Abnormal Moon

"Snapped!"

Zenji Maki slashed down without holding back.

As the sharp clanging sound rang out, the hilt of Roy's knife, which he had used to parry the attack, was also struck and spun around as if it were about to slip from his grasp.

But the next moment, Roy twisted his wrist, swinging the naginata in his hand like a snake whose vital point had been grasped. Not only did he not drop the sword, but he also used the force of her downward chop to accelerate the rotation of the blade. With the hilt facing up and the blade facing down, he slashed at Zenin Maki's lower body.

Upon seeing this scene, Zenji Maki's expression suddenly changed.

She confirmed it in just one encounter.

"He really knows naginata technique!"

Due to certain historical reasons, the naginata was used by women for a long time in ancient Japan. Even now that those historical reasons have been overcome, men rarely practice using the naginata. In contrast, the katana, which is easier to use and carry, is more favored by people, especially sorcerers.

Roy's knowledge of martial arts was already an accepted fact at this moment, but what surprised Zenin Maki even more was that he also knew naginata techniques.

This battle might be much more interesting than you imagine!

Faced with a slash aimed at her lower body, Zenin Maki reacted extremely quickly. With a flick of her wrist, she retracted the blade and extended the hilt, blocking the attack with a minimal change in movement.

She immediately switched from defense to offense, using the hilt of her sword to deflect the blade, and at the same time took a step forward, using the momentum to slash the naginata in her hand towards Roy's neck.

This girl has such a murderous aura; every strike is aimed at vital points.

Did I do something to upset her?

While having this leisurely thought, Roy parried with his blade.

Zenin Maki relentlessly charged forward, each strike aimed at Roy's vitals, not even sparing his groin. When she targeted him, Roy's face couldn't help but darken.

Even if it breaks, he can rebuild it, but no man can remain calm when he is being attacked in that spot, right?

Roy kicked out, striking the hilt of the sword, accelerating its spin. The spinning blade hurtled towards Zenin Maki, knocking the naginata out of her hand.

Looking at the naginata blade resting against her neck, Zenin Maki silently raised her hands in a gesture of surrender.

"I surrender."

Roy sheathed his sword and stood there, his expression softening slightly.

"You seem to have a bad temper. Are you in a bad mood?"

Zenjima Maki paused slightly as she bent down to pick up the naginata.

"When the teacher saw me practicing with the naginata, he casually chose to spar with the naginata. Doesn't that seem like a very condescending thing to me?"

"I see."

Roy nodded.

"It's understandable that you're upset, but I won't apologize because I really do know naginata."

"I already know this."

Zenin Maki sighed softly and checked the condition of the naginata. This naginata was her usual cursed weapon, but it had been defeated by an ordinary naginata that wasn't a cursed weapon. Fortunately, it wasn't damaged.

Otherwise, she would definitely chase after Roy and make him pay her back.

The price of the spell tools was outrageously high; even with her salary as a spellcaster, it would take her a long time to save up enough to buy one.

At the same time, she understood.

Roy chose the naginata not because he underestimated her, but because his naginata skills were indeed superior to his own.

Moreover, it wasn't just a simple advantage; she lost within twenty moves, which shows that Roy's naginata technique was far superior to hers.

It is indeed incredible that someone of this age possesses such skill, but after all, it is a top-level skill, and perhaps it really cannot be measured by common sense.

"That's it?"

"……What's the meaning?"

"You really don't have a problem with me?"

"……ha."

Looking at her with an expression as if Roy had seen right through her, Zenin Maki scratched her hair with a look of utter annoyance.

"If I've caused any misunderstanding, then I apologize. I have no problem with you, teacher. I was just thinking about some disgusting things, about my family."

Disgusting things from the family side?

Roy rested his chin on his hand, lost in thought.

"They told me to try my best to get along with you."

Zenin Maki didn't give him much time to think before explaining the reason herself.

"They even said things like 'give birth to your child as soon as possible'... It makes me want to vomit."

Zenin Maki looked nauseous, as if she was about to vomit.

Roy struck the palm of his hand and suddenly realized.

It turned out to be the case.

That's why her expression was so strange when she saw him before, and why there was a hint of disgust on her face.

That wasn't directed at him, but rather, after learning his identity, she remembered the Zen family's instructions and felt disgust towards that corrupt Zen family.

He recalled that a few days ago, when he was arguing with the group of old Dengs at the director's office, one of the Zen monks—or perhaps an old Deng from a branch family—proposed that his twins should have children with him.

He immediately suspected that the so-called twins might be the Zenin Maki and Mai sisters.

The result is true.

"It's only been a few days, and those old fogies are really enthusiastic."

Roy smirked, a mocking smile spreading across his face.

No matter how he thought about it, he absolutely could not let those old Dengs get what they wanted.

Regardless of whether Roy wants to have children or not, it's entirely up to him. Even if they go to bed together, no one can get pregnant with his sperm if he doesn't want to. His plan itself doesn't require the existence of these so-called sorcery families.

Decadent things should be swept into the dustbin of history, not left out to disgust people.

"You don't need to pay attention to what those old folks say. Just listen to it like it's going in one ear and out the other."

Roy waved his hand at Zenin Maki, his face full of disapproval.

“I made some agreements with those old guys and promised them some things, but you don’t need to worry about it. I didn’t actually mean that.”

Doesn't your statement amount to saying outright that you don't intend to honor your agreement with the old folks?

Zenin Maki was speechless for a moment.

"But the teacher's thinking was a great help to me."

She had absolutely no intention of trying to please anyone.

Even though Japan only has four top-tier experts, she doesn't want to be like her mother, pleasing the other party without any dignity.

However, if the Special One himself wanted to do something to her, her position would become very troublesome, and countless people would probably try to force her to submit.

As a result, either she defected from the world of neon sorcery.

Either she died at the hands of that top-ranking officer.

For Zenin Maki, there was no option of surrender.

Roy, the person directly involved in the incident, said he had no such intentions and told her not to worry about it, which truly relieved her and freed her from the matter.

Fortunately, Mr. Roy is a reasonable person and not like those corrupt bastards.

"But the spot you aimed at just now was terrible. Wasn't that because you didn't like me?"

"In battle, who cares about that? Of course, we fight however we can to win."

Zenji Maki's expression remained unchanged, showing an indifferent attitude.

"I'm only upset with the Zen family, not with Professor Roy."

Her expression was very serious.

Roy was a little confused as to whether she was deliberately aiming at him there.

"In short, you are not allowed to do this again. This is the teacher's order."

"Okay."

Zenin Maki readily agreed.

"By the way, which grade level are you a teacher for? It seems like these days, vocational colleges have teachers for all three grades, right?"

A vocational college is a four-year program.

However, there are no teachers in the fourth year. The fourth-year students are practically half-graduated, and they spend most of their time doing missions outside. None of them stay at the college. However, the intensity of the students' missions is not the same as that of real sorcerers. The fourth year was set up as a transitional stage so that they could gradually become familiar with the intensity of real sorcerers' missions.

Simply put, they've already entered their internship period and basically don't go back to school.

In the world of sorcery, even students have to complete missions.

This is because there is a severe shortage of sorcerers. In order to exorcise cursed spirits as much as possible and protect ordinary people, students have to be included in the missions. However, students usually only do low-level missions, but they also receive generous rewards.

In short, only the first, second, and third years of college have teachers.

But Zenin Maki remembers that there is currently no shortage of teachers for any of the three grades.