The Sword Saint Featival 4, A Calm Break

As Mitsuna slept on her bed in a position fully focused on comfort with a bit of drool on the sheets, she was suddenly awoken by a knock on the door.

"Uweh?"

Was the sound she made as she was shocked awake.

"Ughh..."

Turning around in bed and looking at the ceiling, Mitsuna rubbed her eyes and stood up.

Yawning as she got dressed with a pair of short black jeans, her black shirt and her sweater. Making a pair of comfy black sneakers, she made some socks with her [Silksong] skill so it would be more comfortable.

'Today is just one tiresome day, I can feel it.'

Making the shoes and socks took a few minutes, but she didn't really mind. The person behind the door seemed to mind though as the knocking grew louder.

Walking towards the door, Mitsuna opened it to see a familiar face.

...

I saw the battle that Mitsuna took part in and I have to say that I am astounded.

I never knew someone who looked so little and cute could be so deadly when drinking.

My heart almost stopped just as fast as all the others' when Mitsuna got stabbed over 4 times.

And I felt shocked when I could still see her moving.

She absolutely decimated her competition even after getting hit so much. She did spare some people, even some of the people who stabbed her.

She did win in the end even when quite a few of the Soldiers were alive and right after the portal opened and she walked through, she pushed the medical staff away and went to drink. It even showed that far in the video, 'between round clips' or BRCs as some from the new continents call them.

Honestly, I can't really get a grasp on Mitsuna.

I would like to think of her as a friend, but she seems rather... unstable?

Murder is like nothing to her yet she can talk kindly to anyone whom she has made plans with.

At least I think?

I don't even know if that alcohol smell is connected to any man or she just likes to drink... a lot.

But I shoved those thoughts away and went to call Mitsuna down.

'She is probably hungry.'

Was what I thought as the last bracket just started and the sun was just about to set.

I walked to her room and knocked on her door.

I could hear a bit of shuffling with a small groan but dismissed it.

A minute passed so I knocked again.

The constant shuffling continued.

'Does she actually have a man? But she looks a little too young.'

I hesitantly knocked on the door a little louder than before.

Still no answer of any kind.

'Maybe it's not her significant other but a robber? There was that sort of incident with her a while ago.'

"M-Mitsuna?"

I silently asked as I knocked on the door again.

After a few seconds, I thought of going downstairs to get some extra keys and going in myself.

Just as I thought that, I realized that I no longer heard the shuffling. Instead, I could now hear footsteps getting closer.

I waited at the door as a bead of sweat ran down the side of my face.

'She's probably fine... just a bit drunk again, maybe?'

I started to slightly panic as the footsteps stopped and the door was unlocked and opened.

Peeking out was the same person I had eaten with.

Her hair looked ruffled, she slightly smelled of alcohol yet for some reason it didn't seem like she had had anything to drink. Interestingly enough, the smell gave her this slight grown-up air. She was wearing a long-sleeved turtleneck sweater that blocked most of the bottom half of her face, some shoes that seemed to be similar to a brand in the new continents and short black jeans.

"Mornin' Magny."

"Good morning Mitsuna."

She seemed just fine.

...

'A pleasant surprise, I think it should be about nighttime now. I guess that my morning greeting was rather wrong.'

"Do you need something Magny?"

"Not really. The last bracket round is taking place now and they'll announce the participants for the finals soon. I thought maybe we could have something to eat while listening."

"Sure, I'm ready to go now if you're free."

"I'll ask my boss."

"I'll be waiting near the reception then."

As Magny went to search for her boss and Mitsuna went downstairs, all eyes landed on her again.

A few people stood up to go talk to her but a single uninterested and annoyed glance at them before they could even speak would shoot them down.

'I hope that every guy I meet won't be like this. My subordinate aspects would fall horribly.'

Mitsuna sat at her table, leaning her head on her open palm while looking outside at the sky.

'It's really late out.'