Who Isn't a Herrscher

After speaking, Ouma turned and left.

"Wait!" Luo Mio called out to him.

Ouma turned his head slightly and asked coldly, "What is it?"

Luo Mio stared at Ouma's body, frowning.

"Come here."

Upon hearing Luo Mio's command, Ouma's brow twitched slightly.

"Just say what you want."

Ouma's indifferent tone made Luo Mio smack his lips before walking up to him.

"...What do you want."

Luo Mio stared at Ouma's body and said something astonishing, "Show me your body."

"..."

"..."

Ouma's eyes twitched slightly.

Ikki also looked at the two of them with an awkward expression.

His best friend was asking his older brother to show him his body.

This...

Sensing their strange gazes, Luo Mio recalled what he had just said and spat.

"That's not what I meant, just stick out your hand."

Although Ouma was confused, he still extended his hand.

Luo Mio stared at Ouma's hand.

As expected...

Under Mana Vision, Luo Mio saw faint traces of Honkai Energy on Ouma's arm, and then he discovered a very weak residual Honkai Energy within Ouma's body.

Luo Mio grabbed Ouma's arm.

Ouma looked at him with a surprised expression.

Because the strange energy within his body was slowly flowing through his arm and into Luo Mio's hand.

After Luo Mio let go, he checked Ouma's body.

"Hmm, this should be fine now."

Ouma stared intently at Luo Mio.

"Todo... you..."

Luo Mio smiled, raised his hand slightly, and patted his shoulder: "Everyone has their own secrets."

After hearing Luo Mio's words, Ouma left. Before leaving, he said to Luo Mio, "I'll see you in our next duel at the Seven Stars Sword Dance Festival."

Luo Mio looked at the self-disciplined man and smiled.

Then he said to Ikki, "Let's go, back to the room."

Chapter 33: The Girl

"Match concluded! The winner of this match is! Todo Miohua!"

The announcer declared loudly.

Upon hearing the announcement that the match had ended, Luo Mio also recalled Hati and Skoll and then left the battle area.

A week had passed since his match with Ouma, and most of the participating students had already completed three or four preliminary matches.

Outside the venue, the committee had set up several streets, strictly prohibiting ordinary people or gossip reporters from entering, so that the contestants could focus on their matches.

And at this moment, three figures were walking down the road.

"Miohua, congratulations," Ikki said, standing by his side to congratulate him.

Since his battle with the "Hunter" Kirimura Seiya, Ikki's fame and strength had garnered the attention of the world. Although there were still some voices of doubt, his subsequent two easy victories over his opponents had completely dispelled those doubts. The original "Failed Knight" was now referred to by people as the "Uncrowned Sword King (Another One)!"

Arisugawa, standing beside them, spoke gently to Luo Mio like an older sister.

"Miohua now has four consecutive wins. You're only seven wins away from qualifying for the Seven Stars Sword Dance Festival."

"What about the others?" Luo Mio asked Ikki, inquiring about the others' situations.

Arisugawa replied.

"Stella-chan also has four consecutive wins like Miohua, and she's crushed her opponents in every match!"

"Shizuku is currently in her fourth match. Her opponent is a second-year student from Kyomon. Shizuku should be able to win with ease."

Luo Mio looked at Arisugawa and asked, "What about Alice?"

Ikki also looked at Arisugawa.

"Speaking of which, I don't think I've ever seen Alice win a single match," Ikki remarked.

"That's so unfair!" Arisugawa glared at the two of them, clearly annoyed. "Right now, I'm just like Ikki, with three consecutive wins."

"What about your opponents' strength?"

"Heh heh... I defeated them with ease."

Luo Mio looked at Ikki and quipped, "Isn't that obvious? With Alice's strength, he wouldn't even be able to touch someone at the national level, let alone defeat them."

Although Alice didn't have the dazzling performances of Luo Mio or Ikki, he still relied on his own strength to easily defeat his enemies and secure victories. His handsome appearance and elegant fighting style even earned him the nickname "Black Sonia," attracting some attention. Of course, this attention came from wealthy ladies and young married women who were attracted to Alice's looks.

After all, Arisugawa was once a disciple of the One-armed Swordsman, a Killer known as the "Shadow Killer" in the underworld.

"Is that so? Everyone won their matches with ease," Ikki said, relieved.

Then, Ikki looked at Luo Mio.

"What about Sister Touka?"

Upon hearing Ikki's inquiry about Touka, Luo Mio casually replied, "My sister has already secured four consecutive wins."

"Similarly, Sister Kanata also has four consecutive wins."

Touka and Kuden'en Kanata were both pure combat-oriented Knights, their strength beyond question. Moreover, Touka was a top student Knight capable of competing for the "Seven Stars Sword King" title. For her, ordinary student contestants in the selection matches were like children playing house.

"Speaking of which," Arisugawa said, his gaze slightly serious as he looked at the two, "I heard from Kagami that the 'Seven Stars Sword King' Morohoshi Yudai, 'Heavenly Eye' Jonoshiraki Byakuya, and Senior Toudo's junior, the 'Will-o'-the-Wisp' Asagi Momiji, have all successfully achieved four consecutive wins."

"As expected of the top Knights who swept the top three places in the last Seven Stars Sword Dance Festival."

"And that's not all," Arisugawa continued, his expression grave.

"The top Knights from each school, like the 'Sword Eater' Kurashiki Kurato from Guren Academy, and other student Knights who achieved excellent results in the last Seven Stars Sword Dance Festival, have all correspondingly secured four consecutive wins, and they all dealt with their opponents with great ease."

"At Lianzhen Academy, there's also a very strong third-year student, the 'White Knight' Yakushi Kiriko."

Arisugawa's eyes flickered with a complex expression.

"Six representatives from 'Akatsuki Academy,' with the exception of Ouma, who lost one match against Miohua, the others also effortlessly and comfortably achieved four consecutive wins. Ouma also won his subsequent two matches with ease."

"..." Ikki's expression turned serious upon hearing this.

Luo Mio listened intently to Arisugawa's words.

"Hm?"

Just then, Luo Mio suddenly turned his head, looking towards the street behind them.

"Miohua?" Ikki noticed Luo Mio's unusual behavior and followed his gaze, asking, "Did something happen?"

"Miohua?"

Luo Mio frowned.

An illusion? ...No... that fluctuation...

Luo Mio then turned back and said, "It's nothing, I just sensed some gazes."

Arisugawa looked confused.

"Could it be reporters? But this road is off-limits to anyone other than the participants?"

Luo Mio walked ahead, shrugging and laughing, "Who knows."

"Let me tell you, you shouldn't underestimate reporters! Think about Kagami."

"Uh... true..."

Not long after Luo Mio and the others had walked away.

A figure materialized indistinctly on the road, which was forbidden to ordinary people.

"You idiot! You almost gave us away!" a sweet, melodious, and somewhat high-pitched female voice rang out.

"Don't worry," a clear and elegant voice replied, and the figure slowly revealed itself.

With striking snow-white hair, perfectly sculpted features, and beautiful silver-gray eyes, she looked in the direction Luo Mio had departed.

She wore simple white casual clothes, with the sleeves rolled up to her elbows, revealing shapely, fair arms. One shoulder was bare, exposing delicate and alluring collarbones, adorned with a black strap that would make any man's mouth water. Tight-fitting jeans clung to her graceful, long, slender legs.

And this beautiful white-haired woman was none other than "Biyoku" Edelweiss!

"However..."

Edelweiss's beautiful silver-gray eyes gazed in the direction Luo Mio and the two others had left. She slowly parted her cherry-like lips, and her clear, captivating voice spoke.

"I didn't expect the child you mentioned to have such keen senses."

"Heh heh heh~ Of course! Who do you think he is!" Beside Edelweiss, through faint spatial fluctuations, a charming girl's voice emerged.

Upon hearing the girl's voice, Edelweiss's beautiful face broke into a bright smile, and she teased, "I remember Void mentioning it, right? You were born from that child's body?"

"...What about it?"

Edelweiss rotated her beautiful eyes and then placed her slender thumb under her chin, contemplating.

"Then, theoretically speaking, isn't Void that child's daughter?"

"Guh..." Void's voice fell silent for a moment, then it let out a cute, pouty squeal like a pufferfish, "I-I-I'm not his daughter!"

Then, as if embarrassed, she whispered, "At m-m-most, I'm like his little sister..."

"Ehhh~"

Hearing Edelweiss's teasing tone, Void became flustered and yelled loudly at Edelweiss, "Idiot, idiot, idiot! Edelweiss, you big idiot, I'm not talking to you anymore!"

The space around them rippled and flowed irregularly with Void's embarrassed outburst.

Edelweiss sensed Void, who had fallen silent in her embarrassment, and smiled with the elegance of a mountain flower.

Then, he shifted his gaze towards Luo Mio and the other two, his thoughts returning to before Luo Mio left.

"Not just him, but also the child next to him..."

His eyes, like a demon-reflecting mirror beneath his black hair, looked curiously at his own location.

Recalling the appearance of the black-haired youth and his name, Edelweiss shook his head.

"Just F-Rank. I guess it's to be expected from Ryoma-sensei's descendant..."

"Hey... Edelweiss." Within the silent space, a slight ripple occurred, and Void's low voice slowly emerged.

"Hm?"

Hearing Void's unusually subdued tone, Edelweiss gently lowered his gaze and said warmly, "What is it?"

In that space, a girl with purple hair, golden eyes, and a delicate, angelic face stared blankly in the direction Luo Mio had left. She recalled the laughter shared between Luo Mio, Ikki, and Arisugawa just moments ago, then looked at the purple energy particles swirling around her.

"You say... if... I, I'm just saying if."

Hearing the slightly flustered voice of the little girl he had spent so much time with, Edelweiss gently nodded.

"Mm."

"If I appeared before Brother... before him... what do you think, would he accept me?" the little girl asked, her voice low and filled with confusion, fear, and timidity, as if she had done something wrong.