201 - - 199. Awareness of obstruction.

"Mu....... That's what I'm talking about."

"Thank you."

He holds out his hand and wakes Ikaruga up.

"Thank you for the sword fight. Many young people these days like to use their fancy skills."

"My pleasure. I've always had a few sword skills. You'll have to get used to using marks.

They walk side by side to a stone in front of the porch to remove their shoes, and talk as they walk. Even if they have fancy skills, I have a feeling that they will cut off all the while they are still in the process of putting them on.

As I take off my shoes and put them away, a black figure comes down from the eaves of the house and tries to sneak into my bosom. He moves lightly, but I wonder if his wounds and his physical condition are good now. Well, I don't mind if he stays in private. I'll take a dip from time to time in exchange for rent.

The longer he stays away from the city, the more powerful his attacks become. The skill [Gekka Mochizuki] is a death sentence, or a spell that deals continuous damage for a certain period of time to a wide range of areas and deals continuous damage to allies' H! and heals allies' H! Skills such as "pronouncement of death" are easily resisted as a promise. Like [Momiji Nishiki], it is suitable for recovery in large scale battles (alliance) and long term battles.

--I think Peter is thinking the same thing.

"Homura-dono ......!"

Sakon looks like he wants to say something and stops. Was it that or the samba?　Is it Samba?　Before I revealed myself to the Flame Kings, their thoughts were tainted with samba and lambada when they tried to think about Homura (me) being Lengard (me) due to the <>'s thought blocking. In Fuso, it would be Bon Odori, Yosakoi, Hanagasa Ondo, and so on.

I'm sorry.

Sakon suddenly holds his nose and apologizes in a slurred voice. His nose is bleeding between his fingers.

"I guess I'm a bit of a muztli, aren't I?"

Peter says with a nice smile.

When I say "muzzled"...

"Dirty."

"You've got it all wrong!　Never remember Momiji-dono's thighs. ...... fugu."

When I say the next word simply, Sakon turns bright red and panics. In addition, he is bleeding heavily.

"Did you see Momiji's thigh? I haven't seen it yet.

"What!　You haven't yet!　No, no, I didn't. I didn't want to see it. I saw her and Amane fighting, and it just happened to be in my sight. ......"

"What?　Don't you want to see it?"

"Uh, no."

Sakon is slack-jawed.

"You two, there are women here too!"

Peter, who had started it all, coolly admonished him.

"...... Homura-sama, you are very strong."

Butterfly's eyes are a little cold, perhaps because of my imagination.

"Yes, Homura-dono is strong ......, ugh!"

Sakon cowering again, holding his nose. I hope he doesn't bleed to death before we get out of this house, man. <, I have a feeling it will come out again soon, so I give him a towel and get out.

"Homura, get the sword. I'll take care of it.

He hands to Luba, who seems to be in a good mood. The durability of the sword has been reduced a lot, probably due to the fact that it has received Ikaruga's hard sword. 65/100, with [indestructible], the basic value of the durability is not reduced, but the sharpness of the sword is worse. Should he have taken it with the peak like he did with Shuten? No, Ikaruga's sword is a little lighter than Saketan's, but it is superior in skill. There is no time for that. He is relieved to see that he has not used it in a way that would unnecessarily reduce its durability. After all, the maker is watching you.

"......How, this is the sword you hit with. Nice."

He receives the sword that Tianjin gave to Luba and takes a look at it. Next to him, Hu butterfly is also looking at the blade of the sword as if he is devouring it. I was nervous that she might criticize me for using the sword, but she didn't speak to me and the three of us were quietly enjoying ourselves.

"Homura-dono!　I too hope for a rematch, that I do. With swords!"

Kate offers a rematch. I thought she was a wolf, but she might have been a husky. Her sparkling, expectant eyes are like a dog's that expects to be walked. Is that what this is, a daily morning and evening walk?　I'd consider it if you'd let me lean on you.

Peter: You're out, right?

Homura: Hmm?

Peter: Upright bipedal walking is out.

Homura: ......

Peter: Only lovers and young girls are allowed to mofu with that.

Homura: Young girl: ......

Peter: Even if you change it now, you are still just a pervert as long as you have the image of that figure.

For a moment, I thought of the arena, and then Peter nailed me. d*mn you, ......!

"If you beat Peter..."

It's too much trouble.

When I tried to put Kate on Peter's back, Peter refused without a pause. After all, even after the betting period is over, Amane still comes to take revenge from time to time when she is with Peter, so there is still a lot of noise at night. I wonder why not during the daytime, but Amane seems to be busy during the daytime, and Peter seems to be more convenient for him in terms of titles and skills at night.

"Well, then, I'll be happy to visit you at the place where you are staying, that I will!

"Don't do it. Any more chaos and Sakon will cry. I'll go to ......."

Peter's small voice of surprise made Sakon cower in a puddle of red water as he followed his gaze.

"In this case, the murderer is Homura?"

Peter smiles at me with a fresh smile.

"I'm not dead yet, I'm not dead yet!"

"How are you, Sakon-dono, that you are?

"Kya!"

....... For a while, I was busy treating Sakon and sweeping the floor. I should have made a for life magic. I'm glad it's not tatami mats, but there's a pool of blood on the floor. --I wonder what Kate's skill of detection is. If it's just [sense of presence], the user can complete the task by himself, no need of a sign or tools, but Peter said it's the same for the other side that he "planted the bomb" on us. So maybe it is something that works through a tool like my <>, or something that works outside of the tool using <>. I wonder what it is?

"Not a chance in hell."

"No."

He throws a denial at Sakon, who lies anemic and ashamed.

"A very late puberty for the monk of the west. I thought he was a simpleton, but he can be a pain in the ass.

"Why this ......?"

Sakon replies weakly to Tenjin, who strokes his chin in amusement.

"Well, you'll have to go to a brothel or something. Don't go to a cheap place, you'll lose your nose.

"Master!"

Butterfly, who brought a wet hand towel, chides him.

Peter: It's mainly Homura's fault!

Homura: Excuse me, excuse me.

Peter: Sakon and the others are watching the competition for all intents and purposes.

Homura: It wouldn't be a problem if you would stop thinking about it.

Peter: You're being absurd, but why is your method of cognitive inhibition going in the direction of hilarious?　The disincentive I had Homra put on me, fear and loathing, that kind of thing.

Homura: I wonder why ....... Let's just get this out of the way before Sakon dies.

Peter: If we don't, we never know when or where he'll bleed to death.

"Sakon-san..."

"Yes, sir?"

When Sakon looks at me, I put on a mask.

"......!　Lengard!"

Sakon tries to get up with a start and lies down again. You don't have enough blood.

"What is it, that it is?"

"When he wears the mask, he calls himself Lenguard. It has a cognitive blocker that prevents it from thinking when it tries to connect me to Lengard. That's probably why Sakon's nose is bleeding."

< on him.

"Please don't tell anyone that I'm a Lengard. Well, I don't recommend you to tell him because if you try to know him half-heartedly, you will end up in the same situation as Sakon.

Sweet and sour mitarashi dumplings, sweet red bean paste dumplings topped with sweetened red bean paste, and strong green tea. After that, Sakon and Kate asked me a lot of questions about this and that, and we took a break and had a snack. I served the dumplings, but Hu butterfly brewed the tea for us, as Tianjin seems to be a tea ceremony master. A sunken hearth was set in the center of the tatami room so that tea could be served at any time, and an iron kettle was still making a shushing sound.

While we were talking, it turned out that Ikaruga was quiet because she had been alone for years during her training, and that the reason why everyone didn't talk to her much was because of her [high energy]. I didn't notice it, but Ikaruga seems to have a severe atmosphere that prevents her from talking to anyone.

"Can't you get him to back off?"

"MU....... I don't know much about it except for the sword skills."

"Ikaruga-sama ......"

Kate is puzzled by the fact that she is learning about her master for the first time. Correction, she doesn't seem to want to put much effort into anything other than swordsmanship, and she doesn't talk much.

"My dreams and longings are ......"

"Give me a break ......"

"Not at all, that I can assure you."

Butterfly, Sakon, and Kate are damaged by our conversation.

"Homura-dono, what kind of skills do you prefer to put on your sword?"

"Hmm?"

Asked by Tianjin.

"I like the [Zanmagic Growth] on the <>."

The attack power is reset after a break, but the attack power is increased by the number of demons slain. It is just right for when you are mindlessly hunting strong demons that appear from time to time.

What about the type that activates?　Over here, it's normal to add a skill or two. There are other ways to add skills that you have, but they are usually material-dependent and powerful. You can't do it all the time.

I have too few on hand to choose from. Ikaruga just thanked me for fighting without using my skills.

"What about the <>?"

Ruba finishes cleaning the and holds it out to us as he asks. ....... By the way, I got another one before the tournament. I didn't forget about it, it's just that the requirements for equipping it were very strict. .......

"I've raised my level after the battle with Ikaruga earlier, but I still have a long way to go."

"I think you started at ......70, how old are you now?"

Two up, 41.

Far away.

< is rank 65, and the equipment condition that normally starts at level 65 is nullified by [equipment rank restriction removed]. The <> must be equipped from 70, which is higher than the Gekkage. It is a sword that uses the same << Moonlight Stone>>, but it does not have the [Equipment Rank Restriction Cancel] because it lacks the material <>, which can bring out the characteristics of the sword. It will not be available until level 70.

"I thought that ...... level up is very fast. No, it's fast."　　　　　

"MU....... Not half, but a quarter, maybe even a fifth."

No, wait. Ikaruga, what level are you?　If you don't have [Sword Emperor], was he a special character that you can't play against normally?

Cloak appraisal results [I have a feeling that he doesn't think about how many times his status is multiplied.

Hand armor appraisal results [......mm]

....... Hey, isn't this terrible?　

Even if Ikaruga is more specialized in swordsmanship and has a lot of status corrections than other swordsmiths in the same level range. Even if Ikaruga had something similar to a dragon ring. 's correction is for status. And, I don't know about this, but <>'s effect is to strengthen titles and skills.

.......

"I don't have enough training ......"

The frightening thing is that they are absolutely winning in terms of status, but they are close to even. Perhaps, his [swordsmanship] is too low. Thinking about it, I could not control my evasion speed at the beginning of the battle, and sometimes I slipped. This is no good. I should lock myself up somewhere for a while with this equipment and get used to my physical abilities when I am fully equipped.

Cloak evaluation result [You're going to that conclusion? I have a feeling that this is the case.

Hand armor appraisal result [......mm]