─ ─ I won...

Chaff was staring into his own hands and biting his sense of reality.

Felix and I fought from the front, and we won.

─ ─ Is this about learning and winning?

There's a grin on Chaff's face.

For the first time, I truly understood the meaning of the word.

Eyes on Felix.

He was coughing because he punched him in the back.

'Cause I'm gonna miss training.'

As Chaff pointed out, Felix frowned.

Felix, who stood up after paying for the dust, re-grips the wooden sword.

"Why don't you get on with it? It's three fights."

Felix set up a wooden sword and threw his gaze at Sola.

You want to tell me to start the next fight soon.

Chaff grins belligerently and relative to Felix.

I was feeling stronger.

I can't help but want to try and see how far my own strengths have gone.

But the words that Sola uttered from her open mouth were not meant to announce the start of the match.

"─ Hey, Chaff."

A chilling voice strokes Chaff's ear.

If I looked suspiciously, Sora, with a rugged face, was in arms.

"I'm getting too well.... they'll shrug your legs."

"Extra care. Don't let the mistress speak."

Watered by the excitement of battle, Chaff says back.

Sora sighed heavily.

"... the kid. Running all alone."

Sora's grunting voice was low, accompanied by cold air and sharpness, beating Chaff's excitement out of the side.

Though titled, Chaff, who was called a kid by a younger boy, turns his tight gaze to Sola.

"What does that mean?"

"You're right. You'll see soon enough. Start the second bottle. Both sides, stand up."

Sora cuts the conversation unilaterally and Chaff sets up the wooden sword unconvincing.

─ ─ Solo, what are you talking about...?

Earlier excitement had replaced confusion.

─ ─ Am I missing something?

Chaff took a deep breath and defied the question mark that filled his thoughts.

─ ─ Think later. Focus on what's in front of you. If you don't, go back to the shake...?

The question that was in the chaff showed a grumpy answer.

Before the abrupt answer, Chaff opens his eyes in surprise.

In the meantime, Chaff's thinking moves forward to grasp a harsh answer.

Why was I able to get into training?

─ ─ To beat Felix.

Why do we have to beat Felix?

─ ─ Because you are neglecting to train.

Why did Felix and the others fail to train?

─ ─ Because I wasn't focused on training...

So, why are you training now?

One hypothesis followed Chaff's back of the brain along with the floating answers.

"... running to solitude?"

Chaff dropped his little solo to the ground.

Probably because of the breakdown, Sola narrowed her eyes.

"Chaff, can I start?

To Sora's inquiry, Chaff nods quietly.

From the beginning, I held a wooden sword in one hand and left my left hand free.

"Second bottle, start!

Sora announces the start.

Unlike the first one, it was a quiet opening.

Both sides peek at the other person's way out and carefully travel the critical distance between them.

Every time time time passes, Felix looks puzzled.

"Are you going to call me?

Felix has stepped in and provoked Chaff many times.

But I don't see how it moves on Chaff.

Felix suspects that he was thrown earlier and still has hidden balls.

Chaff bent his mouth into a bow.

"It might feel good to know how people feel."

"... what are you talking about?

"I thought you'd be shiitake."

Chaff packs his distance in a breath and slaps a wooden sword on Felix.

Felix took it without difficulty, but Chaff instantly reaches out his left hand.

Felix, wary of being thrown, kicked Chaff in the stomach.

"... ugh!

Kicked away, Chaff turned himself away from the power of the kick and stepped further in.

Naturally stretched left hand grabs Felix.

"Yeah, eat it again and again!

In response to the pressure of the hand to be pressed, Felix stuck the wooden sword he had erected on the ground behind him.

Felix stepped on the ground with a third leg, a wooden sword, and was overwhelmed by the push of Chaff.

Immediately afterwards, I see a knee kick in Chaff's belly just in return.

The distance now, I guess, was too close to waving a wooden sword, so I tried to open the distance.

"... don't rely on tools"

Chaff groaned pompously, letting go of his right-hand wooden sword.

"Shall I speak with my fist?"

Even just shrink the distance too close and even seal Felix's kick.

Look at the gripped chaff's right hand and Felix tries to back off in a hurry, but remains caught in his left hand.

Staring at the fist to be shaken, Felix pounded his tongue.

Keep the pattern of the wooden sword protruding on the ground with your right hand and release your left hand.

Take the shaken down fist directly beside your face and grab it.

At super close range, Chaff and Felix stared at each other.

"I told you samurai shouldn't let go of their swords."

"I remember. That's why I let go.... power comparison!

Saying, Chaff puts his strength in both arms and tries to push Felix down.

Felix couldn't let go of his sword, and was forced to compare his powers.

Chaff weighs in and drives Felix into an unstable position.

Felix uses all of his muscle strength to fight it.

It was a physical battle in which we were not allowed to lose any strength from each other.

The force comparison was long and lasted very long.

The equilibrium, which even seemed to last forever, began to collapse in a way that revealed a difference in health.

Chaff is starting to get pushed.

When Felix regained his precarious posture, the equilibrium completely collapsed.

Felix pushes back the chaff that was still sticking.

Then he stuck his shoulder into a slightly open space and bounced it off at the tack's guidelines.

To Chaff, who poked a buttcake in the ground, Felix pokes a wooden sword that he couldn't let go.

"There is a battle, a winner..."

"Ku...... haha. Well, that's still the thing!

Chaff laughed with his belly as Sora tried to announce her victory or loss.

Felix looks surprised at Chaff, who laughs as loud as a blowout.

"Hey, Felix."

After a glimpse of laughter, Chaff called, grinning.

"─ Would you have been hiding and training?