Reincarnated in the Alternate World, I'm A Demonic Lord as Well as a Villager-Chapter 45: Does a Swordsman Need to Chant Before Slashing?

Chapter 45: Chapter 45: Does a Swordsman Need to Chant Before Slashing?

"Have you learned any other skills? Like skills that allow you to sense the identities of others."

Shami casually brought it up.

Lina shook her head, "The teacher said my talent lies in swordsmanship, and that I should just focus on mastering one move. There’s no need to learn too much; once you master one move to perfection, you can slay all sins."

Shami grew curious about the white hair’s strength, pondering a chance to let the flat-haired blonde assess her strength.

"And what about your hair, why did it suddenly turn white?"

Lina touched the locks of hair at her chest.

"I don’t know either, I don’t remember which day it was, but one night it just turned white... the teacher said it might be because of heavy longing sentiments..."

Lina let the strands fall and smiled lightly.

"But I think it’s okay, white hair looks pretty nice too~"

Lina didn’t hide anything from Shami, everything she said matched what Shami detected using the [Demon King’s Detection].

Despite being a level 72 Great Swordsman, the highest-ranked profession Shami had encountered so far, the white hair hadn’t learned any miscellaneous skills like Cash had. After spending an entire night together, he sensed nothing else about her identity.

Shami thought for a moment and decided to further probe into the white hair’s personal information.

By handing her a tissue and creating an incidental touch, he found that Lina’s basic information panel had an additional line.

[Favourability: 90]

Shami looked at the white hair in disbelief.

"Hehehe~"

Lina suddenly burst into laughter, revealing two small dimples on her face.

"What are you laughing at?"

Shami snapped out of his shock and looked over with a bit of confusion.

It was already late; almost everyone had left the tavern, except for the two of them and the tavern owner, Dier, who was cleaning the bar counter.

"I just remembered us as kids, the night we went to catch fireflies outside the village. Back then, Shami sneaked up and hugged me from behind under the cover of night..."

The white hair cupped her slightly reddened cheeks with her hands, speaking sweetly.

"Wait! What kind of fabricated memories are you making up! We only met two and a half years ago, didn’t we?"

Shami stood up.

"Eh? Then I must have remembered wrong, maybe it was some night two years ago..."

"That’s definitely impossible!" Shami denied firmly.

But the white hair in front of him was completely lost in her own fantasy, not listening to a word he said.

"..."

Shami sat back down, frowning in frustration.

This white hair...

He began to feel a deep unease about the so-called agreement between the two of them.

Even though he couldn’t understand where this eighteen times higher favourability than the flat-haired blonde came from, the ridiculously high favourability made Shami more confident in protecting his identity.

...

Early the next morning, to act more like a normal villager during the day, suddenly running ten kilometers for exercise was certainly not feasible.

Shami adjusted his exercise time to early in the morning, choosing to complete his daily workout task at 3 a.m. in order to improve his physique.

[Daily Task: Body Training]

[Upon Completion: Physique Value +0.1]

[Maintain for three more days, and the daily training physique value gain will be +0.2]

Shami had been working out for six days already.

With his physique value at +0.6, Shami’s body was not much stronger than a normal villager, but there were quite a few changes in his physical appearance, with smoother, more appealing muscle lines from his arms and shoulders to his body.

This must be what’s called body sculpting.

The first few days of training were torturous, and even with the Aikoya Fruit’s boost, it was still challenging and painful to complete daily tasks.

Shami’s villager max-level skill [Day Plowing, Night Weaving (Max Level): You are extremely diligent, with physical strength above that of an ordinary villager, allowing you to work days and nights without rest.] was of no help at all.

Every time he attempted to activate the passive [Day Plowing, Night Weaving], the skill would prompt: [Technically, exercising is not considered work content but rather a personal activity.]

Why does a game of swords and magic have to get such details right and make it so realistic? Are the game developers corporate slaves too?! Explain why they remade Lina first, you bastards!!

But after the adaptation period over these few days, the soreness gradually faded, and Shami began to get accustomed to the intensity of the workouts. The daily training tasks were within his body’s tolerance, no longer requiring extra Aikoya Fruit.

There was still one kilometer left for today’s daily task, and Shami jogged back to the village.

Once the kilometer was done, he decided to wake up the flat-haired blonde too. At her age, how could she sleep in?

He needed to see if she had gained any experience after her battle with Cash and whether she could evolve.

Then he would go check on the Slimes.

Even though it had only been two days since the Cash incident, he already felt like it had been ages since he pushed through the main storyline. Oh, Demon King, don’t slack off.

At that moment, he noticed some sounds coming from the small woods nearby.

Well, the small woods outside the village always made sounds at night. But for them to be heard this early, it could only mean one thing.

"Come out, Theo, don’t give me that excuse about going for a morning walk and suddenly finding the air so refreshing that you wanted to sneak one in again, I’ll rescue you just one more time..."

Shami spoke as he walked over.

Quickly, his voice trailed off.

Because inside the woods wasn’t Theo, but the white-haired Lina.

The white hair was wearing shorts, and on top, only a black strapless top, her slim waist shimmering, the bare legs beneath the shorts white and well-proportioned.

She was holding a sword with both hands, beads of sweat glistening as they rolled down her pretty face, neck, collarbone, and side abdomen, making her snowy skin seem as if it was coated with dew.

There’s such a big difference, flat-haired blonde!

"Shami? What are you doing here?" the white hair also noticed Shami.

"Couldn’t sleep, so came out for a jog."

The white hair opened her mouth wide in surprise, "Eh? I’ve never seen you have such a habit before..."

"... And you?"

"Practicing swordsmanship. I always feel like practicing during the day would get me spotted by the villagers, so I chose this time to practice. Defeating the Demon King isn’t something that can be accomplished in one day."

Lina wiped her sweat, putting down the sword.

What a coincidence, huh?

You’re raising your attack power, and I’m increasing my armor toughness. We’re all developing ourselves.

Lina smiled gently, "Want to train together?"

Shami thought about it, realizing it was a good opportunity to understand the white hair’s capabilities, and agreed.

But he soon regretted it, as the white hair’s sword practice was so monotonous and dull, coming back to the same few moves over and over again.

Thrust, cut, hang, sweep.

Although her figure was pleasing to the eye, her strength was entirely indiscernible.

In the end, the white-haired girl’s stance paused in a position with both hands raised, ready to swing down, staying like that for a full ten minutes, her small mouth muttering words.

"Respected Great Sword Saint Mino, I bind my heart to the long sword in my hand, wishing to defend the swordsman’s dignity and cleanse the world’s impurities. Please bestow me with your mighty power..."

"?"

Traditional swordsmen need to chant before activating a skill, instead of just hacking away?

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