Genshin Impact: This fireplace house is your graveyard.

Chapter 186 Why Practice Combat

Seeing Clay's blissful expression, Lily kept moving closer, saying, "Clay, Clay, leave me a spot so I can ask too."

The two of them were now sniffing each other like they were hugging a life-sized kitten.

As Peluvelli watched Clementine sucking back and forth on either side of the girl's neck, her mind went completely blank. The scene resembled a vampire from a horror movie.

At this moment, Clementine hugged Senna tightly, her eyes slightly narrowed, and she pressed her face against Senna's neck.

"What a wonderful smell. I wish it could stay like this forever, and I would never wake up." With these thoughts in her heart, Clementine slowly closed her eyes, and her body began to relax.

It seemed she wasn't destined to be forever immersed in the fragrance. "Sister Kreevie...Senna, it itches, can you stop rubbing?" Kreevie asked at that moment.

Just as she was about to drift off to sleep, completely captivated by the exquisite musk scent, Si Naqi's somewhat dazed and sleepy voice...

This immediately brought Kree to her senses. Kree slowly raised her head and met the gaze of Sinaqi's large, sparkling eyes.

"Sister Kreeve... what are you doing to Sinaqi?" Hearing Sinaqi's soft, weak voice, and seeing her delicate shoulders exposed by the fabric that had slipped off due to her own movements...

After a few seconds of awkward silence, Krevi quickly released Senna and turned to throw herself into Peruvier's arms.

"Aaaaaaah, I got too excited just now, and now I'm ruined! Waaaaah, my image! Waaaaah!" Seeing Clay's state...

Peluvelli could only helplessly pat her back gently to comfort her, "It's okay, don't be sad. No one else saw, and I won't tell anyone."

After a minor mishap, the two groups reunited, and Sina explained the rules of the Hearth House and what the children needed to do.

The group then led Sinaqi to the armory, but Tian Yaochen was somewhat confused. "Kailo, didn't Leyi tell us..."

"Shall we go ask Mother if she can teach Sinaqi how to use a one-handed sword? Why do we have to go to the armory now?" Kelly replied.

"Let's try the second plan first. If Sinagi really can't lift the greatsword, then we can go find Mother. But if she can..."

Then we don't need to go to Mother. After all, although the Hearth House doesn't have a rule against practicing with two weapons, I'm afraid it might arouse Mother's suspicion.

As the two discussed, Kree stayed close to Senna, but seemed hesitant to look Senna in the eye. "Um... Senna, about what happened before..."

Kreeway was still a little hesitant and unsure how to begin because of what had happened earlier. "What happened earlier?" Sina tilted her head, looking at Kreeway.

It seemed like she hadn't understood at all, as if she had forgotten everything that had happened before. "Ah...no, nothing, hehe."

As they talked, they arrived at the armory. Looking at the gleaming weapons and armor, Sinaqi asked, "Is this the armory?"

Everyone nodded in agreement. Kyle went into the armory and retrieved the greatsword Navia had used the day before, but while retrieving the greatsword…

Kailer also felt extremely strained; even though he had used all his strength, he could still feel the weight of the greatsword.

After taking the greatsword out of the armory, Kelly held it upright on the ground with the tip. She then said to Sinaqi, "Sinaqi, try it. See if you can use this greatsword."

Without even trying, seeing how much effort Kailer was putting into lifting the greatsword with both hands, Sinaqi also lacked confidence in her ability to lift it.

Seeing Sinagi's somewhat troubled expression, Kailer spoke up. "If Sinagi can't lift this greatsword, that's alright, you can just try."

"If you can't handle this greatsword, we'll ask Mother to teach you how to use a one-handed sword." Hearing Kelly's words, and knowing that she was now a child of the Hearth House...

Kujavina had taken her in, so she didn't want to break the family rules. As Sinaki gently gripped the hilt of the greatsword, Kaira softly reminded her:

"Then, I'll let go." Sina nodded, but Kailer didn't completely let go; she only loosened her grip slightly to see if Sina could still hold on.

As Sina tentatively swung the greatsword a couple of times, she discovered that it didn't feel as heavy as she had imagined.

Then, Sinaqi gripped the hilt with her other hand and lifted it up, discovering that she could lift the greatsword with just one hand.

Everyone was happy to see this, as they no longer needed to ask Kujavina to teach Sinagi how to use a one-handed sword. Sinagi herself found this somewhat unbelievable.

Feeling the weight of this greatsword, it felt completely like holding an ordinary piece of iron; it didn't feel heavy at all.

Then, Sinaqi gripped the hilt, raised the greatsword, and swung it lightly. Although it didn't feel quite right in her hand, it felt usable enough.

After acquiring the weapons, and remembering that the Hearth House offered two training opportunities, with one remaining, the group took Sinagi to learn combat techniques from the instructor.

The people waiting outside were just as worried as they had been yesterday. "Don't worry, everyone. Sinaqi actually inherited Leyi's power and can lift the greatsword."

"Then I think he should be able to inherit Leyi's combat skills and awareness." Seeing everyone's worried expressions, Kailu said these words to comfort them.

Everyone relaxed a bit after hearing this. "Hey everyone, what a coincidence! What are you all doing here?" Just then, a familiar voice suddenly rang out.

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw Qin Yuming. "Why is everyone gathered here? Is there something fun to do?"

"Ah, it's nothing. The Fireplace House instructors have taught the children combat skills twice, but Sinaqi hasn't fully grasped the elements of combat yet."

So, we'll train her again today. We're waiting for her here." After hearing what Kai Le said, Qin Yuming seemed to understand.

"I was wondering why I couldn't find the captain. Oh, he went to training! Oh? I just realized. Where's your friend, you know, the one named Leyi?"

Everyone looked uncomfortable upon hearing this. "The Hearth House allows children to roam freely, and Leigh has friends outside as well."

"Ley told us that his friend needed to see him, so he left Hearth House first." Hearing Keller's reply...

Qin Yuming nodded with an "oh," and then an extremely awkward silence fell over the room.

After a long while, Sinaqi finished her training and left the training ground to join the others. Everyone approached her with concern and inquired about her training progress.

"Sinaqi, how was the training? How did it feel?" Sinaqi smiled and nodded. "Yeah. The coach said my swordsmanship was excellent, and I passed the training with a perfect score!"

Everyone was happy for him after hearing this. "Really? Congratulations, Captain! You're truly the best!" Hearing Qin Yuming's praise...

Sina blushed slightly, feeling a little awkward. "Um... Qin Yuming, just call me by my name like everyone else, you don't always have to call me 'Captain'."

Qin Yuming simply smiled gently after hearing this. "How can that be? You're the captain of this team; this is a matter of respect for you, no matter what."

After hearing this, Sinaqi shyly put her hands behind her back. "Ahem, Sinaqi, after training, the children can practice in real combat outside."

However, this isn't a mandatory rule; Sinaqi doesn't have to go if she doesn't want to." Kailu's reminder finally pulled Sinaqi out of her shyness.

Upon hearing this so-called practical training, Si Naqi thought it over carefully and then said, "Although it's not mandatory, it's surprising that this is part of the training at our home."

"Then I'll work harder. But actually, I still have a question." Everyone was puzzled, wondering what the question was.

"I'm thinking. We're still just a bunch of kids. Why would a mother make us practice combat skills? Aren't mothers usually afraid their children will get hurt?"

So, they chose to hide all the sharp knives?" Everyone fell silent after hearing this; indeed, they hadn't considered this question from the beginning.

Since it was Kujavina's decision, they naturally just followed it without giving it much thought. They had previously considered that it might be due to the King's Game.

But considering that the children mostly used wooden swords during their trials and didn't use real swords, using real weapons might cause them to injure each other.

"It must be that Mother wanted to train us to protect ourselves when we grow up. Although the Hearth House took us in, we are still orphans after all."

We'll all leave this home eventually when we grow up. I think my mother wanted to train us to protect ourselves so we could survive better and not be bullied.