I don't want to be a heroic spirit

Although there is a special training ground, Okita Souji doesn't like to be too conspicuous, and with the trials coming soon, there will definitely be a lot of people occupying the training ground. It is not known whether Kurogane Ikki, an F-class knight, can use it. After all, it is a company. He's a "fallen knight" who can't even participate in actual combat courses.

So, Souji Okita and Ikki Kuroyuki came to a relatively empty forest and stood facing each other from a distance.

Because they couldn't use spiritual equipment without permission, the two of them only held bamboo swords for training.

"Although Kirihara Shizuya's sword-cutting skill 'Hunter's Forest' can perfectly hide his body shape, aura, and smell, his arrows cannot be hidden."

"Is it to judge his position by the direction in which the arrow is shot, so as to quickly end the battle?" Souji Okita picked up the bamboo sword and tapped it on his shoulder, "This requires strong concentration and observation. But if it’s you, it shouldn’t be a problem.”

Initially he was still praising him, but the next moment Souji Okita changed the subject.

"but!"

The bamboo sword squeezed the air and made an explosive sound. Kurogane Ikki's body moved faster than he thought, and he raised the bamboo sword in his hand to block it in front of him.

The next moment, the blades of the two bamboo swords hit each other, and the brutal force flowed down the hilts into his arms, making Kurogane Ikki grit his teeth.

The slender body that did not match the title of swordsman had already bullied Kuroyuki Ikki at some point. It was difficult to imagine how those weak arms could exert such great force.

"Ikki...why are you so nervous?"

Am I... nervous?

Kuroyuki Ikki was only distracted when the sound of breaking wind sounded in his ears.

At this moment, the bamboo sword used for training showed a sharper edge than a real sword, and it almost cut off a strand of black hair on Kurogane Ikki's forehead.

"Stiff, too stiff! It's full of loopholes!"

The laziness and casualness in Okita Souji's tone disappeared, and he became stronger than ever.

Kurogane Ikki had no idea that just the difference between having a sword in his hand or not could bring about such a huge change in Okita Souji.

No...you can't be distracted, you have to focus.

Amid the sword moves that were like wind and waves, Kurogane Ikki was like a small boat being caught in a storm.

As always, look for each other’s weaknesses…

"Are you trying to find my weakness?"

"!!!"

Amid the layers of waves, a cold light suddenly appeared, tracing a mysterious trajectory under the shocked gaze of Kurogane Ikki.

In Kuroyuki Ikki's eyes, the sword was so slow, like a snail crawling slowly on the green leaves after the rain.

However, this extremely slow sword passed through Kuroyuki Ikki's defense without any hindrance. Just when it was about to hit Kuroyuki Ikki's neck, it turned around and hit his wrist.

"Crack!"

The bamboo sword flew high, appearing blurry directly under the sun.

"hiss--"

Kurogane Ikki gasped in pain, but then a bamboo sword was pointed at his neck.

It was obviously just a bamboo sword, but there was a sharpness about it that made his neck tingle.

"What are you nervous about?"

Okita Souji raised his sword and pointed it at Kuroyuki Ikki's neck, his eyes devoid of any emotion.

"What are you afraid of?"

Okita Souji was already questioning Kurogane Ikki.

"You have been defending just now, why? Why don't you attack me."

"...I'm looking for the context and weaknesses of your swordsmanship."

Like I'm good at it, like I used to do it.

"But instead you lost the opportunity to win, and I knocked the sword off your hand."

Putting down the raised bamboo sword, Okita Souji frowned and glared at Kurogane Ikki.

"Your thinking is slow and your movements are stiff. You are too focused on what is in front of you, but you ignore what you should have noticed. Otherwise, you wouldn't just make a counterattack plan based on the direction of the opponent's arrow." , and also imagine the situation where the opponent can even hide the arrows. ”

Kurogane Ikki's eyes widened slightly in shock.

Because the battle videos of Kirihara Shizuya he obtained were all from a year ago. In a year, maybe the opponent can really achieve the skill of hiding the arrows together.

Okita Souji envisioned this situation, but Kurogane Ikki ignored it.

"That's why I asked, what are you nervous about? What are you afraid of? What are the emotions you place on the blade?"

The arm holding the sword naturally hung down, and the bamboo sword pointed diagonally at the ground. Okita Souji slowly walked over, and his indifferent amber eyes gave Kuroyuki Ikki a shuddering feeling of being seen through.

"There are only three things a swordsman should do, hold the sword, move forward, and slash. But what about you?"

"You can't even hold your own sword, you're too timid to move forward, you're too hesitant to swing your sword, the sword in your hand is crying."

Kurogane Ikki lowered his head.

He bit his lower lip with his teeth and clenched his hands into fists.

Suddenly, he felt his clenched right hand being wrapped.

Okita Souji held up Kuroyuki Ikki's right fist with one hand, and gently covered it with the other hand. His voice sounded soft and gentle, like the gentle breeze of March.

"So, tell me, what are you nervous about? What are you afraid of?"

Under Kurogote Ikki's blank gaze, Okita Souji slowly raised her head. The breeze gently ruffled her short cherry-pink shoulder-length hair, and Hexi's sunshine shone on her sweet smile like a cherry blossom. It was so beautiful. moving.

"I'm not a good comforter, but I can do my best to be a good listener and companion."

"So, tell me."

It's really amazing. Listening to Okita Souji's voice and looking at Okita Souji's smile, his mouth moved by itself.

What Kurogane Ikki told was his experience over the years.

Most of them were known by Okita Souji when he read the original work, and some of the forgotten ones were slowly recalled by Kurogane Ikki's narration.

However, although they were all things that were already known, Okita Souji did not interrupt Kurogane Ikki's narration.

As she said herself, she couldn't be a good comforter because she thought she was not the protagonist and was not good at talking, so she could only be a listener and a companion.

The people who targeted Kurogane Ikki were actually the Kurogane family where Kurogane Ikki was.

It was obviously Kurogane Ikki's family, but everyone in the Kurogane family, whether they were family members or subordinate servants, looked down on Kurogane Ikki, who was born with low magic power, and regarded him as a shame.

If Ikki Kurogane was just an ordinary person, then the Kurogane family would at most treat him as a transparent person and ignore him. However, Ikki Kurogane wanted to become a magic knight in order to prove himself, and successfully entered the Pojun Academy with his own efforts.

Once Ikki Kurogane really became a magic knight, the whole world would know that the Kurogane family, as a large family of sword cutters, had a waste with a magic value of only F level, which the Kurogane family would never allow.

Therefore, the Kurogane family would do everything possible to prevent Ikki Kurogane from graduating, and at the same time use various methods to force him to drop out of school.

The previous chairman of the Pojun Academy made things difficult for Ikki Kurogane because he had a good relationship with the Kurogane family.

For example, after Ikki Kurogane entered school, the school rules of "no participation in practical courses if the ability value does not meet the requirements" were established, and Kirihara Shizuya took the initiative to attack Ikki Kurogane, and as long as Ikki Kurogane took out the spiritual outfit, he would be directly ordered to drop out of school.

Therefore, he attached so much importance to this selection, because this was the first time he saw the road to his dream so clearly.

He can't lose, absolutely not.

Otherwise, his dream will become out of reach again.

Chapter 73 Heart's Eye

During the magic manipulation course, Kurogane Shizuku was doing nothing.

Because her magic control is A-level, it is so fine that she can even manipulate the water she created at a molecular level.

She can even manipulate water to create her own water clone, which is impossible to distinguish with the naked eye.

In addition, as a water magician and excellent in magic manipulation, she is also very good at treatment.

Then, she was suddenly approached by Okita Souji.

"... You said that you want to train your brother until you can defeat the opponent in the first battle, and you need my help?"

Kurogane Shizuku looked at Okita Souji who appeared from nowhere blankly and tilted her head.

"Why?"

"Because, if you are not here, I might kill Ikki."

"..."

Then, Kurogane Shizuku appeared in the training ground.

Kurogane Jushizuku is a B-class knight, the second-best freshman of this year, second only to Stella, the A-class knight with the strongest magic power in the world.

She wants to apply for a training ground, and the academy will not refuse to give it to her.

As for why she came to the training ground...

"Because only in the training ground can I take out my spirit suit to fight."

Okita Souji took out his sword - Kikuchimonji Norimune.

And Kurogane Ikki also took out his spirit suit, which is called...

"Come out! Yintie!"

Kurogane Ikki held the blue stream of light, and when the light faded, a black samurai sword with a slightly curved blade appeared in his hand.

Spirit suit is the embodiment of the swordsman's own soul, and in the past it has been called "holy sword", "magic bow", "cursed weapon", "treasure" and so on.

Moreover, the spirit suit has a special form called "Fantasy Form". If you are hit by the spirit suit in "Fantasy Form", you will not be hurt, but will only use magic to reduce the physical strength of the attacker. Moreover, because the spirit suit is the embodiment of the soul of the swordsman, once the spirit suit is damaged, the swordsman himself will also fall into a coma.

It can only be said that there are pros and cons.

Kurogane Shizuku is on the outskirts of the training ground, watching the figure of Kurogane Ikki with worry in her eyes.

"Can't you use the 'Fantasy Form'?"

Before, Kurogane Shizuku asked Okita Souji such a question because she didn't want her brother to get hurt.

The reason why she was called by Okita Souji was because Kurogane Shizuku had a very high healing ability. Once someone was seriously injured, Kurogane Shizuku could come to treat him.

However, facing Kurogane Shizuku's request, Okita Souji shook his head firmly.

"Only the most realistic battle scenes and life-and-death crises can make the training more effective."

Don't be fooled by Okita Souji's confident words, but the more important reason is...

She doesn't have such a thing as "fantasy form"!

The weapon in her hand is not a spiritual outfit at all, not even a treasure. Although it is indeed part of her spiritual base and can be transformed into a spirit, it is far from the spiritual outfit of the swordsmen!

"Before the battle begins, let me explain what I want to teach you, Ikki."

Holding the sword in one hand and posing a very natural posture, Okita Souji suddenly spoke to Kurogane Ikki from a distance.

After hearing what Okita Souji said, Kurogane Ikki's eyes also condensed, revealing an expression of listening attentively.

"A sure-win skill", Okita Souji described this skill to Kurogane Ikki like this before.

He can't lose. It's not easy to get here, he absolutely can't lose.

The reason why he was nervous was naturally because he didn't have the determination to win.

Therefore, he was extremely concerned about the skill that Okita Souji mentioned.

"Although there are only a few days left before the competition, Ikki, you have a terrifying talent in swordsmanship. I heard that you fought Stella before and learned her swordsmanship completely in just a few rounds, and you also innovated it, right?"

"Well, each swordsmanship has its own veins. As long as you follow these veins, you can reach the truth of the swordsmanship, understand it completely, and then surpass it."

Because no one taught Kurogane Ikki swordsmanship, he could only rely on "stealing".

No matter what kind of swordsmanship, it has its own knowledge, history and philosophy.

Just like mathematical formulas, the composition of each number has its strict rules, so we can infer the results based on its rules. In Kurogane Ikki's view, the same is true for swordsmanship.

No matter what kind of swordsmanship, as long as you follow their moves, peek at their concepts, and then follow the veins of these concepts and continue to observe deeper, you can reach the essence of the swordsmanship, just like calculating mathematical formulas, calculate the whole set of swordsmanship, and then fully master the whole set of swordsmanship.

What's more, as long as the interpretation is thorough enough, he can correct the shortcomings of the swordsmanship based on his own experience and weave a stronger swordsmanship that is compatible with the swordsmanship.

This is his ability, "swordsmanship imitation".

Hearing this, Okita Souji smiled faintly.

"Then, the technique I'm going to teach you next, you should be able to learn it quickly, after all, you have already got its prototype."