Kanaka was an admirable girl, already displaying ambition tempered with humility; Junkojuro was certain that she had the potential to achieve great things if Fate would bless her with longevity. But she was still very much like other mortals in several ways. "Why must everything be a transaction?" Junkojuro said with a chuckle, his tone still light and friendly. "In return for being your teacher, I will have a student. If this must be a transaction, it will be a simple as that. Besides, I am afraid that I would not be qualified to accept any form of payment for my tutoring. You see, I have never taught a mortal before, so this will be a learning experience for both of us." He smiled brightly through his admission of ignorance. "Neither have I witnessed the ways in which priests teach their disciples since my kind is not welcome within their walls. So, Kanaka-san, I hope that I can live up to your expectations as well, and be a teacher that you will never turn away from." Now Junkojuro could say he was friends with two members of the Mitsumine clan: Takeshi and Kanaka. If the young lord's family had rubbed off on his character at all, then this would be a generation to remember.