Volume 1, Chapter 23 – Sudden Strength Gain (Part 2)

Volume 1, Chapter 23 - Sudden Strength Gain (Part 2)

Translator: Silva

Nagahide looked at her blankly for a moment, but how could he refuse the request of such a beautiful girl? He was willing to help her even though he felt troubled in his heart. That’s why he said, “Then you wait here, I’ll go fetch it.”

As soon as Nagahide left, Taro approached Lily, “I say, Miss Kagami, why do you insist on learning swordplay when you are so beautiful...”

Lily avoided him and went to the backhouse to wait for Nagahide. She wasn’t willing to talk to Taro too much.

“F***! Not even giving me back is it! If you really dare to come on the day of the competition, look at how the great me beat you until you call your papa!” Taro cursed with a grin.

Nagahide retrieved the wooden case and guided Lily to a hill away from the residence. Nnêw n0vel chapters are published on n0v/e/(lb)i(n.)co/m

The Slash Force Sensor was summoned again with a “Poof!”

Lily felt that the roly-poly lookalike magic tool looked a little comical. It had a face that made people want to hit it. Was it made like this on purpose to increase the tester’s strength? Or could it be that Lily also had a hidden violent tendency?

“Miss Kagami, I still have matters to attend to, so you can stay here and train. When I get back, I will ask Kimura Tetsuo to come and retrieve the Slash Force Sensor. It will be fine if you just come back with him later,” said Nagahide.

“Sorry for troubling the elder.” Lily sent off Nagahide with a respectful bow.

After Nagahide left, Lily lifted the long wooden sword.

The reason she chose this sword at the time was most likely due to the influence of that silver-haired female samurai.

But now, the wooden sword felt weightless in her hands. It looked quite thick, and the wooden sword was not short either. However, it didn’t feel any different from when she was empty-handed.

“So light!”

“This is too light, I won’t be able to exert all my strength into the slash if it’s like this!”

“I need a heavier katana, one that is made out of iron! As for the length, I guess about this long should be enough if I take the iai technique into consideration. If it is as big as the that silver-haired female samurai used, I won’t be able to use iaido.”

The grasses in the surroundings were waving with ripple-like motions due to the strong wind.

The ringing sound resonated throughout the mountain woods!

That Daruma Egg was blown high up into the sky, then it fell onto the meadow and started to roll. After rolling for quite a good distance, it finally stopped and rocked to and fro.

“Phew...” Lily let out a breath as she brushed her long hair. After putting away the sword, she calmly waited for the result.

That Daruma Egg gradually came to a stop. An indistinct dent was clearly visible in between the brows of the Daruma Egg.

“Oww! Pe~ne~tra~tion Fooooooorce—”

“Two hundred and seventeen kan!”

Lily was in a daze as she heard the weird voice of the Daruma Egg announce, did it say 217 kan?

Though she knew that her strength had increased dramatically, Lily didn’t expect... her slender arms that anyone would have wanted to lick if they laid their eyes on it, actually contained so much power! The power increased by no less than 140 plus kan!

It should be mentioned that the penetration force increased very slowly. For most of the martial artists, just increasing it by a dozen or more within one year of arduous training was already an excellent result.

Only when one trained their spirit power would their body be able to break through the boundary of mortals and rapidly headed towards the realm of shikigami, demons, fairies, or even reaching as high as the realm of gods!

Naturally, the reason Lily improved this much was because of a cheat. After all, in normal circumstances, only a high-level samurai would be able to improve this much. One would only be able to afford a spirit training manual when they reached the same height as them.

As the cool breeze blew past, Lily raised her pretty face. Her long hair was fluttering in the direction of the mountain woods. She somehow felt that the mountain wind today was very refreshing. It was as though a big mountain had been lifted from her heart.

Lily looked towards the Matsuda Clan’s residence as she thought to herself, ‘The penetration force of most samurais barely reached a hundred. Since I have reached two hundred, then maybe I should have enough power for self-defense in this otherworld by now.’

“Senior sister, your Lily is going to lift her head high and conduct herself with dignity!”

Looking at the picturesque rear view of the white-clothed girl holding a wooden sword in high-spirit, that Daruma Egg —with its still as lifeless painting eyes as before— slowly let out this one word:

“-aye...”