She smiled at those words. "You're this mature. At your age too, interesting."
"Everyone matures eventually," Rui modestly remarked.
"I wasn't talking about that, though there is that too, I suppose."
Rui glanced at her quizzically.
"Your Martial Art possesses a depth that I have never seen from any Martial Squire in my entire life," She murmured as she stepped closer, circling around him as she sized him up despite her closed eyes. "Intriguing, really."
She reached forward, clasping Rui's arm, lifting it up as she dropped it, almost like he were a toy.
Rui, on the other hand, was unsure whether to feel awkward or amused.
"Your Martial Art is formless," She remarked. "Yet you aren't an all-rounder. Your combat style changes and changes, like the water in an ebbing river."
"…"
"What is your Martial Path?" She asked with a hint of curiosity, as her soft yet deeply potent voice poured into his body.
"…I believe I am not obligated to divulge that," Rui steadied his nerves as he refused her question in the least confrontational way possible.
"That is true," She smiled, much to his relief. It appeared that she wasn't the egotistical type. "Most Martial Squires would readily divulge their Martial Path regardless."
I'm afraid," Rui bowed his head in apology. "I hope
stood him straight. "Still, even if you don't tell me, I can tell that it is a particularly potent Martial Path. The highest… no, the second highest grade Martial Art
an eyebrow.
nodded, deep in
eyebrows. She couldn't just say something like that and leave him
his reactions. She still hadn't opened her eyes, which Rui was starting to find
tried to draw her attention. "Is there anything else you
why he was here. For the most part, it appeared as though she simply wanted to
she glared lightly at him, knitting her eyebrows "Don't call me that. It makes me feel
like me
can call me
"…Right."
reason I called you here has nothing to do with what you can do for me," She smiled softly. "But what I can do for
Rui raised an eyebrow.
your Martial Art can have on others, do you?"
his
toward him with her closed eyes. "You
"I did not. I only struck with him normal strikes. His mental breakdown at the fight was not as a result of
She murmured. "No technique can
widened. "I did no such
it," She murmured. "It looks like it was a good thing to bring it up to you. As
as he stared at her with incredulity.
displeasure arose from her, washing over him. "I mean, big
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