Prologue 2: Early Life as a Warrior
Truth be told, the men under my command have made good progress. In exactly one month, I managed instilled proper mentality and discipline to them. Now, we're advancing to harder and difficult training. By the end of ninety days, these men will be a force to be reckoned with.
It seems that the secondary effect was taking faster than I had predicted. These were the weakest of the entire military yet in just one month, they are showing reconsidering of that decision.
What i didn't expect was the situation that I was in at this moment. I had designate my second to continue the training until I return. There was this young athletic woman if her body told me anything. Long white hair that are braided together. Her stance told me she has been training with weapons since the day she was barely walking.
"If you're done ogling me, I will repeat what I said. Our patriarch should not waste time in this meaningless attempt for you to prove yourself. You are a weakling just like those men that were placed under your command."
She might be a young woman, but that doesn't mean she has manners. "You may call me Yuuto. You say I'm a weakling then by all means. Prove your words and should your judgement on me is wrong. You will never again interrupt me or my unit's training! Are we in an accord?"
She tossed me a wooden practice sword meaning a yes. "I won't lose to a weakling like you. For which you never see before, I am known Sigrun. Pick up the sword child and I will not waste too much time of beating you."
As soon as I was ready, she tried to attack me. I blocked it in time with my weapon. it's the same motions over and over as she attacks me with no pause. Overhead slash, cross slashes, and backhanded thrusts seems to be the only moves she knows. She might has all day to fight this excuse of a duel, however I don't.
I flipped the sword until it was held in a backhanded way. As she came, I struck the hands holding the weapon. Its results were the weapon to go up in the air as she tried to catch it. I use my weapon to struck her three times: two in the arms and once in the shoulder. As she got her beatings, I was holding her weapon. With a kick, I broke the wooden sword in half.
"If I'm a weakling, what does this say about you? Don't waste my time with petty reason. Be grateful, I'm not the enemy of your clan for they will not show you any mercy. Mercy, fairness, and compassion are words that have no place in wars."
I begin to walk away once I gave that speech. However, she wasn't done with me, "What purpose is there you train those weaklings?"
Almost instantly, I've given her a lecture about the army's strength is defined by the strength of their weakest link and training the weak link can improve the army.
I returned in the training area to find my men still sparring, "Good Gunther. The men are making good process. I'm ready to take back my post. you may return to spar with the rest of the men." he game me a standard salute. After all, I taught them that and did as I told him.
I went along my subordinates sparring and continued to correct their mistakes. In a month worth of time, the mistakes continue to decrease. As I commanded them to, they practice with swords, spears, shield, bows, maces, heavy axes, and scepters till it became second nature.
All in all, in the first month, the men are making good progress.
I could tell them the comments Sigrun said about them. Could make them see that training harder was a way to prove outside of my men wrong. However, I will not stoop so low for I'm better than that. They deserve to be treated as such. As the same time as their training have earned me their respect and to them mines.
I went to sleep and for a few seconds. I was sleeping peacefully but someone keep bugging me and interrupting my sleep. I knew that sleeping in the quarters assigned unto me would allow Loptr to murder me in my sleep. Felicia would argue about this but I stick with my gut feeling on this.
So, I found a rather secluded cave and managed to make it worthy for my to sleep.
"Honestly Yuuto, the room I ready for you is at least better than sleeping on the ground with ruined tents. Why do you insist on sleeping in this cave like you're a hermit."
"Felicia, you know as well as I do that is in the place that only your family may sleep. I have not made the oath of allegiance and as such I'm next to nothing for your father and brother, who I'm sure he hates me enough to kill me. Better safe then sorry."
She say down next to me, "That maybe the case Yuuto, but why don't you at least think about what go through? Do you have any idea how worried I became when I couldn't find you? I have looked for you and this place for over a mouth. I mean you don't even eat where your med do! You have any idea how worried I also became when I don't know if you're eating or even healthy?"
Honestly, she is not my mother! I'm a complete stranger to her and her family. Why does she care about a guy who her brother is very much wishing I fail so that he can have me killed? I closed my eyes and try to sleep. (Try being the keyword!) Felicia wouldn't stop nudging my side till I got up. I know she means well but I need to sleep.
"You aren't going to sleep until I take care of any wounds and make sure you have eaten something."
Right now I need sleep more than food. Why do I feel tired? I don't know ! I just do! I sat down and she began to touch me everywhere on my body. She even went as far as to remove some of my clothes.
"Felicia, I do appreciate that you care about me. it is just I don't want to cause you more problems. You know that your brother hates me and your father owes me nothing. I can't expect him to think very well of his daughter doing so much for a stranger."
She kept touching my arms, back, and shoulders, "I told before I don't care about that. Loptr is worried that if you are accepted into the clan, you will be another rival for his wish to become Patriarch. it has been my brother's lifelong dream to one day succeed my father and become the leader of the Wolf Clan."
She finally stopped touching me and done rubbing some of the most smelly stuff on a few places on my body. "As for me, you cause me more problems with me not being able to see you. I honestly wish you would just come back to our home, and I do mean Our home. Let me see you more often, I would worry less. You're going to cause me to have white hair and wrinkles before I'm twenty you know."
I know that last part is an excuse. Loptr is the son of the Patriarch. In the last month, I have been learning as much of the traditions of the people of these lands. Doesn't Loptr know it is practically taboo to name your own child to be the next Patriarch? it is said hereditary rule leads to decay, the way the traditions dictate is that the next Patriarch much be chosen by merits. The One with the best abilities is the one that is fit to lead.
"Now that you found this place, I just know that you will be here every day. Guess I have only two choices. Find a new place to hide, or accept to go back to the building you said 'I had a room in.' I just know Loptr is going to be bothersome to you."
That is when I felt her lean against my back and rested her head against me, "Well I don't care. You need to stop living like this, take better care of yourself, and come home for me? The first thing you need to do when you get back is a proper bath."
I recent that, I take regular baths in a nearby stream everyday. I don't like the impression that I smell in a bad way.
"Alright, fine. I surrender! I will go back to the room you said was mine. When can I sleep? I'm not lying here Felicia, I'm really tired. I need be up early tomorrow to continue their training." She pushed me till I was standing and she then took hold of my hand pulling me to follow her lead.
As I followed, i got a few different looks from the people who saw us. Some looked at me like they found the entire thing to be amusing. Others flat-out envy and even some of them glared at me. Well, I'm walking through the middle of their city being led by the daughter of the Patriarch while said daughter is holding my hand.
She finally stopped and pushed me until I entered a room that seemed to be the dining area. She told one of what I think would be the attendants to bring me something to eat. I was too tired to argue anymore so I ate the food and thanked the attendant while telling her to thank the cook on my behalf.
I was sure this was it, but no. it was not, as soon I finished putting my eating utensils away. She again grabbed me and guided me towards another room. The halls of this place were all made of stone bricks and cray as they hold touches for light. Where did she take to? Once I saw the large space, the water, and what looked to be one of the largest bathtubs I have ever seen she began to take all my clothes off.
I know I shouldn't be shy and she is probably as naked as I am. If the rusting sound I heard meant anything but she began to scrub me with what seemed to be a sponge made from wool. I have to say, I nearly fell asleep while she did that.
As I relaxed in the water, I felt my muscles bathed in the warmth of the water which made me wonder how do they have a warm bath like this. This must mean they have a furnace heating some metal that was built into the bathing area. This told me they must have at least some blacksmith ability.
"Your muscles seemed so tense. Now with this, you can feel some relief."
I heard her enter the bathing area. The sound of her body entering the water enticed me to look like I never felt in my life, but I'm no pervert. i kept my eyes closed to respect her as I knew I should.
"Felicia, why do all of this for a man you have only known for a little while? I appreciate your kindness, but I worry what the others might think of you for doing this. Loptr is going to be furious when he found out."
That is when I heard someone come in, "On many things, we will never agree, but on that worry. We both are in an agreement. Why is my sister doing so much for a stranger that could very well be a spy here to weaken our Clan or kill our Father? I will not trust him til he at least makes the Oath."
That is when I felt something press against my arm and I know what that something is if the two erect points poking my arm was any indication. "I don't know why it is something so hard for both of you understand. Why do I worry/ Why do I want to do things for him? Well, the answer is obvious because I love him. I had fallen for him since the moment we met."
Tanker 17 here! For readers, the first three chapters will be prologue before the series started. It was planned to be two but I changed my mind because I need Yuuto to reveals his another ability to the fullest while the first ability as you may know it is the concept of Wisdom. In this fanfiction story, Yuuto have Wisdom instead of a phone because what I seem it in the anime (no offense to any master of ragnorak fans) and forced to admitted it due to me being one of the fans is that Yuuto can be better if he hasn't relies on his phone and it could be more beneficial for him to have one or two abilities.
I love to give a shout out for flo463 for his review as well to say and hoped you guys quotes me on this, "Yes, it will be a harem otherwise it won't be Master of Ragnorak"
Also for spolier alert, after the prologue(s), I will stick with the anime point of view until further notice.
Have Happy Holidays to you all.
