Wait and Watch
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Losing in a contest of raw speed or strength would already be disgraceful enough, but to not even be able to match a girl their daughter's age in terms of technique and sense of combat was simply not something either of them could accept.
Even if it was the only reasonable explanation of Noelle being able to fend them both off like this, they would much rather believe that she was taking dangerous, reflex-enhancing drugs instead.
But even her 'parents' were able to subconsciously reject the reality around them, the same couldn't be said for everyone else.
"Ohhh… It doesn't really look like she's following any of our clan's standard movements, but I guess it must be because she was especially trained by the elders."
"As expected of someone talented enough to be hidden away by them, huh?"
"But… isn't our Nightingale clan's first form considered the most perfect martial art to exist?"