Editing Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance:Volume2 Chapter6 Draft (section)

===Part 2===

"...!?"

Fianna jumped up from the bed.

Her rough breathing would not settle. Unpleasant perspiration was causing her undergarments to cling closely to her skin.

"A dream..."

She muttered and after calming her breathing tightly grabbed the bed sheet.

She was in Claire's room in the Raven Class' dormitory. The morning sunlight was shining in from the window.

It seemed that she had slept with her clothes on. It wasn’t the most comfortable attire to sleep in, but the uniform of the «Divine Ritual Institute» incorporated the holy attribute and helped recovering from fatigue.

(My secret, looks like it hasn't been exposed...)

Openning slightly the chest area of her clothes, Fianna breathed a sigh of relief.

—And then, she remembered the previous night.

(If he hadn't protected me at that moment, right now I would have been—)

She bit her lips and squeezed the bed sheet tighter.

(...It's the same as that day. In the end, I couldn't do anything.)

At that moment, the door suddenly opened—

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"Fianna... you've awoken?!"

"Kyaa!?"

She cried out in surprise and quickly covered her exposed bosom.

"M-My bad!"

Flustered, Kamito averted his eyes.

"W-Why did you enter so suddenly..."

"Sorry... I’m just used to having to wake up an ojou-sama, who always oversleeps."

Kamito apologized as he scratched his head. His face held sights of weariness.

"Your hand was injured yesterday, is it alright now?"

"Ah, it's no big deal. Claire had already called for the medical team after all."

Kamito waved his left hand, which had been pierced by the spirit, to assure her.

It definitely looked like his wound had been healed, but that expression of his showed that he was still in pain and enduring it.

"I'm sorry, it's because of me. Because I meddled unnecessarily."

"No, Fianna, if you hadn't used the spirit crystal at that time, I'd have been done for. Thank you for saving me. Speaking about the crystal, isn't it unreasonably expensive?"

"I-It's nothing special, who do you think I am?"

"Ah, yes...you are the former royal princess."

With a wry smile, he sat beside the bed.

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(...N-No way, why is my face so hot, I wonder.)

Fianna's heart was racing.

(I'm just '''trying to use him and yet'''.)

Trying to conceal the expression on her face, she placed her hands on her knees and looked down.

"About yesterday's intrusion, it seems the Sylphid Knights are in the middle of investigating it. The teachers look to be worried too, however, the mission didn’t change. We’ll go and explore mine town as planned."

Kamito cut his sentence there—

"That's—it. Before we go for the quest, I have to talk to you."

"Isn't it still early to propose?"

"...Don't make fun of me. You know, right? What this conversation is about."

Kamito told her with a frown, when *kata*, a small sound came from outside.

Fianna smirked. She had the same expression when messing around.

Brushing her lovely black hair back, she gently drew her lips close to Kamito's ear—

"I understand. With just the two of us, at a place where Claire isn't around, you have something important to talk about."

"Hn? Ah, that is so, but..."

That was a rather strange way to put it, Kamito frowned and at that moment...

<nowiki>*</nowiki>Bam*— The room's door burst open.

"Hey, Kamito, with just the two of you, at a place where I'm not around, what important thing do you have to talk about?"

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<nowiki>*</nowiki>Gogogogogogogogo...!*

"Claire!? W-Wait, you misunderstood, we weren’t talking about that that—"

"Scarlet!"

When Claire called out its name, a red-hot hellcat appeared from an empty space.

"Y-Y-You have two choices... Roasted or smoked?!"

"—Fianna, let's run away!"

"Eh...Kyaa!"

Kamito gently picked the princess up, kicked open the room's window and jumped out.

"Ah, y-you got away, wait up!"