Chapter 19 (1/2)

Chapter 19

A Girl and A Child Part 2

“Are you trying to negotiate like in the past?” (Soma)

Lina nodded at Soma’s inquiry without hesitation.

She was thinking to tell the truth, but it was more convenient of the other side explained it.

The girl was introduced with a name of Aina, but Lina’s mouth was loosened a little while looking at a place within walking distance.

With this, there would be no interference.

“Well then, is this alright?” (Soma)

“Yes, it’s alright.” (Lina)

Just to be sure, she checked her hand while nodding at Soma’s words.

She grasped a wooden stick found in the surrounding area.

Similar object was held in Soma’s hand. When looking at his figure from the side, it seem like he was playing with a stick.

Nah, he really looked that.

What Lina had seen in the past seemed to be such a thing.

Rather than picking up a new one, Soma brought the stick that he had prepared. Seeing Soma’s appearance like that, Lina judged he was still doing it even until now.

Aina probably saw it too… and, Lina couldn’t stop thinking the reason why.

If anyone was watching him, they would notice it.

The stick he held was truly a playing stick.

However, Lina couldn’t notice it at that time because she got involved with various elements.

That girl should be different. Above all, they seemed to be close to each other. Hence, they might have met many times.

Even if she didn’t notice in the beginning, it would not be unnecessary to notice that it was a playing stick.

So if Soma was pointing it out, it was necessary for Lina to do the same–

“…No, that was just me venting anger.” (Lina)

Lina has decided to teach Soma the reality by completely beating him down.

There was no other holding that kind of responsibility here.

Even if it was caused by a grudge… Lina still decided to hold the responsibility.

Besides, there was no other person who had the right to condemn him.

It would be better for Lina to honestly tell the reality.

It was useless to do anything because he had no skills.

And the stick was nothing but a playing stick.

She felt that she should be pointing out the reality of having no skills.

However, the regret she had would be until today only.

In order to confirm that, she tightly grasped the stick in hand and focusing her thought.

“Well, then… I’m going.” (Lina)

“Hmm, you can come.” (Soma)

The stance of Soma who calmly nodded was something that can’t be called as a stance.

Unlike Soma, Lina, who had learned martial arts, understood that well.

Because Lina didn’t want to see Soma in that way anymore, she decided to immediately end it.

Her stance was to leap into Soma’s chest with only a step forward.

Maybe this would end before Soma understood anything.

But, that was fine.

She wanted to end that unsightly behavior by letting him know the reality and the overwhelming strength.

With such thought, she unleashed a discretion blow.

— Special Rank Swordsmans.h.i.+p – Spiritual Concentration – Discretion: Slas.h.i.+ng Attack – Intentional Negligence (TLN: The name in raw is 剣術特級・精神集中・手加減：斬撃・手抜き。)

That technique wasn’t to make fun of Soma.

No, it wasn’t wrong in a sense, but… she was thinking of Soma.

Special Rank was higher than Advanced Rank.

It was a special skill that only a few in the world had it. Even genius among so called genius could have it.

Using such techniques were no less than a disaster.

Even using a wooden sti

ck, people’s body and other parts could easily fall apart.

And if the opponent didn’t have any skills, the effect would be worse.

Therefore, Lina was fully concentrating with all her mind to put Soma on the verge of death and not killing him–

“–Eh?” (Lina)

— Consequently, as a matter of course, she was rolling on the ground and facing up.

She didn’t know what had happened.

No, that was wrong.

She didn’t want to understand.

What had happened was simple.

When Lina made a slas.h.i.+ng attack after getting into his bosom, she was obviously warded off by Soma like it was a joke. He made a counter with a blow on her head.

Because that was too unexpected, her legs got entangled and she faced up while lying on her back.

But for Lina, that was impossible.

No matter how she went easy on him, even if she was playing around, she shouldn’t lose to Advanced Rank skill when she had Special Rank skill.

Regarding the Special Rank–

“Hmm… even if you said that this is a match, no matter how much I looked, it seems to me that you are playing around, am I right? (Soma)

“–!?” (Lina)

At that moment, he made her felt like she was a fool.

It felt like that when she was told ‘Is this the degree of your capability?’

Honestly speaking, it was Lina who was really a fool.

No matter how she tried to gloss over this situation, it was absurd when her attack was repelled even when she was trying hard to go easy on him.

However, it was Lina who was defeated here.

…No. Maybe that was the reason.

That composition was something that Lina had wanted.

“…!” (Lina)

Denying the fact, she stood up, kicked the ground as soon as she got up and swung her arm down.

This time was not comparable to the previous attack, but it was too late to remove the common sense from her mind.

— Special Rank Swordsmans.h.i.+p – Spiritual Concentration – Discretion: Slas.h.i.+ng Attack

‘Fuh’, immediately after hearing that sigh, she felt an impact on her head.

Nevertheless, Soma didn’t display a strange appearance probably because he had predicted her movement somewhere on the head.

Lina was calm, or possibly that was a part of her ideals, but she was still whispering even now.

‘The result was obvious. If it is Nii-sama, it is probably not impossible for him to do so.’