Episode 53 The story he does not know.
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Yesterday I ended up staying up all night.
I don’t think there are many people who can sleep easily even after going through such a thing.
Taken from n̲o̲b̲l̲e̲m̲t̲l̲.̲c̲o̲m̲
Maybe it’s simply because I’m timid.Anyway, I left the classroom later than usual.
It’s not because they don’t know that it’s painful to just sit in a room and do nothing.
just… After going through such a thing, it was only difficult to see Aina again.
All the S-Class cadets had already gathered in the classroom except for me.
It’s an ordinary classroom, but one thing has changed.
The fact that Aina was sitting next to where I was originally sitting.
“It’s late.”
Aina speaks to me with a look that says nothing is wrong.
How can you be so calm after something like that happened yesterday?
Really, it’s cute
“sit down.”
I cringed and sat down next to Aina.
And then the lecture began.
Of course, the content of the lecture was not heard at all.
What catches my eye now is Aina’s profile,
All I hear is the sound of her flipping through the pages,
The only scent I could smell was the vanilla-based, light citrus scent from the seat next to me.
Of course, Aina is also noticing my gaze.
There will be no one who is unaware of this blatantly looking only at himself.
So, all of my lecture time passed in vain.
No, it wasn’t silly.
Because it was full of her.
After the lecture, the present lecture hall is really full of Aina alone.
Everyone else left the classroom, and she and I were the only ones left in the classroom.
There was no reason for me to still remain in the classroom.
It just seemed like it had to be.
While I was looking at Aina alone, lost in love, she reached out to me.
“How long are you going to make me wait? I was told to sit, but I just kept sitting. Aren’t you going to practice today?”
Yes, Aina had the same thoughts as me.
We were waiting for each other.
It’s not that she couldn’t stand the wait, but in this case, it wouldn’t be appropriate to say that she couldn’t stand it.
It would be more accurate to say that she forgave my stupidity.
Eventually, after Aina’s permission fell, I was able to take my feet off the seat.
He got up from his seat and took her outstretched hand.
Today, her hands were not cold for some reason.
“You have never done anything like work, have you?”
“how did you know?”
“Your hands are prettier than me.”
Naturally, his eyes turned to her hands.
It is long and slender and has the shape of a beautiful hand, but if you look closely, it is difficult to say that it is a beautiful hand.
There are scars here and there, and there are calluses.
On the other hand, my hands are soft and clean.
something is off
“I know.”
“I said that when you were young, hardships are bought, but you too, let’s work hard.”
“That’s a completely nonsensical statement.”
“What’s the tantrum?”
I don’t think there’s a term for trepidation here.
Then I have to become a fashion leader.
“It’s like an old man cracking his dentures… .”
eyes are turned
What was in contact with the ground turned into a back, not a foot.
A tingling sensation comes through.
“what?”
“never mind… .”
As I get up from the floor, Aina shakes the dust off my clothes.
At that moment, Aina’s eyes turned to somewhere.
It was by the window outside the classroom.
I also turned my head to look where she was looking.
It seems that something whitish passed by.
what?
“Who was there?”
“… never mind. let’s go.”
Aina leads me to the training ground.
Even in this trivial daily life, something has changed.
right away from her.
Since ancient times, Aina has always maintained a distance of 2 steps or more from others.
whoever it is
But now, the distance between her and me is only about a half step difference.
Until the day before yesterday, she and I were not this close.
It will probably take quite a while to get used to this situation.
“Why do you keep falling behind? It’s not coming soon.”
“It’s awkward.”
“Don’t be silly and just come.”
It was like a stinging tone, but Aina’s actions were sincere.
Because she was walking with my slow gait.
Seeing this, she also had a cute side.
When I wanted to walk fast, she started to walk at a slow pace, and when I walked slowly, she also walked at a slow pace, like a child who starts chasing when someone she likes is seen.
So, after a silent and childish quarrel, we were able to arrive at the training ground.
I arrived at the training ground a little later than usual due to my slow pace.
“Come on, activate the Managlaive. Take your stance.”
“yes.”
“But now that I’m done with the basics, let’s play with me and get a feel for how to use it in practice.”
“You still can’t use any of the skills that are in the intermediate level?”
“Most of the skills of the intermediate level have only a difference in the degree of rotation or changing the axis at the beginner level, so they will increase as you do it.”
“Okay.”
A light green sword emerges from the handle.
The growth of the second ability is also quite smooth.
What used to have only a faint green color can now be said to be a full light green color.
“I’m going to use Cader and Siore. These two are the types of swordsmen you see the most in practice. Then, let’s start.”
… !
Without a bird to respond, her sting flew in.
Is this Siore’s technique?
As I said before, Ryujin’s basic stance is quite advantageous for defense.
If the hand holding the photon glaive is pointed downward a little, you can naturally defend against the opponent’s attack.
However, as his opponent was Aina, he could not block it so neatly.
It was all I had to do with the end of the sword’s trajectory.
The side of the photon glaive rubbed against me is sore.
Although it didn’t completely block it, just having it deflected is meaningful enough.
Because Siore is made up of technologies that have a high risk when blocked.
It means you have plenty of time to counterattack.
Jump forward and deflect Aina’s Photonglaive in the air.
And, as soon as it landed on the ground, it gave a second blow.
I thought it was a fairly agile attack, but Aina took it casually.
Also, Jjambap cannot be ignored.
As I was preparing for the next blow, she slammed right into my side.
Unlike the previous deep stabs, this attack came with a shallow slash, so I was able to cope with it quite well, but the problem came after that.
Instead of showing quick and agile movements like when using Siore, it started to press me slowly with a step that felt heavy.
This time it’s Kader.
As if the saying that it was a swordsmanship specialized in person-to-person warfare was not a lie, Kader was very difficult to deal with.
After Aina changed her sword technique to Kader, I haven’t tried a single attack.
Occasionally, her sword cut through the air, but it was impossible to even aim for a hole due to the flowing attacks.
It was a situation that was becoming increasingly defensive.
Aina’s sharp diagonal slash flew in.
At first he tried to take the attack down, but he soon realized that his judgment was wrong.
Do not try to cut this diagonal slash.
If you try to hit it, you’ll take more damage.
The reason is simple.
The moment she raises the Managlaive with her left arm to counter this attack, she will cut off the Photonglaive’s power.
Since the sword spirit has temporarily disappeared, it is impossible to repel the attack.
And all that’s left is Aina to activate the Photonglaive and slash her empty body.
I can’t.
I turned around.
It was not taken because I thought that the attack could be avoided.
It was because she was drawing a perfect trajectory that was unavoidable no matter how she tried to avoid it.
It was simply an action chosen to minimize damage.
The right arm falls off the body.
It is said that the pain felt in the training room is much less than the actual pain, but it must be painful.
“Well done. Good judgment.”
It seems to her that my judgment was right.
Oh, I guess that wasn’t right.
Because the best way is not to create the same composition from scratch.
Anyway, things were going very badly for me.
Without one arm, it becomes difficult to balance the rotation technique, so Ryujin cannot be used properly.
Taken from n̲o̲b̲l̲e̲m̲t̲l̲.̲c̲o̲m̲
Moreover, even if the Photonglaive is a sword that can be used with one hand, it is not as effective as holding it with both hands.I have no choice but to admit defeat here.
I shook my head and raised my other arm.
“I lost.”
“It’s definitely still immature.”
“Of course. It’s been less than a month since I learned it, and there’s no way I can match your level.”
“I only used about 30% of my skills?”
Oh, it was.
Aina had forgotten that she was a perfect superman with nothing she couldn’t do.
It is me that I defeated her like that, and that I received her love like that.
I can’t understand.
“So, how should I deal with the same situation I just had?”
“There is no way to deal with the same situation just now other than the skill of the four types of swordsmanship.”
“Does Conid have the skills to deal with such a thing?”
“Yeah, but this is a skill you can’t use your Managlaive with relativism. You too, bring a photonglaive and attack like I did.”
I brought a photon glaive from the training ground and imitated Aina’s sword attack.
It must have been a clumsy trajectory to Aina, but at least to my eyes, it looked pretty good.
And, the technique Aina showed her was unbelievable with her eyes open.
“what? How did you do it?”
“I’ll show you again.”
Photonglaive’s sword was broken.
“Looking at it again, I don’t know how to do it.”
“It’s a skill that requires a lot of practice, so it’s a skill that I can’t even use well.”
“So, how does the principle work?”
“If you activate your Photonglaive at the right timing when the opponent’s Photonglaive flies, you can break the opponent’s sword. However, it is possible only when the output of the four Photonglaives is higher than the output of the opponent’s Photonglaive, and it is very difficult to measure the timing because it is a method that must be accurately shot in the center of the opponent’s sword.”
So… It’s a complete stagnant technique like Just Guard.
“I don’t need to write, do I?”
“I will write it later. I don’t need anything now.”
“Can’t we just learn? Do you have any reason to learn later?”
“Photonglaive, the output is so daunting that it’s only like ‘there is this kind of technology’, but the Managlaive has good output. It’s a practical skill, so it’s good to learn it unconditionally.”
This was Aina’s lie.
The technology was close to a technology that was already obsolete in Korned.
The only sword that uses this technique is the Managlaive sword.
So, it wasn’t that she was unfamiliar with this technique simply because it was difficult to use.
It was because I hadn’t learned it in the first place.
On the contrary, it would be proof of her genius.
It was because he had raised this difficult skill to that level in just one night, only for the person he believed in.
It was also to prove her pure love.
With the sole intention of teaching him this technique, Aina had been honing the Managlaive sword technique all night long, which had nothing to do with her.
Of course, the ‘he’ she believed in didn’t know it at all.
“Oh, I don’t want to learn Managlaive.”
“Aren’t you going to do it soon?”
The night was getting deeper, and the relationship between the two was getting deeper.
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