Lost Sword Heart

After beating one of them, she threw her aside and said angrily: "Do you want to hug each other and confuse me again? I've wanted to cure this problem for a long time. I used to think that you were too young and turned a blind eye, but I didn't expect that you are getting more and more arrogant, and now you even dare to plot against me? I have to deal with this problem today!"

Ayaka and Chika were also two kids. The one who was spanked lay there without crying or fussing, just rubbing her butt and mumbling, while the one who was not spanked took the initiative to stick his butt up. Unlucky, the style of the family began to change. They should consider taking turns to be punished in the future. Being beaten twice at once is a bit uneconomical.

"I let you be naughty, I let you be irresponsible, I let you sneak attack on me..." Haruka was ruthless and she attacked another sister. Just as she was fighting vigorously, the door was opened, Naotaka walked in holding Toutaro and asked strangely: "Why is it so noisy?"

Haruna has the closest relationship with Naotaka. She immediately reported happily: "The fourth and fifth are being naughty, and sister is cleaning up the house!" She was very happy to see them being beaten, and if it weren't for Haruka's special status, she would have volunteered to take her place. She would enforce the law strictly, promised not to leave any strength like her sister did and beat the two little villains until they screamed.

Naotaka glanced at the one being beaten by Haruka and couldn't tell whether it was fourth or fifth either. But he didn't care, turned to Kazuya and greeted him with a smile: "Matsuoka, why are you here so early today?"

As he spoke, he walked over to Kazuya. Toutaro who was holding his hand also grinned at Kazuya, showing his big front teeth. As Naotaka came closer, he immediately smelled a strong smell of alcohol, but he didn't say anything.

Naotaka has been drinking quite hard these days, as if there is something added to the sake, making him half-drunk but not drunk. But thinking about it, there is probably nothing he can do about it. Now during the rainy season, the scars on his body were probably painful and itchy, making him extremely uncomfortable.

He could understand Naotaka's pain, "I don't have anything to do today, so I came here earlier. Why I'm in the dojo..."

Haruna happily interrupted: "I dragged him here. I originally wanted to spar with him, but there's no need for it now..."

Naotaka's favorite daughter is actually Haruna. He asked with a gentle smile: "Why did you change your mind?"

Haruna was cheerful and in a great mood. She was quite depressed after being forced to study all afternoon, but after watching her sisters being beaten, her mood immediately improved, "I feel better now, and sister has to train, so I don't need the dojo. But daddy, you came just in time to point out her. Her strength has dropped a lot recently, it wouldn't be good if she goes to a competition and is beaten to tears again."

Haruka had already finished beating Chika and Ayaka but was still a little angry. When she heard Haruna's words, she became furious: "Where has my strength dropped so much? Besides, I have never been beaten to cry!"

After she finished shouting, she remembered that the "murderer" who beat her cry was watching from the side, and she suddenly felt awkward. Kazuya pretended not to hear. There was no need to embarrass the little radish.

But Haruna is an honest girl and very serious in swordsmanship. Regardless of whether Haruka was angry or not, she directly retorts: "Sister, your strength is indeed not as good as before. You seem to be unconscious when using a sword now. You are hesitant and timid. Although it is only a little bit as thin as a hair, my feeling is unmistakable. There should be something wrong with your sword heart! Dad often said that learning swordsmanship is not about the sword but about the heart of the sword. The process of practicing swordsmanship is the process of polishing one's heart, making the human heartit clear, tough, sharp, hard with softness, soft with hardness, and finally being turned into a sword heart. From then on, holding the sword will be invincible..."

Haruna rarely spoke at length, and what she said was a bit confusing. But Haruka was stunned because she realized what her twin sister said. Could it be that her current strength was really Have you regressed? And what's wrong with that weird sword heart? Was it robbed by that guy?

She cast her eyes on Kazuya. Could she be really afraid of him in her heart? Has this guy become her own psychological shadow? It seems that she no longer felt as solid as before when she hold the bamboo sword...

Thinking of this, the stubbornness in her heart appeared. She tightened the sword in her hand and wanted to challenge Kazuya directly again to prove that although she had lost to him miserably, she wasn't fear him! She was definitely not a coward!

But she opened her mouth and then remembered the painful duel before. The despair that her nearly ten years of hard work and sweat was meaningless, and that it was worthless in front of Kazuya quickly filled her heart. She dare not propose a fair and just competition.

It is not without reason that many people fall into despair after a major failure in life. No matter how good they were before, they sink into obscurity. It is very easy to say that you should get up again after you fall, but it isn't easy to stand the test of failure repeatedly.

Those who have never experienced a tragic failure will not understand the unwillingness to be defeated in person and the aggrievedness. They will not understand the self-denial caused by it. Are my efforts valuable? I have suffered so much and been so tired, can I be rewarded? Am I doomed to be a loser?

Of course, Haruka's head-on crushing defeat by Kazuya was not a major failure in her life. But she was only sixteen years old, and this kind of failure was enough for her to feel upset.

She stood there blankly, holding the bamboo sword and lost in thought. Was my sword heart really broken by him?

Naotaka looked at her eldest daughter and was helpless. He didn't think that she was talented in swordsmanship before, so he didn't want her to take swordsmanship too seriously. He just taught her casually and cultivated her interests.

But she has a stubborn personality. She practices on her own when nothing to do and doesn't want to admit defeat. It wasn't until she was easily defeated by her younger sister when she was twelve years old that she finally turned her attention to other aspects. She could still accept that being defeated by her sister reluctantly. After all, her father spent several times more energy on her sister than she did. She didn't think it was her own problem.

But after being defeated by an outsider of the same age, it is a bit difficult to complete the psychological construction again.

Sometimes it is also a kind of courage to admit that others are better than oneself, and understand that life is not a single competition but a comprehensive competition. There is no need to always care about one's shortcomings. Naotaka has always hoped that her eldest daughter can understand, but unfortunately she always got into trouble.

He let her think there and turned to Kazuya, "Matsuoka, I never had the chance to ask. Have you read the book "Secrets of the Sasaki Ittoryu"?"

He didn't care about that hisdaughter was going to participate in a sports competition, but he was quite concerned about Kazuya. He thought that Kazuya is a rare genius he has seen in his life, and he is quite ambitious. It is said that famous teachers are hard to find, but sometimes talented successors are also hard to find. Every time he met them, they were all ordinary.

Fortunately, he had some luck and had a talented child, who prevented his skill from being cut off from the inheritance. But it was a pity that she was a daughter and had congenital limitations...

"I have studied it carefully and learned a lot. Thank you very much." Kazuya replied.

"How many techniques have you mastered? Have you started practicing?" Naotaka was still very concerned. No one wants the techniques of their own school to be lost. It doesn't matter if one more person learns them because swordsmanship was already becoming less popular in modern society.

"Well... I have roughly mastered it and also done some practice." Kazuya was perfunctory. He couldn't said he had already used those techniques to kill people in the Meditate Battle.

"Have you roughly mastered it?" Naotaka muttered and repeated. The book he gave Kazuya was written when he was at his peak. Although it is not very sophisticated, it is the essence of his half-life sword practice. He only gave it to Kazuya out of love for talents. But this young man has already roughly mastered it without a month?

Is he really talented or ignorant of what the book says? He pondered for a moment and asked Kazuya: "I just have time today. Matsuoka, would you mind letting me see how much you have mastered? Sorry, I'm a little curious..."