DEAPECTRUMS
023. THE WORDS OF THE MUTE

When the class hour was over at about three in the afternoon I walked towards Mom's room with slow steps. I really don't want to go to that place plus I don't know what he's going to do to me.

Is the sword a forbidden weapon in this struggle so he will punish me who has dared to play the sword? But if so Wendy should not put the sword on the table with other weapons and also Gumi would not tell me to master swordsmanship.

“Sorry, I came.” I said as I knocked on Mom's door.

“Log in.” Excite Mom.

I immediately opened the door and walked into the room. Mom is sitting at her desk. He kept looking at me like he was going to pounce on me. I was really uncomfortable with his eyes.

“You know that class lessons only teach basic and standard techniques to all fields?” Ask Mom who is still standing and not allowed to sit on the chair. “Because of that every student should practice outside the lesson hours for the field of weapons he chooses. And since the sword is the field of weapons that you choose you should come here every day.”

“Ma—means, I'll practice swordplay with Mom?” I looked at him because I was surprised by what he said.

“Gumi told you that in this college no one really mastered the sword right? Therefore I myself will teach you,” said Mother. “And now come out, follow me.”

My mother took me to a place out of college with two swords. I don't know exactly what he's going to do but I guess that he's going to start teaching me swordsmanship.

I don't know if he really taught me swordsmanship because I wasn't sure if he could or mastered swordsmanship, Gumi never told me that Mom mastered swordsmanship.

“Take that sword!” Mom cried after throwing a sword at me. I'll pick it up right away. “Actioning with a sword if there is no opponent is not exciting right? That's why I will be your opponent, I also want to know how much you master it. We're gonna duel. Now attack me.”

After taking out the sword from the scabbard I attacked Mother with my sword-playing ability but it seems I was wrong. You can repel my attacks even cornered me by sticking his sword at me. He could easily make me fall to the ground. He's a thousand times better than Gumi.

“It turns out that's just what you are capable of,” he said with a sarcastic smile. “I'm disappointed in you.” I put the sword back in the sheath. “Tomorrow after the lesson is over until dinnertime you will train in this place with me.” After saying that, Mom left me and walked back to college.

I took the scabbard lying on the ground and put the sword into it. I feel uninspired because I will start training with Mom tomorrow. I also did not expect that Mother had the ability to play the sword.

Why didn't Gumi tell me, didn't she know that either?

“Are you going to kill like everyone else?”

Suddenly a voice sounded. I searched for the source of the sound and saw Ian standing ten meters behind me. I was surprised to hear him speak. He's not mute.

“Ian..” I walked towards him. He looked at me with the sword I was carrying. “So you can talk?” Geez, I feel stupid listening to Gumi say that Ian is mute.

“I can talk but I'm banned from talking to you guys,” Ian replied. Ian looked towards the kitchen which was at a distance of fifty meters away there. “Cute with me.”

We both walked towards the river away from the school or the kitchen. It seems Ian doesn't want people in the kitchen to see him with me.

Ian and I sat down by the river. The afternoon breeze blew made me feel cool and erased my memories for a moment about training with Mom.

“We slaves are forbidden to talk to you,” said Ian starting the conversation. “You'll be a killer too right?” Ian looked at me sharply. I was confused how to answer it. “That's right?”

“Ian, I want to stay alive therefore I am in this place. I want to graduate and leave Deapectrum, I want a better life later.” I replied.

“What do you mean?” I ask not to understand his words.

“Don't you count how many women graduated in that college? Isn't everyone who graduated still in the building?”

I fell silent and tried to think about Ian. All the women who graduated are still in college. Some became teachers, clinic officers and who were in charge of carrying out tasks to kill like Gumi and Nem.

If calculated all including Mother and Bu Bianca indeed no more than thirty people. This school existed fifty years ago. Where are the other graduates? Though Gumi said if graduated though will not be able to escape from college.

“Ian, do you know every year how many students pass?” My toot.

“Do you think they'll tell you if you ask that?” Ian asked back. “Too many secrets in that place. Before you graduate you won't know all those secrets.”

“Really?” I said with my brain still circling around thinking about Ian's words. “Then I will fight to pass.”

“Yes after graduation you will be a killer like them. You won't be able to get out or get out of their grasp before you die,” Ian timps in an ominous-sounding tone. “Actually you are no different from me, I will continue to rot in this place.”

“Stupid! Don't say that!”

“Indeed right? I will continue to be a slave. Do you know how many slaves there are? Even more than the number of graduates of that college. Because every child born is born a slave, just like me. And you're gonna be a killer. The killer is still the killer.”

“I will not see you again, Ian,” I said as I stood up, after which ran towards the gate of the Gyeld Enn Chourius college.

I won't see Ian after hearing his words that hurt my heart.

Actually I don't want to be a murderer because killing is a forbidden act. Isbell always reminded me and Jatnera not to do things that God forbid and kill is one of the actions forbidden by God.

To be honest, I don't understand why Isbell always told me about a God I never met to either of us. I'm not even sure that such an impressive figure exists. But killing someone is a very inhumane thing, but if it's what keeps me alive, I'll take it. I want to be a murderer so I can live longer.

“Where have you been?” Cleve asked who was lying on my bed when I came. “Oh yes, is it true that Mother will train you to play the sword?” Cleve got up to sit looking at me who was sitting on the side of the bed. “You know what Mother's nickname is?”

“What do you mean?” I looked at Cleve.

“Wendy said that in the past mother was a swordsman, yes that's his nickname,” Cleve said. “He is very proficient even the only one in this college who really understands and masters swordsmanship. If you train with him, you can be his successor.”

“Oh like that,” I said uninspiredly. I threw my body to the side of the bed.

I felt less excited after hearing Ian's words.

“What's up? Why don't you look excited?”

“I'm tired, let me rest for a while before dinner.” I closed my eyes trying to find peace from the thoughts that were weighing on me.

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