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Table of Contents

Cover

Color Illustration

Prologue — Lightning Slasher

Chapter 1 — The Baby-Faced Immortal Swordmaster

Chapter 2 — The Prince Who Dances with Shadows

Side Story — Colic and a Walk Among the Stars

Afterword

Bonus Short Story

About J-Novel Club

Prologue — Lightning Slasher

It was only meant to be a bit of harmless fun. A demonstration, mixed with a

little instruction.

“If you’re ready, sir.”

“Very well. Make your move.”

A young man and an old gentleman faced one another with their swords,

standing on the palace training field. The two men prepared to fight as a group

of dignitaries, led by the king, looked on. Even the least observant of the

onlookers couldn’t miss that the two had wildly different levels of equipment.

The older gentleman was protected by metal armor that covered him from

head to toe. He carried a magic sword in one hand and a shield in the other. He

was, in essence, fully equipped, ready to stride onto the battlefield in the event

that a war was to suddenly break out. By way of contrast, the young man was

poorly equipped. He wore simple clothing, woven straw shoes, and a wooden

training sword.

Youth alone wasn’t enough to make up for such an obvious gulf in equipment.

The knight himself wasn’t simply an old knight. He was the Grand Commander

of the Royal Guard, still regarded as the greatest warrior in the kingdom despite

his age. Known as the “Thunder Knight” due to his skill with lightning magic, the

king placed his absolute trust in his skills.

No one watching expected it to be much of a fight.

“Thunder Ray!”

Lightning lanced from the tip of the longsword. Unleashed with all of the

elderly knight’s hard-won skill and precision, the bolt dissipated harmlessly as it

struck the spot where the young man had been standing a moment earlier.

“Impressive, sir.”

By the time the spell had fired, the young man was no longer in the same