Chapter 7
Chapter 7
Translator: True Detective
Chapter 7. Her Complex Circumstances
The stage was given immediately.
Two people standing upright among the Northern warriors who appeared slowly as the sun rose.
The legitimate successor of the Deltarch Grand Ducal House, Hardger Deltarch.
The youngest daughter of the Blaze Ducal House, Elise Blaze.
The two warriors were looking at each other holding weapons.
“Naturally, I will place a restriction. The limit of power I can wield is the 2nd Rank. I will not unfold anything beyond that.”
“I did receive such a promise from your younger brother recently, but….”
“…I apologize. Young Lady. I will definitely keep the promise. Please do not worry.”
“I trust the name of the Deltarch Grand Ducal House. Young Lord.”
The expression of the maid Luna who was waiting is needlessly pitiful.
Meanwhile, whether Luna minded her remark or not, Elise grabbed the handle of her sword.
Twig of Ristoire.
Should I call it ‘Rina’ for short?
Anyway, holding Rina, Elise operated the Plum Blossom Clear Qi Art throughout her whole body.
Pure Qi moving along the acupoints inside the body.
She feels the pure and clear energy of the Taoist lineage moving along the acupoints.
‘Good. Condition is the best.’
Drinking the dawn air was quite worthwhile.
The body heated up appropriately.
Even if the lifespan is short due to the Heaven's Mandate Great Yin Severed Meridians, the talent dwelling in the body is truly a crane among a flock of chickens.
No matter where you look in the skein of fate of Elise Blaze, there is no defeat.
The moment strength entered her hand, the referee in the middle raised a hand.
Shortly after.
“Begin!”
The moment the fight began with a thunderous voice.
Elise did not hesitate.
Elise’s figure, cutting through the frost entangled in the earth and advancing, pounced on Hardger fiercely.
Bang!
Hardger’s greatsword and Elise’s sword clashed.
But the one who felt the impact is only Hardger.
Elise shook off the impact by lightly turning her wrist.
At the same time, the tip of the turned blade shoots out explosively.
Target is the head.
“Hup!”
A rupture sound rings out and Hardger’s sword body blocks the sword tip.
However, Elise expected this too.
The blade of the Six Harmonies Sword has the basics, but if applied, it pours out like a dam bursting.
Her Six Harmonies Sword has not a shred of hesitation.
——! ——!
A violent roar rings out.
And repeatedly at that.
Before the wave of the first sound even ends, another sound of piercing air rings out.
Violently. Very violently.
The moment an illusion that flower petals are sitting and playing from her blade occurs.
Slice—!
Hardger’s leather armor was cut.
Since it was so thick, it wasn’t completely cut, but it was enough to chill Hardger’s liver.
However, Hardger was not flustered.
Grin—.
Rather, he smiled deeply.
Considering his change of expression was small until now, it was unexpected.
In that interval, Elise had already stepped back long ago.
“I thought you were a person with rare changes in expression. You were a person who knew how to laugh.”
“As a warrior of the North, I saw such a martial artist. How could my heart not tremble.”
Whoosh—. Whoosh—.
His blade cuts the empty air.
The resonance of the slash ringing according to it is quite large.
“I will try more properly. Young Lady.”
“As much as you like.”
Fire lit up in the eyes of the two martial artists.
***
“Mm?”
As he himself is also a warrior of the North.
Grand Duke Gayrad also could not neglect training.
It isn’t too early in the morning, but the moment the Grand Duke also stepped out to the training ground for exercise.
What he saw was the warriors of the North drawing a circle and watching something.
“Is it a commotion from the morning.”
Even while saying so, Grand Duke Gayrad’s steps are approaching before he knew it.
In the meantime, there were people who entered the Grand Duke’s eyes.
“No. Yuric. Ravia?”
“…Father?”
“Father?”
In that group, his son and daughter were also there as if it was natural.
Rather than saying something to these two people, Grand Duke Gayrad was more curious about the situation in front of his eyes.
“Try telling me in detail what is happening in front of me right now. Yuric.”
“Ah. That is, Father.”
“Even my two eyes can see that Hardger and Lady Elise are fighting. I am curious why they are fighting. Along with that.”
His eyes become sharp.
“How is the Young Lady catching up to Hardger immediately. It’s to the point of being scary.”
***
Sap hardened harder than steel becomes a blade and cuts the front mercilessly.
The Twig of Ristoire did its part.
It was a sword of utmost utility to Elise.
If it just doesn’t break, and is just sharp.
A sword held by the martial artist that is her is a treasure that could be seen only in the heavens.
Her slash bursting out operating the moves of the Six Harmonies Sword pounced on Hardger.
Bang!
Hardger, who moved his arm largely and blocked the slash, received Elise’s sword fully and thought in that instant.
‘Power is lacking. Mana is also lacking.’
His eyes frown.
‘But what is this technique that overwhelms all of this?’
Incomprehensible.
She cannot be understood.
She has no intention of being understood either.
She is only concentrating on that sword tip shooting out flexibly heading towards him.
Scary concentration.
Scary tenacity.
At that moment, Hardger realized.
No, this is obsession.
She was not looking at him.
She is immersed in the sword.
To a scary extent.
She is immersed in the sword to the extent that his liver chills on its own.
What on earth made her like that?
Bang—!
Again each other’s blades clash but Hardger’s thoughts did not stop.
Shortly after, his thought stops at one point.
He understood her a little.
She is exactly….
“You are crazy about the talent given by the heavens! Young Lady!”
At Hardger’s words, Elise was silent.
To be exact, she chewed Hardger’s words internally.
‘…What bullshit is that.’
***
Hardger, who was receiving the moves of the Six Harmonies Sword for a long time, seemed to be lost in thought for a moment and then recites strange sounds.
What sound is that.
Did he misunderstand something.
‘Well, so what.’
Isn’t there such a saying too.
Misunderstanding is freedom.
Lightly ignoring the misunderstanding Hardger is making alone, Elise swung the Twig of Ristoire, so-called Rina.
Slice!
Even while making a cutting sound cutting Hardger’s leather armor, Elise thinks.
How.
How can I advance to a slightly better stage.
This pathetic body.
The body called Heaven's Mandate Great Yin Severed Meridians.
What should the Number One Sword Under the Heavens trapped in the smallest prison in the world do.
The answer was simple.
‘The best is eating various spiritual medicines, but the greatest option is…. Raising martial arts. Furthermore, is it doing Rebirth/Metamorphosis.’
Rebirth.
The so-called best body-making event for martial arts.
If I go through this Rebirth, I should be able to do something about the Heaven's Mandate Great Yin Severed Meridians too.
If she cannot continue this terminally ill life through spiritual medicines, Elise intended to climb again to the stage she reached in the past.
However, she had one doubt.
‘Harmony of Essence, Qi, and Spirit. Essence (Jing) constitutes everything making up the body. Qi (Qi) is internal energy. Lastly, Spirit (Shen) means the mind. The moment the harmony of these three is achieved well, the achievement of Martial Arts can be evaluated as correct….’
Elise’s brows narrow.
‘Essence is pathetic beyond measure. Qi is also crude. However, the state of Spirit is the best of Mount Hua.’
She thought.
If it is this unbalanced state, perhaps….
‘Perhaps with the enlightenment of the past, I might not be able to easily tread the stage of that time.’
Then Elise.
No, what should this woman who was Han Su-ah in the past do.
Even if she follows the conviction and will Han Su-ah carried through intact, can she tread the pinnacle of the past?
She pledged.
‘I must try treading a new path.’
The woman who was once the best of the Central Plains and Kangho beyond the best of Mount Hua dreamed once again.
If I am under a different sky, and treading on a different earth….
Wouldn’t it be fine to dream one different dream.
Elise gripped the handle of Rina she was holding strongly.
Kang!
Along with that, at the same time Hardger’s greatsword flew away.
“Ah.”
A pleasant change blew into her head.
***
The wind blowing from the severe cold was quite sad.
Perhaps it was representing the hearts of the three Northern Grand Duke siblings who were here.
“She just passed the 2nd Rank….”
“…Crazy. The stage rose at once?”
“My goodness. To the 3rd Rank in an instant….”
While the three Deltarch siblings were astonished, Elise, who gathered her internal energy, opened her eyes.
Phew—.
Internal energy that spread thickly in the acupoints operating the Plum Blossom Clear Qi Art is full in the whole body.
But even so, Elise was not satisfied.
Heaven's Mandate Great Yin Severed Meridians.
The influence of the severed meridians has already spread throughout the body.
Isn’t she running to the extreme of talent using Elise’s body as firewood even now.
This body is incomprehensible.
The situation is too urgent to understand.
It evokes curiosity to not understand.
But eventually, the body is only one of the elements equipped to swing a sword.
Curiosity is folded away nicely.
“Huaang. Miss. Your face is pale.”
“Luna.”
“Come here. I soaked the towel in hot water. I will wipe the sweat on the outside at least.”
She was led by the warm touch of the maid, Luna.
Luna’s hand and towel touched her face.
“No…. Miss. What is this scent really…?”
“Huh? It’s better than sweat smell. Is it good?”
“Yees! It’s really fragrant.”
While the two were talking, the people of Deltarch appeared among the warriors.
“I am sorry to say this in front of my Young Lady. Is Duke Blaze truly knotholes for eyes.”
“…Yes?”
“How could the youngest daughter possess such talent yet….”
Tsk tsk.
Grand Duke Gayrad clicks his tongue and strokes the head of his youngest daughter, Ravia.
“Is it a problem because Duke Blaze cherishes the child too much? Or that care was poison.”
His gaze heads towards Elise again.
“A great ocean is contained in a precarious glass cup.”
At Gayrad’s words, Elise tilted her head slightly.
These people somehow….
‘It seems there is a bit of a misunderstanding.’
Elise’s talent is only a body suitable for accepting martial arts by burning lifespan.
It is just a body where not even a single muscle is attached well.
To mention Essence, Qi, and Spirit again.
Essence has potential but hasn’t even sprouted.
Qi is dried up to the bottom of the lake.
Only Spirit possesses the mind of the era’s best sword.
Rather than talent, it was closer to seasoned experience.
“Uh. That’s not it….”
“Kuhahahaha!!!”
The moment Elise tried to make an excuse that wasn’t an excuse.
Hardger suddenly burst into laughter.
“Ah. Young Lady. It was good. It was a good match. This Hardger, was very moved.”
“…Yes?”
The moment Elise tried to say something.
Hardger reached out his hand.
“Young Lady. Let’s compete again next time. This Hardger Deltarch. Will not lose next time!”
“…Yep.”
Elise grabbed the hand in front of her eyes in confusion.
Hardger held her two hands as if very satisfied and even shook them carefully.
While Elise tilted her head.
“Huh…?”
“What…? Brother Hardger to that extent?”
“Gasp. My goodness. It’s the first time I see Brother laugh to that extent!”
Including the Northern Grand Duke, Grand Duke Gayrad Deltarch, the other two siblings ended up being astonished.
‘What is it? Hardger, he isn’t a kid who acts like this originally?’
Elise harbored doubts but.
‘…I don’t know. I should hurry and train martial arts and eat the Dragon of Eternity’s heart.’
Her circumstances were too busy to solve the doubts.
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