"Here it is, Your Highness. A model sword crafted by the finest artisan, modeled after Xiang Yu's Longchuan Sword."

"Oh, excellent! You've done well, Bernhardt!"

In the luxuriously decorated, spacious room of the imperial palace, a large subordinate resembling a bear handed over a toy to a black-haired boy. Grinning, the boy accepted it and then, in a somewhat serious voice, demanded a status report.

"How is the current progress on the Dark Swordsman training project? Is it proceeding smoothly?"

"Of course. Although we cannot yet perfectly replicate the martial arts from Farewell to the Conqueror, the concept of a …