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“…”
“…”
Klana stared at the empty air with her somewhat clouded Eyes.
And, Lisir stared at that Klana.
Time flowed in that state-
Before long, a strange Aura began to circulate in the place.
Gulp.
Lisir, who swallowed dry saliva without realizing it, carefully opened his Mouth.
“Klana, did you sleep well?”
“…”
It was at that moment.
Lisir sensed a subtle Movement occurring near Klana’s arm.
“Oh no, Klana!!!”
He immediately approached Klana and grabbed her arm.
Because he was anticipating what Action Klana would take first with that arm.
Should I call it fortunate.
Lisir’s prediction was correct.
“Klana! Calm down━ calm down!!!”
Klana’s arm trembled and struggled to rise upward.
When there was only her neck above it.
That’s right.
Klana was trying to strangle Herself.
“Let go.”
Klana said firmly with her unique aloof Expression and tone.
It was clearly the ruthless and inhuman appearance of the Murderer that Lisir remembered.
…But is it just my imagination?
If that ruthless Murderer’s Voice felt somewhat emotional.
If those aloof Eyes seemed to be holding back some moisture.
If that blood, which only the joy of slaughter could hotly heat up, seemed to be concentrated on a specific part of her face, creating a subtle heat.
Yeah.
It must be just my imagination.
Even if it were true, Lisir decided to consider it his imagination.
If he acknowledged that point as fact in the current Situation and showed it, there was no telling what Action Klana would take.
How long did that stalemate last?
“Damn it, this damn body…!”
Klana expressed her Resentment, saying she was frustrated.
Originally, with her own strength, she should have been able to shake off Lisir’s touch without difficulty and achieve what she intended-
But now, her body couldn’t even do that, delaying the end of this terrible Situation.
“I told you to let go!”
Eventually, Klana shouted at Lisir.
In her own way, it was a Warning with her Presence.
The Murderer’s overbearing Presence that makes even a Sword Master shrink back.
However.
Unlike Klana’s Intention or Wind, that Warning did not have sufficient power.
The Murderer’s Presence.
Because the unique ruthlessness that was the Source of it was thoroughly violated for some reason.
Starting with the Power in her Voice-
Clear Emotion was evident in every one of her Action now.
Moreover, the biggest factor making up that Emotion was uncontrollable Shame.
How deep that Shame was-
Lisir was even feeling Guilt without realizing it in a Situation where he was preventing her Humiliation （?）.
In fact, she was in a Situation that deserved Pity right now.
‘The whatchamacallit that history doesn’t remember, the whatchamacallit deep in my Heart…!’
Statements that the original Herself would not make even if a Sword was held to her Neck.
She had become the explicit speaker of those Statements.
Considering Klana’s usual Personality, it was a Situation that would come across as even more miserable from her perspective.
That was why Lisir was uncharacteristically thoroughly suppressing another person’s Opinion right now.
‘This person! If I leave her alone now, she’ll really do it!’
I’m going to die of Shame!
For the Murderer right now, those words were not a joke but reality.
“Klana! I know it’s a difficult request, but first, please, calm down…! Are you thinking of ruining the body you’ve finally regained again!?”
“This Cursed body! I don’t care anymore! You saw it too! What happened after I entered this body!”
“…If you only look at the directionality itself, it doesn’t seem like such a bad change-…! Ah! No! Klana! I misspoke for a moment!!!”
“Shut that Mouth!!! If you keep talking like that, you’re next!”
Lisir realized from those words that the Confusion Klana was experiencing was more than what he could see.
‘How is she going to kill me the day after I commit suicide!?’
Lisir was feeling an extreme headache while struggling to hold onto Klana.
That inhuman Reason owner has become such a mess, but is there really a way to calm her down?
“…!”
It was at that moment.
No.
A bewildered murmur.
Klana’s Expression was stained with a different kind of bewilderment.
She had realized the change that was coming to her body.
Another touch-and-go Situation.
Klana inevitably stopped the execution of Humiliation.
In order to solve a more urgent problem.
“Lisir!”
She stared at Lisir with precarious Eyes.
“Ignore me!”
“Yes?”
“When I, am in that state! Never engage with me! Do you understand!?”
Lisir was inwardly surprised.
Klana in a state of lost Memory.
He thought that the Blue Lotus would never Recognition her Existence, but she Recognition it as ‘I’, clearly one aspect of Herself.
‘Has she become like a Dual Personality!?’
Just then.
“Ugh!”
Klana groaned and frowned, then collapsed onto the sofa like a Doll with a broken string.
And before Lisir could express his Worry-
Her Eyes opened again.
Not the aloof Eyes of the Murderer-
But as the Eyes of a vibrant Woman.
“Ugh~”
Klana immediately got up from the sofa and stretched.
Her appearance was so vibrant that even the person watching felt refreshed.
“Oh. Why is my body like this━”
Klana then did Stretching, such as lightly tilting her neck from side to side.
“I should have listened to You. It was nice when I lay down, but when I got up━ my body isn’t in very good condition?”
She looked at Lisir and smiled playfully.
“…”
Lisir awkwardly avoided Klana’s Eyes.
He remembered the words she had shouted with desperation before she became her current state.
‘I told you not to engage with me. Absolutely.’
According to Klana, ‘She’ was not another separate person or Self.
It was like another aspect that Klana had gained.
‘So, it’s like being drunk right now? Even if she looks like a different person, in reality, she’s the same person-‘
When Klana returned to her original state.
She would remember everything that had happened in the meantime.
“Lisir?”
“…”
Realizing that fact, Lisir could no longer treat the Woman in front of him as naturally as before.
He cautiously brought up the story, just in case.
“Klana, do you perhaps remember what happened just now?”
“What… happened just now?”
Klana put her hand to her mouth and pondered.
“…!”
Soon, her Eyes widened greatly.
“Oh━”
Lisir felt Hope in that reaction.
If the two’s Memory and Emotion were perfectly shared, it would be much easier to deal with her（?） in the future-
“D, did I perhaps talk in my sleep!?”
“…”
Lisir’s Hope was immediately denied.
“What should I do…”
Klana covered her mouth with her hand, saying she was ashamed.
Judging from Lisir’s serious reaction, she guessed that she had shown a tremendous disgrace.
Soon, she slowly removed her hand that had been covering her mouth and said.
“How was I…? What on earth did I do, that you’re looking at me with that Expression-…”
“That’s-…”
“Ugh, from the start!”
Klana shouted urgently, unable to bear to listen.
“I, is it okay to do that!? To stare blankly at a sleeping Woman’s Appearance without her consent. Even if it’s between me and Lisir. I, I also have privacy!”
“…Is that something the person who asked to share a Bed yesterday should be saying?”
“That’s…! It’s different! It’s a different story!”
“Is that so…?”
“Of course! The Heart’s preparation is different, the Heart’s preparation! If I had shared a Bed with You, and therefore was in a state of Heart’s preparation, I wouldn’t have talked in my sleep!”
“So, talking in your sleep can be controlled with willpower… As expected of Klana-nim…”
“Are you being sarcastic right now!?”
“About half of it is…”
“Ugh! I don’t know…”
Heeing.
Klana groaned with her face buried in her Hands.
A moment later.
She carefully lifted her face from her Palm.
She looked at Lisir with slightly teary, upturned Eyes.
As if she was Heart’s preparation.
“What. Did I do?”
You were trying to proceed with a voluntary Humiliation, so I forcibly stopped you.
He couldn’t say that as it was.
Unlike the Blue Lotus, she seemed to be the owner of a very ordinary and delicate Thought.
‘If I rashly tell her too much, it could have a bad Influence on her Mind.’
Lisir clearly recognized that point and chose his words carefully.
“That’s… it’s nothing.”
“It’s not nothing!”
Look at this!
Klana held out her arms as if to show off.
“Here, there are your Handprints left!?”
“Ah. That’s━ that whatchamacallit… what should I say… You━ You seemed like you were going to make some kind of mistake, so I forcibly stopped it.”
“Mistake…?”
Klana looking down at her arms.
Her Eyes widened greatly.
She was interpreting the ‘Frustration’ she was feeling now in a slightly different way.
“D, do I perhaps have a Sleep-talking where I throw off all my clothes when I sleep!?”
If I’m not naked when I sleep, I feel Frustration, so I unconsciously throw everything off.
It was a fairly common type of Sleep-talking.
Klana thought she was one of them.
‘You weren’t trying to take them off, you were trying to strangle yourself.’
He couldn’t say that, so Lisir closed his Mouth and averted his Gaze from her.
“Ah… you idiot… you fool…”
Klana then writhed in Shame for a while, reproaching Herself.
Twitch.
Her Left Hand was unconsciously spasming.
✦✦✦
Afterwards.
Lisir confirmed that Klana’s condition had calmed down and brought up a new topic.
“Klana. Did anything perhaps come to Mind while you were sleeping?”
“You’re talking about Memory, right…”
Shakes head.
Klana shook her head after deep Anguish.
“I’m sorry… I guess I was too comfortable. Instead of Fortunate sleeping, I should have tried to remember something like you said━”
“No. It’s not like Klana’s current condition will Improvement just by trying, right? I think I said something unnecessary and only caused you Worry for nothing. I’m sorry.”
“…”
Klana looked at Lisir’s Appearance and laughed ‘Hehe’.
“Actually, isn’t it okay?”
“Yes?”
“My Memory, I can still have fun Conversation with You like this even without it━ don’t you think?”
“…”
“Ah! No. Rather, it might be thanks to not having Memory!”
“Thanks to it?”
“Yes! Being able to have such a fun Conversation with You like this! Think about it! My usual Personality!”
-When I, am in that state! Never engage with me! Do you understand!?
As Klana said, it was a Voice that came to mind when I thought of her usual Personality.
‘Damn it. I’m sorry Klana. But I can’t really openly Ignoring a person with no Memory.’
Lisir in Anguish.
Klana, interpreting that reaction, burst into a vibrant laugh.
“Look at that! No, but is it really that bad? Your Expression gets so dark just thinking about it!?”
“No, this is━”
“Ah~ it’s okay. You don’t have to make excuses. It’s not like I’m trying to scold you. And! I’ll tell you in advance, don’t apologize after this either?”
Klana playfully touched Lisir’s Forearm.
“Until I regain my Memory━ Ah! No. In the future, when you treat me! You don’t have to say you’re sorry. From what I see, there are hardly any Situations where you really need to be sorry? It’s a kind of bad habit caused by some Insane Woman. So, fix it.”
Klana said up to that point, then looked up at Lisir and examined his reaction.
A vibrant Smile spreads across a face that suits an aloof Expression well.
“And, I’ll fix it too.”
“Klana too?”
“Hehehe. Tell me honestly. Right now, You. Are you in a good mood? Because I lost my Mind?”
“I wonder…”
“Hey~ you can be honest. Honestly, a Woman with no thoughts like this is better than that annoying Woman, right? At least! Right? Ah, you don’t have to answer this. Because it’s a question with a set answer.”
Heave-ho.
Klana got up from the sofa after talking up to that point.
“So━”
She rolled her Eyes from side to side a few times and said.
“What should we do now?”
“Yes?”
“How did we usually spend Breakfast? Ah! Should I try to guess?”
“Ah. Please do.”
“Hmm… let’s see…”
A Hand that rested on her chin taps, taps, touches her cheek.
It was the Appearance of a person having a pleasant Imagination.
“Ah! I remembered! Cafe!”
“Cafe?”
“Yes! I was bothering You from Breakfast! Saying let’s go to a pretty and fancy Store and spend time! To be honest, I quite like this part. “
“…Do you want to go to a Cafe?”
“Hmm~ More accurately, I want to spend time with You in a wonderful place. Well. It’s the same thing in the end. Because there are only a limited number of places you can go to this early Breakfast. It’s not like I hate Cafe either? Rather, I like it? Hmm. Fragrant tea, leisurely time. Who would hate that. Don’t you think?”
“That’s true.”
“Okay! Then. Now, please grade me. Is what I said the correct answer?”
“Unfortunately, it’s not.”
“Ah! Really? Then how close am I?”
“Very close.”
“It’s not a Cafe?”
“It’s not a Cafe.”
“Then, we didn’t spend time together either?”
“…”
Lisir recalled his usual Routine.
He would first do Breakfast Training when he woke up in the Breakfast, and Klana in the Inner World was always with him in the process.
“We did spend time together.”
“Yeah! Then that’s good.”
Klana, who had been listening to Lisir’s words with a somewhat Tension, smiled Satisfaction.
“Then I’ll get ready to go out. Ah! Perhaps, do you want me to dress up separately? Makeup, or more fancy clothes.”
“I think Klana shines the most when she’s in comfortable clothes.”
“Agh!!! That’s too perfect of an answer. As a Price, I want to show you a slightly prettier version of myself, but━ the Circumstances isn’t right, so I’ll listen to your request for today.”
Afterwards.
Klana and Lisir took turns using the bathroom and finished simple grooming, including Cleansing.
“Okay, then!”
Clap.
Klana clapped her hands and her Eyes sparkled.
“What do we do now?”
“It’s Training.”
“…Huh?”
An unexpected development here!?
That was the Expression she seemed to be saying.
“Training!? Me, with You!?”
“Ah, usual Klana only watched me Training.”
“Ah~ you scared me. I thought I was going to have to do something like a sword fight with You.”
“To tell you the truth. If Klana and I had a sword fight, I wouldn’t even be able to use my hands and would be defeated.”
“Yeah~ yeah~ that’s right~ I’m a Insane Woman, and You is a kind Man~ Ah! Perhaps is it that!?”
Klana pointed after discovering a sword placed in the corner.
It was the Rapid Advancement Holy Sword, Zallak.
-Yes! It is I!!!
“Ah! You scared me! What’s with this Room, there are so many amazing things!?”
-Young lady! Take me! And give me to your Lover!
“Zallak. The Circumstances isn’t right today, so I’ll Training with the Blue Lotus.”
-Young lady!!!
“Hahaha, what is this again? A talking sword? Fun~”
“It’s the Rapid Advancement Holy Sword Zallak.”
“Puhah! A Holy Sword. Funny. Why is a Holy Sword in a place like this?”
“I wonder why.”
“?”
✦✦✦
“Huh? Is this the right way?”
Klana said while moving down the hallway with Lisir.
“It doesn’t seem like a way to get outside━ perhaps, is there a separate practice room or something?”
“Ah. That’s what I was going to say━ before Training, I was thinking of meeting someone and having a short Conversation.”
“Is it a Conversation that I’m also related to?”
“You could say that. Because it’s a story related to Klana’s current state.”
“…Perhaps, do you want me to regain my Memory as soon as possible? Do you not like my current state?”
“Klana’s current state? It looks so good that I’m rather confused about how to act.”
“Aha! A good answer as always. And, a terrible question. I’m sorry. It was too harsh when I said it. Seeing this, it seems that a person’s Personality doesn’t change even if they lose their Memory.”
“It’s okay. I think either way is good.”
“Is that so~ then~”
Humming~
Klana hummed a tune with her hands behind her back.
She then hovered around Lisir like a Butterfly and said.
“Lisir. Is it okay if I hold your arm?”
“Heeeeeck!!! No. Absolutely not.”
Lisir said in Horror.
If they held arms in a friendly manner, there was no telling what unexpected Action the Blue Lotus would take when she regained her Mind.
“Whoa! Is it to the point where you’re that Horror? It’s a Situation where I should be hurt, but I’m rather starting to feel sorry!?”
“Please understand. It’s for the sake of both of us…”
“Why so grand? Tsk. Okay. Since it’s a matter of the world’s Fate, I’ll make an exception.”
“Gratitude.”
Soon.
The two arrived at their destination.
It was Pallag’s Office.
Halona was planning to stay in his Office until the matter was resolved.
“Halona. Are you inside?”
Silence.
No answer came back no matter how long they waited.
“…Is She not inside?”
“Then what do we do now?”
“Well, what can we do. We have no choice but to postpone it.”
“Good good~”
They headed to the Mansion’s Backyard to proceed with Training as planned.
✦✦✦
“Wow! What, what! Lisir is surprisingly very skilled!?”
That day. Lisir’s Training proceeded in a way that was quite different from usual.
Instead of Training the Power of Advancement, he purely Training Swordsmanship.
With the thought that it might give Klana some kind of Stimulation.
Klana watched Lisir swinging his sword from a distance with great interest.
How long had it been.
“Lisir! Perhaps, can I try swinging a sword too?”
“Of course.”
Lisir handed her a Training Iron Sword as if he had been waiting for it.
And then he examines her reaction-
“…!”
At that moment, Lisir felt the fine hairs on his skin stand on end.
Suddenly, the surrounding air seemed to cool down.
“Lisir.”
The Absence of vibrancy.
Aura replaces that Place.
Klana said in a slightly different tone.
“I clearly told you to Ignoring me thoroughly.”
Lisir felt wronged.
Wasn’t She too vibrant of a person to Ignoring thoroughly?
“That’s really, it doesn’t go as planned. Didn’t Klana see it too?”
“No!”
Klana shouted.
“I, I didn’t see anything.”
“…Come to think of it, that seems to be the case.”
Hooo.
Hooo.
That Murderer was, unusually, breathing heavily.
Soon, a playful Smile spread across her Mouth.
It was a Appearance like a beast showing its teeth, unlike before.
“Come to think of it, I haven’t given you practical guidance yet.”
“…!”
Practical Training with Klana.
It could be said that it was one of the Situations Lisir had most Yearned for if he regained Klana’s body.
No matter what Klana’s Intention was now.
As the Source of the sword that Lisir wields and, in fact, his Swordsmanship Master-
It was none other than Her who could most accurately pinpoint his current level and problems.
Lisir felt his Heart beat at the suddenly Arrived Opportunity.
“…But you’re really just aiming to guide me, right?”
✦✦✦
Lisir decided to focus on practical Training with Klana for the time being, putting aside all Anxiety and Worry.
Klana wore a bitter Smile, saying it was ridiculous at his Appearance of burning with Motivation.
In fact.
Klana also felt sorry that She had been in a Situation where She couldn’t actually cross swords.
Klana had watched Lisir’s sword countless times in the Inner World during that time.
She could see it in her Eyes.
The problem that Lisir’s sword had.
She didn’t know how Frustration.
The Situation where She had to leave that Flaw, which She couldn’t explain in words, unattended.
And.
The Enemy who fell helplessly to such an incomplete sword.
Ah.
Why that.
She didn’t know how many times She repeated those words in her Heart, and how many times She suppressed them in her Heart.
But.
That’s it up to here.
“Come. I’ll let you know where you are right now.”
It was time to let him, who had become so arrogant, know his position.
And, it was time to let him know who he should truly Serve as a Master.
Klana was already imagining her Appearance looking down at him with him already looking down on Lisir.
“…How should we do it?”
“Do what you’re most confident in.”
“What I’m most confident in?”
“Yeah. That Dark Magic Swordsmanship thing. I’m saying this now, but. That Dark Magic Swordsmanship. In my opinion, there is clearly a Flaw.”
“…Is that so?”
“In the end, isn’t the core of it my sword?”
“That’s right.”
“There are too many parts you miss in order to unfold several Power at the same time. It’s a Flaw that a proper Swordsman would never miss from the perspective of the person facing you.”
Klana said, taking a Stance.
“I know. It won’t resonate with you in words. So, I’ll be sure to let you know on this Opportunity.”
A unique aloof Expression. And Atmosphere.
The Blue Lotus beckoned.
Come.
Nod.
Lisir also took a Stance.
He enters preparations to unfold Dark Magic Swordsmanship.
After this, it was simple.
What would I have done?
It was a thought that Klana had several times while watching Lisir’s Combat.
Already in her head, all kinds of coping methods for all Situations were prepared.
It was almost to the point where the things that would happen in the future were Prediction.
Lisir’s first Action starting in that state.
The Movement of that Foot. Breath. The handling of Gaze.
Even the Operation of Mana.
Everything was within Klana’s Prediction range.
Klana was trying to respond according to the already determined Procedure and Method.
Gauging the Interval
Catching her Breath.
Determining the position of her Foot.
As a result, the response to Lisir’s Swordsmanship was already completely finished.
‘Now all that’s left is to use Magic in this state-‘
At that moment.
Klana’s Stance creaked.
For a moment, while paying attention to Magic, She missed the flow of the sword.
“…Wait.”
Klana’s Expression, which had been relaxed, was distorted.
It feels different from what I saw inside?
✦✦✦
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