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."
have reasons to keep my Martial Art hidden, I'm afraid," Rui
a hand on his shoulder as she stood him straight. "Still, even if you don't tell me, I can tell that it is a particularly potent Martial Path.
an eyebrow.
She nodded, deep
furrowed his eyebrows. She couldn't just say something like
his reactions. She still hadn't
Rui tried to draw her attention. "Is
why he was here. For the most part,
as she glared lightly at him, knitting her eyebrows "Don't call me that. It makes
would you like me
can call
"…Right."
to do with what you can do
Rui raised an eyebrow.
Art can have on others, do
knitted his eyebrows.
replied, turning toward him with
with him normal strikes. His mental breakdown at the fight was not
"No
eyes widened. "I
thing to bring it up to you. As a leader of the Floating Sect, I
frowned as he stared at her with
arose from her, washing
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
The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!