Chapter 10: Koshiro

Despite despising Honoré's character, Becker would not be angry with a little girl, chatting with Eugenie and inquiring about news of the dojo. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Eugenie was not surprised to know that Becker wanted to go to the dojo, in this era of precariousness and rampant pirates, swordsmanship and other technologies that can provide protection for themselves are just needed, if there is a swordsmanship dojo near the village, most of the people with financial conditions will send their children to learn a few swordsmanship in order to protect themselves at a critical moment, especially for men who are interested in the sea.

The Sword Dojo in Frostmoon Village is quite famous in the vicinity, and Becker is not the first teenager to come here to learn swordsmanship, and he may not be the last.

The ashram was located outside the village, and Eugenie led Becker out of the village, through a chessboard-like patchwork of paddy fields, and in the distance he saw a large courtyard.

The courtyard resembles the Japanese architectural style that Becker had seen in his previous life, and a layer of fence firmly protects the entire courtyard, from which a neat slogan is faintly heard.

Becker and Eugenie came to the front of the courtyard, and there were two teenagers standing at the main entrance, leaning against the gate and laughing, when they saw the two, especially the girl Eugenie, they quickly stood up straight, trying to make a serious and mature appearance.

One of the teenagers, with short burgundy hair, coughed and asked, "Is there anything wrong with you?" ”

"I'm from out of town, and I've heard the name of this dojo, so I came here to visit it." Becker replied aloud, and Eugenie hid behind him early, and he didn't know how Eugenie usually greeted guests with such an introverted personality.

"Visit?" He didn't look much older than Becker, but the red-haired boy of fifteen or sixteen years old rubbed his chin, looked at Becker very seriously, and then waved his hand in a rather general manner: "Then come in, I'll show you two around." ”

After saying this, he ignored his companion and beckoned Becker and Eugenie into the courtyard.

The other boy standing at the gate seemed to be a little embarrassed to speak because of Eugenie, and kept watching his companion make his own decision in a daze, until the group was far away, and he reacted and ran to find the adults in the dojo.

Walking into the courtyard, Becker realized that not only the outside world, but also the interior layout of this ashram is very similar to Japanese architecture, with small trees, water bowls, stone wells, and mountain rocks, forming a rather Zen courtyard.

The red-haired boy swaggered and led the two of them into the courtyard, as if he suddenly remembered something, and asked with a big grin, "What are the names of you two?" ”

"Eugenie." Eugenie replied and continued to walk silently with her head bowed.

"Becker, what's your name?" Becker smiled, he didn't mind walking a little longer with this reckless-looking teenager, clichés, and getting to know more about this place from this person's mouth before the adults of the dojo came.

"My name is Edmund, and you're going to call me Senior Brother in the future." Edmund's tone was a little smug.

"Oh? I'm not sure I'm going to study at this ashram yet, and I can't afford it if it's too expensive. Becker said half-truthfully.

"Don't worry, it's not expensive." Edmund grinned and pointed out his hand to the outside of the fence, "The large paddy field outside the courtyard belongs to the teacher's family, and the teacher will only charge a small amount of tuition and miscellaneous fees for the children studying here, as well as clothing and food, if you don't eat here, you don't have to pay for the food." ”

"Clothing must be expensive, right?" In the previous life, similar institutions also had a large part of their income for clothing.

"If you don't dislike it, you can use the old clothes left by the previous students in the dojo, which is free of charge."

Becker frowned, asked Edmond about the tuition again, and found that it was really not much.

He calculated, the proprietress Mary funded some Bailey, even because the tavern had just been robbed, the proprietress family was shy and did not provide much, but this money as tuition was enough to support himself to study in the dojo for a long time, if he found a job again, part-time work and study, then it should not be a problem to study in the dojo for a few years.

Becker feels that the owner of this dojo is not like an ordinary person, but is simply doing charity with good intentions? Or is it quite big?

"Then there must be a lot of students in this dojo? There have been a lot of great masters, right? ”

"There are some children who can't endure hardships and stop studying, and some of them go home when they learn enough to defend themselves, and there aren't many people in the dojo who insist on practicing." Edmund spoke of people who couldn't endure hardship and went home with some disdain.

That is, there have been no masters for the time being? Becker had a sudden, but he didn't have a better choice than this dojo for the time being, it was better to be taught by someone than to touch an elephant blindly, and he asked again, "How long have you been studying in the dojo?" ”

Edmund was stunned when he heard this, lowered his head and snapped his fingers very seriously, and looked up after a while: "I came to the dojo at the age of twelve, and it has been five years now. ”

It turned out that this child was sixteen years old, Becker thought to himself, and complimented him casually: "I didn't expect you to study in the dojo for so long, then your swordsmanship must be very good." ”

Edmund didn't understand Becker's words as a compliment, and boasted: "Except for the teacher, there are few people in the dojo who are my opponents." ”

Hearing this, Becker flattered with a professional smile.

"Well," Edmund tried to make a hero's lonely look of embarrassment, "I'll tell you ......." ”

"Edmond!"

Before Edmond finished speaking, a loud shout suddenly came from behind Becker and the others, and an adult man in a kimono strode from behind, and Edmund saw him subconsciously shrink his neck.

The man was nearly thirty years old, with a beard and a tall figure, and he came to the three Becker in a few steps and pinched Edmund's ears: "Some people come to the dojo to study, why don't you take them to see the teacher, why do you take them to hang out?" ”

Edmund screamed "oops", his beard didn't use much force, he dodged with a slight struggle, jumped back, rubbed his ears, and grinned and said: "As their future senior brother, what happened to me and took my junior brother to familiarize myself with the place where I learned and trained in advance?" ”

The bearded man didn't bother to pay attention to him, turned to face Becker and Eugenie, and said with a smile: "Are you two here to learn swordsmanship?" ”

Becker replied, "I'm alone, sir." ”

The beard raised his eyebrows, glanced at Becker, and then fell on Eugenie, and said abruptly: "It turned out to be Eugenie." ”

The Honoré Tavern is quite famous in Frostmoon Village, and there are people in the dojo who have been there, including the beard, so they recognize Eugenie, who works in the tavern.

The beard knew a little about Honoré's reputation, and had some pity for Eugenie, and his expression and tone were much softer, and he took Becker and Eugenie to find the master of the dojo, during which he heard the news that Becker was temporarily staying in the Honoré Tavern, and felt that Becker might not last long in the dojo.

Edmund also came up to him, and went with Becker to find the master of the dojo.

The group came to the largest house in the courtyard, and through the open wooden door saw a large and empty hall, where more than a dozen children younger than Becker were wearing training clothes and holding bamboo knives, and were constantly doing basic training under the slogan of the only elderly person in the house.

Becker took off his shoes with his beard and walked into the hall to the master of the dojo who was directing the students' training.

The students in the dojo were all dressed in green training uniforms, Becker and Eugenie looked a little dazzling, and the training in the room was a group of children, and the attention was quickly focused on the outsiders.

Koshiro, who commanded the training of the group of children, sighed and ordered them to rest for a while, only to see the group of bear children cheering and running away in the blink of an eye, leaving only two curious people lying outside the door of the house to watch the movement in the house.

He didn't care about the child who was probing his brain, and observed Becker while listening to the beard introduce the situation about Becker that he had asked about Becker on the road before.

Becker also looked at Koshiro, the master of the dojo, tall and thin, with round-framed glasses, and a smile on his face from beginning to end, Koshiro looked more like a teacher than a swordsman, I don't know if it was because of myopia, his eyes were always habitually narrowed.

Perhaps because of some information he had learned from Edmund before, Becker always felt that Koshiro, who looked like a good gentleman, was not as simple as it seemed.

However, Koshiro was not simple, and it was impossible to see through Becker's soul, knowing that he was a time-traveler and treating him differently, he bowed his head and bowed his head, but he heard that he was staying at the Honoré Tavern for a while and looked at it twice, and then, like other new students before, talked a little according to the normal process, paid the tuition, and received the training clothes.

Edmund has always been quite enthusiastic about running before and after, and when Koshiro saw this, he simply asked him to take Becker to familiarize himself with the training plan of the courtyard and the dojo during this time, and he could also point out some swordsmanship knowledge to Becker in the future.

It was not too early to finish the day, and since he was outside the village, although it was not far away, Becker was not very relieved, so he returned to the tavern with Eugenie.