"You want me to practice swordsmanship with you...what specifically do you want me to do?" Qingdeng asked in return.
"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.
They were 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 time."
——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, talking to 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 that I and Kinoshita Mai have done so far can still be rewarded.
Anyway, Miss Angoulême's request is not too excessive or too 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 this child has any useful talents hidden in his body?
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 Qingdeng to agree so readily... Elodie now looked like she had "stopped thinking".
She looked at Qingdeng blankly.
Then...she didn't say anything.
He just clenched his fists, and then jumped on the spot several times while laughing 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, 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 bayonet with great momentum.
Elodie's posture is quite standard for swordsmanship - her right arm holding the sword is raised forward, and her right foot steps forward the length of two soles. Her body's center of gravity falls evenly on both feet, with her right foot
The toes of the left foot point forward and the toes of the left foot point to the left. The right arm holding the sword is half bent, the elbow joint is facing the right side of the body, the tip of the sword and the right eye are on a horizontal line, and the gaze is fixed on Qingden.
After Elodie assumed her posture, her whole aura changed a bit, and there was a heroic spirit 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 Qingdeng 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, so her attacks are basically thrusting techniques.
The wooden stabbing sword drew straight lines and swept towards various parts of Qingdeng's body.
Perhaps because he was afraid of hurting Qingdeng, the places Elodie attacked were Qingdeng's upper arms and thighs, which were fleshy areas and would not hurt even if he 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 thrust out had no chance of hitting Qingden.
Qingden could easily dodge Elodie's attack even though he had been dragging his body for several days without sleeping and was extremely tired.
Without even blinking, Qingden took two steps back and dodged Elodie's stabbing blow.
His combo was dodged, and Elodie did not show any anxiety or annoyance.
She just calmly stepped forward again, caught up with Qingdeng who was hiding away, and launched a new round of attacks on Qingdeng, while Qingdeng continued to hide away.
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 thrusts, 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 still had a hard time hiding.
She was furious and hurriedly turned her body to one side, barely dodging Qingdeng's blow.
Looking at the place where she was almost hit, Elodie blinked her big eyes blankly for a few times, then giggled.
Of course Elodie could tell: Qingdeng's counterattack just now was unrestrained. If Qingdeng showed his true ability, she might not even see Qingdeng's movements clearly and was knocked down by Qingdeng.
The ground is gone.
However, even though she knew that the reason why she was able to dodge 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 fail, and she never succeeded in hitting Qingdeng once.
Qingden, who either sided to avoid Elodie's attack, or raised the scabbard in his hand to block Elodie's stabbing sword... was now frowning slightly, staring straight at Elodie's little feet under her robe.
The reason why Qingden stared at Elodie's feet like this... was naturally not because Elodie's feet were so pink and cute that he couldn't help but want to see more, or because of some other strange reason.
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After once again blocking Elodie's attack with the scabbard, Qingden took advantage of Elodie's reorganization and whispered to Elodie:
"Ms. Angoulême, your feet are a little too tight. Your steps have become less flexible and faster. 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 legs 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 full of 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. If you step on it lightly, your whole body will sink into it."
"Just imagine this - because the sand is too soft, your toes and soles cannot grip the ground so hard. If you use too much force, your 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 of Qingdeng's words 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 disciple in the imperial examination hall.
In terms of strength, he has long been one of the high-end combat forces of the Trial Guard Hall. Recently, he has been entrusted by Zhou Shu, Kondo and others from time to time to bring in newbies.
Senior brothers lead junior brothers, and the one with high strength brings the one with low strength - this can be regarded as a common practice in every sword hall.
Because he has been helping to guide the newcomers in the training hall recently, Qingdeng has developed a certain amount of teaching experience without even realizing it.
Just now, 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?"
The "how" Elodie said 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 up again, "Come over to me."
"Have you relaxed your feet properly... You still have to see it in actual combat."
After hearing this, Elodie nodded solemnly, said "Okay" and then followed Qingden's instructions and raised the sword again.
As soon as she stepped forward again, 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 right now, she was lowering her head in disbelief, staring straight at her feet with her sky-blue eyes.
Looking at Elodie who looked astonished as if she had "discovered 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, Qingdeng 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 him heartily.
"I have also coached many people like you who cannot 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 trick 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.
It's just that... 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...that is, 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 not to fight 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 this word, but she quickly covered up this small mood swing and returned to her expressionless look.
"Miss, you ask Mr. Orange to practice swordplay 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'd 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 get out of 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 little 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 looked terrible just now... Are you feeling unwell?"
"Oh, oh, it's okay, it's okay." Qingdeng tried his best to force out a natural smile, "I just... had a slight stomach discomfort just now. It's 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 quickly get rid of the current topic, 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, the talent of the sword, the god of sleep, the lone brave, the eagle eye, the left-handed, the strong body, the skillful hands, the strong tongue, the iron waist, the steel bones, the strong muscles, the cat turns around, the photographic memory, the ghost's heart,
Milk, leading the way, seeing through, beautiful hair, trickster, perceiver of the wind, the Eight Banners of Invincibility, 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, the more Qingden looked at it, the more complicated the expression on his face became.
The reason for this... is all because this entry is the same as the talent "milk" that Qingnobo copied from Kinoshita Mai before, and the color is dark gray that "cannot take effect"...
Until now, the system prompt that just ran through Qingdeng's mind, causing Qingdeng's expression to lose control, is still in Qingdeng's ears——
[Ding! Talent scanned]
[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's too much of a coincidence...? The talents copied from 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 controlled, 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, who was thinking that he had to get rid of the current topic quickly, suddenly recalled that Elodie seemed to have something to say to him just now.
Therefore, Qingdeng quickly asked Elodie:
"Mademoiselle 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 knocked on the entrance door just now 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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