Although Ogata has not stopped what he is doing, he has been quietly listening to the chatting of his colleagues.

- Lord ...... Matsudaira Gennai......

Matsudaira Gennai - The current daimyo of the Hirose Domain, the lord of Ogata.

Ogata was a samurai of the Hirose Domain.

And Matsudaira Gennai, as the daimyo of the Hirose Domain and the ruler of the Hirose Domain, is naturally the lord of the Ogata Domain, and the lord of the Ogata who has to protect and support them even if they risk their lives.

Gennai Matsudaira is a young daimyo who is only 23 years old this year.

Although he was young, since he took over the mantle of his deceased father two years ago and became the new ruler of the Hirose Domain, Gennai Matsudaira has shown his ...... The brutal nature of the book.

When Matsudaira Genu's father was still alive, Matsudaira Gennai's brutal nature was still somewhat restrained.

But after his father died and no one could point a finger at him, Matsudaira Genuchi completely revealed his brutal side.

In just 2 years, there are countless ridiculous and cruel acts from him.

......

......

Ogata didn't pay much attention to the chats of his colleagues.

After all—he was just a low-ranking samurai with a mere 50 koku a year.

Not in his position, not in his politics – this has always been Ogata's way of life.

That's why he doesn't care what ridiculous things his lord has done.

He's just a small junior samurai, and Ogata doesn't need to worry about this kind of thing at all.

Ogata just wants to keep doing his job.

It's up to the big guys to figure out how to solve the problem of the lord's brutality.

......

......

The sky is starting to turn a little yellow.

Dusk has come.

Now that dusk is here, it means that Ogata can get off work.

After quickly packing up everything on the case, and saying hello to the colleagues who were still slowly tidying up the table, Xu Yi left quickly.

He hurried to the Sakakihara Sword Hall.

Every day after work, he goes to the Sakakibara Sword Museum to practice swordsmanship—this is what Ogata must do every day.

Ogata wasn't very familiar with the system in his head yet.

So, Ogata has quietly made plans to test the functions of the system little by little, using his brothers and sisters as "test subjects" in the Sakakibara Sword Hall.

Holding the two swords on his left waist, Ogata quickly ran to the Sakakihara Sword Hall.

At present, there are not many people who come to the sword hall to practice swords.

These are the only people who are not very familiar with Ogata.

Seeing that no acquaintances were present, Ogata was a little disappointed.

But he quickly picked himself up.

Although no acquaintances were present, Ogata had an experiment that could be carried out even without acquaintances.

Putting away his saber and picking a random wooden sword, Ogata slowly walked to a corner of the sword hall.

Pose the next part of the air in front of you.

After adjusting his breathing, he let out a loud sigh.

With this loud shout from himself, Ogata performed the only upward move in Sakakihara's sword flow - ascending the stairs.

Ascending the stairs - the only upward pick technique in Sakakihara's one-knife stream.

Sakakiwara has a total of 4 sword skills.

They are-

Thrust - Bird Thorn.

Lower Splitting Technique - Water Fall.

Horizontal Slash - Dragon Tail.

Ascend the stairs.

There are no bells and whistles.

There are only these 4 sword skills that are simple and unpretentious, but extremely practical.

Climbing the stairs is Ogata's worst sword skill.

What he is best at is water falling, followed by bird thorns, then dragon tails, and the least good thing is climbing the stairs.

As he ascended the stairs to the air in front of him, Ogata clearly felt a sense of incongruity in his body.

This is a testament to the lack of proficiency in swordsmanship.

"It's going to take a lot of practice......"

After muttering in a volume that only he could hear, Ogata moved his muscles and bones, and then continued to practice Sakakihara's swordsmanship in front of him.

……

……

"Hey, look."

"Ogata-kun is so serious today......"

"yes, I think he's been practicing alone for a long time......"

"Okay, Ogatata-kun is so serious, then as a senior brother, I can't slack off."

……

Since entering the Sword Pavilion, Xu Yi has been practicing hard alone frantically, attracting the sideways glances of the brothers in the Sword Pavilion.

While everyone praised Ogata's diligence, they were also motivated by Ogata's diligence and began to practice their swordsmanship in a more serious manner.

……

……

After going up the stairs for an unknown number of times to the air in front of him, Ogata paused, raising his hand to wipe the beads of sweat that were about to drip down his chin.

At this moment, a familiar system prompt sounded in my head:

【Ding! Practice hard "Sakakiwara Ichito-ryu" and gain 10 experience points for swordsmanship "Sakakiwara Ichi-stoo-ryu"

【Sakakiwara Ichito-ryu Level: 4 Stages (30/700)】

After the sound in his head fell, Ogata's face was filled with uncontrollable joy.

muttered in a low voice:

"Succeeded......"

The reason why Ogata practiced swordsmanship alone just now was to do an experiment.

Experiment - if you can gain experience points by practicing swordsmanship alone without defeating or killing others.

And now, the results of the experiment are in—and it's totally possible.

Merely...... The benefits are simply too low.

Ogata swung his sword until he was sweating and his hands were about to go limp, which increased Sakakiwara's experience by 10 points.

And it only adds experience points for swordsmanship, not for personal level experience points.

In this way, it is not cost-effective to upgrade your personal level and sword skill level by practicing alone.

- If you want to level up quickly, you really have to compete with others......

Ogata said this secretly in his heart, while the clothes on his body wiped the sweat and adjusted his breathing.

At that moment—a male voice that was quite familiar to Ogata sounded behind him:

"Ogata-senpai, good evening."

The person who spoke was none other than the person who had the best relationship with Ogata in the entire Sakakibara Sword Museum - Ogata's junior brother Makino.

"Makino." Ogata smiled and replied, "Good evening, you're so late today." ”

"Ugh." Makino smiled helplessly, "I was delayed on the way because of some things. ”

"In that case, don't waste your time, come and fight with me."

"Oh?" Makino raised his eyebrows, "Ogata-senpai is fighting hard today." Okay, you wait for me, I'll go get the wooden knife. ”

……

……

Ogata is in a mid-section position, and Makino is also in a mid-section stance.

Both stared at each other.

Although Ogata is much stronger than Makino in terms of swordsmanship, it is not strong enough to crush Makino.

If you are negligent for a while, you may also lose at the hands of Makino.

After an unknown amount of time in such a confrontation, Makino was the first to let out a loud shout, casting Sakakihara's sword-flowing dragon tail, and the tip of the sword swept towards the back of Ogata's right hand.

Ogata, on the other hand, took half a step back with great agility and dodged Makino's sword.

After dodging Makino's sword, he stepped forward, closing the distance between the two again.

As he narrowed the distance between the two, Ogata raised the wooden sword high, and then slashed downward.

The blade of the wooden sword stopped just a finger's distance from the tip of Makino's nose.

"Ogata-senpai......" Makino smiled wryly, "You've won again." ”

【Ding! Defeat the enemy with Sakakiwara Sword: Water Fall]

[Gain 20 personal experience points, 20 experience points for swordsmanship "Sakakiwara Ichitori"

[Current personal level: LV8 (70/700)]

[Sakakiwara Ichito-ryu Level: 4 Stages (50/700)]

Joy appeared on Ogata's face again.