My mother's love song

If I underestimated you even for a moment, I will apologize sincerely afterwards.

"Bite your teeth, Rod...!"

Using the potential energy from her previous running, Qingzi jumped up nimbly, her slender right foot drawing a graceful arc in the air.

Using the explosive acceleration gained from [Magic Release], Aoko aimed at the side of Rhodes' face and kicked him.

This was an unavoidable blow, Qingzi firmly believed.

She had defeated countless powerful enemies with this strike, and had once dominated the fighting arena in the Clock Tower.

but.

This time it seemed different.

Facing his opponent reflected in his cyan pupils, Rhodes remained neither panicked nor afraid.

He did not try to resist or dodge, but raised his arms.

Reaching out his hands towards Xunlei's right foot, Rhodes grabbed her ankle before Qingzi's attack was about to hit her.

"!"

The moment her ankle was grabbed, Qingzi felt that most of her strength was taken away.

A cold shudder passed through her mind.

What is this...! ?

In the next moment, the perspective tumbled and the world turned.

By the time Aozaki Aoko realized what was going to happen next, her body was already suspended in mid-air.

Then, Rod grabbed her ankle and threw a perfect back throw.

“…………Cough, cough, cough!!!”

Aozaki Aoko's back fell heavily to the ground.

The sky was so high and the earth was so solid, the girl felt her consciousness was fading away.

Rhodes' voice came to my ears.

"A hundred martial arts, this is mankind's oldest mixed martial arts, Pankrasin."

【Pankrasin A】

This ancient martial art was taught by his mother, Nero Claudius, who was an Olympic sports fanatic.

Pankrasin is an ancient Greek martial art, which means "all power".

In the mythological era, heroes such as Hercules, Theseus, and Achilles used a combination of boxing, wrestling, and comprehensive fighting skills.

It is said that Plato, who has mastered Pankrasin to the extreme [EX], is the strongest fighter in history, on par with Buddha.

Chapter 120: The apology is a massage, the gift is a collar

Snap, snap, snap.

Kuonji Yuju placed the teacup on her lap and clapped her hands softly.

"Beautiful. A perfect comeback. Being able to knock down Qingzi, who was more sensitive than a wild animal, with one strike was truly amazing."

Youzhu, who was usually very strict with Rhodes in class, was generous with her praise at this moment.

"No, it just happened." Rhodes said lightly.

A little... a little bit drunk.

He squatted down to check on Aoko's condition.

Fortunately, nothing serious happened. Qingzi lay on the ground and looked at him with resentful eyes.

"Rod, you know martial arts?"

"I never said I couldn't do it?" Rod said.

Having said that, when he knew Aoko in the past, he really didn't know how to use any fighting techniques.

It was not until he recalled his memories with Nero during the Fuyuki Holy Grail War that Rod's body slowly remembered Pankrasin's techniques.

He thought to himself: Hmm, do I have any lost memories?

For example, I was once the heir of Erhuliu.

Aozaki Aoko, who was lying on the ground, puffed up her cheeks in anger.

"Hmm~~~~Then as a teacher, does that mean I have nothing to teach you?!"

It was as if she was more angry about not being able to teach Rod's fighting skills than the humiliating defeat to the rookie in the magic battle.

Looking at her aggrieved and annoyed expression, Rhodes smiled.

"That's not the case. Teacher Aoko, I hope you can teach me the technique of combining fighting skills with the release of magic power."

"Ha, if you say so, then it's not impossible for me to teach you."

Qingzi chuckled and held the hand that Rhodes extended to him.

"By the way, I'm going to sleep in Youzhu's room tonight as well."

……

……

……

As it was getting close to evening, Youzhu suddenly decided not to eat takeout tonight.

Because Qingzi was beaten badly in the sparring with Luo in the afternoon, the multinational chaebol lady, who was in a good mood, wanted to cook herself to reward her hard-working disciple and miserable cohabitant.

The days are short in winter, and by half past four the sun had already turned orange.

Youzhu glanced at the clock and decided to go to the supermarket at the foot of the mountain to buy ingredients for dinner.

Youzhu, wearing a high-end coat, stood gracefully at the entrance.

"…By the way, Aoko. When I was away."

She narrowed her eyes slightly and stared at Aoko in the living room.

The energetic Aozaki Aoko is now lying on the sofa like a salted fish washed ashore.

Although the injuries from Rod's shoulder throw had long been healed with magic, the double pain of body and mind, coupled with the pain of overusing magic power,

These accumulated physical things are not so easy to eliminate.

Qingzi decided to give up completely today.

"No stealing." Youzhu said.

"what?"

Qingzi held her chin up and shifted her gaze from the TV to Youzhu, "What did I steal?"

Youzhu clenched her little fist and put it to her mouth to cover up her slip of the tongue.

"Uh, I mean you are not allowed to steal the ingredients in the refrigerator."

"There's nothing in the refrigerator except lettuce, right?" Aoko said.

Youzhu lifted her boots gracefully.

That should be fine. It seems that Aoko can't move before dinner.

Then she gave Rhodes a meaningful look and left gracefully from the door of the mansion.

Bang, the door was closed.

As soon as the hostess left, Qingzi immediately changed her expression.

"Rod, I want some tea."

Lying on the sofa and swinging her legs playfully, she gave orders to the boy in an unquestionable tone.

"Good good."

Rhodes nodded honestly, walked into the kitchen and began to prepare black tea and snacks for Qingzi before dinner.

After all, I am the one who turned her into a useless person, so I will just pamper her today.

"There is a small red jar on the second row of shelves on the left side of the kitchen wall. It contains sencha. I want to drink that today."

From the other side of the living room came Aoko-sensei's increasingly severe orders.

Rhodes followed her instructions and found Japanese green tea.

It goes without saying that these sencha were secretly hidden in the kitchen by Qingzi without telling Youzhu.

Kuonji Yuju, who was born in the UK, has an absolute aversion to all kinds of tea except black tea.

Just as Catholics hate the Orthodox more than pagans, and Sunnis and Shias are incompatible.

What humans are most intolerant of are often their own people; even a person with noble upbringing like Youzhu is not immune to this.

Don't share it!

This is the attitude of the Black Tea Princess Youzhu towards roasting green tea.

"Rod. Don't you think it's exciting to secretly drink green tea while Youzhu is not around?"

Still lying on the sofa, Aoko took the cup of tea handed to her by Rhodes with a smile.

"If Yuzu knew about this, you would probably be thrown out of the third floor of the mansion by the Bridge Giant."

Rhodes just said a few words to her.

He sat down at Youzhu's special seat and enjoyed his green tea.

"...Well, it seems like there is indeed a sense of immorality."

"Right, right? It's so exciting to drink 500 yen cheap green tea from a 2 million yen enamel black tea cup."

However, Rhodes' leisure time only lasted 10 seconds.

Just as he was looking out the window at the neatly trimmed courtyard he had used the plague to cultivate, Aoko had her period again.

"Rod, give me a massage. My back and shoulders are so sore from your fall."

Aoko turned his neck, patted his shoulder and gave a new order.

"You are so good at martial arts, so you should be able to give massages, right? I've seen Chinese Kung Fu masters in Hong Kong movies are all very good at massages."

"First of all, Pankrasin is not Chinese Kung Fu."

Rhodes sighed silently.

Put down the teacup in your hand, come to Qingzi's side, and then

"Wait... stop riding on me!"

Aoko's face suddenly turned red when she realized that the boy was riding on her back.

"Damn it, you can't suppress your lust after Yuu leaves, right? There's nothing I can do about it, after all I'm so beautiful and cute!"

She twisted her body, trying to throw the boy who was riding on her waist off.

"Be quiet. How can I give you a massage if I don't ride on you?"

Rhodes stretched out his hands seriously and clasped them on her shoulders.

"Ah... it hurts!"

"If it hurts, don't move. It's dangerous."

Rhodes only used a few joint techniques to easily subdue the twisting and turning Qingzi.

"Wu... I can't resist now, please don't do anything rash, okay?"

As if accepting her fate, Qingzi lowered her head and murmured.

"I trust you so much. If I were betrayed... I would..."

"You've read too many books... I'm a regular technician."