Chapter 7 "How did you do that!"
So fast!
This was Mahi's first thought.
She was not surprised by Edith's choice: lack of agility was a recognized shortcoming of someone of her size, and most people fighting against her would choose to start quickly and try to end the battle quickly.
Although she knew the loophole existed, she had no intention of filling it. In order to increase speed, she would have to lose weight, and then her strength advantage, which she was proud of, would no longer exist. Rather than pleasing both sides, it would be better to achieve perfection in one thing.
In this way, she, who has not exposed herself enough, becomes a bait, and the opponent's approach makes up for her lack of agility. When Mashi slowly adjusts her own state and the opponent is within the attack range, she can give the opponent a fatal blow with one move.
You are indeed fast, but getting close to a strength warrior is not a good choice.
Mashi didn't feel too sorry. She didn't have any expectations for Edith's swordsmanship. Rather, she was surprised that she could come up with a quick attack method in the first actual combat.
"Great." She grinned and swung her arms, ready to block Edith's first attack.
"Bang!"
Something unexpected happened.
Before Mashi felt any pain, she felt an indescribable vibration in her legs. In an instant, all her muscles became uncontrollable and she could not support her body, and she fell into the ground.
The thick soil on the ground absorbed the impact well, protecting her limbs and internal organs, but the consequence was that a lot of sand and dust were splashed. They filled the air and blurred everything around her.
not good!
Mashi's hair stood up instantly, and the ability to predict danger that she had accumulated over the years came in handy. She quickly determined the attacker's position, raised her upper body, and swung a sword diagonally forward.
"bass!"
The battle is over.
Mashi looked up in disbelief. The yellow sand gradually dissipated, but there was no figure in the direction where her sword was pointing.
"I won."
The gentle touch of wood against her neck, the girl's emotionless voice coming from the most unlikely behind. Mashi slowly raised her head and watched Edith gently stroke her neck with the blade of the wooden sword.
"...I'm dead."
Mashi paused for nearly a minute before finally continuing the conversation in a daze.
If what just happened was a real battle, if what Edith just held was a real sword... then the one lying here now would no longer be the swordsmanship teacher Mashi, but a corpse with residual warmth.
Edith drew back her sword, squatted down and helped Mashi up. "Sorry." She smacked her lips, "I'm not familiar with the strength, maybe I used too much."
She recovered from the excitement of the fight, helped the other person brush the dust off his knees, stood up straight, and then realized that something was wrong.
It's too quiet around me.
She looked around suspiciously. Not only was there no sound of people talking about them and laughing, but there was also no sound of servants cleaning and chatting. It was as if the group of people had disappeared in an instant.
But apparently not.
She turned her head and saw a large number of servants holding tools with their heads down, not daring to utter a word, and a white-haired boy who was dressed exquisitely and luxuriously, with a look of disbelief on his face, standing frozen in place.
Edith's brows raised slightly.
Oh no.
It seems that this is the legendary Lynch Charles.
The young master did look arrogant. He even wore jewels on his scarf at the cuffs when attending the sword-fighting lesson. His semi-long hair was not tied up, but just hung loosely on the side of his neck.
But this man who looked like a noble son, with his proud face, had an expression of disbelief at this moment. He stood tall, but Edith could still see his restless heart from his trembling fists.
Judging from the looks of it, he must have watched the entire fight between her and Mashi.
Edith tugged at Mashi's clothes, trying to remind her that the real student had arrived, but she didn't understand what she meant. Instead, she grabbed her hand with her eyes shining and breathing heavily.
“How did you do that?!”
Mashi's muscles were trembling with excitement. The game was over, but she still hadn't figured out what went wrong. She could only look at the other party with an anxious look, "It was that sword, wasn't it?"
Edith was shocked by her reaction. After repeatedly confirming that Mashi had no intention of attacking, she handed the wooden sword to her.
Ma Xi quickly touched it and hesitated for a while before speaking, "This is..."
How come she didn't see the difference?
"I changed the curvature of the hilt a little bit." Edith took the initiative to introduce, "After the modification, the sword can stay forward for a period of time after it leaves the hand, and with the force of the wrist, it can bounce back after hitting an object."
"You dropped the sword?!" Mashi said in shock. No wonder there was no one in the direction where she pointed the sword - Edith was standing far away, and only the sword itself reached here.
But letting go of the weapon is a big taboo in battle!
Edith shrugged. She saw Mashi's doubt and said, "Just make sure it comes back."
In her previous life, she could have thrown any sword and made it bounce back, but now she lacked the strength and could only modify the sword itself to suit her tactics.
"But how did you touch my neck?" It was understandable if it was just a physical hit, but touching the fatal side of the neck really made Mashi shudder. She was eager to know her weakness. "My defense is very high, how could I fall down with just one hit?"
"The knee," Edith said simply.
"Rather, you fell because of your high defense. You are heavy in itself, and coupled with the outer skin reinforced with medicine, the pressure from your upper body on your lower body has reached a terrifying level."
"Although you have well-developed muscles, your knees are not covered by extra muscles, and they bear the greatest pressure in your body." As she said this, she squatted down and gently stroked the other's bone.
"At this time... just apply a concentrated force to this place--"
She suddenly stood up, raised her right leg, and swept across Mashi's leg at a speed that was invisible to the naked eye. A familiar sour feeling came, and before Mashi could react to what happened, she fell heavily to the ground again.
"——will completely defeat the opponent."
Edith drew back her legs.
"Just now I used the flying sword to achieve this attack. The time after the sword fell from my hand was enough for me to run behind you, catch the falling sword, and then put it against your neck." Edith lowered her head. The sun shone from above, falling on her head, hiding her face in the shadow.
Mashi couldn't see the other person's true expression. The chill became more severe and the fear of death came over her again.
It turns out that her swordsmanship, which she was so proud of, still had so many flaws...
"No, I have to practice!" This kind of inspirational feeling is not common. Mashi is eager to pick up her real sword and find a place to practice alone on the loopholes. "I can still, I can become stronger--"
——Then she looked up and saw Lynch.
"......"
Mahi was stunned.
The exchange with Edith was so enjoyable that she almost forgot that she was here to teach Master Charles today.
I really want to kill you. You actually left the young master alone for so long...
Looking at the other person's stride towards her, she urgently thought of a reason to explain, trying to get herself a lighter sentence: "Um, Master Lin Qi——"
Unexpectedly, the other party bypassed her directly.
"Compete with me."
He walked straight towards Edith, holding out his hand, his eyes blazing with enthusiasm, "Fight me—with real swords."
"Use your full strength as well."
......
Mashi paced around the practice field anxiously, making the maids nearby dazzled.
"Don't leave!" She lowered her voice and scolded, "I just cleaned it up, and you stepped on it and made it dirty again!"
"Ah? Ah, ah! Sorry!" Mashi paused for two seconds, suddenly realizing her impoliteness, and apologized repeatedly, "I'm just a little anxious."
She wanted to cry but had no tears: Why are there so many things happening today!
When Edith heard Lynch's challenge, she did not show any nervousness of a commoner meeting an aristocrat for the first time. On the contrary, she was even calmer than Mashi, who had been a tutor for aristocrats for three years.
"no."
Edith said indifferently.
"You take a rest, we'll go later--ah?"
Lynch never expected that Edith would refuse. He had already arranged the next things in his mind and was just waiting for the other party to go through the process, agree gratefully, and then have a good fight with him.
"Why not?"
He had never been rejected by anyone other than his parents since he was a child, so he immediately got angry and said, "You are my study partner, you have no right to reject me!"
The face of the personal servant beside him changed.
How could Master Lin Qi accept a commoner as his study partner?
Sir Charles had just given him an order that the young master must not be allowed to accept this Edith. It would be best if he took the initiative to make a fuss so that the person could be replaced naturally. He had been whispering in the other's ears for a whole week and finally made the other party feel a certain disgust towards Edith, but he actually changed his attitude after watching a duel.
Damn it! This Edith had better continue to be so ungrateful that Lynch will completely hate her.
Edith did not disappoint him. She continued indifferently: "If I fight you, you will definitely lose. It is easy to get hurt with a real sword - as your study partner, I must ensure your safety."
She was really afraid that if she hurt the other party, the Marquis would claim compensation for her.
This statement seemed reasonable, but in fact it did not take Lynch seriously at all. However, the arrogant Master Charles was not angry at all, and even aroused a more fanatical fighting spirit.
Edith saw that Mashi was at a loss and knew that she was not good at this kind of situation, so she persuaded her to wait aside.
Mashi had no idea about the conversation that followed.
"Hey, did you let up just now?" The eavesdropping maid came over quietly, "I've never seen you struggle so hard when fighting with the young master."
"I didn't!" Mashi frowned. To say that a fighter was letting up was a serious insult. She retorted gruffly, "Edith has the ability to beat me."
"Tsk." The maid obviously didn't believe it. She rolled her eyes and walked aside muttering, "They are both civilians, it's too obvious that they help each other..."
Mashi heard the hidden meaning in her words: "Do you think I deliberately lost to her in order to get a position for a commoner?"
"Isn't it!" The maid straightened her chest, "Otherwise why wouldn't Edith dare to fight Master Lynch?"
Mashi was furious and opened her mouth to retort, but it was Lynch in the middle of the practice field who spoke faster than her.
"Then fight with wooden swords! It's okay if you lose, but if you win, go to my father's private vault and pick out a sword, and I'll give it to you!" He shouted to increase the stakes.
Edith had already made the gesture of refusal but stopped.
Her eyebrows moved slightly: "Just pick one?"
Seeing that there was a chance, Lin Qi raised his chin and acted like a wealthy man, "Pick whatever you want."
"good."
Edith raised her head and gave a bright smile.
Lynch was stunned for a moment.
"Then let's have a competition." She smiled and flexed her wrists.
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