"You want me to practice swordsmanship with you...what specifically do you want me to do?" Qingdeng asked.
"You just need to spar with me." Elodie replied with a smile, "I haven't sparred with someone for a long time...I almost forgot what it feels like to spar with people or things other than air. .”
Elodie's current expression... made Qingto couldn't help but recall the expression on his face when Mai Kinoshita revealed the hidden identity of the cat monk to him and asked him to help deal with the group of people who wanted to test the sword with Kudo - - They all show hope and expectation, but also a little bit of worry.
Worried that Qingdeng would reject them out loud.
Thoughts and imperceptible confusion flashed back and forth in Qingdeng's pupils... These emotions together formed an emotion called "hesitation".
Qingdeng has never been the kind of indecisive person.
He didn't keep Elodie waiting helplessly for too long——
"……I see."
Qingden raised his head, looked at the ceiling above his head, and let out a sigh of relief.
When he lowered his gaze to an angle where he could look at Elodie, a soft smile with a hint of helplessness appeared on his face.
"Then let me practice sword practice with you for a while...but I can only accompany you for a short while."
——Just think of it as a thank you to this child for protecting me and Miss Kinoshita in public just now.
Elodie had just been in the study, convincing Anthony and others about the good qualities of Fox Monk and Cat Monk, trying hard to maintain the image of Fox Monk and Cat Monk... This made Qingdeng feel a little embarrassed, but also A little touched.
This was the first time Qingteng heard others praise him and Kinoshita Mai's current deeds and achievements in person.
There is a feeling...that everything he and Kinoshita Mai have done so far will pay off.
Anyway, Miss Angoulême’s request is not too excessive or difficult to handle. Let’s just satisfy this little fan who just helped me and Miss Kinoshita... If I practice swordsmanship with this child, maybe I can do it. What useful talents can be copied from her? This is Qingdeng's current mood.
Talent is something that has no distinction between age and gender.
Who knows if there is any useful talent hidden in this child?
Qingden felt that Elodie's eloquence was quite good, so Qingden speculated that he might be able to copy talents related to eloquence from her.
Maybe it's because she didn't expect Qingden to agree so readily... Elodie now looked like she had "stopped thinking".
She looked at Qingdeng blankly.
Then...she said nothing.
He just clenched his fists, and then jumped on the spot several times while smiling stupidly, his face slightly red due to excitement.
She was so happy that she jumped on the spot... Her actions like this are worth a thousand words.
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The place Elodie chose to practice sword practice with her was a spacious corridor adjacent to the restaurant.
According to Elodie, this is the most spacious corridor in their home.
This corridor can accommodate three strong adults walking side by side... It is more than enough to serve as a sword practice location.
"Miss Angoulême, can I just fight with you?" Qingden repeated softly what Elodie had just requested.
"Yeah!" Elodie, who was standing opposite Qingdeng, nodded vigorously, bent down, and took off her pair of white velvet slippers that were not convenient for running because of the high-heeled design. Her fair and pink feet were exposed, and her ten toes were as translucent as white lotus roots.
Qingden nodded, expressed "I understand" to Elodie with his movements, and then glanced at Elodie's robe: "Miss Angoulême, don't you change your clothes?"
"It's too troublesome to go back and change clothes."
When the word "change clothes" was mentioned, a hint of fear and boredom appeared on Elodie's cheeks.
"Mr. Tachibana, you probably don't know...it's very troublesome to wear women's clothing in our country."
"Many of the clothes take a long time to put on even with the help of servants."
"That's all I need."
After saying that, Elodie waved her left hand, shook off the hem of her white robe, and then raised her wooden stabbing sword with great momentum.
Elodie's posture is a fairly standard sword-thrusting posture - her right arm holding the sword is raised forward, and her right foot steps forward to the length of two soles. The center of gravity of the body falls evenly on both feet, with the toes of the right foot pointing forward and the toes of the left foot pointing left. The right arm holding the sword is half bent, with the elbow joint facing the right side of the body. The tip of the sword is on a horizontal line with the right eye, and his eyes are fixed on Qingdeng.
After Elodie assumed her posture, her whole aura changed a bit, and there was a heroic air between her brows.
"Mr. Tachibana, I'm ready!"
Qingdeng smiled slightly, and then pulled out the Dingguishen from his waist.
Naturally, it was impossible for him to practice sword practice with Elodie with a real sword.
Elodie and the others did not have wooden swords or bamboo swords at home, so Qingden could only pull out the Dingguishen, then put the knife aside on the ground, took out the empty scabbard of the Dingguishen, and replaced the knife with the sheath.
Holding the sword with both hands...oh, no, it was Qingden holding the sheath with both hands. He shouted in conjunction with Elodie: "Come here!"
Elodie smiled brightly at Qingden.
Then he quickly put away the smile on his face, stepped forward, and took the initiative to attack Qingdeng.
Qingdeng's vision was instantly filled with flying white robes.
Elodie uses the stabbing technique, and her attacks are naturally thrusting techniques.
The wooden stabbing sword drew straight lines and swept towards various parts of Qingdeng's body.
Perhaps because she was afraid of hurting Qingden, Elodie's attacks were all on Qingden's upper arms and thighs, which were fleshy places and would not hurt even if she was hit.
However, Elodie's concerns were obviously overblown.
Elodie's movements are indeed very beautiful, her sword path is very stable, and she has practiced all kinds of swordsmanship skills in a decent manner.
But she is just a 12-year-old girl after all.
Children of this age have not even grown up yet. They need strength but not power, and they need speed but not speed.
Due to the limitations of her body functions, it was naturally impossible for Elodie to launch any attack that would pose a huge threat to Qingden.
In a word - Elodie's sword had no chance of hitting Qingden.
Qingden could easily dodge Elodie's attack even though he was dragging his body, which had not slept for several days and was extremely tired.
Without even blinking, Qingden took two steps back and dodged Elodie's stab.
Elodie did not show any anxiety or annoyance as her combo was dodged.
She just calmly stepped forward again, caught up with Qingdeng who was hiding behind, and launched a new round of attacks on Qingdeng, while Qingdeng continued to hide behind.
Elodie kept attacking, while Qingden kept dodging.
This "you attack and I hide" situation did not last long.
Qingden suddenly wanted to see how well Elodie's defense and dodge abilities were. After dodging Elodie's countless stabs, he suddenly took out the scabbard in his hand from the top. Launched a counterattack - of course, Qingdeng's counterattack was a big blow.
If he uses all his strength to deal with Elodie... then this sparring will immediately turn into a "residency murder incident".
Qingden only used one arm to exert force, and tried his best to slow down the strength and speed of the attack.
But even so, Elodie was still having a hard time hiding.
She turned her body to one side in a hurry and hurriedly, barely dodging Qingdeng's blow.
Looking at the place where she was almost hit, Elodie fluttered her big eyes blankly a few times, and then giggled.
Of course Elodie could tell: Qingden's counterattack just now was a surprise. If Qingden showed his true ability, she might not even see Qingden's movements clearly and was knocked down by Qingden. The ground is gone.
However, even though she knew that the reason why she was able to avoid Qingden's attack was not because of how powerful she was, Elodie still felt quite happy.
I successfully dodged the attack just now... A faint sense of accomplishment arose in her heart, joy filled her entire face, and a childlike smile appeared on her face.
The sparring continues.
Elodie took the initiative to attack Qingden again.
However, her attacks continued to miss, and she failed to hit Qingdeng once.
Either he sided to avoid Elodie's attack, or he raised the scabbard in his hand to block Elodie's stabbing sword... Qingden was frowning slightly, staring at Elodie's little feet under her robe.
The reason why Qingden stared at Elodie's feet like this... was certainly not because Elodie's feet were so pink and cute that he couldn't help but want to see more of them, or because of some other strange reason. .
After once again blocking Elodie's attack with his scabbard, Qingden took advantage of Elodie's reorganization and whispered to Elodie:
"Ms. Angoulême, your feet are a little too tight. Your steps are not flexible and fast enough. Please relax your toes and soles a little more."
Just now, when Elodie struggled to dodge his counterattack, Qingden discovered that Elodie had a problem with "the legs are too tight".
Because the feet are too tight, whether it is chasing the opponent or avoiding the opponent's attack, the steps will be too stiff and not flexible enough.
"Huh?" Hearing what Qingdeng said, Elodie was stunned, then lowered her head and looked at her feet under her robes, "Relax a little more...?"
Elodie's face was filled with confusion.
Seeing that Elodie didn't seem to know how to implement the suggestion he just made, Qingden pondered for a moment:
"Well... let's see, Miss Angoulême, imagine that you are standing on a very soft beach, and your whole body will sink into it if you step on it lightly."
"Just imagine this - because the sand is too soft, the toes and soles of the feet cannot grip the ground so hard. If you use too much force, the feet will sink deeper and deeper into the beach."
"According to this imagination, slowly relax the muscles on your feet."
Elodie, who had absorbed every word and sentence Qingdeng said very seriously, nodded slightly as if she didn't understand, then closed her eyes, followed Qingdeng's suggestion, and imagined that she was standing in a field. On the soft beach, relax the muscles of your toes and soles according to your own understanding.
Qingden was not in a hurry. He put the scabbard in his hand on the ground and waited quietly for Elodie to finish preparing.
It was at this moment that Qingdeng suddenly couldn't help but laugh - he suddenly discovered that because of his sudden instruction, this swordsmanship practice seemed to have turned into a swordsmanship instruction.
As his strength increases day by day, Qingdeng is no longer the unknown junior fellow in the imperial examination hall.
In terms of strength, he has long been one of the high-end combat forces in the trial defense hall. Recently, he has been entrusted by Shusuke and Kondo from time to time to guide newcomers who have just started.
Senior brothers lead junior brothers, and those with high strength lead those with low strength - this can be regarded as a common practice in every sword hall.
Because he often helped to guide the newcomers in the training hall recently, Qingdeng had developed a certain amount of teaching experience without even realizing it.
After seeing Elodie making such an obvious mistake, Qingden couldn't help but point her out on a whim.
Qingden waited quietly for about half a minute, and finally saw Elodie slowly opening her eyes.
"Mr. Orange." Elodie's eyes moved back and forth between her feet under her robe and Qingden's body opposite her, "How are you doing?"
When Elodie said "how", she naturally meant whether her feet had successfully relaxed.
"Well... I can't tell just by looking at it like this." Qingden smiled lightly, then put the scabbard on the ground upright again, "Come over to me."
"Whether your feet have been properly relaxed... you still have to see it in actual combat."
After hearing this, Elodie nodded solemnly, said "Okay" and then followed Qingdeng's instructions and raised the sword again.
As soon as she took another step forward, she immediately let out a cry of surprise.
Because she discovered that her movements seemed to be faster than before!
Qingden, who still easily dodged Elodie's attack, slightly raised his eyebrows, with a hint of surprise in his eyes.
"Well done. Compared with just now, it's a bit improved."
Elodie did not hear Qingden's compliment.
Because now, she was lowering her head in disbelief, staring straight at her feet with her sky-blue eyes.
Looking at Elodie who looked astonished at "discovering a new world", Qingden couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Compared with just now, Elodie's feet are indeed not as tight anymore, but there is still huge room for improvement.
If Qingden were to give a score... then Elodie's performance just now improved from 50 points to 55 points, which is still a long way from the perfect score.
However - even though the improvement is not huge, being able to make effective corrections to one's own movements after only listening to Qingto's simple advice once... This is quite an impressive thing.
Qingdeng couldn't help but thought to himself:
——This kid is quite talented...
Thinking of this, Qingden couldn't help but look at the young girl opposite who was still in shock.
After about ten seconds, Elodie finally came back to her senses leisurely.
She raised her head and said excitedly to Qingdeng:
"Mr. Tachibana, your suggestion just now is so useful! I feel that my steps have become a little more agile!"
"It's not so much that my advice is useful, but that your understanding is better."
Qingdeng praised sincerely.
"I've also coached many people like you who couldn't relax their feet."
"No matter how much I advise, guide, or even teach them step by step, they never get the key to relaxing their feet."
"There are not many people like you who can master the secret of relaxing your feet in such a short period of time."
Being praised so highly by Qingden... Elodie smiled sheepishly "hehe" a few times.
After expressing her inner joy with laughter, Elodie slowly stopped the smile and laughter on her face, then took a deep breath, spread her legs again and got into a good posture!
She has made progress... This makes Elodie particularly happy.
Her emotions were high due to excitement, and she couldn't wait to start sparring with Qingden and continue to test the results of her progress.
However... Elodie's fighting spirit was interrupted by a female voice that suddenly sounded from behind her——
"Miss, don't play here! (French)"
The owner of this female voice... Leroy, suddenly appeared at the end of the corridor behind Elodie.
After loudly signaling to Elodie not to play in the corridor, the maid who had just been cleaning in the kitchen quickly walked toward Elodie with her hands folded in front of her and expressionlessly.
Elodie instantly stiffened like a deflated rubber ball, then slowly put down the rapier in her hand, flattened her lips, and turned to look at Leroy.
Qingden didn't understand what Leroy was shouting just now.
But based on the current expressions of Leroy and Elodie... he could roughly guess that the maid was telling him and Elodie to stop messing around here.
Ever since, when Elodie put down her stabbing sword, Qingden also put away the scabbard in his hand.
However, the moment Qingdeng put the scabbard of Ding Guishen back into his left waist... a sudden change occurred!
Qingdeng's body suddenly stiffened, and then his expression suddenly changed...
"Miss, what are you doing here? (French)" Leroy asked Elodie with his face covered after walking quickly to Elodie.
"I'm asking Mr. Tachibana to practice sword practice with me. (French)" Elodie replied.
Sword training... Leroy's face changed slightly when she heard the word, but she quickly covered up the small mood swing and returned to her expressionless look.
"Miss, you ask Mr. Tachibana to practice sword practice with you. I have no objection, but you can't practice here in the corridor. If the master sees it, he will definitely scold you again. (French)"
"I know." Elodie stuck out her tongue at Leroy playfully, "Then I will take Mr. Tachibana to the yard to practice sword practice. (French)"
"Miss, you better not think about sword practice now." Leroy said calmly, "It's almost time for class. Mr. Gerald should be here soon. Miss, you'd better put your sword first." Put away your rapier and get ready for class. (French)"
This time, Elodie's expression changed slightly: "Is it already this time? (French)"
Leroy nodded slightly: "It's almost 10 o'clock in the morning. (French)"
As he spoke, Leroy took out a pocket watch from the back of his apron and showed the dial to Elodie.
Looking at the time displayed on the dial, Elodie's body seemed to have collapsed, and her stature seemed to be a bit shorter.
"I know... (French)" Elodie pouted her red lips.
Elodie sighed heavily with an unhappy expression, and then switched her language mode back to Japanese.
"Mr. Tachibana, I'm sorry... huh? Mr. Tachibana, what's wrong with you?" Elodie, who looked towards Qingden, finally noticed that Qingden's expression was very strange.
Qingden, who was startled by Elodie's voice, trembled a few times, then stammered and asked, "Ah? Ang, Miss Angoulême, what's the matter?"
Elodie frowned slightly and cast a worried look at Qingden.
"Mr. Tachibana, what's wrong with you? Your expression just now looked so scary... Are you feeling unwell?"
"Oh, oh, it's okay, it's okay." Qingdeng tried his best to smile naturally, "I just... had a slight stomachache just now, and I'm much better now."
The talent Aonto copied from the younger brother of the pair of "red-faced brothers": "Trickster" came into play at this time!
When Qingden lied that he just had a stomachache, his face did not turn red and his heart did not beat. No matter his expression or tone, there was nothing strange about him, and he successfully frightened Elodie.
"So that's it..." Elodie showed a relieved expression, "If you feel uncomfortable in any way, feel free to tell us. We have a lot of medicines here."
"Yes." Qingdeng, who wanted to get rid of the current topic quickly, nodded hurriedly, "Thank you for your concern."
Qingden, who successfully deceived Elodie, took a deep breath, and then returned his consciousness to the personal system interface that was now emerging in his mind.
[Name: Tachibana Aoden](?)
[Talents currently possessed:]
[Night Vision, Sword Talent, Sleep God, Lonely, Eagle Eyes, Left-handed, Physical Fitness, Skillful Hands, Strong Tongue, Iron Waist, Steel Bones, Strong Muscles, Cat Turns, Photographic Memory, Ghost Heart, Milk, leading the way, seeing through, beautiful hair, the trickster, the perceiver of the wind, the Eight Banners of the Invincible, plump breasts]
Successfully copied the talent from Elodie.
Just now, when he and Elodie put down their weapons, the system determined that the battle between the two was over.
Immediately afterwards, a system sound indicating that the talent was successfully copied flashed quickly in Qingdeng's mind.
The "big breasts" currently at the bottom of the list is the talent copied from Elodie.
Copied to talent... This should be something worth celebrating.
But Qingdeng is not happy at all now.
Staring at the entry of "plump breasts" in the talent list, Qingden's expression became more complicated the more he looked at it.
The reason for this... is all because this entry is the same as the talent "milk" that Qingnobo copied from Kinoshita Mai, and the color is dark gray that "cannot take effect"...
Until now, the system prompt that just ran through Qingdeng's mind and caused Qingdeng's expression to lose control is still in Qingdeng's ears——
【Ding! Scan to talent]
[Successfully copied talent: "Pulpating Breasts"]
[Talent introduction: The development of bears is much better than that of ordinary people, and it is not easy to get out of shape and not easy to relax]
[Beep beep beep beep! 】
[Warning: Because the host is male, it does not match this talent]
[This talent does not take effect]
The second time...
This second copy has no effect at all. Apart from making Qingdeng look embarrassed, the talent is useless!
Should I say it was too much of a coincidence...? The talents copied from the best friends Kinoshita Mai and Elodie are actually talents that are only effective for women...
After carefully staring at the entry of "big breasts" in the talent list for a moment with a complicated expression, Qingden couldn't help but turn his gaze to Elodie. Her breasts were not fully developed yet, so her size was no different from that of an average boy. a certain part...
——This child... actually has such a talent...
Qingdeng's expression, which he had finally managed to control, started to look weird again...
"Huh?" Elodie, who didn't notice where Qingdeng was staring at, only noticed that Qingdeng's expression changed again, blinked at Qingdeng with a worried look, "Mr. Orange, you Are you feeling unwell again?"
"I, I'm fine." Qingdeng quickly retracted his rude gaze with a guilty conscience, then raised his hand pretending to wipe sweat, and rubbed his eyes and cheeks vigorously, trying to bring his expression back to normal.
Qingden thought that he had to get rid of the current topic quickly, but suddenly recalled that Elodie seemed to have something to say to him just now.
Therefore, Qingdeng quickly asked Elodie:
"Miss Angoulême, did you have something to say to me just now?"
"Huh? Ah, yes." Elodie, who recalled the main topic due to Qingden's rhetorical question, sighed bitterly, "Mr. Tachibana, thank you for practicing sword practice with me just now."
"Today's sword practice has to end here..."
"It's already time for my class."
"My tutor should be here soon."
Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom...
As soon as Elodie finished speaking, there was another dull knock on the door not far away from the entrance.
"Oh..." Elodie smiled bitterly, "As soon as I mentioned the teacher, the teacher came..."
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According to Elodie, in order to ensure that she could always receive the best education, Anthony helped Elodie find a family member named Gerald when their family first moved to Edo. teacher.
Under Anthony's arrangement, Elodie had to attend classes under Mr. Gerald's teachings five days a week, with classes lasting from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The person who just knocked on the entrance door was Gerald, who came to teach Elodie.
The tutor hired by Anthony to teach Elodie was a middle-aged man who dressed very gentlemanly.
Wearing a black half-high silk top hat, a monocle on the bridge of his nose, a thick mustache, a black tuxedo, holding a heavy book in his left hand, and holding a cane in his right hand.
However, such a well-dressed gentleman left a very bad first impression on Qingdeng.
Because after he saw Qingdeng, a hint of disdain immediately showed on his face.
This is a kind of disdain like seeing some inferior creature.
A kind of disdain like looking down at ants with a sense of superiority.
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