FEN KE

The first horn of the day sounded loud and Xue got up, got ready and ran out to the esplanade of the field. He lined up behind all the soldiers.

"Hello there"

Xue turned to see whose voice it was, when he turned to see a young man with an energetic smile despite how early he was. "Hello there"

"It's your first training huh, good luck, this is not as fun as it seems small"

Xue glared at him and the soldier took a step back "This is not a game, why would I come to have fun?"

"You really are weird, well my name is Fen Ke"

"Nice to meet you, I am Xue Yun"

Captain Huo and Sub-Captain Yu climbed onto the platform and everyone in the army stood up and put their arms at their sides. "Good morning Captain"

The first training had begun, the most trained soldiers were assigned to finish building the tents, while the other soldiers took a sword and were given a sequence of movements to execute, during the two hours of arduous training, the captain and the sub. Captain went on to correct the movement sequence so that those movements were flawless.

"You can go eat"

All the soldiers turned down weapons "Yes General"

Everyone calls him captain despite being a high-ranking general by habit and he had never been bothered by it, it was rare to be called a General by his soldiers but those who were new called him a general.

The soldiers left their weapons in place and retired to eat, only Xue was still with his weapon in hand repeating the sequence of movements as if the sword were part of his body, his movements were fluid and perfect as if he had done them for years.

"Soldier Xue"

Xue lowered his sword upon seeing Captain Huo approach followed by Sub-Captain Yu. "Captain Sub Captain"

She bowed. "Little Xue, why do you keep practicing?"

"Reporting to the general, I want to get used to the weight and size of the weapon, end of report"

a little laugh came from both "you don't have to be so formal when there are no others"

Xue's shoulders sagged "Thank you"

"But back to the topic why do you want to practice more if you look like part of the sword, any other soldier will envy your handling of the sword"

Xue shook her head "it's still deficient"

"Deficient? I see it very polished"

"It is not in the turn of the sword is deleble, my hand is not in the correct position if I do not perfect it at the moment the enemy collides with my sword my hand would go out of position causing a fatal wound"

"Seriously, I do not see a defect in the turn of the sword"

"That's because for an adult against another it would not make a difference but I am still a girl besides that I am young"

"You're right, don't contemplate that"

"If that's all, am I allowed to train again?"

"Keep going"

Xue simply lifted his sword up and placing her hand on the center of the blade performed a swift, lethal swing of the sword.

The soldiers who came back from eating or were seeing that little girl in the middle of the camp training until she achieved the perfection of her handiwork was a scene that no one would believe.

The days passed and the only thing that stopped Xue from training was eating sleep and of course the captains together with her new friend the soldier Fen Ke.