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Chapter 142: Question Mizuki

Translated by AmaLynne

Afterward, Sam shared with the sisters his memories of his visit with Ur to the Land of the Rising Sun and promised to see Kotomi again, leaving the room with Mizuki to return to the dojo.

On the way, Mizuki stopped and bowed to Sam and thanked him.

“Thank you, Sam. Kotomi looked very happy.”

“No, I was the one who had a good time.”

“She’s not used to talking to many people, so she was happy to be able to talk to Sam. And it looks like she’s decided what she wants to do in the future.”

“I’m sorry I made that decision on my own.”

“No, it’s okay. I’m sure father would not object to that. It would be better for Kotomi to have a goal. But…”

“What’s wrong?”

“I was honestly surprised that Kotomi was pursuing a career other than swordsmanship, but I never thought that she believed in my being father’s successor.”

Sam does not know all of Mizuki’s abilities.

He only knew that Mizuki is a strong man from what he had heard from Lise and Mizuki’s appearance.

He could not even judge whether or not she was suitable to be the successor to the Sword Saint.

However, Kotomi believes that her sister is a suitable successor to her father, and Lise also said that Mizuki is the most powerful person in the dojo.

If so, why did Kurando not make Mizuki his successor, and why did he make another disciple a candidate for a successor?

(I know it’s not admirable to get involved in other families’ affairs too much, but…)

“That’s how much she believes in Mizuki-sama’s ability.”

“I guess so.”

Mizuki’s face turns dark, a complete change from when she was spending time with her sister.

“I probably shouldn’t go into this too much, but at the risk of sounding rude, let me ask you this.”

“……”

“Why doesn’t Kurando-sama make Mizuki-sama his successor? Lise-sama says that Mizuki-sama is the most talented of all his disciples.”

“I am proud of the fact that I am second only to my father in ability. I’m not boasting or anything, but it’s true. I have never lost a hand match to anyone other than my father. That’s why I don’t know.”

Mizuki’s eyes seemed to moisten slightly.

“Why doesn’t my father even consider me as a candidate, let alone a successor?”

Mizuki did not seem to understand Kurando’s true intentions.

It was somewhat frustrating.

Why would he dare to choose someone else when he has a daughter who is a suitable successor?

There may be some reason that Sam can’t imagine.

“I’ve asked. When the potential successor was announced, I asked why.”

“The answer?”

“He said I don’t need to succeed him. He told me to do what I wanted to do, but I just couldn’t accept it.”

But, Mizuki continued.

“I didn’t want to inherit the title of sword saint in the beginning either.”

“Was that so? But…”

“I was only interested in taking over the Amemiya family and teaching the Amemiya style of swordsmanship, but rumors began to circulate among my students that the next Amemiya would take over the family.”

“Did you ask Kurando-sama about it?”

“Of course I did. But he told me I didn’t have to worry about that. I was disappointed that I had not been chosen as the heir to the family.”

“I sympathize with your feelings.”

“But I guess that wasn’t the end of the story.”

Mizuki prefaced her story by saying, “It’s not going to be interesting for Sam either.”

“Lise’s ex-husband, Julian, started coming to me.”

“Come to think of it, he said something like that to Lise-sama, didn’t he?”

“From the way he talks, it seems that he thinks that if he wants to take over the Sword Saint’s house, the quickest way to do it is to marry me.”

“……that’s a joke, isn’t it?”

“It’s true. I don’t know what made him think that, but Julien has indeed left his wife and is coming on to me. I know what he did to Liese and I don’t want to marry a man who is far inferior to me in terms of ability, but I don’t care.”

Mizuki cowered her shoulders in disgust.

She was right, it was certainly not an interesting story.

It is both irritating and shameful that the man who made Liese unhappy is wooing Mizuki, who is also her friend.

At the same time, he wonders why the Sword Saint is leaving Mizuki’s situation like that.

“I’m sorry, I probably shouldn’t have brought this up with you, Liese’s fiancée.”

“No, it’s okay.”

“Then I’m glad. But I wonder. Julian is not a good enough candidate to be the successor of the Sword Saint.”

“What do you mean?”

“To put it bluntly, Julian is weak.”

Sam was even more puzzled by Mizuki’s clear assertion.

(Then why is such man a candidate for Sword Saint successor?)

There was no one here to answer Sam’s question.