"Are you planning to participate in the war?" he asked them, his tone reflecting his concern.
"Absolutely, we will!" Ivy responded with a grin; she remembered the time when her mother said she could be as wild as she could be on the battlefield, and so she couldn't hide her excitement.
"I see," Akira nodded, realizing there was no stopping them. But what about him? "Will they make me join as well?" he inquired.
"Yes, given your training in Liliang, you will be dispatched to the middle area... However, due to your condition, I'm not certain. You might be forced to participate if the fighting becomes too intense," Su replied, looking doubtful.
"Is that so... How much time have we still got?" He asked her, if it was like that, he would just have to run away from this place.
"About three months. You'll have enough time to recover. My mother also promised to have her friend check on you later," Su said with a smile, sensing, he didn't like the idea of joining a war.
"Hmm," he nodded, he had to live in this place for three months, and in this house with them together? That sounds more difficult than he could imagine. "I understand"
Maybe he should just run? He understood that the body he was in was that of someone who trained that thing called Liliang that healed him. Since it could do that, maybe he could be strong enough to escape from here.
Emala looked at Akira and opened her mouth.
"Y- even i-if you join the war… you a-are weak," she stammered.
"Huh?" Akira was taken aback by her words. The first thing he heard from her was that he was weak?
"Indeed, we examined your body some time ago and found that even though you had trained in Liliang, you don't possess any natural talent in it…" Ivy was stopped by Su in the middle of her words.
"It is not about the talent… you just have to train harder." She didn't want to talk about this yet, but Emala just said it, so she was trying to be optimistic.
"Don't worry about it…"
"But your body is unique; it is nothing like anyone I have ever seen before." Su was surprised when she found out about it. His Liliang was a very small amount, even smaller than hers, who was the weakest in the group.
Akira looked at his own hands and didn't understand what she meant by that. It looked like a human, so he was human…?
"Indeed, that must be the reason your body healed this fast even with the little amount of Liliang, if not, there was no way you could heal such injuries with that," Ivy said to him seriously.
"I see." Akira had nothing to say.
"Girls, it is time," Mina returned as three of the daughters stood up. Akira saw Mina, who just came back with three swords with her.
'What…' He was surprised by such swords, but the others were not.
"Time to learn the Five In One; this step involves you landing five attacks once and on one spot." Mother said and gave the swords to three of them.
They looked at her without any expression.
"For your knowledge, this Attack Dance is known as Flower on Ground. One of the top-tier Sword Techniques in the Western Land. As a former Pink Flower Sword owner, I will be teaching you the new steps; if you follow them right and learn them, you will become strong," Mina said to them as they listened silently.
Three of them nodded.
"Okay then, watch me," Mina said, and a sword appeared in her hand out of nowhere. She then removed the shield and started performing the Five In One. Akira wanted to follow her movements, but they happened too fast, and he couldn't see a thing.
Su and others were shocked, they saw how her hand moved, and the tip of the sword appeared on the same spot five times from five angles. Her hand moved fast, accurately, and sharply!
Mina smiled after seeing their faces. "Once you learn this, we will combine everything you learned from the start"
"Ho?" Akira thought it was just a dance, but it was not. It was a sword technique.
Three of them smiled, they knew this. And they have been waiting for this. Especially Ivy. She was the most eager one to learn it.
After that, Mina showed them the Attack Dance a few more times and started to make them practice it, she took care of all their problems and errors in their forms. The technique could only be performed with perfect form and a calm mind.
Akira saw everything in awe. Not only could he clearly see their bottoms without any covers, but he could also feel the heat they were producing while practicing. He didn't know why it was happening, but every time they does it, the air becomes hot.
It was like warm air for Akira, who was suffering a lot; his little brother might just bust without any touch itself. He knew he had to focus on their movements, but their forms, which display everything… he couldn't.
Mina looked after them for some time as they got used to the pattern and form. After that, she left them to practice on their own. She moved to Akira and sat beside him.
"What do you think about this sword technique?" she asked him with a smile.
"It is beautiful," Akira said with a red face.
"Haha," she laughed a little before noticing his little brother, who was high as a Dragon waiting for someone to calm him down.
"This is big, normally people from this land wouldn't have it this big." She nodded, thinking about it. She wanted to remember where people have this big…
"Ah! People from the South had them! But still, not this huge…" She moved a little forward and tried to take the cloth off.
Akira wanted to stop her, but… with his condition, it was best not to. It was not like he was making her do something. She was doing it on her own.
Mina unsealed the Dragon.
"Ohh…" She was surprised by it; she could tell it was almost nine inches.