Sword Energy Comes to Life

"Sister! It's not what you think!"

The girl's words, filled with surprise, embarrassment, and panic, echoed around her. She crouched down, hugging herself tightly, her face flushed red.

Ugh! Why am I worrying so much? How could my sister possibly hurt me? I'm so stupid.

But... but... how can I face anyone looking like this?

She was just grabbing Chiba's clothes...

She'd seen it in some books, something called... "Teacher's Seduction"... But this was her sister's boyfriend... Even though he was a jerk, but... But what if her sister misunderstood what she was doing here with him like this?

But she was really scared just now, and she was scared twice.

The first time was when Nuolin faced the waterspout she herself had created.

The second time is when all the water has receded.

She had already reached the shore when the situation suddenly changed. The familiar Seven-Star Sword Formation silently appeared in the sky, and then the seven ancient swords dispersed the waterspout, causing the water to fall.

She was terrified, her face paling, and instinctively reached out to grab Chiba, but almost grabbed the lava instead.

The boy seemed to pause for a moment, then removed the surface layer of lava and stood in front of her.

Both of them were soaked to the bone.

"I'm sorry," Nuolin said to Chiba.

Chiba shook his head, indicating that he was fine.

He lightly stepped forward, leaped, and landed on top of the waterfall.

Nuolin walked over to Haiweier, squatted down, and asked, "What are you doing here?"

Seeing that Chiba was gone, Haiweier raised her little face, looking somewhat distressed, and said, "Sister, I know I was wrong..."

Nuolin gently tapped her little head and said, "Naughty."

Haiweier covered her head and muttered, "Wasn't my sister here on a date with him? Otherwise, why would she specifically tell me not to come along?"

Nuolin was taken aback, then tapped her on the head again, saying, "Don't talk nonsense, he has Mira."

Haiweier looked at her and said, "Sister, you're no worse than her... If you want to..."

But after she said it, she froze, and then she was shocked by her own words.

Good heavens!

What am I saying???

I actually encouraged my sister to be with that jerk?

She quickly said, "Sister, don't misunderstand. I'm not encouraging you two to be together. I just... I just think you're no less beautiful than any other girl."

She blinked again, her voice filled with surprise. "Sister, you weren't with him after all..."

Nuolin was about to hit her, but stopped herself, as if she had stunned her younger sister. She said, "He's my junior brother."

"My junior brother is more important than my own sister..." Haiweier pouted.

Despite her condition, Haiweier was happy. At least her sister hadn't abandoned her; her sister was still hers!

Of course, from Feiyin's silly perspective, it's obvious that you, little girl, can't stand seeing your sister find a boyfriend before you.

Nuolin couldn't help but tap her, saying, "Look at you."

Haiweier was taken aback, then gave a dry chuckle. She finally understood why her sister hadn't let her come here. Her sister was clearly going to replace the teacher to instruct Chiba in swordsmanship, and since something unexpected might happen during the instruction, she had warned her not to come.

"Let's go to my cabin and change your clothes." Nuolin pulled her along and jumped onto the waterfall.

Above, there was a wide meadow, and a broad river flowed down, its current swift. Not far from the riverbank, there was a simple wooden hut built by human hands. Nuolin usually lived here.

Since the end of the Southern War, Nuolin built a small cabin here, where she usually stays except to visit Chiba or do missions. She dislikes noise and the atmosphere of Fairy Tail is really not suitable for her. She chose to train here.

Nuolin helped Haiweier change her clothes inside the house before coming out.

However, Nuolin's clothes were indeed too big for Haiweier, and... Nuolin's figure was much better than Haiweier's. This resulted in... Haiweier, when wearing Nuolin's clothes, looking, to exaggerate, like an opera singer.

It's actually quite ridiculous...

Chiba, who was lying on the tree, jumped down. He was also soaked to the bone, but he didn't seem to care about drying his clothes. Instead, he went straight to Nuolin and said lazily, "Senior Sister, you called me here to teach me swordsmanship, right?"

"Um."

Nuolin nodded. "I mentioned it before, it was just a delay."

"Did you... notice anything just now?" she asked, slowing her speech.

Chiba shrugged and said, "There's sword energy in the waterspout, but I don't know how you managed to move the water."

Nuolin didn't answer, but instead drew her sword from her waist and said to him, "I'll attack you, try it."

"Okay! Come on!" Chiba said with a smile.

Nuolin slashed out with her sword, sending a streak of sword energy flying out. The sword energy was still sharp and powerful, but at such close range, he suddenly sensed something different about it.

The sword energy seemed to have a heart, thumping loudly.

Good heavens! Could it be that the sword energy has come to life?!

Startled, he instinctively activated Susanoo, and even in its first form, it still managed to block the sword energy.

He quickly dispelled Susanoo.

It's best to avoid using the Sharingan if possible. We don't even know how to evolve it into the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan yet, and losing it would be a huge loss.

"Did you feel it?" Nuolin asked.

Chiba nodded, his expression serious. "The sword energy has come to life..."

Nuolin: "?"

She didn't understand Chiba's meaning at first, but after thinking about it carefully, she realized that the actual situation wasn't too different from what he said, so she nodded and surprisingly said, "Yes, that's right."

Chiba: "..."

Then, she tossed the sword in her hand to Chiba and said, "You do it."

Chiba picked up the sword blade, gripped it, and swung it with a flick of his wrist. Sword energy shot out and struck a nearby tree. The tree fell, crushing the small wooden house.

All three fell silent.

"Haha! Uh... I really didn't mean to..." Chiba scratched his head and laughed awkwardly.

"Can you feel it yet?" Nuolin was concerned about Chiba's training progress.

"No," Chiba honestly admitted.

Finally, Haiweier couldn't stand it anymore and blurted out, "Hey! You've ruined my sister's room!"

"Why not just build another one?" Chiba rubbed his nose; in reality, he thought it was a small matter.

Nuolin, however, didn't care about the minor details. There was almost nothing inside except for the bed and clothes. The only thing damaged was the house; they could just lift the tree and take the things out later.

Chiba could create another one in no time, and one even bigger and more magnificent!

But Haiweier didn't know that. She said angrily, "Easier said than done! You try building one yourself! Do you know how long it took my sister and me... a whole day... to... get it done..."

Her voice trailed off as she spoke. She had clearly seen that beneath the house, which had been crushed by the tree, trees were sprouting and eventually... eventually growing into the shape of a house!

The tree has grown to resemble a house?!