Restoring a Little Strength

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In a stream where clear water can be seen to the bottom, Ars swims in only his shorts.

Not far from him, a group of village women were washing clothes by the river, and Areishia was one of them.

"No matter how many times I look at him, Ars has a perfect body. I really want to touch those muscles."

"That's right. Ars is the hottest man in our village."

"It's been two years since he lived in Areishia's house, you two haven't done anything weird, have you?"

While washing clothes, the village girls were gossiping to kill boredom, one of the girls glanced at Areishia with a seductive smile.

"What are you talking about, Julia! Big brother Ars and I don't have that kind of relationship." Areishia answered shyly.

Julia is one of the girls in the village who is the same age as her.

"You're not lying, are you, Areishia? A single woman and man living under the same roof for more than two years, who would believe that nothing happened." Julia looked at her friend closely, wanting to see if she was lying.

"Big brother Ars has always treated me as his little sister..." Areishia lowered her head and quickened her washing movements.

"I see. If I chase after Ars, it's fine, right?"

"Eh? You mean?"

Areishia looked up and stared at Julia in shock.

"This year we are already 14 years old, it's time to find a man and get married. Just look at our friend, Amelia, she got married three months ago, and I heard she is pregnant. Ars is handsome, has a nice body, and is kind. He is the best candidate for my future husband."

In this world, girls over the age of 14 are considered adults. Moreover, girls in the village, usually they will get married right away as soon as they reach that age.

Julia had long set her sights on Ars as her future husband.

"You should ask big brother Ars for his opinion."

While saying that, Areishia bit her lower lip, and her heart felt uncomfortable.

"Thank you, Areishia. Pray for me to succeed, I will definitely invite you to my wedding later."

"I'm done, I'll go first."

Julia's words were like needles, Areishia put the laundry into the bamboo basket, and left.

On the other hand, when Ars saw Areishia walking away, he swam to the river bank and caught up with her, but was blocked by Julia.

"Hi, Ars, my mom cooked too much food. Want to have lunch at my house?"

"Sorry, I have something to do this afternoon. Thank you for inviting me."

Politely refusing, Ars picked up his clothes on the ground and chased after Areishia whose figure had drifted away.

Watching him leave, Julia let out a disappointed sigh, but she wasn't going to give up so easily. Then she continued washing clothes while chatting with the other women.

"Areishia, wait for me."

Areishia pretended not to hear the exclamation and continued walking without slowing down. Suddenly her hand was held.

"Have I done something to make you angry? If anything, I'm sorry."

Ars is not an idiot. Usually Areishia would call him when she had done the laundry, but this time it was different, not only did she leave him, but she also ignored him.

Even though he had never dated before, that didn't mean that he didn't have theoretical knowledge about the relationship between men and women.

"Big brother Ars didn't do anything, I'm not angry."

"Then look at me and say that you are not angry."

"I have to dry the clothes, big brother Ars, quickly dry your body, or you will catch a cold later."

Areishia pulled her hand away and ran away from Ars.

"Areishia..."

Scratching his head, Ars really didn't know what the girl was sulking about.

"Oh, right. Today is her birthday. Maybe she'll be in a better mood after being given gifts and cookies."

Then he rushed back to the house and saw Areishia who was drying clothes in the yard.

Entering the house, Ars dried himself and dressed quickly.

"Areishia, I'm leaving for a bit. There's no need to prepare my lunch, I'll be back in the afternoon."

"Um, be careful on the road, big brother Ars."

Even in a bad mood, Areishia didn't forget to show her concern.

(If it was a woman in modern times, when she was sulking, she would ignore the man and not want to talk to her. Sure enough, the women in ancient times were more virtuous.) Ars thought in his heart.

After saying goodbye, he left the village. He walked far enough to be sure none of the villagers would see the action.

"Should be pretty far."

Biting his thumb until it bled, he made a handprint, then smacked the ground.

"[Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Summoning Technique)]."

*Poof*

Black runes scattered on the ground from Ars' palm. The next moment, white smoke suddenly appeared, and a gigantic seven-tailed green beetle was seen after the smoke cleared.

"ARS, you lowly human!!!"

A roar of anger escaped from the creature's mouth. Then its tail whipped towards Ars without mercy.

*BAM*

Ars held the giant tail with only one hand.

That creature is none other than Shichibi or Chomei, one of the nine Bijuu.

"Why do you, Bijuu hate me so much?"

"Don't play dumb! You clearly know what you have done to us."

"Didn't I gather all nine Bijuu in one place? You should be thanking me. If not for me, you guys would still be used as tools on the battlefield."

"Humph, you are not that different from them."

The chakra compression gathers in Shichibi's mouth, and prepares to fire Bijuu (Tailed Beast Balls).

"Don't make trouble."

The three tomoe in Ars's eyes spun. The next moment, Shichibi stopped the action.

Genjutsu Sharingan even affects the Kyubi. Shichibi is powerless under the influence of Genjutsu.

"Always using Genjutsu every time controlling the Bijuu, they can't be cooperated with."

Ars shook his head and jumped on the Shichibi's head.

Under his control, the Shichibi flapped their wings and flew up into the sky.

In order not to be blown away by the wind, Ars held on to Shichibi's horns tightly.

"Normally I don't care about air resistance and can fly as fast as I want. But in my current state, that's impossible."

Remembering the foreign energy in his body, Ars smiled helplessly.

He had lived in this world for two years. Never once did he skip meditation to expel the foreign energy. However, he only managed to recover 1% of his strength.

Now he can use the power of the three tomoe Sharingan. As for the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan? It is still locked like the other powers.

Even though he was weak, that didn't mean that Ars was completely powerless.

The nine Bijuu sealed in the Tailed Beast Suppressing Necklace have contracted with Ars, so he can summon them whenever he wants. Previously he was worried that they would get out of control, which is why he never used Bijuu. Now that it's different with the Sharingan, that's no longer a problem.

Another good news was that the Void Imperfection Physique's toughness and endurance were passive. As long as his Inner Physique wasn't completely destroyed, Ars possessed a peerless body.

Its main source doesn't feel any threat. He's like Saitama who uses pure physical strength to fight enemies.

"Oh, there are wyverns. Since you guys have met me, that means your luck has run out."

Squinting his eyes, Ars saw dozens of wyverns flying towards him in an aggressive manner.

"Shichibi, use the Bijudama continuous fire."

Following his order without being able to refuse, the Shichibi immediately shot the Bijudama from its mouth like a machine gun at the group of wyverns.

*BOOM BOOM BOOM*

The wyvern was blasted through the air before it could approach Ars.

The fireworks-like explosion scene caught the attention of the people on the surface, especially the Elementalists.

Elementalists possessing air-type spirits flew over.

Ars didn't care about them and kept ordering the Shichibi to fly.

"Unknown Elementalis, stop quickly!"

A haughty female voice sounded.