Leaves fall from overhead.
Dozens of leaves swaying to and fro with the wind showed a changeable movement.
It’s a look you can’t really get away with.
I caught my breath and focused.
Hayate type 1
Kamitachi
both hands move
As if swinging a whip, he swung his hand, which was covered with sharply forged yanggi, nonstop.
The basic thing to keep in mind when using Kamitachi was to remove excessive force from the shoulder.
Befitting the reputation of the assassination right of the vision of the ninja clan, it was because they demanded more rapid and precise movements.
I cut all the leaves in the blink of an eye, and I visually checked if there were any uncut leaves.
15, 16, 17, 18…
“twenty.”
Accurate.
Finally, for the first time, he succeeded in cutting down all the leaves that fell on his head.
I trembled with an indescribable sense of accomplishment.
It was because he devoted all of his three days of time to the success of the one time he is now.
‘I thought I wouldn’t be able to learn everything by the day I went home.’
For me, who had only relied on the river (强), which is commonly referred to in martial arts, it took too much time to master the new concept of yu (流).
Clap clap clap!
“Congratulations. Kim Yoo-seong.”
Huma-senpai, who watched all the training process from the side, approached me with applause.
I did not wipe my sweat with a towel, and bowed my head to Fuuma-senpai and said,
“Thank you. If it wasn’t for Fuuma-senpai’s help, I wouldn’t have been able to learn the technique so quickly.”
“What I’ve done, it’s all thanks to your hard work and talent.”
They exchange warm greetings and paint each other’s faces with gold.
I shrugged my shoulders and muttered.
“Then I’ll have to prepare to go back soon.”
“I haven’t been able to get back to my original body yet, are you okay?”
“Summer vacation is a few days away. In the meantime, we have to do some thinking.”
There were people around who could reach out to help.
I don’t know what to ask for in return.
“If that’s your will, then there’s nothing I can do, but if there’s no way to stop, tell me. Don’t tell me about the clan’s secret chaein aphrodisiac.”
“Chaeumbo…what?”
“No, I didn’t know.”
Fuuma-senpai blushed as he said that, and then with the broom in his hand he swept the fallen leaves on the floor.
what? Why are you shy?
I couldn’t understand her behavior, but I decided not to point it out.
Because it was not a day or two for Fuuma-senpai to travel.
“Are you saying it’s okay to take Saya to Tokyo?”
“Oh, there was that story.”
Fuma-senpai replied with a nod of his head, probably because he remembered it too late.
“After meeting with the elders last night and having a meeting, they suggested that I definitely take them with me, saying that there is a risk of a runaway due to excessive yin unless you are by your side.”
… I feel like they’re handing me a bomb they can’t handle.
Anyway, once you find out that Saya is a character related to the original story, you can’t just let it go.
“Then the business in this town is really over.”
“Yes. Now I really have to go back to Tokyo.”
“Are you sorry?”
Then, Fuma-senpai shook his head.
“It’s a place you have to come back to when you’re an adult anyway. I like this sense of distance right now.”
“Aren’t you going to go to college?”
Then, Fuuma-senpai smiled bitterly.
“I don’t think college is essential in life. I can go if I need to, but I don’t really want to go right now.”
“…okay.”
To be honest, I was envious because it seemed like he had his own beliefs rather than going the same as everyone else.
I still haven’t quite decided what to do.
When I said that, Fuuma-senpai opened his mouth as he stared at me.
“If it were you, you would definitely make a good choice. Kim Yoo-sung.”
“Can I really do that?”
“I’m not sure.”
Hearing something like this from a senior, I feel like I’ve gained courage that I didn’t have.
We swept the leaves of the vacant lot and talked about the future for a long time, and then we went back to the village mansion after lunchtime.
***
“In the meantime, I’ve been indebted to a lot.”
As I said that and bowed my head while kneeling, Fuuma-senpai’s grandfather said, stroking his beard with a solemn expression.
“It’s only natural to treat the village’s precious guests with dignity. So, don’t be too burdened.”
… Even if I tell you not to be burdened.
“The book is here.”
Saying so, I handed the secret book that I had laid down on the right side of my body.
Fuuma-senpai’s grandfather patted the cover of the book once and asked me.
“So, has there been any progress in the acquisition of gale?”
“Yes. I just learned kamaitachi today.”
As I said that, creating chi blades in both hands, Fuuma-senpai’s grandfather nodded in admiration.
“Certainly, it doesn’t look like you defeated the God of Destruction by luck. Let’s keep working hard to continue Hayate’s progress.”
“yes.”
I bowed my head in reply with a serious expression on my face.
“Then let’s go.”
it’s a blessing
After me and Fuuma-senpai heard those words, they slowly got up from their seats.
Before leaving the room, Fuuma-senpai looked at his grandfather once more and said in a low voice.
“I’ll go. Grandpa.”
“……”
Perhaps it was the consideration of the granddaughter for the blunt grandfather.
‘In this case, you should pay attention.’
After taking turns looking at the two grandchildren, I left the room first without saying a word.
***
Five more minutes had passed since Fuuma-senpai left Grandpa’s room.
Standing outside the door and waiting for the senior to come out, I asked the senior with a calmer expression than I expected.
“What did your grandfather say?”
Then, Fuuma-senpai glanced at me and spoke softly.
“I just didn’t say much. How about saying goodbye to Tokyo or coming back to your hometown often?”
“okay.”
“…you must have waited a long time for me, let’s go right away.”
Fuuma-senpai faltered in his words like that and started walking in the front.
I looked at Fuuma-senpai like that cutely, then ran back and forth into the open street.
“Let’s go together! Senior!”
***
It took us almost 10 hours to get us back to Tokyo.
It took a lot longer than it did when I arrived, but the reason was that my body became smaller due to the enormously increased burden and side effects of the medicine, unlike when I came empty-handed.
Since Fuma-senpai’s hometown, Kazama, was hidden in the middle of Mt.
If Saya had not used the poltergeist, it would have been much more difficult.
“It’s late, are you really okay by yourself?”
“It’s close enough to your nose if you fall over, huh?”
I reassured Fuuma-senpai, who was about to follow me home, saying that, and then grabbed my share of the vegetable box and held it in my arms.
“Then see you at school. Senior.”
“…Yes. Please enter. Kim Yoo-seong.”
We said goodbye to each other at the subway station and then headed to our respective homes.
About 15 minutes after I started walking with the vegetable box,
“Hey, it’s arrived.”
I returned home in about four days.
The thought of explaining my shrunken body to my parents gave me a headache, but I took the stairs and went up to the second floor thinking that we would bump into each other.
Saya, who followed me all the way to Tokyo, looked around the town as if in a strange way and said,
“It’s still here.”
“Saya, did you live in this town?”
“yes. About two or three years.”
When we first met, most of the memories of our lives were gone, but surprisingly, we remember a lot.
Rumble!
Carefully open the door and go inside.
It was past 11 p.m. and my parents were already asleep, and there was no sign of popularity in the living room.
I carefully put the vegetable box I had brought from the station down near the front door, went into the room and turned on the light.
Although I had been away from home for four days, there was not a single particle of dust on the exercise equipment, probably because my mother cleaned the room meticulously.
Feeling strangely reassured by that fact, I put down my bag and took off my jacket.
“Hey!”
“ah.”
stop without knowing
As I stared at me with an apologetic look with my clothes off, Saya left the room on her own, grumbling to tell me before she took it off.
I quickly changed into the clothes I wore in middle school and told Saya, who was waiting outside, to come back in.
Then Saya went through the door and sneaked back into the room.
“What are you going to do now?”
“You should sleep.”
I understand the rush, but look at the time now.
As I said that, I pointed to the clock, and Saya became a nectar and dumb.
“You must have been tired from traveling for nearly 10 hours, too. Sleep when you have time. Don’t complain about being tired during the day.”
Saying that, Saya lowered her head with a resigned expression as she took the blanket out of the closet and spread it on the floor.
“okay. you can go tomorrow tomorrow.”
Still, I’m glad you understand.
I yawned, stretched out from exhaustion, and laid myself down on the futon.