The silver blade glinted sharply.

The sword slid smoothly through the hide, as if piercing a pudding with a fork. But the result was far from peaceful.

Sshk.

The monster’s head flew into the air.

The lifeless head spun around, scattering blood in all directions.

“Ah.”

I made a mistake.

The original plan was to cleanly sever the head from the body, but I had been distracted mid-swing and applied too much force.

Now my body was sticky with blood…

I grumbled as I half-heartedly wiped the blood off myself.

“Kana! Don’t say such things so carelessly!”

“Here we go …