Chapter 7 (English)

Just as the rope was about to be cut, shouts were heard from far away and soldiers ran into the village from all sides.

< "Attack the intruders" > Makoto ordered all the soldiers.

Shiro took the sack off my face and tried to free me, but then she was attacked by the government soldiers.

I could do nothing but watch.

I cheered them on and at least tried to give motivations to the others.

In the middle of the battle, there were always close calls where the rope of the guillotine was almost cut.

Shiro tried to protect me somehow and prevented the rope from being cut.

After some time, the battle ended and the village had won.

Makoto who was only protected by his soldiers on the battlefield and had not done anything, looked in my direction and came towards me in a direct path.

"Thats it", I thought to myself, but then he said to his guards < "Untie him" >.

Then he took me in his arms and called out loudly to the villagers < "This execution was part of my plan. It was to make everything look like we were unprepared and we were not expecting the invaders. Thanks to me, we survived all this and as thanks for Jun risking his life for our village, I am gracious enough to spare his life.">

After that, he had a party prepared and I was invited.

I could hardly refuse, but since I had a request after the event anyway, I forcefully accepted the invitation.

While the celebration was in full swing, I just stood outside on the balcony and looked out to sea.

As I was about to observe the scenery, Shiro appeared behind me and said < "You are lucky to have survived, but you should get out of this village as soon as possible if you care about your life.">

< "You're probably right, but I have other plans. I asked your father for permission for me and my siblings to stay here" >, I said to Shiro.

< "You what? I don't think you realize that this village is different than you think. Today everything is great, but here everything can change at any time and you can lose everything at once" >, Shiro tried to convince me.

<"I know. I think you've told me that enough times, but the fact remains I'm too weak. Way want to become stronger protect my siblings in future and can only do if someone trains me. That's why asked Makoto you could train until strong handle myself also stay here during time. Like said, he allowed me,"> I told Shiro with a smile.

< "I see. I'm sorry, I didn't even ask you if it was okay for you to train me. You're the strongest and nicest I've met here in the village. You have Makoto's trust for a reason, after all. So please train me," >, I asked Shiro.

<"I never said I had a problem with it, but get ready for it won't be easy">, she said ashamedly and immediately disappeared before I could thank her properly.

I went back to my room and went to sleep.

The next day I met my siblings who were brought to the village because of my request.

I explained to them what had happened and shortly after Makoto arrived.

< "As promised, you may stay here as long as you need to get stronger, but we had one condition and that is that the village itself is off limits to you and your siblings. You may move around here in the main building as you wish, but nothing more. Should you violate this condition, the death penalty will apply to you here as well," > he said threateningly and left right after.

"Strange guy, just threatening the death penalty, although it has almost become a habit for me," I thought to myself with a monotone expression on my face.

Starting the next day, I spent almost nothing but time with Shiro and we trained as much and as well as we could every day.

My siblings also spent their time wisely.

Nima was trained by one of the strongest soldiers to become stronger, but with her I wanted them to be gentle with her and Ake had found a huge library and was so fascinated that every time I met him he would tell me something I didn't understand, but I listened to him anyway because it pleased me how happy he was that he could learn and read so much.

He also got lessons from a teacher who often praised him and called him one of his best students.

When I took a break from training with Shiro, Shiro told me a bit more about the village and so I learned that it was a ninja village.

Over time, Shiro and I got along very well, so I offered to eat with us, because Nima had also wanted to meet Shiro.

Shiro accepted the invitation, although a little forcefully, but since then we have all eaten together every night.

We had settled in well and after about 4 months, we were almost like family.

But apart from Ake's teacher, Nima's teacher and Shiro, we didn't know anyone and the only one we got to know closely was Shiro, who was still reserved over time and didn't reveal much about herself.

These 4 months had done us good.

I learned the martial arts of the ninja from the village and knew exactly how to defend myself.

However, Shiro did me a favor and taught me other martial arts as well, so I have no problems defending myself against anyone.

Even in one on one with Shiro, Shiro had no chance against me after only these 4 months.

Not only my fighting style was better, but also my natural strength was much stronger than before, which was perhaps also due to the fact that I had enough food not only at Grim, but also since I stayed here for 4 months and thus could build up muscle mass and strength.

Ake had acquired a lot of knowledge, especially about technology.

It was not used very much in the village, however, the teacher was well taught in technology, so Ake could learn a lot from her.

He even built things on his own and presented them to us, such as a weapon that stores light energy and shoots it as one shot.

He sat in front of me on his wheelchair and lapped his gun at me.

I was scared at first because I thought he was shooting at me, but it was just like I was hit by a warm beam that was barely noticeable.

< "It's not a real gun Jun of course, it was just supposed to convert the energy of the sun" >, he tried to tell me disappointedly.

To cheer him up, I took his gun and stood behind his wheelchair and held him from behind and put the gun to his head and said < "I'm sorry, I don't have as much knowledge as you to understand everything you say or do, but what I do know is that you don't do things halfway, because this looks like a real gun, like I've seen from the books " >

Ake laughed lightly and said < "Thank you Kami, you are the best brother anyone could have, I love you" > and looked at me with tears of joy.

I hugged him and told him how PROUD I was that he was my brother.

Then there was Nima, who was also doing well with her combat training, but she didn't have the basic strength like me, which is why she could defend herself, but couldn't do much against bigger opponents.

In addition, she was only shown the fighting technique of the ninja.

Here in the village, they teach one on one fighting techniques and the ability to act like a shadow.

Everything was going well up to that point.

Then, one evening when I had eaten at Shiro's, since the training had lasted longer, Ake was also in the library longer and as he was on his way back to his room, he remembered that he had put his book on the wrong shelf and went back.

At that time a man named Farrel had stolen a very secret scroll and was trying to escape from the village with it, but he was caught and tried to escape through the library, but when he saw Ake coming towards him, he put the scroll in an empty shelf and disappeared through the library window.

When Ake returned to the library and was about to put the book from its wrong shelf into the right one, he noticed the scroll and looked inside.

When he read the scroll, he found it very exciting and quickly went to his room to tell me about the scroll.