Chapter 40:Enlightenment [4]

After a couple of silent seconds, Evangel's pupils suddenly flickered to the top of her eyelid as she glanced forward.

Following her pupils, I tilted my head backward and glanced behind, and there, in the distance, like a ruby gemstone, was the strawberry mochi.

Illuminated by the bright lights in the building, the mochi reached the apex of its trajectory and slowly descended, threatening to crush against the floor and collapse.

Flicking her head up and down, alternating gazes between my body and the mochi, Evangel seemed to make a decision and leaped into the air.

Moments later, I followed after, with my fork in my right hand and ready to strike.

I had been too robotic with my attacks.

All I had been doing was repeating the same motion over and over and over again.

Sure, something like that would have worked for studying, where all you have to do is consume and spit out information.

But swordsmanship was a different story.