Chapter 11 - Challenge... but too weak...
Mio and I went for a walk around the city while delivering Mio's mother's lunch.
On the way, I found something new that I had never seen before. My father developed this city as a center for trade and food processing.
The distance between this city and my house is very far, thanks to the ability given by the Yurification System. That distance is not a problem if I keep running.
Running is very efficient and faster than using a horse-drawn carriage, moreover... I don't feel tired.
Throughout our journey, Mio kept holding my hand and watching the people around me who were looking at me sarcastically.
Mio seemed to be protecting me from their gazes. If only my white robe was still there, maybe they wouldn't look at me like that. The clothes Mio gave me might look strange if I were the one wearing them.
Uh, do I look that strange in their eyes?
"Anoo... Mio??"
"Yes, Lily-sama."
"Does this need to be done?" I shook my hand a little.
"Of course! If I let go of Lily-sama. There's a chance that Lily-sama will get lost and get kidnapped!" Mio replied.
Eh? Is there someone who wants to kidnap me? Even with my strange appearance?
"A-Ahh.." I could only mutter in resignation.
Kidnap me?
If I were a princess, that might happen. But, if we're talking about girls with strange appearances. I highly doubt that someone would want to kidnap me.
I mean...
What's so special about a girl like me?
I threw that possibility away. After all, that possibility was very slim.
"We'll be there soon, Lily-sama."
Far in front of me, an Adventurer building was visible. Based on the information given by Mio's father. Both of Mio's parents were the administrators of the Adventurer Guild. Mio's father served as the field supervisor while Mio's mother served as the quest report recipient.
"It's so big..." because I rarely left the house. Seeing the large tall size of the building made me interested in exploring the place.
"Remember, Lily-sama! When inside the Adventurer building. Don't move away from me!" Mio said in a high tone.
"Um!" I could only agree because my main purpose in the city was to look for weapons and magic books. This was just an additional visit in my small schedule and a great opportunity to find information on magic books.
You could say, I would try to talk to one of the adventurers inside to find a location selling magic books.
When we entered the Adventurer building, once again.. the gazes of the people inside were directed at me and then flowed to Mio.
Different from their first response which stared at me sharply, their gazes at Mio were filled with disgusting smiles, especially from the male adventurers.
"Ugh! It's them again.." Mio was a little cynical in response to their gazes and chose to ignore them. However, as we walked further. A man stood in front of Mio.
"Oh! My beautiful flower! Finally, we meet again!" Mio ignored him and walked past him.
"Hello sweet girl, are you alone right now?" just like before, Mio ignored him and walked past him.
Until a sword blocked our way.
"I don't have time to entertain your challenges!" Mio said in an annoyed tone.
Challenge?
Why does Mio look familiar with them?
"Come on.. don't tell me you're training this strange little girl?" hearing this man's words. My heart beat fast as if there was anger pent up in my heart.
What is this?
It hurts so much!
Mio replied to the man's words by pointing her sword at the man's neck.
"You're the same as usual. Always causing trouble in your free time. I give you three chances to apologize to Lily-sama!" Mio's voice sounded cold and threatening.
"One!" Mio continued her words.
"Woah.. what is this? Scary" the man was still teasing Mio.
"Two!"
"..."
"Three!" in an instant Mio's body moved and swung her sword right at the man's head.
Paaaranngg!!
Between the man and Mio, stood a woman who blocked Mio's attack using a small shield in her hand. Realizing someone was between them, Mio immediately moved back and away.
"Mio! There are rules regarding fighting here and Nicholas! How many times have I told you not to cause trouble!" The woman wore thick armor all over her body and a small shield adorned her hand. Not only that, I saw a small sword on her waist.
Unexpectedly, this small incident increased the spotlight on us.
"As a defense, this person looked at Lily-sama with a lecherous look. I was only protecting Lily-sama from this pervert!" said Mio.
"Hey!!" the man tried to reject Mio's words.
"Nicholas!!" the woman looked angry after hearing Mio's words.
Mio just smiled as the two adventurers bickered with each other. In this small commotion, a text appeared in front of me.
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Yurification Quest
Skill – Perfect Parry [0/3]
Skill – Counter Attack [0/3]
Legendary Move Swordsmanship (Anything) [0/3]
Mythic Skill Swordsmanship (Anything) [0/3]
Reward: Mio Ownership
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Yurification Quest? I got this Quest again.
Moreover... Perfect Parry? Counter Attack? And some other requirements to complete the Quest?
Isn't this too much?
Besides.. what are Legendary Move Swordmanship and Mythic Skill Swordmanship?
Eh? What's this? Why is there another text appearing in front of me?
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Legendary Move Swordsmanship Tier 1
Yurification Points Remaining: 10,000
[1] Precision Strike (Cost: 2,000 Yurification Points)
[2] Mental Down (Cost: 2,000 Yurification Points)
[3] Defense Break (Cost: 2,000 Yurification Points)
[4] Elegant Taunt (Cost: 1,000 Yurification Points)
[5] Sword Ethic (Cost: 1,000 Yurification Points)
[6] Dragon Slash (Cost: 5,000 Yurification Points)
[7] Wyvern Slash (Cost: 5,000 Yurification Points)
[8] Sakura Petals Movement (Cost: 500 Yurification Points)
[9] Sakura Essence Movement (Cost: 500 Yurification Points)
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Mythic Skill Swordsmanship Tier 1
Yurification Points Remaining: 10,000
[1] Sakura Vanish (*Req: Sakura Petals Movement* Cost: 500 Yurification Points)
[2] Sakura Dash (*Req: Sakura Essence Movement* Cost: 500 Yurification Points)
[3] Sakura Rain Dance (*Req: Dragon Slash* Cost: 5,000 Yurification Points)
[4] Sakura Dance (*Req: Wyvern Slah* Cost: 5,000 Yurification Points)
[5] Sakura Bloom (*Req: Defense Break* Cost: 2,000 Yurification Points)
[6] Sakura Taunt (*Req: Elegant Taunt* Cost: 1,000 Yurification Points)
[7] Sakura Domain (*Req: Mental Down* Cost: 2,000 Yurification Points)
[8] Sakura Precision Attack (*Req: Precision Strike* Cost: 2,000 Yurification Points)
[9] Sakura Aurora (*Req: Sword Ethic* Cost: 1,000 Yurification Points)
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I don't know why these two words appeared in front of me at the same time. Right now, I have 10,000 Yurification Points. Seeing these two words appear at the same time. I have a hard time choosing.
The Yurification Quest gave me the order to use both of them.
I should use them by buying the cheapest ability first.
[Legendary Move Swordmanship: Sakura Essence Movement successfully obtained!]
[Legendary Move Swordmanship: Sakura Petals Movement successfully obtained!]
[Legendary Move Swordmanship: Sword Ethic successfully obtained!]
[Legendary Move Swordmanship: Precision Strike successfully obtained!]
[Legendary Move Swordmanship: Elegant Taunt successfully obtained!]
[Mythic Skill Swordmanship: Sakura Vanish successfully obtained!]
[Mythic Skill Swordmanship: Sakura Dash successfully obtained!]
[Mythic Skill Swordmanship: Sakura Aurora successfully obtained!]
[Mythic Skill Swordmanship; Sakura Precision Attack successfully obtained!]
[Mythic Skill Swordmanship: Sakura Taunt successfully obtained!]
With this, I spent 10,000 Jurification Points.
In an instant, my brain felt a strange sensation as knowledge about the Legendary Move Swordsmanship and Mythic Skill Swordsmanship was absorbed into my brain. After feeling the pain and dizziness, I realized something, the two skills were related to each other.
Legendary Move Swordsmanship is a basic technique that must be learned to advance to the Mythic Skill Swordsmanship level.
My ability can be said to have developed, but...
If it is not used, I will not know the effect, right?
For that, I used the Elegant Taunt technique to challenge the Duel to the man who was bothering Mio.
Sriiiiing!!
I took out the sword given by Mio.
Hearing the sound of the sword coming out, Mio who was standing beside me was surprised and people's eyes were on me.
"Lily-sama ??"
"Hey, useless man. I challenge you to a duel!" I said in a high tone. Hearing my words, there was only laughter around me. Even the person I challenged laughed at me.
"What is this? A brat like you is not suitable to hold a sword. You can't even attack me from a distance like this!"
"Oh?" I replied a little to his words and activated Sakura Vanish and Sakura Dash at the same time. Suddenly my body moved quickly in front of him and the sword I was holding pointed at his heart.
In this short movement, the fragrant smell and cherry blossom petals scattered around me.
After this small attack, I just smiled a little when read his rank Adventurer.
"Oh, a D-class adventurer? No wonder so weak! I don't want to waste my time to bully weaklings"
For some reason, everyone was silent looking at me.
Um, did I do something wrong?
Even Mio looked at me with her mouth open.
I don't know what happened, but this silence made me uncomfortable. I quickly put my sword in its sheath and took Mio's hand to leave this man.