Looking at it this way, Jingliu was actually a pretty good teacher.
She understood what it meant to teach according to the student's ability.
Otherwise, if she used the same level of strength she used when teaching Levi, Stelle probably wouldn't even last one second before getting cut in half by Jingliu.
Seeing Jingliu take the initiative to attack, Levi tossed the plate in his mouth toward Mr. Yang.
After seeing him catch it steadily, Levi faced Jingliu and used the sword style he created himself.
"Random Bullshit Slash!"
Exactly eight slashes.
Unfortunately, even though the momentum was strong, Jingliu broke through it with a single sword strike.
Seeing Jingliu rushing straight at him, Levi tapped the ground with his toe, his figure quickly pulling backward.
Jingliu did not stop. Holding the Flashing Blade made from ice, she aimed straight for Levi's face.
While retreating, Levi saw her exposed neck and decisively swung Jizo Mitama downward.
Jingliu raised her hand. The Flashing Blade blocked the sword edge. In front of her, Levi was like a baby.
Every movement was seen through.
"Careful.", Jingliu suddenly said softly.
Her arm exerted force. Borrowing the falling momentum of Jizo Mitama, the Flashing Blade moved like a smooth swimming snake, rapidly closing in.
This sword targeted Levi's neck.
Clang!
The blade was blocked. Levi landed on the ground, shaking his left hand as ice crystals fell from his palm onto the floor.
The cold felt like needles stabbing into his bones.
"As expected of the former Sword Champion of the Luofu. Your strength really is impressive."
During the exchange just now, Levi had not used any Herrscher powers. They were purely competing with physical strength and combat skill.
The result proved that if it was only those two things, he would get chased around the world by Jingliu.
The only fortunate thing was that his horse was faster than Jingliu's.
If he really ran, Jingliu wouldn't be able to catch him.
As soon as he finished speaking, Jingliu appeared on the roof, and their positions switched.
Her thin lips parted slightly, "They are nothing more than empty titles. Right now, I am only a criminal expelled from the Luofu, stripped of all names and titles."
March 7th pointed at the two of them while lecturing Stelle.
"Look at them! Just look!"
Stelle hugged her head and squatted down. "I'm trash! I'm trash! Stop talking about me! If you keep going, YY will happen!"
Glancing at Levi, Jingliu covered her eyes with black cloth and turned around.
"Since Stelle has no intention of learning the sword from me, then let this be our final farewell."
Hearing Jingliu's words, Stelle did not regret it at all. If it were normal training, she definitely wouldn't complain.
But this kind of life-and-death teaching method...
Please forgive her for being scared of dying.
Just as Jingliu was about to leave, Levi called out to her.
She turned around. Her eyes hidden beneath the black cloth looked toward the person grabbing her arm.
———
[Some Time Later]
Levi tossed the jade abacus high into the air and looked at Jingliu's departing figure.
'Didn't expect she actually has an account.'
He thought an old person like Jingliu wouldn't have a company account.
He caught the falling jade abacus and stuffed it back into his pocket.
Then he took the plate back from Mr. Yang, nodded toward the three of them, and turned to walk in another direction.
"Oh right."
Thinking of something, Levi stopped and turned back toward the three.
March 7th, who had been fooling around, also stopped moving, wanting to hear what else Levi had to say.
Stelle, meanwhile, realized something.
Squatting on the ground, she desperately signaled at Levi with her eyes.
[Stelle: Don't accept commissions!!!]
[Kiana: ...Looks like she already got out.]
She's already this lively right after getting free.
[Elysia: Training is so tiring~ If only there were a 1.63-meter white-haired beauty for me to hug~]
[Levi: A beauty with measurements 84/59/87?]
[Elysia: Huh?! You even know that?]
Without answering whether he knew or not, Levi typed another number into the group.
Elysia reacted strongly after seeing it.
[Levi: 54.8.]
[Elysia: !!!]
———
Levi gave Stelle a reassuring look and said, "The place we're in right now is called Aurum Alley."
Because it couldn't keep up with the times, a large number of merchants had left, causing Aurum Alley, once a commercial street, to become deserted.
Most people were at work during the day, so there were even fewer people.
No wonder Jingliu specifically chose this place.
"Walk in that direction. There's a port there. You can take a starskiff to the Alchemy Commission."
Because there were so few people, there wasn't even any need to line up at the port here.
After hearing him finish, Mr. Yang called out to him and seriously apologized for what happened yesterday.
Levi just smiled and said he hadn't taken it to heart.
After he left, Stelle slowly stood up from the ground and asked the two how they found her.
"Well, thanks to this little guy."
March 7th waved the Diting in her hand.
After discovering Stelle had disappeared, Mr. Yang released Diting and followed the lingering traces of Stelle's scent all the way here.
"We ran into Levi on the way. He came running over carrying pastries."
When talking about Levi, March 7th revealed a teasing expression.
She wiggled her eyebrows at Stelle.
"Don't look at how unconcerned he acted here. While following Diting on the road, he practically wished he could turn into Diting himself."
"..."
———
[Chat Group]
[Kiana: !!!]
At first, Kiana didn't react. It wasn't until Asta kicked her twice.
Only then did her rusty brain begin turning.
"84/59/87... What does that mean... Mei, do you know?"
Her brain moved a little, only to discover it had completely jammed from rust.
So without thinking, she tossed the question to Raiden Mei beside her.
Raiden Mei naturally knew what it meant, she just didn't know who those measurements belonged to.
After thinking it over again and again, Raiden Mei pulled out a ruler.
Some time later.
[Kiana: Y-y-y-y-you...]
[Kiana: How do you know my... my... my bank card password!]
[Levi: It all comes from my absolute control over myself.]
If he had said that at any other time, Kiana would only think he was bragging.
But he said it right after accurately stating her... bank card password.
Even she herself only found that out today.
"They measured it when customizing the clothes."
"I didn't see it at the time."
If she didn't see it, how could he say it so accurately?
Raiden Mei expressed doubt about that.
[Kiana: Then what does 54.8 mean?!]
[Elysia: Don't ask!]
'Oh ho, so it was a secret about Elysia.'
But with only a single number, it obviously wasn't her measurements.
Then what could it be?
[Lumine: Height? Weight? Bust? Waist? Hips?]
Height was impossible. Elysia wasn't a tiny potato.
Bust was also impossible. Lumine had seen Elysia's size before.
As for weight... unclear, suspicion +1.
[Elysia: Didn't I already say it?! Don't! Ask!]
[Elysia: And no thinking either!]
Ignoring the loudly protesting Elysia, Lumine continued analyzing.
Waist measurement was also unclear, suspicion +1 again.
Hip measurement was impossible too. Elysia belonged to the type the old saying described as "good for bearing children," so naturally it couldn't be that small.
At minimum, it should be close to the bust measurement to make sense.
So the answer could only be either weight or waist size.
[Lumine: So how's my analysis?]
[Lumine poked Levi and happily called him daddy]
[Lumine: ...]
[Elysia: Not good at all! Completely wrong!]
Just as Kiana was enjoying the drama, Raiden Mei suddenly thought of something.
"Levi woke up?"
If Kiana's contradictory words were to make sense, there was only one explanation, Levi was awake now.
Raiden Mei's words made Kiana twitch unnaturally.
If Bronya were here, she definitely would have noticed.
Compared to Asta's two flying kicks, Raiden Mei's words worked better at lubricating Kiana's brain.
She no longer cared about the drama in the group. Wrinkles continuously began growing across the smooth surface of her brain.
She was about to become a normal person again.