Chapter 5 (1/2)
Chapter 5 – The Ruins＊
No matter what it may be, repeated practice is essential
There’s a saying aoes ‘Rest for one day, and you’ll have wasted three’, and this went for ic and martial arts as well
Luru was one of those who believed in these words, so he would never le day He could now move in ways that he couldn’t as a baby, and practised not just ic, but swordsmanshi+p too
Early everybreakfast, he’d practise mana manipulation and swordsman in a place with nobody else around, a little ree
The swordsmanshi+p techniques he practised was the form he learnt in the past
In other words, it was the ancient de style perhaps you should say
He was also learning modern human swordsmanshi+p from his father, Patrick, but when he moved on a whim, it was his old swordsmanshi+p that came out
Of course he couldn’t use these techniques when practising with his father
His father was a knight that served the country, and not only was he quite skilled hih the principals behind his opponent’s techniques
As long as this was true, if he started using the techniques that he used as a de was out of play
That’s why Luru used nothing but modern swordsmanshi+p when he practised with his father
Further but those new techniques was pretty good training, so he didn’t have any complaints in particular
For when he would leave the village one day, he’d try and preserve as many of the ancient demon style techniques as possible, and keep theht
For that sake, there was no choice but to reach a practical level of skill in the style his father taught, and because of that he focused and earnestly repeated the things his father taught
Of course even so, his original style of coe mana and physical ability
The reason he was able to es was because the deical and physical ability far above hu these many techniques
That’s why it was necessary for him to practice the many techniques of the ancient deic so that he would be able to use them without a problem in his human body, so he could use them when he really needed them in the future
He continued to wholeheartedly train so he would be able to use both the human techniques and the ancient demon techniques
This would take more than ordinary effort
His days would start with training , and then training with Rusty the human swordsmanshi+p he had learned his father once the sun had risen
The days when he trained with Rusty were often arrange they did every day
Because of that, it wasn’t rare that he would spend the whole day training by hi ancient demon techniques all day
Listening to the cries of birds in thecal
Perhaps because of his training each day, he could feel theas he wished, and because his physical ability had weakened since becoh the circulation ofcloser a step at a time to his old self
Passing his days like that, he recalled a nus
Most of the
The final battle with the hero
He remembered the h that even the deh battle
Lately he had been thinking of recreating(/reproducing) those techniques, and though he found that he still couldn’t do it, it was a good way to kill time
And like that, after reviewing his techniques fro his wooden sword(practising) so as to usurp the techniques that the hero had used in his memories, he would end
By the time he had finished all of his practice, the sun would usually set, and he’d carry home the empty lunchbox that his mother had prepared for him Such was his daily routine
Nors they needed to, like working the fields, and would be chatting with each other for exa dinner would waft about
However, that day was different, and Luru noticed the village being more flurried than usual
The wo about
Wondering as going on, Luru asked one of the village girls he was acquainted with
“Did so happen? Every seems oddly unsettled”
When he did, she replied with discomfiture visible in her expression
“That’s… It seeh they searched for them, they can’t find them!”
Were it just thatcoh to fluster theht, but it seems that it wasn’t so simple an issue
The village girl continued
“If they were just soe it’d be fine but… I mean, look, those kids, and Rusty in particular adht? That’s why, the adventurers froain?)]”
“Gran and Yuumis?”
“Right We ondering if perhaps Rusty and the others followed after them…”
The first thing he thought of when he heard that was though Gran and Yuumis were certainly quite the oddballs and carefree, he didn’t think they were the type to bring children to dangerous places
And the villagers should have understood that as well, after speaking with them yesterday
But what she orried about was probably so completely different
That is, the concern that they hadn’t been taken along by Gran, but had tailed Gran of their own accord
When Luru suggested this, she agreed with him and said with a nod,
“Right! That’s exactly right! That’s why everyone is worried… It’d be great if they were actually in the village and orried for nothing but… Ahh[Ohhh], talking like this just o help search!”
Saying so, she ran off to search for them
Luru considered things
It was natural to search for them, and he had to as well
But where should he begin with?
Since the villages were searching inside the village he thought that he should search in the forest, but the forest ide
Just where on earth should he begin?
However, yesterday Gran and Yuumis had mentioned the ruin
Luru re them the location
Being the case, if they had followed after Gran and Yuumis, then they’d have headed towards the ruin
Having coe entrance
When he did, he saw soe
Looking carefully, he found it was somebody he knew
A wo ears, beautiful skin, and a slender body
She was the elven woman, named…
“Yuumis!”
“…You’re, Luru-kun!? Why are you here?”
Having run up to Luru, though Yuumis looked a little surprised to see him, her expression immediately stiffened and she said,
“Stand back a little! I’e, okay!?”
“A barrier? Why?”
“I’ time, so be quiet for a moment… 『O pure spirits of the forest… Lend me your power With my mana as recompense, create a wall that separates the inside from the outside』”
Yuu without delay
Her chant was very faraht noasn’t the time to think about that
What was the bgiger issue was that Rusty, Mii and Yuuri were in the forest
Yuu a barrier
Though he didn’t knohy she was doing so, the spell she was chanting was for a barrier of absolute separation
In other words, if she finished chanting this, he wouldn’t be able to leave the village
Luru intended to search for them in the forest, and if he couldn’t do it hie do it, so letting Yuu for him
Thus, Luru said,
“Please wait a bit! Rusty, Mii and Yuuri are ht now!”
“What was that!?”
For awas interrupted
Luru replied
“We can’t find the if they went into the forest! That’s why I have to go find them! Please wait!”
Yuumis’ eyes widened in shock
With this, Yuuht Luru
However after thinking for a moment, what left Yuumis’ mouth was unexpected
“…I’m sorry I can’t stop 『…Mysterious Wall{Arcanuma Wall}!』”
And like that, Yuumis completed her spell