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Still Here, Are You Not?

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“Anti-Curse.” (Leon)

Leon cast a dispel curse magic.

“Gya!?” (??)

The female samurai screamed.

“…It cannot be exorcised so easily. It is a rather powerful curse.” (Leon)

“What are you doing, degozaru!? You surely did just use dispel curse magic, did you not!?” (??)

“Huh? I did use it, though.” (Leon)

“You did not listen to my story earlier, degozaru!? It is only natural to accept a challenge in response to my feelings here, is it not!?” (??)

“Well, it’s just… troublesome…” (Leon)

“My long-accumulated feelings! You dismissed them with the single word ‘troublesome,’ degozaru!?” (??)

“But if I exorcise you, it’s the same, right?” (Leon)

“That is not the same, degozaru! You are a man without delicacy! Do you not know the word ‘bushi no nasake’ (a samurai’s compassion)?” (??)

Leon was troubled when she brought up an idiomatic expression unique to this country.

“…Fine. So, if I fight you, you will be satisfied and be exorcised, right?” (Leon)

“Indeed! A samurai never goes back on his word, degozaru! Whether I lose or win, I will not complain! I will quietly disappear, degozaru!” (??)

Five minutes later.

The female samurai kneeled on the ground, trembling and quivering her lips.

“W-Why, degozaru!? Why am I completely helpless, degozaru!?” (??)

“I win.” (Leon)

They fought one-on-one with swords only. Following the samurai spirit, they rejected trickery and clashed straightforwardly. Still, Leon dominated from start to finish and ended the match in less than five minutes.

“T-The gap has widened since last time…! No, that cannot be! I have been solely pursuing the path of the sword, degozaru!” (??)

“Well, whatever the reason, that’s unfortunate. So, as promised–…” (Leon)

“N-No, that doesn’t count, degozaru!” (??)

“Huh?” (Leon)

“Come to think of it, I hadn’t warmed up properly, degozaru! Now that I’m warmed up, this time will be the real match, degozaru!” (??)

“…I don’t think a spirit body needs to warm up.” (Leon)

Leon sighed but knew she would not quietly leave like this. If she lost once more, she would clearly understand the difference in strength. Reluctantly, Leon accepted another match.

Five minutes later again.

“One more match! One more match, degozaru! The last one didn’t count either!” (??)

“…Why? Wasn’t that supposed to be the real match this time?” (Leon)

“In our country, matches like this are decided by best-of-three, degozaru!” (??)

“Best-of-three means it ends when one side gets two wins, right?” (Leon)

“…N-No, actually it was best-of-five, degozaru! The one who gets three wins first is the winner, de gozaru! So there’s one more match left!” (??)

Again, five minutes later.

“Best-of-seven! How about best-of-seven, degozaru!?” (??)

“How about…? How many times are you going to take back your words? You said a samurai never goes back on his word at first.” (Leon)

If Leon’s understanding was correct, once a samurai says something, they never take it back because it goes against the samurai spirit. But she already changed her words four times.

“This is how it is, degozaru!” (Female Samurai)

The female samurai performed a perfect dogeza bow. Since this country is the birthplace of dogeza, her posture was beautiful, but her samurai dignity was completely gone.

“No, that’s enough. No matter how many times we fight, the result is the same.” (Leon)

“Ugh… No matter how you look at it, this is strange, degozaru! There shouldn’t have been this much difference back then…!” (??)

“Well, it’s more about the difference in status than sword skill.” (Leon)

“S-Status, de gozaru…?” (??)

Apparently, even in this spirit world, the real-world status was reflected. Leon’s status was current, but presumably the female samurai’s was from when she died. In other words, although her sword skill had improved, her status had not changed at all. In his previous life, Leon had mastered four job lines to Class III. Now, he has added summoner and cook job lines as well. Although neither are suited for battle, mastering them to Class III still contributed somewhat to his status improvement. As a result, Leon’s status had greatly surpassed that of his previous life.

“That means no matter how much you improve your sword skill, the gap is too big to overcome.” (Leon)

“Th-That…” (??)

She hung her head in despair.

“Ah, my vision is…” (Leon)

Suddenly, Leon’s vision began to fade. Having finally given up, the female samurai’s form vanished, and he moved from darkness into bright light. When he regained consciousness, he was in the dojo courtyard.

“Leon-han!?” (Kanae)

“Leon-dono!?” (Filia)

“Hey, are you alright!?” (Meltera)

Kanae, Filia, and Meltera called out with concern. It seemed he had returned.

“And it looks like no time passed at all.” (Leon)

The scene was almost the same as when he lost consciousness. Leon still held the Hihiirokane sword.

“I’m fine. Nothing’s wrong.” (Leon)

“R-Really? For a moment there, it looked like your soul left your body.” (Kanae)

“So that sword really isn’t dangerous?” (Filia)

“No, the samurai inside is gone now, so it should be a properly un-cursed sword–…” (Leon)

“I am still here, degozaru!” (??)

Apparently, she was still present.

 

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