Book 12: Chapter 12

Book 12: Chapter 12

"I'm really sorry for causing trouble to Young Master because of my ignorance. As expected, I have to disembowel myself!"

"I said stop." Lin Xiang grabbed Kaoru's hand tightly even though he just released it.

"However, letting Young Master see my lowly unreasonable troubles makes me feel that I have no more dignity to live on."

"Uh Senior Kaoru will listen to what I say, right?"

"Even if I have to go through water and tread on fire, I will never refuse your orders."

"Senior Kaoru, you must never disembowel yourself to apologize. You don't have to kneel. Look, arent your clothes dirty?" Lin Xiang helped Kaoru up from the ground, "Death is indeed a very simple thing, but Senior Kaoru has to think of your relatives, Choshi and Uncle Sunao."

"I'm really sorry, Young Master." Kaoru lowered her head, like a sincere subordinate receiving a lesson, "Young Masters words have woken me up."

"Phew~ You scared me to death, what should I do if Senior Kaoru gets hurt?"

"I'm really sorry."

"No need to apologize. Seeing Senior Kaoru like this is cute."

"Huh?" Kaoru's face flushed, and she looked at Lin Xiang blankly.

"Of course I wasn't talking about the apologizing incident or something. It's normal to be reckless once in a while. Let's just let the past go. Since Senior Kaoru is here, let's practice sword skills together and discuss how to use the swords."

"It's an honour, Young Master!" For some reason, Kaoru felt very happy.

In the house

"Who's here?"

"Sister Kaoru."

"Huh? She's here? Why didn't she come in?"

"She went directly to the backyard to find Master."

"Oh."

"Young Master holds the sword very firmly."

"It's alright, what combat skills does Senior Kaoru know?"

"It's a trick that I've been practicing hard, Four Interceptions. I guess Young Master knows it as well." When talking about swords, Kaoru had returned to her usual self with her cool and serious face.

"Oh~ That was very powerful. With just four slashes, even a titanium alloy sword can be broken with a wooden sword."

"Yes, as long as the entry and force point are correct, it can be done."

"That's Senior Kaoru's signature battle technique. You must have been practicing for a long time, and you can also use dark strength too."

"The lowly I have really practiced for a long time. Forgive my ignorance, but what is the dark strength that Young Master said?"

"Usually when swinging a sword, we use light strength, which is by simply swinging the sword with the power of the hand, while dark strength is a clever way to use the power of the whole body. Both these methods are similar, which involves swinging the sword with the hand, but dark strength can produce different effects."

"That's how it is! Young Master is really intelligent. Indeed, when the lowly I was using Four Interceptions, my waist and legs also worked together."

"Am I really that smart?" Lin Xiang smiled bitterly. In junior high school, he was often scolded by some sloppy uncle.

"Why are you so stupid?"

"Idiot, use your brain. You use a sword without a brain, are you waiting to be chopped?"

Lin Xiang missed the kendo instructor with a face full of scum, like a listless kendo instructor with his eyes drooping due to lack of sleep.

"Does Senior Kaoru have any other sword skills?"

Lin Xiang had heard that patients were regardless of gender.

Seeing Kaoru's determined look, Lin Xiang really could not say a thing. Since Senior Kaoru always says this, should I show some masculinity? It's just teaching, nothing else.

Thinking about it that way, Lin Xiang was indeed much more natural.

He approached Kaoru again then grabbed her hand from behind, pressing his chest against her back.

He did not realize that Kaoru, who was in front of him, had already her pretty face turned red.

It did seem like there really was something wrong after what her master said But that strange feeling was very peculiar to her.

Lin Xiang began to change Kaoru's posture. Kaoru immediately put away the inexplicable mood, and tried to remember the feeling of the dagger.

After three consecutive physical teachings, Kaoru basically memorized it. She was able to swing it smoothly. Although it was too late to retract it, she did draw the dagger and slashed into the air in an instant.

"Thank you so much! Young Master! I already understand the Fallen Leaves Slash."

Compared to himself who spent a few days just setting his posture, Lin Xiang was full of tears. People really could not be compared with others, especially those who were better.

"Practicing the sword requires perseverance. You're doing a good job, aren't you?" After the first successful strike, the sloppy uncle put his hand on the still childish Lin Xiang's head and patted it.

Around that time, Lin Xiang fell in love with kendo, and later won the national youth kendo competition, although it was forgotten for a while.

Unintentionally, Lin Xiang put his hand on Kaoru's head and patted it, "As expected of Senior Kaoru, you learnt really fast."

The feeling of getting patted on the head reminded Kaoru of the touch of her father when she was a child that motivated her physically and mentally. A smile appeared on her lips.

"Ah, sorry," Lin Xiang, who was deep in his memories, reacted, and withdrew his hand in embarrassment.

Shes my senior. What am I doing?

"No, Young Master, please encourage me more and more in the future."

"Oh ok"

"Good, now I have to practice taking the dagger and sheathing it." Kaoru was full of energy. Although she had dark circles under her eyes, she did not seem to be tired at all.

Meanwhile, Lin Xiang swung his sword from time to time, whilst feeling the spiritual power, leaving no skill behind.

The sun was already high above his head, and the shadow of the house could no longer block Lin Xiang and Kaoru.

"Senior Kaoru, that's all for this morning."

Kaoru has made rapid progress. In just one morning, she could basically retract the knife into the scabbard very quickly. To obtain the form of Fallen Leaves Slash, the art of keeping the sword back into the scabbard was the most difficult part, because it needed to be done accurately and quickly, which was hard to master.

However, Lin Xiang believed that Kaoru could master it in a few days.

"Understood, Young Master." Kaoru kept the dagger and wiped the fine sweat from her forehead, "Time flies so fast. By the way, Young Master, my father hoped for Your Excellency, Silent Water and the others to be guests at our humble home tomorrow."

"Tomorrow? I'm sorry Senior Kaoru, we cant."

"Really?" Kaoru did not persuade Lin Xiang to go over, but nodded, "I will inform my father later. I wonder when Young Master will be free."

"I don't know either. Let me tell you something, Senior Kaoru."

"What!? Silent Water and the others? Not to mention, Young Master's mentor is undeniably powerful! Im really looking forward to it!"

I don't think there is anything to look forward to.

Lin Xiang smiled bitterly, "Senior Kaoru can keep it a secret for me, right?"

"Of course! I will keep it and take this secret to my grave!"