The swords of the samurai girls, Karen and Fana, collide with each other many times.
However, at first, the battle between the two seemed evenly matched, but gradually the difference in ability became clear.
“Guu……”
“Mm!”
This is evident from the difference in their facial expressions.
Karen is clearly anxious, and Fana is as expressionless as ever.
“Just as I expected.”
It turned out exactly as I expected.
“It’s true that the sword ability alone may not be so different, but the experience level is too different between that samurai-oneesan and that Fana-oneechan.”
Both of them are unfamiliar with each other’s swordsmanship, so the conditions are the same in that respect. However, the ability to deal with such an unknown opponent is very different between the two.
That samurai girl seems to have had her fair share of battles, but she must have fought only similar swordsmen.
Fana, on the other hand, has fought not only swordsmen, but also opponents who wield other weapons and magic, and has even defeated various monsters as well as humans.
Therefore, it didn’t take long for her to be able to see through the samurai girl’s swordsmanship and deal with it.
“That silver-haired girl is so strong!”
“Hey, samurai girl, don’t be pushed around! I’ve bet 5,000 yen on you! Do your best!”
“Don’t lose! Show her your samurai spirit!”
As the jeers flew around, Karen realized that she was in a bad position and distanced herself.
“I can’t believe I was being pushed back… I don’t want to, but I have no choice but to use this technique!”
She seemed to be planning to perform some big moves, and she held her sword in a unique posture.
“Yagyū Shinnen-ryū: Thunderclap!”
Immediately afterwards, Karen’s figure seemed to disappear.
“Hoh~. So there’s a technique here that looks like shrinkage.”
Shrinkage is a technique where one closes the distance between the opponent in an instant. Karen showed exactly the same trick.
A normal opponent would have been caught off guard by this.
But—
“Huh!?”
As soon as she unleashed a slash, Karen’s eyes widened. After all, her sword, which seemed to be absolutely unavoidable, slashed the air.
Fana’s figure is now above Karen’s head.
“Mm, if you don’t know what kind of attack it is, then you can just avoid it.”
The crowd belatedly realized what had happened and soon exclaimed in shock.
“S-she’s floating in the air!?”
“She can fly!?”
“Is it some kind of karakuri!?”
Of course, Fana is just flying with wind magic. In a country where magic is not very common, it seems that it is not immediately apparent.
“Magic? Can you use magic!?”
“Mm.”
“I-in other words, you’ve been saving magic until now……”
As a samurai girl, it would have been a shock.
The opponent who was more than equal to her in a sword-only battle was actually not just a swordsman, but a magic swordsman.
“It’s time to decide the fight.”
Fana’s whole body is enveloped with wind. She had a high enough agility before, but now she’s twice as fast, if not more.
“Uh-, I can’t—”
The samurai girl, who had lost sight of Fana even for a moment, could no longer do anything about it.
There was a loud metallic clang, and the sword flew from the samurai girl’s hand, spun around, and plunged into the ground. At the same time, the tip of Fana’s sword was pointed at her back.
“I win”
“……I-, I lost.”
The young samurai girl collapses to her knees in despair and admits defeat.
“Ahhhhh, I lost!!!”
“I bet on you, you know!? Give my money back!”
“That’s right! Give me my money back! You are a disgrace to a samurai!”
Even though they had made the bet of their own accord, the crowd roared mercilessly.
Seeing that, Fana spoke with a slightly irritated look,
“Then you can just take it back yourselves! If you beat me, you will get ten million.”
“Uh……”
“I’m available anytime. So, who’s up for it?”
“O-oh, I remember, I had an errand to do!”
“M-me too!”
“I have to get back quickly! S-so, I’ll fight you next time!”
The crowd suddenly changed their attitudes and left like a scattering of spiderlings.
“Apparently, not everyone has samurai pride.”
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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