Chapter 328: The Surprises Each Side Prepared!
Compared to Luke's helplessness when facing Edelweiss's changed attack pattern, Edelweiss was actually even more helpless.
It was not only because of her attack method.
Even thinking back on the negotiation over Rule of Grace just now made her angry at herself for being so weak-willed.
Faced with honey, juice, and the special apples that tempted her most of all, Edelweiss, who had imagined personally making an unbelievably delicious apple pie, ultimately fell.
Defeated by Luke's offensive, Edelweiss had no choice but to form a vow with him once again.
Moreover, this time, there was no time limit.
Under Luke's various requests, this vow had completely become something with no time limit, no restrictions, and no need to meet conditions before it could be triggered at will.
To Edelweiss, it felt as tragic and infuriating as personally handing Luke the remote control to a certain electric toy.
But she had no choice.
Under the temptation of delicious food, Edelweiss had no resistance at all and obediently complied with Luke's wishes.
However, after the vow was formed and Edelweiss came back to her senses, she was no longer as obedient as before.
The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. That was exactly her current state of mind.
She thought of the miserable experiences she had suffered recently.
Then she thought of how she had just lost to Luke's food temptation without any resistance.
Finally, she thought of how she had obediently listened to him and formed a nearly permanent vow with him.
Realizing that from now on, the experiences she had endured recently would permanently accompany her, Edelweiss suddenly felt the urge to cry.
But when she thought of those special delicacies that only Luke could provide, deep down, Edelweiss did not actually feel that she had lost out.
Instead, she even felt a little happy.
Because Edelweiss understood her own heart clearly, no matter how unwilling she was, she had to admit that she had already begun to become somewhat unable to do without Luke.
Of course, that referred to the desserts and the vow.
It absolutely was not some strange idea.
Now that things had reached this point, even Edelweiss had no way to solve it.
After all, the ability Rule of Grace had been designed from the beginning to operate on the basis of absolute fairness.
No one could interfere with it.
At least until Edelweiss herself developed her "contract" ability to the point where she could overturn its foundation, the bond between her and him was now engraved.
The more she thought about it, the more unwilling she became.
For the first time, Edelweiss began to wonder whether her grasp of her own heart might not be as accurate as she thought.
Otherwise, Luke had done so many excessive things to her, so why did she no longer feel that angry?
Before this meeting, she had clearly been very angry.
Speaking of which…
It seemed like Luke had taken away quite a few of her firsts.
As though angered by her own weakness, Edelweiss's attacks against Luke grew stronger with every strike.
Her speed grew faster and faster, and her power grew greater and greater.
Before she realized it, Edelweiss had already surpassed her own full power and begun advancing toward a brand-new realm in the middle of battle.
At this moment, Edelweiss had already taken off that pure-white coat.
She did not want to damage that coat, which held some commemorative meaning.
So she had handed it to Luke first, and he had stored it in the Portable Pocket together with the several payments he had given her for renewing the vow.
Of course, she did not know Luke was using an item.
Like everyone else, Edelweiss thought that was a Noble Art Luke had developed through his own ability.
Seeing Luke charge straight toward her, Edelweiss instantly understood his intention.
Under her enormous advantage, trading injury for injury was not a wise move, and evading would cause her aura to fall behind.
Although there seemed to be three choices, when facing Luke's Four-Birth Sword, Edelweiss actually only had one option.
A head-on clash.
For her, who stood at the peak of this world, that was not difficult.
The problem was how to deal with Luke's strange technique that had inexplicably cut apart her Device.
Edelweiss looked at the sword lights rushing toward her like a flood covering heaven and earth, and a charming smile appeared on her lips.
At some point, as though influenced by Luke, she had begun looking forward to him constantly creating surprises in battle.
At the same time, she also looked forward to seeing how he would respond to the surprise she had prepared.
After all, she was Twin-Wings Edelweiss.
She was the end of all swordsmanship in this world.
Facing Luke's mysterious "cutting" ability, how could she possibly have made no preparations at all?
'Let me see how far you can go this time.'
'I have no intention of losing again like last time!'
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While the battles on both sides began, the ones taking action were not only the students of Hagun and Akatsuki.
"Damn it, could this be any more unlucky?!"
"Why did flights have to be suspended today of all days?!"
A petite woman wearing a kimono, Saikyo Nene, cursed angrily while sprinting forward.
"Honestly, it's rare for me to agree with you."
Running just as quickly beside her was Hagun Academy's Director, Shinguji Kurono.
The two of them were running along the Shinkansen tracks.
Originally, because of their respective work, they should have been staying in Osaka, the venue for this year's Seven Star Sword Art Festival.
But after receiving a report from the teachers who had stayed behind at Hagun Academy that they were under attack, the two immediately set out to return to Tokyo.
However, all flights between Tokyo and Osaka had been suspended because of an abnormality on the runway.
"Today of all days… Tch. Or maybe I should say, it happened precisely because it was today."
Hearing Kurono's words, Nene curled her lips in disgust and said,
"Even if you thought of it, don't say it out loud. I hate thinking about troublesome things like that."
To be honest, one of them manipulated gravity, and the other manipulated time.
Now that they were each using their abilities to run, they might be considerably faster than the Shinkansen.
Although they could not compare to an airplane, they were still extremely fast.
However, that did not mean the two of them intended to forgive the trash who had caused them trouble.
Representatives from various schools had suddenly gathered together and attacked Hagun, yet there had not been any news reports about such a major incident.
When combined with the sudden suspension of flights, if someone tried to say there was no conspiracy behind this and no powerful figure operating in the shadows…
They would never believe it, even if they were beaten to death.
Right now, Nene and Kurono had not obtained much information, so they did not know the truth of this incident.
But those people had better pray the two of them never found out anything.
Otherwise, Nene and Kurono would properly teach that trash the terror of being "ranked third in the League's world rankings."
If they truly grew angry, the combined efforts of World Clock and Yaksha Princess, the old and new third-ranked powerhouses, might even flip the entire country down.
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