"Come with me..." Kokushibo said slowly.
"Eh? Where are we going? What are we going to do, Lord Kokushibo?" Doma's beautiful eyes widened, and he followed with a joyful and expectant expression. Wow—this is the first time Lord Kokushibo has taken the initiative! As expected, my efforts to bond with him have been very effective, and he has acknowledged me as his good friend Although Lord Kokushibo doesn't show it on the surface, he must be overjoyed on the inside! That's why he's so enthusiastically taking me to play now
"Lord Kokushibo really is cold on the outside but passionate on the inside. How cute~" Doma cupped his cheek with his left hand and thought happily to himself.
They walked out of the mansion and stood in the flat area filled with black pillars. Only then did Kokushibo turn to look at Doma. "I... will train you," he said solemnly.
"Ah? Eh?!" Doma covered his mouth with his hands, an expression of astonishment on his face. "That's... not necessary..." he waved his hands repeatedly. Training doesn't suit my elegant self at all.
"We're starting." Kokushibo ignored his refusal, said succinctly, and instantly drew the eye-covered sword.
"Eh—?" Before he could even see the trajectory of the blade, Doma's head slid off his neck. Before his head hit the ground, he raised his right hand and caught his own hair. Immediately after, two more flashes of sword light that he couldn't see passed by, and his arms also fell off.
Kokushibo looked down at Doma, who was reassembling his body, and the stern expression on his face softened slightly.
"Oh my, Lord Kokushibo, you're so fast! I couldn't react at all~" Doma reattached his head and arms and praised him with a chuckle.
"Continue!" Kokushibo raised his sword again.
"Eh? Let's not..." Before Doma could finish his sentence, his head fell off again.
For the next period of time, it was a process of Kokushibo lightly drawing and sheathing his sword, and Doma pitifully searching for his head all over the ground. Bright red blood painted the ground; the scene was quite gory.
Kokushibo didn't use any sword techniques. Just with his body's speed and the enhancement of the Transparent World, it was enough to make it impossible for Doma to react. After all, it's just basic training; it's not good to use Blood Demon Arts.
"Lord Kokushibo really is amazing, but isn't he a bit overly passionate?" Doma, having reattached his head once again, thought with a troubled look. So Lord Kokushibo is this kind of person. Usually so dignified and quiet, serious and cold, with an air of pushing everyone away. But when you deepen your relationship with him, you discover his true nature of being cold on the outside but warm on the inside.
"After hearing that Lord Akaza was unwilling to train with me, he enthusiastically invited me to train with him, giving me no room to refuse..."
"He's so passionate it's overwhelming!"
"And also very strict. As expected, he's a person who is serious about everything he does." Doma looked at Kokushibo, who was raising his sword again, shook the golden fans in his hands, and put on a pitiful look. "But, Lord Kokushibo, although the wounds heal quickly, it still hurts, you know~"
"This doesn't have any training effect at all..."
The figure in purple and red suddenly vanished from his spot. Doma's eyes darted, and he suddenly raised the fan in his right hand.
Clang—
The eye-covered blade met the golden fan with a crisp sound. For the first time, he had successfully blocked Kokushibo's surprise attack. Immediately after, the blade's light deflected, and Doma's head fell off again.
After severing Doma's neck for the tenth time, Kokushibo stood by silently with his sword, watching the guy on the ground pick up his head. The anger in his heart finally subsided. He had returned to his usual calm and undisturbed state of mind. It was the first time he had broken his own rules to do such a thing, but he had to admit, it had indeed swept away his previous displeasure.
After giving Doma sufficient punishment, Kokushibo began to take this training seriously. Since he had said he would train Doma, he had to complete it meticulously and not go back on his word or give up halfway. As a senior and a superior, Kokushibo didn't mind guiding a junior.
For the next period, he slowed down and acted as a qualified sparring partner. The two began to exchange blows.
"Physical abilities are good, especially... speed is excellent."
"But... reaction time is unqualified. Vision... cannot keep up..." Kokushibo commented calmly, but his brow furrowed tighter and tighter. He found that Doma's physical abilities were very good, especially his speed and flexibility. He was agile, powerful, and had high potential, truly a piece of uncut jade. But it seemed he had never undergone systematic training, which was why his reaction time and dynamic vision were so poor.
He was like a person with naturally extraordinary physical abilities who had never been trained. Although he could crush the weak with his powerful body, he had not tapped into his own potential at all. It was a complete... waste of a natural gift!
Thinking this, Kokushibo felt displeased again, and his movements became a bit faster.
Doma wildly flapped... uh, no, flexibly waved his fans, barely blocking the incoming blade strikes one after another. "Using fans as a weapon... is clever. But... it's full of openings..." Kokushibo was puzzled again, feeling that although Doma's movements were elegant and nimble, they seemed to have no form.
"Your... own self-created fan style?" he asked.
"Huh? What fan style?" Doma blinked his eyes with an innocent and blank look. "Oh! Are you talking about the fan dance? I'm very good at it~"
"Does Lord Kokushibo want to see me dance?" he showed a brilliant smile.
Kokushibo: ...
In other words, this guy has never trained himself and doesn't know any fan style at all... A vein popped on Kokushibo's forehead. The sword in his hand suddenly became a blur and cut off Doma's head again. So what does this guy do every day? Dance?
Kokushibo, who was obsessed with getting stronger, couldn't understand Doma's lazy style despite his extraordinary talent. And yet, Doma had still managed to climb to the position of Upper Moon Two! As expected... every single part of this guy, he found it extremely disagreeable!
After beating Doma up fiercely, Kokushibo turned and left in a huff, not wanting to see this guy's face for another second.
"Eh—is Lord Kokushibo leaving already?" Doma restored his body and looked at Kokushibo's departing back with a dejected expression. "Oh my, it seems I've disappointed Lord Kokushibo."
"Lord Kokushibo is just like Lord Akaza. They're both cold on the surface but value their comrades very much on the inside."
"Because he treasures his friends so much, that's why he's so merciless."
"Every strike was filled with care and love for a friend, desperately hoping I would become stronger so I wouldn't die by accident..." Doma put away the fans in his hands, and his rainbow eyes instantly filled with tears. "Lord Kokushibo has such high hopes for me. It's so moving!"
He completely understood Lord Kokushibo's good intentions, but he really found training too boring. And he was a mage; he didn't need close combat. Uh, although I'm very happy to play close combat with others, because it feels more interesting~
"But I shouldn't betray a good friend's expectations." Doma thought with a troubled expression. Mmm—is there a cleverer way to improve my own reaction time?
Transparent World? Uh, give him ten thousand years and he couldn't even dream of it.Maybe I can develop a targeted ability? Doma thought, tilting his head.
Sigh! What a happy problem to have~
-------
Enjoying the story? Support the author and get access to early chapters by joining my Patreon!
Find me at My : pat*eon*com/RuneA
I, Herta's Fiancé, the Universe's Number One Male Fist (114 Chapter (Simulpub-Full) )
Zenless Zone Zero: I'm a Succubus in Sixth Street (390 Chapter)
Reborn in Type-Moon, My Sister is Aoko Aozaki (254 Chapter)
MyGO!! A Story Voiced by Me (140 Chapter)
BLEACH: Blade of Purification (158 Chapter)
Konoha: Starting the Game as Yoriichi (400 Chapter)
My Real Job is Spying on Konoha, but I'm Also its Hokage (140 Chapter)
The Pinnacle of the Navy! Starting from Being Captured by Garp (166 Chapter)
Watching Yu-Gi-Oh! short videos is making the veteran players lose...(80 Chapter)
Uma Musume : The Trainer Who Just Wants to Live (200 Chapter)
Zenless Zone Zero The Random Kamen Rider (190 Chapter)
Genshin Impact: It All Began With Me Being Stepped On by Arlecchino (120 Chapter)
Naruto: I Can Synthesize Summoning Beasts (96 Chapter)
Demon Slayer: The Great Swordsman's System, Disciple of Yoriichi (140 Chapter)
My Wife is a General, but I'm an Emanator of Abundance! (150 Chapter)
Type-Moon: My Nine-Fold Path (140 Chapter)
Uma Musume: They're Peeking at My Diary, and All of Tracen is Panickin (Ending)
The Wild History of Type-Moon world (70 Chapter)
Reborn in Conan, But I Refuse to Be the Bad Guy (80 Chapter)
Ruan Mei is begging me to go back? But there's no going back anymore (140 Chapter)
Just a Slacker at Tracen Academy (165 Chapter)
Survival in Blue Archive (70 Chapter)
Kimetsu no Yaiba: Doma Wasn't Hated Today, Either (100 Chapter)
The Vibe of This Chat Group is a Little Off (100 Chapter)
Heartbreak Simulator: I Broke Them and Made Them Cry (80 Chapter)
The Talentless Trainer Doesn't Want to Restart (80 Chapter)
A Journey Starting as a Quincy (80 Chapter)
Uma Musume: The Master of Romance Obstruction (80 Chapter)
Uma Musume: You Can't Be a Hero Without a Little Chemical Enhancement (40 Chapter)
Honkai Impact 3rd Your Boyfriend is Really Amazing (40 Chapter)
Warhammer 40K: My Fiancée, Fulgrim (168 Chapter)
Classroom of the Elite: Trying to Capture Me! (120 Chapter)
Genshin Impact My Named Senji Muramas (150 Chapter)
A Chef, the Vice-Captain of the Rocks Pirates? (160 Chapter)
Naruto : My Uchiha Girlfriend is Too Tsundere (130 Chapter)
Type-Moon: Reincarnated in a Lostbelt, I Became the Alien God (90 Chapter)
The Way These Horse Girls Look at Me Is Terrifying! (160 Chapter)
Naruto: Tsunade's Deskmate (130 Chapter)
I Just Want to Live a Normal (50 Chapter).
Genshin Impact: A Hundred Confessions? It's Just a System Task (70 Chapter)
OnePiece : Starting as a Veteran of the Roger Pirates (60 Chapter)
Uma Musume : I Have Special Horse Taming Techniques (170 Chapter)
Uma Musume : My other self is a Horse Girl (110 Chapter)
Jujutsu Kaisen : All Affection Stats Maxed Out (150 Chapter)
If there's a particular novel you're enjoying on Patron, please give it a 'like' so I know to focus on it