Chapter 12: Longing

Becker had been studying in the dojo for two months, and the weather in Frostmoon Village had turned from cool to hot, and the island climate made Becker a little uncomfortable, and the humid air made him feel like he was always wet, like taking a sauna. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

With hard training and extraordinary talent, Becker's swordsmanship foundation was already quite solid at this time, and Edmund had been with him all this time, and the two were already very familiar.

Becker came to the dojo early in the morning to train until the sun was over, and he and Edmund, who was training together, couldn't stand the sun's rays, and wanted to train in the indoor training ground in the big house in the middle of the dojo.

As soon as the two of them arrived at the indoor training ground, they found that it was already overcrowded, and Edmund patted the back of his head at this, and seemed to have an idea, beckoned Becker and him to leave the courtyard and walk towards an unusual grove outside the dojo.

Edmund is a villager in a village adjacent to Frostmoon Village on the island, and the two villages are blocked by several hills, and the road is not smooth, so since studying in the dojo, Edmund has lived in Koshiro's courtyard most of the time, and is very familiar with the environment around this courtyard, and also has several "secret strongholds".

Becker followed Edmund through the woods, walked for a while, and suddenly it dawned on him that what fell into his eyes was a brook in the woods, the water of which flowed, and occasionally a few waves crashed on the shore, and the splashes of water seemed to lower the temperature around him considerably.

"There are also such good places near the dojo!" Becker exclaimed, and when he came to the edge of the stream, the water was so clear that he could easily see the bottom when he stood on the bank.

Ed's masked face also came to the shore, squatted down and scooped some water with his hands and splashed it on his face, the cool stream drove away the heat, and made him sigh comfortably: "There are still a few people in the dojo who also know about this place, but they can't beat me, and I occupy this place." ”

After getting along for a while, Becker also knew Edmund's character, a little reckless and tendonous, and looked down on many peers in the dojo who couldn't endure hardships to learn swordsmanship.

At the beginning, Edmund treated Becker differently, one was because the girl Eugenie made his "boy's heart" restless, and the other was that Becker did not have an adult to follow him when he first came to the dojo, which made Edmund feel that Becker was a person who could practice swordsmanship hard, and he would have a future future, so he came forward to woo him.

Becker's performance in the next two months also lived up to Edmund's expectations, and Becker also felt that Edmund was simple-minded but had good skills, and thought that he might be able to take him with him when he went to sea in the future.

Becker and Edmund both wanted to take in their younger brother for the sake of their future development "plans", so it is not surprising that they have a close relationship.

Edmund waited for the heat to dissipate, then quickly took off his shirt and trousers, put on only pants, and jumped into the stream with a bamboo knife.

The stream was over Edmund's chest, and he took two steps in the water, holding a bamboo knife and posing to Becker, and said, "I used to practice swords in this stream in the summer, and it was cool and the training effect was good. Then he beckoned Becker to come down as well.

Becker was not pretentious, and also quickly stripped off his clothes, put on only a pair of trousers, and jumped into the stream with his own bamboo knife.

Edmund "puffed" for a moment, dodged the splash, looked at the various scars crisscrossing Becker's upper body, screamed wow, and said in a sour tone with some jealousy: "I see that you have only learned swordsmanship for two months, where do you have so many scars, I don't know and think that you are a master of a hundred battles." ”

Becker was also confused about the scars on his body, the scars on his body were mainly abrasions and scratches, basically flesh wounds, Becker could only guess that these should have been the original owner of this body fell because of the shipwreck, caught up with a storm or a shipwreck, and was left by the collision of reefs or cargo on board.

The only serious scar on his back was a severe burn, as if he had been hit by something burning while fleeing for his life, and the irregular scar extended from his shoulder to his back, and the only faint indication from the shape of the burn was that the perpetrator was a long, rounded object at the top, like a giant soup spoon.

The rest of the parts were all small injuries, only this burn made Becker's back skin very uncomfortable when the weather was hot, and after listening to Edmund's childish words, he couldn't help pouting: "Aren't you poking yourself with a sword a few times?" ”

"You're stupid for me?" Edmund muttered.

You think you're not stupid?

Becker ignored Edmund's muttering, his body was young, underdeveloped, and shorter than Edmund's, and the stream didn't reach his shoulders, and after a few moves in the water, he understood why Edmund said that the training here was good.

Although the creek is not turbulent, but in the stream, the current is always rushing against the body, and the bamboo knife is buoyant in the water, and the slightest attention will make Becker's movements deformed.

Becker, with only his head exposed in the stream, firmly grasped the bamboo knife and practiced his basic movements in the water, and the current made his every move as soothing as if it were slow motion.

Edmund played with the water beside Becker for a while, pointed out a few tricks for Becker, and then continued to train, found a deeper place, and wielded a bamboo knife to practice chopping in the water.

Becker glanced at it casually, inexplicably thinking of the movie he had seen in his previous life, and teased: "You move a big stone and put it over, and when you split it, you will be able to cut the stream and split the stone in half, and you will have swordsmanship." ”

Edmund snorted unconvinced, "I can do it now." ”

After he finished speaking, he really ran to the shore to inspect for a long time, and finally found a big rock and threw it into the water with great difficulty.

Edmund slashed a few times with great interest, but the bamboo knife was buoyant, and he still felt that he could not use his strength, and his face was red and panting, and he only knocked the stone a few times, and the stone did not even move.

He kicked the stone in annoyance, and saw that Becker had been practicing seriously, and he didn't even look at himself, as if he had already known the result, and suddenly felt faceless.

Edmund's eyes rolled, and he left a word for Becker to continue practicing, and he ran back to the dojo naked, and soon returned with a real sword.

Edmund, who was only wearing a pair of pants, crossed his waist in Becker's neurotic gaze, stood on the shore and laughed: "Let you see my swordsmanship, senior brother!" ”

Edmund held his breath, his knife in both hands, and with a loud shout, he jumped high and leaped into the stream, slashing at the large bluestone in the stream.

The sword light easily parted the stream with majestic force, and in Becker's surprised eyes, he continued to lose his strength, and only after cutting through the big bluestone did he lose all his strength.

"Oops!"

Edmund didn't notice that there were some stones at the bottom of the stream, and when he landed, he stepped on them, and before he could be proud after cutting the bluestone, his foot was stumbled, and he grinned in pain.

Becker didn't bother with Edmund, ran to the bluestone, and caressed and observed the bluestone, the incision was smooth and flat, making it hard to believe that this was something that could be done by man.

Becker looked at Edmund, who grinned and used his sword as a crutch, and then at Bluestone - all this was done by the unobtrusive young man in front of him?

Although Edmund always bragged about his strength in the dojo, Becker knew that there were still people in the dojo whose strength was above him, at least the bearded Pattinson who received him in the first place was stronger than him.

And what about Koshiro, the owner of the dojo? Becker looked at the bluestone's flat incision and pondered.

At the beginning, the swordsmanship of the small navy made Becker see the flexibility and agility that were difficult for professional athletes in his previous life to achieve, and Edmund's split made Becker see the strength and skill that everyone could only look up to in any swordsmanship in his previous life.

The most important thing is that Edmund is similar to him in age, but he has been training in this dojo for a long time, if Edmund can do it, Becker should be able to do it in the future.

There was some expectation and longing in Becker's eyes, who wouldn't want to cut off the power of bluestone with a knife?

A loud shout interrupted Becker's vision, and Bearded Pattinson came out of nowhere, and at a glance saw Edmund's knife used as a crutch.

"Edmond, who told you to run around the dojo naked? I also took out the real knife! You also soak it in water! And use it as a crutch! Take care of the knife in your hand! How the teacher taught you! ”

The more he spoke, the angrier he became, and Edmund looked as if he had seen a cat and a mouse.