Chapter 422: The Mightiest Disciple (1/2)

Akiha stared astonished, at the katana.

“This is…?”

“The proof…of acceptance.”

“And this is a real katana?”

“Mhm…it’s real.”

Akiha unsheathed the katana partway.

The blade reflected the light, glittering in the night.

The cold light accompanied by the air felt like it blew against her face at that moment.

A real katana—-a real sword.

Akiha gulped, swallowing her saliva.

“Amazing…”

“And so now…you have been initiated.”

“But is it really okay? I mean yes, I’m quite happy about this, but I wasn’t able to even touch you, let alone make you budge. Heck, I’ve never even accomplished that before.”

“So what…would you prefer?”

“Eh? Prefer…uhh…”

(Well, what would I prefer?) Akiha pondered.

This result was what she had always wanted, nothing less.

On top of that, she now had an emblem—-a license that came in the form of a katana. How could she have any sort of problem with this?

“Okay…how about this.”

“Eh?”

“You kill your master…and take on her name.”

“No no no…”

“You would like to bring me down with your deadly fist…and pass on the legend?”

“No way! Taiyou would be sad if you died.”

“Mm…good.”

Ruri was visibly relieved.

“It would have been bad…if you wanted that.”

“I won’t try anything, don’t worry.”

“Then…what will you do?”

“…Thank you very much.”

Akiha hugged her katana to her chest, bowing her head.

“I will gladly receive this, Master.”

“Mm…good.”

Ruri said, putting away her katana in her skirt.

“Ah, you still haven’t taught me that.”

“What would…that be?”

“You know, that thing you just did with hiding the katana in your skirt. It’s totally invisible.”

Akiha flipped Ruri’s skirt up.

All she could see was white underwear and thighs, with the katana nowhere to be seen.

“Stop…it.”

“Ah, sorry sorry.”

Ruri was slightly perturbed. Her face was a bit red.

Akiha apologized and stopped touching her.

“I know I said sorry, but at least tell me about that, Master. I just gotta know.”

“Mm…okay.”

Ruri nodded, taking the katana back out of her skirt.

Then she showed Akiha how to put the katana in and take it out.

If there were a third person here, they probably would have found this scene and the explanations rather unusual, thinking “the heck is that?” in their heads repeatedly.

But Akiha understood.

After all, nearly everything Ruri had taught her up until now had been more unclear than the skirt procedure.

Compared to that, this was relatively easy to understand and easy to accomplish, thought Akiha.

“Now we just need…to practice.”

“How long until I can master it?”

“That depends…on your capacity.”