Ailsa would probably call Ryu crazy if she was able to communicate with him. But, she would also know that there was no changing Ryu's mind when he had made it up.
Joining a One Star Sect wasn't easy, let alone a True One Star Sect. It only made it worse that Ryu was trying to enter a Sect headed by a person he had just gone through so much trouble to avoid.
In truth, Ryu had likely made this decision because he was already tired of taking the approach that caused the least number of waves. He had already done that, and in return, it netted him a day in the depths of the forest where he was harassed by beasts he wouldn't have even deemed worthy of eating in the past.
Ryu didn't want to lose his sharpness and he felt like this world was already starting to dull his blade.
If he allowed his edge to vanish, then what was the point of coming to this world in the first place?
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