>>5607506>guaranteed successThere is more to fencing than just footwork and bladework ー grappling, punches, kicks, and throws are important tools that can be used to win a fight.
Sira ducks down and tackles Junn to the floor, avoiding the thrust and causing him to lose his grip on the hilt. The blunt steel sword slides across the floor. His slender frame and lighter body betrays him here, as Sira is able to overpower Junn more easily than someone like Sihn.
Once Junn is pushed to the ground, Sira retreats to pick up his sword. By the time Junn can get up and pick up his own sword, the tip of Sira’s blade is already resting on his neck. Junn drops it and the goblin announcer calls an end to the match.
Another win for him. Just one more competitor.
While his success in the longsword tournament has made many people cheer for him, there’s quite a few that disapprove of the way Sira is behaving ー mostly members of Red Winter and their associates.
Avoiding contact with people, rarely announcing his allegiance to Red Winter, and wearing garters with a color that do not represent the organization… it is hardly a proper way of conducting himself as a member of Red Winter (according to the more senior members, anyway)
Sira never cared about the opinions of those people. No matter how hard those old fucks try, getting rid of an earner like him won’t be possible without serious retaliation.
“The results matters the most. The method is secondary.”
All throughout his life, that line of thinking has never let him down.
During his time as an apothecary in training, he saw countless people of better moral character being discarded. Some studied more than him, spent entire days, weeks, learning and reciting the texts. He was fooling around with women that were just as degenerate as him.
The same applied when he became part of the life. Some people served Red Winter for much longer than him and yet remained associates.
