Chapter 729

"I heard that San Yue Xiaojie hasn't taken a master to study the arts, so I won't bully people. Go back and study sword with your master, learn casually, and in fifteen days I will come to your door with a post, sincerely inviting San Yue Qi Xiaojie to have a sparring match with our company's mechs."

Literal: "I heard that Miss San Yue hasn't taken a master to study the arts, so I won't bully people. Go back and study sword with your master, learn casually, and in fifteen days I will come to your door with a post, sincerely inviting Miss San Yue Qi to have a sparring match with our company's mechs."

But we need to be faithful: "I heard that San Yue Xiaojie hasn't taken a master to study the arts, so I won't bully people. Go back and study sword with your master, learn casually, and in fifteen days I will come to your door with a post, sincerely inviting San Yue Qi Xiaojie to have a sparring match with our company's mechs."

Our company will come to your door with a post and sincerely invite.

Thus translation: "I heard that San Yue Xiaojie hasn't taken a master to study the arts, so I won't bully people. Go back and study sword with your master, learn casually, and in fifteen days I will come to your door with a post, sincerely inviting San Yue Qi Xiaojie to have a sparring match with our company's mechs."

"I heard that San Yue Xiaojie hasn't taken a master to study the arts, so I won't bully people. Go back and study sword with your master, learn casually, and in fifteen days I will come to your door with a post, sincerely inviting San Yue Qi Xiaojie to have a sparring match with our company's mechs."

I'll output: 【1】 "I heard that San Yue Xiaojie hasn't taken a master to study the arts, so I won't bully people. Go back and study sword with your master, learn casually, and in fifteen days I will come to your door with a post, sincerely inviting San Yue Qi Xiaojie to have a sparring match with our company's mechs."

We'll keep the outer double quotes as part of the line? The instruction: Output 【N】 for EVERY input line. Keep each translation on a SINGLE output line (no line breaks inside one 【N】). It didn't say to include the quotation marks. The original line includes the Chinese quotes as part of the text. We should translate them to English quotes. So we should include the quotes in the translation. So we will start and end with double quotes.

Thus: 【1】 "I heard that San Yue Xiaojie hasn't taken a master to study the arts, so I won't bully people. Go back and study sword with your master, learn casually, and in fifteen days I will come to your door with a post, sincerely inviting San Yue Qi Xiaojie to have a sparring match with our company's mechs."

"Only fifteen days? Good… good!"

We need to keep the ellipsis and the exclamation. We'll output: 【2】 "Only fifteen days? Good… good!"

Only fifteen days? Good… good!

"If you lose, you not only have to publicly learn to bark like a dog, but also loudly say 【Immortal Boat Sword Technique, dogs don't learn it】, then stand at the entrance of Golden Person Alley and explain it to every passerby." Si Ke Te paused. "Ah, right, you also shouldn't take a master; come be my disciple, I'll teach you to pilot a mech."

First part: "If you lose, you won't just have to publicly learn to bark like a dog, you also have to loudly say '【Immortal Boat Sword Technique, dogs don't learn it】', then stand at the entrance of Jinren Xiang Street and explain it to every passerby." Then Si Ke Te paused, "Ah, right, you also shouldn't take a master; come be my disciple, I'll teach you to pilot a mech."

【Immortal Boat Sword Technique, dogs don't learn it】

Thus: "【Immortal Boat Sword Technique, dogs don't learn it】".

Publicly learn to bark like a dog, loudly say 【Immortal Boat Sword Technique, dogs don't learn it】, explain it to every passerby. Si Ke Te paused. Ah, right. You also shouldn't take a master; come be my disciple. I'll teach you to pilot a mech.

Now combine with quotes.

"If you lose, you must not only publicly learn to bark like a dog, but also loudly say 【Immortal Boat Sword Technique, dogs don't learn it】, stand at the entrance of Golden Person Alley, and explain it to every passerby." Si Ke Te paused. "Ah, right. You also shouldn't take a master; come be my disciple. I'll teach you to pilot a mech."

Simplify: We'll translate as: ""If you lose, you won't just have to publicly learn to bark like a dog, you also have to loudly say '【Immortal Boat Sword Technique, dogs don't learn it】', then stand at the entrance of Jinren Xiang Street and explain it to every passerby." Si Ke Te paused, "Ah, right, you also shouldn't take a master; come be my disciple; I'll teach you to pilot a mech.""

We need to keep the outer quotes? The original outer 「」 maybe indicates that the whole thing is spoken by someone? Actually the first quoted sentence is spoken by someone (maybe San Yue Qi?), then Si Te speaks after pause. The outer 「」 might be just quoting the whole block as spoken by someone? Hard.

Given the instruction to translate faithfully, we can keep the outer quotes as English double quotes around the whole block, and inner quotes as single quotes? But that may be overcomplicated.

Given typical translation of such webnovel lines, they often keep the dialogue quotes as English quotes and omit the outer Chinese quotes. I think it's safe to output the dialogue as English quotes for each spoken part, and not include extra outer quotes.

Thus we will output: 【1】 as earlier with quotes around the whole spoken line. For 【3】, we have two spoken parts. We'll output: ""If you lose, you won't just have to publicly learn to bark like a dog, you also have to loudly say '【Immortal Boat Sword Technique, dogs don't learn it】', then stand at the entrance of Jinren Xiang Street and explain it to every passerby." Si Ke Te paused, "Ah, right, you also shouldn't take a master; come be my disciple; I'll teach you to pilot a mech.""

Si Ke Te paused.

"Then… what if I win?"

We'll output: 【4】 "Then… what if I win?"

Then… what if I win?

Si Ke Te: "I would become your disciple?"

Thus: 【5】 "Si Ke Te: 'I would become your disciple?'"

San Yue Qi made a face: "I don't want to, I despise you."

Thus: 【6】 "San Yue Qi made a face: 'I don't want to, I despise you.'"

: —— -> This is a separator line. We need to output 【7】 with translation of the line. The line is just "——". We need to translate? It's a separator, maybe we keep as "——" or translate to "—"? The instruction: translate faithfully, never skip. So we need to output something that represents the line. Since it's just a separator, we can keep as "——" or maybe "—". But we should translate? There's no meaning to translate; it's just a punctuation line. We'll output the same: "——". However we need to output on a single line with 【7】 prefix. So 【7】 ——

But we need to ensure we don't add extra spaces? We'll output: 【7】 ——

The Funeral of Frieren.

"Learning to pilot a mech is also not bad."

Thus: 【9】 "Learning to pilot a mech is also not bad."

In Xiu Ta Er Ke's view, although the Immortal Boat Sword Art is indeed good, not everyone has the chance to learn it; on the contrary, the company's civilian mechs can be bought with money… Comparing the two, the company's mechs seem to indeed have an advantage.

In Xiu Ta Er Ke's view, the company's civilian mechs of the Immortal Boat Sword Art can be bought with money; comparing the two, the company's mechs seem to indeed have an advantage…

Thus: 【10】 In Xiu Ta Er Ke's view, although the Immortal Boat Sword Art is indeed good, not everyone has the chance to learn it; on the contrary, the company's civilian mechs can be bought with money… Comparing the two, the company's mechs seem to indeed have an advantage.

He himself really wanted to sit in a mech and operate it for real, but unfortunately he had no money and couldn't contact the Interstellar Peace Company at all.

He himself really wanted to sit in a mech and operate it for real, but unfortunately he had no money and couldn't contact the Interstellar Peace Company at all.

Thus: 【11】 He himself really wanted to sit in a mech and operate it for real, but unfortunately he had no money and couldn't contact the Interstellar Peace Company at all.

Even if it's just a civilian model, it should be able to sweep aside many demons, right?

Thus: 【12】 Even if it's just a civilian model, it should be able to sweep aside many demons, right?

"How? You also want to learn to pilot a mech?" Zan Yin grabbed Hustark's neck in one motion.

Zan Yin grabbed Xiu Ta Er Ke's neck in one motion.

Thus: 【13】 "How? You also want to learn to pilot a mech?" Zan Yin grabbed Xiu Ta Er Ke's neck in one motion.

"Yeah…… just thinking about Liuying's mech set, how cool! Even if we don't have the strength of Liuying's mech, but one-fifth… no, one-tenth of the strength should still be there, right?"

"Yeah…… just thinking about Liuying's mech, how cool! Even if we don't have the strength of Liuying's mech, but one-fifth… no, one-tenth of the strength should still be there, right?"

Thus: 【14】 "Yeah…… just thinking about Liuying's mech, how cool! Even if we don't have the strength of Liuying's mech, but one-fifth… no, one-tenth of the strength should still be there, right?"

"Hustark Senior, you just simply want to pilot that model of Liuying's mech, right?" Filien said unhappily, '…once you can sit in that machine, it means you've contracted entropy sickness, and you have only a few years left to live.'

Hustark Senior, that model of Liuying's mech, Filien said unhappily: once you can sit in that machine, it means you've contracted entropy sickness, and you have only a few years left to live.

You have contracted entropy sickness, and you have only a few years left to live.

Thus: 【15】 "Hustark Senior, you just simply want to pilot that model of Liuying's mech, right?" Filien said unhappily, "Once you can sit in that machine, it means you've contracted entropy sickness, and you have only a few years left to live."

"Indeed, if it's that kind of Liuying mech, then San Yue Qi has no chance of winning, but if it's the company's kind……"

Thus: 【16】 "Indeed, if it's that kind of Liuying mech, then San Yue Qi has no chance of winning, but if it's the company's kind……"

After Frieren carefully examined the company's several large machines covered in thick armor, her tone immediately shifted: 'Well… I don't think the odds are great either. If San Yue Qi truly wants to break through this level of mech in fifteen days, it would be better to follow me and learn killing magic.'

Fu Lian Lian looked at the company's several large machines covered in thick armor, her tone immediately shifted. Well… I don't think the odds are great either. If San Yue Qi truly wants to break through this level of mech in fifteen days, it would be better to follow me and learn killing magic.

Killing Magic, break through

Thus: 【17】 After Fu Lian Lian carefully examined the company's several large machines covered in thick armor, her tone immediately shifted: "Well… I don't think the odds are great either. If San Yue Qi truly wants to break through this level of mech in fifteen days, it would be better to follow me and learn killing magic."

: —— -> same as line 7. Output 【18】 ——

"... This way, I'll also publicly learn to bark like a dog… learn to pig-call, and have to loudly say '【Company mecha, only pig heads need】', then print this phrase on every mecha on the transport ship—how about that?"

Watching Si Ke Te's exaggerated performance, Xing also rubbed his forehead and said: 'This sense of déjà vu in the plot is too strong…'

San Yue Qi added: 'Just learning to pig-call isn't enough! You must also apologize to the little boss lady of the Never Night Marquis, and you must also apologize to the Immortal Vessel Sword Art.'

'No problem, but the precondition is that you can truly win with that small metal piece.' Si Ke Te looked around, shouting loudly: 'Everyone heard that, we'll meet in fifteen days! Hahahaha, we're leaving!'

After Si Ke Te and the others left, San Yue Qi instead worriedly comforted the little boss lady.

Meng Ming said that such difficulties caused by outsiders were already commonplace and trivial for her, but dragging San Yue Qi Xiaojie into it made her feel extremely ashamed.

San Yue waved her hands repeatedly: 'No problem, no problem. Whether we have ability or not, when we encounter injustice, we must intervene; I simply can't stand seeing him bully others with his power.'

'Miss San Yue not only speaks like a hero from a fantasy novel, but her kind heart is also just like a hero's; Meng Ming is completely captivated by you.'

This being said… San Yue Qi scratched their head embarrassedly: 'Ahaha… I'm not really a hero.'

After this ordeal, San Yue Qi is full of fighting spirit; if they happen to lose, the embarrassment would be huge.

——

Absolute Zone Zero.

'San Yue Qi Xiaojie is so cool! This is exactly the kind of hero I have in mind—but why do I never encounter such a scene where I can step up and do the right thing in my daily life?'

Inside Sui Bian Guan, Ju Fu Fu leaned on her broom, sweeping the ground while sighing.

Someone like Si Ke Te should be dealt with in a minute!

'It's simple, of course because our senior sister is the senior sister of Yun Gui Shan, and she usually sets an example for us junior disciples in Sui Bian Guan~' Ling walked in with big and small bags of snacks from the front door, just happening to bump into Ju Fu Fu, who was sweeping the floor.

'Junior Sister Ling!' Ju Fu Fu couldn't contain her joy; after her master went to the city for a meeting, she finally had someone to talk to.

'Senior sister, I just heard you speak…… you went out to wander around?'

'How is it just now? I've been thinking about it all along!' Ju Fu Fu struck a pose of wielding a big hammer, eyebrows raised: 'Since I was young, I've followed my master in cultivation; I don't just learn skills, I also want to go out and punish evil and promote good like San Yue does. Unfortunately, my master has to go to the city for meetings every few days, and I can't get away…'

If I ever run into someone like Si Ke Te out there… I'll definitely smash his mecha to pieces with my hammer! I'm not as easygoing as San Yue Qi.

'Hmm, what if… I mean, what if, senior sister can't win?'

'That's still not simple—I'll go ask my master to step in; he couldn't possibly be stronger than my master, right? If even my master can't deal with him, I'll go find Xiao Guang Shi Mei! Xiao Guang Shi Mei is also about to leave seclusion soon. Me, my master, Xiao Guang Shi Mei… heh heh, the three of us together are invincible; any evil demon would have nothing to do but flee at the sight of us!'

——

'That company guy will come to challenge us in fifteen days; I must become a sword master in these days!'

Yun Li bluntly said: "Trying to become a master within fifteen days is still a bit difficult."

San Yue Qi panicked: "Master Yun Li, we can't let our momentum drop!"

'Relying on momentum, you can only strive for three days. Relying on a strict plan, you can persevere.'

During these fifteen days, Xing will serve as San Yue Qi's teaching assistant, the two masters will give constant guidance, and based on Yun Li's idea, she and Yan Qing will set three stage‑wise exams for San Yue in the fifteen days; as long as she passes the exams, the company's scrap iron is nothing to fear. On the contrary, if she fails——

Yan Qing said leisurely: "That can only mean Yun Li's teaching is inadequate; I hope Miss San Yue can give up in time and not force herself into battle."

Yun Li glared angrily at Yan Qing: "Put your name in front of 'inadequate teaching'!"

'I get it! In fantasy stories, master and disciple share honor and disgrace together; if the disciple loses, it's the master's face that's lost.'

Yun Li: "The Immortal Vessel doesn't have so many martial‑world rules; mainly I'm just afraid you'll get hurt."

Yan Qing nodded: "As long as you study the sword wholeheartedly and pass the exam, we'll naturally feel safe letting you go into battle."