When it comes to unarmed combat, there are some parts where Lute shines, but you have no talent in swords. So for now just strengthen your basics and focus on defense. Blades can kill you in one shot, unlike unarmed combat."
Gigi-san says even things that were hard to say straight to the person's face.
Furthermore he does so thoroughly, without leaving room for a follow up.
But this was probably also Gigi-san's kindness.
Rather than awkwardly praising me, it would be better to resolutely identify my weak points and putting more importance on practicing my counters that would be useful in combat.
While sparring with swords Gigi-san also put me on nothing but defense.
I practiced receiving blows from the wooden sword Gigi-san wielded.
He said again and again that in real combat it was more important to not get hit rather than to hit the enemy with a sword.