𝑩𝑨𝑰𝑲𝑬𝑵

ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ❝ 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒'𝑠 𝑛𝑜 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝑜𝑟 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠.. 𝐽𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇. ❞ ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ

⠀⠀⠀༺ Nah, don't worry, don't ⠀⠀⠀stress too much—you'll see ⠀⠀⠀we won't have any problems, ⠀⠀⠀though the trip might turn ⠀⠀⠀out to be a bit more lively ⠀⠀⠀than you're used to, ha ha ha! ༻ 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘱 𝘶𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦... 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦... 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘯 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦. ⠀⠀⠀༺ Since we’ll be traveling ⠀⠀⠀companions, I suppose the ⠀⠀⠀fair thing to do to start with ⠀⠀⠀is to introduce myself. ⠀⠀⠀Musashi Miyamoto, it’s a ⠀⠀⠀pleasure! ༻

𝘚𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯’𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘴𝘮, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦. ⠀⠀　༺ People like this are the ⠀⠀　ones who prove to be ⠀⠀　formidable adversaries... ⠀⠀　All right, I’ve made up ⠀⠀　my mind! ⠀⠀　It might be a bit sudden, ⠀⠀　but would you mind if I joined ⠀⠀　you on your journey for a while? ⠀⠀　Even though I’ve only just ⠀⠀　met you, you’re the only ⠀⠀　guide I could have around ⠀⠀　here. ༻

𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘳𝘮 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘸. ⠀⠀　༺ Geez... I guess that was the ⠀⠀　case... ⠀⠀　Well, I don’t blame you if you ⠀⠀　want revenge for that... ⠀⠀　But I’m more surprised that ⠀⠀　you’ve taken this on—I mean... ⠀⠀　Knowing the dangers, your ⠀⠀　sword technique must be ⠀⠀　pretty good in that case. ༻

Artoria ⠀ stood ⠀ up. ⠀ She ⠀⠀ had ⠀⠀ finished ⠀⠀ eating, ⠀ and ⠀ an ⠀ hour ⠀⠀ had ⠀⠀ already ⠀⠀ passed. ❝ All ⠀ right, ⠀ we ⠀⠀ must ⠀ continue. ⠀ I’ll ⠀ do my best ⠀ to ⠀⠀ have ⠀ all ⠀ the ⠀ information ready for our ⠀⠀ next ⠀⠀ meeting. ❞

⠀ ♛ ⠀ ،،̲⠀⠀𝔗𝗛𝗜𝗥𝗗 𝐄𝗦𝐏𝗔𝐃𝐀 ┈┈⠀⠀ ≋ ᵃⁿᵈ 𝐀𝐋𝐖𝐀𝐘𝐒 C͟𝐀͟𝐋͟𝐌 T͟𝕆 S͟T͟𝐑͟𝐈͟𝐊͟𝐄 ︶꒷꒦ 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐌𝐘 𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐄 ! ◇ 𝐎𝐂𝐄𝐀𝐍’𝗦 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋 S͟𝐓͟𝐀͟𝐍͟𝐃͟𝐒 彡 ᅠ⠀

Everything else..

how boring

⠀ 𝘎𝘶𝘭𝘱 𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘱 𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘱 . . ❪ 🫧 ❫ ⠀

-I understand that the king was raised by his own maids. I see he was well brought up; in my kingdom, I spent more time giving orders than anything else.

❝ The ⠀⠀ food? ⠀⠀ No, ⠀⠀ the ⠀⠀ king ⠀⠀ is ⠀⠀ making ⠀⠀ it. ⠀⠀ He ⠀⠀ knew ⠀⠀ we'd ⠀⠀ be ⠀⠀ training, ⠀⠀ so ⠀⠀ he ⠀⠀ took ⠀⠀ care ⠀⠀ of ⠀⠀ everything. ❞

❝ I’ll ⠀⠀ get ⠀⠀ the ⠀⠀ necessary ⠀⠀ information, ⠀⠀ and ⠀⠀ we’ll ⠀⠀ give ⠀⠀ it ⠀⠀ a ⠀⠀ try. ❞

It ⠀⠀ seems ⠀⠀ the ⠀⠀ Maiden's ⠀ Pact ⠀⠀ can ⠀⠀ only be ⠀⠀ enacted ⠀⠀ by ⠀⠀ a ⠀⠀ specific ⠀⠀ type of ⠀⠀ king, ⠀⠀ and ⠀⠀ I ⠀⠀ don't ⠀⠀ fall ⠀⠀ into ⠀⠀ that category. ⠀⠀ I'd ⠀⠀ have ⠀⠀ to ⠀⠀ ask ⠀⠀ the king for more ⠀⠀ details. ❞

there ⠀⠀ are ⠀⠀ certain ⠀ requirements ⠀⠀ and boundaries ⠀⠀ you ⠀ can't ⠀ cross—like ⠀⠀ immortality, ⠀ not ⠀ being ⠀ able ⠀⠀ to ⠀⠀ lie, ⠀⠀ and things ⠀⠀ like ⠀⠀ that. ⠀ Plus, ⠀⠀ it ⠀⠀ lets ⠀⠀ me ⠀⠀ use ⠀⠀ my ⠀⠀ companions' ⠀⠀ powers. ❞

⠀ He’s ⠀⠀ a ⠀⠀ prince, ⠀⠀ the ⠀⠀ son ⠀⠀ of ⠀⠀ the ⠀⠀ man ⠀⠀ with ⠀⠀ whom ⠀⠀ I ⠀⠀ made ⠀⠀ the ⠀⠀ pact. ⠀⠀ A ⠀⠀ king ⠀⠀ I ⠀⠀ met ⠀⠀ when ⠀⠀ I ⠀⠀ was ⠀⠀ still ⠀⠀ a ⠀⠀ bounty ⠀⠀ hunter. ❞

❝ Even ⠀⠀ though ⠀⠀ I’ve ⠀⠀ already ⠀⠀ lived ⠀⠀ for ⠀⠀ thousands ⠀⠀ of ⠀⠀ years, ⠀⠀ I ⠀⠀ won’t ⠀⠀ die ⠀⠀ as ⠀⠀ time ⠀⠀ passes ⠀⠀ because ⠀⠀ of ⠀⠀ the ⠀⠀ maiden’s ⠀⠀ pact. ❞

-We grow up quickly, then age very slowly. Some live to be over 430 years old. But after a certain point, they age almost overnight.