I don't want to be a heroic spirit

Kurashiki closed his eyes and chuckled.

"Although I don't know who Yizang is, but..."

When he opened his eyes again, the eyes behind his sunglasses suddenly lit up like a beast, and the ferocious smile on his face gradually widened.

"You have very good eyes! An unknown swordsman!"

Chapter 84 Too strong to have any friends (6/31)

"You have very good eyesight! Unknown swordsman!"

Kurashiki Kuroto laughed, and a large sword that looked like it was made of some kind of snake bones appeared in his hand.

"I like the process of fighting swordsmen and defeating them the most. Take it out, your spiritual equipment."

Kurashiki Kuroto's magic power began to boil, and the rising momentum made it difficult to get close.

"With such great eyes, you shouldn't behave in a cowardly manner that would make people look down on you, right?"

After he took out his spiritual equipment, most of the customers in the store had left.

In the battle between swordsmen, ordinary people may pay the price with their lives even if they just watch.

Ayatsuji Ayase and his followers all showed fear because of the ferocious aura on his body. However, in his eyes, Souji Okita, the petite one, could look at him without fear. .

In those eyes, he couldn't see fear or excitement.

It's like facing a calm sea. No matter what you throw into the sea, you can't provoke a reaction from it.

He didn't feel humiliated by the indifference and calmness in the other person's eyes, and felt that he had been despised. On the contrary, the blood flowing in his body seemed to be on fire at this moment.

Seeing Souji Okita opening his mouth to answer him, Ayatsuji Ayase's eyes trembled slightly.

What she saw gradually overlapped with the scene in her mind.

Two years ago, it seemed to be the same scene, Kurashiki Kuroto challenged her father, Ayatsuji Kaito.

Because he didn't stop his father, he was still unconscious until now. Even the kendo gym at home was occupied, and he became a person who had a family and could not return.

Every day and night, she regretted it.

If she had been braver and more determined at that time, she would have stopped her father and not let him compete with Kurashiki Kuroto.

Could...everything be different?

"don't want!"

Ayatsuji Ayase suddenly turned over the broken table, came to Okita Souji and grabbed her clothes.

"You are no match for him, please... don't go..."

Okita Souji was shocked.

Just because Ayatsuji Ayase... cried in front of her.

"Please... don't leave me alone again..."

Are these words addressed to Okita Souji...or are they addressed to the father who abandoned him?

"Are you trying to hinder me, Ayatsuji?"

Kurashiki Kuroto suddenly became unhappy.

It's like you've been hungry for three days, and now a dish with delicious flavor and color has been put on the table. Before you can use your chopsticks, a person suddenly comes and wants to take it away.

The irritable Kurashiki Kuroto didn't understand what "suffering" meant, so he directly raised the bone sword in his hand and struck it down hard.

But the next moment...

"bite!"

Kurashiki Kuroto was shocked because he failed to swing the sword successfully.

He saw a black scabbard stuck on the hilt of his bone sword. The force of his arm pouring into the bone sword was completely offset by this scabbard.

The person holding the scabbard was Okita Souji who was still sitting in his seat from the beginning to the end.

It has to be said that Okita Souji's move shocked everyone including Kurashiki and his followers.

Even Ayatsuji Ayase opened her small mouth so wide that Souji Okita wanted to try to stuff an egg into it.

But... now is not the time to stuff eggs.

"I won't leave you like this."

Without looking at Kurashiki Kurato and the others, Okita Souji put a hand on Ayatsuji Ayase's face and gently wiped away her tears with his thumb.

On her cheeks, wherever Okita Souji's hand touched, there was a warm feeling, and Ayatsuji Ayase felt that her head was about to be burned out.

"So, trust me for once."

Those eyes as pure as amber and as charming as the sea of ​​stars were clearly reflecting Ayatsuji Ayase's face at this moment.

"I will come back, and at the same time... I will take back the things you lost."

"So, please believe me, senior."

Ah, what should I do?

Looking at such a pair of eyes, it is impossible to say any words of rejection.

Why are you so willful? Why can't you listen to your senior sister?

You should already know... what kind of despair and pain I have suffered over the years.

If you know, then why do you...

Why...are you saying such handsome words in front of me?

Ayatsuji Ayase's hand pulled Okita Souji's clothes harder and harder, and her fingers turned white from the excessive force.

"You look like this... I can't help but believe you hopelessly..."

The words with a hint of sobs reached Souji Okita's ears, causing the corners of her mouth to slowly raise in a gentle arc.

"Trustkeeping is one of the few advantages I have."

Gently pulling down the hand holding her, Okita Souji stood up and looked at Kurashiki Kuroto, who was much taller than her, without fear.

"Besides, since he challenged me as a swordsman, as a swordsman, I can only respond with the sword in my hand!"

"...Ha! There must be some limits to fun!"

Kurashiki Kurato did not hide the excitement in his eyes and asked Okita Souji: "Hey! Swordsman, what's your name!"

"Okita Souji."

"Kurashiki Kurato."

The two exchanged their names, and Ayase Ayase and Kurashiki Kurato's followers also retreated.

Just when everyone thought that the two were going to fight here...

"Although it may be a bit disappointing to say this, do you really want to fight me here?"

Although Okita Souji was holding the unsheathed Kikuichimonji, he looked around and said, "Can we change places?"

"Huh? Do you still care about breaking things?"

"After all, it costs a lot of money to break things, but this is not what I care about most." Okita Souji tilted his head and frowned and said, "The main thing is that the school rules of our academy are very strict. If you use superpowers and spiritual equipment at will outside, the worst case is that you will be expelled."

"What does that have to do with me?"

"Is it really none of your business?" Okita Souji glanced at Kurashiki Kōto and smiled slightly, "You... don't you want to fight me once on a stage like the Seven Stars Sword Dance Festival?"

Okita Souji's words made Kurashiki Kōto's eyes move.

"Besides, if I am expelled from school, I will most likely be taken abroad by my family, and you may not see me for a long time."

"Even so, do you still want to fight me here? Do you think that fighting me once is enough?"

The tense atmosphere stagnated.

Ayase Ayase and those followers all widened their eyes in disbelief.

Kurashiki Kurato's fighting spirit... was actually suppressed? !

"Humph! I don't know if you are strong enough." Kurashiki Kurato put down the bone sword on his shoulder and smacked his lips and said, "If you want to fight me a few more times, you can't be weak."

"Then you can rest assured."

Okita Souji's eyebrows slightly curved, revealing a very lazy smile.

"Ms. Okita, I... am super strong."

As if he felt that the description of "super strong" was too monotonous, Okita Souji rolled his eyes and added another sentence.

"So strong that there are no friends."

Chapter 85 The Sword of Killing and the Sword of Protection

According to the laws promulgated by the country, sword cutters who have not obtained the qualifications of magic knights are not allowed to use spirit equipment or supernatural powers without permission.

Just like in the Academy City, although there are many people with special abilities, they are restricted in the use of their abilities, otherwise the social order will be in chaos.

Now Okita Souji is just a student knight. Even in the academy, taking out the spirit equipment without permission will be punished, not to mention outside the academy, even being expelled from the academy is possible.

However, there are exceptions.

"If it is in the gym and the gym owner has given permission, then the student knight can use the spirit equipment to fight."

The original owner of the Ayatsuji Ittoryu Gym was Ayatsuji Ayase's father, Mr. Ayatsuji Kaito.

However, two years ago, Kurashiki Kurato came to challenge Kaito Ayatsuji. The two sides only competed in swordsmanship. Kurashiki Kurato not only defeated Kaito Ayatsuji, but also seriously injured him. He has fainted in the hospital ward and has not woken up yet.

Because Kaito Ayatsuji lost the game, the Ayatsuji Ittoryu Gym was lost to Kurashiki Kurato, so Kurashiki Kurato is now the owner of the gym.

As long as they are in the gym, the fight between the two is legal.

What I didn't expect was that Kurashiki Kurato actually agreed to this request.

"If the food to be served next is delicious enough, it is not impossible to wait a little longer."

This is what Kurashiki Kurato said at the time.

"And... I have been waiting for two whole years, what does this little while count for?"

Today, Okita Souji and his group are walking on a path in the mountains.

That gym has become the base of Kurashiki Kurato and his group, and Ayatsuji Ayase is the daughter of the original owner of the gym, so naturally they all know the way.

In the end, only Okita Souji came for the first time.

Ayase Ayase insisted on coming along.

Although she could no longer persuade Okita Souji to give up the battle with Kurashiki Kurato, she still wanted to be a witness of this battle.

Okita Souji and Ayase Ayase walked together and found that the other was a little depressed.

"What's wrong, senior sister?"

"Ah? Nothing, I just..."

Hearing Okita Souji's caring question, Ayase Ayase shook her head to show that she was fine, and then said.

"It's just... I feel a little bit emotional to walk on this road again."

That's right, after all, it was her way home before.

Moreover, when she was driven out of her own gym and became a homeless person with no one to rely on... Senior Ayase also took this road.

Okita Souji thinks that he is not the kind of person who likes to meddle in other people's business, let alone a righteous partner.

She only focuses on what she can grasp in front of her.

So, she would not say things like "If only I could have come earlier" or "If only I could have worked harder".

The past is gone, but the future has not yet arrived.

The past cannot be changed, but we can make the future worth looking forward to.

The mountain road was difficult to walk on, but it was not a difficult task for the people present who were all sword cutters.

Soon, the view in front of several people suddenly became clear.