CHAPTER XXI

Three days later, on July 2, 1509 in the Haiyuan calendar, the night.

After finishing today's routine fruit ability training, Koya, who was about to go to bed, heard Marina's calm voice outside the door: "Young Master, according to Mr. Six's report, Zoro and Guina will have the two thousand and first challenge in the wilderness behind the village tonight, and they will use real knives!" ”

Sitting up from the bed suddenly, Koya, who was clothed, didn't say anything, and strictly ordered all the agents not to follow him, even telling Marina not to follow him tonight, but after putting on a coat handed by Marina, Koya walked on the moon and left his mansion.

At this moment, the challenge outside the village has also entered the hottest stage, and Sauron, who holds a katana in each hand, continues to attack Guina opposite him with a madness like a raging wave; On the other side, holding the word and Tao in both hands, the swordsmanship is rigorous, and the well-founded Gu Yina is like a stubborn stone in the angry waves, standing under the crazy chopping, and between the moves, she faintly occupies the upper hand.

"Guina's swordsmanship has reached the Lv2 stage...... Standing on the trunk of a large tree not far away, watching the duel between these two swordsmanship geniuses under the cover of night. Seeing Zoro's tsunami-like slashing, Koya, who asked himself that he couldn't even have the upper hand with Guina's swordsmanship alone, muttered a little distractedly.

"Strange, is it a breakthrough? Obviously, when I practiced this morning, I hadn't reached this level of ......" A trace of solemnity crossed his eyes, and after thinking about it, Koya took out a black katana with a black scabbard from his system storage compartment, pinned to the left side of his waist.

"I don't think there's a place to use it, but ...... Be prepared. Fingers brushed over the Ice Wheel Pill pinned to his waist, Koya looked at the two people who were still attacking not far from the tree, and said to himself with a slightly soft expression: "As my senior sister and junior brother of Arte Frendo Koya, I will not allow you to plant your head in such a small place." ”

In this way, on a midsummer night in July, Koya sat on a tree and looked at the boy and girl not far away, and made a joint promise to become the world's greatest swordsman under the full moon in the sky.

"Anyway, why do you feel like I'm getting in the way of staying here...... Hey, it's time to get to work, huh? Standing up from the trunk of the tree, he decided not to sleep tonight, and to follow Guina all the way to help her survive tonight's death, and Koya suddenly felt a stiffness in her body.

"Hey! Wait, won't it!! After struggling to no avail, listening to the warning from the system, Koya cursed in disbelief.

[Warning, it has been detected that the host is about to violate the interference of the causal loop of this plane, and it is hereby warned!] 】

"What's the joke!" The stiffness of the body continued until Guina left, and Koya, who had regained control of her body, stepped on the moon step with an extremely gloomy expression, and rushed all the way towards the Ichishin Dojo.

"It's wrong, it's so wrong!" Along the way, regardless of the use of strength, the use of moon steps is crazy, not to mention the walking speed of a ten-year-old girl, even if it is a speeding motorcycle, it can easily catch up, but along the way, Koya did not say that he caught up with Guina, and he didn't even see Guina's figure.

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"Step~" stood in front of the door of the Yixin Dojo with a gloomy expression, holding the scabbard of the Ice Wheel Pill in his left hand, looking at the closed door of the dojo. Without the slightest hesitation, Koya jumped over the high wall.

"Drink~, it's a lot easier to take a shower." Walking out of the bathroom, wiping her somewhat wet hair with a towel in her hand, and looking at the slightly damaged love knife, Guina recalled the agreement with the stupid little ghost, and her ruddy face, which had been flushed by the bath, suddenly became redder.

"Well, well, let's go to the warehouse and find a whetstone, and re-polish the Wadochi text......" Guina, who was a little flustered, said as she walked towards the warehouse wearing wet clogs while holding her love knife.

"Gouy-who!!" Seeing Guina walk out of her room, she walked in the direction of the warehouse, ready to call out to her Koya, but before she could shout her words, she felt a person approaching behind her.

"Koya, why don't you go to bed at such a late hour?" Through the clear light hanging in the sky, Koshiro, who walked out of the shadows, asked in a gentle tone.

"Master...... You, why? Of all the unfolding that Koya had presupposed, he was the last to see the scene, and it unstoppably unfolded with the appearance of the man with a warm smile on his face.

His gaze crossed Koya's guarded look and the black katana with the black scabbard that was already on the hilt of his right hand, even if he had cultivated Shiro, he still felt a piercing chill from the bottom of his heart. Koshiro smiled, his eyes faintly fixed on Guina, his daughter disappearing into the end of his vision. Turning to look at Koya, his tone finally revealed a slight, almost imperceptible sadness and said, "Koya, don't meddle anymore. You know, not all families are the same as the Arte family, like that, so warm......"

His pupils widened suddenly, and he looked at the man standing in front of him in disbelief at the moment, and Keya, who had fully comprehended it, said in a trembling tone: "You mean...... Guina she ......"

"Yes." Turning sideways to look at the bright moon on the eaves, Koshiro's tone returned to the previous flatness, and continued: "My mother and Gu Yina, I have worked so hard to get the freedom, I don't allow, I don't allow Gu Yina to return to that place again!" Absolutely, absolutely not allowed! ”

Silently looking at the man in front of him, although he couldn't see his expression, Koya knew that he couldn't stop it no matter what, this so-called causal cycle was over. With a wry smile and let go of his right hand, Koya asked with a dejected expression, "Guina, will you die?" ”

"Heh, I'm so glad for Guina to make a friend like Koya who cares about her. Don't worry, Guina, she's my daughter after all. Looking back at Koya, who had a gloomy face, Koshiro smiled and comforted in a relaxed tone.

"I'll arrange for someone to cover up all of this tonight, and then get Guina out of here and go to a new place and start over."

"Do you want to help, teacher?" Hearing Koshiro's comfort, Koya, who looked a little slower, thought about it and asked.

"No need. Koya, you have to remember that only those who truly have power can truly control their own destiny. Rejecting Koya's proposal, Koshiro looked at his student, who had been a little incomprehensible, and admonished in a solemn tone.

"Don't worry, teacher. I understood this a long time ago. Surprised by Koshiro's kind admonition, Koya, who replied with a smile, thought about it and asked tentatively, "Teacher, do you know Gu Yina's dream?" ”

"Huh? Ah, dreams, I remember Guina's dream to become a righteous navy......" Listening to Koya's words, Koshiro thought for a while, and said with a relaxed smile.

"If you're going to be in the navy, leave it to me, teacher."

"Well, then please, Koya."

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The next day, the village heard the sad news of Guina's death and the howls of eight-year-old Roronoa Sauron.

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