The Branded Female Fencer

What Yao saw was a long pile set up there in a hole that he dug for about 10 m. Though it would have taken a lot of effort and effort to carve such a large space, Yao flinched himself and kicked the pile one and two kicks landed flutterly on the ground. But at its foot, which should have landed softly, he grabbed Yao's foot for the first time and tried to pull it in.

"Mud -"

"Yes."

Nia's voice from overhead when Yao raised his guard and wrinkled between his eyebrows. Nia stood at the top of the tallest pile and looked down at Yao from there. Over Nia's head, the lattice was covered from the top, whether to keep the extra out of the way or to plug the escape again. Just like a trick to catch a bird. It must be a pitfall in the making.

Yao will be a prey caught in the middle of nowhere, but Nia's expression does not have fine dust, such as how she was proud to win.

"Let me put it on. Fighting from the front is unlikely to win. No more cowardice, huh?

"I don't think you're cowardly. But if you don't, you can't win like you admitted to losing."

But Nia doesn't change her complexion.

"It could be. But it is only by acknowledging my weakness that winning opportunities arise for the first time. I'm weak, I traveled and understood that very well.

Yao, there's still something you don't know. Fight for it. I know exactly what you mean. "

"What looks great -!"

Nia didn't provoke. But Yao got angry with Nia's words and tried to set it up first. But the ground is mud wet with snowmelt water. Yao couldn't get half as fast as he had earlier.

Kazas was aware when he saw the formation that this depth was a layer of clay. So Kazas became acquainted with various people while plowing the ground and learned how to make pitfalls and tricks. Digging the ground itself belonged to your hand if you're a geologist Kazas, but it just took time to dig a pit this size. It was fortunate that Gruzaldo was covered in snow and the work was less worrying about other leaks, but the work in the snow was just as hard.

All because the near is slightly advantageous. With that in mind, Kazas had no doubts about doing this kind of work. And the ground was muddy with snowmelting water, killing Yao's speed as I thought.

And there's another trick. Just because the ground is soaked makes Nia on the same terms. Piles as turbulent as this forest was an important element for Nia to take to the most advantageous battle.

When Yao realized the ground was soaked, he kicked the pile and tried to run up to Nia's place. Yao was completely upside down, so he didn't realize he was moving far from what he had done earlier. Nia watched Yao's movements calmly, leaping hiatus from the high pile.

"The movement is too linear, Yao."

Yes, the movement of kicking the pile and flying gets really linear. And he comes running up to him, so Nia just has to wait for Yao to fly in. And Nia tried to catch Yao in the air, trying to get up to where she was. Naturally, Yao puts out his fists to intercept Nia, but he doesn't get inside things, such as fists that are released only by his hands without getting a link from his legs.

"Gotcha."

"Ahhh!

Nia and Yao hung together in the air, but still landed on the ground with both feet. It was a sense of equilibrium unique to the Cats, but the posture was overwhelmingly developed in Nia's favor.

Nia held Yao's head firmly in place from behind and was in a position to strangle him off at any time. He leans on Yao again and makes him put his knee on the ground. From this position, Yao inferior in stature is not the first to set something up.

The fact that Nia is better than Yao thought. That's the difference in physique and muscle strength due to age difference. Although it is not often considered as a weapon in disputes with other races in the powerless Cat tribe, the difference in muscle strength was historical in Nia and Yao. Also, although cats, such as articulation, are often ignored as useless in battle, Nia was well trained as part of the martial arts. But Nia had never seen Yao show off his joint moves in close proximity.

I wondered if Kazas had just checked with the army of friendly beasts, and no one had seen Yao practicing his moves or his joints. Nia and Kazas also heard that Yao was always alone in the military, and imagined that he didn't do much training that required interpersonal practice, but that was exactly what he did.

"Surrender, Yao!

"Yes... no!

Yao was resisting while his neck was tightened and his dominant arm was extremed behind his back. But I won't cover my posture from here. The ground was soft, but it was impossible to escape the nia in Yao, where the articulation was amateur alike.

"It's your loss, Yao. There can be no reversal from here. I'm not stupid enough to get stuffed wrong either."

"No, no! I can't lose. I can't lose."

"Yao!"

The tone of Nia, which is emitted again, had a harshness similar to that of the killer.

"This is a military duel at the same time as being sisters. If you say you won't surrender, even if you're part of the same army, it's a code of thorough superiority and inferiority - breaking your arm, okay?

"Shut up! If it breaks, break it! Anyway, I'm not the kind of kid your sister needs."

To that word Yao shrugged unexpectedly, I felt Nia heard Yao's true meaning. I always thought he was a mature kid who didn't break his expression, but when you think about it, he doesn't change his age as much as he did when he enlisted. That mental power could not have been mature.

What didn't break her expression was just willingness - Nia realized then that for the first time Yao was her own sister. The clumsy things resemble each other. It was the first time I realized that Yao just didn't know how to sweeten up to my sister again so that I didn't know how to treat her.

From Nia's voice, nature and thorns were falling out. For the first time, it could have been a word to speak as a sister.

"Yao - don't bother me too much. I don't want to hurt you. Don't make me do such a sad thing."

Instead of strengthening or loosening the arms. Nia and Yao were often stiff in their position as they were. I no longer care about the audience snooping overhead.

Eventually...

"... here we go"

Yao's squeezed or thin voice was announcing the settlement.

Continued