Thread:SilentRanger/@comment-24664052-20150128024241

''THUD! I fell into the ground, letting go of my stick in the process. Taking advantage of this situation, she takes hold of my shirt and gripped it as she points the tip of her stick on my neck.''

''I can't beat her in swordplay. I ask myself: How come she's this skilled? I think even if the top fencer of my class won't be able to beat her and I lag behind the fencing class. But I wanted to be a general and adventurer like Ferdinand Magellan, Hernan Cortes and Napoleon Bonaparte''. ''My great grandfather was one as well. I want to be like him, but even with all my perseverance, I don't think I'll be able to improve my swordplay.''

''That's one of the two things I love in this world; she is the other. Eliane is my protector, from bullies and other monsters who want to take advantage of me. I want to be on her level, so she'll have a fighter by her side, but it seems that I won't be able to do it.''

I am Raoul de Castries, grandson of adventurer Eugene Denard, who discovered the land of Patagonia and brought civilization to the land's natives.

Raoul stares at Eliane's eyes as he contemplates at where he has gone wrong. The stick he's been using as a dummy sword is out of reach. The match's over, he concluded, and still no victory for him. 