Chapter 2: The Beginning of Hell!
Rose told me to keep a diary, so I’m writing my first entry today. I can’t write in their language, but that’s a good thing—this means that everything I put in this journal will stay my little secret. This looks like the perfect place to log my daily gripes.
Day One
To kick off this diary, I’ll write about what happened today.
The “hellish training” Tong mentioned yesterday was surprisingly easy. First, I had to “feel” magic, which was pretty simple to do. It felt like something warm is welling up in my chest. Rose-san said that I’ll learn how to release magic from my body next time.
After I finished magic practice, it was time for me to study up on this world. I was sat at a desk and handed massive books. There was only one instruction from Rose-san: read. That was an especially ridiculous request from my teacher.
When I told her there’s no point in studying since I can’t read their language, she just yelled at me and said that everyone brought here by the hero summoning is gifted with automatic translating magic. And as it turns out . . . I can read after all. Magic is truly amazing.
According to my books, monsters are said to inhabit this world. It’s so on brand for a sent-to-another-world story that I practically squealed. But Rose-san punched me for that. It hurt like hell.
Another thing I learned while I was quietly reading is that there are a great number of races in this world—even races I’ve seen in video games! I also found out that there are many other countries besides Llinger Kingdom, but most of them are run by humans. How boring.
Rose-san silently watched me as I read those massive books. It’s the worst kind of peer pressure. But I mean, if this is what her training is like every day, I’m pretty sure I can do this. Though it does worry me that Tong always looks like he feels bad for me.
Oh well, I’ll just have to work hard again tomorrow.
Day Two
Ran like hell.
Day Three
Rose-san never lets me take breaks. All she does is heal me and make me run until I fall down from exhaustion.
This lady is seriously insane. She’s always telling me to “train my legs” because it “won’t kill me” and that I should feel magic while I’m running. I’m not really sure why. In any case, this isn’t exactly what I’d thought magic training would be.
When I told her that I’m not her damn slave, all she said was “Train like yer dying. If you kick the bucket, I’ll bring you back.” That dang lady won’t even let a guy rest when he’s dead! After that, I prostrated on the ground before Rose-san and begged her to save me.
“My legs feel like lead and I can’t go on any longer!” I cried. But all she did was slap my thigh without saying a word. I was so busy rolling on the ground in pain that I almost didn’t realize that my legs didn’t hurt anymore after that.
She said, “I healed your pain by force. Now get running, you waste of a human.”
How crazy is that?
Day Four
Today I trained with the other team members . . . but it was more like training on steroids. You’d think they were training troops, not a “rescue team” or whatever. All of them were shouting weird things like “Oorah!” while they ran as fast as they could. Naturally, I can’t keep up the pace.
When Rose-san saw me lagging behind, she yelled, “Hey, look who’s as slow as a snail!”
Please save me, Kazuki. I’m gonna die before I learn how to use healing magic.
Day Five
I almost think Kazuki received my telepathic SOS because today he and Inukami-senpai came to visit. Apparently, they’ve been training at the castle. One of their teachers is Welcie-san, the mage, and the other is Siglis-san, the army commander.
They said that Siglis-san is really strict but a good person at heart. It also seems that Celia, the king’s daughter, has been attending Kazuki’s lessons. I wonder what that’s all about. They asked me what I’ve been doing, and I simply told them I’ve been running. Kazuki didn’t seem convinced but Inukami-senpai gasped the moment she looked at my legs.
“Let me touch them,” she said. But she was breathing really heavily, so I just ignored her. They’re both working hard. I’ve gotta try to keep up.
Day Six
I ran again today.
When I was running, I noticed that a pale green light was emanating from my hand. There was only one question on my mind: “Do I really need this right now?” Rose-san was being a cold-hearted, ruthless hag as usual (lol).
She can’t read what I’m writing, so I can talk all the smack I want.
Day Seven
Does that lady have ESP? Or maybe it was painted all over my face.
Well, for whatever reason, Rose held me captive and made me run until I thought I was dead. It was so bad that I thought I was losing my mind. She said she was miffed and plans to make my training harder.
What the hell? Curse that overpowered gorilla. One day I’ll get my revenge.
Day Eight
Me too dumb to learn anything.
Day Nine
I . . . need . . . healing. I . . . really . . . need healing.
Day Ten
I can tell that I’m growing mentally stronger. Ever since I learned how to release healing magic from my body, I can run all I want and never feel tired. Rose is making me lean and mean, though. To say her methods are strange is an understatement.
It has been ten days since I started training under Rose-san. When I first started, I worked hard because I wanted to learn magic and support Kazuki and Inukami-senpai. At this point, I can’t help but wonder something: Can an average guy like me really support them when their magic and talents are on a whole other level? I’m not so sure anymore.
I don’t want Rose-san to punch me if I tell her how I’m feeling, but at the same time I feel like I’m losing sight of my goal. On a brighter note, I’m training for the rescue team and I am here of my own volition.
Rose-san may have brought me here against my will, but there’s no way I’ll let myself run away now. I will complete her training. I’ll show her what I’m made of.
Now that I think about it, “Rose-san” is unwieldy.
I’ll just call her “Rose” from now on.
Day Eleven
A new training regimen started today. I had to do push-ups—one thousand of them. I healed myself as I breezed through the training. For some reason, Rose seemed satisfied with my progress. Maybe she was just smiling because something was stuck to my face.
I completed the training and was barely yelled at today. I’m honestly scared at how happy that makes me. It’s not normal to fist pump because I didn’t get yelled at, but that’s exactly what I did.
Day Twelve
I ran from morning to noon, then did push-ups until dusk. I don’t have much else to say, except that recently my body feels as light as a feather.
Day Thirteen
Rose noticed my progress and attached weights to my body. They weigh a ton. The kingdom guards look horrified when they see me, but I just keep looking straight ahead.
Day Fourteen
That asshole Tong ate my lunch!
He’s gonna pay.
I’ll get back at him later.
I also remembered that it’s been two weeks since I first started training. I’m somehow getting through it. Running doesn’t hurt anymore and I got used to the weights pretty quickly.
Wait. Am I being brainwashed or something?