"Kiddo, look at my eyes and tell me what is your reason to learn the sword."
Hearing that, I look at the eyes of uncle Boras and said the answer in my heart.
"I want to be strong enough to protect the people I cherish."I said confidently to him
Uncle closed his eyes for a moment before open it again while sighing.
"sigh...I got it. Tomorrow after breakfast I will wait in the backyard. Don't be late cause I hate slacker!"
"Thank you uncle Boras!"
"Don't thank me now. Just remind you, my training is really hard!"
Unbeknownst to me, his training is really harsh.
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The next day after breakfast I headed toward the backyard. I found that uncle stood while holding a wooden sword. Uncle approaches me after he noticed that I finally arrived.
"I will give some exercise. You will run 10 km long while I chasing you, I will hit you with this wooden sword if I managed to catch you. After that, you have to complete 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, and 100 squats. This training I specially arranged for you to developed your body muscle while keeping your body lean as mush as possible, which mean you will have strength, endurance, and agility at the same time. If you managed to complete this workout before lunch I will teach you how to wield a sword."
What an abuse, that is my first thought after listening uncle Boras's task. I never expected that what he said yesterday is really true. Suddenly, my body was hit by a wooden sword. While feeling hurts I look at uncle Boras in confusion.
"What are you doing kiddo? The training is already start when I finished telling you! Run if you don't want to be hit by me again!"
"Yes sir!"
After that it was really hard, I managed to stay ahead from uncle for 3 km. But, I started slowing down after that, and resulted in my body was hit more than a dozen times. I feel certain that my body will be full of bruise tomorrow. Sadly, I managed to finish the run just before lunch which mean he will not yet teach me the sword lesson.
Finally, I managed to finish the rest of workout at 4 pm. My body is really tires and my muscle is aching. This is really hard but I know that it is not easy to become strong. After that, uncle told me to sleep after eating dinner to recover my strength for the next day.
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Two weeks have passed, during those days I was training from 8 am until 6 pm. Under such rigorous exercise, my strength grows so fast. Today I barely manage to finish this exercise before lunch which mean that uncle Boras will start the sword lesson.
"Kiddo, you finally managed it! After we finish lunch we will go to the next step. Be prepared!"uncle Boras said to me while clapping his hand.
Today's lunch aunt Grace prepared her special dish, she cooked steaks, goulash, and her signature salad. I feel like this is one of the most delicious food I've ever taste. After finishing our lunch uncle instructed to me to wait in the backyard.
In excitement I rushed to the backyard as fast as I could. I already imagined I'm using a cool sword move and using de gozaru phrase in my last sentence. One hour has passed...Two hours has passed...I started to confuse why uncle did not come. Is he forgot or is there something that he really needs to do? As I wondering, uncle suddenly came with a large bag. At first I thought it was his collection of swords but, when he throws the content of his bag there is not even one single sword in there. Instead, there are several iron stick with different thickness and lots of iron ring with large diameter that can fit in hands and feet.
Then he started picking the thinnest iron stick and four pieces of iron ring. Suddenly, he grabs my arm and installed the iron ring on my wrist and the same goes for my other hand and both of my feet. Looking confused I ask him the reason why he did this.
"Uncle why did you installed those iron ring on my limbs and why did you holding an iron bar?"
"Those iron ring and this stick weight of 5 Kg each which mean that your body had an additional 20 kg in total. From now on you will use those iron rings even if you are doing normal activities such as sleeping and eating. By the way, the thickest iron ring weight around 50 kg. Now start running again"
"But, we are supposed to learn the sword isn't it?"
"Hah...What are you talking about? After all, you haven't manage to finish my requirement."
"You said that we will start the sword lesson after I managed to finish the workout before lunch and I complete it today isn't it?" I questioning him while started being angry at hime because he didn't keep his promise.
"Ghahahahahahaha...Kiddo, What I mean is that I will teach you if you manage to finish the workout before lunch while using the thickest iron rings. After all, what you have just finished is just only the beginning. Now run if you don't want to be hit! Ghahahahahahaha..."
I just realised that this is his another prank. I wanted to hit him in the face but seeing uncle holding an iron stick while running towards me with a big wide smile on his face I know that I must myself first from him. While I was running away from him I also shouted.
"KUSO YAROOOO!!!"
Then, my hellish sparta training continued again.