The pain of the poison melting my flesh, the fear I felt.
The blue sky, and the face of the spider.
I remember it all.
I tried to push it back, to forget it all, but once you experience something like that.
It isn't easy to forget.
I remember the face of the spider looking at me as it was preparing to spit some poison from its tail.
I woke upright grabbing my chest, as I remember the pain of the poison ripping through my chest.
I look around and see that I was in some medical facility.
I see Lawrence on my right looking at me with concern
I see a man on the other side wearing the robe of a priest, looking at me with worry.
"Young man, please lie down your head, you are still suffering from extreme exhaustion"
I nod and rest my head
"Hey," I said to Lawrence
"You really overworked yourself"
"It was well worth it" I reply to him but unbeknownst to Lawrence
I was scared shitless inside my mind
"It was just a dream, it was just a dream, it was just a dream" I repeatedly thought to myself to calm the fear I was feeling.
I look around for a clock and see that the time was currently 3 pm,
"looks like I'm spending the night here," I said to him.
I look to the side and see the priest beside me
"Young man, worry not I plan to cast some healing spell on you"
I nod and let him.
I feel a familiar force enter my body, I immediately felt relaxed and the same extreme sleepiness came right after.
I succumbed to it and fell asleep.
I woke up the day after, I look at the same clock in the medical facility, the time was now 5 am,
Lawrence was no longer here, he probably went back to our room.
The priest was also no longer present,
I got up feeling refreshed and no longer exhausted and made my way back to the First-Year dorms.
I entered the room and hear a familiar sound of snoring.
I grab a new set of uniform and made my way to the bathroom to bathe myself.
I got dressed and proceeded to go to the cafeteria to satisfy my hunger.
I then ate some food and continued on my way towards the Aura Chamber.
I got inside and see Mellissa, early and training hard as usual.
She then suddenly stopped training and glanced at me for a second then started training again.
That suddenly surprised me but I quickly regain my posture.
I look at the clock inside the chamber, It was 6:32 am.
I then started to train again even though I already performed the longsword art.
I was planning to do it consciously this time.
I grab a longsword and approached a training dummy.
I close my eyes and felt a weird feeling that I haven't felt before
I focused on it and imagined it enveloping my body and when I opened my eyes
I see the green aura enveloping my body.
I then started swinging again.
I then started to prepare it to envelop my sword and swing at the same time.
But I failed to do so.
I felt dejected but not enough to make me despair,
I picked myself up and prepare to do the same thing again.
After maybe 40 minutes of failing, I stop to rest and remembered Ms. Carol's advice.
"I have to put my soul into it." I thought to myself.
I then stood up and closed my eyes once again and started to gather Aura.
I open my eyes and swung my sword
This time I remember the sole reason why I wanted to get stronger
I prepare to envelop my sword with Aura.
"To protect," I said under my breath.
I then swung my sword and the training dummy was perfectly cut in half
I then let out a small smile of joy but inside I was screaming with happiness.
"Good work"
I look behind me and see that Ms. Carol was already in the room
I bowed to her and sat down to rest.
I look around the classroom and see Mellissa looking at me, then she suddenly stops and starts training again.
I quickly brush it off and let my body rest.
"You don't have to train anymore, you are now exempted from classes until the end of the month" Ms. Carol suddenly said to me.
"Thank you, ma'am but I'd rather train so my skills so they can stay sharp" I reply to her
"Feel free to do so" She replied to me with a nod
I then feel a strong Aura forming inside the room.
I look towards the one who was causing it.
It was Mellissa with her eyes closed,
Green Aura then starts to envelop her body, she opened her eyes and started swinging.
Then I noticed the green aura was preparing to form around her sword.
She then swung one more time and the upgraded training dummy was cut in half, much cleaner and smoother than the cut I made.
Ms. Carol started clapping and approached her to congratulate Mellissa.
Mellissa bowed to her and then took a glance at me,
I was too tired to care though and was just resting my body.
She then looked away and proceeded to train again.
"What a monster," I thought to myself.