Volume 5 Chapter 27 Rotaimei, Talking About The Situation
──Rotaimei's Story──
Let me introduce myself again. I am Rotaimei.
I was picked up by Master Mō Etsu and became his guest.
You must be related to His Highness the King's younger brother's daughter.
The fact that she is in the training ground arranged by him leaves no doubt about it.
No, it's fine not to go into details.
It's only natural for people to do their best to protect His Highness the King's younger brother's daughter.
There are guards who stay close by and guards who keep watch from a distance.
Even I can understand that much.
No, no, no, no,
It's really better not to be too detailed.
I simply want to talk to a martial artist with deep ties to Yuuri-sama, His Highness the King's younger brother's daughter.
Master Mō Etsu also suggested forming a connection.
I was fully authorized by him to come here.
First... to earn your trust, let me talk about myself.
I am a second-rate martial artist picked up by Master Mō Etsu.
I met Master Mō Etsu when his territory became Kiryou, not long ago.
Huh? The reason I became his guest?
It's because I was beaten and proved to be strong.
No, really. It's not a lie.
Let me explain in detail.
Several years ago, Master Mō Etsu's daughter was attacked by someone.
I happened to be there on my travels.
By chance, I protected Master Mō Etsu's daughter, Haku-sama.
No, it's not a good story to boast about.
I did not defeat enemies with my staff technique. That's not what this story is about.
Instead, I was unable to stand against the enemies.
I was just one of many soldiers.
I could only help defend against the enemy attack with the soldiers protecting Haku-sama.
No, that's an exaggeration.
It's more accurate to say I was covered in wounds after failing to fully defend.
See, here are the wounds from that time.
I am a second-rate martial artist.
My strength is that I am tough.
But because of that, I survived until Lord Mō Etsu and his soldiers came.
The doctor was surprised. They said I was lucky to be alive.
I think so too.
But I couldn't move for a month after that.
That was the connection between me and Lord Mō Etsu.
He said this to me, who could not move:
"Rotaimei. I want to make you my guest," he said.
I thought this rudely:
"Well, what a quirky thing to say."
I accidentally said it out loud, and he made a strange face.
Of course, I stood my ground.
If I made Lord Mō Etsu my guest, it would tarnish his name, I argued.
But he said this instead:
"You say you are second-rate."
"If rumors spread that I treat people like you well,"
"top-tier people will come to me, including someone like Rotaimei."
──and so on.
He also said this:
"...I said that as if I understand, but that's just an old story.
I borrowed the words of old people just to sound cool.
In short, if you are second-rate, I am second-rate too.
As master and guest, we are a matching pair, aren't we?"
I remember him saying that while laughing.
Being told this much, I cannot refuse.
I decided to become a guest of Lord Mō Etsu.
Because there was also Haku-sama, who is Lord Mō Etsu's daughter.
When I first met Haku-sama, she was about ten years old, but she grew fond of me.
She called me 'Ro's Uncle' and came to visit me.
I did not want to leave those people behind.
I decided to settle down in Kiryou.
Hm?
Does Gen Shuuyoku-sama worry about Haku-sama?
Is she thinking the 'red-haired girl' from the rumors might be Haku-sama?
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