Chapter 1018

"Can be trained, just takes a long time."

"Then how exactly do I train?"

"I'll teach you Qi Refining Fist————"

Erina retied her chest band, and Broly led her through one round of Qi Refining Fist in the room, leaving this Big Sister panting heavily.

"Training like this, how long until I can develop the Qi Sense you mentioned?"

After finishing, Erina asked.

"At this pace, a dozen or so years."

Broly answered.

"Ah, train for a dozen years just to make ingredients easier or harder to cut? With that time I might as well spend a few more years practicing knife skills."

Nakiri Erina lay back on the bed, directly choosing to give up.

"However, I have a shortcut that can let Teacher Erina grasp Qi in a short time."

Broly spoke again.

"Nani, you have a shortcut, why didn't you say so earlier?"

Erina hurriedly sat up, feeling she could still put in some effort.

"Saying it earlier would've been useless, because this kind of shortcut method requires people with a relatively intimate relationship to use."

"What do you mean?"

Erina looked over in confusion, and Broly explained to her the Dual Cultivation Qi Method he created in the Reverse World.

Upon hearing the Embedded Dual Cultivation Method, this Big Sister's face flushed completely red, looking just like a cooked prawn.

"Shortcut, besides this one, are there no others?"

She asked with some shame and anger.

"There is, embracing naked and guiding Qi practice also works."

Broly offered another shortcut; normally Dual Cultivation works best with zero-distance body connection forming a Qi circuit, but his Qi is sufficient to project outward and form an alternative connection channel — essentially even without skin contact it can be forced, merely a matter of Qi consumption.

"Any others?"

Erina imagined the scene of her body pressed tight against Broly's; the flush on her face hadn't faded much, and she continued pressing the question.

"The worst is what I just did — pressing my hand on your back, using my Qi to guide your cultivation."

For Erina's inability to accept intimate body contact, Broly wasn't too surprised, and revealed the ordinary contact dual cultivation whose effect isn't much different.

"Nani, this one's good, let's go with this!"

From zero-distance connection, to intimate body contact, to only palm and back touching — of the three shortcut methods, Nakiri Erina actually felt the last one was completely acceptable to her.

"Good."

Broly nodded in agreement.

"Ah, you agreed just like that?"

Erina was instead taken aback by his lack of hesitation.

"What, does Teacher Erina want me to refuse you?"

Broly was somewhat confused.

"No, just, don't you have any conditions for me?"

The Dao is not lightly transmitted; even in the information-rich modern society, much valuable knowledge requires payment to learn, let alone genuine Qi cultivation knowledge like this.

"Then if my condition is wanting to take our relationship a step further, would Teacher Erina agree?"

Hearing this, Broly thought for a moment, then leaned in close and asked.

"Ah————"

Broly suddenly pressed close, and Erina fell back onto the bed.

The burly youth was right before her eyes, pinning her against the bed.

Sweat-soaked chest rising and falling rapidly, Erina was at a loss.

【Nani, in manga, how should a heroine respond to this kind of plot————】

Erina's mind raced, then she turned her head away, closed her eyes, and adopted a posture of letting him have his way.

【Nani, what am I doing, doesn't this just become a half-reluctant half-willing plot?】

Well, for the shoujo manga heroines Erina could think of, if they encountered a confession-like plot like hers now, reacting this way is actually quite normal.

Only, this is reality, not a shoujo manga, and she isn't the heroine.

【I should push Broly away, then firmly refuse him————】

Erina thought so, but while the thought was there, she couldn't act as decisively as the thought.

Erina only felt her body stiff, like sleep paralysis, arms simply unable to lift.

What will he do, kiss my neck, then slowly strip my clothes, and on this bed turn me into a woman?】

【Heard the first time hurts, bleeds; I don't like pain, don't want to bleed————】

【But after the first time, it seems that kind of thing makes girls feel very comfortable————】

Erina's experience comes from manga, and manga mostly portray it this way.

The girl doesn't want pain, but feels some curiosity about becoming an adult.

Just as Erina was conflicted over whether to cooperate with Broly next.

The shadow covering her body in front of her instead withdrew on its own.

"Teacher Erina, I was joking, no need to be so nervous."

"Huh?"

【Nani, I was all prepared to become an adult, and you give me 'just kidding', is that appropriate?】

Erina's mouth corner twitched; she wanted to retort but forcibly held it back.

"Hah, who allowed you to toy with me?!"

Nakiri Erina let out a long breath, calming her mood from being toyed with, then said somewhat angrily.

Of course, she wasn't truly angry; she had just finally been seriously thinking about that kind of thing, and this guy's sudden withdrawal before her eyes made her feel like she was a circus clown.

"Sorry."

Broly apologized decisively.

"Hmph~" Erina coldly snorted, then asked, "So, you don't plan to raise any conditions at all?"

"No, I still have some requirements."

"What requirements?"

Erina became vigilant; she certainly didn't want to be toyed with again.

"My requirement is very simple: after Teacher Erina learns how to use Qi, we will study Qi Cooking together."

Broly said.

", What is Qi Cooking?"

Nakiri Erina was somewhat puzzled.

"Besides temporarily reinforcing an object's texture, Qi has other uses: quickly replenishing a person's already consumed spirit, energy, and mental energy."

"And so-called Qi Cooking is infusing Qi into cooking, thereby giving the dish the effect of helping the eater quickly recover spirit and physical strength."

"Teacher Erina, you can understand it as something like Qi-replenishing medicinal cuisine or energy drinks, except it's a super enhanced version."

", Qi can actually do this kind of thing?"

"When I was massaging your head earlier, didn't you already experience it?"

"I see, that comfortable feeling of mental clarity I felt was the effect of Qi, but, Broly, why do you want to study such cooking?"

"During this training camp, I saw many people around me who needed to quickly replenish their spirit, energy, and mental energy in time; on the evening of the first two

days, I had the idea of studying Qi Cooking, I'm just telling you now——"

Broly explained why he wanted to study Qi Cooking.

", Infusing Qi into cooking, isn't that difficult?"

Nakiri Erina thought for a moment and asked.

"Infusing isn't difficult, but keeping it is, because once Qi leaves the body, it cannot exist for a long time."

"If the owner who released the Qi doesn't maintain it, it will be like the celery you snapped; after leaving the hand, the Qi inside will quickly dissipate completely."

"So, you know Qi can't be kept, yet you still want to study a way to keep Qi? Hmm, this sounds like something only an idiot would do—knowing it cannot be done but doing it anyway."

Nakiri Erina gave her evaluation.

"No, Teacher Erina, there is still some difference."

Broly denied her evaluation.

"What difference?"

"The difference is that I previously had a method that could keep Qi for a long time and turn it into a commodity for sale."

", Since there is a method, why don't you just continue using it?"

"Very simple: those who can use this method are not from this world."

Previously, the Vitality Potions were made by Wiz making the potion first, then Broly injecting Qi.

And in the materials for KonoSuba World magic potions, they cannot be found in this ordinary world.

"That's how it is."

Broly roughly told Erina about the situation of making Vitality Potions in KonoSuba World before, and then was retorted by this Big Sister: "No, Broly, can you not say such astonishing words of being from a different world with such a casual look?"

"You don't believe me?"

"Should a normal person believe it?"

"I can prove it————"

The tail wrapped around Broly's waist stood up and swayed in front of Erina.

Erina had a conflicted look; there were too many retort points, and for a moment she didn't know how to retort.

"How about it, Teacher Erina, are you willing to study Qi Cooking with me?"

Broly asked again.

"Alright, no matter who you are or where you come from, anyway, I am indeed very interested in the Qi Cooking you mentioned, and I am willing to study it with you."

【In shoujo manga, there are also male protagonists from another world, for example, compared to shoujo manga, The Twelve Kingdoms is actually more inclined toward fantasy manga————】

Nakiri Erina's ability to accept was unexpectedly good.

"Now that I agree to help you study Qi Cooking, can you help me take a shortcut to cultivate Qi?"

"Of course."

Broly nodded.

"However, clothes are a bit in the way; I don't know if Teacher Erina minds taking them off?"

He asked again.

As for taking off clothes, Nakiri Erina was not as resistant as she was at first.

When Hisako Arato finished test-cooking and hurriedly pushed the door into the room, what she saw was her Big Sister holding

a sheet to cover her front, with her back completely naked facing Broly.

"Ah, Broly, you guy, what exactly did you do to Erina-sama?!"

The boy's hands were clinging to her Big Sister's smooth back; that scene was like affectionately caressing after bullying her Big Sister, which made this Secretary girl explode, and she directly questioned.

", Hisako, you're back? Ah, no, you misunderstood; it's not what you think; Broly is helping me cultivate Qi————"

Fortunately, with Nakiri Erina's firsthand account as the person involved, Hisako Arato came to understand the situation at the scene.

This was because his own Big Sister's cultivation talent was poor, so Broly helped her cultivate; the reason for taking off her clothes was to better establish a Qi link channel.

"But even so, Erina-sama, you shouldn't expose your bare back so haphazardly in front of a man————"

"Alright, Hisako, you quickly go test your own cultivation talent too."

Regarding her own little secretary's lecture, Erina didn't listen to a single word; right now she only wanted to know what the other party's cultivation talent was like.

"No, do I have to take my clothes off too?"

Hisako hugged her arms, protecting her clothes from being stripped off by her own Big Sister.

"I took mine off to test; if you don't take yours off to test, how can that do?"

Erina's main stance was sharing the blessings; shameful things had to be experienced together.

Because she had been rained on, she had to tear up the umbrella.

Let her own little childhood friend also experience the feeling she had just experienced.

"Teacher Hisako, maybe after you test and find good cultivation talent, in the future you'll be able to help Teacher Erina cultivate just like me."

Broly looked at the somewhat resistant Hisako Arato, thought for a moment, and said this to her; a simple remark, yet the effect was outstanding.

"Really?"

"Truer than pearls."

"Fine, I'll take it off!"

Without Erina needing to strip her, the girl directly took off her outer clothes in a few quick moves, leaving only the pink breast-binding object underneath.

"How is it?"

After Broly copied the method and circulated Qi through her body once, Hisako Arato nervously asked.

"Teacher Hisako, your cultivation talent is a bit better than Teacher Erina's."

Broly spoke the truth.

"Then————"

"However, if you want to help Teacher Erina cultivate, you need to cultivate Qi Sense yourself; hmm, if you cultivate on your own, one or two years should be enough to produce Qi Sense."

"One or two years, acceptable."

Hisako Arato was very delighted; in one or two years she could openly touch her own Big Sister's back, she just felt today was a good day.

"Of course, if I help, Teacher Erina should produce Qi Sense in a few days; at that time Teacher Hisako you might not be able to help with anything."

Broly added another sentence.

Hisako Arato:

Just felt the world turn somewhat gray.

"Wait, Broly, Erina-sama has poor cultivation talent, yet with your help she can quickly produce Qi Sense; then, for someone like me with good cultivation talent, if I have your help, wouldn't I be able to produce Qi Sense even faster?"

The girl discovered the blind spot, grabbed Broly's hand and asked.

"Theoretically that's indeed the case, but this requires my hand to be pressed on your back."

"What does that count as? As long as you let me produce Qi Sense faster to help Erina-sama, never mind you pressing my back, even if you let me press my chest, that's not impossible either."

For the sake of justifiably touching her own Big Sister's back, Hisako Arato really went all out.

"Ah, pressing the chest is no good, pressing the back is fine."

However, Erina hurriedly stopped her.

In the end, in the room, in front of Broly, there was merely one more naked female back added.

Broly took the two people and cultivated Qi three rounds, then stopped.

", Broly, I was feeling comfortable, why did you stop?"

Cultivating Qi is a bit like lifting iron; when you truly cultivate, the feeling of getting stronger makes people addicted.

Not to mention, walking this cultivation shortcut derived from Dual Cultivation methods.

Some of the Qi circulation points inside, however, would make the person being helped by Broly cultivate Qi feel sensitive and comfortable.

And Broly's sudden stop made Nakiri Erina feel somewhat unsatisfied.

"Teacher Erina, it's already past twelve o'clock; at six tomorrow morning we still have to prepare the hotel breakfast buffet."

And Broly's sudden stop left Nakiri Erina feeling somewhat unsatisfied.

"Uh, alright then, when there's free time later, you come over again————"

Nakiri Erina checked the time, felt a bit reluctant in her heart, but could only let go of Broly this external cultivation cheat.

"Alright, then Teacher Erina and Teacher Hisako, I'll be going first."

"Broly, you don't have to keep calling us Teacher Teacher; now you're our cultivation teacher too, from now on just call us by our names directly."

"Ah, Erina, Hisako, good night."

Although not explicitly said, Broly indeed felt the distance between him and the two people draw closer.

After leaving Nakiri Erina's room, Broly didn't return to his room, but went back to the kitchen for cooking practice.

"Everyone don't work too hard; after testing the dishes go back to sleep, tomorrow facing the assignment with good spirit is more important than anything."

Broly chatted with the Polar Star Dormitory members and cheered them on.

Hmm, literal meaning: he punched a bit of Qi to recover spirit and relieve fatigue into everyone's bodies.

Of course, Tadokoro Megumi was the one given extra care; the Qi Broly punched in could almost all be clearly detected by the girl.

Besides Tadokoro Megumi, Mito Ikumi, Broly also didn't forget; he also went over to check on her and punched Qi into her as well.

Of course, Tadokoro Megumi was the one receiving special attention; the Qi Broly sent in could almost all be clearly detected by the girl.

Besides Tadokoro Megumi, Ikumi Mito, Broly also didn't forget her, likewise went over to see her, and also gave her encouragement.