Chapter 360: I Show the Bout

Lily jumps in. She comes at about half of full speed. I bounce Lily’s sword up, step in, and swing down. Lily dodges by a paper’s thickness and steps in. A thrust comes while she slams her body. I circle along the edge of the circle and see Lily’s back. But Lily twists her body, swings her chest bun!! and thrusts the sword. The sword passes beside my face. I hit Lily’s open gut with the pommel. Lily back-steps and leaves to weaken the blow. This interval about ten seconds? I am not using Divine Legs. Speed at the entrance of Fast Legs. Lily of course is not full force either. We are not trying to kill each other, so if it is warming the shoulders this much is fine.

We split to both sides of the circle, take one breath, and from the older brothers an "Ooh!?" voice rose. They do more than we thought, that would be it.

"Lily, we go faster."

"Yes!"

I step in at about half Divine Legs. Honestly at this level you cannot handle the sword finely. I do not clash swords with Lily. If I do that the stronger me wins, so a contest of force has no meaning. Thinking of the real thing, while locking guards you might be cut from the side. For me I think to increase the amount of movement no matter what, not clash swords, and cut the other party’s legs to stop them moving. As we are Lily and I keep our legs from stopping and lock cuts. From the side do we look like acrobats?

Pan!!

A hand is clapped and Lily and I split to both sides of the circle. We had raised the speed little by little so if we got into it and were not stopped we seemed ready to do it until we fell, it was that interesting. Lily is breathing with her shoulders. Sonia asked,

"In the royal capital do they do it this way?"

in a tone a little fed up and a little surprised.

"No. I think they probably do not do this way. I think it is only us."

"Is that so. Aside from the sword handling, the speed no one here can match. Amazing. But the way of handling the sword is simple, so if the flow of the sword is read, however fast you are you seem ready to be stopped. What will you do? Will you learn Eisleben-style sword handling?"

"Yes. Please. I think if the width of the sword widens even a little it is good. Please let me learn together with Lily. However fast I move, if an enemy equal to me appears I will lose to that one in sword skill. To win that enemy I have to become better with the sword. The more arts I know the better I think."

At my reply Sonia had a face of getting her will!

"Fine. I also want to know how you can move that fast, so please teach me."

"The movement is not something I learned by being taught. It is something I gained while fighting and dropping enemies so I cannot teach it."

"Is that so? Well fine. Let me watch. Shall I learn. And, jumping up to the second and third floors is true? May I have you show it?"

"Yes. It is all right. I am not hiding it."

Saying that I moved near the mansion wall and jumped. I went up to the second-floor balcony railing, then jumped again, passed the third floor and went up onto the roof.

"Heee!"

"Amazing!"

"Is that something a human does?"

Various impressions are heard. Well, besides me there would be people who can do it. When I tried to come down from the roof an arrow flew. Instantly I swept it with the sword. Second arrow, third, fourth, arrows fly one after another. For form I can shoot the arrows down with room. Below Agnes was shooting arrows while laughing. She is holding back so it is fine, but is it not dangerous!

Finding it interesting an older brother among the older brothers who has a bow also shoots arrows. His aim is worse than Agnes who is holding back and the arrow speed is slow so avoiding or dropping them is easy.

I think I want to drop the older brothers shooting arrows and make them know a little, but how is that? In the end I did nothing and came down while blocking arrows.

Before I knew it the clan chief had come. Until a moment ago he was only watching as a guest, now he is stuck to Lily’s side, grinning and holding Lily’s waist. Lily is expressionless. What is this erotic old man? The debt of being taken to the shop last night is cancelled.

"How is it, Lord Marie. Will you not yield this maid to me?"

Haa, what? As I thought.

"Do not make that face. I am saying give this maid to me, how is it?"

Lily keeps expressionless.

"No!!"

"Do not say that, it is fine, yes? I will give something in exchange."

The clan chief says it while stroking Lily’s backside.

"Impossible. Lily is my maid and mother and older sister and comrade in arms. The only one I can leave my back to in a fight is Lily. Absolutely no!!"

That is natural. She came together from the Marie Kingdom. I cannot let her go!

"You need not strain that much. I see. Well, there are other women."

The clan chief looks a little disappointed, but I will not give Lily! And if there are other women do not try to put a hand on her, really. Do not stroke Lily’s backside!

From among the older brothers there is also a guy saying "Am I no good?" Do you not think it is impossible in the first place because she is the maid attached to me?

"There is not that much to teach, but I will teach arts from Eisleben-style swordsmanship. Whether you use them or not is separate, but just knowing there are these arts I think will be useful when it becomes a cutting match."

Saying that Sonia held her sword.

"This is first one."

She cuts down and bounces up.

"Next this."

She receives the enemy’s sword and winds it. After that several more I was taught in slow motions.

"Whether you use this is up to you, but when you use it you may become conscious and the other party may read that movement. With that speed of yours I think you do not need to use them."

I listened impressed, I see. There are things you can be taught by people no matter what.

"No. If I know there are these arts the response when they are used on me is different. I will not be surprised and stop moving. Thank you."

"If you say that it is worth teaching. If you go to the royal capital there will be still higher users. Eisleben style is after all country swordsmanship."

It ended in self-abuse last.

In fact from the middle I could not help minding the mole on the breast I saw from the chest of Sonia’s blouse. Tonight will I be able to view that in a freer form? The ammunition of my son that has been stored since last night, can I fire it inside Sonia? It is growing thicker little by little so I wonder if it will not burst someday?