Interpersonal relationships are actually a very complicated matter.
With two people, it inevitably feels monotonous, and with four people, it inevitably appears crowded.
Interactions between two people seem simple, yet the conflicts existing within them are the most intense.
Interactions among four people are overly complicated, to the extent that the feelings within them are no longer pure.
Three people are different.
Much like a triangle, the relationship among three people is the most stable.
As long as the maintenance point at the center of the triangle does not collapse, the three people will go on like this forever.
However, certain unexpected circumstances also exist within it.
For instance, suppose one day one of them crosses the line, attempting to occupy this maintenance point, or chooses to angrily flip the table due to having no chance of winning, completely tearing off their masks…
Oh, right, we are just giving an example, and it has completely nothing to do with Vester and the others, neither now nor in the future.
It is definitely not hinting at anything.
“Miss, it is getting late.”
“Eh?”
Kallen looked out the window as if waking from a dream; the sun had unexpectedly set at some unknown time.
“Can we really not play for a little longer?”
“If we miss the evening training, Lord Arthur will be angry.”
Upon hearing this name, Kallen, who had still been prepared to pester stubbornly, instantly straightened her posture.
As everyone knows, Kallen has a total of two dads.
One is her biological father Francis, and the other is the stern father Arthur.
Although the former’s strength is formidable, due to the Kaslana Family’s genes still exerting force, his intelligence exhibits a very bizarre duality, and when he acts foolishly, he doesn’t look human at all.
Therefore, Kallen is not particularly afraid of him.
But the stern father Arthur is different.
The genes of the Kaslana Family make people’s cerebral cortex a bit lax, but his identity as an outsider happened to make up for this.
As Kallen’s swordsmanship mentor, Arthur implements Spartan education.
If he were to find out that Kallen skipped training just to play with a little girl, he would surely drag Kallen straight to a place where no detectors can detect anything and brutally put her through extra training with a jeep.
“Fine, fine then,” Kallen said listlessly, “I am going back, Vester.”
“Oh, I will see you off.”
Saying this, Vester rose from her seat.
“Vester, I have to go back first as well.”
Otto, who was still drinking tea, suddenly stood up.
“Oh, then let’s go together.”
Vester did not think too much and said this to him.
Thus, Otto forcefully wedged himself between the two of them.
‘Yo-ho, trying to guard her food?’
The blonde girl, who was squeezed away from Kallen’s side, raised an eyebrow.
Misinterpreting the other’s behavior as vigilance towards herself, Vester nonchalantly widened the distance between herself and Kallen slightly.
“Aiya, Vester, why are you standing so far away from me?”
Kallen directly bypassed Otto and hugged the blonde girl’s arm.
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Veins popped on Otto’s forehead, but his movements were not slow as he directly went around to Vester’s other side.
‘Why do I feel something is a bit off…
It’s probably just an illusion.’
Vester did not mind.
…
The next day, Kallen came to the entrance of Vester’s small courtyard as usual.
“This sound, could it be?”
Kallen, who was just about to enter the house, twitched her ears and shifted her gaze toward the backyard.
For a Kaslana who had been trained as a warrior since birth, the crisp sound of wooden swords colliding was not unfamiliar.
“Vester has actually been practicing swordsmanship too!”
An idea suddenly arose in Kallen’s heart.
“Heng-heng, if Vester finds out that my swordsmanship is amazing, she will definitely admire me a lot, right?”
At this thought, her brain was instantly controlled by the imaginary image of the blonde girl hugging her with glowing eyes.
Kallen could not help but quicken her pace and run toward the direction from which the sound came.
“How is it? Do you think I have talent?”
In the courtyard, looking at the swordsmanship mentor whose wooden sword in hand had already been broken by her and who was now showing a troubled expression, Vester asked like this.
“Your physical condition is very good, and you definitely have talent.”
“However, with my level, it should be quite difficult to provide you with any help. Regarding guidance for you, I’m afraid it will require someone more professional.”
Having heard the news a few days ago that Vester was looking for someone to guide her swordsmanship, he originally thought that with his level, teaching a noble young lady with no swordsmanship foundation would be more than enough.
He never expected that just as they started, he almost got his head blown off by the other’s single sword strike.
“Ahem, then how do you think my technique is?”
“Um, there is a lot of room for improvement.”
“Speak directly, I don’t mind.”
“You only know how to swing and smash around, there is no difference from an ape holding a wooden stick, dragging down the whole team.”
“…”
What, Vester is actually not an operational type character?!
“Understood.”
Well, actually the blonde girl did not feel surprised.
After all, she hadn’t studied swordsmanship before, and just now she was merely asking casually.
“Regardless, it’s unreasonable to let you make a wasted trip like this.”
With that said, Vester handed a small pouch to the other person.
What was contained inside was precisely one month’s salary she had prepared in advance for the swordsmanship mentor.
“Thank you for your generosity, and I hope you can find a mentor of sufficient level soon, Miss!”
The man, who had been somewhat depressed about making a wasted trip, instantly perked up.
After exchanging a few polite words with Vester, he left joyfully.
“Vester, you are actually practicing swordsmanship too?”
Kallen had arrived at some point and suddenly hugged the blonde girl from behind.
Although she possesses a talent like Resurgent Wrath, she is actually not clear whether she can count as a combat force when facing Valkyries and Honkai Beasts in the Honkai.
That was why the idea arose to find a swordsmanship mentor to test her strength.
“Let go of me first. My whole body is covered in sweat right now. Wait for me to change a set of clothes before talking.”
Feeling a bit uncomfortable being hugged by the other, Vester twisted her body and instinctively shook off the other’s hands.
“Vester, the clothes you are wearing right now…”
What the blonde girl was wearing on her body was not her usual long western-style dress, but a set of swordsmanship attire convenient for movement.
After exercising, the form-fitting fabric tightened further, actually giving her a feel different from the past.
For a carrier of the Kaslana lesbian genes, it was simply an infinitely blissful scene!
“Don’t change.”
“Ah?”
Stunned somewhat by this scene, Kallen’s blurted-out words made Vester tilt her head in confusion.
“Ahem, I mean, why don’t you, why don’t you try sparring with me.”
Realizing she had said something strange, Kallen was stunned at first, and then found an excuse for herself.
‘Is Kallen’s combat power considered high when she was young?’
Hesitating for a moment, the blonde girl still did not refuse.
What bad intentions could Kallen possibly have?
Anyway, trying it out wouldn’t result in any loss.
“Alright then, I’ll go find a weapon for you first.”
“Um, then I want—”
Halfway through speaking, Kallen suddenly froze.
She suddenly remembered, wasn’t she supposed to show off her skills to Vester?
Then going bare-handed to spar with Vester directly, wouldn’t that make herself look even more amazing?
“No need. If it’s Vester, she probably doesn’t need it right?”
At this thought, Kallen smiled and waved her hand, revealing a smile that seemed less than friendly in Vester’s eyes.
“…”
Hardened, my fists have hardened!
“You really dare to talk big.” Assuming her stance, the blonde girl laughed out of extreme anger, “Kallen, let me ask you, have you ever lost?”
“Ah?”
After spending a period of time together, Kallen already had some understanding of Vester.
Whenever the other started speaking such weird words, it generally meant she was about to get angry.
‘Why did Vester suddenly flare up?’
‘Forget it, things have come to this, I can only find a way not to truly tick Vester off.’
What if she really angers the other party and gets ignored directly by her then?
Fearing that Vester would give her the silent treatment because of this, and holding the mindset of “say less, make fewer mistakes,” Kallen simply shut her mouth entirely and just crooked her finger toward the other.
She has been provoking me all this time, and it has never stopped!
Seeing that Kallen didn’t even pay her any mind, directly started pretending to be an expert by not speaking, and even made a provoking gesture, a vein popped on the blonde girl’s forehead.
“Don’t get it wrong, you are the challenger!”
The red-heated blonde girl swung her sword out, directly slashing toward the other.