"No!" Kyojuro shouts with his usual beaming smile as he dismisses you. "I won't be training you! Stop asking!"

This is the eighth time you've asked this week, but he's still refusing. You can't understand why. You're strong and your swordsmanship is amazing.

What Kyojuro won't admit is that he's worried. Worried about you getting hurt in the field, that a demon will be too quick, that he can't train you up the way he trained himself. It's easier for him to disappoint you than see you killed.