Chapter 592: Tsukasa: "I just want to help."
While the girls discussed a countermeasure to defeat him, Tsukasa didn't expect this unexpected guest.
"Edelweiss-san?"
On the other hand, Edelweiss stared at Tsukasa in a daze. She could tell that he had taken a bath, and his appearance of him was so attractive that she almost felt that her drool slipped from the corner of her mouth. She was sure that if someone else saw him like this, they wouldn't hesitate to push him onto the ground.
"Do you have time?"
"......"
Tsukasa was in a daze, hesitating before he nodded. "Come in."
Edelweiss was stunned by his invitation since she planned to invite him out, but she hesitated before she nodded, following him inside.
He closed the door naturally, causing her body to tense slightly. After all, while she was embarrassed to acknowledge it, considering her age, it was her first time entering the room of a boy.
She looked around curiously, like a curious cat, with a hint of nervousness.
'His room smells nice...'
She blushed and quickly realized what she was doing.
'Am I a pervert?'
If someone knew that a woman in her 30 sniffed on the room of a young man, no one would deny that she was a pervert!
Still, thinking about her age made her depressed.
"Are you alright with tea, Edelweiss-san?"
"Ah, um, yes."
'Ugh...!'
She wondered why she messed up. Still, she was annoyed and pouted, "Why did you chuckle?"
He chuckled when he thought about how cute this woman was. "Nothing. I just remembered something funny."
While she was dissatisfied with his answer, she didn't bother to press this matter further. She then sat in a chair where he told her to sit before she looked at him curiously. Unlike before, there was no sense of aggressiveness, evilness, or diabolicalness which wanted to dominate everything in this world from him. All she could see was a gentle and mischievous young man, who was something that she had never expected.
Honestly, she wasn't sure why she came to visit him. While they had only met once, she kept watching him, but she wasn't sure why her impulse told her to visit him tonight. Or it might be because she knew he would be alone tonight that she decided to visit.
'No, no, I'm not that kind of woman!'
She let out a long sigh, feeling helpless, wondering why she had been giddy when she was with him.
"Are you alright with mochi?"
"Mochi?"
She then saw Tsukasa come with two cups of tea and mochi in his hands.
"Have you tried it? I bought it at a popular shop nearby." He thought that Edelweiss had never tried mochi.
"No, I have tried it, but it's been a while." She took the mochi to her hand and opened her lips lightly. Her cherry-colored lips seemed juicy, and her small tongue stretched out before biting the mochi lightly. "Hmn~!"
"...do you like a sweet?" He crossed his legs while asking that question.
"I love it." She nodded. "I even got fat because of it."
"...you get fat?" He was dumbfounded.
She looked at him for a moment and nodded. "Before I learned swordsmanship, I was fat."
"......"
He was at a loss for a moment, then asked, "Then, did you learn swordsmanship for a diet?"
"...un." She was quite embarrassed before she nodded shyly.
If every swordsman in this world heard why this woman could be a swordsman, he was sure that all of them would cough blood. When they were all working hard until they were bleeding, she treated swordsmanship as a way to diet. Yet even if those people complained, he felt she should ignore them since it was just a roar of a loser. It was simply meaningless to say anything to them since they could only stay in their places, envious of the strong.
However, the world was like this.
No matter how hard one tried, if you didn't have a talent, you would be beaten by someone with a talent who worked slightly less hard.
Still, even if the reason why she learned a sword would make anyone speechless, the reason why she became the most powerful swordsman was amazing. After all, she slew the lives of 300,000 soldiers who tried to invade her country.
However, while she got the title of the most powerful swordsman, this made her alone. Her nation didn't acknowledge her since no one wanted to be implicated by her, considering she was targeted by Union and League. This might also be the reason why she might still be a virgin and didn't have an experience with a man.
After all, who could conquer her?
If she dated a normal man, he might become her weakness and become a hostage since, as a human, she still made a mistake, right?
Still, their conversation was good, and they talked about many things, especially sweets.
"By the way, where did you live?"
"I stay outside," Edelweiss said with a slightly embarrassed face.
"Stay outside?"
"Un."
"You mean, you don't stay in the hotel but stay on the street?" He was at a loss.
"Yes."
".........."
Was this the strongest swordsman in the world?
All she could see was a simple woman who lived a modest life.
"Then, you haven't slept?"
"It's okay. I can stay awake for a week or so easily," Edelweiss said calmly, but she knew how miserable her life was. She didn't have any money. Instead, she had her own farm, getting food from there. She also didn't use an airplane or other vehicles but walked by using her feet. It was also the reason why she had been staying in the street for the past few days, sitting on the top of a building or something.
Sometimes, she slipped into the empty room in the hotel, staying there for free. Her mastery over Trackless Steps allowed her to stay unnoticed, like how she entered the venue, so entering a hotel was quite easy for her. However, she didn't do that and only stayed outside.
As for money, she worked in the cafe, but it was impossible for her to introduce the name of the cafe since the dress code of that cafe was quite unique.
Still, while they had talked, it was already night.
While Stella and his other girlfriends talked about how to defeat him, he talked with this beautiful woman.
'No, I'm discussing a problem with the strongest swordsman in the world!'
His intent was pure, only to learn swordsmanship!
"It's quite late. Do you want to stay here tonight?"
He felt he had gained a lot from their conversation, so this was a normal thing that he wanted to help her, right?
"......." Edelweiss.