Editing Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance:Volume11 Chapter5 (section)

===Part 1===

"...Phew, it feels so good after a bath."

In the single room prepared at the Divine Ritual Institute's shrine&mdash;

Having finished her ritual purification, Claire was changing her uniform.

Holding her favorite ribbon in her mouth, she tied her hair into twintails.

Next, her team was going to make a visit to the castle they had stayed at previously.

Suddenly, Claire looked out the window.

It was already dusk outside.

Just earlier, they were still blade dancing in the abandoned city. It seemed like a dream now.

"...In the end, I didn't get a chance to talk much with Kamito."

Buttoning her shirt, Claire sighed.

She clearly wanted to spend time with Kamito alone and talk more&mdash;

(...Seriously, so much happened.)

To be honest, she was still very confused.

The whereabouts of the sister who disappeared. The reason she revealed to explain her betrayal.

The Demon King's power dormant in Kamito&mdash;

Also&mdash;

(...U-Unbelievable. To think that Ren Ashbell-sama's true identity is...)

Her cheeks went hot instantly.

Ren Ashbell was the girl whom Claire admired.

All along, Claire had regarded her as the ideal elementalist and worked hard to that end.

Never did she expect&mdash;

(...T-To think she turns out to be Kamito.)

But at that time, Kamito definitely said.

I am the Strongest Blade Dancer, Ren Ashbell&mdash;

Instantly, Claire's heart began to race.

(Kamito back then, was so very... cool.)

Lying on the bed, Claire buried her face in the pillow.

She hugged the pillow tightly and rolled from side to side in that manner.

(A-Also...)

She looked up from her pillow and touched her lips softly.

(We even... k-kissed.)

Her heart pounded nonstop.

As soon as she recalled it, a hot sensation rushed through the inside of her body.

Her mind became filled with Kamito.

"...~! So annoying, what's with this..."

Claire began to pound away at the pillow. At this moment&mdash;

"...Meow?"

"Uwaaa, Scarlet!?"

Climbing onto the bed was the hell cat spirit, wrapped in flames.

She stared with her round eyes, tilting her head in puzzlement.

"Seriously, don't scare me."

Claire put down the pillow...

And picking up Scarlet, embraced her gently.

"...Thank you, Scarlet."

As she stroked Scarlet's head, the cat purred in comfort.

Her gratitude towards Scarlet could not be contained in a few words. Only thanks to the calls of this hell cat spirit was Claire able to recover her consciousness when she fell to become the Darkness Queen.

"...Speaking of which, your true name was released."

Claire suddenly recalled.

The Scarlet Valkyrie&mdash;Ortlinde. The lovely girl who was clad in a dress of flames.

Reportedly, she had fought in the Spirit War several thousand years ago as one of the primeval spirit weapons.
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At the time, Claire had quickly lost consciousness and did not have the chance to talk with her more&mdash;

"Meow?"

Judging from the way she looked, Scarlet did not remember what happened back then.

Claire placed her right hand lightly on Scarlet's head.

As she supplied divine power, the flame seal gave off dazzling light.

"True name release&mdash;Awaken, Scarlet Valkyrie Ortlinde!"

With divine power poured into Scarlet's entire body, intense flames surged.

However&mdash;

"..."

Scarlet's appearance remained unchanged.

She did not transform into that girl.

"...Strange."

Claire tilted her head.

"...Whatever."

Since she had released it once already, with further training, she would surely release it again.

Furthermore, adding more rivals would be troublesome too&mdash;She murmured softly.

Looking up, she suddenly spotted a figure outside the window.

Rinslet.

"What is she doing?"

The way she looked from behind was rather unenergetic.

"Come to think of it, she didn't say much during the ritual purification either."

Claire stepped onto the window sill and jumped out.