Before long, Yunli and Yanqing were both acting as though nothing had happened.
Yunli looked up and gave March 7th a once-over, then nodded. "Mm-hmm! Just what I'd expect from an outfit I handpicked. It's perfect for beautiful girl swordsmen like you and me!"
Though March 7th was happy to be complimented, her feelings were a little complicated.
Yanqing and Yunli might have been acting as though none of that had happened, but she couldn't.
Yanqing glanced around, then pulled over the Cloud Knights soldier he had summoned earlier and said:
"Ahem, enough small talk. Let's begin the lesson. This is the Cloud Knights Instructor I invited. For your first lesson, how about exchanging a few moves with him?"
"Huh?" March 7th looked horrified. "Why is the very first lesson live combat training?! Isn't that a little too aggressive?"
Yunli said, "I heard you've practiced archery and have some martial training under your belt, so of course our first lesson should test how solid your foundations are.
"Come on, take a step forward and attack with whatever sword swing feels most natural to you! Only by understanding your physical habits can we know where to start and what to teach you."
At Yunli's words, Yanqing instinctively frowned, vaguely sensing that something was off.
But for the moment, he couldn't quite put his finger on what it was.
March 7th, meanwhile, had already begun thinking.
The sword attack that feels most natural to me...
March 7th had barely handled weapons like these, and most of her memories of them came from Jiang Yu...
Then it has to be that move, right? The one Little Fish uses most often.
If it didn't feel natural, why would Little Fish love that move so much?
An idea gradually took shape in March 7th's mind,