"The heart is like standing still, and the silence is like peace."

Horizontal slash, vertical slash, straight stab.

Jump, spin, and pick.

In the thin light of the rising sun, the blonde single-ponytail girl, who was so beautiful that it didn't seem to have anything to do with a sword, was sweating.

With each swing of the sword, the strange emotions that had accumulated in my heart gradually dissipated, and I regained the faith I had had held for more than ten years.

Her sword is a sword of protection, even if she can't protect her parents who died in the field, even if she can't protect Lord Selzewede, who is bent on death, it still won't change in the slightest.

Because, the village of Hyares is still here, and every villager here is the object of her protection.

"-Fleur Loti~!"

(Wow!) With a shake of his hand, the blade slammed into the dirt.

The source of strange emotions arrived, and the knight girl, who had worked hard for nearly half an hour to clear her mind, instantly returned to her original form, and said with a little embarrassment: "Why did you get up so early today, Lord...... Master? ”

After being a maid for a few days, there are many things that are not suitable for it, among which the second only to 'intimate physical contact' is the 'way of title', and the relationship between friends and servants has changed to a master-servant relationship, and it is not smooth to read.

"It's been a long time since we've practiced swords together~" Lyle took out an Oliha steel two-handed sword with a fancy style like a ritual item from his traceless extension pocket, and swung it several times in a fancy movement that had been learned through hundreds of sword practices.

“…… It's been a long time. Thinking of the last time the two of them practiced swords together, she hadn't carried out Serzeveld's orders, and Fletti was a little depressed.

It's not that Lyle didn't hear Fritt's self-talk, but there are some things that only time can dilute: "By the way, haven't I been going to the Four Great Temples for inspection these days?" In the deepest part of the Temple of Winter, it seems that strange traces have been seen, have you used the blade storm I invented? ”

Friti didn't expect to mention this, and responded: "Well, at that time, there were ice crystals projected in all directions, and I subconsciously used that trick. ”

Naturally, it wasn't the original version of tripping over stones, but the final version of the two of them that they had spent a morning revising with their feet off the ground, attaching small tornadoes, and tracking the enemy's location during the cast.

"Haha~! Sure enough, I am an academic sword master, and the truth of kendo is in my heart! "There has been progress, and someone has finally accepted the fact that he is not good at sword fighting.

“…… Can this really be considered a sword skill? "Fonti has always defined this move as combat magic, and except for holding a sword in her hand, everything else is the effect of spiritual magic.

Lyle carried his two-handed sword and said proudly: "It's just right, let me teach the most practical sword skills in history!" ”

"...... the most practical sword technique ever?" Friti immediately became vigilant, looking around for a place to hide, she hadn't forgotten the scene when she demonstrated Blade Storm.

However, before she could choose a seat, Lyle had already begun to demonstrate.

"Babbling ——!" The body suddenly accelerated from stationary to high speed with afterimage, and the single-handed two-handed sword stabbed forward, completing an assault with a displacement of nearly five meters.

Holding his position for three seconds, and then retracting his sword with a handsome action that he felt good about, Lyle turned around and said, "Futi, do you see clearly?" Need me to demonstrate again? ”

"Huh? Isn't this a sprint assault? Friti was stunned.

Lyle pointed out correctly: "It's not a sprint assault, this is [babbling swordsmanship]!" ”

Fonti closed her eyes and calmed herself down for five seconds before asking, "Sorry, I didn't hear clearly...... What kind of swordsmanship comes from? ”

"Babbling swordsmanship." Lyle stabbed forward with his two-handed sword, trying to illustrate with this aid, "Ordinary dash assault focuses on speed, the goal is to pierce the enemy's vital point, and immediately retreat when you hit it?" Avoid being counterattacked by the enemy. And the babbling sword technique is like that very imposing shout? Is it a sword move that focuses on strength? The tip of the sword has a strong magical power, which can not only greatly increase the damage and wreak havoc on large enemies, but also increase the impact power to knock small enemies into the air? The enemies have all flown out, so naturally there is no need to worry about being counterattacked. ”

“…… It seems to make some sense. "Friti would love to refute this heretical argument? However, it cannot be denied that there is a certain feasibility of this strategic thinking.

As long as you can hack the enemy to death and achieve victory, even if you keep throwing your sword in all directions at a speed dozens of times faster than the enemy, use the sword body to reflect the enemy's eyes to form a 'rain of light', and then find an opportunity to stab the opponent's flaws with a sword, it is also feasible.

Of course, 'feasible' and 'reasonable' are two different things, and there are dozens of times the attack speed? Ping A has stabbed the enemy into a hornet's nest.

"If you think about it a little deeper, the attack action of the babbling sword technique is destined to keep the 'maximum distance from the enemy when I attack'? Security is at its best, and if the enemy's maximum attack range is shorter than the length of my weapon and arm combined, they will never be able to attack me. "Surely the wizard's attack range is far enough? The one with short hands is a monster, "If you can train to continuously launch babbling swordsmanship, or even use babbling swordsmanship instead of regular footwork to move, no matter what kind of battle you can make a fresh move, isn't this the most practical sword move in history?" ”

"Just, is this just the trick?" Friti exclaimed.

"Yes, yes~ I'm done, now I'm starting to cultivate!" Lyle clapped his hands to end the conversation, blinking and smiling at Fonti.

Even after cultivating such a stupid trick as Sword Storm Storm, Futi would not refuse, took a deep breath, gathered her magic power, and sprinted forward: "Bah." ”

"Not fast enough, not enough magic on the tip of the sword, and most importantly - not shouting loud enough!" Lyle pulled out his Oreha steel sword, "Friti, today's goal is to move around the village from the west exit to the east exit with the babbling sword technique!" ”

"Yes!!"

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"Babbling ——!"

"Babbling ——!"

Lyle and Friti pass through the intersection in a strange way.

After the shouts of the two gradually faded away, Peluxia, who was sitting by the lake fishing, turned around and asked her companion, "Sakiya, have they ever practiced swords like this before?" ”

"Leave them alone, maybe it's Lyle's whim...... Every time that guy touches a maid, he gets an explosion of inspiration. "Sakuya doesn't have a good airway.

"Speaking of which, a few days after I put on the maid suit for the first time, he organized a deep-sea expedition before I could return to my hometown to visit my parents......" Peluccia muttered for a few seconds, and suddenly realized, "It turns out that the maid is his source of inspiration, if we also become his maid, can we also become the 'big man who changes the world' in the mouth of the store manager?" ”

The manager of the bathhouse, Sakiya's mother, has a very high opinion of Lyle.

Sakiya catches chicken for his friend's IQ: "Stupid...... Being a maid is almost the same as being his little lover by default. ”

Pelusa replied with a hippie smile, "Little lover...... It's okay~"

"Huh!?" Sakuya almost threw the fishing rod in his hand into the lake, and said colorlessly, "I remember that the mermaid clan is also monogamous, right?" ”

"That's right~" Pelusa counted with her fingers, "But I can't go back to my hometown, or I'm sure I won't be able to come back if I'm caught by my father, and I don't dare to leave the village of Xiarez, the wizards outside don't treat us mermaids as people, there are fewer boys than girls in the village, and there will always be girls left...... Thinking about it, sure enough, I'll be the one left, anyway, I liked Lyle very much~"

Sakuya thought for a moment and found that Peluxia's sales channels were indeed very narrow, and said deflatedly: "...... Well, anyway, Lyle has been shouting for a team of maids since before, and Friti can't satisfy him alone. ”

"Do you want to be together?" Peluccia frolicked and hugged her best friend.

"What——?! What stupid things are you talking about! Sakuya blushed and pushed Miss Mermaid away.

"It's not stupid!" Peluxia puffed out her face and said, "After the bathhouse closed two days ago, when I was cleaning up the men's bath, I sensed a change in the magic of the women's soup, and I put my ear against the wall, and I heard you complaining about the women's bath—"

"- Wow wow! That doesn't count, that doesn't count! Sakiya threw down the fishing rod, Huo Ran stood up, summoned a large paper fan with the words 'for Muggles encountered by accident' on it in the form of a flying charm, and said viciously, "Peluxia, just once, it doesn't hurt, the Muggles used are sleeping soundly!" ”

"Wow, Sakiya is going to kill people and destroy corpses~!"

"Don't run! You sneaky merfolk! ”