7th Floor, Room No.4

Oh, new guests? Don't be shy. Come in. I'm not going to eat you.

Fou, fou.

I know what you're trying to say, Senpai, but that's not the same thing. Also, I heard rappers are a thing of the past!

Oh? You know of my work, kid!? Then I definitely hafta treat you nice!

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Still... I can't believe we're seeing Cú Chulainn here, Senpai.

Like Leonidas, I don't think he's a Heroic Spirit that should be here in this apartment.

Mm? What, you know my True Name? Then there is no need to hide my face either.

There. I was suffocating under that hood. Also far too formal when I am gambling.

So sit, honored guests. Which game do you desire?

Cards? Dice? Roulette? Or a rousing game of backgammon?

...Gambling... D-don't tell me...

Shiki! What's the complaint from the neighborhood residents!?

"It's noisy with zombies milling around after midnight. They appear to be bawling and with no clothes on," it says.

Well, typical apartment gambling. No problem. That's a matter that requires an arrest.

Cú Chulainn, don't tell me you're...

I'm afraid so. I had too much free time, so my hobby became extreme and I began running a casino☆

I mean, I am Caster class, after all. When I hold this staff, manipulating the dice is just too easy...

That's illegal gambling! You're using your precious Druid abilities to load some dice!?

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Ah... Oh, that? To be honest, that was the cause...

It is not as if I settled here of my own volition. I got into a quarrel with my mentor.

I can't leave just yet. When I told her, "Act your age," I was hit with the full force of her fury.

I tell you, I haven't mixed it up with my mentor like that since I was her disciple in the Land of Shadows!

There was also Fergus, Ferdia, and I believe 20 others. My mentor announced it out of the blue. As a final test.

"All of you, slay me right now. If you cannot, you will die. For I am going to slaughter the lot of you."

That's what she said. I suppose it was to weed out the weaker warriors, but I wish she hadn't been that serious.

Oh, you've fought her before somewhere?! What a misfortune!

If we hadn't, neither Uncle Fergus, Ferdia nor I would have been around to become Heroic Spirits.

It took all of us. Normally, she would have beaten us.

But the thing is, afterwards... She easily wiped us out...

Don't tell anyone I told you this, understand? That woman hides one side of her true character.

"You have done well. You fools have finally become half-fledged warriors. But... I still have one stage of transformation left."

That's what she said before sending us flying. I'm telling you, we were like scraps of paper.

...And this time was like a reenactment of that. She laid waste to my Wicker Man.

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Long story short, I lost to my mentor and was imprisoned here.

She told me to think about what I did for a while. Treating me like the monkey in that story...

You mean China's famous story of the Five Elements Mountain, with the Monkey King?

I sympathize with your situation, Cú Chulainn, but I think you're also to blame.

You should never casually bring up a woman's age. Especially if she cares about what people think of her.

That is a fine warning! One that'll stick, as it was given by a true beauty!

What do you say we set aside the gambling and turn to another pursuit? My bedroom door is wide open to young beauties!

Kyuu, fouuu!

Mm. My thoughts exactly, Fou. "A lazy warrior should have it cut off and cauterized by yon pike."

Yikes!

Y-you're Mistress Scáthach!?

I am not the strongest, most beautiful warrior of Celtic legend, but only a nameless Kunoichi who skulks in the darkness.

Well, this is Japan. I suppose it's to be expected. Then, you are welcome here. We'll cooperate with you however we can.

I am grateful. Die, Cú Chulainn! Die two or three times a day!

What!? Why!? Who are you!? There is no Cú Chulainn here!

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