Chapter 73

Chapter 73

Luna's sword was pointed at me.

Looking at her, I cheerfully said.

"I don't want to."

"..."

"Luna?"

"Ah, why! This is the moment where you should say something cool like, 'Keke, then let me teach you a thing or two!'"

Luna yelled and approached me.

I understood her thoughts.

‘She wants to become stronger.’

That’s why she wanted to spar with me.

The effort named experience.

Nothing else helps a person grow more than that.

I would have liked to help her. It's also good for me if Luna becomes stronger.

But even if I wanted to, I couldn't.

If I were to spar with Luna.

‘I would lose 100%.’

A hundred losses in a hundred matches.

A guaranteed one-sided thrashing.

‘If I use skills, Luna might die, and if we only use swordsmanship, I'll be hopelessly defeated.’

Strong against the strong and weak against the weak.

An entity that would be called crazy in society.

That was me.

"Why can't you do it!"

"Keke, because for me, sparring is murder."Nêww chapters will be fully updated at novelhall.com

"What nonsense!"

Luna, it's not a joke. For me, sparring is murder.

‘Even if I die, it would still lead to murder, right?’

So, sparring is murder for me.

I flicked my finger towards the agitated Luna.

"But I can give you an assessment."

"An assessment?"

"Yes. Could you show me your skills?"

"Fine."

Luna displayed her swordsmanship.

From ordinary sword dances to the secret techniques of the Lester family.

"How is it?"

Luna, panting, asked.

Hmm, the situation is more serious than I thought.

‘I can't understand anything.’

My condition was serious.

It seems gaining levels doesn’t grant insight into swordsmanship.

But I wasn't without something to say to Luna.

Because I thought of a method.

A method that might greatly help Luna grow.

"Excellent. If you use effort as your driving force, you can become stronger. However."

"However?"

"It's a pity you haven't learned properly. Especially the secret sword techniques."

It was obvious.

Her family disappeared before she could receive proper training.

It was amazing that she had come this far on her own.

"...Can't help it. There's no one left who knows our family's sword techniques."

"Then why not learn?"

"Didn't you hear me? There's no one left who knows our family's..."

Luna, speaking petulantly, suddenly paused.

Right. There was someone.

Someone who knew the Lester family's sword techniques well and could perform even better secret techniques than her.

"Keke, isn't that person right in front of you?"

It was me.

* * *

Training with Luna began.

The first secret technique of the Lester family style.

One Flash.

Flash!

Kwagwagwang!

[One Flash] unleashed with the power of [Divine Imitation].

The training ground didn't collapse.

It was designed to withstand even 7th circle magic.

‘So my One Flash is weaker than 7th circle magic.’

A-level forced fixation due to [Divine Imitation].

And stats that are pathetic for my level.

It couldn't be helped but to be weak.

Well, being stronger than 7th circle magic would be even stranger.

Clang!

"Damn it!"

Luna, who also used One Flash, cursed.

Because her One Flash was clearly inferior to mine.

The difference was as big as between a dragon and an earthworm, to put it simply.

"Ugh, what's the difference?"

"Keke, finding that out is exactly Luna's task."

"Can't you just teach me slowly and kindly?"

Physically, morally, socially, and even censoriously!

"Hehe! I'm not letting go. Surrender quickly."

Luna leaned down.

As I started to resist strongly, it was an action to exert force.

As we got closer, Luna's features became clearly visible to me.

Cat-like eyes. A round and cute face that didn't quite match them.

Hair tousled from rolling on the ground.

Her body covered in sweat from swinging the sword for two hours.

Even the school uniform was disheveled from the intense training.

‘Yeah, if this goes any further, it's the end.’

I instinctively felt it.

Of course, I meant socially catastrophic.

I lifted my hips to try and escape.

"Oh? Getting a bit cheeky, aren't we?"

Luna, who was sitting on my stomach, slid down a bit to maintain balance.

Ah.

This is really driving me crazy.

"Huh? What's that behind..."

No, this is a social burial.

Last chance.

Just as I was using all my strength to push my hips up.

Drllrk-.

"Excuse me, your reservation time is up. It's our turn now..."

A group of girls entered the training ground, opening the door.

At that moment, when I was giving my last effort, our eyes met.

"Hyek!"

Luna rolled off to the side.

Luna, panting and soaked in sweat.

And next to her, me, in a pathetic state trying to push my hips up.

"..."

"..."

An awkward silence filled the training ground.

The girls who appeared at the door.

We knew each other well.

Classmates. And they were part of Yuridia's faction.

It's okay. I can explain everything.

There was still a chance.

"Hey! Be gentle! It hurts!"

Luna's outcry.

How can one choose such words in this situation?

It was astonishing, almost breathtaking.

The girls' faces turned bright red.

"Sorry, so sorry. Have, have a good time."

"We'll give you our reservation time! We suddenly got busy!"

And so, the girls left.

With a tremendous misunderstanding.

"Huh? What? They're giving us their reservation time? Nice girls."

"..."

"Hehe! Don't know what's going on, but it worked out. Zero, let's train more."

Yes, Luna.

A tear rolled down my eye.

* * *

In the Galeta region.

In the darkness, a shadow dropped down and transformed into a human figure.

‘He's dead.’

A corpse, eyes wide open in death.

Caron gently closed the man's eyelids.

One of the rats he had spread in the Galeta region.

One of Caron's subordinates.

‘Aljazin, I hope you don't have to eat garbage in the next life.’

There was nothing he could do.

He could only hope that in the next life, this rat wouldn't have to scavenge through trash.

‘Zero, the information he gave was accurate. I can't believe it.’

The rats spread efficiently throughout the Galeta region.

Thirteen rats disappeared.

Not just so far.

On the first day he arrived. Thirteen rats disappeared just on that first day.

It meant something unknown was living in this region.

Two rats disappeared on the second day.

The number of missing rats dropped drastically.

Not because they were cautious. The unknown entity realized it was being hunted.

‘As soon as it knew we were on its tail, it must have tried to hide.’

But the rats were persistent.

Not sparing their lives, they kept searching for garbage.

And finally, they found the garbage they were looking for.

A body, parts disassembled and reassembled, something between human and demon.

That corpse.

--TL Notes--

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