ca-book #134 - If you want to learn, I'll teach you.
#134 - If you want to learn, I'll teach you.
Zunzun's words caused a great uproar.
Compared to Yasha Hime, the well-known player who is currently ranked third in the Knight League, who exactly was this nobody Zunzun? People were eagerly inquiring about him, thinking that perhaps he had some special skill to gain the favor of such a person.
Did you think Seikyou Nene would back down?
No!
Not only did she not back down, but she even took the initiative to flirt with Zunzun, wanting to rekindle their past relationship.
—Ptooey!
What a joke.
They hadn't even started, so how could they rekindle anything?
Finally, with the opening ceremony imminent, she seemed to need to give a speech on stage, so the chairman, Shinguuji Kurena, forcefully dragged her away.
After that, it was the usual opening ceremony, class assignments, and announcement of the representative selection battle system.
Until last year, Hagun Academy used ability scores as the standard for selecting representative players, but this year it has been changed to a selection system in which all students can participate.
The Seven Stars Sword Art Festival is not a mock battle like children playing house, but a real battle with real swords.
Injuries are common in battle, and in severe cases, life may even be in danger, so not everyone is willing to take on such a huge risk to hone themselves. There are also people who choose to lie flat—to graduate smoothly and get a high-paying and stable job.
At the same time, there is no penalty for losing or giving up in the selection battle, and there are no harsh rules such as being required to drop out of school, which made those people breathe a deep sigh of relief after hearing this.
But these things were not within the scope of consideration for Zunzun and the others.
They each had their own reasons for fighting.
The selection battle will begin in a week, with a battle almost every three days, and each person will have to fight at least ten matches.
Some people encounter strong opponents one after another, while others easily obtain the qualifications for the representative battle. Theoretically speaking, losing a match means elimination, so luck is also relatively important.
Kurogane Ikki was slightly relieved.
Continuous battles were his weakness. The biggest problem with Ittou Shura is that the burst time is short and the cooldown time is long, but three days is enough for him to adjust his condition.
After that, Kurogane Ikki would meet his younger sister, Kurogane Shizuku, after four years, be overwhelmed by the joy of reunion, and then share a touching kiss.
Just ordinary sibling affection.
"—That's not ordinary at all!"
Stella bit her thumb, looking like a jealous woman, her resentful eyes making Kurogane Ikki a little scared.
"But how can anyone compare to you, Stella?"
Zunzun covered his mouth with a smile and said, "You declared yourself Ikki's slave in front of so many students, and then you fought with Ikki's sister, not to mention being punished to clean the toilets for a week… You're so cute."
Those red eyes, slightly tinged with contempt, made Stella blush and unable to speak in embarrassment.
"I, I…"
"You even indirectly caused Ikki's reputation to be damaged, and he was regarded as a carnivore who likes girls who are into social demotion. Oh, right, you don't know, do you? While you were cleaning the toilets, the academy's news corner has already updated an article called 'Struggle in My Arms, the Secret Room of the Sadistic Roommate and the Slave Princess, 72-Hour Tracking!'"
"The title is too long!"
"Oh, you don't deny being a slave."
Zunzun's teasing made the princess, who liked to fantasize, feel ashamed and only able to seek Kurogane Ikki's help.
However, although Kurogane Ikki wasn't very angry, a large part of the reason his reputation was damaged was due to Stella, so he mischievously pretended not to see it, causing the princess to gasp and squirm inexplicably.
Could it be that she has a Do-M constitution like Darkness?
"Stella, you don't need to worry."
"…Eh?"
"In this country, even adults still take baths with their parents."
"No, no, no, you must be lying to me, just like that time before. Right, Ikki?"
Stella pretended not to be fooled again, and then asked Kurogane Ikki for confirmation, but found that the other party's expression was slightly strange.
"N-no way…"
"This is the bad habit of this country, face reality."
The princess looked like she was collapsing.
Later, even if Kurogane Ikki tried his best to explain and repeatedly assured her that he was not that kind of person, he had just met his younger sister Kurogane Shizuku today, so he was not very convincing.
The two of them started arguing again like this.
For a while.
Stella sat on the long chair in frustration, looking at the two people holding swords in front of her, and couldn't help but curiously asked, "What are you doing?"
The two of them didn't answer her.
At a certain moment, Zunzun suddenly took a step forward.
Although the speed was very fast, the eyes could still capture his figure, at least Stella could capture it, but Kurogane Ikki seemed to be imprisoned in place, stunned, until Zunzun attacked, Kurogane Ikki reacted as if he had just woken up from a dream and hurriedly blocked.
Then Zunzun took another step and came behind Kurogane Ikki, attacking. The attack was blocked, but the defense was still hurried and hasty.
Repeatedly, Kurogane Ikki completely fell into a passive state of being beaten, looking quite embarrassed.
"…Eh?"
Stella's face was full of confusion.
At first, she thought that Zunzun used a Noble Art or some trick, but after a long time, she didn't sense any magic power, and there was no trick at all. Obviously, this was some kind of extremely subtle technique.
"What… is this?"
"This is a sword technique I developed."
Zunzun and Kurogane Ikki stopped fighting, the latter exhaling slightly while showing a hint of unfinished business.
Kurogane Ikki's specialty is imitating the other party's sword techniques, but he really had no way to deal with someone like Zunzun who didn't engage in continuous battles or show off his swordsmanship.
"Zunzun, what is this move? How did you do it!?"
"Stella!"
Seeing her roommate looking so inquisitive, Kurogane Ikki stopped her and shook his head gently.
As a knight family, he naturally knew that some family-inherited moves would not be passed on to outsiders. Although he often learned other people's moves by imitating them, but… how can imitating be called stealing?
Zunzun didn't seem to care.
"This is not some profound technique, it just uses line-of-sight guidance."
"Line-of-sight guidance?"
Stella's eyes were filled with pure stupidity.
Zunzun looked at the curious princess and said, "That's right, that's right. You want to learn? I'll teach you."
"Eh, is that okay!?"
"This is just a small trick, not something profound, and not to mention that you need a certain talent to learn it, the occasions where you can use it are also quite limited. Besides, Ikki has already grasped the thread, he's about to learn it, right?"
Kurogane Ikki just smiled after hearing this and didn't refute it.
Just as Zunzun said.
This technique only feels tricky when you first encounter it, but after adapting to it, you won't feel anything.
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Under the curious gazes of the two, Zunzun picked up the kettle on the long chair and said to the two, "Look, like this…"
He tossed the kettle high, and the heads of the two unconsciously followed the kettle, and then the kettle fell in a parabolic arc and was steadily caught by Zunzun's hand.
Stella still didn't quite understand.
"This is…"
"Look, you two didn't look at me just now, did you?"
"Ugh!"
Now she understood.
Stella thought for a while and said, "So, Zunzun, you just used line-of-sight guidance to distract Ikki's attention, and then you were able to get close smoothly?"
"That's right."
"But it's easy to say with a small kettle that is easy to move, how can a person… ?"
"Stella, do you know that the human eye's field of view is usually 124 degrees, but when you concentrate, it's only one-fifth, which will create a certain amount of blind spots, and as long as you use it well, it will give me an opportunity."
However, Zunzun's practice was not good enough.
Every time he attacks, he will still accidentally reveal his intentions, which is why the sensitive Kurogane Ikki can react.
Like a certain Shadow-sama, he can easily and quickly move behind others before attacking, but the reason he was reacted to by the Spirit Sword Saint was purely because he heard the sound of raindrops hitting his clothes, otherwise he would have been completely fooled.
"Amazing… Although it's amazing, how should I say it… After knowing the principle, I feel like it's very ordinary."
Stella complained slightly.
There's no way, it's just like magic.
Before knowing the principle, you will feel very incredible, but after knowing the principle, you will feel that it is nothing more than that. The sense of gap generated after the magic is revealed is like this.
Kurogane Ikki didn't think so.
He believes that no matter what the principle of the move is, it is right if it is useful and can be used.
"By the way, Zunzun, does this move have a name?"
"Name? No. But if you have to say a name… let's call it Silent Step."
"Silent Step…"
Stella twitched the corner of her mouth.
She always felt that the name was very perfunctory. Did Zunzun have no talent for naming things?
"Why does this kind of thing matter?"
Seemingly seeing her rude eyes, Zunzun pouted unhappily and said, "If you don't like it, call it Shadow Concealing Step, Z-Shaped Jitter, Return Flow Footwork… whatever you like better."
"Hey…!"
He didn't care at all, and even Kurogane Ikki felt a little speechless.
A person who can casually take out novel skills, but looks so commonplace, how many pairs of underpants does Zunzun still have?
"Ah, I forgot."
Zunzun said as if he had thought of something, "This move is actually not very effective against Stella."
"Eh, why?"
"Because your magic power is very strong."
"Hmph, I understand. It must be because my magic power is too strong, so there is no way to get close, right?"
Stella raised her head proudly.
However—
"No." Zunzun said venomously, "It's because you always release magic power randomly. Even if you want to use this move, you will be stopped by your violent attacks, which is the so-called brawn over brains master."
"Who are you calling a brawn over brains!?"
"Don't like it? Then I'll change it… Miracles Happen with Strength, how about that?"
"Ahhh—! I'm going to kill you! Come and serve me, Laevateinn!"
Stella completely entered the red-hot warning mode. She rushed towards Zunzun with her greatsword, but because the princess, who had just been punished, didn't dare to use magic power, she was completely fooled by Zunzun using the same technique.
Without magic power, she really can't do it.