As the sole institution for training Valkyries, St. Freya High School naturally has training rooms for students to hone their combat skills. These rooms are used for practice among students, and combat tests are also one of the important grading exams during the mid-term and final exams.
The combat training room is a building similar to a gymnasium, with a Japanese-style design. The floor is covered with tatami mats with non-woven fabric cores and paper-mat surfaces, which can reduce the damage students receive when they fall. The faintly fresh-smelling tatami mats are the best flooring material for practicing combat skills.
"......" Li Xuan looked down at his tight-fitting pants that barely covered his thighs, feeling a strange sense of discomfort. His upper body was a black tank top with the Schicksal logo printed on it. The tank top was not long, revealing the eight-pack abs that had appeared after his body was enhanced by the Stigmata.
"Who should I find..." Li Xuan looked up. The other students had already formed pairs and started their own training and fighting in the thousand-meter training hall.
"Kiana..." Li Xuan called out to Kiana as she passed by, holding Mei's arm.
"What's wrong?" Kiana turned her head and asked Li Xuan in confusion.
"Let's practice together?" Li Xuan scratched his head and said with a smile. He had just entered this school and hardly knew anyone... He could only look for people he knew... Kiana and the others...
"Go ahead, Kiana. I can practice with Bronya," Mei said with a gentle smile, patting Kiana's shoulder.
"Tch!~ Who wants to train with a stinky man!" Kiana said with an annoyed expression, clinging tightly to Mei's arm and refusing to let go. "Mei is all I need..."
"Ki, Kiana... what nonsense are you talking about?!" Mei said with a blush.
"Li Xuan, you can go practice with the little one..." Kiana said with a triumphant smile, pointing at Bronya.
"....?" Bronya looked at Li Xuan blankly. A phantom slowly appeared behind her. Vaguely, one could see a mecha holding a large shield. It was 'Project Bunny 19C'.
'You've got to be kidding me...' Li Xuan swallowed. He didn't have the 'Xuanyuan Festive Garb' right now, so he couldn't use his shield, and he couldn't even use the power of the emblems directly. After all, he couldn't just wear the emblems on his tank top. Facing Bronya's mecha 'Project Bunny 19C', he would have no chance of winning...
"Ahem... never mind then." Li Xuan said dejectedly. Asking him to fight Bronya, who could go head-to-head with a Honkai Beast, without any equipment, wasn't that like an old man hanging himself... courting death?!
"Oh~ then bye-bye~, Mei, let's go, hehe~" Kiana hugged Mei and walked to the side, preparing for the training that Kiana had been looking forward to. It was normal to accidentally touch some parts during training.
"......" Li Xuan helplessly sat down on a wooden pillar, watching the girls in tank tops and shorts, their fair skin exposed, sweating as they fought each other.
'Ah... so dazzling.' Li Xuan quietly hugged his legs and silently enjoyed the view, feeling that it wouldn't be bad to just keep watching like this.
"Hey~ Student Li Xuan, why aren't you practicing?" The good times didn't last long, as a voice suddenly came from behind Li Xuan.
"Class President?" Li Xuan turned his head to look behind him and his heart trembled. Wasn't this the class president who had dragged him into the classroom and forced him to strip down to his underwear in front of everyone?! Li Xuan was a little flustered.
"Why aren't you practicing?" Fu Hua said faintly, pushing up the glasses on her nose and casually sitting down next to Li Xuan, asking curiously.
"...Haha~ well... I don't really know anyone..." Li Xuan said with some embarrassment. He had been at this school for less than a week, and he was a bit of an otaku. How could he know anyone?! Reality wasn't like those novels where you could really have a harem just by going to a girls' school...
"Mmm, I see..." Fu Hua nodded in understanding. She turned her head and asked, "Are you also from Huaxia, Student Li Xuan?"
"Huaxia?... Mmm, I guess so." Li Xuan thought for a moment and then nodded. The Huaxia in this world was still quite similar to his previous life. The people living on the Divine Land were still yellow-skinned.
"Then we can be considered fellow countrymen..." Fu Hua still had a cold expression on her face, but her tone had softened. "I'm from Hong Kong..." Fu Hua's pair of azure eyes stared at Li Xuan.
"I heard that Student Li Xuan survived for a long time in 'Nagazora City,' a place with a 3A-level Honkai infection?!" Fu Hua stared at Li Xuan with a blank expression, a trace of curiosity and defiance flashing in her eyes.
"Mmm... that's right," Li Xuan answered straightforwardly.
"In that case... since Student Li Xuan doesn't have a training partner, why don't you let me train with you?" Fu Hua suddenly stood up and said. Her pair of long, slender legs looked straight and powerful. A cold glint flashed across her transparent glasses.
"Huh?!" Li Xuan was completely bewildered.
"What's wrong?" Fu Hua asked, looking at Li Xuan in confusion.
"Nothing... then let's do it." Li Xuan gritted his teeth and said. Without his equipment, he was actually quite weak. Other than his half-baked Gun Kata, which wasn't really presentable, he didn't have many offensive means...
Actually, that wasn't entirely true. The abilities granted to him by the Stigmata were ridiculously strong. The 'Vermilion Bird Flame' could definitely kill gods and buddhas... but he certainly couldn't use it on his classmates. As for the other powers, the Power of Metal could only transform into weapons, and after his research, the Power of Wood could only grant poison immunity, but unfortunately, it was only for self-preservation and couldn't cure others of poison... However, it seemed the Power of Wood could also communicate with plants and the like...
"Are you ready, Student Li Xuan?" Fu Hua stood briskly on the empty tatami mat and looked faintly at Li Xuan, who stood opposite her, looking a bit constrained.
"....Mmm." Li Xuan said, a little nervous. The corner of his eye couldn't help but glance at the large group of girls surrounding him and Class President Fu Hua for their match.
"It's Sister Fu Hua!"
"Sister is as cool as ever today!"
"Is Sister Fu Hua going to fight that male transfer student?!"
"Ahhh, Sister Fu Hua will definitely win!"
"......You're really popular..." Li Xuan listened to the cheers and support coming from all directions and said with a wry smile to the girl who also had a delicate Eastern face.
"Mmm, I am." A fleeting smile crossed the girl's lips. The next moment, she suddenly opened her eyes wide, like a fierce tiger glaring angrily.
"Here I come!" Fu Hua shouted loudly, her figure instantly blurring in Li Xuan's vision. A strong gust of wind appeared in front of Li Xuan.
Before the voice fell, the force had arrived!
(End of Chapter)