[h2]Rui & Tyaethe[/h2]

The girl jumped back to her starting position, leaving just a small notch in Fleuri's practice blade, and cocked her head to one side as she thought about the request Steffen was asking, [b]"Why? I could avoid the damage, but there is nothing special about the strike. It is simply a swing repeated until mastery."[/b]

Sure enough, she repeated the same move just used against Fleuri, deliberately slowed to a speed where everyone else present could follow. Nothing about the strike seemed special in any way, if one were to discount the implausibility of a one-armed girl pulling it off. On the plus side, at least there was no more property damage.

The vampire squinted at the rabbit a little, then shook her head, "Nope, this isn't the one she sent a painting of. I'd have to go through the letters and see if she mentioned anything that might match, but she mostly wants to annoy me by talking about her girls' [i]reactions[/i] rather than anything interesting. I don't think she'd ever mentioned anyone for their sword talent."

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[h2]Lilia[/h2]

"Um... o-of course!" the elf answered, hesitancy in every syllable. Hesitancy that was clearly not mirrored in her movements, her posture and stance becoming more confident as she lifted the sword, a curious look in her eyes at Renar's choice of weapon. "No magic, huh...?"

Like the knight, the elf wasn't making the first move. Slightly on guard, but relaxed and ready to move, watching Renar closely.