Game World or a Different World?

Chapter 12

"Isn't it because of your aura?"

"Nope! Don't think so. Normally, they'd ignore me."

She knitted her brows and made a very troubled expression.

"Weren't you the one who usually ignore them?"

"I only ignored them cause they ignored me."

"Uh-huh."

"Anyways, let's start practicing already. Look, everybody but us have already started."

I moved a couple of steps away from Emilia and made a stance with my sword.

The stance I made was the most common stance I would see in fantasy shows back in my previous life. Placing a foot behind one and I held my wooden sword with a tight grip as I face Emilia.

"Did you practice swordsmanship when you were young, Miss Lumina?"

"Nope, not really. I was just copying a person I once saw."

"Is that so?"

While question marks floated on top of her head. Emilia also made a stance with her wooden sword. The two of us stood in front of each other not saying a word. The wind blew around us and the shouts of our fellow classmates resounded in my ears. The moment a child fell down near us, it became our signal to charge.

I raised my wooden sword high while hers was low. The moment she was within my range, I quickly made a shifted the angle of my attack and targeted her shoulder. It seemed like she had expected where I was gonna strike cause she managed to block it with her wooden sword.

"Shouldn't it be me who asking if you once practiced swordsmanship, Emilia?"

"If cooking can be called as practicing, then yes."

"Fufufu..."

"Kukuku..."

I strengthened my pushing force and the instant she was gonna resist me, I escaped from the stalemate. Making my wooden sword parallel to the ground, I swiftly ran towards her. She used her wooden sword to divert the force of my attack and countered me. In order for me to escape her attack, I forcefully made my body and managed to dodge her wooden sword by a hair's breath.

Seeing that her counter-attack was a failure, she backed away and restored her stance.

"The attack you just did was filled with resentment!?"

"What are you talking about?"

"Are you using this spar as an excuse as payback for the math drills I gave you?"

"I don't understand what you're talking about."

"So questioning is futile huh... then I'll also use this chance to pay you back for the harassment you've been giving me."

I tightened the grip on my wooden sword and started walking towards her naturally. She heightened her guard as she waited for me to be within her sword's range.

I suddenly dashed to her left and quickly closed our distance. Targeting her flank, I used the chance where she was surprised by my inconsistent speed. When she had recovered from her shock, she made a jumped back greatly, destroying her posture.

"You're mine!"

"We'll see about that!"

The moment I thought my wooden sword was gonna connect, a blunt pain assaulted my hands. I became dumbfounded and paused for a while. I looked around and found two wooden swords lying on the ground a few steps away.

"So it's a tie?"

"Yes."

Emilia fixed her posture and stood in front of me with a smile. I replied to her with a smile of my own.

"I've never seen you exercise, Emilia. How come you're so strong and fast?"

"Working as a servant is quite a chore you know."

"Is that so?"

"Yes. What about you, Miss Lumina. How come you're so skilled with the sword? I haven't seen you practicing it before, much less exercising."

"A little imagination and tons of motivation did the trick."

"Is that so?"

"Yes."

When we were finished with our conversation, Emilia picked up the wooden swords and handed one to me.

"Then wanna to go at it again?"

"If that's what you want."

"Then let's continue doing this till we're dead tired! I had fun in the last round."

"I understand, Miss Lumina."

We continued fighting each other till our teacher, George, told us that class had ended.