Blade Lineage Salsu: Yi Sang's Story

Though I merely yearn to gaze out the window, here the paper covering its openings obstructs the moonlight, much to my heart's discontent.

The child, looking up at the paper window with his dissatisfied, narrowed eyes, didn't seem to give any attention to his interlocutor.

You're the one who said you wanted to sleep in a tile-roofed house.

Siiip. The sound of tea passing his lips sounded his disapproval.

Additionally, moving to the south was also your idea, Yi Sang.

While I do not deny that…

Receiving the other child's flack, the child known as Yi Sang slowly turned his head to face her.

We were in need of a new territory from which to extort, were we not? I believe I offered an apt solution.

You just won't back down, will you.

Yielding is not a behavior that aligns with me.

Why don't you take up the mantle for us in that case? What made you recommend me to be the leader instead?

Excess labor does not mirror my ideal performance, both mental and manual.

Says the one nicknamed "Slayer" for taking an excess of lives, huh?

It is my preference to be wholly focused when I am doing my job.

Whilst engaging in the rhythmed exchange, the child with dark bags under his eyes stopped to recall something, then added:

In addition, I remember you once asked this: "You're usually a laid-back jokester, so what transforms you into a cold-blooded killer whenever a sword is in your hands?"

That I did.

I hope today's exchange has provided an answer.

Siiip.

The child nonchalantly nursed his tea after that.

The look on the other child's face shows discomfort among many other things, but to describe them all in detail would be a disservice.

Isn't that right?