Harada Hana
I was taken to the match arena within the dojo, surrounded by the students of the dojo.
Unlike the trainees, the students have a different kind of Touki overflowing from their bodies.
In fact, it seems like all the students at this dojo are Touki users.
Well, this is a technique that also exists on the Atlesia continent, but it is a technique that strengthens the body and sword by covering them with the mana within the body.
"Master, do you understand?
This dojo is insanely high level."
Shiro whispers to me.
"I know! The level is fundamentally different from the Atlesia continent.
On the Atlesia continent, there were only a handful of people who could use Touki!"
As we were talking, a middle-aged man with long black hair appeared in front of us.
"This is my first time meeting you. My name is Haruki Hala. I am the head of this dojo."
He doesn't look strong at all, but I can kind of tell that he is strong.
After all, he's the head of a Jigen-ryu school, the one-hit-kill style.
"Then, I will have you fight this child first."
The head of the school nominated a Jigen-ryu user who turned out to be a child. Moreover, she was a girl around 10 years old.
"Are you mocking me!"
As expected, this was a little offensive! It made me furious.
He's definitely looking down on me.
"I'm not mocking you in any way. This kid is the most powerful person in this dojo, second only to me, who is also the Sword King!"
Surprisingly, Haruki Hala, the head of the school, was the rumored sword king that the old man Suekichi had explained to me.
And my partner is a child.
I also have a lot of confidence in my sword.
"Let me fight you!"
I approach the head of the school, Haruki Hala.
"Because our abilities are so different, I can't compete against you.
I have prepared an opponent that matches your abilities."
Haruki Hala made his own assumptions about my ability.
He doesn't even know what I'm capable of.
"I do pretty well!"
"That's what all the swordsmen who come to this dojo say."
Haruki Hala is completely looking down on me.
"I want to have a match with you, the head of this dojo!"
"Then, please defeat that child. At our dojo, we can't let anyone go home who breaks in to the dojo, so we'll give you a fight!"
He was speaking respectfully, but from a superior position.
"Then I'll have a match with that kid!
I don't care if she pees her pants in fear of my ability!"
And just like that, a 10-year-old girl and I ended up having a match.
"My name is Harada Hana!"
The girl named Harada Hana bowed her head.
Same last name as the old man Suekichi.
Maybe she's the old man Suekichi's grandchild or something?
A girl with dark eyes and short-cut black hair is a pretty girl who can be found anywhere.
"Master……"
Is it a monster's intuition? Shiro is worried.
Do you even think that I will lose to such a small child?
There's no way I will lose!
"Now then, let's start the match!"
Apparently, Haruki Hala, the head of the school, will be the referee.
I imitate my opponent, Harada Hana, and bow my head.
"Then let the match begin!"
Snap*!
Ouch!
As soon as the match started, I was hit in the arm with a wooden sword.
Or rather, my arm is bent in a strange direction.
"One point! Winner, Harada Hana!"
The match started and the match was decided in just 0.1 seconds.
"That was nothing!"
I quickly straighten the bones and apply recovery magic.
"I see. As you say, you are quite capable."
I don't really understand why, but Haruki Hala is impressed with me.
I lost in an instant, but what is Haruki Hala saying?
"Are you mocking me?"
"I'm not mocking you. Normally, if someone gets their arm broken in an instant, they'll be speechless.
However, you had the guts to immediately heal your arm and ask for a match again!"
I've become insensitive to pain.
After all, I've been eaten alive once.
"Anyway, it’s time for another match!"
"Okay. Then let the match begin!"
Snap*!
Also, as soon as the match started, my arm was hit and broken.
This kid is too dangerous.
Without hesitation, she breaks my arm.
"Excuse me. Could you please refrain from suddenly breaking my arm?"
I asked Harada Hana.
After all, if my arm suddenly breaks, I won't be able to swing the wooden sword.
Or rather, are you aiming for that and breaking my arm every time?
"Master has told me to kill when it's time to kill."
W-what master...? I'm too scared to ask the kid.
"But this is a match, right?"
"Since it's a match, I'm only breaking your arm. Outside the dojo, I would have killed you."
What is this kid?
I look at Haruki Hala, the head of the school.
"I'm not Hana's master."
Haruki Hala looks away.
Who is this child's master?
"Then please, let me attack you!"
"I don't want to."
"I’ll give you some pocket money!"
I show off my gold coins.
"For 100,000 marble, sure."
When I was a 10-year-old kid, I had never received or used 100,000...
However, I can't turn back on it.
After all, if she breaks my arm at the start of the match, it will be the same thing over and over again.
"Okay. Please!"
I'll settle the matter with money and attack her.
Yes, if I can attack, I don't feel like losing.
After all, I trained in the Room of Spirit and Time for 1000 years!
My upper blows are not something you can avoid even if you try.
As I evolved, the content of my training became more complicated, and my muscle strength decreased, but the fact that I trained did not change.
There are no gaps in my upper blows.
1000 years of training is not just a mere show.
I took the upper stance.
"What! That stance!"
The students of the Jigen-ryu dojo were in a panic when they saw my stance.
My stance from the upper part is very beautiful, if you look at it.
"I'm coming!"
"Anytime!"
Harada Hana, a 10-year-old girl, has a calm look.
"Chestーー!"
I imitate the shout of the Satsuma school and attack Harada Hana with all my might.
Thud*ーー!
It may not have been appropriate, but I did my best to kill her.
This was the payback for looking down on a grown man.
However, Harada Hana was able to easily catch my blow.
"Why……"
My heart broke from the shock, and I collapsed on the spot and crawled on my hands and knees.
"It looks like you can do a little bit, but compared to Master, you still have a long way to go!"
She looked at me from above.
Who is this child's master...?
What is really going on in the southern continent?
My first match against someone from the southern continent made me realize just how amazing this continent really is.
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