The Lady and the Beast - Ch. 40

[Lilabun]

*Duchess draws sword*
Duke: *Heart beats fast* "Is this love?!"
Wolf inside Duke: *Quivering from trauma flashbacks*

 

[I_am_me]

I, too, fall for women with swords

 

[Fushiginiku]

@Flyingpantsu there is a distinction in Chinese with two-edged (jian) and one-edged (dao) blades, and translators have handled it by using 'sword' for double-edged weapons and 'saber/sabre' or 'sword-knife' for single-edged weapons. That distinction has spread to some other Asian countries as the sword spread from China to them, but it does not actually carry over into English or a number of other European languages, in which we have a single term, 'Sword', to cover all long-bladed weapons with a handle on one end. The word 'saber' only properly refers to a European weapon that derives from the Middle Eastern scimitar, but thanks to a need to translate Chinese, the term 'Chinese saber' has become accepted. It would be a lot better, in my opinion, if translators knocked it off and trusted readers to be able to learn the words 'Jian' and 'Dao'. We seem to have picked up a lot of other Asian words fine. (Baka translators!!)

Single edged swords in English divided into sabers, cutlasses, scimitars, broadswords, katanas (yes, this word is part of the English language now), scimitars, backswords, falchions, rapiers, etc. but they are all unequivocally considered swords.

@golestar and, interestingly enough, in Chinese, they would refer to a Dao and your fillet knife as differing kinds of '刀’

 

[Nep]

Poor duke suffering from trauma

@flyingpantsu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword

Yes, rapiers are swords too.

Sword is an all encompassing term. Its like a species for weapons, with each individual difference such as rapiers/katanas being the different races or breed of human/animals.

Thats why katanas are known as "Japanese swords". Also katanas are single edged.

 

[OrcaCat]

The great vertigo of trauma

 

[Sayorii-chii]

The poor duke has become similar to pavlov's dog. But instead if drooling its anxiety attacks.

 

[Kerlishun]

Omg thank you for the chapter. So funny to see the comeback of theo in dog form

 

[JUSTadICE]

lol

@I_am_me Nice taste, i also recommend you Crimson Karma, Light and Shadow(though you probably read that)

 

[Tofu-kun]

The duke has been successfully trained

 

[sgathach]

I have a soft spot for guys that look scary but are warm and milk-tea like on the inside xD Also "unrealistically good looking" is a nice way to describe Theo.

The look Astina/Martina gave Theo when he blocked that rock had so much sex appeal too, I was loving it.

 

[Katrina]

Ahhh I'm so happy it updated!! I've been waiting so long!!

 

[scarlet_summer]

Bwahaha he's conditioned with the blade as a dog it carried on to his human form

 

[Archomp]

Pulls out sword; Theo.exe has stopped working

Theo is so traumatized by that sword. Talk about suspension bridge effect.

 

[CoffeeAna]

The great vertigo of love LOL

 

[moonshadow]

I love it! Every moment of this chapter was gold

 

[Oukishi]

That's not love but instinctual fear Theo wwwwwwww

 

[ShinRinyoku]

we went straight to yaoi without any hesitation damn

 

[KhalE]

"Why is my heart thumping so hard at the sight of her holding a sword??"

That my friend is called being scaroused.

 

[solonit]

Wait this is just Dog Whisperer.

 

[Willie29]

He's having a fight or flight response and he has know idea