the first place anyway.

Seeing that she didn't react too much Arthur felt a little awkward, "Err... yeah, this is just to keep myself fit". Silvie remember something and asked, "Why a sword?". Hearing her question Arthur thought about it and answered, "Because a sword was an easy weapon to use, but it made its user versatile in short or medium ranged fight.

Silvie shook her head, "That's not the answer I want". Arthur thought about it again and said, "Well, the true reason was that its double edge has a meaning for myself". Silvie asked again, "But if it's a 'double edge', wouldn't it hurt yourself too?".

Arthur laughed and then answered, "People have their own preference on the meaning of 'double edge', and that was one meaning for it, but it's different from mine. One edge to attack my enemy and another to protect the thing precious to me, that is for me, the meaning of 'double edge'". Arthur continued, "Aha, is that why you choose dagger over sword?".

Silvie didn't answer, instead, she pointed at the sword and asked, "Can I try swinging it?". Arthur reminded her to be careful and put the sword on her hand and slowly let go of it. When Silvie holds the sword, she felt it was pretty heavy, but she remembers clearly Arthur swung it with ease though.

Seeing her a little troubled with the sword Arthur reminded, "Be careful, it's a sword made of special alloy, especially made for the dragons to train so it's very heavy, after all, we have five times the strength of a normal human".

Well, how about it?. She starts swinging it with both hands, the weight became less and it was easier to control. After swinging it a few times Silvie made a posture of placing the sword in front of her with the tip at 70 degrees up, she took a deep breath, closed her eyes. and stayed like that while reminiscing a memory.

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She vaguely remembered a knight, a stupid one. He always talks loud and says a lot of useless things.

She met him at a bar somewhere, she forgot which bar or which town is the bar in but they met in a rather funny manner. At that time, she failed at the entrance examination of the Assassins Association and that guy failed at the Knight Order Entrance Examination. Two failures met and immediately became friends, both started by just drinking friend and then got closer and closer, finally they become best friends even though their Organization hates each other.

Funny thing, in a mission the kingdom form a truce relationship between the Knight Order and the Assassin Association. When that happens they usually converse together, unlike others that still have some lingering hate for each other.

She asked, "why do you want to be a knight?", and he answered, "I want to have the power to protect those precious to me". He said that while they train together, he uses a sword while she uses daggers. He learned some Hand hand combat from me while I learned some Sword techniques from him. Then the Kingdom revealed the true reason why they created this truce. They want to find a so-called hero candidate. At that time she knew, he was going to be picked, after all, even though he's a stupid guy, he's a genius when it comes to sword technique. And of course, I'm right, the next day we are separated. He goes with all the hero candidates while I stayed behind training hard.

After a few days, it was said that 10 heroes were picked at that time and he was one of them. They met a few more times, He gave her all the things he learned when training as a hero at that time, as well as a few moves he created by himself. After that, they were sent to exterminate demons in the "Dark World".

What is "Dark World"?. This world was actually like two sides of the same coin, with one side facing the light which is the "Light World", and the others facing the dark, "Dark World". The "Dark World" is where the demons and monsters that were abandoned by gods reside. While the "Light World" is the place where creature created by gods lives. Both worlds were connected by a passage called the "Gate". She never knows where this "Gate" is or how it looks, she only knew about it from a book 'Don't ask what book it is, I don't remember either.

Anyway, that's the last time she saw him, after all, none of the heroes survive. He only left a broken sword which becomes his tombstone. He can be said to be her first friend in this world, so she felt pretty sad after that and never want to hold a sword after that. Well, she also died and rewind anyway, but the result was still the same so she gave up. She can't become a hero either because she was mediocre at using weapons and she can't use magic at all. She tried to stop him but well he's a stupid guy which answers, "Even if I die, I won't have regret, after all, I protected what was dear to me, besides! I don't have anyone left in this world" and he said it while laughing like an idiot, 'Idiot, stupid, you left me, you bastard', she wants to say it at that time, but that will only make it harder for him.

She works hard to be Assassins because using weapon was secondary in Assassination and to be honest, it fit her that like to think a lot anyway, of course, she never kills anyone good, only bad guys.

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Anyway, Slowly opened her eye and then took a deep breath while stabilizing her posture. Sliding her back feet forward and lifted the sword over her head with the tip pointing straight backward and then... The sword was swung forward at a high speed. The result created no voice, not even a sword ripping the air was heard, only total silence and the voice from the environment. But it's not that it's without a sound but, the sound came too late. a few seconds after the swing, the voice immediately came like a hurricane.

This is a trick she learns as an Assassin, "No Sound", with correct timing and fast speed, you can coat the sound of your attack in a few seconds with the help of the environment. Since it's a windy environment it was very easy. But not only that, but she also uses the sword technique she learned from that idiot called "Overbearing", it's a technique that lets you use 100% of your strength on the sword making it hard to parry. After all, when you swing you waste some strength on moving. This technique was great if used with heavy weapons, the heavier it is, the better. But it only has a little set movement, after all, it was created not too long before the creator died.

After doing a few more sets of "Overbearing" she returned the sword to Arthur. Arthur was also surprised by the moves she made, "That was an amazing technique! did someone teach you?". Since it didn't hurt to tell anyway Silvie simply answer, "A friend".

"Your friend must be a great person, huh, that kind of sword technique was not something ordinary. Also, your friend must've trusted you a lot to teach you that kind of technique", Arthur laughed with delight, her daughter has a good friend, but then he froze, "Oh right, is your friend a boy or a girl?". Silvie looked at him, "Is that important?".

"Of course! when you were in the boy's form I might not mind but now you're a girl, you can't go and friend any boy carelessly", Arthur felt a little worried, which pig wants to eat his cabbage? the cabbage isn't even big yet, how can it be smelled by people, no way!. Silvie looked away and said, "Don't worry, I can deal with it". Hearing that, Arthur became silent and sighed, "Well, I believe you can do it", he then lifted his face with a hopeless smile, "I just want you to remember dear, we are now a family, if you have difficulty then you can ask us for help".

... Silvie was silent, Arthur was also silent. It was until Selena called them for breakfast that Arthur smiled and said, "Let's go in".

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After breakfast, Arthur remember something, "By the way, Silvie is 15 this year right?". Selena nodded, "Is something wrong?". "Creztine Academy will open an entrance examination for new students in a few days", Arthur suggested, "What if we let her study there, she can also make some friends in the academy. After all, we also have an urgent business and need to leave in a few days so it would be good to let her be where it's safe". Hearing that Silvie's expression became a little gloomy, 'you're just suspicious with my friend right?'.

Saria seems to agree with it, "It's a good idea after all Silvie never learn magic and mom and dad is busy, the teachers were also very strong and the Academy was just beside the Knight Order so she should be safe, so it would be good to let her enroll in the academy". Selena nodded and asked, "How is it, Silvie? do you want to go?".

Silvie thought about it. Academy? She never goes to school in any of her life so she's a little bit curious, to be honest. But she remembers that in Creztine academy, small weapons like a dagger were forbidden right?.

"Hm, are you hesitating because of the small weapon ban?", Arthur asked which Silvie nodded in confirmation. "Don't worry about it, it's only to prevent Assassin from entering the Academy ground, after all, you can easily hide things like a dagger under your sleeve. I can ask the headmaster to let you bring your dagger for self-defense".

"Then, I want to enroll", and with that, the deal was sealed.

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A few days later, Silvie, accompanied by a disguised Arthur, Selena, and Saria arrived at the Academy entrance. She wanted to enter like a commoner so they disguised even the carriage. Silvie herself was also in disguise, the pure silver hair now became grayish silver, her pupil has also become blood-red colored. At first, the whole family was confused by her preference but they let her be anyway. The bracelet Selena gave her has a spell for disguising so she can change her appearance at any time too.

Her dagger already arrived a few days ago, the sheath was made from special light-alloy so it's easier to carry. The sheath was also given a spell by Selena so that only she or someone she allowed can unsheath it. It will also be returned to her hand if it was more than 10 meters away from her, basically, it became glue. She put it on her back waist so it's easier to reach.

Selena looked at her worriedly, "Are sure you got everything?". Silvie looked at her and smiled, "Don't worry mom, I have everything in the pouch", Silvie pointed at the magic pouch on her waist. This thing was given to her by Selena also. It was a magic item that let her carry a lot of things.

It's been a few days with this new family and to be honest, it felt warm, fun, and somehow awkward. In these few days, she already accepted them as her 'Family' for the first time. She also starts to open up her emotion in these past days, which made her family really happy.

Arthur and Selena gave her a warm hug, Saria looked at her and said, "If you ever have any problems just remember, the Knight Order was just beside the Academy. Just say my name and they'll help". Silvie smiled at her, "I will big sister". Hearing that, Saria felt a little surprised and immediately became energetic, "Come come, say it again?".

"Hehe, if you didn't hear it then it's your fault~", Silvie grinned. Saria pouted and looked away, "Hmph, whatever!". Silvie come forward and hugged her, even though Saria still pouted, she reacted warmly.

After a few more things Silvie smiled, "Then, I'm going now", she then turned around and looked at the huge academy gate, took a deep breath, and started walking inside.