Shh, Don't Scream! (Continued)

However, Yae Rin did not dare tell Yae Sakura about this thought.

She was terrified that her sister would pour so much effort into her, only for it all to end in failure, leaving disappointment on her face.

She also knew that the chances of becoming like her sister were incredibly, incredibly low.

After all, she did not even possess that so-called "stigmata," and her constitution was weaker than that of an ordinary person.

But in the girl's heart, there was still the faintest trace of hope.

What if?

What if a miracle really happened?

Thinking back to Yae Sakura training indoors, improving and regressing as she swung her wooden sword with fierce momentum, Yae Rin felt a little excited.

I'll give it a try too!

So the girl gritted her teeth and used every ounce of strength she had to swing the first slash of her life.

Swing!

Whoosh!

Because she used too much force, Yae Rin staggered and nearly fell over from her own momentum.

But her eyes were filled with irrepressible excitement.

It did not seem that difficult!

She could imitate at least half of what her sister could do!

Right, what came next again?

It seemed her sister counted while swinging her sword?

Hmm... how many was it?

Never mind, she would start with five hundred swings!

But in the end, she had overestimated herself.

"One hundred eleven, one hundred twelve, one hundred thir—"

After just over a hundred swings,

Yae Rin had already reached her limit.

Though the girl gritted her teeth and persisted, it was not long before she was drenched in sweat, her arms aching and swollen, gasping for breath.

Finally, with a smack,

she froze in a startled expression, her arms still raised overhead.

The wooden sword, a full sixty centimeters long,