An Old Country Bumpkin Deepens His Bonds with His Students

"Hup! Hyah! Take that!"

"Mm-hm, you're all getting better."

Cindy's spirited cries rang out beneath the blue sky.

After watching everyone's practice swings, offering corrections as needed, and having them repeat the swings, some time passed.

They all still had plenty of rough edges, but they were doing a little better than when we'd started. If they kept practicing every day while keeping the basic forms in mind, their swordsmanship would come along nicely.

"...Hup! ...Hup!"

The men, Lumite and Neigia, were doing fairly well, too.

As you might expect, men and women are built differently when it comes to muscle. Assuming all other conditions are equal, men will generally grow stronger than women if they train the same amount.

To put it crudely, though it's called swordsmanship, what you're doing is just swinging around a heavy stick. Naturally, men, who generally have more muscle, have an advantage.

Well, Allucia, Slena, Curni, Fissel, and Rose are the ones who defy that conventional wisdom...