StatusNameGi Go AmatsukiRaceGoblinLevel2ClassDuke; Wandering SwordsmanPossessed SkillsSword Mastery A-; Purple Flash; Forsake; Sense; A Master Swordsman's Proof; Silent Nature; VeteranDivine ProtectionSword GodAttributesNoneAbnormal StatusSworn to Spare; Sword God's Control
Gi Go and Yoshu stayed in the yugushiva village for the next 10 days.
Yoshu's medicine gradually helped the village overcome the dark cloud of illnesses that covered it, illuminating a ray of hope into the village.
Yoshu concocted his medicine day after day, while Gi Go would go out to play with the children and hunt.
One day, Yustia's mother visited them.
"I'm sorry for my behavior the other day," she said while Yustia quietly kept her head bowed. It seems it was her mother that had business with them.
"Thank you for saving my tribe," Yustia's mother said. "I thought of giving you something as thanks in return, but this is a village out in the sticks, after all, so... If it's not too much trouble, may I first know what reason you came to this village?"
Gi Go and Yoshu glanced at each other. This woman's behavior had changed so suddenly, but no matter how much they looked at her face, it seemed just like a block of ice, emotionless and unchanging.
She must've come to ascertain our intentions, Yoshu thought as he answered her. "This person here is Mr. Gi Go. He is a swordsman who has traveled away from home to hone his skills."
Yoshu explained that they came here after hearing tales of the yugushiva's skill with the sword, and that they hoped to have a duel with one of their esteemed swordsmen.
A troubled look faintly surfaced on Yustia's mother. She turned to Yustia, but she was wholeheartedly looking at Gi Go and Yoshu.
Sighing, she spoke. "Our tribe is indeed better with the sword compared to the flatlanders of the south, but unfortunately, the men of our tribe have either passed or been gravely wounded. All that's left of our tribe now are children and women."
Indeed, whenever Gi Go took a walk around the village, he felt there was too many children compared to the men.
"But Ms. Yustia is—" Yoshu said.
"This girl is still a child. Someone who only knows how to flail about with brute strength isn't an adult," she said.
"Please let us think a bit," Yoshu said.
Gi Go and Yoshu made a difficult face as they became thoughtful. Meanwhile, Yustia and her mother excused themselves.
"What should we do?" Yoshu asked.
Yoshu felt they were indirectly being asked to leave.
"If there's nothing they can give us, we should go," Gi Go said. "There might be something else to these lands, who knows."
The two spent time gathering their thoughts, but in the end, they couldn't come up with another answer.
The next day, they decided to leave and return to the king. Yoshu had always intended to return after a year and Gi Go himself would rather see the king again if he had nowhere else to go.
After preparing their luggage, the two immediately left the village. The village kids that Gi Go have been playing with all this time saw them off. The kids were in low spirits now that Gi Go was leaving, so Gi Go patted them each on the head before going his way.
After a day's walk from the yugushiva village, Gi Go and Yoshu made camp along the path Yustia had taught them under the shade of a large tree. But just when Gi Go was about to go hunt as usual, a voice called out to him, stopping him in his tracks.
