Abnormal Moon

Roy's expression shifted slightly.

"Grandma, you know a lot."

"It's just an unspoken understanding among martial artists."

Gasai Shino smiled slightly.

"Actually, this old woman is also very eager to see the swordsmanship of the Star Martial Arts Festival champion!"

"Then I would be disrespectful."

Having received Roy's affirmative answer, Gasai Shino nodded with a satisfied expression, then got up and left the main house to gather her disciples to arrange the martial arts practice for the evening, leaving the task of entertaining the guests to Seijiro's family.

"Phew, my aunt is finally gone!"

Kirin Toudou watched the old woman's departing figure cautiously for a while before letting out a heavy sigh of relief.

"Kirin is still so afraid of her aunt!"

The woman standing next to Qi Lin, like an older sister, smiled and patted Qi Lin's head, her face full of affection.

"My aunt is so authoritative."

Kirin Toudou nodded heavily.

Her father went to prison early, and from the time she was old enough to understand, it was basically her aunt who taught and supervised her swordsmanship training. To her, her aunt had the same authority as her homeroom teacher; a single glance from her was enough to make her tremble with fear.

"Senior Roy can actually chat and laugh with Auntie so easily, and even make her laugh out loud, that's really amazing!"

Thinking of the loud laughter her aunt had let out that she hadn't heard in years, Kirin couldn't help but cast an admiring glance at Roy. Roy's status in her heart had probably risen quite a bit.

Chapter 250 Are they afraid their daughter won't be able to get married?

"I haven't asked yet, who is this person?"

Roy looked at the woman who had been following Seijiro and Kirin.

Her appearance was similar to Kirin's, only a head taller. Her jet-black hair was held back with a hair clip, and her figure, wrapped in a beautiful white dress, was in no way inferior to Kirin's, and perhaps even more so.

"Excuse me, this is my wife."

Seijiro snapped out of his daze and quickly introduced him to Roy.

"I'm Kirin's mother, my name is Kotoha Toudou. You're about the same age as Kirin, so if you don't mind, you can call me Auntie. Of course, if you and Kirin both call me Mom, I don't mind at all!"

Kotoha covered her lips, her gaze lingering on Roy and Kirin with an ambiguous air, looking at Roy as if she were looking at her own son.

"mom!"

Qi Lin blushed instantly.

"Mom? I thought it was my older sister or something..."

Roy looked at Kotoha with surprise.

She looked to be only in her early twenties. Standing next to Seijiro, who had aged considerably after years of imprisonment, they looked more like father and daughter than husband and wife.

"Hehe, you're really good with words. Want me to teach you the secrets to skincare?"

"Uh, no thanks, thank you."

While facing the unfazed Roy, Shino Gasai felt a sense of oppression when confronted with the smiling Kotoha Toudou, and quickly refused to leave.

Seijiro's family took Roy on a tour of the mansion, familiarizing them with the place and seeing many disciples practicing swordsmanship in the dojo. These disciples wielded their swords with remarkable skill, clearly the result of years of dedicated practice.

"Those who can come to the main family for further study are all geniuses from various branches."

Seijiro gave an explanation, and Roy immediately understood.

In the evening, at the call of Shino Izumi, all the disciples gathered at the dojo.

Then Roy appeared as a guest, and the popularity of the Star Martial Arts Festival champion was indeed undeniable, causing the entire dojo to erupt in excitement.

"Does the old lady want to do it herself?"

Roy picked up a sword-shaped weapon and walked to the center of the dojo, only to be surprised to see that the person who came up as the sparring partner was none other than Shino Gasai.

"Since Seijiro hasn't recovered yet, I, this old woman, will have to take over. Don't underestimate me; I've been acting as the head of the main family for several years, and I'm also from the Star Vein generation!"

While speaking passionately, Shino Gasai released her Star Power and assumed the starting stance of the middle stance.

Then, taking the initiative, he charged towards Roy.

The blades swung relentlessly at Roy, like a spider spinning its web.

"Renkaku of the Toudou-ryu style—"

Roy remained calm and deflected the incoming blades one by one.

In the clash of swords, most people have fixed patterns of action. If the opponent's attack comes from the upper left, they will know from which angle to counterattack. The essence of the Toudou-ryu's secret technique, Renhe, is to incorporate the opponent's action pattern into calculations. With specific movements and steps, the opponent is lured into a fixed counterattack pattern. However, the opponent will not know that all their movements are under Renhe's calculation. Once lured in, they will be met with a storm of attacks. Like a butterfly caught in a spider web, no matter how much they struggle, they have no chance to turn the tables. In particular, the longer it drags on, the more advantageous it is for the Toudou-ryu swordsman.

"But I've seen this trick enough times!"

Roy flipped his wrist, turning the blade back towards himself.

Gasai Shino slashed at the hilt of the activator sword Roy handed her, and was suddenly taken aback.

"There's such a parrying technique?"

Lianhe's calculations failed, and he was automatically defeated. Roy knocked Shino Agatsuma's sword away with a single strike.

Lianhe's biggest problem is that he has to lure his opponents into making actions that match his predictions and use those fixed routines to counter them. Once they make an unexpected counterattack and don't play by the rules, Lianhe will be broken instantly.

"Haha, as expected of the Star Martial Festival champion, your swordsmanship is even better than this old woman's!"

Instead of picking up the sword-shaped weapon, Shino Gasaishiro pulled out an activation device, infused it with star power, and it transformed into a naginata.

"But my strongest technique is the naginata. Do you dare to have another round?"

“That’s what makes it fun!”

Roy laughed and nodded happily.

He inherited all of Okita's martial arts skills. In the constant sparring with Kirin before the start of the Star Martial Festival, he had already mastered the Natural Rishin-ryu, Shrinking Ground, and Nameless Three-Stage Thrust. In terms of swordsmanship alone, he was even superior to Kirin.

The only problem is that he has very little combat experience. Although he has been training with Fan Xinglu, he has had limited opponents and has only been doing unarmed combat training. He has gained unarmed combat experience but lacks knowledge on how to deal with enemies wielding guns, guandao (a type of halberd), or nunchaku. He would love to spar with experts.

…………

"Phew, that feels so good!"

Soaking in the soft, warm water, feeling every pore on his body open, Roy couldn't help but let out a sigh of contentment.

After sparring with the guest teachers of the Toudou-ryu main family for a full five hours, the martial arts tournament finally ended. It was mid-September, and the weather was extremely hot. After sweating profusely, Roy was recommended by Toudou Kotoha to take a bath in the mansion's large public bathhouse to wash away his fatigue.

The Toudou-ryu school excels in swordsmanship, but it teaches far more than just swordsmanship. Other skills include naginata techniques, archery, spear techniques, and more. Roy challenged thirteen Toudou-ryu instructors, including Shino Gasai, in one night and gained a great deal.

Moreover, he won all night without Wagatsuma Shino getting angry, which shows that she is a magnanimous old woman.

The disciples present watched as their teachers were defeated one after another by Roy, and they all wilted like frostbitten eggplants, as if they were beginning to doubt the meaning of learning martial arts. This made Roy feel a little embarrassed, as if he had ruined the moral compass of many of his disciples.

"It's been almost three months since we came to this world, why haven't we received any news from the Root?"

As Roy soaked in the hot water, his thoughts gradually began to wander.

When he set off, he was told that he could do whatever he wanted and that He would take care of everything else. But so far, He hasn’t made any arrangements. He doesn’t know how long He plans to keep him in this world. He can accept a year or two, but if he has to stay for three or five years, that would be too long.

Currently, he has no way to contact the source, so he can only wait for the source to contact him and passively wait for the source's arrangements. He just hopes that he won't have to wait several years to contact him.

"Click——"

Suddenly, the sound of a door opening came from inside the pool, as if someone had come in.

A faint splashing sound came from the water, followed by ripples.

Immediately afterwards, a few seconds later.

Kirin Toudou's figure appeared before Roy through the mist. Her snow-white body was so beautiful that it drew attention. She was not only completely naked, but she didn't even have a towel with her. Her incredibly well-developed body crashed into Roy's eyes with a powerful impact.

"...I heard that this is a time when no one is using it."

"Um...that's what I heard too..."

Kirin Toudou stiffly buried herself under the water, curling up to cover her private parts. Her face was as red as a boiled shrimp shell, and her gaze darted around in the bath, not daring to look at Roy even once.

Chapter 251 Please let me become my senior's family!

Outside the bathroom.

Kotoha pressed her ear against the door, listening intently to the sounds coming from inside the bath.

But after listening for a long time, no sound came out at all, which puzzled her.

"Could it be that they are intentionally suppressing the sound?"

A thought struck Toto Kotoha, and she couldn't help but tighten her grip on the door.

Although she felt a pang of sadness that her daughter had grown up so quickly, she was an open-minded mother! As long as her daughter was happy, that was enough for her!

"What are you doing here?"