I refuted his samurai theory
“I-I see…”
“Could it be that book… Mr. Euto?”
Mr. Euto looked like he was sweating as he nodded.
And so it was easy to suspect him.
Besides, it was because of him that katanas were produced in small numbers here.
“No, no. Wait a minute, Takumi. It’s not me! It really isn’t!”
“Really…?”
“It’s not, it isn’t…! I’ve never written any books!”
He waved his hands and shook his head in violent protest.
Apparently, it wasn’t him.
“Oh, I thought they looked nice and all… But I’m not in that deep. It’s just…someone like that did come before… I think it was a place that I don’t know of…”
So someone else had come from another world and written that book without Mr. Euto knowing about it…
“Hmm…this is a surprise. Well, there is now another thing that we can talk about!”
“I don’t know about that…”
I wasn’t a huge samurai enthusiast or anything. If anything, I wanted to know more about that ring.
Of course, he did not seem to want to talk about that.
“Uhh…going back to the topic. Nicholas, I’m sure it’s fine if you continue to pursue this interest in samurai or whatever. But I think you will have to think about Ms. Corint a little more. It’s not like the samurai were dodging women all of the time.”
“But…in the book that I read, it said that women were forbidden. You were not supposed to become too close. If you focus on your training, then the path will open…”
He sounded like he was reading about monks.
The person who wrote the book must have been mixing different things together.
There was no rule that you couldn’t get married.
In the first place, they cared a lot about their lineage, and that would not work without women.
Though, I’m sure there were some who stayed single their whole life.
“I don’t know what was written in that book of yours… But I can assure you that samurai had children as well.”
“I suppose… There was a part about heirs and raising children in the way of the samurai…”
Good. So it wasn’t a story about someone who had stayed single their whole life then.
“In that case, there must have been relationships with women. Marriage, raising heirs… That is part of bushido as well.”
“I-I see… So there is that way of thinking. Well, you cannot pass on your knowledge if you are alone… But then again, I am still not even halfway…”
“Passing the knowledge onto your children is part of mastering it.”
In order to refute his incorrect ideas, I put other incorrect ideas into his head.
“Takumi. That was a rather forceful argument…”
Be quiet, Mr. Euto.
I am doing my best here to straighten out his twisted knowledge.
“You are free to focus on training, of course. But avoiding women is not part of bushido. Unless…you really feel that Ms. Corint is not a right match for you. I think…that once we reach Range Village, and things have settled down, you should face her properly. I am sure that you will see things differently.”
“…Very well… Thank you for your instructions.”
“Oh, you persuaded him.”
“Only Takumi could trick the straight-laced Nicholas into doing something.”
Hey, don’t say ‘trick.’
Well, maybe it was true.
“Now that the matter with Nicholas has been dealt with…it’s time to get to the main subject.”
Said Phillip.
Thankfully, I had told him of my purpose beforehand.
As for Nicholas, we would have to see how things turned out.
If things went in a strange direction, I may have to talk to him about my samurai knowledge once again…