3
Masanori
The twins left the royal wing in pursuit of the armoury and training yards on the opposite side of the palace, dodging nobles and servants as they wove through the halls. Masanori’s hands twitched with the restraint of not touching his new naginata. In his obi now hung two weapons; his family’s Jouten, the katana, and now Seishinito, the naginata, accompanied the legendary sword. A gift from his mother, a gift from the most powerful woman in Seiryuu.
How Masanori had come so far in such a short time stunned him. He always knew he was meant to be a warrior, but with all the rules thrust upon him, he never imagined his world turning around like this, and so soon.
In Seishinito’s shrunken form, the naginata weighed about the same as when it was full-length, a curious feature, l
