Li Pu stopped paying attention to Otto, casually finding a spot to sit down.
She closed her eyes to feel this emotion.
This was an emotion completely different from Cecilia's.
If Cecilia's emotion previously felt like water, so gentle and delicate, then Arthur's emotion was more like a rock.
It wasn't smelly and stubborn, but it was definitely as firm as a monolith.
So firm that it made people feel a bit stubborn!
It was as if whatever matter she had made up her mind about, regardless of whether it was right or wrong, whether it could be done, or how many difficulties there were—as long as she decided on it, she had to finish it.
That goal she had determined was right there, no matter what had happened.
No matter how tortuous the road ahead was.
She would press forward with indomitable will.
It feels like Cecilia and she are like two extremes, Li Pu thought with her eyes closed.
"King Arthur?" Himeko still couldn't hold it back and softly asked, "Lord Otto? This... isn't Li Pu-chan Cecilia? Why has she become King Arthur again?"
She felt that Arthur's current fighting spirit was soaring, serious, and stern.
Compared to that, Cecilia was much gentler and much easier for people to get close to.
Of course, during their first contact, she always felt that Cecilia's mouth was just terribly annoying.
It felt like these were completely two extremes of people who could never get together!
How did Cecilia become King Arthur again?
"This is reincarnation," Otto explained. "Between the previous life, the next life, the past life and the present life, there is not necessarily an inevitable connection."
"A hero in the previous life might be a coward in the next, and a scholar in the previous life might be a fool in this one."
"What determines who a person will be in a lifetime, and what kind of person they will be—"
"Is only the birth, environment, and destiny of this lifetime."
"Oh... reincarnation, huh... It feels like feudal superstition," Himeko thought for a moment and said, "A completely unreliable explanation."
"It doesn't matter if you don't understand," Otto said. "The soul is a very strange thing, and it is difficult to explain these things based on the common sense we know now."
"Don't casually label things you don't know or don't understand as 'feudal superstition'."
"To deny them casually is an unrigorous attitude."
"As a teacher, that's not very good."
"I'm sorry, I understand now," Himeko apologized, although she still didn't understand Otto's explanation. But it should be just like this, right? A minor character in this lifetime, who could have imagined such things?
However, the matter was laid out right in front of her, so perhaps it really was just like this.
Even if she didn't want to believe it, she had to.
"It looks like Siegfried's combat effectiveness has dropped significantly now," Otto said, looking at Siegfried fighting in the arena.
It would be fine if there was a suppression advantage, but without it, even with equal stats, fighting looked quite strenuous. If he was counter-suppressed, Siegfried would only be left running around the arena in a panic.
"This is intentional suppression," Himeko explained. "After all, Siegfried is wearing Kiana's battle suit this time, which not only prevents him from exerting his full combat effectiveness—"
"It also suppresses his normal performance, so this situation is completely normal."
"Hmm." Otto naturally knew about this matter.
Yet even so, Siegfried was fighting with such difficulty now, which could only prove one thing: this guy had really been hollowed out by alcohol for so long.
"Let's arrange another one-on-one tactical teaching match," Otto said.
"Let Siegfried teach Kiana."
"As for Mei," Otto thought for a moment and said, "Let King Arthur try."
"As for Fu Hua and Bronya, I will have Theresa come over."
"Just handle the assignments as you see fit."
Chapter 64 Sparring for a Bit, Huh
"Dad, can you change your clothes?"
Kiana looked at her old man with a twisted expression.
Seriously, ever since she learned that this outfit was going to be her future battle suit, Kiana really couldn't stand it! Her own clothes had actually been worn by her dad!
This feeling was simply unreasonable!
"Although I also want to change into a set," Siegfried said helplessly, "but this is what the higher-ups demanded."
"I have no choice either."
Was this Otto's tacky hobby, or did it really have an effect? Siegfried couldn't be entirely sure. But at least judging from the current situation, it seemed to be a bit of both. Otto really wanted to see him make a fool of himself, and similarly, Cecilia was quite interested in him dressing up in this outfit.
"You have to learn to endure," Siegfried had no choice and coaxed her, "Just like me."
"He who achieves great things does not sweat the small details."
"In order to bring Mother back, Dad has already sacrificed so much."
"Kiana, you have to learn to endure too."
"Oh... I get it," Kiana muttered, "But what's the deal with Mother now? The way she is right now doesn't feel like Mother at all."
"That is your mother's past life," Siegfried said helplessly. "She is King Arthur."
"Hmm..." Kiana tried hard to think for a moment and said, "I've never heard of it at all."
"King Arthur? King of which country? Is she very strong?"
"It's not something that a simple 'strong' can explain clearly," Siegfried shook his head and said, "All in all, I hope there won't be any more weird reincarnations in the middle."
"Otherwise things will become even more complicated."
Whether there would be any more weird reincarnations was really hard to say.
Otto said that the only reincarnations he could currently observe were 'King Arthur' and 'Cecilia'. He didn't mention other reincarnations; perhaps Otto didn't know, or perhaps Otto knew but didn't say.
Now they could only hope that there wouldn't be any more reincarnations.
This time, trying to awaken Cecilia had backfired and awakened King Arthur instead.
Next time, in case today's events were allowed to repeat themselves—
Wouldn't things be even worse?!
In short, things must absolutely not be allowed to get any worse!
Siegfried made up his mind silently in his heart.
"Kiana," Siegfried finally got serious and said, "Now I will teach you the secret technique passed down through generations of the Kaslana family. This secret technique is—"
This ass looks so perky!
Even from a distance of several meters, Li Pu could see a giant cat paw suddenly descending from the sky over Kiana's side.
This palm technique descending from the heavens reminded Li Pu of White Comet Kiana's ultimate move.
Perky ass!
This move was definitely not unleashed by Kiana; Kiana in this world had only just learned what Honkai Energy and Honkai were up to this point, so she absolutely couldn't unleash this move.
Then the only one who could unleash this move was this guy Siegfried.
"This Siegfried..." Li Pu was truly a bit speechless.
"He's really full of surprises."
"Teacher Li Pu?" Seeing Li Pu staring continuously at the training ground on Kiana's side, Mei reminded her, "The sparring is about to begin. Can we start now?"
"Oh," Li Pu withdrew her gaze and said, "Of course."
"Let's begin."
"Teacher Li Pu, where is your sword?" Mei asked with even more doubt.
"A sword? I don't use a sword." With a casual wave of Li Pu's hand, a crimson longspear suddenly appeared in her hand as she said, "I use this!"
Although it felt a bit like bullying someone, now that she had the Demon-Breaking Crimson Rose in hand, she had better use it quickly.
Lest she wouldn't know how to use it when she truly faced Honkai Beasts!
"This..." Mei was startled.
This all-red longspear...
"Are you sure you want to use a Cosplay prop as a weapon for battle?" Mei asked with even more doubt.
No matter how she looked at it, this all-red longspear didn't look like a proper weapon. What proper weapon was this exaggerated? Well, this weapon wasn't considered too exaggerated either.
But it really looked somewhat improper.
It looked very much like some kind of Cosplay prop.
"This isn't a Cosplay weapon," Li Pu said, looking quite puzzled herself. "This is a longspear."
"Called... Never mind..."
"We're just trying it out, no need to take it too seriously."
"Are you sure about this?" Mei said with a slight headache. "This isn't swordsmanship..."
"Mei~" Li Pu said with utmost seriousness, "Actually, the times have long since changed. Swords, including your katana, are actually not suited to be weapons of war."
A katana was not suited to be a weapon—or rather, a katana was not suited to be a weapon used in military formations.
The most common and most suitable weapons in military formations were polearms.
Ancient times had ge and halberds, the present had spears, and knights had lances in their hands.
As for swords, including katanas.
Their best position was actually tucked at the waist as proof of identity.
Well, at least theoretically speaking, that was how it was. Or rather, the history of warfare development in her past life was like this.
As for this world...
Honkai Girls could use scythes as weapons, so it was really hard to say right now.
"All in all, you'll know after we fight," Li Pu said. "Please come at me with all your might."
"Yes." Seeing Li Pu being so insistent, Mei didn't say anything else. She gripped the hilt of the katana at her waist and assumed an attacking stance.
Li Pu also raised her longspear, pointing it at Mei.
This...
Merely in the first round of opposition, Mei felt the trickiness of it.
Among weapons, there was a saying called 'an inch longer means an inch stronger', and this phrase was particularly suited for formation combat! And the spear was a weapon that pushed 'an inch longer means an inch stronger' to the extreme.
As long as Li Pu didn't thrust, Mei had almost no offensive capability.
No matter how she looked at it, the length of a katana could never compare to a longspear.
Mei slowly moved her footing to look for an opportunity.
She knew very well that the biggest weakness of a long weapon was close quarters; as long as she could rapidly close the distance, the advantage of length would quickly turn into a disadvantage. And right now, the advantage in length prevented Mei from taking the initiative to attack.
She would only have a real opportunity to attack after the opponent thrust out.
Thrust. Li Pu wasn't very skilled at using a weapon like a spear.
But a spear had the easiest method of use, and that was to thrust!
As long as she maintained distance, seized the opportunity, and thrust out, she would basically win.
However!
Li Pu watched Mei's footwork—a thrust wouldn't succeed that easily! This contest wouldn't be decided in this single split second; she had to consider a follow-up move after thrusting that spear!
I'm counting on you, King Arthur!
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