After yesterday's commotion, Shalltear became much more well-behaved and no longer demanded that Iri attack her Vassals. Iri then continued to ask Shalltear how to cast magic.
The result was, needless to say, still the same; she couldn't activate anything, not even the most basic Holy Flash, the initial spell of Shalltear's Priest class, which was quite awkward.
What exactly went wrong?
Just when both Iri and Shalltear were at their wits' end, Shalltear suggested that Iri try another one of her special skills, a higher-level skill than the Pure Throwing Spear. As soon as Shalltear said that, Iri immediately knew the skill Shalltear was referring to must be the Unclean Impact Shield, which combines both offense and defense.
Just as Iri had thought, Shalltear indeed suggested that Iri try her Unclean Impact Shield. This was naturally good; after learning this, she would become a Heroic Spirit Warrior!
For this demonstration, Shalltear still used Vassal Summoning, but this time she didn't summon a Vampire Bride. Instead, she summoned some shadowy Werewolves, and then, with a powerful Unclean Impact Shield, she dispersed the shadowy Werewolves.
Uh... it looked quite simple. It's probably going to be like when I learned Pure Throwing Spear!
Don't think about anything else, just focus on using the skill you just saw. At this point, Shalltear summoned the same shadowy Werewolves again and stated that these were not summoned by consuming experience points and would disappear on their own after a while, so Iri could attack them without worry. It seemed Shalltear had indeed learned her lesson.
Since it was fine to hit them, then... here I go. Iri calmed herself, recalled Shalltear's demonstration, and, relying on Shalltear's advice to have 'momentum,' she silently thought, 'Go!'
Then she just punched the shadowy Werewolf... there was no reaction at all.
Huh? It didn't work... What's going on?
Iri was dumbfounded and met the shadowy Werewolf's gaze. The shadowy Werewolf looked at her with an expression that said, 'What are you doing?'
Uh... how embarrassing! It didn't work this time!
"Little Yi-chan... try again! Momentum! Momentum!" Shalltear said.
"Okay." Iri responded. Not enough momentum, huh... Then, again... it was still just a simple punch to the shadowy Werewolf, which was serving as a target... it still didn't work. What exactly went wrong?
After several punches, the shadowy Werewolf seemed a bit impatient and yawned... Iri immediately became annoyed, her brow furrowed, and a vein popped out.
"Pure Throwing Spear!" And then the shadowy Werewolf was finished off by the Pure Throwing Spear Iri threw.
That'll teach you to be impatient! That'll teach you to be impatient! I'm impatient myself!
Although I couldn't learn magic, at least when learning special skills, I usually mastered them instantly. Why wasn't it working now? The Pure Throwing Spear still worked perfectly fine!
"Hmm... Little Yi-chan, calm down... let's try again." Shalltear saw that Iri was getting a bit agitated, but for some reason, she seemed even happier, and her breathing became heavier. She summoned another shadowy Werewolf.
Again, calm down... Looking at the target, which was the same type of shadowy Werewolf that had just yawned, Iri's anger flared up.
"Unclean Impact Shield!!" This time, Iri punched with full momentum (and anger)... This time, the innocent shadowy Werewolf was sent flying far away by the Unclean Impact Shield Iri used, disappearing directly.
It worked, didn't it! That'll teach you to be impatient! You know how formidable I am now, don't you!
"Oh! As expected of my daughter! You've mastered another one of my special skills! Again... can we try again?" Shalltear said with a flushed face, and that smile... why did it look so disgusting... as if I'd seen it somewhere before.
After Shalltear finished speaking, she summoned another shadowy Werewolf. This time, Iri was deflated; it didn't work this time... This was strange. When learning Pure Throwing Spear, after it worked once, the second time was effortless. But why wasn't the Unclean Impact Shield working like that?
Encouraged by Shalltear, Iri decided to continue trying. This time, Iri shouted the skill name with full momentum, and it activated. The shadowy Werewolf was sent flying and disappeared again.
At this point, Iri roughly understood why. So, skills that rely on momentum must be shouted out loud to activate!
Uh... this setting feels so embarrassing. You have to shout out the skill name to use a skill. Although, to some extent, it is a kind of romance, but... Iri's mental age had long passed the age of chuunibyou.
"Mm-hm-hm-hm... Little Yi-chan... you're truly wonderful..." At this moment, Iri noticed that Shalltear was acting strangely. Then Iri remembered.
Uh... right, Iri had seen this expression on Shalltear before, just like in the anime when Anzi was sitting on her as a chair. At this moment, the alarm inside Iri immediately went off: Run!
"Little Yi-chan!!" Shalltear, with a lovesick expression, directly lunged at Iri... Hey, hey!! If you're going to hug me, take off your armor first! It hurts a lot to be bumped by it!
But Shalltear had already pounced, and in a moment of urgency, Iri...
"Unclean Impact Shield!" Iri shouted with considerable momentum, and then... Shalltear was blocked by a huge transparent shield, like a frog that had crashed into glass.
"Hoh... Our Elizabeth is progressing very quickly." Demiurge was somewhat surprised that Iri could directly use Shalltear's skill against Shalltear herself.
Of course, there were still spectators today. Not only were all the Guardians present, but Ainz was also still watching the live broadcast.
Watching his daughter practice skills with Shalltear, Ainz was also very surprised after Iri used the Unclean Impact Shield for the third time.
Ainz understood Shalltear very well and knew that Shalltear's Unclean Impact Shield could only be used twice a day. However, Iri, after learning it, actually used it three times. If possible, Ainz really wanted to know if Iri could continue to use special skills with limited uses.
"Little Yi-chan!! You..." Shalltear covered her nose... with a wronged expression. It seemed the bump just now was indeed quite hard, but she had brought it upon herself.
"Um... I just... wanted to try, to cast it again and see. I didn't notice Mama Shalltear pouncing." Iri immediately shifted the blame to Shalltear. It was her fault to begin with!
"Do you want to practice again? You just need to tell me, Vassal Summoning!" Shalltear continued to summon the shadowy Werewolf.
Since it was summoned again, then let's continue practicing, Iri thought!
"Unclean Impact Shield!" Once again, Iri loudly shouted the skill name, and this time it activated smoothly. This confirmed Iri's idea: some so-called momentum-based skills must be shouted out loud to work.
Uh... what a troublesome setting.
However, while neither Shalltear nor Iri noticed the key point... Ainz witnessed the entire process of Iri practicing her skills from his room. During Iri's practice, she cast the Unclean Impact Shield a total of seven times and the Pure Throwing Spear six times.
This already far exceeded the number of times Shalltear could use them. Ainz's dark red eyes in his deep eye sockets flashed with a red light.
"How interesting... Elizabeth, my daughter."