Mysterious Mark

Meanwhile, Amamiya Haruki and Lin Qiye were walking down the street.

"Why did you come along too?" Amamiya Haruki looked at Lin Qiye in confusion. "I'm just out looking for a way to buy diving gear. It doesn't seem like this takes two people, does it?"

Lin Qiye raised an eyebrow. "I couldn't stay in that room anymore. See no evil, hear no evil."

"..."

Although Amamiya Haruki did not understand what Lin Qiye meant, he had no intention of asking. He merely nodded and continued onward.

"By the way, why can the relationship between the Warrior Princess and her blade master be so good?" Lin Qiye asked in confusion. "What about your Rain Collapse blade spirit? Why doesn't it come out and interact with you more often?"

"...Interact?"

Amamiya Haruki paused. "Blade spirits have different personalities too. Rain Collapse is rather introverted, and as I said before, the Warrior Princess is different from other Magatsu Blades..."

"How else is she different?"

"The Warrior Princess chooses her blade masters for life. Once she recognizes someone as her master, she will stay with them until they die. Afterward, she vanishes and lies dormant in the world. Only after ten years will she emerge again and choose another blade master..."

"Dormant for ten years? Where does she go during that time?"

"I don't know, but some say she is waiting," Amamiya Haruki said. "Legend has it that before the Warrior Princess became a blade spirit, she had a husband. He died of illness during the troubled times. Later, after becoming a blade spirit, she gained the ability to glimpse a corner of fate. Every blade master she chooses is actually the reincarnation of her husband.

"The reason she remains by her blade master's side until death is so she can use the