Rain raised the sword Ace, his grip tightening.
In the next instant, Advanced Armament Haki surged outward—layered seamlessly with Advanced Conqueror's Haki, the pressure rolling off him like a violent tide.
Without hesitation, he thrust forward, driving that overwhelming force straight toward Brandish.
"Huh?"
Brandish stared at him, clearly still not taking the situation seriously.
Her magic reacted instinctively.
A surge of Command T wrapped around her body—her Mass Manipulation activating automatically.
The moment an enemy made contact, their body would be compressed and reduced to the limit under her magic.
"Hey?"
Seeing that Brandish hadn't done anything beyond putting up her magic defense, Rain froze for half a beat.
Then he reacted.
"…You're really confident in your magic, aren't you?"
Rain genuinely couldn't tell where Brandish was getting that confidence from.
"If that's the case," he continued, a faint, mischievous smile forming,
"then let me teach you a little lesson."
His trajectory suddenly shifted.
Instead of striking her torso, Rain redirected the force—driving the attack straight toward the place with the most… mass.
In other words...
Her butt.
The other option was tempting too, but that would've crossed into outright hooligan territory.
"Huh?!"
Brandish finally realized what he was doing.
She scoffed lightly.
"…Fine. I'll let you understand just how useless your efforts are."
Her expression turned cold and indifferent.
The moment Rain's sword touched her—
Brandish's magic activated fully.
But this time—
Her Command T met something it couldn't dominate.
Advanced Armament Haki reinforced by Conqueror's will collided head-on with her magic, resisting it outright.
Snap!
At the instant the two forces clashed, Rain's sword struck home.
He deliberately flipped the blade, hitting her with the back of the sword, not the edge.
He wasn't trying to kill her.
"Mmm—!"
Brandish let out an involuntary whimper.
It hurt.
Worse—because the hit landed squarely on her butt, the pain carried a strange, lingering tingle, completely different from normal damage.
Uncomfortably strange.
And to make matters worse…
Brandish had always possessed a faint, unspoken masochistic tendency.
That realization made the sensation even more confusing.
"How… how is this possible…?"
She stared at Rain in disbelief.
"Why isn't my magic working?"
She had shrunk armies, monsters, even cities before.
So why was it useless against him?
"…Want to try again?"
Rain tilted his head, looking at her thoughtfully.
"Maybe you just didn't focus properly the first time?"
"..."
Brandish's expression darkened.
But in the end, her confidence in her own power outweighed everything else.
"…Do it again."
She spoke through clenched teeth.
"That's your choice."
Rain laughed lightly.
Snap!
Another clean hit landed.
"..."
Brandish's eyes wavered.
The first time could've been a mistake.
But this time—
She was fully focused.
Fully serious.
And still—
Nothing.
Her magic did nothing.
That doubt crept in hard.
Was her magic failing… or did Rain have some kind of special counter?
Snap!
Before she could finish thinking, Rain didn't stop.
Another strike landed on her butt.
"You—!"
Snap!
"Bastard—!"
Snap!
"Stop it!"
Snap!
"Wait—!"
Snap!
"Mmm…!"
Snap!
"…!"
After a rapid series of strikes, Brandish went completely silent.
Her magic finally collapsed, returning her body to its original size.
But the moment her feet touched the island again, her legs gave out.
She collapsed to the ground, eyes glassy, breath uneven.
In short—
Brandish was in a terrible state.
"…."
Rain and Erza, both having withdrawn their power, stared at the scene in front of them.
Their expressions turned… complicated.
"…That, um," Erza said cautiously, averting her eyes slightly.
"Shouldn't you… change your clothes?"
After all, the water trail on the ground was far too obvious.
And the smell—
Well. There was no ignoring it.
"Mmm…"
Unfortunately, Brandish could only manage a weak sound.
She couldn't even lift a finger.
"…What do we do now?"
Erza glanced at Rain, clearly unsure how to handle this.
"I'll take care of it."
Rain crouched down beside Brandish, extended a finger, and lightly tapped her body.
Form Magic — Activated.
The water stains instantly compressed into a single point under his magic before sinking into the ground and vanishing completely.
"It's done."
Rain turned back to Erza and gave a short nod.
"W—!"
The moment his magic finished, Brandish—already at her limit—completely lost control.
"…."
Rain stared at the new puddle in front of him.
His expression went utterly blank.
When he looked back at Brandish, his eyes were filled with the same look one might reserve for a confirmed pervert.
And strangely enough—
After sensing that look…
Brandish's heart gave a small, inexplicable flutter.
"Ahem!"
Rain quickly fixed things again, then stood up immediately, grabbing Erza's hand and pulling her away.
"This place is… too dangerous. Let's go."
At this point, staying any longer would only make things worse.
Once Brandish recovered enough to react, who knew what kind of nightmare would follow?
"Mmm…!"
As Rain and Erza disappeared, Brandish—who had stubbornly tried to preserve her dignity until the very end—finally slumped completely to the ground.
"…Could it be…"
She stared blankly at the sky.
"…Am I actually a pervert?"
Otherwise—
Why would something like this happen?
Almost instinctively, her thoughts drifted to a certain mermaid Star Spirit.
"…It's all that woman's fault!"
Brandish gritted her teeth.
And yet...
No matter how much she tried to deny it—
Rain's figure refused to leave her mind.
No matter what she did...
It simply wouldn't fade.
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