Chapter 4

"The Female Samurai" is the 4th chapter of Lost Fable.

After recruiting Zane into their group, Talon attempts to befriend another potential member. Runa is a young woman from a famed family of samurai who doesn't think of him as anymore than someone who is superior to her and Talon does something into change her opinions.

Summary
The next day, Mako started to brag about joining the guild and his status a battle-mage. He tries to show his Adventurer's Mark to Talon and Zane, but is ignored much to his chagrin. As they discuss who they should recruit next, a young woman enters the guild hall and asks for the "Dragonborn." When Talon noticed her, she quickly attacked him with multiple slash attacks from her katana, which Talon, his Fable active, successfully dodges each one. Pointing her blade at his throat, she accuses him of all the murders he caused while under the name "Dragonborn" and called him Basara. However, Talon reveals that he is the real Dragonborn and not Basara, surprising the swordswoman.

Later, she apologizes to Talon for wrongly attacking him, but he told her to forget about it. She introduces herself as Runa Ichimiya and asked Talon who he really is before Zane told her to choose her words carefully, thus annoying the swordswoman. Mako asked what intentions she had, but Runa tells him to calm down and called him a child much to Mako's anger. After Talon reveals his identity as the adventurer "Talon the Dragonborn", Runa became shocked at the reason she was incapable of defeating someone like him and Talon joked that no one, not even someoned like her, can defeat him that easily. As he asked Runa to join his group, she hit him in the face with her sword's hilt, telling him that she would rather die than follow someone who thinks of her as a weakling. Talon tries to change her mind, but Runa angrily slaps him in the face before leaving. Logan explained that she is from the Kikuichi Family, a powerful clan of high-class samurai while Zane reveals that Runa is a famous swordswoman known as the "Samurai Princess," who is said to possess a high amount of great talents and skills in swordsmanship.

The next day, Talon and Mako hear from Zane and his drinking buddies that Runa went on a job taking down a huge horde of Orchzards, orchish lizards in a dark forest in the east. Hearing this, Talon and Mako head there, while the latter reveals his intention of recruiting Runa into the group.

Characters

 * Talon Gryffion
 * Zane Belcusas
 * Mako
 * Logan
 * Runa Ichimiya

Fables

 * Dragon Soul

Magic

 * None

Abilities

 * Hand-to-Hand Combat
 * Swordsmanship

Equipment

 * Mako's Bo Staff
 * Runa's Katana

Battles

 * None

Events

 * Dragon Slayers Formation

Trivia

 * Like Chapters 1 and 2, this chapter alongside Chapter 3 are released the same day.