Tale of Kensuke

Marsha Grenville—the peerless female martial artist of whom it is said that even mist is severed by her blade. The flash of her sword tears through darkness and cuts down the evil that lurks in the royal capital! Since ancient times, the island nation of Seerant has revered martial prowess. Even in an era of peace throughout the realm, martial arts flourish abundantly in this country and remain indispensable to its people. Marsha Grenville was a female swordmaster who, at merely twenty years of age, earned renown as unrivaled in all the land. For reasons of her own, after she retired from the front lines while still young, several years have passed. Now twenty-eight years old, Marsha lives out her days in the royal capital of Ren, running a room-rental business. Though Seerant currently stands in the midst of prosperity, darkness is always born in the shadow of abundance. In the royal capital of Ren, where the scheming of nobles and influential figures intertwine and conspiracies swirl, bizarre incidents and difficult cases that threaten the lives of ordinary citizens occur daily. The swordmaster Marsha, to protect the people she holds dear, stands against the great evils that infest the royal capital with her outstanding swordsmanship. *This work is structured as a one-episode-complete type where episodes generally conclude within each chapter. Chapter One: The Drunken Memories of Swordmaster Marsha Marsha hears rumors at her familiar tavern about a random killer who has recently been causing chaos in the royal capital. When a friend becomes a victim of this killer, Marsha pursues the killer's true identity—but a great conspiracy lies hidden behind this incident— *The same novel is being posted on external submission sites "Kakuyomu," "Hoshizora Bunko," and "Everista." *Registered on external site "Tsugikuru." If you would like, please click the banner at the bottom of the page.