Chapter 83 Chapter 2 The Most Vivid Red Crystal Gem on Peka’s Crown
Feeling the girl’s eager gaze on him, Ig felt his whole body trembling, his muscles stiff, and he smiled brilliantly.
“Young Lady, perhaps not today… your magic potion has become even more effective, and I feel like I’m almost ready to learn the Starflow Sword Qi Slash you taught me.”
“That’s precisely why I’m having you practice your sword! It will further enhance the absorption of the magic potion.” Verafia said with her arms crossed and a serious expression. However, from her expression, Ig didn’t find it even a little believable.
The girl suddenly frowned, putting on a show of anger.
“Besides, what do you mean ‘almost ready to learn’! With your Starflow Sword Qi Slash full of loopholes, if Lothel were to see it, I’m afraid he’d be so dead from anger. Honestly… it’s the simplest sword technique, even I’ve learned it, why is it so difficult for you?”
Ig really wanted to retort to the “simplest” words in the girl’s mumbling.
By the gods, this so-called “simplest sword technique,” Ig felt it was infinitely more difficult to practice than his father’s Saint-level ultimate moves!
Of course, he would never dare to say that out loud, otherwise, the Young Lady before him would definitely mock him while mercilessly beating him with this sword technique for the entire night.
Ig suddenly thought that for the past half a month, every sword technique the girl had displayed was a different derivative and variation of this “Starflow Sword Qi Slash,” and he couldn’t help but curse the utterly merciless Miss Phoenix.
Of course, Miss Verafia would never pay attention to the young man’s thoughts. Under her imposing gaze, Ig tremblingly picked up End and welcomed the daily life-or-death experience.
The bluntness of the wooden sword easily cut through the rapid airflow in the air, and in the quiet jungle, the boy’s tragic screams could be heard.
The boy’s screams lasted for a full two hours before ending. End in Ig’s hand trembled, and the entire person, like a dead fish beaten to death with a cudgel, collapsed onto the ground without any image.
“Ig, you performed well today!”
Verafia casually threw away the small twig in her hand, patted her fair, clean little hands, tilted her delicate crescent eyebrows, and chuckled crisply, “You even managed to block one of my sword strikes! That’s great progress!”
Ig turned his head to give Verafia a wry smile, but the smile he attempted met his pain nerves, instantly forming a funny shape on his face.
“Alright, that’s enough for today! I’m going to sleep now!”
“Young Lady… um, I have something else I’d like to ask you.”
Ig seemed to have thought of something, and despite the pain in his body, he gritted his teeth and stood up, calling out to the girl who was about to turn into her small tent.
Hesitation appeared on the young man’s face again, but he still spoke.
“Um, Young Lady, as you said, I do feel my body and swordsmanship improving… however, for over half a month, my Battle Qi cultivation still hasn’t made any progress…”
A hint of embarrassment suddenly appeared on Verafia’s small face.
As for Ig’s Battle Qi cultivation, she hadn’t neglected it at all; in fact, she had put even more effort into it than other aspects.
She had even painstakingly revised her previous cultivation methods several times in pursuit of the best compatibility with Ig before passing them on to him.
However, the results were completely beyond her expectations. On Ig, Verafia couldn’t even see a trace of progress in his Battle Qi… This had nothing to do with poor Battle Qi talent; rather, it was as if Ig was completely insulated from this power rooted in the human bloodline!
Verafia had never seen such a thing, nor had she ever heard of it.
“This… I don’t know what’s going on.”
Verafia lowered her eyes slightly, looking at the disappointed young man, and couldn’t help but give a small, embarrassed smile.
“How about this, Ig, why don’t you try your old cultivation method? Just treat Sword Qi as Battle Qi to cultivate… Well, with me by your side, there won’t be any problems!”
Thus, more than half a month later, Verafia spent another half of the night to lead the young man back to the starting point.
As for Ig’s inner complaints, the broad-minded Miss Verafia pretended to know nothing about it!
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Early morning, clear dawn light streamed through the gaps in the forest leaves. Verafia, who had been busy all night, yawned widely as she got out of bed. Her pretty and lovely little face was still filled with drowsiness. She watched Ig prepare breakfast alone and pack their belongings and spoils.
“Ig, hurry up! I’m starving!”
The Young Lady, who had nothing to do, couldn’t help but shout orders.
After a simple breakfast, they continued their journey towards Rubiel City.
The warm spring breeze gently caressed the girl’s beautiful hair. The girl looked around with spirit at the vegetation bathed in warm golden sunlight. Coupled with the black-clad and black-haired young man behind her, who was trudging along with a helpless expression, it looked like a classic combination of a runaway noble young lady and the black-clad butler serving her.
While that’s not entirely wrong…
However, what noble young lady would walk for half a month from Vist City on the kingdom’s border to this place while still looking so energetic, without a carriage?
Ig’s gaze fell upon the girl’s increasingly youthful and fair side profile, illuminated by the spring light.
Because Ronald was the illegitimate son of the Border Marquis of Brandenburg, at first, to avoid the Marquis’s furious pursuit, Miss Phoenix had been quite cautious and discreet, rarely staying in towns.
However, whether it was because the Marquis didn’t care about Ronald at all, or for some other reason, there were no knightly pursuers as the girl had imagined, not even assassins. This also allowed the two of them to gradually relax.
Verafia also took this opportunity to propose going to Rubiel City.
“Young Lady, why did you suddenly decide to go to Rubiel City?”
As a attendant, Ig naturally had to obey his Young Lady’s words unconditionally. Of course, Ig was still somewhat curious as to why this little Phoenix would detour for more than half a month to go to Rubiel City.
“Of course, I go wherever I want! And I heard that there’s a very rare and precious treasure here!”
The girl’s brisk steps suddenly stopped, and she turned her small face back towards Ig with a smile.
“I told you, I finally got to visit your world to play, so it would be a shame not to see a place like this, wouldn’t it?”
Well, that was quite in line with the Young Lady’s personality, but what treasures could be in the Aslandt Duke Territory?
Ig stopped and thought, then said with a hint of amusement, “Young Lady, is the treasure you’re talking about called ‘The Most Vivid Red Crystal Gem on Peka’s Crown’?”
