The Great Sword is not the Main Body!
Chapter 0

“Hey, Heinzel, have you heard that rumor going around lately?”

“Hm?”

“You know, the one about a tiny girl carrying a greatsword much bigger than herself.”

I held my breath and tried to hide the giant sword beside me under my cloak. …But of course, it was far too large to be concealed.

“Oh, yeah, I’ve heard about it. But do you really think that’s possible? Luchi, even you couldn’t lug around a sword like that.”

“True enough. But they say she’s blind, if you can believe it.”

“Hah! Sounds like some tall tale cooked up by a delusional bard.”

“But get this… they say she’s got black hair and red eyes, like she’s from the East…”

I flinched, squeezing my eyes shut tighter. Of course… they’d been closed all along.

“Oh, come off it! What kind of blind person opens their eyes? Enough with the nonsense. Let’s look for a job. My daughter’s birthday is tomorrow.”

“I’m telling you, they say it’s true…”

With that, the two men rose from their table and headed towards the reception desk.

After they had completely gone…

THUD

I slammed my cup down roughly. The impact sent white milk splattering across the table.

“Oh no…!”

Glancing around nervously, I carefully dabbed at the spilled milk.

What a pitiful life… can’t even enjoy a single beer…

I heaved a deep sigh and downed the rest of the milk in one gulp.

“…But honestly, when you think about it, it’s utterly absurd.”

It’s a preposterous rumor.

How could a girl who’s only 145.7 cm tall possibly drag around a greatsword nearly 200 cm long?

And on top of that, a blind person who can see everything around her because the sword somehow activates her senses?

And what’s this about red eyes?

Ha! As if such a person could actually exist.

Right.

There’s no way… such a person exists.

“Guess I better get to work…”

I secured the giant sword I’d propped beside me to my waist and pulled my robe low over my face.

Then, hopping down from the chair my feet could barely reach, I stretched with all my might.

“Hup—!”

Crack—Creak—

“Ow…!”

The giant sword hanging from my waist gouged a hole right into the wooden floor of the guild.

“Oh no, this is bad…”

Staring at the hole I’d made through my heightened senses, I knew it was a prayer that would never be answered, but I pleaded once more:

Please, just 5 cm taller.

No, even 1 cm would be fine. Please, just let me grow taller.