DEAPECTRUMS
012. SWORDGIRL

Every night when the women from Poegriye Island came Gumi told me to hide in the bushes. I followed him and five days had passed. I managed to hit the apple right in the middle and split it. Gumi also taught me some moves in fighting. It turned out that everything was very difficult and not as easy as I thought.

“We are women and our bodies are small therefore we have to be faster than them.” Gumi cried when she taught me how to fight. “Speed and agility are important in fighting.”

“How can I be faster than my enemy?”

“Just think that you're faster than them.” Answer Gumi. “Now try to attack me with your speed.”

I took a swing to attack Gumi but when I tried to hit him quickly Gumi denied it and hit me back until I fell to the ground. I stood up and once again tried to hit him but once again failed.

Gumi has incredible speed. Blood was already coming out of my nose and my vision was also starting to blur but I was eager to hit it.

“Already. For now you won't be able to hit me.” Says Gumi smiling as usual. “There's me the most speed so a beginner like you won't be able to hit me.”

Suddenly my vision was completely dark and I fell to the ground. When I wake up it's dark. Gumi leaned me on a big tree and she washed my sweaty face. My head hurts so much now.

“You okay?” Ask Gumi. “Tomorrow we stop the exercise for a while.”

“No. I'm fine.” My answer. “Tomorrow we exercise. I want to be like you, have your speed and punch is also strong.”

“Stupid,” Say Gumi. “I only teach you basic techniques because later in college you will really learn.” Gumi. “Again empty-handed fighting does not seem to be your forte. Tomorrow I will teach you to use the sword.” Gumi smiled as she revealed a sword. “In college besides my gun speed is boomerang.” Gumi took two curved shaped objects that he always carried behind his waist. “Nem is an expert in using firearms. Even he was able to shoot birds that fly with his eyes closed but in college no one really mastered swordsmanship.” continued Gumi glanced at me. “I want you to be a sword girl, how about?”

“Switch girl?” Ask me to make sure because I'm not too sure I'll be able to master the sword. Even to this day, I have never held that thing.

When morning came, I started training. Gumi gave me a real sword. I was told to hold the sword and lift it up with my right hand and not to lower it before the cue from it.

It turned out that the real sword was very heavy and not as light as I thought because it was in the first minutes even though my hand that was used to carrying heavy loads began to feel unable to lift the sword anymore. I really wanted to put the sword down but Gumi always shouted whenever I wanted to lower it.

My tears flowed out because I felt that I could no longer lift it with one hand. For almost four hours I lifted the sword with my right hand and I was completely exhausted.

“Alright, lower the sword and eat this..” Gumi threw an apple at me and I quickly picked up the apple. “After eating use your left hand to lift that sword.”

Hearing instructions from him I was upset. I wanted to argue with him, but I thought again. Gumi must have had a special reason why I had to do that.

Finished finishing my apple, I raised the sword again with my left hand. For about three hours I held him up with my left hand. The sword fell to the ground because I could no longer lift it with my left hand. It was fortunate that the sword fell directly onto the ground and did not hit me, otherwise I could have been stabbed to death.

“Bee, catch this!!” Gumi shouted while throwing a piece of wood at me.

“What if the wood is a sword? You must have been stabbed to death.” Gumi's exclaim came up to me and picked up the log that had hit my head. “Throw this wood up and try to catch it at this end.” Gumi showed at the end of a wooden rod wrapped in cloth.

“Why should I do it?”

“Just do it until you do it and try midnight tonightyou succeed before the plane comes because tomorrow you will start using the sword.”

“A...what?” I'm confused.

“You should be able to catch a sword with both hands.” Gumi smiled as she mocked. “I don't care if tonight you managed to catch the log properly or not, because tomorrow I will directly tell you to catch the sword. You know the consequences if you fail to catch the sword?”

Many times I threw the log up and tried to catch it properly but many times I failed. Hundreds of times I tried if the log didn't hit me then he must have fallen to the ground because I avoided it.

Gumi just laughed at me and it pissed me off. Several times I managed to catch the log but it was on the wrong side and Gumi was always screaming.

“Your hand will be cut off if you catch a real sword on that side!"

Gumi was fast asleep but I still practiced catching logs late into the night. Soon the treasure hole delivery plane will come because of that I have to succeed. I almost caught it right. I kept trying and trying it once more until I actually managed to catch the log on the side that it was supposed to be.

Before throwing the log I took a breath and threw it away. This is my last throw and I have to make it. After that I threw it and got ready to catch the log. I kept concentrating and it turned out that I managed to catch him.

I smiled happily after I finally caught him. I looked towards the sleeping Gumi.

See I made it, my mind.

Suddenly the sound of the plane came and I immediately hid. I leaned against the tree after feeling satisfied with my hard work. I'm sure tomorrow I will definitely amaze Gumi to me. Yes, I am the Sword Girl.

The birds woke me up. I opened my eyes and felt the sunlight so dazzling. I rubbed my eyes and confirmed my sight.

“You're ready to catch a sword?” Shouted Gumi who was twenty meters away from me. He had two swords in his hand. “Wake up or do you want me to throw this sword at you?”

Hearing his words I immediately got up and walked towards him. “What to do now? I still want to sleep.” My complaint.

Regardless of what I said, Gumi threw a sword at me. I was surprised to see the sword coming at me.

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