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"Nascent morimor" a mantra that I chant whenever I go to war to prepare myself, A chant that helped me survive countless of war, a chant that was a blessing to others but a curse to me. I William Norton is a knight who survived a countless of war alongside with the hero, unlike the hero I don't possess any power or blessings, I only have my strength and luck on my side.

I only entered the knight because I became an orphan when our town was raided by a group of bandits. My mother died giving birth to me. I was raised by my loving father I live in a house with warmth and full of love, my father was a hunter and a town's guard, He was known for being a kind and caring but a fierce Warrior when it comes to combat. One day a group of bandits tried to raid a carriage near our town, My father and his comrades saw this while they are hunting for a feast. They surrounded the bandits who stop the carriage and attacked them they have killed some of the bandits but the remaining survivor escaped.

When they approached the carriage the saw the symbol of the house of Marquis Vander, they checked the passenger quickly and they saw two children shaking in fear alongside with a man. They assisted them to go at our town to get some rest and resupply a bit since their destination is still quite far, as for the children they are almost the same age as me so I tried to help them by give some snacks and playing with them for a while, the next day they hired some town's guard to protect and escort them towards the next two towns, although they asked my father to lead the expedition but he refuses saying that the town needs him and the guard they hired was already capable enough.

As they exchanged their goodbyes the man handed him a metal plate a plate that symbolizes that the Marquis Vander Family recognizes them as a friend should be treated equally to family of Vanders. After 2 days the town was woken up by the Bell meaning that the town is in danger and the town's people should seek safety. My father woke me up and told me to run toward the forest, at first, I was hesitant but with my father persistence I followed his command and ran toward the forest. As I ran, I saw a kid in the middle of the road looking stunned and seem like she doesn’t know what to do, so I grabbed her hand and ran towards the bushes at the forest.

I am quite familiar with the forest since I sometimes tag along with my father during hunt, and also this is where I secretly train on how to use a sword swinging from morning up to lunch time.while we are running we’re been spotted by some bandits so we run much faster and while we are running am arrow flew grazing my cheeks, so I lured him towards the boar traps, As he mindlessly chased after us I led the girl carefully towards a hiding spot where we hide and wait

for a boar to be entrapped, though the traps are not enough to kill a boar it is enough to pin it down and that’s what’s exactly my plan, pin him down and finish him with the dagger my father gave me to protect myself. So after I secure her I taunted the bandit and lured him towards the spike pits. The plan was successful he fell to a spike pit but it was only enough to impale his foot as he screamed in pain, he accidentally threw his sword making it much easier to deal the final blow. Unlike the boar I felt a huge pressure on my shoulders I suddenly cant move and thoughts drowned me of what im about to do, the weight of the thought of me killing a human was to heavy and stuns me for a while, mean while the bandit saw me holding the dagger aimed at him taunted me to finish him already if I have the balls to do it, knowing im just a children he taunts me to let the cowardice creep into me so that I would rather run and be spared, but with the responsibility to protect a little girl made me break me, I suddenly screamed and charge towards the bandit. I have stabbed the bandit towards its shoulder as he whimpers in pain, he suddenly grabbed my neck choking me, right I was about to pass out I he suddenly let go of me and as I fell I saw the little girl I saved grabbed the sword and stabbed bandit at the back.