One soul, two twins, the other half is Bronya

"Be careful, junior~"

A dynamic figure rushed towards Ikki, and Usagi Renren launched a fierce kick.

"Zheng——!"

Countless sword lights flickered, leaving afterimages in the air, and Bai Ye appeared behind Tumaru Lianlian.

He leaned forward slightly, sheathing the sword with his left hand, wrapped in magical power. Then, the remaining blade light suddenly exploded, filling the entire space!

The puppet strings broke one by one, and Rabbit Maru Lianlian lost control and fell naturally due to gravity.

In mid-air, a dark blue machine appeared out of thin air. The large mechanical arm of the Heavy Usagi caught Usagimaru Lianlian, "Bronya shouldn't be too late, right?"

"boom--!"

Along with the golden lightning, Dongtang Daohua also arrived...although a little late.

"Okay, Ikki, it's okay now."

Seeing this, Bai Ye gave up the idea of ​​taking action. Dongtang Daohua was enough here.

So Bai Ye walked towards Yihui, took his arm and sent him to Stella, "Leave this to Dongtang Daohua, it's almost time for you to rest."

"A puppeteer's every move requires a medium. Through the threads of magic..."

Toudou Touka spoke slowly, holding the Mingshen sword at his waist, a terrifying thunder brewing within. He stepped forward, the blade in his hand slowly unsheathed, "Raikiri——!"

In an instant, Dongtang Daohua had already flashed behind the puppet army. Thunder echoed from the sky, falling from the sky, leaving only a golden lightning bolt between heaven and earth.

24. Prelude

"clank--!"

The golden sword, swirling with fire, clashed with the deep blue lightsaber. Bronya, holding the Silver Falcon, withstood Stella's immense force. "You've been working extra hard today, Stella."

"Because of what happened before?"

"Ah, yes. (Clang!)"

As she spoke, Stella swung the Feilong Zui Sword, colliding with the lightsaber once again. Her slender hands exerted a slight force, clearly less calm. "I don't want... (Zheng——!)"

"Be a burden! I want to become stronger, very strong! Strong enough to stand by Ikki's side instead of being protected by him."

"Drink!"

With a loud shout, Stella swung the sword fiercely, and blazing fire shot up into the sky. Did something seem to be changing?

"The desire to become stronger?"

But it wasn't enough. Bronya, still holding the sword with one arm, steadily took Stella's blow. The blades clashed, sparks flying.

"Bronya has already felt it."

Bronya's silver-pink eyes met his gaze, and she then exerted force with one arm, swinging the sword away fiercely.

She retreated nimbly with a few leaps, her long silver-white spiral hair flowing. "In fact, Bronya does have a way to help Stella."

Upon hearing the news, Stella showed excitement, but then came:

"But Stella's magic control is too poor. The current Stella is not qualified to touch that power."

As she spoke, Bronya put away the Blue Flame Silver Falcon and said in a calm but merciless tone, "Go find Shizuku. At least with her help, Stella can make some progress."

the other side:

"Ikki, (clang!) You're working so hard today, are you feeling the effects of what happened before?"

In response, Ikki remained silent, memories surfacing in his mind. If Bai Ye hadn't arrived in time, the consequences... Yes, he didn't want to experience that kind of helplessness again!

"Bai Ye, you must still have some strength hidden, right? Can you let me see how far I am from becoming a truly powerful person?"

"...You guessed it~"

There was a brief silence, and Bai Ye's sword became much more powerful, but he was still within Yihui's defense range. "Indeed, I came to Pojun Academy for my own purpose."

"But if you really want me to teach you, you're thinking too much. (clang!) It's just swordsmanship. I'm not that much better. I'm more of a master in other areas."

"Qiang——!"

Two figures crossed each other, sword energy was everywhere, and the ground was covered with dense sword marks.

"Magic power, physical strength... these things can't be copied. As for you, you can probably only continue to expand from One Blade Shura and sublimate from there."

After the training ended, Bai Ye, Yi Hui and the others reunited and headed towards the dormitory. They were playing around as usual, their shadows stretching out in the sunset.

……

Because of her simmering anger, Stella unconsciously used heavy hands during the trials. Although she switched to a fantasy form, she still shocked many people.

After this, many students gave up the competition, which made Stella a little annoyed.

"I don't know why, but I feel like my strength has increased a lot, but my control has weakened."

Walking on the path of the academy with Yihui, Stella unconsciously complained to him about her recent feelings, "I have tried so hard, why can't I keep up?"

"Because Stella is really strong."

"Maybe...it's because of someone~"

Stella blushed slightly, and looked at Ikki lovingly, "Hey, Ikki, do you still remember the promise: I will definitely become the representative contestant of the Seven Stars Sword Festival..."

“And then we’ll face off again in the final.”

Ikki of course remembered, and naturally connected the second half of the sentence, "In order to fulfill this promise, we must not lose a single match in the upcoming trials!"

"Well, the two of us together."

Stella raised her head and met Ikki's gaze. And then... as their feelings deepened, they naturally moved closer. The gaps between their shadows were covered by the setting sun...

……

"It should be about time, right?"

In the student dormitory, Bronya was wearing a loose T-shirt, very casually, with most of her left shoulder exposed.

She sat cross-legged on the ground, her fair hands rubbing the game controller frantically, suppressing Bai Ye's character, "Don't you need to tell Yihui about that?"

Emmm…Bai Ye remained silent, his mind focused on the screen. Then…

【KO】

As expected, he lost to Bronya. Disappointed, Bai Ye put down the game controller and lay back on the ground, "You're talking about that thing..."

"Indeed, the battle between Itto Rakshasa and Raikiri was indeed a very important turning point for Ikki."

Bai Ye exerted strength from his waist and abdomen, and sat up straight. "Then he should at least have an understanding of Dongtang Daohua and what he is carrying."

"If he doesn't have this concept in mind, it will be difficult for him to truly ascend. Bronya, do you remember..."

"Bronya has already looked it up."

A student handbook was handed to Bai Ye, which showed that the orphanage was under the Gui Deyuan Group. "Bronya is not like Bai Ye who doesn't care about things."

"Probably the day after tomorrow, the student council will go to visit the children." Bronya continued to add.

"Hey, aren't you here~" Bai Ye didn't feel embarrassed at all about this.

——As twins of yin and yang, Bai Ye took the initiative to take risks and even commit suicide! As for the daily affairs, Bronya naturally handled them.

It was an ordinary daily life, nothing worth mentioning, and the day after tomorrow that Bronya mentioned soon arrived.

"Ikki, do you have time today? I think you haven't thanked me properly for what happened last time?"

Bai Ye caught up with Yi Hui from behind and patted his shoulder casually like a good friend. "How about going to the student union? They shouldn't be busy today."

"Bronya also agrees."

Following closely behind, Bronya also walked over slowly, "Of course, it would be better if Bai Ye could behave more calmly."

"Isn't that tiring? Just follow your heart. I can think of other things when I'm interested."

Bai Ye let go of Ikki's shoulders, faced Bronya, opened his arms and walked backwards a few steps, then turned around and walked ahead to the student council room.

"..., let's follow." Ikki and others looked at each other and followed.

"Oh, isn't this Junior-kun?"

At the entrance of the student union, Usagi Renren was the most energetic, waving her arm and greeting people.

"Well, Usagi-san, but what are you doing..."

Ikki raised his hand in response, then looked at everyone and found that they had locked the door and looked like they were about to leave.

"This?" As the vice president, Yu Bubble's combat power was questionable, but when it came to external communication...

He greeted Ikki, "It's just a regular meeting, Kurogane-kun, would you like to come along?"

25. Ikki, your story has been revealed

"Long time no see, Sister Daohua."

"Sister Daohua, are you okay? I miss you so much."

"Sister Daohua..."

At the orphanage, a large group of children gathered around Dongtang Daohua and greeted him enthusiastically.

"Yeah, everyone is in high spirits~"

Dongtang Daohua bent her knees slightly, leaned forward, and opened her arms to the children, embracing them one by one. Faintly, she was filled with the glow of motherhood.

"Daohua and I both grew up in an orphanage similar to this one in xxx."

On the side, Yu Bubble also explained to everyone, "So, whenever she has free time, she will come here to visit the children. As for this time, the reason why she invited you here is..."

"Ah, I've seen that sister on TV!"

At this moment, a child recognized Stella and attracted the attention of the others. In a short while, the children gathered around Stella:

"It's Her Royal Highness the Princess from a foreign country."

"Sister, sister, come and play together."

"..."

The children chatted with each other, full of energy. Yu Bubble also smiled, "See, I knew the children would be very happy."

"Gabronia." Bronya also leaned down and joined in with her strong affinity.

???

Seeing Bronya blending in, Bai Ye looked a little strange... Good man, what skills did you choose when I didn't know?

Shaking his head, Bai Ye looked at Yu Yu Paopao, "How about Senior Yu Yu join in?" (After all, with your height, it can be said that there is no disobedience at all.)

"Forget it. There are so many children in the orphanage. I have to help out and prepare lunch for them."

Yu Bubble waved his hand, declining Bai Ye's proposal. At this point, Bai Ye gave up. Even joking had to have a limit.

……

In the orphanage, even the tall Citybreaker joined in and played slightly childish games with the children.

On the other side, Bai Ye, Dao Hua and others also started to process the ingredients... There was a "da da da" sound of cutting vegetables, and the ordinary kitchen knife almost left an afterimage in Bai Ye's hand.

"Wow, Bai Ye, you are so skilled." Yu Bubble stood on the wooden box and cut the vegetables slowly.

Bai Ye didn't even raise his head, and continued to do his work. "There's no other way. There are people to take care of at home. I'll get used to it slowly."

Bai Ye had always prepared three meals a day at home, along with snacks. Even when the hospital was busy, he would prepare an extra midnight snack for Pharmacist Wu Zi.

"Tōdō-san, what are these glasses of yours..."

"Ah, my eyesight is a little poor, so I need glasses to help. But this does not affect my strength, so don't underestimate me~" Faintly, Dao Hua's eyes seemed to flash with lightning.

"So at that time..."

"'Shimmering Eyes', this is my unique sword-cutting technique. Kurogane-kun should be able to sense it, right?"

"Yeah, I know."

Bai Ye had been through this before, so he could understand. "They used electrical signals to see through people's minds, so that's why Zhu Shizuku was completely seen through."