You don't know?

"Do you still need anything?" Rio saw Kanae in front of him and said coldly.

"If you keep being cold like that, no girl will like you, you know."

Kanae stretched out her hand and poked Rio's cheek with her finger.

Rio brushed Kanae's hand on his face and said: "Tell me your goal, if there's nothing important to talk about, then leave me alone."

"I want to rest before leaving this place."

"Shin-kun already wants to go?"

Kanae wasn't offended by Rio's rude behavior even though she was a Hashira (Pillar), she pulled a wooden chair nearby, she sat in front of Rio.

"Yes, since I have received a promotion, and my body has recovered to its peak condition, I will continue the Demon hunt."

There's no reason to hide it, Rio said the real reason.

"Are you sure you want to go tomorrow, Shin-kun?" There was a sly smile like a fox on Kanae's face.

"What do you mean?" Rio felt uncomfortable seeing that smile.

Kanae didn't seem to notice Rio's pouting expression and said with a smile: "I see that Shin-kun has a bit weak stamina despite using the Breathing Style, this I find very strange."

"The purpose of humans learning the Breathing Style is to give humans a strong body constitution so that we can compete with the power of demons."

"But from my observations on Shin-kun, that's not the case. It's true that your speed and strength exceeds that of an ordinary human and is capable of fighting against demons, but as for your stamina… It's no different from that of a human."

"That really bothered me, every Breathing Style should also increase the stamina aspect, but why doesn't it apply to Shin-kun?"

Kanae stopped talking and waited for Rio's answer.

"Sigh~... So you noticed it huh..." Rio sighed helplessly, if his comrades only noticed his weakness, let alone his enemy.

Even though there was no disappointed expression on Rio's face, Kanae knew Rio was feeling frustrated that his weakness was being exposed.

"I'm a Hashira after all, it's only natural to notice Shin-kun's flaws in one glance." Kanae smiled proudly.

"So why is Shin-kun's stamina so weak despite practicing Thunder Breathing?" Kanae asked curiously.

Rio didn't answer right away, he thought about the pros and cons of telling Kanae the reason behind his weak stamina. After a moment of contemplation, he asked:

"Is there a way to overcome my weakness?"

Kanae nodded and said: "Of course there is."

Knowing there was a solution to eliminate his weakness, Rio decided to tell the truth.

"Did you see this hair of mine?" Rio asked playing with his white hair.

"Beautiful hair, white as snow." Kanae expressed her honest opinion.

"But my real hair color isn't white, it's black."

"Eh? Black? Then why is it white now?"

Kanae was surprised by Rio's unexpected answer.

"Because I was struck by lightning while practicing Thunder Breathing on the hill." Rio mixed up truth and lies.

It is true that he was struck by lightning, but a lie he was struck by lightning while training. It was impossible for him to say that he himself wanted to be struck by lightning.

Rio pulled up his left sleeve and showed it to Kanae.

"That was the former lightning strike?"

Kanae noticed that there was a red skin and a branching leaf-like pattern resembling a fern leaf on Rio's left shoulder.

"This is called Lichtenberg which is also known as Lightning Flower, similar to the shape of a plant root. Ren said confirming Kanae's statement.

"This is the first time I've seen someone get struck by lightning, so this is how the scar looks like… It's so beautiful…"

Kanae was fascinated by the pattern on Rio's shoulder, her right hand reached out subconsciously and rubbed Rio's shoulder.

Whereas Rio felt a soft sensation from a woman's hand, this was the first time a woman had touched him, he couldn't even remember when his mother had touched him.

Because Rio is always expressionless and doesn't feel any emotion, people stay away from him including his parents. He doesn't interact much socially with other people, which is why he sometimes acts rude because of the lack of people who want to communicate with him.

"Are you satisfied with touching me?"

"Ah."

Kanae woke up thanks to Rio's voice, she pulled her hand back and lowered her head to hide the blush that appeared on her face.

(This is so embarrassing...!!! I touched the body of a man who is not my husband, I can't get married anymore)

In Kanae's mind, she felt her actions just now were shameless. Women in this era are still very conservative, filial piety to men is an obligation.

Moreover, touching an unmarried woman to touch a man, showing only her skin to a man who is not married is forbidden.

Now that Kanae touched Rio's body? She was so embarrassed right now.

Rio who doesn't understand women's feelings, looks at Kanae and asks:

"Ever since I was struck by lightning, my vitality has decreased sharply. All the increases in vitality like stamina that Thunder Breathing training brings back to normal."

"Kocho Kanae, do you have a solution?"

Ren looked at Kanae with an indifferent expression, but if he looked closely, there was anticipation in his eyes.

"Ahem… I understand the situation that Shin-kun is in, to put it simply, except for speed and strength, the vitality increase brought by practicing Thunder Breathing was reset back to the beginning before starting the training."

Kanae cleared her throat to shake off her embarrassment and simplify the description Rio was telling.

"That's right." Rio nodded his head.

With a smile on her face, Kanae said: "Then Shin-kun just needs to train from the beginning again."

Rio immediately rejected Kanae's suggestion.

"There is not enough time to practice anymore, I have to hunt down as many demons as possible, I can't waste time training anymore."

Rio has completed all three Quests, the longest time limit is 2 months from Quest 2. Now that there are still 53 days before the deadline, he wants to hunt Demons during this time interval in order to increase the rewards obtained from Quest 1.

Rio could have started training from scratch to increase the VIT attribute, but that would take at least 2 months. He didn't want to miss the best time right now because he didn't have to worry about completing the quest.

Kanae guessed what Rio was thinking, and she gently flicked Rio's forehead.

"Why do you do that?" Rio groaned covering his forehead with his hand and looking at Kanae dissatisfied.

"You don't need to train from scratch anymore."

"What do you mean?"

"Want me to teach Concentration Breathing: Constant?"

"Concentration Breathing: Constant?"

Hearing the term Concentration Breathing: Constant from Kanae, Rio frowned. He knew Concentration Breathing: Constant, but this was the first time he had heard of Concentration Breathing: Constant.

"Shin-kun doesn't know Concentration Breathing: Constant? Didn't Jigoro-san tell you?"

Kanae as a Hashira, of course she knows Jigoro who is also a retired Hashira. She didn't expect that Rio who was a disciple of the former Hashira Thunder didn't know Concentration Breathing: Constant.