"He Liu..." Mifune tugged at his sleeve, his brow furrowing slightly, as though he did not quite understand his actions.
But He Liu ignored Mifune's gesture. His voice deepened as he said, "Miss, I hope you'll be here tonight as well!"
"We're both samurai of Swordmaster Rank. I hope you aren't deceiving us!"
He Liu spoke up again to remind her.
"Swordmasters?"
Yui curled her lip. "You mean this?"
Yui slowly raised her hand and pulled a familiar token from her sleeve under their astonished gazes.
The character for "master" was engraved on it as well.
"Y-you... you..."
He Liu pointed incredulously at the token in her hand.
"You're a Swordmaster too?"
He could hardly believe it. He could hardly believe this was real.
Judging by her tone of voice, she was clearly a young girl who had only just reached adulthood.
He had never expected her to be a Swordmaster at such a young age.
The jealousy in his heart grew stronger and stronger.
Mifune, however, felt nothing of the sort. Instead, he burst into hearty laughter.
"Hahahaha! To think you're already a samurai of Swordmaster Rank at such a young age."
"You really put us to shame!" Mifune sighed with feeling, but there was not a trace of jealousy in his voice. "I was nearly thirty before I became a Swordmaster."
"Even so, I was considered one of the more gifted people in the Land of Iron."
"For you to receive a Swordmaster Token at your age, miss, your talent must surpass ours."
Yui shook her head at his words. "Ah, let's leave that aside. I don't know any sword techniques. I only became a Swordmaster by luck!" she said modestly.
In truth, Yui was rather puzzled about this herself. She clearly knew no sword techniques, so why