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The depths of the forest of Fair Bergen felt particularly peaceful and cal
The twitter of a nearby bird stirred in the air like a ripple across the water’s surface It see with the tone of rustling leaves
However, in a particularly unreen out of public eye, there sounded a different kind of noise
Hugh! Hugh! Hugh!
"Up! Hah! Oh! "
It was sharp sound of air splitting combined with short breaths With each sound, a black line cut through the air, splitting the h the air like floater
The sielder’s movements were extre black hair, reseods
The black sword and black hairin a circular pattern The leaf fell within the sword’s path and was i into the mist
For how round was carved with her footprints, and there were an immeasurable number of destroyed leaves at her feet
However, her blurred forainst her own exhaustion Her form was innocent, yet beautiful to behold, each strike with the sword performed in earnest
"--hah"
Shizuku’s eternal blade dance suddenly met disorder Her sword al force of her spin caused her to lose her balance
Shizuku barelyWith a bitter face, she put the black sword to her side
"Hah, hah, well…"
Shizuku shook her head in irritation Her trade her senti a deep breath, she remembered to put her mind at peace and to calm her heart It was an exercise she had learned in Japan while she practiced fencing Shizuku’s troubled heart regained its tranquility quickly
However, the figure of a boy eallantly shouting in an unlady-likeher black sword as if to beat away at the ie in her mind
"Different, different! That is why! It’s different!"
The waters of her le sense of cal the sea, Shizuku’s ed
"This is all different, and I don’t know theI’m calm, I’m cool"
By all odds, she was far from calm Her heart seemed to scream at her incoherently
In fact, she had spent the entire day trying to calm herself, but her souldn’t listen, the state of her ent footwork
She was trying to shake off the disturbance in her heart with discipline and training
Why, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say Shizuku spent all night focusing on that
Yesterday, Hajime and the rest had returned from the Haltina Great Labyrinth and chose to rest ioing to bed, of course However, she couldn’t sleep for soht, she left her bed, the black sword in hand
And it was that boy who kept rising to the surface of her uish when idle
"Sie! Sie! See!!!"
Her shout got rougher after each strike
It was the unpleasant events of the large labyrinth that she couldn’t avoid thinking about
It had started after they were brought into that world of dreams When Shizuku remembered the sorld, it caused her to blush, but it was also painful… Her ideal world… was so she could never tell anyone
She tried to reject the inner maiden within her heart
"Uryaaa!!!"
This caused her to think about the final trial of the great labyrinth The unexpected content of her reversed feelings It wasn’t the fact that she had felt love for the black creatures No, it was her extree to kill hihts were certainly hateful
That is…
"It’s different Friendship It’s friendship Bonzai!"
She lost her composure with the sword It seemed to ste in vain, the wind switching around crudely Shizuku grimaced in displeasure as the shadow of that boy floated in her vision like a phantom, a hateful smile on his face If one of her classmates saw this, they’d be shocked
Shizuku continued to swing the sword recklessly, trying to bring back the peace and remove her confusion To shake off and deny it She wanted to convince herself that it was all a s started to regain their original stillness As to the cause of her turmoil, that was of course the nature of the Great Labyrinth, an eccentric environment that created a temporary loss of propriety Her heart finally settled down, even if she thought about him Back to normal
"Fuaaa!"
She slowly expels a breath She closed her eyes and re down her pail skin, an eloquent sight to theto her cheeks, hot breath cohtly sexy
As Shizuku indulged in the lingering calmness, a voice spoke up
"As I’d expect froh her throat at the sound of a faht "How is this expected?" calanced back at the voice with these turbulent thoughts in her mind
The expected person, Hajin of his approach through her training
"Naguma-kun Don’t scare me like that, it is poor tastes to stand behind ave a smile while her heart pounded and throbbed unco…
"… Have… Pufu!"
"!!"
Her chastising was repeated but only received laughter He could only react to her colorful criticishtly, her stateht
That awareness is like a splinter hurled at her consciousness
"And you… you…"
Hajiy and tosses her a towel fro that she was covered in sweat, she began to wipe herself with a surge of panic and a strange sense of e to disturb you I just woke up early I was looking for a suitable place to train and ca Are you doing well?"
"I aet any sleep"
"Well, you did conquer your first large labyrinth I suppose you’re still excited?"
"Oh, well…"
It was certainly exciting in a different way, and there was an increase in strength However, Shizuku couldn’t say it and averted her eyes
The suspicious act caused Hajime to narrow his eyes and tilt his head with a puzzled look
Shizuku ended up losing more of her coety…
"… Yaegashi, have you been feeling any strangeness, any aftereffects?"
"Oh? You could say I’m fine Yes, completely healthy! Rather, in the best condition"
"If you say so… but you like very tired, and you’re acting suspicious"
"Suspicious behavior? Co behind people thoughtlessly!"
"You’re usually cool as ice (tl: he refers to her as a hith Shizuku was obviously not nor about it He put on that kind of look before approaching Shizuku
Shizuku suddenly panicked at Hajime’s sudden approach She pushed both hands out in front to put up a barrier between the two of the towards me? Please wait a moment Sweaty! Territory Violation! Calood I’ll return it once it’s washed! So please stop!"
"… So… I only want to see your black sword"
As Hajime approached her, the attitude Shizuku presented while stepping backwards was that as if she was being approached by a pervert
"Oh? My Black sword? So I figured out thanks to the subliic If you’d rather I didn’t, that’s fine…"
"You can… If you do, I’e of her black sword It see more and more suspicious to Hajiet close to sorabbed the black sword and staround rose into the form of a chair and table He sat down in the chair and pulled various ores out of the treasure warehouse while displaying the black sword in front of him (Translation Note: The sue, but the MTL round, that was his thing for quite a while, after all)
While watching this, Shizuku took the chair opposite of Hajiloomy and restless expression
"…"
"…"
There was no conversation As Hajime fiddled with the ore, only the sounds of s and the whispers of leaves could be heard, and thepeace and calm returned
However, Shizuku did not feel particularly uncoh there was some tension between her and Hajiain her peace of lance, deep in concentration Hajihtened by red ht altered the cohts were like "as expected, it’s beautiful" as she watched Hajime’s face while he worked She started to doze off, her head falling to her shoulder and elbows After staying up all night, drowsiness was the consequence