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The consequences for having angered the stone-faced Buddha were severe.
“No, that’s not it.”
“No, that’s not it.”
“That’s even weirder than before.”
Ellen pointed out something wrong in every swordsmanship movement I showed her. Then, she demonstrated the correct motion cleanly in front of me.
“This is how you do it.”
“… Okay.”
“Try it.”
Damn it. What goes around comes around. I was just trying to have some fun by teasing the kid, but I’d ended up really ticking her off, and I was now paying the price.
As I awkwardly attempted to mimic her movement, she shook her head.
“No, that’s completely wrong.”
Once again, Ellen showed me the precise movements, step by step, and told me to do it again. Of course, whatever I did would surely look strange in that kid’s eyes, because my motions were extremely clumsy.
In the end, as a consequence of having irritated the stone-faced Ellen Artorius, she began to point out problems in my swordsmanship and give specific advice.
It was actually a good thing that the strongest person in my class was voluntarily giving me advice. If I had personally asked for help, she would have found it bothersome and refused.
However, as a result of me driving her crazy with my nitpicking and old-fashioned nagging, Ellen was now helping me not because she wanted to; she was giving me advice out of frustration and revenge.
The outcome was definitely a good one, but the process to get there was just messed up.
It was even more annoying because it had happened unintentionally.
“No, that’s not it.”
Ellen kept repeating “No, that’s not it” as if she were seeking revenge for all the advice she’d had to put up...
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