Editing Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance:Volume14 Chapter5 (section)

===Part 2===

Inside the headmistress' office on the third floor of the Academy...

"&mdash;Claudia, I do not approve of your occupation of the Academy!"

"Your permission is not required, Lady Ellis."

"...What!?"

Ellis was at a loss for words, confronted with the calm Claudia whose expression did not even change.

This was after Kamito and company had been arrested.

Areishia Spirit Academy had been taken over by the Imperial Knights.

All the protesting students at the main entrance were arrested. The other students were under house arrest in their dorms.

At the same time, the Sylphid Knights, in charge of upholding law and order in the Academy, were forbidden from taking action. It was equivalent to relieving Ellis of her position as the captain of the Sylphid Knights.

"I am simply fulfilling my duties as an Imperial Knight."

Claudia declared coldly.

"Duties? Your duties include arresting helpless students who cannot resist?"

"This cannot be helped. They were the ones to use spirit magic first."

"...Hmph. Besides, why was the headmistress arrested and imprisoned!?"

"Reportedly, she conspired with the Second Princess and attempted to assassinate His Majesty."

"It must be a setup. They are not the type to do that."

"Her Highness the Second Princess is your classmate, Lady Ellis, isn't she? Is there anything else you wish to add?"

Ellis raised her hand on reflex.

After taking a deep breath, she lowered it slowly to the table.

Then in a quiet and trembling voice, she said:

"...Put me in there."

"...?"

"I want to be put into prison just like Kamito and the others!"

"To think I was expecting something different&mdash;"

Claudia shook her head in exasperation.

However, Ellis continued:

"I opposed the Imperial Knights at the time too. It would be unfair if I remained as the only one not arrested. Or are you telling me that a daughter of the Fahrengart family is entitled to special treatment?"

"...How stubborn."

Reaching the end of her patience, Claudia remarked and snapped her fingers loudly.

Soon, the door of the headmistress' office opened and two spirit knights entered.

"Take her to the military facility to cool her head a bit."