Who Isn't a Herrscher?

A tall, slender figure standing 172 cm—several centimeters taller than Luo Mio—with lustrous black hair tied in a ponytail and an imposing aura about her.

Because Yae Gashi Shizuku's family ran a swordsmanship dojo, she had studied swordsmanship from a young age and attained the level of a national-class martial artist. As a result, after arriving in this other world, her vocation had become "Swordswoman."

Among the students, Yae Gashi Shizuku, who possessed the "Swordswoman" profession, could be considered one of the strongest, aside from Ama no Kawa Kouki, Sakagami Ryutaro, Taniguchi Rei, and Nagumo Shuu and Shirazaki Kaori, who had fallen into the Bottom of Naraka and undergone their evolution.

Standing opposite Luo Mio, Yae Gashi Shizuku watched him hold a wooden sword in one hand while keeping the other behind his back. Her expression was exceptionally grave, and she did not dare let down her guard in the slightest.

Because she knew that, given Luo Mio's strength, even fighting with one hand was a sign of sufficient respect toward her.

After all, the sight of Luo Mio wielding that dark purple lightning katana one-handed and battling five hundred Divine Apostles yesterday had been deeply engraved in her mind.

A slash swung through nothing but arm strength and technique could leave Vacuum Faults in the surrounding air. Even if she trained for ten years, thirty years, fifty years, or a hundred years... she might never be able to achieve that.

After learning that her teacher possessed swordsmanship so far beyond human reason, Yae Gashi Shizuku, as a swordswoman, naturally wished to spar with Luo Mio, to learn something from him and recognize her own shortcomings.

That was why Yae Gashi Shizuku had been so excited when Luo Mio agreed to her request.

Luo Mio looked at Yae Gashi Shizuku,