a request.
for @dalseungyeon
There was a rumor floating around that he had heard. Perhaps it was none of his business, but he couldn’t help but to be interested in it. He knew from his childhood and from his father’s stories that upperclass women or samurai wives were often skilled with knives and swords, but he hadn’t really heard of a woman here having any skill as far as swordplay was concerned.
He couldn’t help in that case but to approach the subject of the rumor, a young lady known as Bae Seungyeon. It wasn’t often that he was able to approach daughters of other families for personal reasons, but even a had his ways. Or more like, he knew where to find her in particular. Maybe he thought that he was excused from some customs due to his foreign title. However he had done it, he had managed to find her alone.
“Little birds told me a secret,” he began quietly, “about you. It’s not really proper for a lady to be practicing the sword, is it?”
His voice trailed off as he approached her, and he extended his hand out, a sheathed blade in it for her to take. His eyes narrowed slightly in curiosity as he studied her face as he spoke. It was hard to discern from Kiyomitsu’s voice if he was being threatening or not, his voice actually lacking any sort of strong emotion. His father had been helping him to work on that.
“Part of me doesn’t even believe them. So, go on. Show me. Can you dance with a sword?”
