"It seems like a good fit for my junior sister. She has great stamina, good reflexes, and is very competitive. She won't back down from any opponent and is also thick-skinned enough."
After hearing the rules, Yuzuru sat down beside the two, rubbing his chin thoughtfully, and said...
Kazuha listened, somewhat annoyed: "Why does it feel like you're not praising me..."
This sounds reasonable, but it's just so strange.
"Your senior is right. Competitive karuta tests your willpower and concentration."
Ikeba Shizuka nodded, agreeing with Hanyu Nan's statement.
However, not giving Yuzuru a chance to be smug, she scolded, "What are you looking at here for? Go practice your sword. Stand in the stance I taught you yesterday for 30 minutes."
No matter what you learn, you must first master the basics.
"Yes, Master!"
Yu Shengnan obediently picked up his sword, quickly ran to the side, and began to practice standing meditation.
Only then did Shizuka Ikenami turn around with satisfaction and look at Kazuha, who was already impatient, across from her: "Let's begin too."
"Yes, Master."
He Ye was eager to try his hand at it and was ready to show off his skills.
...
Time passed by, and in the huge stadium, three figures, one standing and two sitting, were focused on their training.
"秋の田のかりほの庵の苫を野みわが衣手は出に濡れつつ"
"Smack!"
Looking at Kazuha, who, after a few rounds of simple training, was already able to quickly find the cards after she finished reciting, Ikeba Shizuka looked slightly surprised.
This apprentice is quite talented.
I'm almost as good as I was back then.
How come I never noticed before that Kazuha had this talent?
Ikeba Shizuka pondered to herself, then turned to look at Yuzuru Nan, who had only made slight progress compared to yesterday. Her brows furrowed instantly. "Nan, I've told you so many times. When you extend your arms, you can extend them a little further to better exert your strength."
"Master..."
With a pained expression and a deliberately helpless tone in his voice, Yuzuru Nan quickly adjusted his posture.
Haha~
Kazuha couldn't help but chuckle to herself as she discovered something very important: her boyfriend actually had no talent for kendo.
No wonder he sought out Aunt Jinghua as his teacher; it turns out that's why.
Thinking of this, she laughed even more heartily.
"Alright, stop laughing. Practice on your own first. I'll go help your senior brother adjust."
After assigning a few tasks to her genius disciple, Ikeba Shizuka stood up and walked around her foolish disciple.
Under her gaze, as clear as autumn water, she quickly discovered the problem.
"Swing the sword down from above your head, making sure your center of gravity shifts with the movement."
Chibo Jinghua stretched out her fair hand and gently supported her clumsy apprentice's arm, carefully helping him correct his minor mistakes.
Yuzuru did as he was told, his face beaming with smiles.
Fortunately, only he and Ai knew about the upgrade to "Famous Sword Lightning Maru," otherwise his plan to pretend to be stupid wouldn't have been able to continue.
Actually, with his current physical abilities, he could learn anything very quickly even without using any tools. But given Ikenami Shizuka's personality, progressing too quickly wouldn't be a good thing for the plan.
Ikenami Shizuka had no idea what her apprentice was thinking. She simply helped Yuusuke adjust his posture and then encouraged him, "Very good, that's it. Now, try thrusting your sword forward."
"clear!"
Yu Sheng Nan pretended to take a deep breath and thrust out his sword with all his might.
But at the moment of thrusting, his body suddenly staggered and fell forward, as if he had used too much force and lost his balance.
"careful!"
Chi Bo Jinghua, who was observing carefully from the side, reacted immediately. Her expression changed, and without thinking, she quickly reached out her right hand, grabbed his training clothes, and pulled him backward forcefully.
Using the momentum, Yuzuru Hanyu, like a wild horse that had broken free, crashed straight into his arms.
"Hmm..."
Caught off guard, Ikeba Shizuka also felt a slight pain.
"Master, are you alright?"
Yuzuru Nan seemed to wake from a dream, and hurriedly turned his head.
Faced with this series of unexpected events, Ikeba Shizuka remained calm and composed, first helping her clumsy apprentice to stand steadily, maintaining her dignified demeanor throughout.
"It's okay, Xiaonan, don't rush, take your time, and get the rhythm and pressure right."
Ikeba Shizuka comforted the self-blaming Yuzuru in a gentle and mild tone, seemingly not taking the little accident that had just happened to heart at all.
Those who practice martial arts are not bound by trivialities.
However, while Yuzuru was repositioning herself, she still glanced back at Kazuha, who was not far away.
Fortunately, Kazuha is currently focused on practicing karuta.
She was so engrossed in her work that she didn't notice the little incident that happened between her boyfriend and her master.
"Phew~"
Seeing this, Ikeba Shizuka inexplicably felt a sense of relief.
She didn't know why she reacted that way; perhaps she didn't want Kazuha to misunderstand anything.
Then he raised his hand and gently touched the bridge of his nose.
For some reason, she didn't feel any aversion to such overly intimate behavior.
The succubus's body silently exerted its magic.
...
(Waaaaah~ It's the last day of October, and the author has been locked in the "black room" for a month and still hasn't been released...)
The author's daily task is to revise, review, and reject the work, then revise, review, and reject it again, repeating this cycle for a month. It's driving me crazy; I barely have any time left to write...
I'm so angry!
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