Alice's Wish
Kaiser swung his luminous sword, neatly cutting the bodies of the Goblins in front of him.
"Miss Charlotte, are you okay?”
"The son of a criminal like you—“
Charlotte lowered her head.
”eh"
“The son of a criminal like you doesn't deserve to help me!"Charlotte shouted, whereas before Charlotte was the only person who was nice to him. But after she rose through the ranks to become a Veteran Dimensioner of the Sword Master Class, continued From The Warrior class.
“Miss—"
Kaiser was about to call her and ask for an explanation, but the current situation did not allow it.
"Kaiser.. Cyrill, son of a criminal.."Alice muttered as she watched their fight. Kaiser slashed the goblins with skill, as did Charlotte.
“This is the last one.” Kaiser stuck a sword in the Goblin's head.
Just like earlier, Charlotte lowered her head again, her body shaking for some reason.
"get lost" She said in a low voice.
“Miss Charlotte, No, I mean Charlotte. What's wrong with you?" Kaiser looked at her seriously, wasn't it when he was still in college campus, Charlotte was nice to him?
But why?
"Get lost!” raising her tone with a red face and tear-stained eyes. “Your speech is not exactly your body language.”
Kaiser turned around, about to return to the training ground. But before that, staring at the 3 girls protected by Charlotte, two of them looked disdainfully at Kaiser. But not with that one,
"Alice Leviathan, that's my name, thank you for helping, Kaiser.”
Say it with a sincere smile. Kaiser, however, is fed up with being here so he ignores the girl and leaves, Charlotte, even though she is the only person Kaiser considers a friend.
***
“Since then, you've always been there to interrupt my day, haven't you?”
The point of view back to the present, Kaiser smiled to see Alice who was enjoying a glass of non-alcoholic drink.
Alice chuckled at Kaiser's words, it was very relatable, she always came to see Kaiser and try to be closer to him.
“You feel disturbed, huh? Hehe, sorry, sorry”
“No, it's just that I'm curious, how long will you be close to me and will just leave, like Charlotte." Softly Kaiser. It sips its alcoholic beverage plan.
Charlotte was talking about it.
The sweet smile on Alice's pink lips slowly faded. If Kaiser said that, it meant that Kaiser still didn't believe Alice.
“I'm curious too, Kaiser.”
“How long do you want to be like that? You always act like you don't trust me.”
Alice grabbed Kaiser's hand. “And I have admired you so much, ever since you saved me that day.”
“Even if me is the son of a big criminal dadi?”
“The criminal one is your father, it doesn't make any sense at all if you are hated by everyone, when the wrong one is your father! It's funny that it has absolutely nothing to do, right??!”
Her breath was heaving, going up and down quickly. Her voice was trembling and loud, even this whole bar was staring at the two of them.
"Alice”
“Kaiser!”
Alice called to him with a face very close to Kaiser's.
“Teach me how to use a sword! I am sure, if I am able to master the sword techniques, my parents will bless me to become a Dimensioner!”
Alice's meaningful gaze stunned the Kaiser a little. 'beautiful' in his heart kept repeating those two words.
Alice greatly admired the figure of the Kaiser. No matter what anyone said, the fact that Kaiser had saved her that day made her not care what they said about this man in front of her.
Alice repeated "teach me, Kaiser!”
“Are you sure? My rank is just a Rookie, besides, your reputation will be ruined if others find out that you were trained by a child of criminals.”
“I don't care about anyone else, Idiot!”
Again and again, people turned their eyes all the way towards Kaiser and Alice.
Someone whispered.
Some just stare.
Even from the sound of those whispers something was clearly heard in Kaiser's ears.
"the son of the criminal iti, seems to affect innocent girls”
After all, the Kaiser only squeaked irritably, he drew his breath to calm down and nodded his head.
This kid, Alice, she's never even fought and slashed with a real sword, looks like it's gonna be a tough one for the Kaiser.
“Tomorrow morning, come to the training building. I'll teach you the basics there.” Kaiser stood up, about to leave this place because it was starting to suck.
“Before that, tell me your cell phone number!”
Alice followed him from behind as she took the phone out of her small bag.
It's true, Kaiser has never given Alice his contact information. There is not even someone else's number on his cell phone.
"Just Scan it.”
A few minutes passed, Kaiser went from there to the train station. Today is enough to get here.
Kaiser goes home, prepares dinner.
“Today was longer than usual.”
He lit his cigarette and stared at the house lights that began to dim.
***
The morning came, at 8 o'clock. People have started their activities since then. The cars are heading towards their respective destinations.
Those who walk are no less numerous than vehicles.
There are also people carrying sharp weapons, they are Dimensioners. Because of the alien radiation that's in there, modern weaponry can't be used. Not only that, all modern equipment cannot be used inside the DG.
That's why many people practice their armed skills, swords, spears, maces, axes, daggers, bows, even magic wands for Caster-class Dimensioners.
“Strengthen the position of your legs. Focus your gaze on the front, and hold your hand tight to the sword.” Kaiser trained Alice from the ground up.
“but still, huh. .”
At this time Kaiser began to realize, Alice is not a fighter who relies on strength, but speed.
“You'd better change your weapon, try this on.” Two short swords the Kaiser threw at Alice.
By using a sword that is short in size, Alice will move easily. “Look, after I teach you the basics, you should be able to develop your own fighting style.”
“Fighting style?”
Alice didn't even know that. With great patience Kaiser took the sword and prepared in his position to show Alice what a fighting style is.
“Look carefully, huft..”
He took a breath, his sharp gaze focused on the training mannequin in front of his eyes.
“Third technique: Zig-zag slash!”
Kaiser slashed quickly in zigzags, even though he used only a wooden sword, but the sword was able to cut the mannequin easily.
"Try it”
Kaiser stepped back a few steps, it is possible that in the future Alice will imitate Kaiser's fighting style but with some modifications to adjust the weapon.