Volume 1 Chapter 32 The Great Villain Of The World, Captures The Enemy
"Are you kidding me?! I bet everything on you, Prince!!"
I felt a presence behind me.
The enemy, shaking off my brothers, was getting closer. He kicked his horse and jumped.
I recognized that voice. It was Enki, the dagger user.
"Shikei! Tenhou!!"
Shouou and I turned around at the same time, drawing our swords.
"GYAAAAAAAH!?"
Then――our swords sliced through Enki's both legs.
He fell to the ground, blood gushing out.
But――
"Thank you, Enki."
Taking advantage of the moment, Zeng Taiga escaped.
Just as Shouou and I were about to chase after him, a dagger flew at us from behind.
I swatted it away and turned around――there was Enki, crawling on the ground, glaring at us.
He was the one who threw the dagger.
He sacrificed himself to let Zeng Taiga escape.
For a villain, he was surprisingly loyal.
"This shouldn't be happening... Aika Country is supposed to fall..."
He spat that out while holding his legs.
"It is supposed to fall. All the territory of Aika Country will belong to the Jinkyo Tribe. You'll learn the fear of making us your enemies someday..."
"Aika will fall?"
I pointed my sword at Enki and asked.
"Where did you hear such a story? Did you believe that nonsense because you were in a partnership with the Jinkyo Tribe?"
Enki didn't answer.
He just glared at me with a murderous look in his eyes.
"Kou family's young master. I should have killed you back then!"
"If I had known you were connected to the Jinkyo Tribe, I would have stopped you, even if it meant getting killed myself."
If the Jinkyo Tribe attacked Seirei's family and Enki was connected to them... then this guy might be involved in Seirei's family's death too.
"I'm going to make you talk. Everything you know."
"..."
Enki didn't say anything anymore.
Enki had a deep wound in his leg. His special move, 'Dash,' was no longer usable.
He managed to make Zeng Taiga escape, but he lost his legs.
He didn't have the same fighting ability as before.
With this, the 'History of Swordmaster' must have taken a different path.
"Tenhou! Are you okay――!?"
When I turned around, I saw my brother coming closer.
A few soldiers and the 'Wolf Cavalry' were riding after Zeng Taiga. They probably intended to finish him off or find his base.
Since Zeng Taiga was seriously injured, I thought they could catch him with a few people.
Maybe... but.
"Don't do anything reckless. But, you saved me. Thank you... Tenhou."
"I'm fine. More importantly, please take care of this guy... Enki. We need to get information from him."
As I said that, my brother immediately called for a medic.
There were so many things I needed to ask Enki.
Where has the enemy infiltrated? Where is their base? How did the Crown Prince know that he was here? Since when have Enki and the Jinkyo Tribe been connected? Is there an organization behind Enki?
As for the interrogation, I'll leave that to my brother.
"Also, I need to confirm with you, brother. That is a Seirei pigeon, right?"
I pointed to the soldiers guarding the caravan.
Among them was one holding a birdcage. Inside the cage was a white pigeon.
"You figured it out well, Tenhou."
"That pigeon was entrusted to you by Seirei, right? It has a tube on its leg, so it's probably used for sending documents?"
"Yes. It's well-trained for emergencies."
"In that case, I have a request. Could you grant permission on behalf of 'General Skybear'?"
I explained the situation to my brother.
He immediately granted permission.
I quickly borrowed some paper and ink and wrote a letter to 'General Skybear.'
Then I spoke to the Seirei pigeon before releasing it from the cage.
...I hope this conveys the information to father.
"With this, our mission is complete."
"Yes. But... I'm feeling very hot."
Shouou and I sat down on the ground. We were at our limit.
Both of us were drenched in sweat.
"I've heard from Master that Tenhou has incredible martial arts talent."
"...Yes?"
"Tenhou, you have almost no 'ki' energy (nairyoku). In other words, from a state of nothingness, you raised your 'ki' energy using 'Beast Body Guidance'. And since 'Beast Body Guidance' is a method to gather high-purity 'ki'... Tenhou's 'ki' energy (nairyoku) is made up of only pure 'ki'."
"Um, Shikei."
"Yeah?"
"I've never heard that story before."
"I didn't mention it."
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"I thought that if Tenhou knew you had a strange 'ki' energy, you might hesitate to do 'Beast Body Guidance' with me."
Shouou said in a lonely tone,
"Tenhou is kind. You might think about the impact on me and decide not to do the guidance together. I thought that, and it made me really sad. That's why I couldn't say it until now."
"I see..."
"But Tenhou is amazing. You defeated the enemy who took down HisRoyal Highness the Crown Prince."
"It was because Shikei was with me."
"Yeah. I was able to fight because Tenhou was with me. And... um..."
For some reason, Shouou's cheeks turned red as she said,
"When I was fighting with Tenhou, it felt really... good."
"Is that so?"
"Yeah. It felt like the boundary between me and Tenhou disappeared, and we became one living being. It was my first time feeling like that. My body got hot... and I was really, really nervous."
"Let's talk to our Master later. Master might know the reason."
"Yeah, but really... being with Tenhou is always surprising."
Saying that, Shouou smiled.
"My 'ki' energy has gotten really strong, and also... my body has changed a bit."
"Changed how?"
"...Well, you see."
Shouou leaned close to my ear and whispered,
"Since I started doing 'Beast Body Guidance' with Tenhou, my chest has been getting bigger."
"...Um."
"Remember when Tenhou came to visit, and my mother got mad at me? That was because my chest got bigger, and my body started looking more like a girl's. That made my mother worried. Look closely. I'm... wait, Tenhou? Are you listening?"
"I'm listening, I'm listening."
"Let's talk while looking at each other. Friends don't keep secrets, right?"
For some reason, Shouou was getting closer to me.
So, I ended up hearing a very detailed story about her changes from Shouou, who had a principle of not keeping any secrets from friends.
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