Misogi Mirja

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[Misogi - Mirja: Start]: Fix Eyes on the Sword

Mirja: (This happened when I was still part of Ayanokouji Martial Arts School's middle school division-- That is to say, several years ago.)
Mirja: (As my grandfather and father, both swordsmiths, shared with me their skills in polishing swords, I polished one Akabane sword.)
Mirja: (What I honed then is the okatana I have with me now: Jikkyuu Mitsutada.)
Mirja: (I was taken down the path of a toji because of the compatibility I showed with an okatana I myself restored. I'm still proud of that to this day.)

Mirja: HAAAH!
Senpai Toji: ...Wha-!? Y-You got me...!
Mirja: Thank you very much for joining me here.
Senpai Toji: Mann, you're seriously strong, Kitora. No wonder you got picked to represent us at the tournament.
Senpai Toji: I won't be able to go and cheer you on, but give it your best shot there.
Mirja: I will. As one of the selected representatives, I plan to do my best not to dishonor Ayanokouji's reputation.
Senpai Toji: Fufu, you're sure taking this seriously.

Mirja: (Then, in the preliminary round, came my match against Shidou Maki. Even now, I can remember that moment vividly.)

Maki: HAAAAAAAAAAHH!
Mirja: ...Gggh!
Referee: That's enough! The winner: Heijou Academy's Shidou Maki.
Mirja: (Then, I wasn't good enough to reach the finals? Her swordsmanship, it was so straightforward. Each and every strike, so strong, so heavy, so much more than I could handle...)
Mirja: ...
Mirja: (Shidou Maki... I understood that there would always be someone better, but... All I can do is make use of this to train myself up again.)

Mirja: ......
Aradama: GGGGIIii...!
Senpai Toji: Kitora! The aradama's headed your way!
Mirja: ...!?
Mirja: (...Was I really that absent minded during a mission?)
Mirja: Understood... I'll deal with it now!
Mirja: I won't let it escape! --HAAAAAAH!!
Mirja: What about the other aradama?
Senpai Toji: The one you got now was the last of them.
Mirja: It was? Then, we need to recover the noro. I'll help you.
Kouhai Toji: Kitora-senpai... Did something happen to her?
Senpai Toji: Hmm... Ever since the tournament, it's like her head's up in the clouds sometimes... I'm a little worried about her.

Mirja: ......
Mirja: (As always... being alone performing maintenance on an okatana gives me the best chance to examine myself.)
Mirja: (I'm only mindlessly working my hands, and yet Jikkyu Mitsutada is showing me things I wouldn't ordinarily notice... That's the feeling I get.)
Mirja: Still, to make both my senpai and kouhai worried... How pathetic of me.
Mirja: It seems that... It's strange to admit, but losing to Shidou Maki must have been somewhat of a shock to me... I think.
Mirja: I wasn't conceited, but challenging her with everything I had and losing is frustrating... Faced with her sword, I was shown the true extent of her strength. And, that might not be something I can reach with just my swordsmanship.
Mirja: It's not that I have any intention of neglecting my training, but...
Mirja: As a toji, what sort of path should I explore from here?
Mirja: ...Heh. Jikkyuu Mitsutada isn't going to tell me that much, is it.



[Misogi - Mirja: Start]: What Must Be Polished is You Yourself

Mirja: We'll be in trouble if it comes out from blind spots behind the trees!
Mirja: Let's move out into the open and engage from there. Fortunately, the aradama appears to be pursuing us.
Mirja: (I won't show as shameful a performance as last time. I'm focused.)
Senpai Toji: I'm not happy about that one bit though...
Senpai Toji: But, it'll be easier fighting like Kitora said. Let's go!
Aradama: ......!
Mirja: It's moving as anticipated. Now, let's make our move.
Kouhai Toji: U-Um! Is it really alright for me to be the one finishing it off...?
Kouhai Toji: I think one of you senpais should do it.
Mirja: No, the two of us will halt its movements. At that point, please come at it from behind.
Mirja: If you're unable to bring it down, we'll immediately go on the attack.
Senpai Toji: The way things are, that seems like the least risky way to beat it.
Kouhai Toji: Alright then...!
Mirja: Have confidence in yourself. --Here it comes!
Aradama: SHAAaaaa...!

Mirja: I'm sorry to have made the both of you worry about me on our last mission.
Senpai Toji: It's all good. You were more clear headed than usual today anyway. It helped see the fight from a different perspective.
Senpai Toji: Some girls get so focused on the fighting they lose sight of what's around them.
Kouhai Toji: I also had a valuable experience here thanks to you, Kitora-senpai! I feel a little more confident now.
Mirja: It's all because I had your cooperation. A toji's duty is to exorcise aradama and protect the people. Toji should combine their strengths.
Mirja: I recognized that once again here.
Mirja: (I don't necessarily need to bring about overwhelming results with my swordsmanship. What's important is that we accomplish our duties more safely.)
Mirja: (Studying more into tactics for battle and managing a unit will surely be useful to me.)
Senpai Toji: You look kinda like you got a weight off your shoulders there, Kitora.
Mirja: Yes; because I've found a direction to go in.

Mirja: (When I participated in the tournament in my third year of middle school... and, the missions that came shortly after. I believe it was a good opportunity for me.)
Uraga Nao: Hey, Mirja~? You listening~?
Mirja: I am listening. As you two groan on about your post-high school graduation career paths.
Nao: They make it sound like checking our career paths is no big deal, but this is tough~. They tell you to write down schools of choice too, if you're going on to university.
Mizushina Kinuka: Ah! Maybe I should write down Ayanokouji Martial Arts School as my school of choice. The best way to keep an eye on my little sister would be to get re-enrolled here-.
Mirja: The teacher is going to think you're making a joke. And, how would your sister feel, having her older sister as her kouhai now?
Kinuka: She'd be delighted, wouldn't she!
Mirja: Sigh... You too, Uraga Nao; why not work backwards and narrow down which faculty to pursue from your future dreams and goals?
Nao: Ughh... I don't want to hear you using logic on me now. What about you, Mirja? Are you already thinking about your career path and everything~?
Mirja: I'm thinking of becoming an okatana polisher, once I lose my powers as a toji. Though, it's only one possibility.
Kinuka: Your family are swordsmiths... they're polishers, right? And can't you do it yourself too, Kitora-san?
Mirja: I can. Even now, I keep in practice enough to not lose my skill. When I want to think something over, I feel like doing it while polishing an okatana.
Mirja: Of course, I also check with professionals from time to time.
Nao: Mirja, you're totally okatana crazy~.
Kinuka: Well, that's nothing new.
Mirja: I would like to continue polishing Akabane swords in the future.
Mirja: By polishing and restoring Akabane swords, it might lead to a rise in the number of toji accepted by okatana. That's something I want to help with.
Nao: Oh gosh... she has such a serious and well defined goal~...
Kinuka: That sounds like something the teachers would take, no questions asked. But, wait, why have you been thinking this out more than us third years-!?
Mirja: ...That's something I should be asking, as your kouhai. You should think more carefully about this, you two.