Chivalry of a Failed Knight: Volume 2 [Complete] by Riku Misora

Author:Riku Misora
Language: eng
Format: epub

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It was raining hard the next day as well as Ayase made her way to the dojo.

“Hello, everyone! Huh?” Upon opening the door to the dojo, she found that only her father, Kaito, was there. “Is everyone else running late, Dad? I’m usually not the first one here.”

“Seems like it. But this is the first time all of them have been late at once.” While his disciples had occasionally been late for various reasons, they’d never all been late at once like this. Even so, neither Kaito nor Ayase had any reason to think this was more than a coincidence. “I’m sure they’ll show up eventually. Until they do, how about I give you a personalized training lesson? It’s been a while.”

“I’d love that. But no swinging your sword, okay? You’re still sick.”

“You’re such a worrywart, Ayase. Don’t worry, I’ll just watch. All this rain has been making my bones ache anyway.”

Ayase settled into the stance required to unleash the ultimate move Kaito had taught her when she’d been accepted to Hagun Academy. She held her wooden sword at eye level, widened her feet, relaxed her shoulders, and lowered her center of gravity. Then, she did her best to recreate the movements she’d seen her father make on that day. Slowly, steadily, she traced an arc with her sword.

“Stop,” Kaito said within seconds, holding out his hand. “It’s important to relax your shoulders, but you still need to keep energy flowing through your arms. Tighten your wrists, but don’t tense them up too much. You need to keep your posture as natural as possible.”

“Th-That’s really hard to do.”

“Perhaps, but it’s what you must do to use this technique. I suppose I have no choice, I’ll show you an example.”

Kaito reached out toward one of the wooden swords hanging on the wall rack.

“Ahem.”

“...”

“Ahem!”

“Fine, fine, I won’t swing a sword. Happy now?” Kaito raised his hands in surrender, unable to bear the weight of his daughter’s judging gaze. “Good grief, you’re just like your mother. She’d glare at me like that too whenever she didn’t want me doing something.”

“I learned that glare from her, so of course it’s just like hers. She told me to do this whenever you’re about to do something stupid.”

“I can’t believe I’ve been whipped by not just my wife but also my daughter.” Kaito sighed and circled behind Ayase. He reached over behind her back and covered her hands, which were still holding the practice sword, with his own. “Your wrists need to be angled as such. The important thing to remember about this technique is that you need to maintain an offensive stance throughout it.”

As he explained the inner workings of his final technique, Kaito adjusted Ayase’s stance. His hands were rough, callused, and far from gentle.

Dad’s hands are so big. However, Ayase loved those rough hands of his. Now that I think about it, it’s been ages since he taught me like this.

“Hee hee.” The realization made her happy, and she grinned.

“What are you smiling about?”

“Nothing important.

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