Chapter 277: The Two Injured People!
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Luke, who was lying on the ground, and Edelweiss, who was lying on top of him, silently looked at each other. For a moment, the atmosphere fell into a strange silence.
The two of them, who had recovered from their dizziness one after another, saw the other person's face almost pressed against their own the moment they regained awareness.
The breath they exhaled lightly brushed against each other's faces. The slight warmth it brought was especially obvious in this cold rainy weather.
Whether it was Luke or Edelweiss, both of them were looking at each other with dazed expressions.
Because of her Device breaking, combined with the injury caused by his attack, Edelweiss, whose consciousness had scattered due to a moment of carelessness, had no idea why she was lying on top of Luke.
And in such an ambiguous posture too. The two of them had almost kissed.
Edelweiss, who had always devoted herself entirely to swordsmanship training, had barely even made friends, let alone had much understanding of romantic feelings between men and women.
As someone unmatched beneath the heavens, she had not the slightest experience in this area.
Unlike the confused Edelweiss, although Luke also looked dazed, he was more surprised by Edelweiss's sudden action of pushing him down to the ground.
Just as Edelweiss had gradually understood Luke as a person through the crossing of swords, he had also gained some understanding of her through her swordsmanship and sword intent.
This world's strongest swordsman was actually just an ordinary girl deep down.
Like an ordinary girl, she liked sweets, liked beautiful clothes, enjoyed cooking, and cared about her own image.
Just as her pure and flawless sword intent reflected, Edelweiss was actually a simple and kind girl.
The difference between Edelweiss and an ordinary young girl was only that she possessed a shocking talent that ordinary girls did not have.
And yet, this very Edelweiss had now committed the act of "pushing him down," which truly left Luke somewhat puzzled.
However, very quickly, he discovered that she herself was even more confused than him.
Although it was Edelweiss who had pressed him beneath her, making it look at first glance as though she was planning something improper, in reality, it seemed to be an accident?
After waiting for a short while and confirming that Edelweiss had no further intentions, Luke spoke somewhat awkwardly.
"Um… how about you get off me first?"
There was no way it would not be awkward. After all, his hands were currently on her thighs, and the position was extremely dangerous.
As long as he was willing, if he moved them slightly inward, it seemed like he would touch some rather private areas.
To be honest, Edelweiss's figure was extremely perfect.
Perhaps it was for convenience of movement, or perhaps because of some other idea, but in any case, her outfit could be said to be extremely alluring.
Her pure-white light armor, paired with her fair skin and snow-white long hair, was indeed dreamlike, beautiful, and sacred.
However, the coverage area of this light armor was extremely small.
Her arms, chest, thighs, as well as her entire abdomen and back were all exposed.
If the gauntlets, battle boots, and decorative parts were removed, then the remaining main body of the light armor actually covered about the same area as underwear.
If one looked at Edelweiss's lower body, one could even see what looked like the strings of some kind of close-fitting clothing.
Feeling the smooth, delicate, and wonderful sensation transmitted through his hands, Luke could not help feeling somewhat distracted for a moment.
If it were not for the pain that came from all over his body from time to time—
With Edelweiss's current posture, with that greatness pressing against him and the place where she was sitting, Luke would absolutely have some reaction somewhere.
As for now…
The continuous pain and the weakness of having exhausted his strength made him unable to "show anything unsightly" toward Edelweiss.
After hearing his words, Edelweiss also reacted from her confusion.
The instant she clearly realized the current state between herself and Luke, a flush appeared on her beautiful face.
"Eh? I-I'll get down right away… ugh…"
However, just as she planned to use strength to stand up, the wound on her abdomen that he had cut open with Ser-Veresta earlier once again produced intense pain because of her exerting force.
Luke had not held back at all back then.
This wound was extremely deep. It could be said to have seriously affected Edelweiss's ability to exert force through her waist and abdomen.
Originally, no matter what, Luke should not have been able to leave such a serious injury on the world's strongest "Twin Wings."
But Edelweiss truly had not expected his action of destroying her Device.
It was not that she had not guarded against the ability of Luke's Device, but rather that Luke's flickering blue starlight was far too conspicuous.
No matter who it was, the first time they saw Prana, they would absolutely think of it as Luke's ability.
Not to mention, before coming to obstruct Luke, Edelweiss had also briefly learned about the relevant information regarding this "Falling Star Sword Emperor."
Naturally, she would not have overlooked the clearly written word "starlight" in the ability column.
In this world, one Blazer only possessed one ability. This was an unchanging truth from ancient times to the present.
So Edelweiss had never imagined that Luke would use another ability.
Even now, she did not think her Device had been destroyed because of another ability.
Edelweiss, who could not use strength in her waist and abdomen, had only managed to rise halfway before her body went soft and she fell down again.
However, this time, she did not crash onto the boy.
After a brief rest, Luke had already recovered some stamina under the effect of the "Endurance" attribute from his Falna.
Although it was not much, and it still was not enough to support him in battle, it was enough to move his body.
Putting strength into his hands, Luke directly supported Edelweiss, preventing her from falling onto him again.
It was not that he did not want to take the opportunity to get a little advantage, nor was it that this action was more convenient than embracing or holding her.
Rather, he could only use this action to help Edelweiss stabilize herself.
Do not forget, Luke still had two huge crossing wounds on his chest.
If he suffered secondary damage again, then the little bit of stamina he had finally recovered would probably vanish in an instant.
Luke did not want to bring suffering upon himself.
In the end, with his help, the two of them found a piece of broken rock and sat down leaning against it.
Actually, if possible, Luke and Edelweiss wanted to find a place where they could take shelter from the rain and rest.
But because of the aftermath of their battle, the small mountain that should originally have been filled with lush trees had now turned into a desolate flatland.
Even finding this broken rock to use as a backrest had not been easy.
As for leaving this place—
It was still inconvenient for Edelweiss to move for the time being.
If she could use magic power, then although an injury of this level was serious, it would not have left her to the point where even walking was difficult.
However, because her Device had been damaged, using magic power had become extremely strenuous for her.
And Luke, whose energy had been completely exhausted and who was covered in injuries, was not much better than her.
So in the end, the two of them decided to rest first before making any plans.
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