I'm really not an old sword

Looking at Okita Souji's eager expression as if to say "Come and learn from me~".

Lin Qingsu always felt that she had other intentions.

Very cute, but like a little devil.

However, he originally wanted to learn other people's swordsmanship through continuous simulated battle training. Since Souji was willing to teach, there was naturally no reason for him to refuse.

"Then it's better to be respectful than to obey."

"Hehe, then from now on I will be your master!"

"Hello, teacher." Lin Qingsu called out without any psychological burden.

Those who achieve first come first.

From the battle the day before yesterday, it was clear that Okita Souji, a young girl known as the "Sword of the End of the Bakumatsu" and the "Strongest Genius Swordsman", was very strong in swordsmanship.

Especially her special skill "Three-stage attack of ignorance".

Lin Qingsu couldn't think of any way to break the three consecutive strikes that were released at such a fast speed.

He could rely on the old sword template to use the "Wind King Hammer" to withstand the blow, but that would not help him improve at all. What he wanted was to use the unique tool of simulated combat training to become stronger.

"Hehe, then I will give my first order as a master!"

Okita Souji raised his little head happily.

Just as Lin Qingsu was listening carefully to the young master's teachings, he suddenly saw the young and handsome master's expression suddenly change and looked at him pitifully.

"I want to eat konpeito!"

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Chapter 47: General's Concern

"Because, because I haven't had konpeito for a long time."

Seeing Lin Qingsu looking at her without moving.

Souji Okita watched him persist for a while, and finally lowered his head first, pouting his little mouth pitifully.

"I really want to eat konpeito."

"Since this is your world, could you please make some konpeito for me to eat~"

Are you really my master?

"Please!"

Seeing that Lin Qingsu didn't say anything, I thought he was dissatisfied.

Souji acted coquettishly, but after a while, seeing that there was still no answer, he pouted and lowered his head in grievance.

"I know. I don't want to eat candy anymore. Don't be angry with me. I just... I really want to eat it. I haven't eaten it for a long time."

As he spoke, Okita Souji raised his head and smiled reluctantly: "Forget it, let's start training..."

"No, I'm just a little surprised. What is konpeito?"

Okita Souji regained his spirits, his eyes lighting up. "It's candy made from yiro powder and sugar syrup. It's super delicious!"

"No, I really haven't seen it... Never mind."

Lin Qingsu stopped asking her and instead asked in her mind whether the simulator could create konpeito.

After receiving the answer of "yes", Lin Qingsu directly asked it to create a bag of konpeito.

The next moment, a transparent white bag filled with candies appeared in his hand. The candies were very small and had many protrusions on the surface, like corals, and looked pretty good.

"Is it this one?"

Before Lin Qingsu could finish her words, Zongsi ran over excitedly.

"Yes, yes! This is it!"

He took the bag, took out a handful and stuffed it into his mouth, chewing it like a hamster, then immediately narrowed his eyes and revealed a happy look.

"Hmm! That's the taste."

“Super delicious!”

"This is amazing! This is even better than the best one I've ever had, the one from Koga! Um, it's a shame I can't eat there anymore, but..."

Lin Qingsu listened patiently to the girl talking.

Because there was always sugar in her mouth, the sound was unclear, "wuuuu", but it was particularly cute when combined with her pleasant tone.

He looked at the girl's face carefully.

Her mouth would pout like a hamster, and from time to time she would stuff a handful of konpeito into it, then squint her eyes happily and make sounds like "Wow!" or "Mmm!"

Even so, I was still excitedly talking to him about trivial family matters.

For example, which family's desserts are delicious, what happened in someone's family, which friend had a funny experience...

Listening, Lin Qingsu gradually came up with an absurd idea.

"The Okita Souji that the simulator created for him might not be a Heroic Spirit, but a real person."

Moreover, she was in the late stage of history of tuberculosis lying in bed waiting to die.

If this is the case, then Souji's previous series of seemingly inappropriate and overly enthusiastic behaviors are understandable.

"Soji, I want to ask you something."

"Ok?"

"Do you know Valhalla?"

"Hall of Valor?" Okita Souji paused, his hands tucked into the bag, and tilted his head in confusion. "What is that? A new type of candy? Is it delicious?"

"nothing."

Lin Qingsu was silent for a while and couldn't help asking, "How is your health now?"

"..."

The smile on Okita Souji's face gradually disappeared, and his mouth, which had been moving constantly, gradually slowed down and no longer made any sound.

A strange silence suddenly fell between the two.

After a while, she lowered her head, her puffed-up mouth stopped moving, and her expression could not be seen clearly with her head lowered.

"sorry."

"Well."

The girl finally came to her senses, raised her head, and her face was filled with that bright smile again.

"Why are you saying sorry to me? I should be the one saying thank you!"

"I can't eat candy now, and I can't hold a sword. It's because of you that I can do these two things I want to do most."

“So, I really thank you.”

As she spoke, her smile became more and more forced, and finally she could no longer hold it and lowered her head.

"I can't do anything now. I can't do anything."

"I could only lie in bed. Even though they didn't tell me, I could tell my friend was in danger, but I..."

The girl's shoulders were twitching, and even her voice was filled with tears.

I raised my head and looked at him. His little face, which had just been full of bright smiles, was now covered with tears.

"Kind man, I don't even know your name yet, do you think I'm useless?"

Lin Qingsu didn't know how to answer.

Although we had only met a few times and spent less than a day together, it was not logical that we had reached a level where we could confide in each other's innermost feelings and troubles.

But maybe it’s because the other person is very good-looking.

Lin Qingsu felt that her only advantage was that she knew what kind of person she was.

If the person in front of her was a boy, Lin Qingsu felt that she would probably be thinking, "Why is this person crying with me for no apparent reason?"

But when facing Souji, he understood why she was crying.

After all, she is just a young girl.

The talented and gifted swordsman was about to step forward to help his country in times of crisis when he suddenly fell seriously ill and died.

The country is on the verge of collapse, and I don’t know whether my friends who grew up with me are alive or dead.

She could only lie in bed and endure the torture of the disease. She was unable to swing her sword or eat her favorite food. She had no one to accompany her and had no one to vent her grievances.

At this moment, she suddenly had a "dream".

In her dream, she could eat whatever she wanted and do whatever she wanted.

And most importantly, even if you express your emotions in a 'humiliating' way here, you won't feel ashamed.

Because he is someone she has no real contact with.

It's like something that you are embarrassed to tell your family and friends in real life, but you share it online with an online friend you have only known for less than half a day, and they seem to be in this state.

Lin Qingsu gently held the sobbing girl in her arms.

"Yeah, you're really useless."

Okita Souji cried even harder.

"Is that so?! That's it! I'm really useless!"

"Yeah, not only that, your useless friends and useless country..."

"Don't you dare say that about them!"

Okita Souji raised his head and glared at him fiercely.

His eyes were filled with tears, his mouth was bulging with candy that he didn't know what to do with, and even if he tried to look fierce, he couldn't scare anyone at all.

Lin Qingsu smiled and said, "Then you say that they are all waiting for your recovery and waiting for you to return to the battlefield to save them and your country."

"If you are considered useless by everyone, what about them? What about those who are hoping for your recovery? What about those who are waiting for you to save them?"

Lin Qingsu reached out her hand, hesitated for a moment, and then rubbed her head.

"Besides, you have someone even more useless than you, me, to keep you company."

"You are not 'useless'."

Okita Souji sobbed, but his crying gradually became softer until he finally sniffled.

"Thank you, kind gentleman whose name I don't know yet."

"My name is Lin Qingsu. If I don't call you that, you won't know my name."

Hearing Lin Qingsu's depressed tone, the girl burst into laughter, sobbing uncontrollably while wiping the tears from her face, and broke free from Lin Qingsu's arms.

"Um, sorry, Mr. Lin, I lost my composure."

The girl stopped crying, her cheeks flushed slightly, and she smiled brightly again.

"Let's start training now!"

Chapter 48: Okita-sensei's Teaching

It was called training, but in fact it was more like Lin Qingsu being bullied unilaterally.

At first, he could still resist a little with the help of his experience, but without a strong physique, intuition, and abilities like the Wind King Hammer, he could not find a way to break through Okita Souji's dense sword formation.

Ten battles, all ten losses.

"Get here first."

He defeated Lin Qingsu for the tenth time. When Lin Qingsu was resurrected, Okita Souji suppressed the excitement in his eyes and held down the hilt of the sword.

Lin Qingsu looked at her puzzledly: "What's wrong?"

He hasn't had enough.

After each defeat, he held on longer the next time and successfully found a way to withstand the attacks that Souji had used to deal with him the last time.