Chapter 9 Sparring and Failure

　　Early the next morning.

　　"Aha----" Lily sat up from her bed and stretched widely.

　　"Eh?" Lily suddenly realized something was wrong and wiggled her right hand in a hurry.

　　"Okay?" It wasn't like Lily hadn't broken a bone before, although she recovered quickly, usually in three days, but it was the first time she had recovered from a meal and a night like this, and to be cautious, Lily gently unwrapped the bandage, loosened the splint, and used her hand to follow the bone a little bit to make sure that it was okay, no matter what Lily's adoptive father was a surgeon, and even though this doctor was more good at disemboweling than treating, but these basic bone touching Lily still learned.

　　After a little bit of confirmation, Lily was sure that the fracture in her right arm had indeed recovered, no matter if she was making a fist or swinging it, she didn't feel any discomfort, and there was no loss of strength, after confirming that there was no problem with her right arm, Lily hastened to confirm her left leg, and after the same process, Lily was 100% sure that she had completely recovered.

　　For the hermit to their own rescue, Lily is very grateful, pack up their bandages, Lily is ready to go out to thank the hermit once again, by the way, see to make a breakfast, although it can't be considered as a return, but at least to express a little bit of agreement.

　　"Squeak-"

　　"Ding ding ding ding ding," the sound of a glass bottle hitting the floor followed as the door to the room opened.

　　What met Lily's eyes was a floor full of bottles and Hermit and Squeak, who were lying on all fours in the middle of the bottles, sleeping soundly.

　　"You, you, how much did you guys drink last night!!!?" Lily's roar cut through the morning.

　　........ Dividing line calling the two to wake up .......

　　"Ah, sorry sorry sorry, I accidentally drank too much yesterday, ahahahahahaha." The hermit rubbed the back of his head and laughed, and the treasure-stealing mouse Squeak also scratched his head in the same manner.

　　"Really, aren't you a doctor? Why do you have to drink so much wine." Lily tied up the big bag containing the bottles of wine, last night during dinner, the hermit pulled out two more bottles of wine from nowhere, stating that today was a happy day and that he must have a drink, but it was only the hermit and Squeak who were drinking, and Lily, who had injuries, was only allowed to drink, so after dinner, Lily was asked to go back to the house and rest while the hermit and Squeak drank within the living room for the whole night.

　　"Told you, was yesterday a happy day? it's only natural to drink a little." Hermit took the large bag from Lily's hand and casually tossed it, sending a whole bag of bottles flying out the window and landing with precision in a shell shaped trash can outside.

　　"Happy? Really I should be the one to be happy, being saved by you and treated and allowed to stay here temporarily is very much appreciated." Lily respectfully thanked the hermit.

　　"This? I naturally have my own personal feelings, but before I get to my business, I'd like to ask if you have any plans for the rest of your life?" The hermit casually waved his hand, but immediately afterward the picture changed and asked seriously.

　　"I, for one, haven't thought about it, maybe, sailing out to find my idiot brother, I don't know if he survived." Lily rubbed her sharp corners in thought.

　　"Like that? Then let me ask you another question, how do you feel about your strength?"

　　Lily almost blurted out not too bad, but suddenly thought of the one-two Rear Admiral, the movement of the hermit that she couldn't react to at all, and, most hopelessly, how she couldn't catch Zee.

　　"I don't know." Lily lowered her head helplessly.

　　"Hahaha, don't be presumptuous, judging from your physical attributes, you're still not bad, at least not in the first half of the Great Voyage and the Four Seas, but ah, the world opening isn't that shallow, you said before that you wanted to build a free and easy world without the jurisdiction of the world government, right?" Hermit gently patted Lily's shoulder for comfort.

　　"Yes, that's my dream, I hate those aristocrats who are high and mighty and never being considered for those below them." Lily nodded.

　　"That's right then, grab your sword and come outside with me." The hermit said and turned to go out of the house, while Zee followed along with him.

　　Looking at the hermit, Lily felt a little puzzled, was he going to teach himself a few tricks? But why? Was there something special about herself? But there was no time for Lily to think about it, the hermit's urging voice came from outside the door, Lily hurried back inside and took out her own saber and came to the door.

　　"To show you the difference and so I can get a feel for it, come spar." The hermit removed his cocked hat and took off the black cloak he was wearing, revealing a strange outfit inside that bore a slight resemblance to a suit.

　　"Ka-ching." Lily hastily stepped back, her right hand grabbing the hilt of the knife in the process, her left foot in front and her right foot behind, forming a bow stance, her body pressed down, her eyes locked on the hermit.

　　"Oh, good reflexes indeed, but you're mistaken about one thing." The Hermit raised a finger and shook it, "Your opponent is not me."

　　As soon as the words left his mouth, there was this "Squeak!" A white fluffy mass rushed up with great speed, Lily hurriedly launched her knife, she knew that it was Zee, for this little guy's speed, she had already learned yesterday, so Lily did not hold back, and slashed her knife.

　　I thought that this knife does not say that the attack is successful, at least can also force back the squeak, who knows that the squeak is not afraid, just so straight towards the knife slammed over, Lily at this time want to retract the force has been too late, just like this knife chopped in the body of the squeak, but the imagined bloody scene did not appear.

　　"Dang!!!" With a sound of metal collision, squeak's whole body turned purple and black, at the same time, a huge force toward Lily, good thing as a ghost race, Lily's strength is not weak, her left hand pressed on the back of the knife, and exerted force to top the squeak's blow, squeak after all, in mid-air, as long as Lily tops the initial force, because there is nowhere to borrow the force, squeak quickly fell to the ground, but the squeak's attack didn't stop.

　　Although the squeak's strength is very good, but she is a mouse, strength is never a strong point, speed is, the moment she landed on the ground, the squeak once again transformed into a white lightning bolt, left and right to attack Lily, the squeak's speed is too fast, for a time, Lily can only passive defense.

Perhaps it was because the hermit had greeted her in advance, almost all of Zee's attacks were towards the knife in Lily's hand, if they were towards Lily herself, Lily would probably have already been chewed out by her with several bloody holes.

　　Perhaps also found this, Lily slowly quiet down, began to constantly observe the movements of the squeak, hoping to find out the rules of squeak's movement, just now she found a point, that the knife and gun purple and black form squeak can only be used when attacking, squeak can't change color while running, this may be her breakthrough point.

　　As Zee kept attacking, Lily also started to keep observing, finally, Zee made a habitual twist, and Lily suddenly took a step forward, "Blade-One Air!" Lily instantly drew a cross chop and attacked Squeak, just when Lily thought that she finally succeeded, Squeak suddenly braked, and the whole mouse forced itself to stop with an extremely unscientific posture, completely ignoring inertia.

　　Immediately after that, Squeak leapt with both feet, crossing over the top of the cross sword qi, his entire body turning purple-black once again, and kicking at Lily with his right hind foot in a strange position.

　　"Zee-zee-zee!!!"

　　"Dang!" Zee's tiny claws clashed with Lily's blade, this time with far more force than any before, and Lily's hands went numb as her long blade spun and flew away.

　　Rose Lily vs Treasure Thief Mouse Squeak, Squeak finishes!