After a week of training, Kana Azashiro's suburi duration finally increased from half an hour to one hour. On the first day, she still couldn't last an hour; even the motivation of a delicious meal only helped her persist for an extra 10 minutes.
However, this was within Sora's expectations. He had deliberately set a longer training time to make Kana push herself a little harder. She had now preliminarily mastered how to properly allocate her Spiritual Pressure.
[You have conducted a lesson for your disciple. Calculating rewards.]
[Reward obtained: 40 Zanjutsu experience points.]
[Obtained extra reward: 10,000 Kan.]
[Your disciple Kana Azashiro has preliminarily mastered Spiritual Pressure control techniques. Obtained extra reward.]
[Obtained 1,000 Zanjutsu experience points.]
After Kana preliminarily mastered the technique, the feedback experience doubled, allowing Sora to gain 40 Zanjutsu experience points at once. With the feedback from teaching Kana this week and the additional 1,000 experience points, Sora's Zanjutsu level was almost ready to increase again.
Moreover, the rich girl had dropped some gold coins again. Sora discovered that guiding Kana occasionally yielded other extra rewards besides experience, like Kan, the currency of the Soul Society, which had eased his financial situation considerably.
"That's all for today. From now on, you must practice suburi for one hour every day. Starting tomorrow, I will teach you sword techniques," Sora said.
"Yes, Professor! I'm going to serve the dishes!" Kana nodded vigorously, put down the Marlin, and ran towards the kitchen.
"This child from the Azashiro family is really interesting. A little motivation from food and she's full of energy," Batsunsai said. With nothing else to do, she often sat on the veranda, watching the two of them train.
"Yeah, I'm starting to wonder if the Azashiro family doesn't feed her every day," Sora laughed. "But it's a good thing. With food as motivation, Kana will work hard. Her current progress is quite fast."
"The child herself is a good prospect. It's a pity she's from the Azashiro family. Even with her daily training, she won't be valued by her clan. They probably won't pay attention to her until she's truly grown strong," Batsunsai said softly.
"Why? Is there something special about the Azashiro family?" Sora raised an eyebrow. He didn't know much about them from the original story.
"The Azashiro family was originally a noble clan known for their swordsmanship and Kidō. But because later generations grew complacent and hedonistic, their martial prowess declined sharply. It's been many generations since a seated officer-level combatant has emerged from their ranks. Many family members can't even achieve Shikai," Batsunsai explained. "However, they have been very successful in another direction. They have replaced 'martial power' with 'financial power,' using their vast wealth to expand their business empire and accumulate even more."
"But in the Soul Society, without 'martial power,' it would be difficult to protect wealth that exceeds one's capabilities..." Sora stroked his chin, not quite agreeing with the Azashiro family's approach. He believed that without corresponding strength, this would sooner or later attract the attention of powerful enemies, and their wealth would become their death warrant.
"The Soul Society still has the Gotei 13..." Batsunsai felt that with the Gotei 13's presence, the Seireitei was still relatively stable.
"The chicken soup is here~" Kana Azashiro walked over with a tray, and the two stopped discussing the topic. Sora had gone to the market today and bought an old hen to make chicken soup.
"How does it taste? I haven't tried it yet," Sora said, glancing at the grease stains on Kana's lips. He knew she had sneaked a taste.
"Delicious!"
...
At the academy, in the large classroom, all the first-year students were attending a general studies class.
"This question is very simple. I'd like to ask a student to help me answer it," the Professor said, pointing to Kana Azashiro's seat. "The student who is nodding, please answer."
Kana Azashiro was dozing off, nodding like a chick pecking at rice.
"Hey... Hey!" In a daze, Kana seemed to hear someone calling from behind her. She ignored it, half-asleep, seeing a vision of Professor Katori making chicken soup.
The Professor, being a bit nearsighted, didn't notice she was asleep. He glanced at the seating chart: "Student Kana Azashiro, please share your thoughts."
She was still half-asleep until the girl next to her nudged her with her elbow, startling her awake. "The Professor is asking you a question!" the girl reminded her.
After waking up, Kana answered without hesitation: "Delicious!"
The entire classroom fell silent, then erupted in laughter. The Professor's face darkened; with his experience, he knew at once that the student had been dreaming. "Kana Azashiro! Copy this question a hundred times and hand it to me before the next class!"
Kana's face turned pale.
After class, Kensei Muguruma stopped the dejected Kana. "What do you want? Don't block my way, I have to go copy this a hundred times!" she frowned.
"Hahahaha, serves you right for ignoring me. I reminded you twice!" Kensei couldn't help but laugh.
"So it was you..." Kana finally noticed the silver-haired boy from the first day.
"I'm Kensei Muguruma," he introduced himself.
"Kana Azashiro," she replied politely.
"I know," Kensei said, trying to hold back his laughter.
"I figured," Kana rolled her eyes. The whole grade probably knew her name now.
"Azashiro, we didn't finish our match last time. I heard yesterday that it was because the wooden swords were poor quality that yours broke. I won't accept a victory like that. We need to have a rematch," Kensei said, holding out two good-quality wooden swords.
"Huh? No way. I'm in a hurry," Kana said, thinking this guy had a problem. She didn't have time for this; besides her punishment, she had to go to Professor Katori's place to train (and freeload a meal).
Kensei Muguruma grinned, saying confidently: "Don't worry, it won't take up too much of your time."
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