Chapter 4

That day, Seria Yurdina had been swinging her sword since dawn.

Her day always started like that. Ever since she first picked up a sword at the age of six, there hasn’t been a single day she skipped training. No matter whether it rained or snowed, she diligently swung her sword every day.

Some called her the ‘Sword Genius’. Because she was such a talent. From the time she was a teenager, she began subjugating the demonic beasts, and in the process, she built up a reputation.

By the time she turned 18, an official invitation was sent to her from the academy. It was an obvious proposal to take the entrance exam for the Academy, the best educational institution on the continent. Of course, Seria gladly accepted the invitation.

Even in the academy where absurd geniuses gathered, there were few who could compete with her. At least there was only one or two at her level. So, she was able to maintain her valedictorian position in the ‘Knight’s Faculty’.

Therefore, the title ‘Genius’ given to her was neither an exaggeration nor flattery. She was literally a genius.

However, she was a genius born out of hard work.

Seria wasn’t so immature to complain that they didn’t recognize the blood, sweat and she had to shed in secret. Nevertheless, she often harbored these thoughts when she saw people who only judged her based on the results she obtained.

‘Have they ever wielded a sword as earnestly as myself?’

Ever since her father expelled her mother who gave birth to her, every day she spent in the Yurdina family was like a struggle for survival.

In order not to be kicked out, she had to prove her worth, and only after she began to show prowess in swordsmanship was she deemed worthy of the last name ‘Yurdina’.

She had nothing. Even Yurdina’s bloodline, which she was forced to inherit because of her birth, would be lost the moment she would be deemed useless.

To survive, cut everything.

I heard that a mysterious species, the lizardmen, lived in the jungle located in the Southern Kingdom. Where poisonous insects and poisonous plants infested, Lizardmen developed unusual habits to survive.

That is, if any part of the arm, leg, or tail is poisoned, they cut it off. It was to save their life before the venom spreads throughout their body.