Did He Feel Her All Over? - Anime: Infinite Swordsman! (Danmachi+Asterisk War+Rakudai)

Chapter 368: Did He Feel Her All Over?

"Huh?!"

Yakushi Kiriko looked at Luke in a daze.

"…Do you know what you're saying??"

Kiriko had originally been the first to think of discussing techniques, but she had given up on that thought because Luke's ability was unrelated to hers.

She had not expected that the idea she had just abandoned would immediately be brought up by Luke.

Although she felt pleased that the other party's thoughts aligned with hers, Kiriko still had to remind him.

"Our abilities are used in completely different ways."

"Don't tell me you think concept interference and natural manipulation work on the same principle… do… huh?"

Before she could finish speaking, Kiriko stopped.

Because she sensed the water vapor surrounding her, water vapor that did not belong to her.

As a water user, especially as a powerhouse who had developed water control to a rather deep level, even if Kiriko's control over water could not be called unmatched, it was still outstanding.

Especially when it came to water near her own body, Kiriko had nearly absolute control over it.

But what had she sensed just now?

There was actually water vapor that did not belong to her surrounding her?

Doubt and vigilance instantly appeared in her heart, but in the next moment, Kiriko suddenly looked toward Luke.

Those emerald-green eyes flickered with incomparable shock.

"This is… your ability?!"

"How did you do that… N-No, how could you possibly do that? Your ability is clearly 'starlight'!"

Under the impact of her surprise, Kiriko even became somewhat incoherent for a moment.

Facing her slightly flustered behavior, Luke did not explain too much.

He merely smiled faintly, then spoke.

"Can we continue the topic from earlier now?"

Luke's calm expression affected Kiriko.

After taking a deep breath, she also calmed down.

Although the astonishment in her eyes still could not be hidden, at least she was no longer incoherent.

Suppressing the curiosity and excitement in her heart, Kiriko seriously considered Luke's proposal this time.

A moment later, she answered,

"This matter… I can agree to it."

"Guiding you… no, I think calling it a mutual discussion would be more appropriate."

"There's no problem with discussing it together, but it can't be recently. You should understand the reason, right?"

"…Understand what???"

Luke looked at Kiriko with a blank face, completely unaware of what reason she was talking about.

His reaction also left Kiriko baffled.

After hesitating for a moment, Kiriko suddenly asked Luke in a strange tone,

"Don't tell me you haven't looked at the tournament bracket at all?"

"Hm?? There's a tournament bracket? When did that happen???"

"…"

Kiriko could not help placing a hand against her forehead.

She had indeed seen that Luke was the type who did not care about his opponents, but she had truly not expected him to not even look at the tournament bracket.

"It was released several days ago!"

"What exactly have you been doing all this time? Don't tell me you trained so intensely that you completely forgot yourself and didn't pay attention to any online information?"

"Uh…"

Hearing Kiriko ask this, Luke suddenly felt a little awkward.

There was no helping it.

After all, during this period, he had been just a little too happy to think of leaving.

Although he had not slackened in training, during the other time outside of training, Luke had been sticking close to Edelweiss.

The two talked, laughed, ate, and drank together. Their little days were so pleasant he could barely describe it.

Moreover, Edelweiss could even train with him.

In fact, the entertainment activity the two did most often together was comparing swordsmanship.

Under those circumstances, Luke really had not thought about anything else at all.

Even when the Seven Star Sword Art Festival was about to begin, Edelweiss had been the one to remind him.

Otherwise, Luke might very well have made a delayed entrance just like Stella.

Seeing him like this, Kiriko also understood that he really had not looked at the bracket.

She sighed in extreme speechlessness, then began explaining.

"You and I are in the same block. If nothing unexpected happens, and if both of us defeat our first-round opponents, then we'll face each other in the second round."

"Honestly… Why did you think I came over to talk to you? To hit on you?"

'Wasn't that basically hitting on me…'

Luke did not dare say those words out loud.

However, the way his gaze unconsciously swept across that white and large area showed his attitude.

Seeing Luke like this, Kiriko immediately glared at him in annoyance.

"Where are you looking!"

"In any case, the two of us will meet in the competition very soon. Whether it's discussion or guidance, let's leave it until after that."

"Although I don't have much interest in the Sword Art Festival, I did promise the school that I would do my best. I can't reveal my trump cards to my opponent before the match."

"Especially when that opponent is you, a championship favorite who needs to be treated carefully."

At this point, Kiriko tried to bring the water vapor that did not belong to her under her control.

It went very smoothly, but it could not be called successful.

Pulling the water vapor closer so that it clung to her body, Kiriko used her body to feel how this power differed from her own.

She controlled this water vapor very easily, but she understood that it was because Luke had no intention of fighting her for control at all.

Through the feedback from her body, Kiriko could clearly understand how unusual this power was.

If they truly fought over control, then even she was not one hundred percent confident she could seize it from Luke.

The source controlling this power felt like something entirely different from a Blazer's ability.

'Interesting.'

Kiriko truly became more and more interested in Luke.

Not only was his body so perfect, even his water-control ability was this unique.

As she thought and thought, the gaze she directed at Luke once again became heated.

But all of a sudden, Kiriko froze in place as though she had thought of something.

She quickly drove away the water vapor clinging to her body, glared at Luke with her face bright red, and questioned him viciously.

"Did you do that on purpose?!"

"Do what on purpose??"

"You're still playing dumb! You definitely felt it, didn't you?!"

"Felt what???"

Luke looked at Kiriko, whose attitude had suddenly changed, and was momentarily confused.

He had no idea what he had done.

Aside from giving up when the other party had tried to fight him for control just now, he really had not done anything.

Why did she suddenly have an expression as though he had taken advantage of her?

Luke's innocent appearance did not look like an act, which made Kiriko hesitate over whether she had misunderstood.

The reason she reacted like this was because Kiriko herself had already developed her "water" ability to a rather deep realm.

The water flow under her control could even feed back touch like her own hands and feet.

Thinking of this, then thinking of how she had pressed Luke's water against her own body just now, Kiriko felt so embarrassed she wanted to crawl into a hole.

It really had been an instinctive action.

After all, no one had ever surpassed her in control over "water."

As long as water vapor was brought under her control, no one else could interfere anymore.

But just now, Luke had deliberately given up control.

Combined with that special water vapor whose full control she could not seize for a while, Kiriko suspected that she might have already been felt all over by Luke.

However, judging from Luke's reaction, it also did not seem like it…

For a while, Kiriko could not make up her mind either.

After all, making water flow feed back tactile sensations was quite difficult, and so far, Kiriko had never discovered a second person capable of doing it.

Moreover, Luke was a swordsman.

Even if he could control water, his attainment might not necessarily be that high.

Thinking of this, the shame in Kiriko's heart faded quite a bit.

Luke, meanwhile, scratched his head and innocently watched the woman in white before him perform a face-changing act.

He truly did not have the ability to make water flow feed back touch.

So of course, he could not possibly have felt the beauty of Kiriko's body…

…Mm. Just take that as the truth.

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Chapter 368 - Did He Feel Her All Over?