After being announced at the training field in front of everyone, Shu simply smiled expecting them to greet him as he sat on the ground while Ayami held onto his hair
"Himura? but isn't that clan, like...dead?"
One of the men said as a woman added to that statement
"Yeah, I think the legends say something about them being punished by the Norse gods or something"
She said while everyone agreed to said statement, beginning to talk the so-called Himura clan
"Even if he was a Himura, why would you bring one here? aren't they villains, a clan who only craves violence?"
Said a tall man, 190cm in terms of height, with leather armor on and dark brown hair, his eyes seemed to look at Shu with untrustworthiness
"The only Himura I respect is sir Yorujo, not this little midget, besides I doubt he's even a Himura!"
Yelled the man as Shu simply tilted his head, not understanding what the men were talking about
"That's enough Meriots!. This kid right here is Himura Yorujo's grandson, The village chief confirmed it herself! If you want to complain, go complain to The village chief"
Yelled Ayami, as everyone kept quiet, staring at the curious-looking kid who simply waved at them
"So when do I get to fight?"
Shu questions while looking up at Ayami who sighed while pointing at Meriots
"You'll be fighting him"
Said Ayami while slowly letting go of Shu's hair as he stood up. After a few minutes, everyone formed a circle around Shu and Meriots, Meriots was holding a wooden sword with both of his hands as Shu simply shoved his hands inside of his pockets tilting his head a bit as Meriots raised an Eyebrow
"Where's your sword?"
Mariots Questioned while Shu grinned as he leaned his upper body forward a bit
"I don't need one"
This pissed off Meriots slightly, causing a vein to pop from his head as he gripped his sword a bit tighter
"Alright, this fight will begin in one"
Began to count Ayami as she turned to look at Meriots then at Shu for a few seconds before continuing to count
"2"
"3"
"Go!"
She yelled but right when she did a burst of wind caused everyone to back off as a small crater was created on the spot that Shu once was.
Before anyone could say anything before anyone could react, Shu found himself in the air, right above Meriots's head before swinging his leg horizontally, kicking Meriots's right side of the head with quickness, he then added a little bit more force to the tip of his foot, bringing Meriots's body to the ground, causing his head to bounce off of it as blood began to drip out of the place from where Shu had just kicked
"W-what the hell just happened?"
Said a woman while turning to her friend with confusion as everyone began to whisper, wondering and asking themselves what just happened
"H-hey shu, what did you just do?"
Ayami questioned while walking over to Meriots, placing two of her fingers on his neck, checking for a pulse, which he still had
"Well I just jumped and kicked, that's all, I didn't expect him to not block"
Shu admitted innocently while scratching the back of his head, slightly confused as to what just happened
"That was a jump?.."
Ayami questioned while flicking her wrist slightly as a sign to the warrior's In the place to take Meriots's body away
"Well, yeah, what else did you think it was?"
He replied while shrugging a bit as he shoved his hands back into his pockets
"If that was just speed, wouldn't that make him a Pearl Rank Knight?"
Said one of the men in the crowd, while everyone began to think
"Pearl Rank?"
Shu questioned, with an innocent look on his face as Ayami sighed
"Well according to the ranks of the kingdom we're having a war against, you'd be a Pearl Rank Knight, which is right below the highest level, Heavenly Rank knights"
Ayami explained while Shu simply shot his eyes before moving his head left to right, trying to make up what she had just said
"Then, how many ranks are there?"
Shu questioned while opening his eyes as he stared at Ayami innocently
"Well, according to the Elsian Kingdom there are 6 ranks, The first rank would be, Copper Knight , the second would be, Gold Knight, The third would be, Platinum Knight, the fourth would be, Diamond Knight, the fifth would be, Pearl Knight, and the last one would be the Heavenly Knight. According to what you have just shown, you'd be around a stage one Pearl Knight to mid Pearl"
Ayami explained while Shu nodded, as he began to walk around, moving his head from left to right as he began humming to himself
"Then what rank are you Ayami?"
Shu questioned while turning to look at her with a small smile, as everyone in the field stared at him weirdly
"Well, I'd be diamond rank, right below you, why does it matter?"
Ayami questioned while looking at him with her head tilted
"Well, when we first met, you said for me to hold your hand since I was cooperating, you needed other means to keep me from running away, which means, you thought you were stronger than me, but according to your rules just now. I'm stronger than you"
Shu said with an arrogant tone while giving her a side smirk
"Why you..."
Ayami mumbled while a vein popped from her head, as wind began to gather around her, causing Shu to chuckle as he took his usual fighting stance, before being abruptly interrupted by a familiar voice
"I don't think you should use your ability while I'm around, I'd probably get injured"
Said Valentine as she walked into the circle of people, causing everyone to bow their heads before her as she walked over to ayami, stretching her hand up to her, making Ayami sigh as she held onto it
"Hey what. Why'd you do that?, we were just about to fight"
Exclaimed Shu in disappointment while sighing as Valentine looked up at him for a few seconds
"If Ayami and this boy would have fought..."
Were the words that echoed in Valentine's head
"Ayami would have been seriously injured"
Added Valentine to her self thoughts as she walked out of the crowd, with Ayami holding her hand, leaving Shu with the crowd of people, who began to ask him questions.