Chapter 1 First Meeting

――Imperial Academy――

At the training ground, a group of children of about thirteen or fourteen years old were sweating here, and the most striking thing was a little girl with silver braids, clutching the wooden sword in her hand, staring at her instructor - an imperial warrior honed by the flames of war, with determination written on her young face. She didn't know that this scene was being watched by General Locker, the head of the academy.

After stopping and observing for a long time, Lockger finally walked up, and behind him, followed by a girl about ten years old with long ice blue hair, the girl had a cold aura that did not match her age, and her eyes of the same color flashed with coldness and loneliness.

"Stop-" shouted the burly man who served as the instructor, "line up", turned around, and saluted Locke, "I have seen the general." Lockger returned the salute and said, "It's all good, the future of the empire is yours." He stepped forward and pointed to the girl behind him, "This is Estes, and you will be your companion from now on." She will be here to train with you. With that, he started and left

"Najeshitan," the instructor said

"To—" replied the girl with silver braids

"Estes just arrived, so he trained with you first, so I must let him adapt to this place as soon as possible, understand?"

"Yes, my lord"

――Three days later——

Today, it is the annual hunting competition of the Imperial Academy, and all the students have to go to the outskirts of the imperial capital to hunt dangerous species, and the hunting results will be used as the martial arts results of the Imperial Academy to directly affect the development of the students in the future Emperor ** team.

――Dense forest on the outskirts of the imperial capital――

Najiehitan lay quietly on the tree, dressed in an inky suit, even the silver hair was wrapped in a black cloth towel, holding a pair of bows and arrows in her hand, against the trap that had just been laid not far away, and after a while, a leopard was attracted by the mutton as bait, the leopard is a dangerous species, extremely fast and vigilant, which is only twelve years old Najiehitan undoubtedly tried a dangerous hunt, she held her breath, kept reminding herself, to be calm, the leopard circled the mutton twice, seemed to be sure that there was no danger, and pounced。

It was now, the sharp arrow in Najehitan's hand flew out of the string, hitting the throat, and the leopard's body fell off the force and fell into the trap dug in advance.

When she saw that everything was correct, she jumped down from the tree, walked towards the trap, and drew her short knife to mend the leopard that had left a breath. After that, she walked to the edge of the jungle with her prey, and her mission was over.

"Roar-" A beast's roar came from not far away, and Najiehitan couldn't help but stop, "It's a first-class dangerous species of green haired lion" Najiexi said frankly, "Has anyone encountered a first-class dangerous species head-on?" She cautiously approached, and an ice-blue shadow came into view, it was Estes.

Estes held a slender naval sword in his hand, his ice-blue eyes staring coldly at the green-haired lion, and the white robe on his body was cut by branches in many places. "Roar-" The green lion attacked again, it was bound to make this human girl its ration, at the same time, Estes also moved, his feet suddenly stepped on the tree next to him, and rushed towards the prey with his strength, the Western sword pointed directly at the key point of the green lion, the green lion deserved to be a first-class dangerous species, quickly turned around, and the thick lion tail swept towards the person "Be careful-" Najehitan exclaimed, and at the same time set up a bow and released an arrow, the green lion couldn't dodge, and was injured by an arrow in the front leg "Roar-" Estes, who had been flung by the lion's tail on a nearby tree trunk, jumped up despite his injuries and stabbed his naval sword through the green lion's open mouth. Seeing this scene, Najehitan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, "It's so dangerous—"

"Why are you here?" said Estes, who had gathered his prey

"I'm passing by, oh yes, are you alright?"

"It's okay... Ahem..."

"It's okay, you're really-Estes" Seeing Estes fainting, Najehitan hurriedly put down the things in her hand, supported her, and checked it, fortunately, the injury was not serious, just a little out of strength.

It was getting late, and the night forest was dangerous, so she had to leave quickly, so Najehitan made up her mind, and took Estes on her back and took her prey and weapons and walked to a steep cliff with a stream nearby.

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Estes didn't know how long she had been asleep, and when she woke up, she found herself in a strange place, but it didn't look too far from where she had fainted.

"Wake up, eat something!" sat Najehitan, who was roasting meat by the fire, and when she saw Estes wake up, she handed over the dangerous meat she had roasted.

Estes stared blankly at the barbecue in front of him and the carefully bandaged wounds on his body, this was the first time that someone had been so kind to him.

"Estes, what's wrong with you?" Najesitan's words brought back Estes in a daze, she picked up the barbecue and took a bite, "It's delicious, thank you, Najie." ”

Estes's slightly intimate voice made Najie stunned, and then let out a bright smile, she didn't know that the smile in the firelight dazzled Estes's eyes.

"Ace, can I call you that?"

"Hmm"

"Why do you want to deal with the first-level dangerous species by yourself, that, I don't doubt your ability, it's just that for now, the first-level dangerous species is still too dangerous. ”

Glancing up at Najehitan, "Abba said that in this world, the weak are born to eat the strong, and the more you face danger, the stronger you can become. ”

"However, if it is too difficult, it will be life-threatening!"

"I'm not afraid of death"

"Uh... I didn't say we're afraid of death, it's just that we're not a dangerous species, and we can use our wits to kill our prey."

"Gambit?"

"Yes, it's like this," Najehitan patted the burden on her side

"This is... Grade 1 dangerous leopard?

"No, Ace, I'm about the same as you when it comes to force, and the reason why I'm not hurt is because I used a trap. ”

After listening to Najehitan's words, Estes couldn't help but fall into deep thought, is it wise?

"Ace, I know, you were born on the northern border, and you are the only survivor of your clan, but it is not enough for one person's strength to want revenge, if it weren't for General Lockger who passed through the north to rescue you, what would you do?

"Najie?" Estes looked up, looking at Najeshitan

"Would you like to hear my story?"

"Yes"

Najehitan put down the roast in her hand and fell into memory

"I was born in the imperial meritorious aristocracy, the ancestor was a general under the command of the first emperor, assisted the first emperor to establish the empire, after a thousand years, and General Bude (Bude was only a general at the time, not a general) of the family, generation after the guardian of the empire, until five hundred years ago, the empire had a serious turmoil, in the external and internal troubles, in times of crisis, at that time His Majesty ordered General Bude (later Bude's ancestor) to guard the imperial capital, the ancestors led the army to pacify the invasion of the southern alien race, the climate in the south is strange and changeable, and many strange poisons, the ancestors were poisoned by a group of fish on the way back from victory, so far the family fell in the middle of the road, until my father's generationAt the age of twenty-four, my father became a young and promising lieutenant general of the empire, and his future was bright, however, he was poisoned by traitors and enemies, and after my mother died of martyrdom, I was sent to the academy because I was alone. ”

Speaking of this, Najehitan turned his head and looked at Estes, his light purple eyes revealing firmness, "My ancestors and father are not not strong, but they have just fallen into the poisonous hands of villains, so I hope that I can become the best soldier in the empire to fulfill the legacy of my ancestors and protect the empire." ”