Chapter 37 (2/2)

After that, at Crow’s instruction, Fii leant against a wall.

Crow stood in front of her.

(I wonder what it is! A way to escape a pinch with your back against the wall!? A way to corner an enemy against the wall!?)

Fii’s heart pounded in excitement.

“Heath, this is a secret technique I came up with myself. I’ll only teach it to you.”

“Wah! Thank you very much!”

Fii knew now that she made the right choice in asking him.

He was definitely going to teach her something amazing.

“Alright. Here we go.”

“Yes!”

Crow’s expression sudden became serious.

(He really is so different when he’s using the sword.)

Suddenly, Fii became tense.

First, Crow placed his left arm beside her face.

(Is this to stop me from running…? Wasn’t it going to be a sword technique…?)

She would have preferred something with the sword, but other techniques were fine too.

Or so she thought, when Crow brought his beautiful face close to her eyes.

(Eh-…. Eh-….?)

Fii didn’t know what was going on any more. Crow had brought in his face point-blank now.

Just as she thought they were going to touch, his face went past hers, and in a low voice he whispered,

“You’re the only one I love.”

“HYAAAAAAAAH!”

A chill ran down her spine, and she screamed.

When he heard her, Crow covered his mouth with his hand and began to shake.

“Pfft… kkhkh… kh-”

He was laughing. He was stifling his laughter.

Fii finally understood. She was being teased! Crow-san was teasing her!

“PUHAH, AHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH!”

In the end he couldn’t contain it, and roared in laughter as he held his sides.

“Crow-san! You lied to me, didn’t you! You promised that you would teach me a secret technique!”

Not only did Fii’s face show anger, it was also as red as a tomato.

“Whoa, whoa, I told you the truth! That’s my secret technique for getting girls to fall for me. You’re really the only one I’ll teach, you know.”

“I don’t want something like that! I don’t need it!”

Seeing Crow laugh at her, Fii clenched a fist, and starting beating on him, fairly seriously.

But alas, Crow’s well-built body showed no signs of damage at all.

“Haha, it worked, right? You screamed like a little girl just now! OW-, ow! He-, Hey! Don’t go for the vitals! Stop it!”

Realising that her attacks weren’t working, Fii began aiming for his vitals instead. She was targeting the gaps between the muscles, like Conrad had taught her.

“I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I’m sorry, okay!”

With where she was targeting, even Crow felt the pain, so he apologised.

Her face still bright red, Fii wheezed as she stopped her fists.

“Geez! You’re too much, Crow-san!”

“Nah, well, I’m sorry for teasing you, but like, the sword really is nothing but earnest practice. And I’d be troubled if you picked up some bad habits because of some weird technique, you know? So I think you’d better stop.”

Even though he teased her, his warning still seemed serious.

“Then as long as it isn’t the sword, it’s okay?”

“Hmmmm, well, I guess? Maybe try asking the others.”

So nodded Crow.

Fii decided to look for a secret technique outside of swordsmans.h.i.+p.

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