Unknowingly to Irumi, Kyou who stood there, smirking while looking down at the scattered pieces of the shattered blade used by Irumi, began on using his [Spatial Magic]. A deep dark black-ish blue magic circle poped out in the air next to him on the right. He reached out his right hand to it and his arm sank into it accordingly. He pulled out a sack. From it looks, it surely was made from animal skin.
Once he pulled it out, the magic circle gradually vanished. He squat down on his toes with the sack on his right hand, he rolled the sack's tip to widen the opening. He put in the broken blades and their scabbard in it. He began to collecting the small pieces of steel infront of him and put them inside the sack.
While he was picking up those pieces of the shattered blade, the party of those 3 ladies came closer at him. He realized it but choose to ignore them and kept on picking up those pieces intending for cleaning up the training field. Sound of the steps from the party becoming closer and closer until they finally reach close enough with him.
"I saw someone having a smile after a decade.", Grace teased Kyou while walking together with the other 2 ladies to get nearer to Kyou's position whose cleaning up the field from dangerous debrises.
Kyou suprised by Grace's tease. He snapped a little bit and stopping whatever he was doing at that very moment. He reached his chin and cheeks with his left hand and fingers while squatting down holding a sack with his right hand. He's checking his face, he realized it after about he smiled unconsciously at that moment. He began on grasping on his current feeling and condition and knowing that he, himself, is feeling excited to some extent.
'I am excited? Since when did this happened?', He murmured in his mind trying to get a recollection of when did he start getting it.
As he frozen and murmured in his mind while squatting down there, those 3 arrived infront of him, next to the pieces of broked blade's pieces. Grace whose at the very front of the 3 ladies party squatting herself down infront of him.
"Ah...", Grace started with a smirked face infront of Kyou. "You are indeed feeling excited! Fufufu...", She closed her lips with her fingers as she teased the Frozen Kyou.
Kyou pulled a little more smile, responding to Grace's teases. "I guess I am.", He started pulling down his left hand and begin to collecting the pieced again while answering.
"Is she really just a speed focused warrior?", Roselia, the girl with the shiny silver light armor with a rapier hooked on her belt, asked him while standing behind to the right of Grace who squatted down herself with her left hand on her waist and her right hand on her chin posing like in a thinking gesture.
"No. Her strikes were heavy.", He answered as he picked the last piece of the shattered blade into the sack.
He stands up slowly after answering. Grace's eyes followed his movements and standing up slowly as well. He walked to the direction of the shattered blade's pieces of him wich flew away when it was broken by Irumi's final clutch on him.
Those 3 ladies following him accordingly from behind.
"Sigh...", Roselia began with a sigh. She's pulling up her hands and buckling up the fingers on the back of her own neck while bending her head a little backward looking up with her eyes closed walking together . "She actually did surpass something with you as her instructor, which is rare, and I wonder what's your proposal for her entry rank?", She wondered and asked Kyou in a carefree manner.
The other lady, an Elf as her race like Grace's, wears an outfit of cloth which is like a priesstess in a bright color combined from blue, yellow and some red, silently and obediently following them all with an innocent and calm face.
"Well, if you ask...", He let out a calmed voice while his left hand pulled up holding his chin as he walks. "Her strength itself, might be on par with me or higher surpassing mine. Her speed, clearly above yours, Rose-san.", He replied.
"Fufufu...", Grace turned her head back at Rose, teasing her with such look at her.
Rose snapped a little looking at Grace's tease. She threw her face to the side responding to Grace's teasing smile.
Kyou stopped, bent down his body downward, picking up 2 pieces of the broken blade. The others stopped as well.
"Yeah, I know. I can see that. Actually, I am impressed. I was barely following up to her movements with my eyes. Mostly, with the very last strike. I didn't really see what she did on that moment.", She uttered, still in a carefree manner.
"Umm..Kyou-kun", She started with a wondering impression. "What informations could you see with your eyes about her?", The girl in a priestess outfit asked to kyou in a lady mannered way and tone.
"Hmm.", Kyou hummed as he stood up, putting those 2 pieces into the sack. He tighten the tip of the sack with a rope he took from his back belt pocket bag. The 3 ladies waited his further explanations patiently.
He start walking toward the wooden gate doors to exit the training field. The other 3 followed him obediently.
"..So?", Rose started to ask blankantly.
"Well. She did use [Conceal], and it was also a High ranked one.", He answered as he walks with a plain tone.
"And?", asking for more, Rose asked him again.
"It does not mean that I can not see her informations. There should be a reason as to why she did it. Until I know why, or as long as she means no harm to others, I have to respect it.", He replied.
"Ugh..", Rose started shaking her head, feeling more and more curious. "And then?", She asked him again.
"What I can say to you is...You may want to adjust her rank equally like Grace and me based on what I saw on her.", He replied her again while walking in a plain tone.
3 of them snapped.
"But..", She broke the suprised moment with a worried voice. "Aren't yours and Grace's rank are S, Kyou-kun?", The Elf lady in priestess outfit askef again.
"That is indeed, true... Village chief, Lein-dono.", Kyou answered in a mannered plain tone.
"Are you serious, Kyou-dono?", Rose asked again to confirm.
"As it is..Yes, I was and still am. As there is a reasoning as to why she hid her actual battle prowess, we might need to see how it will turn out by tomorrow. And you as well, Rose-san, either you will report this to Almenia or not, I strongly suggest you to postpone the report of her file to Almenia after we sort this thing out. You may also need to rank her up in a specific way like mine.", He said while knocking on the wooden gate's doors.
They held their tongue as the wooden opened. They walked out passing through the gate without a word spoken ouy about Irumi.
"Let's talk about this matter later in the afternoon.", Rose said as she walked, a little bit running, heading forward passing Kyou.
"Umu.", Kyou nodded as a reply for Rose.
"See you guys later then!", She turned her back, waving her hand halfway up to the group before she turns her back again and started to run. Kyou nodded, Grace and Lein waved her back as a reply to her rush.
"So..", Grace tried to calmly asking Kyou. "Whose her deity?", She asked.
"...Hmm.", He turned his face down, closing his eyes in wonder. "She has not picking any yet.", Kyou replied.
"Eh? I see.", She responded to Kyou's reply with her index finger on her chin, giving a confused impression from the gestures.
"She's still young. It's normal if she has not choosing anyone yet.", Lein implied with her smooth lady voice.
"Umu. I hope it is as it is, Lein-dono.", He opened his eyes looking forward, replying to Lein without turning his head.
"Is there something else, Kyou-kun?", Grace asked him while poking on his shoulder out of curiosity.
Kyou ignored the pokes. "No. I'm not sure yet, Grace-san.", He answered without looking back.
"Hei.", She grabbed Kyou's arm as she called. "You forgot the 'Onee-' before '-san', Kyou kun. Fumu.", She insisted Kyou with her smile.
"Hmm-", Kyou turned his face a little down to the left, looking at Grace's face whose smiling. "You mean, 'Obaa-san', Grace-san?", He replied with a plain tone and plain face expression.
Grace snapped, frozen. Releasing her hands which were grabbing Kyou's arm, facing down in gloom. Kyou's turning his face forward back. Lein stopped behind Grace.
"You-..", Grace clenched her palm remembering Kyou's word. "What did you say?!", She said with a little higher tone, annoyed. She turned up her face in rage a little to the left, at Kyou's direction.
"Eh-?", She snapped, confused as she saw no Kyou at her presence. "Where did he go? Ah! Kyou!!", She screamed out Kyou's name venting out her annoyance.
"Fufufu...", Lein laughed in a lady mannered way at Grace.
"Fine! Don't mind him. Let's go back, Lein-Sama", She said as she walked forward taking the lead.
"Yes, please.", Lein replied as she followed Grace from behind.
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