Chapter 399: Joint Operation (1/2)

It was quite nerve-wracking to play big jump rope.

No expense was forgiven. You had to calculate the timing and jump without hesitation.

This was similar, except for the fact that it was a hundred times more difficult. That was what Akiha felt.

(Windstorm…)

Akiha swallowed her saliva. What she saw could not be described as anything other than that.

Taiyou and Ruri.

The sight of them fighting was dazzling, surpassing Akiha’s limits.

Several metres away, Akiha was finally able to take in Taiyou’s movements.

Still, that did not dissuade her.

When to jump in…how to jump in…

Akiha was contemplating those things, but there was no such decision as not doing it or running away.

“Heheh.”

A smile peeked through her face.

Even though danger and fear were sweeping throughout her body…

She was happy for some reason; unbelievably so.

“Aki-han.”

Akiha heard a voice, and Hera flew next to her.

Her generally tiny and adorable face was unusually shrouded for once.

“What?”

“Are you okay?”

“Probably not. I’m going up against my master after all.”

“Then you are to stop this. Taiyou-chan said he’d be fine with this, so you should indeed leave it to him.”

“I mean, that’s fine too, but…”

“If you’re doing this for me—-”

“Yeah, that’s part of it, but…”

Akiha interrupted Hera mid-sentence.

“But y’know, that’s not all to it. I dunno, it just feels fun.”

“It’s…fun?”

“Mhm.”

Akiha nodded briskly.

“I can’t exactly put it into words, but yeah, that’s probably it. It’s like this is my first joint operation.”

“Your first joint operation?”

“Yeah, so I’m like, super stoked right now.”

“Is that so.”

“Yep.”

Akiha nodded. She wasn’t kidding.

Having the same objective as Taiyou and working toward it. Akiha felt delight in that.

By jokingly referring to this as her first “joint operation”, it only made her even more delighted.

That was what spurred her on.

“With that being said, it’s time for me to go out for a bit.”

Akiha left Hera behind, taking a step forward.

To the battlefield where windstorms blew.

“I see…this certainly not be a good item, ja.”

Kohaku muttered as she stared at what Sakura had entrusted her with.

“Is that so?”

“Aye. I can tell just by gripping it, ja. It be pulsating like a heart in the palm of me hand. Did ye not feel anything when ye held it?”

“No, not in the slightest.”

“Which means it reacts…or resonates, with an Eternal Little, ja.”

“That must be it.”

“Hm.”

Gripping the dagger, Kohaku ensured that her intuition was correct.