The First Letter (72)

“That grappling technique you used to bring down Olmar was the Holy Kingdom’s secret jujutsu, wasn’t it?”

“Who knows?”

“And that bizarre trajectory of the axe you threw at Aisia… Were you ever taught by the Sword Circle (sword circle)?”

“I don’t know.”

It might have seemed like an insincere answer, but I was telling the truth.

I didn’t know either. I had no idea why I knew these techniques. My body had simply accepted them as a natural part of my practical combat at some point.

My tangled memories showed no sign of unraveling. A throbbing headache came over me, and my brow furrowed slightly.

Whether I reacted or not, the suspicion filling Senior Delphine’s eyes only deepened. She asked me in a serious voice,

“I’m not joking, Handaxe Young Master. Those techniques are forbidden from being leaked to outsiders. They even require years of training… and yet you don’t know?”

Senior Delphine’s words were entirely reasonable. Not only was the Holy Kingdom’s secret jujutsu closely guarded, but the group of swordsmen known as the ‘Sword Circle’ was famous for its exclusivity. They lived severed from the mundane world on a place called Heavenly Sword Mountain (天劍山), training with swords until the day they grew old and died...