"No," the swordmaster said.

"One does not refuse the king," the herald said.

"I do. I will not train his soldiers or officers, I will not tell my students to join his army, I will not support his unjust war."

"You will regret this!"

"No," the swordmaster said.

#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

@MicroSFF He didn't use swords. In the end he didn't even use his fists, but he said basically this to Imperial Japan.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morihei_Ueshiba

Morihei Ueshiba - Wikipedia

@obscurestar i dunno, that Wikipedia article says he had ties to the far right and he was the personal instructor for a bunch of high ranking military officers and members of the imperial family well into the war… not sure how that equates to opposing the war.