Kapitel 64: Chapter 9&10
Chapter 9: A Sparring Match
The next morning.
Tohka Yatogami, who had satisfied her late-night cravings and returned to sleep contentedly, was now lying on the bed, sleeping shamelessly.
Her long hair was scattered messily on the bed, the blanket had been kicked to the floor, and drool was sticking to the pillow from the corner of her mouth...
If the bed weren't big enough, she might have even fallen off while sleeping.
The morning sunlight was streaming in through the window, but she showed no signs of waking up.
"Knock, knock, knock."
"Tohka, are you awake?"
The voice of Nygglatho came from outside the door.
The sleeping Tohka Yatogami only wrinkled her nose, as if she hadn't heard anything, and continued sleeping.
After waiting for a while without a response, Nygglatho spoke again, "If you don't get up, you'll miss breakfast time."
Like a demon awakened by a spell, Tohka Yatogami's eyes snapped open instantly.
This was an instinct ingrained in her body, even a young girl could not suppress it. As soon as something related to food was mentioned, her body would immediately be roused.
She did a wriggling fish maneuver to get up from the bed, wiping the drool from the corner of her mouth with a wry expression.
While acting as the Elf Maiden, not only her mind, but even her body would be influenced.
Just like in the previous world, when she played as Kurumi Tokisaki, she felt no remorse for killing, and in this world, when she played as Tohka Yatogami, her resistance to food was almost zero.
Although this has its advantages for her acting, the inability to fully control herself still leaves her feeling somewhat resigned.
"Oh well, it's just eating a little more, it's not that big of a deal."
The girl stretched and yawned, feeling a slight hunger in her stomach: "Being able to eat is a blessing, and since there's no shortage of food, I might as well enjoy some culinary pleasures in this world~"
Tohka Yatogami got off the bed, and with a thought, her sleepwear transformed into the same ordinary outfit as the other Golden Spirits under the glow.
This was another use of the Spirit Dress.
The Spirit Dress could mimic any outfit the Elf Maidens had seen, but it had no defensive power, at most it was just a disguise.
However, the convenience was indeed convenient. Whether in the previous world or this one, she didn't need to buy any clothes, she could just look at an outfit and have the Spirit Dress change into the corresponding style.
Patting her cheeks and getting ready, Tohka Yatogami opened the bedroom door.
"Good morning, Nygglatho."
"Good morning, Tohka. I hope I didn't disturb you."
"No, no, thank you for waking me up." Tohka Yatogami said, rubbing her stomach, "It would be terrible to miss breakfast."
"Eh? Are you hungry again so soon?" Nygglatho asked in surprise, "Just now, Nephren told me she made you several bowls of noodles for a midnight snack."
"Midnight snack is one thing, breakfast is another. The previous meal may have been a lot, but the next one is still just as necessary!" Tohka Yatogami said earnestly.
"Haha, that's true. For a growing girl like you, eating a little more is not a bad thing." Nygglatho laughed, "It seems I'll have to cook a little more from now on. If it's not enough, just let me know, after all, my job is to feed you all."
"Mm! Thank you!" Tohka Yatogami's eyes shone as she grabbed her hand, "Nygglatho, you really are a good person!"
"My, my, is just feeding you enough to make me a good person?" Nygglatho shook her head with an amused smile, then said, "Go wash up first, I'll see you in the dining hall later."
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Ten minutes later, in the mansion's dining hall.
After washing up, the hungry Tohka Yatogami hurried to the dining hall, carrying a plate full of food, and sat down in a chair by the window.
The meals here were quite good. Since the Spirit Warehouse was jointly managed by the military and the merchant guild, the merchant side was not stingy with the food.
Bacon, fried eggs, buttered toast, these Western-style breakfasts were the standard in this world.
Although girls usually prefer more Eastern-style breakfasts, even in the previous world, she could barely tolerate Japanese-style ones. But in this world, playing the role of Tohka Yatogami, her tolerance for food has increased greatly.
Therefore, even if it's a Western-style breakfast that she's not quite used to, she eats it happily.
Just as she was enjoying her breakfast, a small girl with purple short hair came over and sat down in front of her, resting her chin on her interlocked fingers and staring at her.
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Tohka Yatogami, who was eating, paused in confusion, looking at the girl in front of her, feeling somewhat baffled.
Swallowing the food in her mouth, Tohka Yatogami lifted her plate and placed it on top of her head, out of the girl's reach.
"Even if you keep staring at me, I won't share my food with you."
"Eh?"
"If you want to eat, go ask Nygglatho, I won't give you any."
"...I don't want your food at all." The purple-haired girl said flatly.
"Oh, is that so? That's good then." Tohka Yatogami put her plate back down and continued eating heartily.
The purple-haired girl then looked over at another table and waved to the girls there, "Come over quickly, the new big sister doesn't seem as scary as she looks."
Hearing this, the girls who had been stealing glances at Tohka Yatogami exchanged looks and gathered around.
Looking at the circle of Golden Spirits around her, Tohka Yatogami seemed a bit nervous, "What do you guys want?"
"Big sister, you're a Golden Spirit from a different Spirit Warehouse, right?"
"I guess so."
"Then can you tell us what life is like in the other Spirit Warehouses?" The purple-haired girl asked with anticipation, "You're the first Golden Spirit from another Warehouse we've seen, and everyone is really curious."
"Hmm..." Tohka Yatogami scratched her head, "Sorry, I don't have much to share, since I can't remember anything other than my name."
"What? How can that be!"
"Why can't you remember anything?"
"Big sister, you're just hiding it from us, aren't you."
The underage Golden Spirits started speaking up, chattering nonstop.
Although they are Golden Spirits, at this age they won't have the problem of personality disintegration, so they don't know what personality disintegration means, let alone the consequences it brings.
The managers and adult Golden Spirits also won't let them know about this cruel fate too early, trying their best to let them enjoy their childhood.
"Children, have you forgotten what I said yesterday about not asking Tohka questions that would make her uncomfortable?"
Sure enough, seeing these little ones surrounding Tohka Yatogami, Nygglatho, who was serving the other children, came over.
"I'm sorry, these children are in a very energetic stage and are curious about everything."
After driving the curious children away, Nygglatho apologized, "If they bother you again, you can just spank their butts and give them a little lesson."
Although Nygglatho looked very gentle, she was actually quite wicked.
She knew that Tohka Yatogami would never really hit the children, she just said that to give these mischievous Golden Spirits a wake-up call.
Sure enough, after hearing that Tohka Yatogami had the power to spank their butts, the girls who had just crowded around her all became as quiet as the dead.
This made her somewhat amused and exasperated.
Tohka Yatogami's initial impression was already scary enough for the children, and now with Nygglatho's words, it seems that for a long time, these children won't be coming to play with her.
The main line task requires her to become the princess of the Golden Spirit clan, which means she needs to gain the recognition of all the Golden Spirits, including mature individuals like Kotori and Nephren, as well as these underage Golden Spirits.
She was planning to take the opportunity to get along well with these little ones.
It looks like she'll have to wait for the next chance.
Just as she was about to continue demolishing today's breakfast, the sound of clashing swords came from outside.
Involuntarily looking out the window at the open field, she saw the Golden Spirits practicing early in the morning.
Kotori and another adult Golden Spirit from the Fourth Spirit Warehouse, Esther, were sparring in armor, wielding relics as real weapons.
A little distance away, Willem was standing, as if evaluating their fighting styles, occasionally offering some suggestions for improvement.
"That's Willem guiding them in their fighting techniques."
Seeing Tohka Yatogami's gaze drawn to them, Nygglatho explained as she wiped the grease off her hands, "Just as Willem introduced himself at the welcome party yesterday, he is a human from 500 years ago who is very knowledgeable about the use of relics, or rather, holy swords. He's been correcting their fighting styles these days."
Relics are weapons that the scavenger teams from the floating islands have dug up from the lost human ruins and brought to the ground.
A hundred years ago, these relics were called holy swords by humans.
According to the history of the Floating Continent, the human heroes wielded these holy swords, overcoming all obstacles and defeating the Demon King who intended to destroy humanity, nipping the disaster in the bud.
However, the appearance of the Twelve Beasts replaced the Demon King's position, completing the mission the Demon King failed to accomplish, completely destroying human civilization.
The holy swords are one of the few remnants of human civilization left in this world.
"In the past, these children only knew how to fight by burning their own lives to obtain magic power, but after Willem appeared, he showed the Golden Spirits a way to use the relics, or holy swords, in battle without using magic power, and even more powerfully."
Nygglatho looked at Kotori and Esther below, sparring and adapting to this new fighting method, and couldn't help but express relief: "The reason for the Golden Spirits' extremely short lifespan is that they have to burn their lives to obtain magic power in battle. Now that they have a new fighting method, they can live longer."
"Is that a good thing?" Tohka Yatogami couldn't help but ask.
"Well... being able to survive is always good." Nygglatho gave a bitter smile.
Just as the two were talking, as if sensing the gaze from above, Nephren, who was sitting on the lawn watching the sparring, turned and waved to Tohka Yatogami in the window.
"After you're done eating, go down and practice with them," Nygglatho said. "You're also a Golden Spirit, so learning the new fighting method from Willem will be beneficial for you as well."
"I understand."
Tohka Yatogami finished the eggs and ham on her plate in a few bites, clamping the toast in her mouth, and ran down to the lawn.
Reaching Nephren, who was observing the others, she swallowed the toast, clapped her hands to brush off the crumbs, and asked, "Aren't you training with them?"
"I was planning to, but since you're here, we can train together." Nephren said.
"Mm."
Seeing that Tohka Yatogami had no objections, Nephren then brought her to Willem, who was training the other two Golden Spirits.
After explaining the situation, Willem immediately agreed.
The proper way to use the relics was not something he needed to keep secret, in fact, the more people knew, the better.
"By the way, where's your relic?" Willem asked, "I didn't see you bring a relic when you came, and while we have extra armor, we don't have extra relics. Why don't you wait until Kotori and the others are done, and borrow one of theirs?"
"No need, I have armor and weapons."
With a thought, the Spirit Dress: Ten and Angel Killer appeared.
Shining under the sunlight, her Spirit Dress looked like the courageous Valkyrie on the battlefield.
Seeing this, Nephren and Willem were stunned.
"Where did that come from?"
Nephren approached and tapped the Spirit Dress: Ten's armor, searching all around but unable to find any suspicious mechanisms, which only made her more puzzled.
"Even if you ask, I don't know either," Tohka Yatogami said. "It just naturally manifests, just like breathing. Can't you do it?"
"Of course not, I've never seen any Golden Spirit do that."
"How interesting..." Willem stroked his chin, deep in thought, "Could it be spatial magic? It's been so long since I've seen that."
Unlike Nephren, although he was also surprised, he had seen similar situations before.
In the past, when humans were the overlords of the continent, this kind of ability to conjure armor and weapons through spatial magic was quite popular.
Even he himself had used tools related to spatial magic.
When he fought his arch-enemy back then, if he hadn't used spatial magic to bring several extra holy swords, he might have been killed without even the chance to turn to stone.
"However, Golden Spirits shouldn't be able to use spatial magic..." Willem thought.
From Nephren's reaction, she had never seen the ability to conjure armor and swords out of thin air.
Or maybe it's just that the Golden Spirits of the Fourth Warehouse haven't seen spatial magic, while the Tohka Yatogami from another Warehouse possesses this ability?
Just like how only the Golden Spirits of the Fourth Warehouse knew the proper way to use the holy swords?
Or is this a special ability that only Tohka Yatogami, this one Golden Spirit, can use?
And what about this strange sword?
Although he could feel the immense power contained within it, its appearance did not look like a holy sword.
The holy swords were called swords not because their essence was a sword, but because the various capabilities were connected together to form the shape of a sword, with the essence being the combined talismans.
Although there were many questions, Willem didn't intend to ask any.
After all, he knew that Tohka Yatogami had lost all her memories, no matter what he asked, he wouldn't get any answers.
"Well, just try sparring with each other for now," Willem said after a moment of thought.
"Fighting is the best way for warriors to communicate. Maybe I can learn something from your fighting style."
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Chapter 10: A Fierce Challenge
Both sides were ready quickly.
Tohka Yatogami held her Angel Killer, while Nephren wielded the holy sword Saniia.
After retreating to a suitable distance, they both fixed their gaze on each other.
As the referee, Willem raised his hand, then swiftly brought it down.
"Begin!"
At the referee's signal, both immediately sprang into action.
Tohka Yatogami charged forward aggressively, while Nephren summoned her fairy wings and took to the sky.
Backing away, Nephren evaded Tohka's frontal slash.
Once she lost the initial offensive momentum, Nephren quickly dove down, swinging her holy sword.
"Clang!"
Angel Killer and Saniia collided, producing a metallic ringing.
Feeling the force transmitted through the blade, Tohka's brow furrowed.
"Clang, clang, clang, clang!"
In the close-quarters melee, their plain yet repeated strikes stirred up waves of sand and rubble.
Tohka had intended to forcefully break through with her superior strength, but she realized that the more force she exerted, the greater the pressure on her sword.
Despite her absolute advantage in raw power, Nephren wielding Saniia was like a slippery fish.
Each time the blades clashed, most of Tohka's force was cleverly absorbed and redirected against her.
"I should remind you, the fighting style I taught utilizes the holy sword's ability to match and redirect the opponent's strength," Willem called out from the side. "If you insist on relying solely on raw power, you will be the one to lose in the end."
"There are swords like that?" Tohka asked, surprised.
"All holy swords share this quality. However, the sword you're using doesn't seem to be a holy sword, which puts you at a disadvantage," Willem explained.
"It doesn't matter if it's not a holy sword, I'm still very strong," Tohka declared.
Facing an opponent wielding a holy sword, relying solely on raw power would only put her at a disadvantage.
Since that's the case, she didn't need to rely on pure strength.
Tohka channeled her spirit energy into Angel Killer, causing the silver blade to shine with a purple glow.
"Boom!"
The explosive spirit energy burst forth, blasting Nephren into the air, tumbling several times.
Regaining her balance with the fairy wings, Nephren looked at her opponent and said flatly, "It's just a sparring match. Was it really necessary to release such a massive amount of magic power?"
"Hm?" Tohka tilted her head, seemingly puzzled.
But soon, recalling the information she had about the Golden Spirits, she understood the reason behind Nephren's statement.
While the Golden Spirits could use magic power, their quality and quantity were extremely limited. If they exceeded their limits, they would have to open the fairy conduit and burn their own lives to obtain more powerful and greater magical energy.
Therefore, channeling magic power into the fairy wings and holy sword was the most cost-effective way to use it.
No Golden Spirit would do what Tohka just did, recklessly releasing spirit energy as sword qi. That kind of magic power usage was too extravagant for them.
After all, no Golden Spirit wished for a longer life.
But Tohka was not a Golden Spirit.
Although the spirit energy she just unleashed was only a tiny fraction of what she possessed, in Nephren's eyes, Tohka was clearly treating this sparring match as a serious battle.
But Nephren had no intention of explaining further.
"This is nothing to me, don't underestimate me!"
Facing Nephren in midair, Angel Killer shone with purple light again.
As if spirit energy were free, with repeated swings, Tohka converted the energy into purple sword qi, imbuing it with tremendous force before sending it flying towards Nephren.
The scale of their battle had drawn the attention of the other two Golden Spirits training nearby.
Kotori and Esther, the last adult Golden Spirit from the Fourth Spirit Warehouse, temporarily stopped their own training and flew over to Nephren's side.
"Is Nephren being targetted by the newcomer?" Esther couldn't help but ask. "That intense magic power release looks like she's fighting an enemy to the death."
"This is too dangerous! Using such powerful skills for just a sparring match?" Kotori said worriedly. "Their fighting style is way too brutal."
"Oh? Are you all going to team up against me now?" Tohka's expression became slightly more serious as she ascended to the same height as the three Golden Spirits.
Before they could explain anything, Angel Killer shone with an even brighter purple glow.
This time, the power ripples it emanated were more terrifying than ever before.
Both the Golden Spirits and the observing Willem were secretly alarmed by the tremendous force pulsing from Angel Killer.
The fearsome spirit energy, when channeled through Angel Killer, transformed into even more violent sword qi, compressed and compressed again.
"Since you three are going to face me together, then I'll get a bit more serious!"
Brandishing the majestic sword qi-imbued Angel Killer, Tohka shouted, "Come at me!"
"Stop!"
Just as the massive spirit energy was about to be unleashed towards the three, Willem suddenly called out, "Hold it!"
The half-swung sword in Tohka's hand froze, the sword qi about to be fired halted at the last moment.
She had a pained expression, straining to suppress the raging power as best she could.
But an arrow already loosed cannot be stopped.
Regaining control over the unrestrained spirit energy was no easy task.
"Aaaargh, I can't hold it back anymore!"
Tohka redirected Angel Killer towards an area away from the mansion, and the uncontrolled spirit energy was instantly released.
"Rumble, rumble!"
A dense, almost black purple light burst forth from Angel Killer's tip, shooting straight towards the distance.
On this floating island, an innocent mountain peak was struck, the sword qi razing a large hole through its center.
"Phew..."
After firing the spirit energy, Tohka wiped the non-existent sweat from her brow and looked at Willem somewhat disgruntledly, "Why did you make me stop? It's really hard to regain control over released spirit energy!"
"If you had let that attack through, even if Kotori and the others could block it, the mansion would have been affected!" Willem rolled his eyes. "Can't you be a little more mindful during a sparring match? At least check your surroundings first!"
"Ah..."
Tohka finally remembered they were training near the mansion.
Realizing her mistake, she sheepishly sheathed Angel Killer.
"Sorry, I got a bit too excited."
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