Bab 48: Active Skill: Step

Shibahime brushed her shoulders off with a couple of quick pats and glared at me with narrowed eyes. Scary.

"Not a bad skill, I think. The downside is that it's repulsive to me on a physiological level."

"Thanks. I'll take that as a compliment."

Normally, you'd think it was sarcasm after she prefaced it with, "Not a bad skill." However, when she said it was "repulsive on a physiological level," that's a feeling most girls could understand. Coming from Shinka Shibahime, the Ice Princess, this was purely a genuine compliment. As someone well-trained in understanding her ways, I could tell.

"It's ideal for long-distance skill attacks. And since you have three of them, it seems like the possibilities are wide."

Oh, wow. She's really complimenting me.

"The only downside might be that the user is you, Akaya-kun."

"You already mentioned a downside earlier, didn't you?"