Man is infinite, and his ambition is to slay the dragon

"To be honest, I feel very relieved now. This year is my last year at Pojun Academy. By this time next year, I should have started competing in KOK ranking matches. So I am very glad that after I leave, Pojun Academy will have such excellent and reliable juniors as Stella, Kurotsuchi and Sieg."

"With you here, winning the Seven Stars Sword Festival twice or even three times in a row shouldn't be a dream."

Sieg smiled slightly, "This year's Seven Stars Sword Festival hasn't even started yet, and the student council president is already thinking about next year's and the year after's championship? You're really more greedy than the chairman."

"It's just a thought. What's more, with you guys here, I'm full of confidence in this year's competition. Even if I'm not selected in the end, there will be no problem." Dongtang Daohua said with a smile.

This is what she thinks.

however--

"But, Mr. Zieg, you won't be competing as a representative of Pojun Academy, right?"

"—"

The two of them stopped almost at the same time.

Looking at Toudou Daohua who turned around, Sieg was silent for a moment: "...... Indeed, I still haven't received the notification that I can participate in the Seven Stars Sword Festival. It's been almost two months."

"That's not what I'm talking about."

Dongtang Daohua shook his head and took off his glasses: "Come to think of it, I haven't told you, classmate Zig, that in addition to [Raikiri] and [Swift Wind and Thunder], I also have a unique sword-cutting skill called [Sensorigan]."

"To put it simply, I can use my thunder magician's ability to block my normal vision and detect the nerve signals that travel throughout the human body."

Human beings are living sophisticated machines.

All human movements are controlled by nerve signals sent by the brain. If you can feel your opponent's nerve signals, it can be very advantageous in the game, and you can even predict the future for a short period of time.

Take the eyes as an example - the eyeballs are operated by muscles, and as long as the signals of these muscles are controlled, the opponent's line of sight can be detected.

It is even possible to learn about the opponent's physiological state through the secretion of endorphins.

Dongtang Daohua can fully grasp this information through his own eyes, and because this information is equivalent to the opponent's genuine and naked heart, as long as he can grasp and understand it, he can see through the opponent's thinking logic and understand the opponent's thoughts at this moment and the next moment.

"To put it more exaggeratedly, as long as I observe a person with my Flash Eyes for a long enough time, I will be able to fully grasp all of that person's physical conditions and completely understand his or her thoughts."

Toudou Daohua looked at Sieg with eyes that shone with a hint of lightning.

"And now, in my opinion, Mr. Sieg... you have already stood on a position other than the [students of Pojun Academy] in your thinking, and when the Seven Star Sword Festival begins, I don't think your name will be among the six places for Pojun Academy."

"——You will participate in the Seven Stars Sword Fighting Festival in an unconventional way, right?"

"Student Council President..."

Staring at the girl in front of him, after a short silence, Sieg sighed: "So, why are you saying these things to me?"

"No reason, I just want to know a reason." Dongtang Daohua said, "I heard from Kurotetsu-kun that you and him have an agreement to compete on the final stage, and for this you must participate in the Seven Stars Sword Martial Festival. From this point of view, I think it is not surprising that you thought about changing your position and making corresponding changes after knowing that you can't participate in the Sword Martial Festival through normal channels."

"Don't you know that?"

"But why... besides that, Sieg-san, your thinking logic now has some... feelings of wanting to take on everything by yourself?"

Toudou Touka said something else that made Sieg unable to move.

"Through what happened this afternoon, I can confirm that you, Sieg-san, are a very straightforward and pure person. Even if you resort to unconventional means, you are only doing it to fulfill your promise with Kurogane-kun. But according to your logic that I understand, after fulfilling the promise... you seem to be thinking of taking on something particularly heavy on your own."

"Mr. Sieg, can you please tell me what you want to do after fulfilling your promise with Mr. Kurogane?"

84. Next Year’s Destiny Chocolate

(You are really amazing, Student Council President.)

Facing Toudou Daohua who asked him such a question, Sieg sighed slightly and leaned against the guardrail beside the road: "I don't plan to do anything. I just plan to do what I have always done - to kill all the things that prevent me from living a good life and implement my own will and ideas. It's that simple."

"Just like last year?"

Dongtang Daohua asked.

Last year, the [Flame Beast Riot] that shocked the whole world was undoubtedly the result of Sieg's implementation of his own will. In conclusion, he achieved his goal in a very reluctant way, allowing Kurogane Ikki to spend a year safely, but the price was that he himself was regarded as a dangerous person and was locked up for a whole year.

Dongtang Daohua didn't know what kind of mentality Sieg had when he acted at that time, but if he was the same as he is now, then -

"Can't you tell me anyway, Sieg? As the student council president, I have the obligation to help students in my school solve their problems when they encounter difficulties. No matter what difficulties you encounter, I will do my best to help you."

"Even if I'm not the student council president, I don't want you to bear everything on your own again."

Dongtang Daohua is a good person.

Even without these words, Sieg could have made such a judgment, and now it has further deepened the impression she made on him.

She is undoubtedly a good person who is willing to lend a helping hand to anyone in need.

(Oh my, this time she really boosted my favorability, Sieg.)

Em's voice suddenly rang in Sieg's mind.

(If this were a dating simulation game for women, you would have already been beaten out of the cutscene by now - so, what are you going to do? If she knows part of it, there's no point in keeping it a secret, right? Especially for a good woman like her who will pursue you relentlessly once she catches a clue.)

A good woman?

Sieg was silent for a while, then shook his head: "There's no need to say anything, Student Council President. It's really not a big deal, I can handle it by myself. Thank you for your concern, but there's really no need for you to make such a fuss."

"really?"

Dongtang Daohua continued to observe Sieg's mental state with his flash eyes, still a little worried: "Since you insist so much, I won't say much... But... you must not be stubborn alone."

"I've never been aggressive."

"Didn't you fight with Teacher Xijing last year? Wasn't that considered showing off?"

"Of course not."

Sieg smiled and said, "More than that, anyway, I am very grateful that you, the student council president, are willing to think of me like this. But just treat it as nonsense. If you keep being so kind, you will probably get into some big trouble in the future. After all, I have encountered this kind of situation before."

"A kind-hearted person saved a seriously injured person, but after that person recovered, he killed his savior and his entire family - this may be alarmist, but I hope you can keep an eye on it."

"Well, I'll remember that. Thank you, Sieg-san."

Dongtang Daohua smiled and nodded.

(That's true... maybe I'm just overthinking it? No matter what, Sieg-san wouldn't do anything too shocking. What happened last year shouldn't happen again, right?)

(After all, he is an upright person who was indifferent to... to a person like me and helped me dry clothes calmly. I was probably just making a fuss.)

Thinking of what happened in the previous afternoon, Dongtang Daohua still felt his cheeks getting a little hot.

She is actually quite reckless, and her good friend, Kanata Takara, often advises her to wear safety pants under her skirt, after all, the skirts at Pojun Academy are still relatively short. But Sieg really didn't react at all after seeing her wet body... This made her feel ashamed of her unhealthy thoughts, and also a little lost and frustrated.

After all, in a sense, Sieg is completely denying the charm of Toudou Touka as a woman.

(Speaking of which——)

"...Sieg-san doesn't have anyone he likes, right?"

"Eh?"

Hearing Dongtang Daohua's sudden and somewhat abrupt question, Zigg, who had just resumed his walk, staggered slightly: "Why are you asking such a question all of a sudden, Student Council President?"

"No! It's just... that... what happened this afternoon... that... I'm sorry! You really forgot about it! Just pretend I didn't say it!"

Out of his inner sense of shame, Dongtang Daohua still did not finish his words and was in a hurry to try to get away with it.

However, perhaps due to the impact of Sieg's use of the Dragon Explosion Slash before, there are now many stones and cracks on this road. In a panic, Dongtang Daohua stepped directly into a crack and fell face down on the ground.

"Boom!"

Does it sound quite loud?

Therefore, Toudou Daohua's round buttocks were directly reflected in Zigg's field of vision, and he could vaguely see some triangular outlines protruding through the cloth.

After quickly getting up from the ground, Dongtang Daohua covered his butt with his red cheeks and looked at Zigg shyly: "Um... didn't you see it?"

"Hmm? What did you see?"

Sieg tilted his head, "Student Council President, you're wearing a long skirt, so I can't see your underwear even if I want to, right?"

"Sieg-san... why can you calmly say something that is no different from a pervert on the train?" Toudou Daohua's mood is now shy and a little complicated. "Now I am sure that Sieg-san, you really don't have anyone you like."

"After all, I don't really care about this aspect, and I haven't thought about it at all - does the student council president have someone he likes?"

"Eh? Uh... this..."

Being asked back, Toudou Daohua suddenly became a little flustered. After a while, she blushed and smiled: "...No. Although I receive chocolates every Valentine's Day, they are all charity chocolates. I only know how to make charity chocolates."

"Is that so... Then if there's a chance, I'll send you one next year."

"Eh? Sieg-san gave it to me?"

"Well, although I don't understand the difference between Honmei chocolate and giri chocolate, but in terms of importance, Honmei chocolate should be more important, right? I will give it to you next year."

"......"

Dongtang Daohua could not help but remain silent, and then he smiled after a few seconds: "You really don't care about this at all... But okay, I will look forward to it next year, although I don't know what I will do then. By the way, I will also prepare a set of natal chocolate for you next year."

"Well, I'm looking forward to it."

85. The 【Eve of the Festival】Finally Arrived

After making a casual agreement with Dongtang Daohua, the two continued walking for a while before returning to the training dormitory.

When the next day came, Sieg left the dormitory early in the morning, saying that he wanted to continue his practice.

Of course, he did not return to Yueying Moya's mountain villa. He just said a word to them and went straight back to Karuizawa to continue practicing with Edwards.

Then, another two months passed in a flash, from late May to late July.

For Sieg, these two months were not much different from the past. He just continued to train under Edwards and learn swordsmanship. After three months, he had reached the level of "formal entry" in swordsmanship, as Edwards called it.

But for the people he knows, a lot has changed in the past two months.

For example--

"Eh? Your intensive training only lasts for a week?"

In Karuizawa's villa, Sieg was busy preparing lunch in the kitchen while talking on the phone. He was a little surprised when he heard the voice coming from the phone.

"I thought you would need at least half a month of intensive training."

[Where do you get so much time? ]

The voice on the phone was that of Kurogane Ikki.

"We just had our summer vacation a week ago, and the Seven Star Sword Festival will start in another week. There are many things to deal with before then, so it's good to have a week of intensive training. Unlike you, you have been training for more than three months."

Yes, as time comes to late July, the holding of the Seven Stars Sword Festival is imminent.

Pojun Academy also finished the selection of representatives for the Seven Star Sword Martial Arts Festival before the start of summer vacation. The contestants who were confirmed to compete in this Seven Star Sword Martial Arts Festival were the following people:

——First year student at Pojun Academy, F-class knight, [Uncrowned Sword King] Kurogane Ikki.

——Fellow first-year, A-rank knight, [Red Lotus Princess] Stella Famillion.

——Further first year, B-rank knight, [Deep Sea Witch] Kurogane Shizuku.

——Further first year, D-rank knight, [Black Rose] Arisuin Nagi.

——Third year student at Pojun Academy, B-rank knight, [Raikiri] Toudou Touka.

——Fellow third-year, B-class knight, [Scarlet Lady] Kitahara Kanata

The above six people are the students of Pojun College who participated in the Seven Star Sword Martial Festival this year. Almost all of them are people that Sieg knows. What is surprising is that this year there are four first-year students participating in the Seven Star Sword Martial Festival. Although there have been similar situations in the past, at most there were only one or two first-year students, and more often there were no freshmen at all.

This year there are actually four.

[Everyone is very good, especially Stella. Since she became Xijing's apprentice, her strength has improved explosively. You will be surprised when you see her.]

"Really? Then I'll be looking forward to it."

Stella also successfully became Xijing Ningyin's apprentice. It is said that when there were no trials, she had been training with the strongest knight in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, and she didn't even go to ordinary classes. And to be praised by Kurogane Ikki, she must have made great progress.

[However, Sieg, you still didn't get permission to participate in the Seven Stars Sword Festival. So, our agreement......]

"It's okay. Don't worry about the agreement. I will keep the appointment in my own way. You just need to find a way to get on the stage of the finals. I will definitely be waiting for you there before then."

【Mr. Zieger.....】

The voice of Ikki Kurogane on the other end of the phone sounded a little heavy, but he soon recovered.

[I understand. I won’t keep you waiting too long.]