I lost
With both her hands on the floor, Akane-san woefully hung her head.
She and Selen just finished their match in the villages training grounds. Despite Akane being quite the powerful individual and performing almost toe-to-toe with her opponent, Selens pride as the villages hunting group leader pushed her to erge victorious in the end.
That being said, Selen did not make use of her magic in the fight.
By the way, I secretly registered Akane-san as a villager and appraised her.
Na: Akane
Age: 17 years old
Village Bond Level: Low
Suitable Occupation: Warrior
Gift: Samurai Sword Techniques
She had the [Samurai Sword Techniques] Gift. Unlike the regular [Sword Techniques] Gift, it probably involved the sword techniques peculiar to the samurai.
Youre quite strong. There were a few tis I could have lost back there. The swordsmanship of the east is nothing to sneeze at, I see.
Selen praised Akane-sans strength.
On the other hand, Akane-san spoke with her lips trembling.
I fought as the representative of the samurai, and Ilost! And it was after I was given this incredibly sharp sword! This is inexcusable!
Ah, here it cos.
At this rate, people of the west will think we samurai are weak! Never mind for my whole life, this disgrace will remain for generations to co! Now that it has co this
We needed to stop her as soon as Akane-san made a move. Without even saying so, Selen and Philia readied themselves to move at any mont.
I must commit seppuku to apologize!
Thought so!
We had collected all of her daggers beforehand, so Akane-san was now trying to disembowel herself using the katana she held.
Before the katana can touch Akane-sans stomach, Philia-sans arrow made a direct hit on it. That caused the katana to be knocked off Akane-sans hand, twirl in the air, and then pierce the ground.
Selen imdiately set off to collect the katana.
Akane-dono, there is nothing praiseworthy about how cheaply you treat your life.
Yeah, what Philia says. If youre that upset about losing, why not just train to make yourself stronger and get revenge? Ill accept your challenge anyti.
Mhh
Without any blade to use in disemboweling herself, Akane-san reluctantly accepted Philia-san and Selens complaints.
After youve beco stronger from training here, I think you should also try crossing the mountain range again.
It was a lot faster to get stronger when training in the training grounds I built with my Gift.
Like that, Akane-san stayed in the village for a while. But then
I want to see the other side of the mountains!
In line with Selens recent whims of asking us to travel to all kinds of places like the sea and the desert, she declared so.
We had traveled to the monster-infested mountain range many tis before to hunt wyverns, but we had never tried to go beyond it and cross to the other side.
What kind of place is the eastern side of the mountain range like?
I asked so to Akane-san.
At present, there are 3 major nations there. My own Edou, the nation of the samurai. The nation of comrce, saku. And then, the nation of faith, Kyou. Our nations had been in an era of constant war before, but for a while now, we are enjoying an age of peace and harmony.
There seed to be minor nations as well, such as Iruga the nation of the shinobi; Anui the northern naiton; Ryukkyu the southern islands nation, just to na a few.
At any rate, it was a foreign realm we almost had no information on. If possible, we wanted Akane-san to co along with us as our guide.
As I was unable to cross the mountain range on my own, I cannot do sothing as shaless as going back ho.
However, Akane-san rejected us like that.
After saying she would rather disembowel herself and die rather than to go back ho right now, I naturally backed down from convincing her.
Hmm? Now that I think about it, wasnt there another person who is from the east?
A realization ca to .
If Im not mistaken, much like Akane-san, that other person also usually wears unusual clothes
Ahh, I rember now. Theyre in Alec-sans adveturer party. Gai-san!
TL note: Im no expert in geography of any kind, especially of Japan, but here are what I believe to be the equivalents of the places ntioned here
Edou is a reference to, well, Edo which is now called Tokyo.
Osaku is a reference to Osaka
Kyou is a reference to Kyoto, Japans old capital.
Iruga is a reference to Iga
Anui is a reference to the Ainu people, who are known residents of Hokkaido.
Ryukkyu is a reference to Ryuukyuu Islands. Maybe youll be more familiar if I ntion Kyushu
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