During her month at the Sword Sanctum, Eris spent her days swinging her sword, sparring with Sword God Gall and Sword Emperor Timothy Breeze, and thrashing Gino and Nina. In her remaining time, she practiced writing. She wanted to send Cain a letter to let him know she was safe.
Unfortunately, she couldn't learn a thing. The reason was simple: there was no one to teach her.
Eris bitterly regretted not learning to write properly from Cain. Everyone in this wretched Sword Sanctum was illiterate. Sword God Gall was the worst of them all, and she couldn't even find someone to write a letter for her...
Of course, even if someone could, no one besides the Sword God and the two Sword Emperors would have been willing to help her. Word had spread throughout the Sword Sanctum that Eris had beaten the Sword God's daughter until she wet herself—and more than once.
By now, Eris had offended practically everyone in the Sword Sanctum. She didn't care. They were all weaklings who sucked up to the powerful.
Only now did Eris realize that her master Cain didn't just surpass them in swordsmanship and magic. He was far more educated than every swordsman in the Sword Sanctum, too!
Compared with Cain, the swordsmen of the Sword Sanctum might as well have been a bunch of cavemen...
With no other choice, Eris read the letters Cain and Roxy sent her each week and grew wistful. But she wanted to focus on her sword practice, so she gradually stopped reading their letters. They distracted her from training.
"Hmph! No one will ever like a savage woman like you!"
In the courtyard behind the Sword Sanctum's dojo, Nina pointed at Eris in the middle of the grounds and jeered smugly. Several bandages dotted her face.