"You want me to practice swordsmanship with you...what specifically do you want me to do?" Qingdeng asked in return.

"You just need to spar with me." Elodie replied with a smile, "I haven't sparred with someone for a long time...I almost forgot what it feels like to spar with people or things other than air. ."

Elodie's current expression... made Qingto couldn't help but recall the expression on his face when Mai Kinoshita revealed the hidden identity of the cat monk to him and asked him to help deal with the group of people who wanted to test the sword with Kudo - - They all show hope and expectation, but also a little bit of worry.

They were worried that Qingdeng would reject them out loud.

Thoughts and imperceptible confusion flashed back and forth in Qingdeng's pupils... These emotions together formed an emotion called "hesitation".

Qingdeng has never been the kind of indecisive person.

He didn't keep Elodie waiting helplessly for too long——

"……I see."

Qingden raised his head, looked at the ceiling above his head, and let out a sigh of relief.

When he lowered his gaze to an angle where he could look at Elodie, a soft smile with a hint of helplessness appeared on his face.

"Then let me practice sword practice with you for a while...but I can only accompany you for a short time."

——Just think of it as a thank you to this child for protecting me and Miss Kinoshita in public just now.

Elodie had just been in the study, talking to Anthony and others about the good qualities of Fox Monk and Cat Monk, trying hard to maintain the image of Fox Monk and Cat Monk... This made Qingdeng feel a little embarrassed, but also A little touched.

This was the first time Qingteng heard others praise him and Kinoshita Mai's current deeds and achievements in person.

There is a feeling that... everything that I and Kinoshita Mai have done so far can still be rewarded.

Anyway, Miss Angoulême's request is not too excessive or too difficult to handle. Let's just satisfy this little fan who just helped me and Miss Kinoshita... If I practice swordsmanship with this child, maybe I can do it. What useful talents can be copied from her? This is Qingdeng's current mood.

Talent is something that has no distinction between age and gender.

Who knows if this child has any useful talents hidden in his body?

Qingden felt that Elodie's eloquence was quite good, so Qingden speculated that he might be able to copy talents related to eloquence from her.

Maybe it's because she didn't expect Qingdeng to agree so readily... Elodie now looked like she had "stopped thinking".

She looked at Qingdeng blankly.

Then...she didn't say anything.

He just clenched his fists, and then jumped on the spot several times while laughing stupidly, his face slightly red due to excitement.

She was so happy that she jumped on the spot... Her actions like this are worth a thousand words.

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The place Elodie chose to practice sword practice with her was a spacious corridor adjacent to the restaurant.

According to Elodie, this is the most spacious corridor in their home.

This corridor can accommodate three strong adults walking side by side... It is more than enough to serve as a sword practice location.

"Miss Angoulême, can I just fight with you?" Qingden repeated softly what Elodie had just requested.

"Yeah!" Elodie, who was standing opposite Qingdeng, nodded vigorously, bent down, and took off her pair of white velvet slippers that were not convenient for running because of the high-heeled design.

Her fair and pink feet were exposed, and her ten toes were as translucent as white lotus roots.

Qingden nodded, expressed "I understand" to Elodie with his movements, then glanced at Elodie's robe: "Miss Angoulême, don't you change your clothes?"

"It's too troublesome to go back and change clothes."

When the word "change clothes" was mentioned, a hint of fear and boredom appeared on Elodie's cheeks.

"Mr. Tachibana, you probably don't know...it's very troublesome to wear women's clothing in our country."

"Many of the clothes take a long time to put on even with the help of servants."

"That's all I need."

After saying that, Elodie waved her left hand, shook off the hem of her white robe, and then raised her wooden bayonet with great momentum.

Elodie's posture is quite standard for swordsmanship - her right arm holding the sword is raised forward, and her right foot steps forward the length of two soles. Her body's center of gravity falls evenly on both feet, with her right foot

The toes of the left foot point forward and the toes of the left foot point to the left. The right arm holding the sword is half bent, the elbow joint is facing the right side of the body, the tip of the sword and the right eye are on a horizontal line, and the gaze is fixed on Qingden.

After Elodie assumed her posture, her whole aura changed a bit, and there was a heroic spirit between her brows.

"Mr. Tachibana, I'm ready!"

Qingdeng smiled slightly, and then pulled out the Dingguishen from his waist.

Naturally, it was impossible for him to practice sword practice with Elodie with a real sword.

Elodie and the others did not have wooden swords or bamboo swords at home, so Qingdeng could only pull out the Dingguishen, then put the knife aside on the ground, took out the empty scabbard of the Dingguishen, and replaced the knife with the sheath.

Holding the sword with both hands... Oh, no, it was Qingden holding the sheath with both hands. He shouted in conjunction with Elodie: "Come here!"

Elodie smiled brightly at Qingden.

Then he quickly put away the smile on his face, stepped forward, and took the initiative to attack Qingdeng.

Qingdeng's vision was instantly filled with flying white robes.

Elodie uses the stabbing technique, so her attacks are basically thrusting techniques.

The wooden stabbing sword drew straight lines and swept towards various parts of Qingdeng's body.

Perhaps because he was afraid of hurting Qingdeng, the places Elodie attacked were Qingdeng's upper arms and thighs, which were fleshy areas and would not hurt even if he was hit.

However, Elodie's concerns were obviously overblown.

Elodie's movements are indeed very beautiful, her sword path is very stable, and she has practiced all kinds of swordsmanship skills in a decent manner.

But she is just a 12-year-old girl after all.

Children of this age have not even grown up yet. They need strength but not power, and they need speed but not speed.

Due to the limitations of her body functions, it was naturally impossible for Elodie to launch any attack that would pose a huge threat to Qingden.

In a word - Elodie's sword thrust out had no chance of hitting Qingden.

Qingden could easily dodge Elodie's attack even though he had been dragging his body for several days without sleeping and was extremely tired.

Without even blinking, Qingden took two steps back and dodged Elodie's stabbing blow.

His combo was dodged, and Elodie did not show any anxiety or annoyance.

She just calmly stepped forward again, caught up with Qingdeng who was hiding away, and launched a new round of attacks on Qingdeng, while Qingdeng continued to hide away.

Elodie kept attacking, while Qingden kept dodging.

This "you attack and I hide" situation did not last long.

Qingden suddenly wanted to see how well Elodie's defense and dodge abilities were. After dodging Elodie's countless thrusts, he suddenly took out the scabbard in his hand from the top.

Launched a counterattack - of course, Qingdeng's counterattack was a big blow.

If he uses all his strength to deal with Elodie...then this sparring will immediately turn into a "residency murder incident".

Qingden only used one arm to exert force, and tried his best to slow down the strength and speed of the attack.

But even so, Elodie still had a hard time hiding.

She was furious and hurriedly turned her body to one side, barely dodging Qingdeng's blow.

Looking at the place where she was almost hit, Elodie blinked her big eyes blankly for a few times, then giggled.

Of course Elodie could tell: Qingdeng's counterattack just now was unrestrained. If Qingdeng showed his true ability, she might not even see Qingdeng's movements clearly and was knocked down by Qingdeng.

The ground is gone.

However, even though she knew that the reason why she was able to dodge Qingden's attack was not because of how powerful she was, Elodie still felt quite happy.

I successfully dodged the attack just now... A faint sense of accomplishment arose in her heart, joy filled her entire face, and a childlike smile appeared on her face.

The sparring continues.

Elodie took the initiative to attack Qingden again.

However, her attacks continued to fail, and she never succeeded in hitting Qingdeng once.

Qingden, who either sided to avoid Elodie's attack, or raised the scabbard in his hand to block Elodie's stabbing sword... was now frowning slightly, staring straight at Elodie's little feet under her robe.

The reason why Qingden stared at Elodie's feet like this... was naturally not because Elodie's feet were so pink and cute that he couldn't help but want to see more, or because of some other strange reason.

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After once again blocking Elodie's attack with the scabbard, Qingden took advantage of Elodie's reorganization and whispered to Elodie:

"Ms. Angoulême, your feet are a little too tight. Your steps have become less flexible and faster. Please relax your toes and soles a little more."

Just now, when Elodie struggled to dodge his counterattack, Qingden discovered that Elodie had a problem with "the legs are too tight".

Because the legs are too tight, whether it is chasing the opponent or avoiding the opponent's attack, the steps will be too stiff and not flexible enough.

"Huh?" Hearing what Qingdeng said, Elodie was stunned, then lowered her head and looked at her feet under her robes, "Relax a little more...?"

Elodie's face was full of confusion.
To be continued...