A year has passed since the battle, all the damaged houses have been repaired, fortifications have been built on the outskirts of the village, and everyone is content with their present lives, but they have not forgotten their sacrifices.

Many of the originally displaced refugees also arrived, and Sheng Hua was in need of labor to rebuild the village, so he took them all in.

During the year, the village was finally restored to its original state.

Manro was admitted early to Imperial College and went to the college a year early. Satters was adopted by a wealthy family in a large town and is said to have gone to join the guards there.

Rather than go to the academy as Manro's retinue, Riel stayed and joined the guards of Boshka Village, patrolling with those men to keep the village safe.

Ailan still did not choose to inherit the family's business, but chose to become a female swordsman. Although it was not known what her motives were, his father did not say anything.

"Two honey loaves of bread. ”

Dye Qi pushed open the door of the bakery. The bakery wasn't destroyed in the previous battle, which made Dye Qi a little more at ease.

"Right now!"

From the back kitchen came the voice of a girl.

Soon, a girl came to Dye Qi with two freshly baked breads. The girl was the one he had rescued from the gnomes, a girl named Randot.

"You're used to it, too. ”

He touched the girl's head as usual. A year ago, the girl was adopted by the Ailan family, and the girl's talent for pastry was beyond Ailan's father's expectations, so much so that now the bread is basically made by Landuo.

Is it a blessing in disguise? Dye Qi asked himself.

"Is Brother Dye Qi going to practice swords today?"

The girl asked him.

"This kind of thing can't be stopped, as long as you don't practice for a day, you'll be rusty. ”

Dye Qi wrapped the bread and handed the money to Lan Duo.

"That's right, this!"

Lan Duo took out some snacks he had made and handed them to Dye Qi.

"Sister is in the kendo dojo, can you help me send it over?"

"Just drop by, I see. ”

Dye Qi left the bakery, and his activity today is to practice swordsmanship. In the past year, he has mastered almost all the techniques of the [Tasaraya Stream], but there is always a peak that is difficult for him to surpass.

That's its mystery.

Dye Qi kept trying to use the arcane technique [Broken Stream] for a year, but failed to succeed every time. It's like something is missing.

Today, too, Dye Qi came to the kendo hall and continued to try the use of arcane techniques.

"Hah!"

In the middle of the field, Ellen struck the dummy with his sword, but his strength was too low to leave a trace on its armor.

Ailan wears a costume that makes it easy to move, and the long hair on the back of her head is full of emotion. Dye Qi didn't understand why she had long hair, which was the opposite of her light dress.

"You're very diligent. ”

Dye Qi stood behind her and looked at her for a while, then suddenly spoke, startling Ailan.

"Really, just say it when you come!"

Ailan's face flushed unnaturally. Fiddling with such an unseemly move in front of a swordsmanship master will definitely be ridiculed, she thought.

"Your sister asked me to bring it. ”

Dye Qi just took out what Landuo had given him.

"Thank you. ”

Didn't you laugh at me? According to Dye Qi's character, he will definitely say a few words about himself.

"No thanks, I'm just dropping by. ”

He walked over to the dummy next to him and set up his posture to practice.

It's really changed, Dye Qi. Alan thought so.

"But..."

At this time, Dye Qi suddenly spoke again.

"What you just did was ugly. ”

Hearing this, Alan wanted to go up and hit him twice, but she still resisted her impulse. I thought to myself, it turns out that this guy hasn't changed, and he has also started to practice swordsmanship.

Why do you want to practice swords, Ailan has asked herself more than once.

Maybe the motivation that drives her is that she doesn't want to be protected anymore, but wants to protect others.

Dye Qi was thinking about the knowledge in the book, although he had reviewed it countless times, as long as it didn't work, he would continue to try.

"Drink!"

Draw the sword and slash, and use the acceleration effect brought by the spiritual energy to achieve a rapid slash of the blade. In the arcane technique, this speed of drawing can cut a river in an instant.

As it is called, it is called [Broken Stream].

But all Dye Qi has done now is simply draw his sword, and although he can now break the dummy along with his armor in an instant, it is still not possible to disconnect the river.

"It's still so scary..."

Ailan gasped as she looked at the cracked wall opposite.

But Lord Sheng Hua doesn't seem to mind Dye Qi practicing swordsmanship here. This month alone, the Kendo Gym has been renovated three times, and each time it was because Dye Qi destroyed the items in the Kendo Gym.

"But it's not enough. ”

Dye Qi looked at the silver sword in his hand and said.

Actually, that's enough... Ailan held back a glance at the frightened kendo administrator.

What is missing, this makes Dye Qi really puzzling.

"Ah, there will be a time like this..."

Ailan patted the shoulder of the depressed Dye Qi.

"Yes. ”

Dye Qi regained his spirits. It is not easy for other people to be able to understand a high-level swordsmanship at the age of twenty, and the arcane skills can only be comprehended in middle age, and if they can do it at the age of ten, it will be a little scary.

The two of them knew that today's blow was estimated to make the kendo dojo close for another day. But the people in charge seem to be quite happy like this, after all, every time Dye Qi comes, it is equivalent to one day that he can take paid leave.

After leaving the kendo hall, Dye Qi didn't seem to have any arrangements. Seeing this, Ellen invites him to visit Riel with him. It was then that he remembered that the three of them hadn't been together in a while.

"After all, we all have our own things to do..."

Alan smiled. Riel has to be busy training and patrolling every day, and he definitely doesn't have time to come out and play.

Outside the gate of the newly built patrol quarters, both of them hesitated. If you take the liberty of interrupting, you will definitely cause some unnecessary trouble for Rare.

"Or... Say hello to their captain first?"

Dye Qi asked Ailan.

"Probably not... It's not a no-go place either. ”

Although Ailan is also a little weak-hearted, but since there is Dye Qi in charge, it should be no problem even if it is rude.

"You two, what are you doing?"

At that moment, Riel's voice came from behind them. The two of them almost screamed in fright.

"What are you doing, all the fuss. ”

Riel walks between the two and opens the door to the dorm room.

"Come in, you should be in trouble. ”

"That..."

Ailan spoke,

"If you have time, do you want the three of you to have something together?"

"Uh, I should..."

Riel thought of the patrol task set for today, and was about to say no, but the captain of the patrol suddenly appeared and said to a few people,

"Today we have a holiday, you take him away. ”

"Really?"

As far as Ranqi knows, the patrol appears to be open all year round. Rare has the same question.

"You're rude,"

The captain pulled Riel over and whispered,

"A gentleman can't refuse a lady's request, doesn't he have any common sense!"

"But I'm not a gentleman..."

"Less nonsense, this is the task!"

In a café a hundred meters away from the patrol, the three of them chose a sunny place to sit down. Dye Qi and Ailan looked at Riel sitting next to them with a playful expression, and the latter's face showed embarrassment.

"It turned out to be true..."

He said with a pretended composure.

"It's important to rest, even if it's a patrol team, it's a shift system. ”

Ailan said with a wry smile.

"You're really trying too hard, I've heard that you show up every day, even if it's a shift. ”

Dye Qi looked at Riel with a serious face, and the latter quickly lowered his head as if he had discovered something.

"I said you..."

Ran Qi pulled Lariel's face and said dissatisfiedly.

"Why are you working so hard all of a sudden, give me an honest explanation. ”

"No, I've been working so hard all the time. ”

"Come on, you won't even touch a sword before. ”

Dye Qi questioned Riel, and Ailan, who was on the side, looked at them with a wicked smile.

"Do you have to say it?"

"Of course. ”

Riel took a deep breath, and it seemed that the topic of the next topic was a little difficult to talk about.

"I might... Somewhat... Love Landot..."

"Huh!!"

After hearing Ariel's explosive speech, both of them showed shocked expressions. Ailan even leaned directly into Rare's face and said with bad water.

"When did it start, do you know each other, do you want my sister to help you ask!"

"Wait, when did you become a sister..."

Riel said helplessly.

"It's a crime. ”

Dye Qi said with a righteous face.

"What are you talking about..."

Both of them paused awkwardly for a moment, and Dye Qi said slowly.

"But I've got your back!"

"Shut up!"

Riel angrily snorted at the dye. But after a while, he said,

"I need to be stronger, otherwise I won't be able to protect anything. ”

At this point, Arel visibly became more serious. Dye Qi and Ailan also understood, so they didn't continue to joke with him as before.

"That's right. ”

At this point, Riel changed the subject,

"It seems that there will be a junior sword competition again next month, what are you going to do?"

He looked at Dye Qi.

"Do you need to ask?"

Dye Qi smiled confidently, he was eager to test his current strength at the sword art conference.

Riel and Alan looked at each other and smiled, sure enough, this guy hasn't changed from beginning to end.

"But I can't go, I can't stop patrolling. ”

Riel said. In his eyes, the safety of the village was much more important than the ethereal sword fighting conference.

Dye Qi looked at Ailan, who had to sigh.

"Okay, I'll go with you. ”