Book 14: Chapter 10

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Sibling Quarrel

“You’ve really become too soft, senior disciple (anideshi). Do you really think you can continue Master’s School of One Flash (Issen-Ryuu) like this?”

It was Rinho who appeared at the scene of my scolding of Ed, disappointed in me.

She must have fought someone before coming here.

Not only was there blood splattered on her, but she also had a scratch on her cheek.

Rinho had discarded the large sword from its sheath and was carrying it on her shoulder.

The light was gone from her eyes, and she looked painful.

At the same time, she exuded an ominous aura.

“You’re starting to give off a very unpleasant vibe. ——If you’re trying to imitate Farabal, then stop.”

When I was concerned about the presence of something that resembled a non-human monster, Rinho started to giggle.

She held her face with her left hand and looked at me through the gaps between her fingers.

Her cherry-colored eyes emitted a mysterious light.

“This was the only path I could take to become stronger. I won’t let anyone deny that. After all——if I wasn’t strong, I couldn’t call myself School of One Flash (Issen-Ryuu), right?”

Is she planning to seek strength and fall into the same place as Farabal?

As I was breaking out in a cold sweat thinking this, I put my left index and middle fingers to my ears as a transmission came in.

What I hear is Amagi’s voice.

“Danna-sama, I have an urgent report. The Yasushi residence has been attacked. Fortunately, no one was killed, but Shishigami-sama is seriously injured.”

Without answering Amagi, I glared at Rinho.

“Did you do Fuuka?”

Rinho, perhaps sensing the content of the communication, was swinging the sword in her right hand with her fingertips playing with it.

“She got too cocky, so I just had to punish her. I actually wanted to kill her, but you’re a lucky guy.”

“Did you challenge her without getting permission from Master Yasushi?”

A match between fellow students of the same master’s requires the master’s permission.

There’s no way Rinho would have forgotten that.

“It’s just a quarrel between sisters. Senior disciple (anideshi) is inflexible. ——And yet you don’t kill your son when he’s disrespectful to you.”

Rinho’s stern gaze turned to Ed.

Ed and Nata, who was holding and supporting Ed, were also unable to move, perhaps feeling fear under Rinho’s gaze.

Ellen quickly stepped forward to protect the two of them.

She is reaching for the hilt of her sword and is in Iai stance.

From the fact that they are sweating cold sweat, they seem to understand that the current Rinho is not unusual.

Seeing that, Rinho was becoming increasingly irritated.

“It’s your job to get rid of that foolish disciple who bares his fangs at senior disciple (anideshi), isn’t it, Ellen?”

Ellen acts stout-heartedly.

“I don’t want to be told by you, who repeatedly disrespects my master. Before you fall as a swordsman and tarnish the reputation of School of One Flash (Issen-Ryuu) —— I will kill you here.”

“Go ahead and try, you small fry!”

While the two of them were hurling murderous intent at each other, I was giving orders.

“Land Forces, evacuate the surrounding area and get out of here.”

Armed soldiers from the Land Forces were pointing their firearms at Rinho, but it was no use.

This entire area was already within Rinho’s range.

It would be better to evacuate immediately.

A soldier of the land forces tries to take Ed with him.

“Edward-sama, this way.”

“A-Aa.”

Ed tries to withdraw, but as a School of One Flash (Issen-Ryuu) swordsman, that is not allowed.

“Ed, you’re a swordsman of the School of One Flash (Issen-Ryuu). Stay here and watch the battle.”

Then, Ed’s eyes widened.

“F-Father (Chichi-ue), I don’t have the ability to stay here——”

“The fact that you can unleash a Flash shows that you are qualified. Also, don’t miss this valuable battle between fellow disciples. You too will have to go through this path someday.”

The land forces were at a loss as to what to do with Ed, so I gestured for them to quickly back off, which they reluctantly did.

Meanwhile, Nata-chan supports Ed.

“Edward, I will remain by your side.”

It’s a beautiful loyalty, but this is School of One Flash (Issen-Ryuu)’s problem.

I snap my fingers and Kunai jumps out of the shadows and leaves with Nata in her arms.

Ed reaches out his hand.

“Nata!”

Don’t act lonely.

“If you’re also a swordsman of the School of One Flash (Issen-Ryuu), then watch over the battle between the two of them.”

Ellen and Rinho didn’t move a muscle, but the battle between them had already begun.

Just then, debris from the entertainment center fell to the ground and collapsed, and Ellen was the first to make the move.

As Ellen fired One Flash after another, Rinho put her left hand on the ground.

She bent down into a three-legged stance, licked her tongue, and shot down Ellen’s flashes.

I stand beside Ed, who is trembling, and place my hand on his shoulder.

I put my hand on Ed’s shoulder to keep him from running away, but most of all to protect him from dying from the impact of the aftermath of the two of them.

The aftermath of the Flashes of their attacks left marks on the ground all around us.

Ed clung to my legs.

“W-What is happening, Father?”

“Ellen fired a Flash, and Rinho shot it down.”

“So, Master (Shishou) has won, right? Right!?”

I have to tell Ed, who hopes so, an unfortunate fact.

“No —— Ellen is at a disadvantage. Rinho is currently several levels superior to Ellen.”

Upon learning the truth, Ed was in despair.

“No way?!”

While we were talking, Ellen got a scratch on her right cheek.

Ellen slowly backed away, but Rinho stepped forward.

“Hey, what’s wrong? Have you lost all that energy from before!”

Rinho kicked the ground and launched a slash at Ellen.

Ellen drew her sword and blocked the blow, and the Flash was stopped.

Rinho licked her lips.

“I’ll play with you.”

Ellen frowned.

“This evil!”

As the two of them began to exchange sword attacks, Ed trembled.

He had probably never seen Ellen fight seriously before.

I told Ed the truth about the School of One Flash (Issen-Ryuu).

“Look carefully. School of One Flash (Issen-Ryuu) is the art of swordsmanship that protects people from non-human monsters.”

“Do non-human monsters really exist?”

“Aa, there are. There are monsters that even Master Yasushi couldn’t defeat. ——Don’t forget that you are destined to fight such monsters.”

Gradually, the air around Rinho becomes thicker.

A purple aura seemed to cover her entire body, flickering like a flame.

It clung to the slash that Rinho unleashed, burning Ellen’s skin.

“You monster!”

Ellen jumps back, and Rinho takes a stance to draw her sword from her waist.

“That’s nice. A monster slaying monster —— that’s awesome!!”

Although Rinho was told by Ellen that she was a monster, she accepted and unleashed a powerful blow with all her might.

The blow was dyed black and purple, and it was so powerful that it blew away everything around it.

It was so powerful that no matter how much Ellen tried, she could not prevent it and was reduced to dust.

The surrounding area became a pile of rubble, and as the dust and sand settled down, Rinho stared at me hatefully.

“You covered for her again!”

In my arms, Ellen was unconscious but still holding on to her sword.

“Isn’t it master’s duty to protect his beloved disciple?”

After saying this to Rinho, she grits her teeth and declares.

“This is a serious fight! You protected her because you didn’t want her to be killed by me. And yet you call yourself swordsman of School of One Flash (Issen-Ryuu)!”

Watching Rinho screaming like a child makes my heart ache.

I should have said something more thoughtful to Rinho when she asked for my help —— at that time.

I hate myself for being so clumsy.

That’s why——.

“Stop barking. If you want to lecture me, at least do it when you’re stronger than me.”

——I’ll accept everything about you.

I put Ellen gently on the ground.

Then I borrow my disciple’s sword.

“I’m going to borrow your sword. Ed, you stay a little distance.”

“Y-Yes!”

I lowered my sword slackly and gestured with my left hand to Rinho to come at me.

“It is also senior disciple’s duty to discipline the fallen junior disciple. Come —— I’ll be your opponent.”

Rinho bent down and opened her mouth.

She now had an even more beast-like aura.

It was heartbreaking to watch as he sank deeper into the darkness and drew out her strength.

“I’m the strongest. I’ll be Master’s number one.”

“I think that if you showed your current appearance to Master would be sad.”

“Shut up!”

Rinho, who was in a rage, let her emotions get the better of her and released a mess of flashes into the surrounding area.

I let out a small sigh as I watched my surroundings being covered in cuts.

“This is major damage to an economically important area. It looks like we’ll be busy with reconstruction work for a while.”

I acted as if I had more work to do once again.

Because by doing so, it would appear to Rinho that I was “looking down on School of One Flash (Issen-Ryuu).”

As expected, Rinho jumped on me.

Rinho, clad in a purple aura, had stepped into the realm of the non-human, increasing not only in appearance but also in physical strength.

When I caught Rinho’s blow, both of my feet pierced the ground.

The ground collapsed from the sheer force of the blow.

Rinho did not stop there, slashing at me again and again.

“Watching you fight reminds me of the sword saint I killed. He was a fool who easily destroyed himself in pursuit of the strongest path.”

When I told her about the sword saint I had killed in the past, Rinho seemed to understand what I was trying to say.

I was relieved to see that she still had some of her thinking ability left.

“You think I’m the same as him?”

“If you want me to say otherwise, then prove it by defeating me!”

I kicked Rinho in the stomach, creating some distance between us, then unleashed a Flash.

Rinho leaned back to avoid the Flash that sliced ​​horizontally through the pile of rubble.

Using the recoil of her upper body as it was, she closed the distance in one fell swoop.

“I’ll defeat you and become Master’s number one!”

I guess her true feelings were that she wanted to be recognized by Master Yasushi.

However, Rinho was still hiding something from us.

That much I could understand.

“Have more respect for your senior disciple (anideshi), you stupid younger disciple (imouto-deshi).”

I hit Rinho coming toward me with my fist bone and knocked her to the ground.

Rinho immediately jumped up to create distance, but in doing so, she unleashed thousands of Flashes.

All of them were surrounded by a purple aura.

Flash dyed in black —— what a disgrace.

“Will Master be proud of the way you look now?”

I used Ellen’s sword to intercept all of them, and sparks shot out as if fireworks had exploded all around me.

Amid the shower of sparks, Rinho landed on the ground —— and she looked like she was crying.

“The most important thing is strength, right. If I’m not strong, I’m worthless.”

Rinho’s words irritated me.

“I am not kind enough to show mercy to a worthless existence. Even Master would be sad to see you like this.”

Rinho quietly readied his sword.

“I suppose so. Would I be cut off if he saw me in this disgraceful state? But —— this was the only way! Senior disciple (anideshi) was moving ahead, and I was being left behind. I didn’t want to just stand by and watch. So——”

Sensing that Rinpou was about to unleash a powerful Flash, I prepared to intercept as well.

Small particles of golden light gathered on the blade of the sword.

It wasn’t my favorite sword, but it should still be enough to take on Rinho in her current state.

“——Forgive me for not being able to stop you.”

Rinho seemed to smile slightly at my apology.

Rinho muttered to me as it was.

“One Flash”

Brian (´ω｀)ノ “I’m the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire! [Book Version Volume 8 will be released on January 25th]. Please enjoy the exploits of Liam-sama, which can only be read in the book version. We look forward to your pre-orders.”

Brian ∑(´゜ω゜｀；) “That being said, Liam-sama, please don’t fight in the economic center! The damage is too great and it’s painful!!”

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