I Don't Want to Be a Heroic Soul

"Let me ask first, how did you originally plan to deal with that bastard?"

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.

I don't know if Kurogane Ikki, who is an F-class knight, can use it.

After all, it is The"Fallen Knights" who couldn't even participate in the actual combat courses, so Okita Souji and Kuroyuki Ikki came to a relatively empty forest and stood far away from each other because they couldn't use the spiritual equipment without permission.

What I am holding in my hand is just a bamboo sword for training.

"Although Kirihara Shizuya's sword-cutting skill"Hunter's Forest" can perfectly hide his body shape, breath, 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?"Okita Souji picked up the bamboo sword and tapped it on his shoulder,"This requires a lot of concentration and observation, but if it's you, it should be fine."

Originally, I 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 could think, 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 struck together, arrogantly The force flowed down the hilt of the sword into his arm, making Kurogane Ikki grit his teeth.

The slender body that did not match the title of swordsman had been in front of Kurogate Ikki at some point. It was hard to imagine how those weak arms were used. Such great strength

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

Am I... nervous?

Kurogete Ikki was just distracted, and the sound of breaking wind sounded in his ears.

At this moment, the bamboo sword used for training showed a sharper edge than the real sword, and the danger was dangerous. Cut off a strand of black hair from Kurogane Ikki's forehead

"Stiff, too stiff! It’s so full of loopholes!"

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

Kurogane Ikki had no idea that just the difference between having a sword in his hand and not having a sword in his hand could make such a huge difference in Okita Souji.

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

In the stormy sword moves, Kurogane Ikki is like a boat caught in the storm

, looking for the opponent's weaknesses as usual.……

"Are you trying to find my weakness?"

"！！！"

Amid the cascading 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.

"Snapped!"

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

"hiss——"

Kuroyuki 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 at Kuroyuki Ikki's neck, his eyes devoid of any emotion.

"What are you afraid of?"

Soji Okita is already questioning Kurogane Ikki.

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

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

Just like I'm good at, like I used to do

"But you lost the opportunity to win, and the sword was knocked off your hand by me."

Putting down the raised bamboo sword, Souji Okita frowned and stared at Kuroyuki Ikki.

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

Kurote Ikki's eyes widened slightly in shock.

Because the battle videos of Kirihara Shizuya he obtained were all from a year ago. In one year, maybe the other party can really hide the arrows as well. skills.

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 emotions do you place on the blade?"

The arm holding the sword naturally hung down, and the bamboo sword pointed diagonally at the ground. Souji Okita 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."

Kurote Ikki lowered his head. He bit his lower lip with his teeth and clenched his fists with both hands.

Suddenly, he felt that his clenched right hand was wrapped.

Okita Souji held up Kuroge Ikki with one hand. His right fist, the other hand gently covering the fist, his voice sounded soft and gentle, like the breeze in March.

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

Under Kuroyuki 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, Beautiful and 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 Souji Okita's voice and looking at Souji Okita's smile, his mouth started to move on its own. What

Kuroyuki Ikki told was his own experience over the years.

Most of them are Okita Souji already knew it when he read the original work, and some of the forgotten things were slowly recalled by Kuroyuki Ikki.

However, although they were all things that he already knew, Okita Souji did not bother him. Kuroyuki Ikki's story: As she said, she can't be a good comforter because she doesn't think she's the protagonist and she's not good at talking, so she can only be a listener and a companion.

Ikki's people are actually the Kurogane family where Ikki lives. It

's obviously Ikki's family, but everyone in the family, whether they are family members or subordinate servants, all look down on Tensen. Kurogane Ikki, who has low magic power, regards him as a shame.

If Kurogete Ikki is just an ordinary person, then the Kurogane family will at most treat him as a transparent person and ignore him, but Kurogete Ikki just doesn't care. In order to prove himself, he wanted to become a Magic Knight, and successfully entered Pojun Academy through his own efforts.

Once Kurogete Ikki truly becomes a Magic Knight, the whole world will know that he is a powerful swordsman. A waste with an F-level magic value appears in the Kurogane family, which is absolutely not allowed by the Kurogane family.

Therefore, the Kurogane family will do everything possible to prevent Kurogane Ikki from graduating, and at the same time use various methods to force him to drop out of school. The previous chairman of the Military Academy had a good relationship with the Kurogane family, so he made things difficult for Kurotetsu Ikki.

For example, after Kurogete Ikki entered school, he established a school rule that said"you are not allowed to participate in actual combat courses if your abilities do not meet the requirements." , and also asked Kirihara Shizuya to take the initiative to attack Kuroyuki Ikki. As long as Kuōtetsu Ikki takes out the spiritual equipment, he will be directly ordered to drop out of school.

That's why he attaches so much importance to this trial, because this is the first time he has done so. He clearly sees the path to his dream.

He cannot lose, otherwise, he will become out of reach of his dream.