The Inheritance

Chapter Six

Last Friday, a person dropped by carrying a long thin object wrapped in brown paper. After unwrapping the object, I was surprised to see that the object was a wooden sword. At first I had wondered who would send me a weapon but after a few seconds, I remembered the conversation I had with Diana the last time I saw her.

Ever since Lily gave me the advice of not eating at the dining hall, I would still go to the dining hall to eat however I would make sure to circle around the table that Elizabeth, her brother or their friends sat. If I can’t avoid walking around them then I would choose the route with the most traffic so that they were unable to harass me.

After I started my preparations, the amount of food that I eat increased by quite a bit due to the amount of energy I am burning every day. Sometimes I would converse with Lily and Brian but for the most part I would eat my food and take a walk, saying only hi and bye to them.

Before the weekend started there were multiple pieces of parchment hanged on the wall near the entrance of the building. The pieces of parchment showed the schedule and timing of the fights. If the fights stayed on track, I would fight Elizabeth on Tuesday, which is tomorrow.

On my first day of preparations I discovered that the circular road’s perimeter is approximately 400 hundred metres. Due to the large perimeter, I have been using the circle as a track for both endurance running and sprint interval training. I would do endurance running during the first period classes and during the second period classes I would do ten, twenty, fifty and one hundred metre sprint intervals.

When the second period classes would end, I would wait for about twenty minutes before heading into the dining hall to eat my lunch. Sometimes I got lucky and the lineup would be short, allowing me to get my food fairly easily but when they were long, I had to wait ten minutes before getting my food.

At lunch I would rarely talk to Lily and Brian but if I did, it would either be about my progress with my preparations or their progress with school. As soon as I finish eating my lunch I would say bye to Lily and Brian before putting my plate on the rack. Afterwards, I would leave the dining hall while making sure that I avoided around Elizabeth, her brother, and their friends.

When I got outside, I walked around the perimeter of the circle to allow for the food in my stomach to digest. Ever since I got my sword, I would head back to my room to pick it up before heading towards the tables and seats located in between the residence and classes.

Once there I would find the closest tree to lay my sword against before practicing my martial arts and tricking. I would continue to practice my martial arts until the last period of classes ended, in which I case I practiced swordplay.

I continued to practice my swordplay until dinner came, at that time I would go and get my food. As I eat Lily would sometimes give me hints and tips that may help in my attempt to defeat Elizabeth. After saying “bye” to Lily and Brian I would place the plate back on the racks before leaving the building, heading to the beach that I found on the model in the library.

There, I would run back and forth, and when I am done running I would walk back to my room and take a nice long warm bath before changing clothes and using the washroom. It would always take me a few minutes to change clothes due to how sore and tired I became but eventually, I crawled underneath the blanket of my bed and fall asleep.

This has been my routine for the past week, ever since I had angered Elizabeth by embarrassing her brother. Just one day left and then I duel Elizabeth and hopefully all of my effort will prove to be fruitful.

Getting out of bed, I quickly perform a few full body stretches before using the washroom and changing clothes. Since I know tomorrow is the date of the duel, I am spending the entire day relaxing so that I will be able to fight at full potential.