Talk:Alphid Zahard/@comment-26484417-20160410211307/@comment-26484417-20160410230122

That's the situation I covered in the second paragraph, because I was sure that—without including this reminder—someone is sure to bring up remark akin to "but Arie swordsmanship is the only swordsmanship for dense Shinsoo environments"... =P

Yeah, the remark about Hatsu was expressed as a not-that-great surprise about decent swordsmanship style that isn't Arie swordsmanship. At least this is what stuck; I cannot even remember which chapter was that, though I think it was toward the end of the Workshop Battle.

EDIT: I don't know if Alphid has to be any more special than simply being a formal Zahard Princess. After all, Zahard Royal Guards are subordinates to (and playthings of) the Zahard Princesses. And even if the Arie swordsmanship isn't taught to all Zahard Princesses, the formal Zahard Princesses (i.e., 13 Month Series) could easily be exceptions if for no other reason than to assure that all of them can use all the 13 Month Series weapon types proficiently.