Chapter 118 – Practical Compression Training (02)

When learning a skill, accurate reference materials and repeated mastery are important.

Originally, you had to train in front of Sir Andre for three days to learn it, but during the day, you get used to the sword by getting as much practical experience as possible, and at night, you summon the illusion of Marian and practice swordsmanship.

Kyaang!

While I stayed up for two nights training, the dark circles under my eyes darkened and I became like a child of darkness. On the third day, I was able to disarm about 80% of the novice swordsman’s attacks.

“Hmm…!”

Even though they said they would repeatedly master just one skill, they seemed surprised by the rapid growth. Thanks to this, right before leaving the Dnevarine Mansion, they practiced disarming against intermediate Dnevarin swordsmen with some experience and raised the probability to 20%. I was able to raise it.

“Let’s stop here.”

“Haa…Haa…”

I can feel it.

Now, although I occasionally succeed in disarming intermediate swordsmen of a similar level to myself, it is surprising that depending on how I continue to train, I can also attempt to disarm opponents stronger than me.

It won’t work on Sir Andre yet.

I grounded the sword body of the famous sword I had trained so far and replaced it with a new one, but the maximum durability was slightly lower, perhaps because the handle was worn out, but it felt better in my hand.

‘Even if it only has 450 durability, it won’t be used up in just one or two battles.’

If you weren’t as skilled as Sir Andre, you wouldn’t have been able to shatter the sword in one fight, and even Sir Andre wouldn’t have its durability unilaterally lost like last time.

“Then Marian. Take me home.”

“Yes, father.”

Marianne, who was training separately with her mother and younger brother, only showed her face on the last day. Originally, it seemed like she wanted to snoop around my practice room and check it out with me, but since Sir Andre was pushing my body to its limit every day, I didn’t get the chance. I guess it wasn’t there.

“Then shall we go? My little brother.”

“Hmm?”

Sir Andre felt strange in the way he called me, but of course it was because Marianne’s younger sister, Vivian, was currently training with her mother at the training center.

Still, from then on, Marian just went out to meet me with a bright smile on her face, and Sir André moved on, thinking he must have heard wrong.

‘I guess… It would be better not to talk about what happened at the academy.’

If I were to explain what happened there, no matter how close I was to the victim in the beginning, from the perspective of a father with a daughter… I might have actually stabbed myself a few times.

While the two held hands and headed to the entrance of the mansion, Marian explained various things about her house. Since I had already visited her once in the first episode, I knew the general structure of the house, so I gave her a rough explanation.

‘Somehow he looks happier than usual’

Sometimes she would say things about the area where she played as a child or somewhere else where she got into an accident and got scolded by her mother or Sir Andre. It was something I had heard before, even in the first episode, but it felt strange to hear it in her own voice. .

Should I say that it feels like we are really sharing memories?

‘The feeling of actually hearing an explanation is different from what I already know.’

The mansion was quite large, so it took her several hours just to walk out, but Marianne was smiling as she explained the mansion to me step by step without tiring.

“That’s it.”

Near the entrance to the mansion. At the entrance to the stables where the carriages were gathered, Marian stopped her steps.

Perhaps because I was immersed in her story without realizing it, I was listening blankly, and before I knew it, she had reached the parting place.

‘Somehow I feel a bit disappointed’

However, because she knew that the current separation was only temporary and that we would meet again in the second semester, she did not feel any more regretful than necessary for either Marian or me.

If Marian had had her way, she would have stayed with me every day, but she put up with it because Sir Andre showed her interest and thought it would be good for me to be taught by him.

“I’ll see you in three weeks.”

“Yes. I guess so.”

For the remainder of her vacation, Marian will return to the Dnevarin House to hone her skills, and by the second semester she will be even stronger than before.

Finally, I left the Dne Varin mansion, regretting Marian’s body temperature disappearing as I released her hand.

*

“Hmm…”

She immediately called Inori and tried to guide her to the [Shadow Family], But while she was waiting, she suddenly became drowsy and dozed off, and when she opened her eyes, she was lying under an unknown ceiling.

“…Inori?”

“He’s busy right now.”

For some reason, I woke up while hearing a sly voice, and found myself in a dark room that was perfect for sleeping. He looked exactly like Inori, but his body was a little longer and did not have the curves typical of a woman’s body … Is he Inori’s cousin her her her?

“What, you’re a man, Inori.”

“I would have told you not to call me by my real name here if possible. And call me Rito.”

Of course, his real name is not Rito, but I have no intention of using this guy as my subordinate anyway, so I didn’t bother to look for his real name his.

“Where is Inori going and why are you coming? I definitely called Inori?”

“I told you to call me Rita, not your real name. Now that the matriarch has returned, if you call her her name her carelessly, you might lose your head.”

“Matriarch… Head of the Shadow Family?”

“Yes. You are the master of this shadow.”

Was it Yujiro Kitazawa?

“I’ll bring you some face-washing water. After washing your face, purify your clothes and get up. The matriarch is waiting for you.”

I washed my face with the water Rito brought and wiped my face with the cloth he brought, and there I was wearing a men’s ninja suit designed to fit my body perfectly.

Unlike the women’s ninja suit, which slightly exposes the inner skin with mesh, this one was structured to properly cover the face and body.

“I’m not on a mission, so there’s no need to cover my head… Hey! Then you won’t be able to see!”

After putting on the ninja costume while listening to Rito’s nagging, after a while I felt a shadow move and the door was forced open.

Clap clap clap clap.

The door hidden in the shadows opened and a middle-aged man was seen sitting in a chair in the distance.

Saori’s mother was quietly sitting next to her, pouring tea, emitting a soft glow. Rito placed a shadow on the soles of his feet and glided forward, while I ran at a slow pace to get to the seat.

Yujiro Kitazawa.

This man was like a living shadow.

Saori’s mother can exercise all abilities within the shadow family, while other clans have extremely limited abilities, and I heard that the huge shadow covering the entire shadow family is the power of the matriarch.

If the fact that Saori’s mother, the hostess, can manipulate this shadow at will is great, then if the head of the family moves so big that the shadow itself can cover the family… Just by covering the area she wants with the shadow and letting Saori’s mother inside, there is no trace. You can carry out assassinations without a sword and kill only the target you want.

‘Indeed. It is an ability worthy of the head of a family.’

In the past, I wasn’t particularly impressed by being inside this shadow, but after properly learning [Shadow Ninjutsu] And getting a feel for it by subjugating Phantom Inori, I knew that this shadow could crush me and kill me at any time.

“Sit down.”

As I knelt in front of Yujiro’s father, the car that Saori’s mother personally drove was in front of me. Just like last time, it had such a refreshing and pleasant scent that it immediately woke me up from my dazed mind due to the sleeping powder.

‘I guess there’s a lot I want to say’

From the perspective of the [Shadow Family], I am not a member of the [Shadow Family] But am an Irregular who uses [Shadow Ninjutsu], So there are many things I would like to ask and experiment with.

Even if he doesn’t have that kind of ability, I think Inori is a guy who is trying to kidnap her daughter, so there are a lot of things I would like to ask her as her father she of her her.

“Practice.”

“Yes. Yes?”

“Rito. Take charge of it and train it. If Rita trains it, there is a possibility that it will show personal feelings and look after it, but that won’t be the case for you.”

After finishing what he had to say, Yujiro’s father stood up.

“I just came to have fun?”

No, I had no intention of receiving training here.

Although I had learned [Shadow Ninjutsu], I had no desire to do so anymore since I was only going to hide the wooden sword and use some auxiliary functions, but Yujiro’s father was coldly declaring.

“Practice.”

“No, wait…”

“Come on, let’s go practice.”

Rito grabbed the scarf hanging around my neck and started dragging me somewhere, but he created something like a sled under my feet using [Shadow Ninjutsu] And was dragging me, so I was stuck to the floor and couldn’t hold on.

Shoot…

Rito took off her mask and revealed her face in front of a waterfall that was unknown whether it was inside her mansion her or if she had been dragged outside of her mansion her.

While Inori, who is definitely a woman, had a thin and slender jawline, Rito’s jawline seemed a bit thick. That’s because I know Inori so well that my mother could recognize her when she acted. If someone who doesn’t know her sees it, Rito only wears loose-fitting clothes. They looked so similar that it was difficult to recognize them while acting.

“First of all, I don’t have much time. I’ll take care of you for about 5 days.”

However, when going to a friend’s house during vacation was originally meant to increase likeability and talk with family, why did it suddenly become a part of practical compressed training?

Lord Andre and Father Yujiro, the head of the Shadow family, are also trying to train me. Is it because I have the [Characteristics] Of the heroines here? Or is it because the adult mode has made the background settings of each character fit well? Even passing parts like this are not good. I don’t know if it was implemented rigorously.

Why is it all training? Huh?

Can’t we just meet there and say hello as if we were meeting each other?

And I came to see Inori, and Rito asked me why I had to train while looking at her face.

“Hey, and you!”

“Who. Me?”

“Yes, you! Did you say Aren? Why do you keep speaking informally?”

“That’s my heart…”

“Ha, look at this guy? What is this young guy doing while speaking informally?”

“…”

It was a shock.

This was because this was not the case in Celestial Academy, which is basically a game with a ‘Western setting’.

Of course, Inori’s [Shadow Family] Is basically based in Japan and has an oriental culture, but I never expected to hear people say ‘You’re so young!’

“In the past, I treated you with respect because you could be my lord, but anyway, you are Rita’s lord and have no special relationship with me, and if you must ask me, you are at the level of a brother-in- law, so I must always treat you with respect. Do you understand?”

Actually, if you think about it, it was correct.

Inori is two years older than me, and Rito, who is the same age or slightly older, is of course older and is like an older brother to me.

“Anyway, from now on, I will always call you Brother Rito. And since Rita will be teaching you the basic training anyway, I will teach you useful ninjutsu that you can do in a short period of time.”

“Ninbeop?”

“I should say ‘inbeop’.”

“Ninbeop… ?”

In response to my question, Rito took out his ‘Assassin’s Straight Sword’ and started casting a shadow over it.

Smurmur.

“It is [Shadow Granting Art].”

Surprisingly… It seems like a good technology, right?