Anime, Girlfriend Shokuhou Misaki

"——『Heavenly Garment of Perfection』!"

Her slender, beautiful leg slammed against the back of the blade, but the scene of Makoto Haramura being kicked away didn't happen as expected.

Instead, Stella was sent flying out from within the white light that enveloped her.

Facing opponents stronger than themselves, like Makoto Haramura and Ikki Kurogane,

the only options were to avoid the opponent's strength or to use techniques to deflect it.

Ikki Kurogane possessed a deflection skill like『Third Secret Sword - Round』, which nullified gravity by altering his body's axis.

However, Makoto Haramura had hardly ever used such deflection skills.

After all, he was already a relatively strong fighter, and hardly any Blade User could overpower him.

Except for Stella.

So much so that they had forgotten that Makoto Haramura, a long time ago, had once used the quintessential secret technique of the Ayatsuji Itto-ryu,『Heavenly Garment of Perfection』, in public.

This move could not only deflect force but also return the enemy's attack with 1.5 times the power.

However, it required a fixed stance to use and wasn't as widely applicable as Ikki Kurogane's『Third Secret Sword - Round』.

"Puh—"

(So, her power is this strong?)

Feeling the force rebounding back onto herself, Stella truly realized how strong she had become.

She even felt like her internal organs had shifted.

"The final move."

Makoto Haramura took a deep breath, pouring all of his remaining magical power into his sword.

"Buzz—"

The crimson blade seemed to hum with joy, and Makoto Haramura's entire body radiated a blinding light.

Then, Makoto Haramura's arm swung.

One slash!

Two slashes!

Three slashes!

His arm moved so fast that only blurry afterimages could be seen.

Several vacuum blades released from the sword were solidified in front of him.

"——『Phantom Sword Dance』!"

Makoto Haramura raised his katana high above his head, then slashed down fiercely.

Countless slashes formed a net-like spatial blade that was released.

Stella, who was flying backward, had her pupils shrink.

In her current state, adjusting her posture in mid-air to avoid this attack was clearly impossible.

She bit through her red lip, and blood flowed down her mouth.

"——『Dragon Princess's Feather Garment』!"

Flames erupted around Stella like a storm, burning fiercely.

The heat of three thousand degrees Celsius transformed directly into a feather garment of flames, draped over Stella's body, completely enveloping her.

This was the last defensive skill she could use with her remaining magical power.

"Bang—"

At the very center of the collision, constant impacts echoed, and ripples spread out from the point of contact.

The sword energy continued to dissipate.

The feather garment of flames gradually shattered, and Stella's roar came from within.

The dazzling white light filled the entire arena, obscuring everyone, including the audience.

Makoto Haramura directly plunged his long sword into the ground, gripping the hilt with both hands and panting in short breaths.

The white light gradually dissipated, and the scene on the field gradually became visible.

Stella knelt on one knee on the ground, a penetrating wound from her left abdomen to her right abdomen reappearing on her fair stomach.

Stella was covered in blood.

The blood seeping from the wounds on her body had already stained the ground.

Shizuku Niningyo and the old man rushed onto the stage.

Both headed straight for Stella, who had already collapsed on the ground.

"The match is over, Hagun Academy's『Time Freeze』Makoto Haramura wins."

"The medical team, please come up quickly and take Stella away."

The medical staff quickly rushed onto the field with a stretcher, lifted Stella onto it, and carried her off the field.

"Th-the match... is over!"

"After a long struggle, this epic battle has finally come to an end. The victor is『Time Freeze』Makoto Haramura."

The announcer's impassioned voice echoed through the loudspeakers.

After a few seconds of silence, the audience erupted in enthusiastic cheers.

For the commentators, this fierce battle of offense and defense was shocking.

And for the audience, it was no different.

They even felt their lives threatened several times during the battle, and the adrenaline rush scattered their rationality.

"Too strong."

"He is really too strong."

In the viewing stands, the students from other academies were basically repeating these sentiments.

They really found it hard to imagine how the gap could be so large, even though they were all young people of the same age.

Let alone defeating one of them.

It felt like even if they all went together, they would be so powerless in the face of such attacks that could change the weather and the celestial phenomena.

"Brother!"

Shizuku Kurogane looked at Ikki Kurogane with concern.

She originally had a lot of confidence in her brother.

But after seeing this scene today, she couldn't confidently say that her brother could win.

In her opinion, it was simply a slim hope.

To say more, it was like there was no hope at all.

"Don't worry, Shizuku."

Ikki Kurogane gently patted Shizuku Kurogane's head.

"The dream I wanted to achieve has already been achieved."

"What's more."

Ikki Kurogane pursed his lips, his eyes fixed on Makoto Haramura, who had already left with the medical team.

"I'm not without a chance either."

"Okay!"

Shizuku Kurogane was willing to believe her brother, as long as her brother said it, she was willing to believe it.

"Should I go see Stella?"

Even without saying anything else, just looking at her, you could tell how serious Stella's injuries were.

Even if they didn't get along well usually, Shizuku Kurogane treated Stella as her friend.

Her friend was so badly injured, she should go see her in terms of both emotion and reason.

"Let's not."

"Let's go together tomorrow. It's better to let them be alone now."

……

"Ugh—"

A completely naked girl was immersed in a green liquid, slowly opening her lips and making a moaning sound.

"Are you okay, Stella?"

Makoto Haramura hurriedly opened the button on the treatment pod, and as the transparent glass cover slowly rose.

He also supported Stella's smooth back, and Stella gradually opened her tightly closed eyes.

"Makoto? Am I in treatment?"

Looking at her appearance, two red clouds immediately floated on Stella's face, but her spirit of speech was quite sufficient.

"Yes."

In fact, normally speaking, Stella's injuries were quite serious.

The amount of bleeding had reached about half of a human's normal amount. Normally speaking, such an amount of bleeding would require a blood transfusion to be saved.

But when Yakushi Kiriko took off Stella's clothes, sent her into the treatment pod, and used her ability to help Stella adjust her body,

Stella's high-speed self-healing physique started again.

Because Stella was completely naked, he could see very clearly that new granulation was growing from the wounds on Stella's body almost every second.

It had only been twenty minutes since she was thrown into the treatment pod, and the wounds on Stella's body had completely healed.

This is the recovery power of a dragon.

"Congratulations, you won, Makoto."

Stella quickly accepted this reality, bent her eyebrows, and sincerely blessed Makoto Haramura.

Whoever could defeat her with their true strength, she would do this, let alone her lover.

As for her current nakedness?

Thinking about it carefully, what was there to be shy about? She had already done everything with Makoto, and he didn't know how many times he had seen it.

"Yeah, it's really not easy to win against you."

Makoto Haramura took the towel and helped wipe Stella's wet hair, then handed the towel to Stella.

Stella nodded triumphantly, picked up the towel, and started wiping herself.

"No matter what, I've put in all my efforts."

Actually, it wasn't that she couldn't let Makoto help her wipe her body, but this wasn't her home, and it was still very embarrassing.

"But, this is not bad either."

"At least your strength has been seen by my father and mother, and they should be very satisfied with you now."

Walking out of the treatment pod, Stella picked up the underwear and bathrobe that Makoto Haramura handed over, put them on one by one, and then jumped directly onto the big bed.

"Ugh, so comfortable."

The injuries on her body had indeed recovered almost.

The internal organs were almost back in place with the repair of her magic power.

But the crazy release of her magic power and the mental tension in the battle just now still made her feel exhausted all over.

"Stella, you have already told your parents about my affairs."

The corner of Makoto Haramura's mouth twitched unnaturally.

He still had a lot of mess to solve on his side, and Stella had already started reporting to the upper level.