Chapter 228: A New Advanced Mission!

"Miss Yun, I'm coming for you!"

"Mm, go ahead."

Outside the door of Sisilaiya Cafe, Yun Mu and Lita stood facing each other, holding Wooden Swords.

After a simple warning, Lita lunged forward suddenly, her Wooden Sword thrusting toward Yun Mu's chest with the greatest possible speed.

She knew well the gap in their physical strength; if she wanted to win, she had to take them by surprise and strike from an unexpected angle! However, because she had given a warning beforehand, Yun Mu was already prepared for her attack and simply dodged it with a light sidestep.

Lita had clearly anticipated her movement; she hadn't actually used her full strength in that thrust, and after being dodged, she immediately changed her move, slashing toward Yun Mu's neck from an oblique upward angle.

"Snap!"

Yun Mu nimbly pulled back a short distance, and while dodging the attack, she gave a light tap with the Wooden Sword in her hand, knocking Lita's Wooden Sword to the side.

At the same time, taking advantage of the moment her opponent's stance was unstable, she suddenly reached out her left hand, intending to grab Lita's throat, but Lita reacted in time and pulled back to create distance.

After readjusting her stance, Lita and she fell into a stalemate again, both slowly circling and shifting their feet, looking for the right timing and openings.

"Miss Yun's reaction speed is very fast, and her body is very agile; she can easily neutralize my moves and find openings."

"I cannot take the initiative to attack anymore!"

Through the brief exchange just now, Lita had roughly judged the gap in strength between the two.

In terms of Swordsmanship alone, she was indeed much stronger than Miss Yun, but the gap in their physical fitness was too great; even if she found the right timing and opening, she could not pose an effective threat to her opponent.

Therefore... she could only Counterattack and look for openings! "Must have patience."

She kept warning herself in her heart to stay calm, while her eyes stared fixedly at every move Yun Mu made.

"So that's how it is, preparing to play defensive Counterattack?"

Seeing her circling around and having no intention of taking the initiative to attack, Yun Mu immediately understood her intent.

Before she transmigrated, when she played Soul-like games, she used this same strategy when facing high-difficulty Leader bosses.

Never take the initiative to attack, keep distance, observe the opponent's moves, greed for hits when possible, run away immediately after slashing, and wait for the next opportunity... such a strategy was useful even in reality.

Since that was the case, then she would be the one to take the offensive! "Bang!"

Her right foot took a large step forward suddenly, and Yun Mu, like a gale, arrived in front of Lita, her Wooden Sword slashing straight down toward the top of Lita's head!

"So fast!"

Lita's pupils contracted violently; she had clearly been watching Yun Mu's movements the whole time, yet she only reacted when the opponent had already rushed right into her face.

It was clearly too late to Dodge now; with no other choice, Lita could only block with her Wooden Sword above her head, and at the moment the two Wooden Swords collided, she dissipated the force to prevent her own sword from being split in two.

"My palms are going numb..."

She wanted to quickly pull back to create distance, but she was stuck tightly by Yun Mu, and the countless heavy strikes made Lita somewhat exhausted in dealing with them.

This feeling was as if she wasn't sparring with a human, but with a giant twice her size.

No, if it were really a giant, the situation might even be better... after all, for a giant, her stature wouldn't even reach the opponent's waist, making it harder for them to hit her.

"Snap!!"

Another intense collision occurred, and even though Lita had been intentionally dissipating the force, the body of the Wooden Sword still suffered visible deformation.

"I can't go on like this!"

Her hand holding the sword was trembling slightly now, and it was foreseeable that in a few minutes—

Either the Wooden Sword in her hand would be completely ruined, or her palm would fail to hold on first, causing her to lose her weapon.

"Snap!"

Determined to change her strategy, Lita took the initiative to attack, slashing her sword sideways to knock aside the Wooden Sword in Yun Mu's hand, then continuously performed rapid, successive slashes!

No need to defend, because it was meaningless; no need to Dodge, because it was a waste of stamina; focus all attention on the attack! Snap, snap, snap, snap!

Although Yun Mu was somewhat surprised by Lita's initiative, she still relied on her powerful physical fitness to perfectly block all her attacks with her Wooden Sword.

However, what she didn't notice was that as the number of collisions between the two Wooden Swords increased—

Having hardly used the technique of dissipating force to protect the sword, the body of her Wooden Sword was almost unable to withstand the high-intensity collision between the two... "Snap!!"

Another intense collision, and the Wooden Sword in Yun Mu's hand suddenly snapped.

Feeling the cool touch of the Wooden Sword against her neck, she looked down at the broken Wooden Sword in her hand, and at Lita, who was panting heavily with her sword-wielding hand trembling constantly.

"I lost this one."

"... No." Lita withdrew her Wooden Sword and slumped onto the ground, disregarding her image: "If we had been using real swords, I would have been defeated long ago."

She looked at the Wooden Sword she had tossed aside; the originally smooth surface was already exposing rough fibers, and there was no need to think to know that this thing was definitely unusable from now on.

It could be said it was only one step away from being completely scrapped.

"Is your hand alright?"

Yun Mu squatted down beside her, raised her hand to hold the other's palm, and spread it out in front of her.

Unlike her own palm, which revealed a hint of rosiness within its fairness, Lita's palm had grown thick calluses in many places prone to wear after years of training.

Protected by these hard shells, not even a layer of skin on her palm had been rubbed raw.

"I-I'm fine, I practice swords often, I'm used to it!"

Being stared at like this by Yun Mu, who was also touching her palm all over, Lita couldn't help but blush and hurriedly retracted her palm.

She stood up from the ground and walked toward the inside of Sisilaiya Cafe.

"I, I'm going to take a bath, does Miss Yun want to come together?" She turned her head and asked Yun Mu.

"Sure."

Yun Mu agreed without hesitation.

The two had just finished exercising and were covered in sweat; they indeed needed to wash up.

As for being with Lita... *cough cough*, she had already tried this once just a few days after she first transmigrated.

Even if she did it again, it would be perfectly fine! Would it be fine? "Miss Yun?"

In the bathroom, Yun Mu, who had just taken off her top, heard Lita calling her.

"Hmm?" She turned her head to look at the other person: "Is something the matter?"

Before she had even finished speaking, she saw that Lita had already taken off her top and outer pants, revealing the cute white underwear underneath.

"Thank you." Lita suddenly thanked her at this moment.

"What are you referring to?" Looking away as if nothing were the matter, Yun Mu asked her with some confusion.

"Of course, I'm thanking you for agreeing to spar with me."

Lita noticed Yun Mu's movement, and after being slightly stunned, a smile couldn't help but appear on her face. She snuck up behind Yun Mu, then grabbed her neck in a hug! "Eek!"

Coach, someone is charging with the ball, I want to report it! "W-what are you doing all of a sudden, you scared me to death." Yun Mu subconsciously covered her chest and said to Lita with a flushed face.

"Mm, I was just a little curious about your reaction." Lita hadn't expected her reaction to be so big, and her expression suddenly became a bit strange.

Well, thinking about it carefully, it's normal for a fifteen-year-old child to have this kind of reaction.

It is said that some boys can't even pee if someone is standing behind them while they are in the restroom.

Things like taking a bath together, if you aren't acquaintances, would feel a bit awkward, right?

"Hehe, my self-confidence as your big sister has completely returned!"

Lita hummed softly, her face gradually revealing a malicious, unscrupulous, devious, insane, and inhumane smirk.

"Y-you, what are you trying to do?" Yun Mu couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva, wanting to break free from the other's embrace, but she was held tightly.

"Heeheehee, let big sister take a look and see if you are developing normally~"

"Ouch, Sister Lita, don't."

"Be good, let me take a look!"

"I already said don't!"

"Ah, what a hearty and satisfying duel."

About an hour later, Lita, wearing a pure white bathrobe, walked out of the bathroom with a relaxed expression.

As for Yun Mu, because there was no bathrobe that fit her body size, she could only wrap herself in a towel.

"It's finally over, that was too terrifying."

Yun Mu sat on the sofa with hollow, lifeless eyes. Do you know how she spent this past hour!?

Uh, actually, she was just thoroughly cleaned from top to bottom by Lita. Not having to do it herself actually felt quite nice... hehe~ "Come and have a piece of cake."

Lita returned from the first-floor kitchen at this moment, holding two small cakes covered in white cream in her hands.

"What would Miss Yun like to drink?"

After putting down the cakes, Lita asked her again.

"Anything is fine for me."

Yun Mu looked at Lita with some curiosity: "You seem to be in a very good mood."

"I am always in a good mood!"

Lita left these words behind and left the room again, leaving Yun Mu all alone.

Not long after, accompanied by the sound of footsteps, she returned to this place and placed a cup of warm milk in front of Yun Mu.

Yun Mu looked at the table in front of Lita; she had prepared a cup of black tea for herself.

Why do I have the illusion of being treated like a child? She picked up the cup on the table and took a light sip of the hot milk.

"Come to think of it, Lita, do you really like black tea?" She suddenly thought of something and asked the other person.

It seems like whether it's Lita, or Brenna, or even everyone in the Frost Kingdom, they all seem to really like drinking tea.

Hmm, from every angle, the Frost Kingdom of this world is truly very similar to England on Earth.

Yun Mu once saw a little story on the internet saying that during World War II, when the British army was stationed in one place, they were ambushed by the enemy because they were boiling water to make tea, which eventually led to a crushing defeat.

But the British military didn't think it was a problem with the tea; instead, they added vehicle-mounted heaters inside their tanks, allowing soldiers to boil water and drink tea inside the tanks.

This way, they wouldn't have to worry about being ambushed by the enemy.

From this, one can see the British people's obsession with and love for drinking tea.

The Frost Kingdom is probably about the same. "Actually, I don't like it that much." After hearing Yun Mu's question, Lita replied.

Sure enough—wait, ah?

"You don't like it?" Yun Mu looked at Lita with a blank expression.

"It's not that I don't like it that much," Lita corrected her.

"Hoo." Gently blowing on the hot steam drifting above the black tea, Lita began to explain to her.

"Perhaps it's because I am not a Frost Person myself; actually, I don't like drinking tea that much. It's just because the people around me are all drinking tea, so I just follow along."

"However, I learned about the reasons why Frost People like drinking tea, as well as the history, when I was in school. Do you want to hear it?"

"Let's hear it." Yun Mu nodded.

Anyway, it was still early, and she had nothing she needed to do.

"Actually, the reason is very simple." Lita enthusiastically explained to Yun Mu: "It was probably about one hundred and fifty years ago. At that time, the Frost Kingdom didn't have modern waterworks, and it was difficult for ordinary citizens to get safe drinking water."

"For poor people, the easiest safe beverage to obtain was actually the alcohol from taverns."

"But drinking alcohol is bad for your health, not to mention that being drunk all day makes it hard to get any real work done. It just so happened that during that time, the steam engine appeared on the historical stage, and at the same time, the New Continent was discovered by voyagers."

"Hmm." Seeming to be trying hard to recall the content from books, Lita frowned tightly and pondered for a long time.

"The temperature and climate over in the New Continent were completely different from our continent. The tea leaves that could originally only be produced by importing from the Exile Sea and the Shattered Star Sea could finally be planted on a large scale in the colonies..."

"Consequently, the price of tea leaves, which only nobles could enjoy before, kept falling. Added to that was the later influence of the prohibition of alcohol, as well as the portable heating devices brought about after the invention of the steam engine."

"Influenced by these multiple factors, drinking tea gradually became a habit for the Frost People."

"However, if you ask me," Lita paused, looked at the teacup in her hand, and evaluated: "I think tea became popular simply because it tastes better than water."

"Just because it tastes better than water?" Hearing Lita's words, Yun Mu was slightly stunned.

Damn it, why does it feel inexplicably reasonable?

Evening, seven o'clock, inside Frost Bank.

Having arrived at Frost Bank with Lita several hours early on purpose, Yun Mu felt a surge of energy.

She sensed it; within the range of her Blood Perception, Edward, Sixin, and that Conqueror Knight Daniel were currently rushing toward their direction.

Yun Mu hurriedly stood up and walked outside the Gate of Frost Bank to Wait, and before long, the three of them appeared in her field of vision.

"Oh, isn't this Miss Yun?" Conqueror Knight Daniel noticed her position and greeted her.

Perhaps because of Brenna, or perhaps because of Lita, the title "Miss Yun" had inexplicably begun to circulate among the group.

It seemed that rather than calling her Yun Mu, or just the single character Yun or Mu, everyone preferred to address her as "Miss Yun."

Well, Yun Mu herself naturally did not care about such a form of address; she nodded at Daniel and looked at President Sixin with a burning gaze.

To her, the most important thing right now was the advanced knowledge regarding the Third-rank Expert and Fourth Order Master levels!

(End of chapter)