Ryuu Kusari No Orishin No Naka No Kokoro
Chapter 1 Part 7

It's been a few days since the mock battle with Mars.

Today, Shish told me to come to the hut after class, so I immediately went back to the dorm, then I headed to Shisho's place.

In fact, the end-of-year examination was imminent, and there were only two more days left before the exam.

The exam at Solminati Academy is difficult, no matter how much you improve. If this was a year-end exam, it would be even more difficult.

In particular, I managed to advance with the written exam, so to be honest, I wanted to concentrate on studying for the exam.

Normally, I refrained from training before the exam and concentrated on the exam, but for some reason, I was reminded by Shish that I should definitely come today.

"What happened to Shish? Why should I come? "

I was a little worried about Shish's state reminding me.

Unlike usual, he told me with a serious expression,

"You should come, okay?".

After arriving at Shish's hut, he drank tea as usual in the hut.

"Oh, have you arrived Nozomu?"

He was the same as always, always looking very exhausted

"Shisho, what's wrong? It's time for my exam, so it'll be bad if I don't prepare for it."

To be clear, it's a serious matter. Now that I have slightly increased my physical strength, and now I can use techniques that I could not use in previous battles.I have expanded my battle options, but it is still difficult.

"Now, now. Follow me for today. If you don't accept an invitation from such a beautiful woman, you're not a man."

………… What this person said …………

“. Do you drink alcohol during the day?”

"That's not the problem! Do you even respect your master?"

"I respect you. Unless Shisho says something with a terrible lie."

"Who's the liar! And when did I say such a thing!!!"

Shisho, all liars say so.

"Shisho pretty, of course, a lie! Well, that's former beauty!"

"………… "

Shish puts his hand on the katana in the form of a demon. A visible killing intent emerged from his body. The wild birds around the hut flew in unison and flapped their wings to get away from this place.

…… Scary. Undoubtedly, Shisho's hair stands up .. Given his hometown, it should be called Yasha.

But I can't lose. Always throw small jokes and Tsukkomi here and there, then unleash a technique equivalent to high rank.

He could adjust his strength to kill or not, but he might not be able to adjust it to the situation at all.

I had to teach him to adjust his strength and fight the law of equal exchange significantly.

………… Otherwise, I would never be able to get out of the situation of the idiot woman and become a target in everyday life!!

“I too, always say something unreasonable.I don't say anything, Shish is always beautiful.”

…… I can't do it.

…… Shisho, please don't hit the katana to my neck with bloodlust.

Then Shish started talking about certain things endlessly. Things about his home country, family, and things since he came to this continent.

He wanted to listen to my story as well, so I told him. The thing about my hometown, my parents, about Lisa, what happened at school, when I met Shish, and what happened after that was terrible training.

Shisho already knows it, but he still wants to hear it.

He nodded many times and listened happily even though he spoke for just a moment.

………… It was as if carving himself so that he would never forget it.

As I spoke, the scene turned red. It was the night before I realized it.

Shish glanced at the sight and muttered.

"Then, let's start the last rehearsal."

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POV Shino

Exchanging words with Nozomu. It's very common. Where is your hometown? What about your family? What do you like?

A conversation so normal. Until now, I haven't had many such conversations. Teaching is about katana, talking also about katana.

Katana, katana, and katana.

I just taught him that, and that's all I can do.

So now, he's talking about a very ordinary story that's very refreshing, and

I was so glad he changed his facial expression when he heard my story.

I thought I would never exchange words with people like this again.

………… No, I think I deliberately avoided it. Just as Nozomu unknowingly escaped from the fact that he was "cast away by his lover", I escaped from the fact that I was "betrayed by my family", avoided people, and was stopped.

………… I'm stupid.

With this, there is no qualification for me to say anything about my disciple …….

This guy misses a bad teacher. It feels good to be trusted and trusted.

If I was born a few decades later .. I'm sure I'd like to live with him.

However, the bond between us was not a lover but a student-teacher.

It was a little disappointing, but there was still one last thing I could leave in his heart.

For me, that's enough. Next.

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Nozomu POV

"Then, do you want to start the final training?"

Shisho said those words as if he was going to leave.

"Shisho, that. The last………"

"As I said, this is the last training I can do."

This is a relaxed Shisho as always. In that atmosphere, the next word he said was …………

"That's why! The last exercise is .... Seriously kill each other with me."

"……………………He'S.........................Dia"

I don't understand what Shish said.

"What are you talking about! What do you mean!!"

Shisho stood in the garden, he prepared a katana in his scabbard.

He was ready for war.

"Shisho !! Why kill each other for no reason? What did my visit mean? Shish! !! !! !! "

The color of his mentor's eyes changed, and he could feel a great deal of courage from his body. He's obviously serious.

I'm still trying to ask Shish.

"It's clear! What do you mean by last !! To kill each other .................. What do you think !!!"

“………………………………”

He didn't say anything. He has shown in his actions instead.

When I thought that Shish's body had been shaken for a moment, a ferocious killing intent attacked me.

The next moment he was in front of me. The katana that had been inserted into the sheath was pulled out suddenly towards my neck.

I rolled on the ground to escape. Katana Shisho growled right above me, but like that, she fired a locomotive kick.

I received a kick with my right hand, but the kick reinforced by Qi was so heavy that I was thrown and hit a tree.

"Kuhat … "

Although I was in pain, I immediately got up with the movements I learned from my training and regained my posture. Instinctively took out a katana and prepared for the next attack.

"Shisho! What do you want to do!"

Shish did not say anything and directed his katana at me.

His eyes stated "i have no intention of speaking".

………… Shisho always like that. He did not allow any questions during training and declared something unreasonable unilaterally and let me do double training.

Apparently, she wouldn't have told me anything if I didn't fight back.

But this time Shisho was obviously strange.

In both training and mock combat, he did something that could kill me, but he didn't really try to kill me.

But now he was stabbing me with a strong killing intent, and he was suddenly eyeing my neck. He obviously came to kill me.

Shish's appearance has run off again. And killing intent was released from the side.

I raised my katana with a body strengthening sword technique. The raised katana miraculously blocks Shish's katana, but she shoots her slashes in quick succession.

He slashed, left, right, left, a storm of flowing movements and precision slashes were fired.

I intercepted the slash while slightly lowering it. The knees, hips, and arms were all connected without any burden, and fended off the Shish katana.

Still overwhelmed. This was the same style of swordsmanship, but his skills, physical abilities, and experience were all superior!

Although I tried to fight back by retreating with a quick run, Shisho immediately chased after and chased after.

The katana collides with each other while moving at high speed.

The twilight had passed, and while darkness was enveloping the surroundings, only the trajectory of the katana illuminated by the full moon reflected the existence of the two.

The movements of the two were not ordinary straight lines, they moved like sticking while drawing curves to each other.

Qi Technique "Instant Steps - Curve Dance-"

Application of Qi technique "Instant Steps". Techniques that connect knee motion and the accompanying center of gravity movement, as well as torso movement and shoulder movement, allow complex curve movement in instant motion, which can usually only move in a straight line.

It is easy to say, but in fact, it is necessary to have strong legs and hips that can fully control the momentum of instant movement, and the flexibility to connect whole-body movement without waste.

If you do not have strong legs, you will lose your posture and hit the ground with the momentum of your legs, and if your entire body movement is not connected, you will lose balance and also hit the ground.

This is a very difficult advanced technique that requires strength and flexibility.

After all, Shish was still the best at exchanging blows in "Curve Dance". Instant Move - Curve Dance - is a development of instant move, but the speed of movement is still related to the ability of the user.

Shisho's Instant Movement - Curve Dance - clearly exceeded my movements. Gradually I was left behind, and finally, I was stopped by Shish who was in front of me.

"**** !!"

Even though I stopped and confronted Shish again, the situation was still incredible.

Moreover, Shish's attacks were not limited to swords.

"My!!"

After handling the slash, Shisho swung his scabbard with one hand. The sheath reinforced by Qi could easily break human bones.

Before I knew it, Shish's attack became a double use of the katana and sarong. Allowing it to strike harder than before, even if its strength is reduced, this jaw will definitely eat me.

His way of fighting was a comprehensive battle technique that not only fused swordsmanship but also his sword sheath and physique, and this was his original way of fighting.

I also changed my fighting style to double use with a sarong. Consider the intensifying Shish offensive.

However, I was driven by the difference in natural abilities and skills, and finally, my interception was not timely, and the punch with the scabbard caught me.

"The cave!!"

Shisho's holster hit my upper arm holding the sheath in a blunt voice. Fortunately, the bone was not broken and the sheath remained.

Shisho catapulted his katana without missing a pause from my slow movements for a moment.

The interception with the katana was not timely, and I managed to dodge by relaxing my body, again Shisho's kick floated again.

Deciding that I could not avoid it, I jumped back and reduced the power of his kick.

By jumping backwards, I was thrown and a crack was revealed.

It's like a repetition of a previous exchange, but it's actually different. I whipped my sore arm while it was blown and stuffed my sword into its sheath.

As I touched the ground, I took a passive position and got back up to get up and direct attention to the katana, resulting in extreme compression.

The half-baked technique will not reach Shish. Due to my circumstances, the frequency with which I can use it is limited, but I bet on my most reliable technique!

Qi Technique "Phantom"

An extremely compressed Qi bar flew at high speed. Shortly after, he landed on Shisho .. which was supposed to be, but the reality was different.

"Na~!!"

Suddenly there was a sound of an explosion in the middle of the road between me and Shish.

Highly compressed air diffuses and spreads.

When I saw Shish, he swung the katana with the same posture.I was surprised by the unbelievable situation.

Shish did not miss such an opportunity.

Shisho roared here in a quick motion.I tried to intercept in a hurry, but obviously, I couldn't make it in time. I put the sheath on the slash path, but she ignored the sheath and swung her katana.

Qi Technique "Phantom - Repetition"

Pulling the katana with an inverted trajectory, and tearing my body diagonally from the shoulder.