"Okay, since Cox's wound has been cured and you have woken up, we should go back to the dojo as well."

Koshiro got up and was about to leave, then suddenly remembered something and pointed at a corner of the ward and said,

"You bring that knife back."

Looking in the direction of Koshiro's finger, Zoro saw Lakla's strange knife quietly leaning against the wall of the ward.

"What's the use of bringing that back? It won't be used."

Zoro asked in confusion that the knife was not heavy for him, but the shape and center of gravity were completely different from the weapons he had always used.

"The way this knife is cast is a bit nonsense, but the materials are pretty good, I want to try to rebuild it."

Koshiro said with a deeper smile on his face,

"Don't look at me like this, my father is actually a knife maker. He is still well-known in his distant hometown, Wano Country, so I also know some skills in making knives."

"Hey! It turns out that Master, you can still fight a knife."

Zoro looked surprised. He had known that Koshiro came from the distant Wano Kingdom, but he had never heard of him as he could forge his sword.

"Yes, but it's really just a little bit. When my father was there, he often said that I had no talent, and no one entrusted me, so the knife forging shop was abandoned very early."

"Talk about it, Mr. Koshiro, why did your father leave Wano Country? I heard that Wano Country is in a state of lockdown? It should be quite difficult to leave."

As far as Cox knows, Koshiro's father, Shuangyue Kesaburo, is not a little famous. Anyone who can create two big knives should be a craftsman of the treasure level of a country.

Moreover, the Yanma created by Kosamro was the sword of the next heir of Wano Country, Kozuki Oden, and Kosamro should have lived well in Wano Country. So why did he escape from Wano Country and come to Frostyue Village?

Could it be that this is also part of the "great foreshadowing"?

"I was still young at that time, and the specific reason was unclear, but my father said that there was no future in that country - the generals did not govern the country, and even had a foolish son. Most of the people were foolish and loyal, and let them go to the generals' long-term inaction and occasional misconduct."

Koshiro said this completely indifferently, because he really had no memory or feelings for Wano Country.

"Oh, no wonder."

Coase finally understood why the Wano Nation was inexplicably loyal to Kozuki Oden - because the "unfaithful" people basically ran away.

"Then why do you suddenly remember to use this weird thing to kill a knife?"

Zoro had already gotten up from the bed and picked up the strange knife and looked at it. It seemed to be trying to find out what was special from it, otherwise why would Koshiro suddenly ask to recast it?

"I just think that disciples need to be treated equally. Since I gave you and Dao a word, it is natural to give Cox a knife. However, because I don't have any good knife in my hand, I can only shoot one and give it to someone."

Koshiro suddenly looked at Cox,

"Don't you mind?"

"Hey!"

Cox, who was suddenly named, had not had time to digest Koshiro's words, but he subconsciously replied, "Don't mind."

When they left the hospital and walked towards the dojo, Cos realized that Koshiro seemed to no longer treat him as an outsider.

To him, the origin of the Shuangyue family is not mysterious, but Koshiro's revelation of this family's past can be regarded as a proof of trust.

At the same time, this was also the first time Koshiro called him "disciple", and he also proposed to make a knife for him as a gift.

"By the way, your hand is injured, and you should not be able to practice normally for a while. The month we agreed on before can be slightly extended until I think you have almost finished your studies before you finish your practice in the temple."

On the way back to the dojo Koshiro said casually.

Although he didn't know what prompted Koshiro to change his mind, Cox nodded happily and responded: "Okay, Koshiro."

And soon Cox realized that "master" was not called for nothing, and there were differences between disciples and non-disciples.

——After returning to the dojo, Koshiro asked Cox and Zoro to take charge of cleaning the dojo.

This has never been before. In the previous days, Cox was basically only responsible for learning swordsmanship throughout the whole process. Even though Cox offered to help several times, he was rejected by Koshiro.

Originally, Cox wanted to shirk off the grounds that he was a wounded, but it was nothing to ask himself as long as he didn't use too much force. In addition, Koshiro's expectant gaze came over, he finally took over the cleaning of the dojo.

"That's great, it's finally easy now."

I don't know if it was an illusion, but when Koshiro turned around and left, he seemed to hear such a faint and quiet cheer.

"Illusion must be an illusion. How could that gentle and persistent Master Koshiro be happy because he didn't have to clean the dojo?"

Coase told himself deceivingly.

"That bastard master finally found a helper for me, otherwise it would be quite tiring to clean such a large temple alone every day."

Zoro patted Coase's back and broke his last beautiful fantasy about Koshiro.

At this time, Cos began to suspect that Zoro was lost outside for a week or two to avoid cleaning the dojo. The reason why Koshiro changed his mind and accepted himself as his disciple was that he finally realized Zoro's dissatisfaction and wanted to find someone to share the pressure with him.

During this period of time when Cox suspected that his life, Zoro had raised a wooden barrel and a few rags from the utility room in the dojo. He reached out and shook it in front of Cox and said, "Don't be standing there, junior brother, if you are injured, go and tidy up the bamboo knife and protective gear."

"OK."

After Cos came to his senses, he subconsciously walked towards the storage room where the protective gear and bamboo swords were piled up. He came back to his senses halfway through.

"No, you call me 'junior brother'?"

Zoro, who was walking towards the water well in the courtyard, was also halfway through. After hearing Cox's doubts, he turned around and said for granted.

"What about that? You have been taken over by Koshiro as a disciple. I will get started before you, so what are you not a junior brother?"

"I'm really not used to calling you a half-sized ghost-headed senior brother like this."

In fact, in the original world, I liked Zoro, a character with a cool and fierce fighting style, but that was Zoro three years later, which was different from Zoro who was still a little bit arrogant now.

"I'm going to be sixteen years old this year, so I'm not a little bitch!"

Zoro said unconvincedly,

"And as the saying goes, the master is the first, my swordsmanship is better than you, so I will naturally be my senior brother."

Seeing that Coase did not answer immediately, Zoro added: "If you are unwilling to give up, then we will compete when your injury heals."

"OK!"

Coase decisively agreed.
Chapter completed!