After he had made sure that Nina ha

After he had made sure that Nina had stopped crying, the Sword God spoke to Eris.


"Eris. You've gained the title Sword King, but I already have nothing to teach you. I'll give you the proof of mastery."[6]


Proof of mastery. When they heard these words, Nina and Jino looked at each other. This was a title that neither the two Sword Emperors, nor Ghyslaine had been given. The proof of mastery was that amazing of a title.


"Though it'd also be fine to jump you straight up to Sword Emperor but... you'd have to fight Ghyslaine here. If you want to jump up to Sword God then you'll have to kill me."


[What will you do?]

As if asking this, the Sword God moved his hand to his sword. Eris shook her head.


"I don't care about the Sword God or whatever."

"Right? ...Well then, what do you plan on doing from now?"

"First of all I'm going to go to where my family is."


Looking right into Eris's eyes, the Sword God felt their radiance.

He felt that she possessed something that he had lost at some point.

Because she possessed an earnest attitude towards getting stronger without losing sight of her goal...

Or it could be that because she was Eris...

He thought that perhaps she might be able to defeat that peerless Orsted.


"Come, Eris. As proof of your ascension to Sword King, I'll give you one of my seven swords."

"...Yes."


That day, it signaled the end of Eris Greyrat's long training.






Eris had parted with the Sword God, and the ceremony for bestowing the Sword King title had finished. Only two people remained there.


"..."

"..."


For a while, the two sat there in silence. Both of their chests held frustration and envy. However, they would absolutely never speak of these feelings, nor show them on their faces.


"..."


Without doing either, the two of them stood up. Walking side by side, they moved to the corner of the 『Space of the Present』 and picked up the wooden swords that were left there.

For a little while, the sounds of wooden swords striking each other could be heard from the 『Space of the Present』. Because it was the Holy Land of Swords, this was a sound that could be heard anywhere.