“Good Morning,” I say with a slight upturn of my lips.
Hearing my greeting, the handsome boys turn to look at me all at once. The overall level of their appearances is so high that I feel like I might faint from seeing them all so up-close. And to make matters worse, they are all rushing towards me right now.
“So this girl is Al’s little sister?”
“She’s so cute!”
“So tiny~”
They start saying all at once, staring at me with bright eyes. And to be honest, I’m not sure if they are trying to compliment me or not.
How is a villainess supposed to act in a situation like this I wonder?
Whatever the correct answer is, I definitely don’t think now is the time to be acting modestly. Let’s see…. one of them called me cute, so maybe it would be a good idea to agree with him on that?
…..No wait, before I do that I should introduce myself first. I don’t want them to end up thinking that I’m a girl who lacks manners or proper understanding of social etiquette.
“I am Alicia. It’s a pleasure to make your acquaintance,” I say, lightly grasping my dress and giving them my best curtsy.
“Hey, Alan, Henry…. Is this that little sister you’ve been telling us about? She’s nothing like how you were describing her!?” I hear someone whisper to my brothers.
Hmm? Just what exactly have my dear brothers been saying about me this whole time?
Though, I suppose I can actually imagine it. I bet they were complaining to them about how selfish and spoiled of a baby sister I am.
“But Alicia, what’s wrong? What are you doing here?”
What am I doing here? Albert-Oniisama….. You couldn’t have forgotten already, right?
Today was the day that you promised to teach me how to use a sword. That’s the whole reason that I’ve been working out every single day in an effort to build up some physical strength.
….Is what I want to say, but I somehow manage to hold my tongue and take a moment to calm myself down.
“Please teach me how to use sword,” I say simply instead, but I’m met with the exact same reaction as I was the first time.
And this time it’s not just from my brothers, the other boys all react in a similar way as well.
Eric-Sama, your mouth is hanging wide open, you know.
Did I really say something so strange as to warrant such a response?
I know you all have very pretty eyes, but I assure you that I can appreciate them even if they are only open to a normal degree.
“Ali, that was only if you were able to finish doing your sit-ups and push-ups every day…” Albert-Oniisama says, smiling kindly at me.
…….But I did! Moreover, I did triple the amount that you had told me to do.
He really is looking down on me way too much.
I’m slowly growing more and more frustrated with them to the point that I can feel my cheeks starting to puff up in an unbecoming pout.
Agh, this is not the way that a proper villainess would express her rage!
There’s no way that such a villainous and proud lady would be caught dead pouting. I guess I really am just a child still….. even if my actual self isn’t a child anymore, this body still belongs to one…. It looks like I still haven’t completely internalized what it means to be a villainess. But there’s nothing I can do about it. My feelings have overcome me even against my better judgment.
“Aww, even her little pouty face looks adorable.”
Curtis-Sama, would you kindly shut your mouth?
I’m having a hard enough time without you adding oil to the fire like that.
“Ali, swords are really dangerous, you know. They don’t really suit you,” Albert-Oniisama says, patting me affectionately on the head.
Just what exactly did I find cute about someone patting a girl’s head like this in my previous life!?
Having it done to me, it’s not cute at all. It’s infuriating!
I lightly swat Oniisama’s hand away from my head and with that one move, the lighthearted atmosphere of our little get-together is destroyed in an instant.
Oniisama’s expression hardens. And it’s not only him, everyone else’s expressions seem to stiffen as well.
I really did it now…. Just what would a villainess do in a situation like this?
……How come nothing comes to mind when it really matters?
I guess I can only trust in my instincts at this point.
Without thinking, I reach for the small sword that is sheathed at Oniisama’s waist and pull it out.
…..It’s heavy! Are swords always heavy like this??
I guess the muscle training really was necessary before learning swordplay. But my past week of working hard wasn’t wasted.
If this was my past self, before I had worked out at all, I probably wouldn’t have been able to lift this sword at all.
But now, forget just lifting it, fully brandishing a sword like this….. shouldn’t be something that I’m incapable of.
I adjust my breathing, getting it under control, and I orient my body towards the tree that is standing right beside us. I focus all of my concentration on harnessing the power in my legs so that I can properly balance myself and maintain a strong base.
I glance over the branches of the tree and find an apple that looks like it’s ready to fall and then I kick at the trunk with all my might.
The tree shakes under the blow and the apple sways violently.
Please fall. If you don’t fall, I’m going to be extremely embarrassed. So please, please fall!
For an unbearably long moment, I can only watch as the apple continues to swing……. But then the stem twists, and I know it’s about to fall.
I quickly calculate its trajectory just like how I’d read in a Physics book previously. Thank goodness I was able to read so many books within the past few days.
I wonder if I’ll be able to do this right. I just have to go off of instinct…. But this is my first time ever using a sword…. I don’t really have any muscle memory for what feels right.
No! I can’t let myself be pessimistic now. If I can just do this right, then I’ll have taken another important step forward on the road to becoming a respectable villainess.
Taking one more steadying breath, I swing the sword in a horizontal arc with as much force as I can muster.
T/N: Cliffhangerrrrrrrr! Kind of. I’m guessing most of us can imagine what’s going to happen next XD But still! Author-san, don’t stop there~!
Translator’s short continuation fan-fic: (that’s as long as the chapter itself XD)
Taking one more steadying breath, I swing the sword in a horizontal arc with as much force as I can muster.
……Which, in retrospect, was way too much force! I somehow managed to calculate the correct trajectory and sliced neatly through the apple, but what I had not accounted for was the large amount of centripetal force that I was creating. Even after I had cleaved the apple in two, my body kept turning in the direction of my swing, out of control.
I was so caught off balance that I could feel myself falling towards the ground! Oh no! If I fall and get all muddy, my life as a villainess, or even as a proud noble, is going to be over! I won’t be able to deal with the shame!
I shut my eyes, not wanting to see the moment of my social demise, but before I can feel any sort of impact, I instead feel some sort of pressure from around my waist and there is this odd sensation that I’m not falling anymore.
Just barely peaking one eye open, I look down to see an arm had caught me around the waist. Looking back towards the person attached to that arm….. I see Duke Seeker!?
“Careful. It seems like you underestimated your own strength,” he says, settling me carefully on my feet.
I can’t help but stare at him, feeling a bit starstruck. His blue hair is so lovely, gleaming in the sunlight, and that smile….! Why does a man that I am determined to leave to the heroine have to be so devilishly handsome…..!?
Without saying another word, Duke-Sama carefully grabs my hand that is still clenching the sword. He molds my fingers so that they are now lightly clasping the hilt in a much more comfortable way than my previously haphazard grip. With one booted foot, he also nudges my feet into a wider, shoulder-width-apart stance.
“There. How does that feel now?” He asks, looking down directly into my eyes.
I can feel a blush spread across my cheeks, but then I hear a faint cough off to my right. I had completely forgotten about my brothers and the rest of their friends! Albert-Oniisama is still smiling, but his smile now looks a bit forced.
“Better…..” I say, turning back to Duke-Sama. “Thank you.”
“You’re welcome,” he replies, smiling kindly. (An actual kind smile! Not the type that Albert-Oniisama wears all the time, filled with hidden intentions.)
I swing the sword once more, just to test out the new grip and stance, and this time I keep my balance properly and manage to emit a clear whooshing sound from the air.
I smile in satisfaction and then walk slowly over to Albert-Oniisama.
Handing him the sword I say, “Don’t go anywhere. I’ll get changed into some proper training clothes, and be right back for my lesson!”
And then I bound off in the direction of the house with my face having trouble deciding whether to grin like an idiot or blush for all I’m worth.
(Lol, if you read through to this far, thanks for putting up with my shenanigans. But isn’t this a better way to end!? That cliffhanger was too much haha.)
Carnation Scans 
Thanks for the chapter ^_^
The fan-fic was nice, hoping to see more of it!
Thanks! The fanfic was nice.
I still can’t deal with the prince name. So funny.
Thanks for the chapter!
“It looks like I still haven’t completely internalized what it means to be a villainess.” <– alternate series title right here lol
thanks for the chapter!
You can say that again XD
Lol centripetal force. Someone knew their physics.
Thanks.
LOL I was reading that to my mom and she was like, “Don’t you mean centrifugal?” And I was like, “No. I learned that was wrong during my high school Physics class.” And you know what she told me then? “Well, no one’s going to know what you’re talking about.”
But you did! You got me! So thank you!! XD
Well, physicists will know what you’re talking about…
Thanks!
I still can’t deal with the prince’s name. So funny.
Thnx for the chapter!
Thnx for the fanfic as well!!
Sword’s aren’t heavy.
Sure, if you’re ten years-old, they are. But they really aren’t. The one depicted in the manga can’t be more than three pounds.
I guess because she’s only a 7-year-old girl it’s considered heavy? (though yeah, if it is 3 pounds, I feel like that should be manageable….)
It’s possible that swords are different in this world? Like made of a different, heavier and sturdier material? (I’m throwing out random guesses right now XD but it’s possible haha)
Nah, it’s just ages of misinformation surrounding swords. They’re meant to be nimble and quick weapons. The bits about swinging a thousand times that you see from kendoka isn’t too inaccurate though because it’s an aerobic activity that is quickly tiring, because you’re not just involving your upper body but footwork. So it’s closer to very intense dancing.
Gotcha!! Makes sense. If that’s the case, then I guess the author either misunderstood swords, or wanted to take the opportunity to make our MC look like that much more of a prodigy XD and yeah. I can definitely see why even 3 pounds would be tiring after swinging it around for a while. Especially for someone who isn’t used to using the muscles involved in the motion!
Pretty much. Go find a claw hammer and hold it at arm’s length. Do that for a few minutes.
I can twirl the thing like a baton in one hand now. But I’ve been doing this obsessively for awhile.
Then my brain and arm gives up when I try to do it in the left.
I played softball, so I can kind of understand already. Not the same motion exactly, and you don’t swing as often, but after hitting 100 some balls, I start to feel pretty tired.
To test how heavy the bat should be, I’ve held it out at arm’s length too, and that can be an exercise in itself lol.
That makes things simple to explain. There are softball teams near where we practice and those girls are in pretty good shape. Kind of makes me feel inadequate, ya know. Since I think it’d take a couple of weeks (a month?) to make them a passingly credible threat with a sword.
When it comes down to it strength is of course important, but just not in the way people envisage from RPG’s and centuries of pop culture like Monty Python, Don Quixote and Mark Twain making fun of the medieval period.
Probably one of the things that I find “unrealistic” is that so many novels have the children practicing swords instead of standing wrestling. It’d be the sport variety but it would still train them with the basic athleticism they need to learn combat with other weapons whether polearm, dagger, sword and so on. Fighting in armor almost entirely devolves to wrestling.
Really? That’s interesting! I had no idea. I always just imagined knights hacking at each other with their swords, but I guess if you lose your sword during battle, or if the swords get locked together, it would be a lot like westling. Makes me think of Judo when you are trying to grab your opponent without being grabbed so it devolves into a sort of hand fight for a bit. (Lol, I think it had a specific name, but I’m too tired to remember it atm XD)
I mean, that’s just one of those situations where you apply common sense, right? Think about it, when was the last time you cut a spoon with a knife?
The thing about really good armor is that when you’re near-invincible to most weapons, there’s a nonzero chance that you get a point where you just can grab the other person.
https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/5b3e5d8c96d45518ccd4fa20/1570650964731-OO2QOBAVS828F71OAEXG/Ms-Germ-Quart-16-11v-c1435-673×556.jpg?content-type=image%2Fjpeg
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A picture really is worth a thousand words…! I see exactly what you mean.
And, I’m heading to bed now, but I’ll take a look at that video tomorrow!! It’s been fun chatting with you!! Thanks for all the info 😊
And since I’m spamming links, here’s some wrestling from Fiore.
“They’re meant to be nimble and quick weapons.” unless one is talking about claymores or bastard swords. also i get the feeling the bit about western swords being heavy has to do with the fact that western swords are more about crushing blows instead of slicing blows like katanas. the idea about them being heavy is that the heavier it is the more the sword will be able to crush the target.
Eh, not really. Western swords have most of their weight near the hilt so their really on slicing to do damage…that’s why mail armor was popular for so long, if you’re wearing it, someone can hit you with a sword all day long and you won’t feel it because it can’t cut the links and doesn’t have enough weight on the blade. Claymores and other true two-handed swords do fit your description though except they were also good cutters (not as good as dedicated cutters but still pretty good) they didn’t solely rely on brute force. Longswords and bastard swords on the other hand are the easiest swords to wield for anyone since you’re using your whole body to wield them, one-handed swords are relatively more difficult since you’re mostly using the muscles of your arm (you could wield bastard swords with one hand as well…how tiring it would be depended on its specs and the wielder we do know some people fought with bastard sword and shield on foot but I don’t think it was common, horsemen did though).
There were some swords such as falchions that had more of their weight distributed further away from the hilt to give it more blunt power, but generally, if you wanted blunt power you used an axe or (especially after plate armor appeared) a mace.
@295Phoenix
Swords don’t defeat armor. It’s not really what they’re built for.
In fairness, almost nothing does. The only thing that matches armor is other armor. Without it you’re at a severe disadvantage and much of armor-to-armor fighting is basically cavalry fighting with lance or quickly devolves to wrestling on foot.
Accounts of tournament lance contests can get pretty gruesome, with descriptions of helmets going flying or people being struck so hard they bleed out of every opening of their helmet.
The common factor in all this is armor. You’re not even a contestant without it. (See attached images of wrestling in my other posts.)
Well also:
Unit tactics can overwhelm armor by attrition. It’s why actual battlefield armor was not protected in the back. This is simply because if the enemy got behind you, you were probably surrounded and nothing will save you anyway. You’re just getting dragged to the ground or simply beaten down by sheer impact blows from polearms.
a few things. you say nothing defeats armor but you seem to be forgetting about blunt weapons. a warhammer or a mace does wonders against armor. also you say that i was “100% wrong” but that is also incorrect. claymores are indeed heavy swords to be swinging around and can be unwieldy due to their size. granted i also included a bastard sword but that was due to me mixing it up with another sword who’s name i still dont remember. its a sword who’s primary function is to crush and its pretty thick bladewise.
also one think you are incorrect about is “It’s why actual battlefield armor was not protected in the back. the armor of knights (or really any warrior who had a Cuirass on) did indeed have armor on the back.
also for this part ““Bastard sword” is a very specific french term” id point out that ” id point out that the term “bastard sword” comes from england not france. the term does originate from the french words epee batarde but the actual term for bastard sword is very much from england
as for my original comment i was tossing my idea as to why people think western swords are heavy. oh and i was pointing out 2 (really 1 cause i cannot for the life of me remember the name of the other one) swords that dont fit the fast and nimble category. western swords are for crushing (and yes i know also for cutting/slicing depending on the sword) while eastern (specifically japanese) swords are for cutting. both you and the other one seem to have missed that part
Dude, no. Stop. Just stop. Blunt weapons aren’t magically anti-piercing. It’s just relatively better. Beating armor is hard work and doesn’t work the way it does in movies in video games.
You are literally arguing out of ignorance here. Katanas are not sharper than western swords in any functional or practical sense of the term. They have heavier bevels that make them more forgiving in the cut, but that’s not especially unique.
The term epee batarde is literally French.
When I say that armor wasn’t protected in the back, I mean it’s relatively *less* armored. Tournament grade plate was considerably heavier and more coverage, which is part of where the misunderstanding about armor comes from. Practical battle field kit tried to cut weight.
Like you keep getting pushback from people who know better, please listen.
Two-handed swords are actually *easier* to wield than one-handed swords because both hands are on the weapon. There’s actually greater power-to-weight ratio on them.
Greatswords and any transition weapons between longswords and them (e.g. spadones) aren’t big chonkers or anything. They’re 5-8 lbs at a rough estimate and most of the difficulty in using them comes from rotational inertial, not from their weight.
At this level they’re functionally hybrid polearms and swords. If you think they relied on crushing, you are gravely mistaken. Their added rotational momentum makes them more tiring to use, but that doesn’t mean they’re slow. At this level they’re functionally hybrid polearms and swords and were indeed used to just poke at people.
As for the term, “bastard sword.” The word “bastard” is not a compliment. Quick Googling indicates this is because it was a somewhat derogatory term for when it was still a novel weapon.
Later medieval sources like the Liechtenauer lineage and Fiore don’t use the term. In most cases, they simply said, “sword.” If they bothered to distinguish it any further, they’d say, “sword in two hands,” indicating purely a pedagogical use-case for most swords in two hands. And most manuals indeed seem written to not really make it seem like people concerned themselves with allocating skill points in short swords versus big swords versus polearms like it were an RPG. Those targeted especially toward the military or knight class probably would’ve found those divisions meaningless since they viewed the whole thing as a holistic athletic curriculum, not as a series of separate skills.
Fiore (an Italian man in the Holy Roman Empire) himself praised it as the “queen of arms” which is a complete reversal of calling it a bastard, indicating the change in perception with the weapon. Probably the reason he didn’t call it a king was because the longsword was used as a specific kind of sidearm which is viewed to supplement other arms of the time.
Late medieval Germans held it in such reverence that it became associated with knighthood and there were state-mandated certifications that deemed you a master of the sword. A qualification required for Dopplesoldners (literally soldiers who were paid double and tended to use Zweihanders in a specialist role).
By this point, if you called it a “bastard sword” most Germans/Prussians/whatever probably wouldn’t quite understand what you mean, because German pedagogy of the time simply didn’t bother distinguishing swords much other than to note whether they were “messers” (e.g. knives), used in one-hand or two.
In practice, most cultures didn’t bother much with hard classifications about swords because they honestly didn’t care what somebody two generations ago used. They just called it a “sword.” Epee just means sword. Spadone just means sword. Katana shares kanji with “-to” which refers to a broad class of swords. With words like nihonto literally just meaning “Japanese sword.” Koreans just use the same word (“kal”) to broadly refer to all bladed implements, whether it’s literally a kitchen knife or a sword.
If they bothered to categorize swords any further they tended to use literal adjectives to compare other weapons to whatever was considered the norm at the time. “Broad” sword is literally what it means. It was just a bunch of Brits comparing swords against the slimmer sabers and foyning weapons that were in fashion and thinking that these other swords, were rather, indeed quite broad by comparison. Which doesn’t really narrow anything down.
But nowadays, words like epee, spadone and katana have very specific brands and generally refer to very specific makes of swords. (Again, note the term “epee batard” doesn’t actually refer to the modern foyning epee.)
Nowadays, if you use terms like “bastard sword” or if you call an arming sword a “long sword” that automatically signals to certain people that you get all your ideas from pop culture. There’s nothing inherently scientific about these names. It isn’t more right for HEMA to call it an arming sword rather than a long sword, it’s just the settled agreement in the subculture, but we kind of know where you live when you say such things.
“Dude, no. Stop. Just stop” how about no. i respond to those that comment to me cause its the polite thing to do.
“Blunt weapons aren’t magically anti-piercing” never said they were but by all means quote where i claimed this. doubt you will be able to. bit of a strawman on your part
“Beating armor is hard work and doesn’t work the way it does in movies in video games.” and? did i ever say it wasnt hard work? a mace does wonders against armor though
“You are literally arguing out of ignorance here. Katanas are not sharper than western swords in any functional or practical sense of the term.” never said they were so yet another strawman. i said katanas are about cutting/slicing. never even touched upon where theyre sharper than western swords
“The term epee batarde is literally French.” no shite. i literally said this. still doesnt change the fact that the TERM bastard sword originates from england. it wasnt the french that used the word “bastard sword” as the term originates from their own words.
“When I say that armor wasn’t protected in the back, I mean it’s relatively *less* armored” and yet you didnt. doesnt change the fact that for a HEMA you seemed to have forgotten for a bit about the fact that they did have armor on their backs
“Like you keep getting pushback from people who know better, please listen.” so you claim. why would i trust what someone on the internet says is their qualifications? neither of us can prove what we do in life
“Two-handed swords are actually *easier* to wield than one-handed swords because both hands are on the weapon. There’s actually greater power-to-weight ratio on them.” the fact you had to add quotation marks around the word easier kinda undercuts your point. also i said they CAN be unwieldy. never mentioned which was easier to use between 2 handed and 1 handed swords.
“As for the term, “bastard sword.” The word “bastard” is not a compliment. Quick Googling indicates this is because it was a somewhat derogatory term for when it was still a novel weapon” you dont even need to google the word as its a curse word in of itself and has been used as an insult against people in modern day. in the ancient times it was worse as bastard children usually were killed or hidden away.
btw instead of just typing out word salad comments that has tons of stuff in it not relevant to the discussion you could always have just said you were wrong about the armor part and where the term bastard sword comes from (britian not france, pretty sure from Victorian era if i remember right). its not a very hard thing to do. hades its such an easy thing to do that ive already stated what i was wrong about. btw none of your weapons you brought up resemble the sword im forgetting the name of. hmm maybe its not a sword one can find in real life and am just thinking of a sword in one of the many books i read. wouldnt be surprised if thats the case lol
You’re just moving goal posts and nitpicking
Referring to bludgeoning weapons, I already stated “almost nothing” defeats it and that armor was more decisive an advantage if you already encountered armor (or raw attrition). I gave plenty of examples specifying exactly what I meant. There are more qualifications I can add to this, but for brevity’s sake, I won’t bore you with those.
No, I haven’t forgotten that armor was on the back — that would be absurd. I simply misspoke and stated as much. This will happen when I write several paragraphs. I shouldn’t have to explain things when the context is abundantly clear or has already been later clarified. I also already gave contemporary reason for why they engineered it this way.
The asterisks around *easier* are not scare quotes. They’re for emphasis. Your original posts are saying they are not meant to be nimble and agile. They are. Every description of sword, without exception. And I will stand by that. Whether you mean “bastard sword” or “long sword” or “sword in two hands,” doesn’t really change things. I would actually give women exactly that over an arming sword for reasons already mentioned.
Starting out, I struggled less with the longsword than with rapiers. This is a complete inversion of contemporary common sense. Most people simply reason the heavier two-handed sword is harder to use and slow. A later weeb came to the group, and he told me katanas were quicker. I told him, no, reach matters more. I demonstrated this point by doing exactly what I said above — I simply stood out of measure and kept harassing him with a quantity of blows. Since we had wasters simulating both longswords and katanas.
Your original claim is that you got the “feeling” that western swords were meant to crush by weight and that they were heavy. You are simply wrong on every count.
I will admit the argument over the term “bastard sword” is already pedantic, but the term was most definitely not Victorian. But there’s so little information I can find on the term linguistically and it doesn’t come up in contemporary manual, that the term simply isn’t very useful. The Ledall roll (15th century English longsword source) doesn’t speak of the “bastard sword” either.
I already spilled a small river of ink explaining this, so I won’t continue on that tack, since it has nothing to do with the rest of the discussion.
I do HEMA. I am qualified to talk about this. So uhhh, no, all of that is completely 100% wrong.
Another person put together this image and it concisely sums up the point:
https://imgur.com/a/SvgFtA9
“Bastard sword” is a very specific french term, but WMA/HEMA types almost never use the term, simply preferring to generically call it a long sword. If pressed, they’ll note it’s a *compact* longsword.
Gary Gygax mostly called one-handed arming swords “long swords” for D&D and the term stuck in nerd circles, but martial artists reserve the term for two-handed swords that are not greatswords (e.g. Zweihanders).
None of these weapons are the least bit slow. They’re comparable to the tachi in size. Katanas in the contemporary sense are actually shorter and simply get smoked at a distance, which is probably why Musashi always recommended using tachi, because Musashi was unsportsmanlike like that.
It’s not even hard. Smaller weapons aren’t “faster” because real life doesn’t work like attack speed stats out of video games. Your ability to get in the first hit is more a function of your gait and your reach. So I can basically kill the average katana-user with a longsword just by keeping out of measure and just vaguely swinging. Which will probably cause most amateurs to lose simply because they now have no fingers.
Greatswords aren’t really slow in the way you’d expect. They really on momentum to get going, but once they’re going, they’re frighteningly fast and it’s hard to practice with them in earnest because of the momentum they build. And they’re no less agile. It just takes more stamina and functional strength to keep up.
Basically, they’ll take your head off before you can get within reach, which is why ultra-large swords tended enjoy status as bodyguarding weapons throughout history. And were also used to screen objectives and keep people from mobbing it. (Flanks and battle standards.)
I also am not joking about swords being finger-eaters. Fingers and forearms are the most common forms of tag-hits in competition because it really is that cheap, lazy, boring and dumb.
It’s also why katanas are kind of frigging scary. Not because the weapon is itself especially deadly, but because their relative shortness for at two-handed weapon and their lack of hand protection probably makes it very easy to lose fingers if you don’t know what you’re doing. To the point that kendoka looks utterly foreign to me because it’s purposed to a different set of priorities than longsword fighting.
It’s why these gloves excite me:
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That’s a price a lot of diehard enthusiasts are absolutely willing to pay.
Thank you 😄
For a moment, I thought that in your fan-fic she was going to accidentally chop through the entire apple tree, nearly crushing the entire circle of boys
Aw man. Where were you when I wrote that? That would have been hilarious haha. I should have done that XD
I’m slightly discouraged to say this after reading through the in-depth discussion of what swords are, but wouldn’t it be much more difficult to slice a falling apple horizontally than diagonally? Putting aside actually taking the time to calculate its trajectory.