I picked up my sword for the first time in a while.

"…"

I needed to progress, to move forward.

People become lazy if they stay in one place for too long, so I had taken up the sword and entered a meditative state.

Yes, meditation…

"Ugh…"

Medi—

"Ughhh!"

‘Ah, here we go again.’

I sighed deeply and looked at the lady, who was wildly flailing her arms around. It had been a while since I tried meditating, but she was, as usual, interrupting me.

"Lady." "Mmnya." "I'm meditating right now." "Yup. You’re doing great." "..."

I closed my eyes …