At that, Nai Hyuga shook her head slightly. "I'm not here to take the test..."
"Ahaha, you're not? All right, all right."
The scrawny samurai gave an awkward laugh.
For some reason, hearing that she hadn't come to test her samurai rank actually left him relieved.
He glanced to the side. He hadn't expected the person registering her samurai rank today to be a Swordmaster.
"Well, in that case, we'll be going."
Yui gave Nai Hyuga a look. Now that she had the token, she didn't want to linger here.
"Oh, take care, take care. Let me show you out."
Hearing that they were leaving, the scrawny samurai immediately grew attentive, stepping ahead of Yui and Nai to lead the way.
A little later, once he had escorted them out of the samurai registration building, he firmly shut the door.
"Phew..."
With the door closed, the weight on his mind finally lifted. His whole body slumped to the floor.
Only after taking several deep breaths did he get back to his feet.
I have to report this to the general.
A samurai of unknown identity has arrived in the Land of Iron, and she's a Swordmaster, no less.
Unless something unexpected is going on, she must have come for those two swords.
After thinking it over and standing there a while, he opened the door and hurried off in a particular direction.
As she walked down the street, Yui gently rubbed her fingers over the wooden box in her hand.
She remembered another wooden box of exactly the same size.
What was it again...?
Suddenly, her train of thought broke as she sensed Nai Hyuga's low spirits beside her.
"Nai, what's wrong? Why do you look so down?"
"Are you feeling unwell?"
She had finally noticed that something was off