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The Reunion With Twelve Fascinating Goddesses:Volume 1 Prologue

2015-11-12T06:26:15Z

KreinS: /* Prologue */

==Prologue==

——And thus, with the death of the source of evil the [Demon king], the unprecedented danger that attacked Reneous continent had reached its end.

Demon king Hadar.

One of the high ranking Spirits of the [Deities] of whom there existed only 21 in this world.

With unparalleled and great power, Hadar conducted atrocities in every part of the world. An organized giant army with innumerable evil Spirits under his command would trample every town it attacked with the objective to control everything in the world by force and fear.

Countries that had felt the threat of the [Demon King] formed an alliance; they used their own armies, Spirit knights to face the [Demon king Suppression] but even so………… the war one-sidedly kept getting worse for them.

Even the joint efforts of the human race were still not enough and it was only a matter of time before the defeat of human race— and it was at that time, that the devil king was killed.

By the hands of one man.

The man’s name was Tooi Cross.

That person controlled 12 beautiful deities and defeated the [Demon king].

As the hero that saved the world, the name Tooi Cross spread throughout the Reneous continent. Together with the name of the 12 beautiful deities — [{{Furigana| 12 Goddesses|Nebulosa}}] — he contracted, his success turned into a great legend and excited the people.

Tooi Cross was called [Tyrant Slayer] thanks to his deed but no matter how far that name was circulated around the world, his birth and past were still a mystery.

The grand country placed in the middle of Reneous continent — Arludea Empire. Other than the fact that he was hired by that country to fight; there was no other information at all.

But that’s only normal.

That’s because he was not a human from this world.

Tooi Cross’s real identity is a high school boy Kurosu Tooi who was summoned from a country called [Japan] from a planet called [Earth].

“—I hereby revoke our [Contract].”

That voice felt somewhat lonely but was filled with an unwavering determination.

This happened right after he destroyed the demon king and saved the world.

Having stepped outside the demon castle, of which only the debris was left, Tooi Cross said his farewells to his comrades, the [12 Goddesses(Nebulosa)] who fought with him.

Because of the violent fight with the demon king Hadar, everyone was covered in wounds but Tooi was running out of time.

“This is painful but this is where we part. Thank you all for everything. I wouldn’t have been able to do anything without you.”

His words sounded lonely but his eyes were not showing any signs of hesitation.

“I am going back to my world. All of you live in your world freely. Also, please tell Laila [Thanks for all the help] if you meet her.”

After that, Tooi said his farewells to each and every one of them.

He left his last farewells to his 12 contracted deities lined up there.

His feelings to each respective deity were hard to describe but Tooi chose his words sincerely and seriously before telling them his appreciation and farewell.

Their responses were diverse.

If there was someone crying, there was also someone emotionless. If there was someone shouting angrily, there was someone sleeping as well.

“……….Tooi. You’re really going, huh.”

Right when he finished saying his farewells to everyone, a goddess with green eyes and beautiful silver hair whispered with a voice that sounded like if she was close to crying.

Those words and emotions she held back became unbearable for her and she spilled them out.

“Do you really have to go……?”

“Yeah. With the ether gathered from the continent and monopolized by Hadar until now being in this castle, this is the only chance for a path to my world to open.”

“……….You don’t have to go back”

With a voice mixed with grief and sorrow, Tooi’s eyes shook.

“Ryuura……..”

“It’s alright to stay forever in this world. You are the hero that saved the world from this predicament, you know? If you go back to the empire, you will be promised huge rewards and absolute status. You could stay here without any problems at all………….”

“……………..”

“I……….served you, because it was you. I fought because it was you………! I want to walk more alongside you in this world…….so—“

“—Sorry.”

Tooi said that.

“There’s a {{Furigana|woman|person}} waiting for me. I have to go.”

And with that the contracts with the goddesses were revoked.

12 of the deities scattered to their own lands as the hero they served disappeared from this world.

However.

After the passage of many years, Tooi Cross was called back to the other world once again.

That’s because——

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The Reunion With Twelve Fascinating Goddesses:Volume 1 Prologue

2015-11-12T06:21:45Z

KreinS:

==Prologue==

——And thus, with the death of the source of evil the [Demon king], the unprecedented danger that attacked Reneous continent had reached its end.

Demon king Hadar.

One of the only 21 high ranking Spirits of the [Deities] in this world.

With unparalleled and great power, Hadar had conducted atrocities in every part of the world. An organized giant army with innumerable evil Spirits under his command would trample every town it attacked and its objective was to control everything in the world by force and fear.

Countries that had felt the threat of the [Demon King] formed an alliance; they used their own armies, Spirit knights to face the [Demon king Suppression] but even so………… the war one-sidedly kept getting worse for them.

Even with the joint efforts of the human race, it was still not enough, and it was only a matter of time before the defeat of human race— and it was at that time, that the devil king was killed.

By the hands of one man.

The man’s name was Tooi Cross.

That person controlled 12 beautiful deities and defeated the [Demon king].

As the hero that saved the world, the name Tooi Cross spread throughout the Reneous continent. Together with the name of the 12 beautiful deities — [{{Furigana| 12 Goddesses|Nebulosa}}] — he contracted, his success turned into a great legend and excited the people.

Tooi Cross was called [Tyrant Slayer] thanks to his deed but no matter how far that name was circulated around the world, his birth and past were still a mystery.

The grand country placed in the middle of Reneous continent — Arludea Empire. Other than the fact that he was hired by that country to fight; there was no other information at all.

But that’s only normal.

That’s because he was not a human from this world.

Tooi Cross’s real identity is a high school boy Kurosu Tooi who was summoned from a country called [Japan] from a planet called [Earth].

“—I hereby revoke our [Contract].”

That voice felt somewhat lonely but was filled with an unwavering determination.

This happened right after he destroyed the demon king and saved the world.

Having stepped outside the demon castle, of which only the debris was left, Tooi Cross said his farewells to his comrades, the [12 Goddesses(Nebulosa)] who fought with him.

Because of the violent fight with the demon king Hadar, everyone was covered in wounds but Tooi was running out of time.

“This is painful but this is where we part. Thank you all for everything. I wouldn’t have been able to do anything without you.”

His words sounded lonely but his eyes were not showing any signs of hesitation.

“I am going back to my world. All of you live in your world freely. Also, please tell Laila [Thanks for all the help] if you meet her.”

After that, Tooi said his farewells to each and every one of them.

He left his last farewells to his 12 contracted deities lined up there.

His feelings to each respective deity were hard to describe but Tooi chose his words sincerely and seriously before telling them his appreciation and farewell.

Their responses were diverse.

If there was someone crying, there was also someone emotionless. If there was someone shouting angrily, there was someone sleeping as well.

“……….Tooi. You’re really going, huh.”

Right when he finished saying his farewells to everyone, a goddess with green eyes and beautiful silver hair whispered with a voice that sounded like if she was close to crying.

Those words and emotions she held back became unbearable for her and she spilled them out.

“Do you really have to go……?”

“Yeah. With the ether gathered from the continent and monopolized by Hadar until now being in this castle, this is the only chance for a path to my world to open.”

“……….You don’t have to go back”

With a voice mixed with grief and sorrow, Tooi’s eyes shook.

“Ryuura……..”

“It’s alright to stay forever in this world. You are the hero that saved the world from this predicament, you know? If you go back to the empire, you will be promised huge rewards and absolute status. You could stay here without any problems at all………….”

“……………..”

“I……….served you, because it was you. I fought because it was you………! I want to walk more alongside you in this world…….so—“

“—Sorry.”

Tooi said that.

“There’s a {{Furigana|woman|person}} waiting for me. I have to go.”

And with that the contracts with the goddesses were revoked.

12 of the deities scattered to their own lands as the hero they served disappeared from this world.

However.

After the passage of many years, Tooi Cross was called back to the other world once again.

That’s because——

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Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance:Volume4 Chapter3

2013-03-21T20:09:00Z

KreinS: /* Chapter 3: Dracunia's Dragon Princess */

==Chapter 3: Dracunia's Dragon Princess==
===Part 1===

On ascending the ship's deck they could see clouds drifting at terrifying speeds.

Actually, the ship was at a speed whereby a person's body would be blown away in a flash by the blowing winds but not even the sound of the wind could be heard thanks to a spirit magic barrier enclosing the ship.

Looking down from the side of the airship, an eerie forest stretched out into the distance.

Kamito was looking down at the forest and—

"Areishia Spirit Academy representative, Kazehaya Kamito, I presume?"

A voice came from behind him.

"......?"

Turning around, a beautiful elite-looking girl with shoulder-length hair was there.

A beret adorned her head. A black surcoat with not a single wrinkle.

She was probably about the same age as Kamito. She was glaring at Kamito with strong-willed-looking pupils.

"Who are you? Why do you know my name?"

"You're famous. The only male elementalist on the continent."

She told him while maintaining a rigid expression.


Contrary to her magnificent appearance, her aura was thorny.

"Also, someone who plays around with women and then throws them away."

"Wait, what am I famous for!?"

Kamito yelled that out immediately.

"It's useless to attempt to deceive me. Dracunia's prized intelligence gathering agency is the finest in the continent, after all."

"Yeah, your prized espionage agents are definitely incompetent—wait, Dracunia?"

Kamito asked with knitted brows.

The Dracunia Dragon Duchy.

Located to the west of the Empire, it was a country that employed the strongest magic beasts, the dragons, in their military.

"Dracunia's representative, huh?"

"Yes, Leader of the Knights of the Dragon Emperor — Leonora Lancaster."

The bishoujo in military uniform kept her eyes on him as she named herself.

"......Leonora."

Kamito said with a sigh.

He had heard that name from Claire.

''If I remember, «Dragon Princess» was the title given to Dracunia's representing ace......''

By popular opinion, she was the one known as an equal to Velsaria.

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"What business does the ace of Dracunia have with me?"

Kamito put up his guard and readied himself.

The Blade Dance was not just a festival.

The «Divine Ritual Institute» would never admit it, but it was also a representative war of knights between nations.

The country whose elementalist or elementalist team won would be granted the Elemental Lord's protection for several years and this blessing would lead to the nation prospering.

The reason many countries trained elementalists was for this reason.

And there were also many countries that had no choice but to use certain methods to grasp victory as a consequence.

"Trying to kill me off before the Blade Dance begins?"

"What a stupid idea."

But Leonora gently shook her head.

"As one not from the home country of the «Silent Fortress», you are not the Knights of the Dragon Emperor's enemy. We will defeat you fair and square in the Blade Dance."

"Then, why?"

In front of the suspicious Kamito, she squirmed lightly with a red face.

"I, well, I, um, that is, your......I came to cut off that."

While averting her eyes from Kamito, she smoothly drew out a large sword.


"Wh-why are you taking out your sword!?"

Kamito backed away.

If her words were true, she hadn't come to assassinate him.

Then, why exactly—

"Or rather, cut what from me?"

"That's, y-your......kuu, you mean to make me say it!"

"Hah?"

"Thi-This pervert!"

Large tears formed from Leonora's eyes—

The large sword carved into the ship deck with a loud sound.

Just then, the ship's floor exploded into shards.

"......Wha!?"

Kamito had dodged by a paper-thin margin.

"Aren't you full of the intent to kill me!"

"I won't kill you if you don't resist. Please hold still."

"I'm asking you what you mean—"

And then Kamito realized.


Leonora's gaze was fixed firmly upon Kamito's lower body.

As he noticed her cheeks colored red, she averted her eyes.

"Wait, don't tell me......"

Kamito broke out into a cold sweat.

"Yes, I will have you let me cut off your '''that'''. Kazehaya Kamito."

Leonora drew the sword back out from the smashed floor and took a stance.

"It would trouble me greatly if you were to use the commotion of the Blade Dance to lay a hand on my subordinates after all."

"Like I would!"

"You can't lie to me, you perverted brute of a maou!"

She glared at him with cold eyes.

"Perverted brute of a maou, you say......"

......It was too horrible.

He didn't think such shameful rumors would reach even outside of the country.

"W-With that devilish power and sweet words, you trick innocent maidens and do this kind of thing and that kind of thing to them, right!"

"What are this kind of thing and that kind of thing......"

"Th-That is......!"


At Kamito's question, her face burned red.

It seemed that the Dragon Princess was just as pure as the ojou-samas from the academy.

"You know, it's the opposite. You have a huge misunderstanding."

Kamito said this with a sigh.

"......The opposite?"

"Yeah, because I'm always being treated as a slave spirit by Claire."

"Wha? To make a teammate into a toy slave spirit!"

"Listen to what other people are saying for a bit!"

......Or rather, how come this young lady was using such terminology!?

"Do-Don't come any closer, you pervert!"

"Uoo!"

Leonora's blade sliced the air as she swung down.

Kamito drew Terminus Est and stopped that blow.

The high-pitched wail of metal colliding rang out across the deck.

''......This is just like a repetition of my first meeting with Ellis!''

While stopping the large blade, Kamito groaned internally.

"I see, you are truly strong......"


Leonora let out a voice of admiration.

"So this is the «Demon Slayer» that defeated a giant military spirit."

"It seems that your information is correct."

"It makes me want to test which is stronger, that or my «Dragon Slayer»!"

"......!?"

Leonora's sword gave off intense light with her words.

''This is......!''

It wasn't a regular Elemental Waffe. It gave off an impression equal to that of Velsaria's Dreadnought.

''—This person's insanely strong!''

As expected, the title of Dracunia's ace wasn't just for show.

"N-Now, please calmly remove your pants, i-it won't hurt a bit."

"Who's gonna do that! Of course it's gonna hurt!"

Kamito pushed back against the large sword.

Such power was being used against him that he couldn't believe it was coming from that girl's frail-looking delicate arms.

It was most likely a spirit magic for strengthening the body's traits. In a straight power competition, Kamito was at a disadvantage.

"Kamito!"


The sound of the air being cut.

Leonora's sword was gripped by the thing that had drawn a bright crimson arc in the air.

"You, what are you doing to my slave spirit!"

It was Claire who rose onto the deck with whip in hand.

With one hand on her hip, she pointed towards Leonora.

"Claire, thanks for the help—"

In the opening Leonora left by diverting her attention, Kamito jumped away.

"You are—"

Leonora, who had repelled the Flame Tongue, glared at Claire.

"Kazehaya Kamito's toy slave spirit."

"Wha!?"

Claire's face instantly reddened.

And with slow movements, she turned towards Kamito......

"Y-Y-You, don't tell me that's how you see me......!"

"Wait, you know that's wrong, right? I'm the slave spirit, right?"

......Wait, that's strange. It seems like she became even angrier.

The two ladies glaring at Kamito made him want to run away—


And at that moment.

Doooooooon!

With an ear-splitting noise, the ship rocked violently.

===Part 2===
"Kyaaa!"

The floor tilted and Claire lost her balance, falling over.

"—What!?"

Kamito leaned off the side of the ship.

He looked into the flowing clouds below and—

"That is!?"

A giant shadow was present in the clouds.

Like splitting waves, it split the clouds to reveal a gigantic black monster!

"......!?"

It's total length was about 10 metres. Its appearance greatly resembled a stingray swimming in the ocean.

The difference with stingrays was that it had enormous red eyes on its head.


And that it was flying in the sky instead of the ocean.

"A magic beast!?"

"No, that is......don't tell me, it's from the second aerial unit, {{Furigana|Destruction Spirit|Death Gaze|margin=12}}—"

Leonora Lancaster knit her brows and muttered that while looking with suspicion.

"What?"

"Dracunia's main military spirit. It should have been sealed with the end of the Ranbal War, so why is it here?"

"Military spirit......"

A spirit which was comparable to a cooperative force of several elementalists.

He didn't know why such a thing would attack the airship but—

The fact that the ship was currently under attack was undeniable.

The military destruction spirit — «Death Gaze» roared as it glided.

Even if the ship had a wind barrier, it was not a fighting vessel.

If it were to receive an attack from a giant like that, it would be helpless.

The ship's alarm rang out across the deck.


The ship made a quick turn and tried to avoid the spirit.

As expected of a cutting-edge technology ship, it had impressive mobility.

But it was useless in the face of the spirit.

"—It's coming, brace for impact!"

A loud noise.

A fearsome impact rocked the ship and Kamito's body lifted up.

The destruction spirit had rammed into the side of the ship.

"Fuaa!" "Kyan!"

"You two, grab onto me!"

Kamito quickly covered the two girls that had fallen to the ground. His heart thumped at the softness of their bodies once, but now wasn't the time to think about that.

"Claire, are you okay?"

"Fuaaa, y-you, where are you touching!"

Claire's face was bright red.

"......? Where, you say?"

Kamito looked at the spot he had grabbed both of them.

His hands were caught on to both of their chests.


"......S, sorry!"

Kamito quickly withdrew his hand but,

"Th-th-th-this perverted slave spirit! Cinders, cinders!"

"Hey, stop, this isn't the time for—"

Hit, hit, hit, hit.

Claire hit Kamito with tears in her eyes.

On the other hand, Leonora—

"A-aa-a-a boy, touched my br-brbr-breasts......!"

Poof. Steam rose from her face and she fainted.

"......H-Hey!"

He shook the fallen girl but it didn't seem like she would wake up.

"It looks like she's in shock from you touching her breasts."

"I-It wasn't on purpose!"

"Hmmm, I wonder about that?"

She glared at Kamito like she was unsatisfied.

......In any case, he couldn't leave her here.

And just then. The ship rocked violently a second time.


The spirit that had rammed into the ship was also attacking with its tail.

"Kamito, the ship will sink at this rate."

"Yeah......"

At the serious face of Claire, Kamito nodded.

Chaos could be heard below the deck.

Even if they were trained elementalists, they were still regular girls. It was a natural result that a sudden attack would cause panic inside the ship.

The long-range attacker, Rinslet, would also have a hard time reaching the deck quickly in this chaos.

"Looks like we'll have to do this alone."

"Looks that way."

With the last attack, it seemed like the engine had stopped. The ship stalled like it had a nail jammed into it and began falling.

"We have about two or three minutes before we hit the ground......"

Until the staff got the back-up spirit engine working, they had to protect the defenseless ship.

Kamito stood up unsteadily and planted each foot on the gunwale of the deck.

"Est, lend me your power!"


He drew Terminus Est from his waist and poured in divine power.

Responding to Kamito's summons, the sword gave off light.

"Kamito, it's reckless to fight with a sword. I'll do it."

"No, I will. Flame Tongue won't work on it."

"That is?"

Claire chewed her lip. Claire's battle style of wearing down her prey was not made for short-term battles. She knew that best herself.

"But what do I do then. I can't use magic to fly like Ellis."

"As long as I cling to it and don't fall off, isn't that fine?"

"Hah?"

At Kamito's carefree words, Claire was stunned.

"A-Aren't you just stupid!"

"Either way, at this rate the ship will sink. It's worth trying."

"B-But......"

Claire held fast to Kamito's uniform's sleeve.

"What, are you worried about me?"


"Th-That's wrong, I'm not worried......"

Claire averted her eyes.

Although arrogant most of the time, she was truly gentle underneath that.

"It's fine. I'll clean it up quickly."

Kamito gave a light knock to Claire's head and—

The flash of a silver white blade disappeared off the side of the ship.

"......Jeez, I don't care anymore, idiot!"

With the wind barrier damaged, the groaning sound of the wind could be heard.

On the back of the destruction spirit whose head was lodged in the side of the ship—

"Ohhhhhhhhh!"

Kamito impaled it mercilessly.

Piercing through the outer shell, it dug into the underlying flesh.

The destruction spirit gave off a fearsome cry and began to roll.

On the verge of slipping off, Kamito placed his foot on the outer shell and he gripped his sword with all his might.

In order to smack the bug on its back, the destruction spirit folded its body and tried to hit it with its tail, rocking the boat in the process.


From the giant flailing about, the ship's armor fell off and into the forest.

''The ship won't last at this rate......''

Gritting his teeth, he withstood the force of the bone crushing attack.

''First I have to take care of that tail!''

Kamito drew out Terminus Est with all his strength. Pulled by gravity, he began to fall. However, just before he did, he jumped as hard as possible.

He ran up the spirit's body rhythmically.

This was just a giant body. If he just observed the muscles for contractions and planned his next step, before he began to fall, he could safely reach another foothold. Though it was a technique which required uncommon ability and battle prowess.

"Sorry. I bear no hatred against you."

Jumping using just the giant's body—

The demon slayer held in both his hands cleaved through the spirit's tail.

The tail convulsed as it fell into the forest below.

However, Kamito's body also became airborne at the same time.

Gravity took over and began to pull him — just before that.

Something wrapped around his ankle and pulled him back up.


He was thrown around in the air — the next moment, he slapped onto the ship's deck.

"......Ouch......"

Kamito was assaulted by pain.

"......Rather, it burns, so would you control your temperature output!?"

The ankle that had the Flame Tongue around it was a little charred.

"It's punishment for being reckless. If I had messed up, you'd be a pancake right about now."

"I trusted that you wouldn't mess up, master."

"......You're really an idiot, you know that......"

Mumbled the red-faced Claire unintelligibly.

"—And, here it comes!"

With its tail cut off, the enraged destruction spirit charged towards the ship.

A charge towards the deck with its mouth open, showing off its countless fangs!?

A dreadful shock rattled the ship. Pieces of the deck flew off and scattered.

Kamito took a stance and protected Claire from the shards.

"—As expected of a military destruction spirit, such insane power."

While still onboard the ship deck, the destruction spirit raged.

It appeared that its head had gotten stuck in the ship.


It was a chance. The ship couldn't take another blow.

Kamito took a stance with his Demon Slayer and charged it with divine power.

"Claire, I'm finishing it here!"

"Got it!"

The destruction spirit writhed violently.

As it flapped its fin-like wings and attempted to ascend—

"I won't let you!"

Moments before it succeeded, Claire wrapped the Flame Tongue around it.

The Flame Tongue didn't manage to pierce the outer shell.

But the flame whip had knocked the spirit off-balance and made it crash back onto the deck.

There—

"Ohhhhhhhhh!"

Kamito ran towards it with a large sword.

A shining blade line.

Kicking off the ground, the sword strike cut into the soft underbelly of the spirit.

However—


"What!?"

Even with its underbelly pierced, the destruction spirit had not been defeated.

The spirit opened its jaw to reveal many fangs in front of Kamito—

In that moment. He heard a voice from behind.

"O black-fanged dragon spirit, thou, abiding my command, eliminate my enemies—"

"......!?"

"—Destroy, {{Furigana|Dragon Spirit|Nidhogg|margin=12}}!"

With that dignified voice—

The rough, mad blaze swallowed the enraged giant destruction spirit.

This time the spirit was burned to charcoal and fell from the ship.

On the deck, there was a line of intense black flame.

"......Claire?"

A black dragon with spread wings stood there.

It was small for a dragon but still stood twice Kamito's height.

"Your finish is weak, Kazehaya Kamito."

Leonora Lancaster stood there beside the black dragon.


He wondered when she had regained consciousness.

"......That is the Knights of the Dragon Emperor's strongest dragon «Nidhogg»."

Claire whispered while looking.

''......I see, it really isn't your everyday spirit.''

Kamito was astonished.

''Looks like this time's Blade Dance will have people of this level......''

"......You're a life saver, thanks."

Kamito expressed his thanks and Leonora shook her head.

"That military spirit was from Dracunia to begin with so it's only natural that we be the ones to finish it."

"......Even though you were passed out the whole time."

"Th, that's because a man to-touched my chest......!"

The glaring Claire and panicking Leonora.

The ship shook slightly and then started gaining altitude.

It seems that the back-up spirit engine had been started.

"At least now we can relax."

"But how did a military spirit that was supposed to be sealed attack us—"


That spirit was not mad.

It had attacked the ship intentionally.

"It was probably someone who wanted to eliminate the Blade Dance competitors. It's impossible to track who used a military spirit."

Leonora analyzed the situation calmly.

"It seems these kinds of attacks are commonplace. It seems that even if we're not there yet, we should treat it as if the Blade Dance has already begun."

While leaning over the side of the ship, Claire pointed at the shadow of the ship.

"Look over there."

"Yeah?"

Kamito took a peek and saw a battleship within the clouds retreating.

"I don't know whose ship it is, but there's no way it's not connected to that attack. To use a military spirit of that class, there must be several elementalists onboard that ship."

"Are we not going to chase them?"

"Without a flying wind spirit, it's impossible to catch up to a battleship going at full speed. And they probably have more military spirits. It's too dangerous."

"......Sealed military spirits, huh."


Something was tugging at the edge of Kamito's mind.

He remembered the battle with Jio Inzagi and his mission at the mine.

''Restia was trying to unseal {{Furigana|the stretegic-class military spirit|Jormungandr|margin=12}}.''

As expected, he might just be thinking too much into it—

"This might be connected to that darkness spirit girl from the other military spirit case......"

But it seemed that Claire had the same idea.

She peered at Kamito with a meek face.

"......"

Kamito stayed silent.

"Kamito, are you unhurt!?"

"All of a sudden, the ship shook......what happened out here!?"

"Kamito-kun, are you okay?"

Ellis, Rinslet and Fianna all came up to the deck.

"Kazehaya Kamito, I will retire for today but—"

And Leonora reverted her black dragon to its sword form and turned on her heal.

"Deceiving princess shrine maidens and forming a heavenly harem — that «wish» is something this blade will never allow."


"Wait, I'm not wishing for that kind of thing!"

"Y-You, are you participating in the Blade Dance for that kind of wish?"

Gogogogogogogogo......!

"Claire, don't believe it!"

"A heavenly harem......was it?"

"Kamito-san, what does that mean!"

"Umm, what rank am I?"

"You guys......"

......After that, Kamito was questioned by the ojou-samas for about an hour.

===Part 3===
"Nii-sama, why have you become that weak?"

On the deck of the small battleship—

The girl with ash grey hair tilted her head in a strange manner.

Underfoot were the shattered remains of a ring.


It was the ring of the sealed destruction spirit.

"Muir, you should have been told not to use the «Jester's Vise»."

From the ship's hatch appeared another girl.

A girl with brown skin that looked to be around 15 years old.

Beautiful jade hair. Pure red pupils and pointed ears.

She was a sub-human Elfim with all the traits of one.

"It's not Muir's fault. It's the fault of those military guys for having a weak spirit."

"The mission this time is just to test his power. Just because you wanted to, a precious spirit was lost."

"If it couldn't stand Muir's «Jester's Vise», it wasn't fit to be used."

"Military spirits aren't your toys. They're not something you just throw away."

"Hmph, and that's why Lily is weak."

Muir pouted her cheeks in discontent.

The Elfim race girl — Lily Flame breathed a heavy sigh.

"Well, fine, so how was his power? We lost a precious military spirit. You better at least have that or you'll have no excuse for Cardinal."

"Nii-sama has become weak."


Muir put her index finger to her lips and shook her head in disappointment.

"......Weak? Even though he defeated a mid-class military spirit?"

"The past nii-sama would have done it alone. But this time, the group with nii-sama pulled him down."

"His teammates from Areishia Academy, huh. I really can't believe it......that he's hanging out with that half-baked group."

"Like this, nii-sama will just become weaker."

"......That's true. Eventually a hindrance to Cardinal's plan may appear."

Lily muttered this—

"It's fine. Muir will just kill everyone."

Muir smiled innocently and turned towards her.

"Muir, don't do willful things. We are the Cardinal's tools?"

"Shut up, Lily."

"......!?"

For an instant a shudder ran through Lily Flame's body.

The number two of the «Instructional School» — «Monster» Muir Alenstarl.

She must never be upset.


She had accompanied her for a long time so she knew that well.

"Muir doesn't care about anything other than nii-sama. I'll kill you too if you get in my way, Lily."

"Muir......"

A few breathless seconds.

And then—

"Aha, I'm joking. Lily, what kind of face are you making?"

Muir made a pure smile and turned towards her.

"Lily is my precious friend so I won't just kill you that easily."

"......"

Muir looked towards the far end of the ship and sighed.

"Wait for me, nii-sama. I'll erase the meddlesome onee-chans for you."

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Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance:Volume4 Chapter2

2013-03-21T18:51:24Z

KreinS: /* Chapter 2: Sky Voyage */

'''Note: Pending TLC, I'm not sure how much you'll be misreading'''
== Chapter 2: Sky Voyage ==
===Part 1===

The flying boat filled with ether continued to glide over the clouds.

Its destination was a sanctuary in Astral Zero – the Floating Island «Ragna Ys».

It was the venue for the Blade Dance.

Originally, only the princess maidens from the «Divine Ritual Institute» were permitted to enter the sanctuary to attend to the Elemental Lord.

However, it was now open to the general public specifically for the Blade Dance only.

"Oh, this flying boat is so amazing!"

Overlooking the sea of clouds that extended through the window, Kamito was feeling dizzy.

Anyway, it was his first time riding a flying boat.

But as expected from the ladies of nobility, they got accustomed to it as soon as they unloaded their luggage.

He was relaxing on the sofa in the private room that they were each allotted.

The carpet had very beautiful embroidery in red, with the walls of the room made from polished marble.

All the furniture on board was of the highest standard.

"Nevertheless, there is not even the smallest tremor."

"This is indeed the latest flying ship. If all goes as planned, we will be arriving at about noon."


That being said, Claire laid herself down on the sofa. But no matter what, her posture was....

One could easily see her pink panties. Kamito hurriedly averted his face.

"Come to think of it, I have heard that tonight will be the opening ceremony at the castle. Have you brought your dress for the Formal Ball?"

"No, I did not bring it. I hate dance parties."

Recalling the Blade Dance three years ago, Kamito groaned bitterly.

Honestly, the ball was nothing but trivial.

"Is that so...."

For some reason, Claire muttered regretfully.

"....? Don't be embarrassed if you need help over your dress, okay?"

"No no, there's nothing required!"

Claire blushed and turned the other way.

"Are you angry......?"

"I-I am not angry...stupid!"

"....Really, both of you, fighting on a ship?"

Rinslet was amazed at this and shrugged her shoulders.

"Rinslet, what are you doing here―?"


Rinslet had arranged a tea set on the table in preparation.

"I'll brew some black tea, so, shall we have some?"

"I have heard that the flavor of tea leaves from the Laurenfrost province is really good."

"Uh huh! It is essential to relax a bit before the Blade Dance."

Fianna and Ellis too, who were gazing at the scene outside came forward to join the table.

It seemed to be an elegant young lady's style to enjoy tea during the evening.

As Rinslet gracefully poured tea into the cups with her hands, the steam rising immediately filled the room with a pleasant citrus aroma.

"Oh thank you! This has got a really nice flavor."

Claire sincerely gave her words of praise.

"This orange tea is a specialty of the Laurenfrost province."

"Heh-heh, the tea brewed by my lady is indeed delicious."

Her maid Carol giggled and smiled.

"Isn't this usually a maid's job to do?"

Kamito enquired―

"Well, then my adorable Carol would have burns all over."

"Ah, I am sorry..."


For some reason, Rinslet was stark angry.

Incidentally, only those people who had an invitation were allowed in the sanctuary; however, Carol being the property of the Laurenfrost House— was given a special permit as an accomplice to Rinslet.

Although, Rinslet seemed to be still dissatisfied with the treatment, particularly towards Carol.

"How much sugar, Kamito-san?

"Ah, I request for one."

"Claire's two?"

"You! How do you know about my taste?"

"Eh, nothing; I merely remembered it by chance."

Rinslet blushed and shouted angrily.

"Well, that's because my lady and Miss Claire have been playing together since the early days—"

"Ah, is that so?"

Carol smiled when asked by Kamito.

"Yes, my lady and Miss Claire have become very emotionally attached—"

"Hey, you, when did that happen!?"

"Yes, that's right. I assure you that Claire and I are rivals!"


Rinslet suddenly faced the other way.

"I wonder if I can get it."

"As expected of your Royal Highness, you truly understand the way to enjoy black tea."

Rinslet nodded with satisfaction.

And, this time Ellis really coughed—

"I-I would like milk tea with plenty of sugar."

She said this in an embarrassed voice.

"Hai Hai<ref> '''Hai Hai''': Casually saying ‘yes yes’ in Japanese</ref>, Milk tea it is."

"So, if that's the case......"

"Yes?"

"If possible, with cream and honey. Moreover I also wish for a dried marshmallow on it."

"Hey! What is that!"

Rinslet's cheek twitched.

"Such a drink in excess, such blasphemy towards tea!"

"I-I always have it that way! In order to endure harsh sword training, it is necessary to take a lot of sugar."

"Hah... because of that, the Military Family of Fahrengart is..."


“Miss Captain is also surprisingly childish. She doesn’t understand the subtle flavor of this tea.”

“Well, you are annoying! I have always preferred such sweetness in the taste!"

Ellis retorted teary-eyed to Claire’s pitying face,

While watching them —

Be it this or that, to open one’s heart, these two people……

Kamito smiled wryly in his mind.

Because of the long lasting conflict with the Sylphid Knights, Claire and Captain Ellis had been on bad terms. Ellis was on the team, so after a mere two weeks since her arrival, they would quarrel during each day's entire training session.

In order to utilize the battle skills of the similarly neighboring  Ellis, Kamito decided to unite them as a duo, thereupon raising complaints from Claire for some reason or another —— And thus many evenings were spent in this manner.

After all, Claire and Ellis were two people of very different personalities.

Both of them were honor students. However, Ellis was more of a sincere, hard working sort of person, while Claire was more of a fiery-tempered genius. At the very least, both were strong willed.

And thus, the first week went by in a very dangerous mood; however—

"Unbelievable! Really, putting in honey…"

“Wow, I like this.”


"Well, why it is so sweet and delicious....Eh?"

With the cup touching her lips Ellis looked at Claire with her faintly shut eyes.

"How is it?"

"......It's not that bad. It has little bit of a mild flavor to it."

"Doesn't it?"

"But, this impairs the gentle flavor of this black tea. It is at best a children's drink."

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"Hmm, it just might really be so......"

Nowadays, Claire's method of retorting with frivolous talk always nearly came to blows.

"—Nevertheless, your hellcat spirit is just so adorable."

And so Ellis reached out to Scarlet who was crouched on the sofa with her hands.

But then she suddenly started playing with its tail and paws with her fingertips.

"Wait a minute, Scarlet is my contracted spirit. Do not touch her in such a carefree manner."

"Hey, isn't even a little okay......?"

Picking up and hugging Scarlet closely, Ellis' lips sharpened.

For a too serious Captain-sama, this was both a surprising and an adorably frail side.

"......So to say, you even have things such as stuffed toys in your room, isn't it?"

“Nyanya!”<ref> '''Nyanya:''' Cat’s ‘meow’ </ref>


As if calling for Claire’s assistance, Scarlet gave out a bothersome cry.

“I think it seems that your contracted spirit wants to separate from you.”

“Let’s say, Simorgh's face is pretty lovely too<ref> This is said with a negative feeling, in annoyance</ref>……”

Ellis peevishly started muttering after listening to this.

When listening to this, it seemed like it was a chant for making a contract with a spirit.

“Ellis!”

“Stop right there, I will not let this continue even a minute longer.”

Ellis seemed to be hugging Scarlet even more closely—

“Nya!”

Scarlet managed to extract herself from Ellis’ arms, and left the room.

Claire finally sighed and her mood improved.

“That’s why I have to say this: Scarlet would not become emotionally attached to any human other than me.”

“If you are thinking that way too, isn’t it always you who asks me for my Fenrir to be your pillow?

Rinslet glared at Claire with scornful eyes.

“…..But then what shall I do; I feel comfortable when it is chilly.”

Sitting on the sofa, Claire put her head on the back of the white wolf.


For a high ranking demon ice spirit «Fenrir», it showed an expression of great annoyance.

''……I can understand, that feeling''

Frustratingly serving as a slave spirit under Claire, Kamito gave sympathy reflexively.

“Uffu fu, Kamito-kun, do you want to call for my ‘breasts only’ pillow?”

“Stop being ridiculous, Your Highness”

And Kamito poked Fianna’s forehead.

“…..Aammo, this does not mean that you have already won.”

She added this while placing her index finger to her lips in a seemingly dissatisfied manner.

“Hum, do not go searching for Scarlet afterwards. This ship is just too vast and spacious to search in.”

And with Claire sighing flauntingly, Ellis got diverted to the affairs of the day after tomorrow.

“So to say, the fact is that there are other countries’ representatives also onboard, right?”

“Yes, besides us, just how many other teams were picked up?”

Claire nodded at the question asked by Kamito.

Kamito placed his cup of black tea on the table.

“—Even the Strongest Blade Dancer?”

“—……Huh?”

Just then, the tension in the room rose up.


Kamito’s voice had an unusual force behind it.

“No, that girl isn’t on board this flying ship.”

And Claire quietly denied it by shaking her head.

“This time, that girl will be appearing as the representative from the Alphas Theocracy. If so, she will be on one of the other flying vessels.”

“Is that so……”

“Anyways, this just doesn’t make sense, right?”

“Yes, to be a representative from the Alphas Theocracy while utilizing spirit magic at such a level, ain’t it?”

Rinslet tilted her head in thought, and Claire nodded in assent to her.

Alphas Theocracy — from East to West respectively, a small country sandwiched between the two major principalities, Ordesia Empire and Dracunia — the Dragon Empire. Their main resource was the spirit crystal which was excavated from mines. But, in order to bring such an enormous fortune for a small country like that, the people would have had to barter for advanced excavation equipment sourced from ancient ruins similar to the ones that held the «Gates».

Though it was unconfirmed, many people alleged the country to be the headquarters for the organization of the Dark Traders {{Furigana|Corpse Federation|Murders|margin=12}}.


But for this country to be able to ward off any confrontation from the two super powers on its land, there must have been extremely skillful diplomacy on the part of the The First Hierarch.

“In the first place, the representatives from that country last participated in the Blade Dance 50 years ago. But for what reason could they be participating in this tournament, even I would like to know that.”

Ren Ashbell, for now the famous elementalist herself, was a source of aspiration for these young ladies and she was what they aimed for.

For such a girl, her being the representative of such a small country had lead to nothing but very bad rumors, and Claire and the others were all helpless to withstand it.

“Speaking of Alphas Theocracy, there is a rumor about them rapidly buying and collecting spirits for military services.”

Ellis started muttering over such a matter while folding her arms.

“Why now? Why is it necessary for them to assemble spirits for military services?”

That wasn’t just all to it.

The Alphas Theocracy, in addition to this, was also seen as a source of potential threat.

''As a certainty, it is also believed to be the birth place of the Demon King — isn’t that so? ''

It was believed that the Demon King had roots all over the continent at quite a number of places.

And Alphas Theocracy was known as its Headquarters.

At any rate, the capital of the Empire was the native city of Demon King Solomon.

It was believed by the followers of the Demon King, that one day a 2nd advent would come again in the empire.


Demon King — Kamito felt an odd sensation in his chest as he started to recollect.

''It is certain that at that school, I was brought up as a Demon King, and even my colleagues believed it to be so......''

For this reason, they then blessed Kamito who was considered an elementalist blessed by that man, with an existence which was a high ranking spirit that had been contracted with by the Demon King himself.

“At any rate, this news is still unclear about how it relates to Ren Ashbell, right.”

Claire shrugged her shoulders.

“Suddenly appearing 3 years ago, a nameless elementalist. After these years, of the same age of 16 years old as I, wielding a darkness spirit. How did she reach that level is truly impossible to comprehend.”

For the sake of winning through the Blade Dance, not only the ability and power to use spirit magic, but gathering intelligence was also essential.

Though the academy was able to provide essential details of the elementalists and their spirit attributes from the other participating teams, regarding the one called Ren Ashbell, there was nothing but simply what was collected from flying gossip.

Not just about her, but even about her team members there was no information.

''So not only the identity, but also their objective is obscure, or—''

But if it were just a case of deceiving everyone by imitating the legendary elementalist.

However, such a thing was not impossible.


''Greyworth, that person is the only one whom I was not able to defeat—''

For the sake of defeating her in Blade Dance, Kamito had been summoned to the academy.

''That’s—''

And, Kamito dropped his gaze to his leather gloved left hand.

''Restia, there is no doubt that the one participating will have an imitation of her.''

Just several weeks ago, at that time during the battle under the abandoned mine with Jio Inzagi—— from the «Instructional School» .

<nowiki>——</nowiki>Because it was her wish.

Those were really the words uttered by Restia.

And then, he would be reunited with that girl.

Damn it! How was that girl able to change the darkness spirit.

If she had changed, if that other Ren Ashbell overcame the barrier, if it were to happen—

''Impossible, I absolutely won’t allow it.''

Under the table, Kamito’s fist started to quiver slightly.

“At any rate, after a few more hours, we will be standing at the same stage as her.”

And so Ellis muttered with strong emotions.

“3 years ago, despite just watching her debut match from the guest seating.”

“I had come to see Velsaria’s match. And she was so amazingly beautiful.”


“Ren Ashbell’s blade dance was truly magnificent, right.”

Seeing Ellis blushing rapidly, Claire and Rinslet started mocking her by making sounds.

Kamito was feeling extremely loathsome and averted his eyes.

“Well, there is no need to care about that so much. After all, her being the strongest was three years ago and rumours are always exaggerated. It seems I am just unlucky to be a slave."

Kamito shrugged his shoulders while saying—

“Oye, how dare you say that!”

“You, are you stupid or what?”

“Heh, so you are stupid to even that extent.”

“Aa, sorry, my bad......”

Being glared at by the three young ladies, Kamito apologized in haste.

''......Impossible, in any case, how can you say such words when that person himself is in front of you. ''

There was no point in hearing this any longer. Kamito stood up quickly as if to recover.

“Oye, where are you going?”

“Ah, in search of Scarlet.”

Finding such an excuse, Kamito made a quick exit from the room.

“Aaa, for him to run away......”


“Fu fu, Kamito-kun in his pitiful state is too cute.”

Knowing Kamito’s true identity, Fianna could not help but giggle nonstop.

===Part 2===

Directly below one of the flying ships escorting the representatives for the Blade Dance, a petite figure geared in battle form appeared.

As if lurking around to ambush the game among the woods, she was lying in wait silently.

Opening a metal hatch, a small sized girl appeared to make an exit.

Her hair was tied together in two pony-tails from both ends and was fluttering against the strong wind.

“—Found you, Nii-sama.”

An expression of a delicate smile appeared on that young girl’s face as she called for her spirit.

At that moment, the ring on her index finger glowed in bright red.

And thus—

“Come, rampage to your heart’s content. Annihilation spirit «Death Gaze».

A small crack suddenly appeared in the clear sky, and a black monster emerged from it.
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Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance:Volume4 Chapter1

2013-03-21T11:39:07Z

KreinS:

== Chapter 1: Travel Preparation ==
===Part 1===

<nowiki>*</nowiki>Chirp, chirp...*

The twittering of birds from inside the «Spirit Forest» that surrounded the academy could be heard within the dorms.

"Mm..."

Opening his eyes and rising up from his bed, he found his own half-asleep face reflected in the window glass.

His black hair was ruffled from sleeping. He also had an insecure look in his eyes.

Compared to the innocent looks in his dream, his impression had changed greatly.

''Four years ago... huh?''

It had been a long time since he last had a dream about that period of time.

It was probably the first time he had one since coming to this academy.

To be frank, it was a memory he did not even want to recall...

Kamito unintentionally cast his sight down to his left hand, where a spirit seal was engraved.

The seal of the darkness spirit— the left hand which grasped victory at the Blade Dance three years ago.

''Now I am trying to return to that arena once more.''

With the Blade Dance drawing near, he was probably feeling emotionally overwrought without realizing it.

That must also have been why he had a dream about that period of time.

As he was about to get off his bed―

"......"

Kamito noticed something.

His body felt strangely heavy.

Something soft and pleasant was mounted on top of his waist.

"......?!"

Startled, Kamito flipped his blanket vigorously.

And then.

"Fua... Good morning, Kamito."

"E-Est?!"

A lovely voice rang, just like a bell.

The one straddling Kamito's waist— was a silver-haired beauty.

She had mysterious violet eyes. Her skin was white like freshly extracted milk.

The figure in question, who was rubbing her drowsy-looking eyelids, was just as lovely as a snow fairy.

The sword spirit Est. She was Kamito's contracted spirit, and was also entitled «Demon Slayer».

Apparently, she had sneaked into Kamito's bed without him knowing.

On top of that, her attire was—

"What's wrong, Kamito?"

Still straddling his waist, Est looked down at him expressionlessly.

"H-Hey, your attire..."

Est was fully naked― No, she was not.

She was dressed up properly.

However—

"Kamito?"

Est tilted her head blankly. Kamito averted his eyes in a fluster.

Est was wearing Kamito's uniform shirt over her naked body.

She was probably not wearing underwear. Her attire was what called a naked-shirt<ref>Similar to Naked-apron, a naked shirt is where the subject wears nothing but a shirt.</ref>.

From the exposed bosom, her slightly exposed white skin was strangely captivating.

The cuffs were big and excessive, but they gave him an unnecessary maniacal feeling nonetheless.

"Wha—? Est, why are you wearing my uniform?"

"Kamito told me that I can't sleep naked together with you."

Est replied expressionlessly.

Kamito was startled as soon as she tightly grabbed the chest area of the shirt.

"Yeah, I did tell you so."

Being at his wits' end, Kamito groaned.

"But please, at least put on some panties."

"...Pan...ties?"

"Why are you making that wondering face?!"

It might be the case if spirits have the habit of wearing knee-socks, but do not have the habit of wearing panties.

''...Nah, Restia did wear underwear properly.''

Just when he was thinking about that―

"Hm?"

Suddenly, Kamito felt something out of place about Est's appearance.

It was not just about her wearing a naked-shirt― There seemed to be something very different about Est this morning.

Kamito intently examined Est's whole body.

"Kamito... Um, if you stare at me that much, I'll get embarrassed."

The expressionless Est blushed in an unusual manner, squirmed on top of his waist and rubbed her knees together.

At that moment, Kamito finally realized it.

From the shirt-tail, her white thighs slightly came into sight.

And then came her slender and smooth ankles like sculptures made of marble.

What Est was wearing— wasn't her usual knee-high socks.

She was wearing short socks, of which the length was just about up to her ankles.

"Est, what's with those socks?"

"Well, I thought Kamito would be pleased with these kind of socks."

With her face still red, Est firmly pinned down the shirt-tail.

This was his first time seeing Est making such an expression.

It appeared that to her, exposing her bare feet was really embarrassing.

"Kamito, are you turned on by my short socks?"

"Nah, because I don't have such a maniacal fetish, you know?"

"...I see. That means this is still not enough to make you satisfied."

Est dropped her shoulders, seemingly disappointed.

"Still, it is quite impossible for me to show you my bare feet."

"I'm telling you, I don't have such a fetish."

Kamito groaned and shook his head. He really could not understand the spirits' sense of shame.

''Even so―''

It was the truth that his heart pounded at Est's expression of blushing and being bashful in an unusual manner.

The sword spirit was always calm and expressionless.

That was exactly why he wanted to try seeing more of her bashful expression.

''What will happen if I touch them, I wonder?''

Suddenly, Kamito's mind was tempted.

Anyhow, it was because Est, not any other girl, was bashful to this extent.

What would happen if he touched her bare feet? —He wanted to try seeing it.

"......"

Kamito quietly reached out his hand—

<nowiki>*</nowiki>Coochy*.

He tickled Est's small foot.

"...Hyan!"

A sweet voice leaked out from her lips.

Est's body bent with a start.

"...Kamito, what are you doing?!"

"Hm? I'm massaging you."

<nowiki>*</nowiki>Coochy coochy*.

"Hya...a-n..."

Twisting her body, Est was in agony, seemingly tickled.

Such a reaction was so cute that it drove Kamito to―

<nowiki>*</nowiki>Coochy*. *Coochy coochy coochy*.

"...A-n, please... Stop it..."

"No. This is your punishment."

"...Punishment?"

"Because Est is a bad girl for sneaking in my bed as she pleases."

<nowiki>*</nowiki>Coochy coochy*.

"Ann, Kami...to... Forgive... Me."

Tears were shed from Est's limpid eyes as she pleaded while gasping.

...As expected, she now looked a little pitiful.

"Have you reflected on your behavior?"

"Y...es..."

Kamito ceased tickling, and Est fell lying face-down in exhaustion.

Kamito gently held Est back as she flopped onto him.

"...Kamito is so mean."

Est pouted her lips in an unusual manner.

"My bad. Est is just so cute... So I did it without thinking."

He gently stroked Est's silver hair while making a bitter smile.

Just at that moment.

The room temperature rose instantly.

"...?!"

<nowiki>*</nowiki>Gogogogogogogo...!*

From behind him, a horrifying killing aura... No, heat was emitted.

When he turned around at the unpleasant premonition―

"Y-Y-You guys... Wh-Wh-Wh-Wh-What are you doing?"

With her red pigtails standing on end, the beautiful girl was trembling all over.

Her ruby eyes were imposing. Her lips had the color of cherry blossoms in early blooming. The bulge on her chest was just about the same as that of a kid, but that well-balanced proportion of hers was very charming.

Claire Rouge.

If it was appearance alone, she was exceptionally cute, an ultra beautiful girl without any exaggeration.

However, as she was now, she was more terrifying than any ferocious spirit.

"I-I've misjudged you. I-I didn't know you're such a pervert...!"

"Y-You got it wrong, Claire. This is, well, you see..."

Kamito was attempting to give an excuse while in a fluster, but―

For this particular instance, it was absolutely not a misunderstanding. There was no way to make an excuse.

"Kamito-kun, I think your foot-tickling play is indeed too maniacal."

Appearing from behind Claire, Fianna quietly cast her eyes down, seemingly sad.

It seemed like she had seen everything. ...He would rather die now.

"Kamito, how hot would you order me to grill you?"

Claire smiled pleasantly while holding her blazing {{Furigana|Flame Tongue|whip of flame}}.

A smile of an angel that would make one unexpectedly fascinated.

"Medium rare... or so."

"Too bad. I only know roasting to cinders."

Claire raised her whip of flame overhead――

"――Turn into cinders already!"

Kamito was blown off towards the outside of the window.

===Part 2===

And so, Kamito greeted another morning just like usual, but――

After eating breakfast, the situation was a little different.

The bell sounding the start of classes had already rung long ago, yet everyone still remained in their rooms in the dorm.

"This one and this one. This one should be necessary too... Geez, Scarlet. Don't play with the luggage."

"Nyaa?"

The flame spirit in the form of a hell cat was playing by rolling Claire's outfits as if they were a yarn ball.

Seeing a glimpse of white underwear among that lump, Kamito averted his eyes in a hurry.

Claire and Fianna were sitting on each of their beds, packing stuff into their own bags.

They were preparing to head towards Astral Zero, the stage of the Blade Dance.

It had been two weeks since «Team Scarlet» defeated the Silent Fortress ― Velsaria Eva, who was ranked number one within the academy, and obtained the right to participate in the Blade Dance. Together with the two teams that got into the determined representative trio, they were going to fight to the bitter end several days from now on as a representative of the Ordesia Empire.

"Claire, did you get enough sleep yesterday?"

"Of course. Keeping your physical condition in control is the basics for an elementalist after all."

Claire nodded while holding back from yawning, which she had already been doing often.

Perhaps because of her sense of responsibility as the team leader, Claire had recently been reading a large number of tactical books and documents related to spirits, which she had borrowed from the library, until the dead of the night.

"Don't push yourself too hard. We won't know the {{Furigana|regulation|battle system}} until an oracle of the Elemental Lords is issued."

"Yes, I know. Still, it's necessary to prepare countermeasures in advance. Those who participate in the Blade Dance are the most elite elementalists representing each country―― It won't be so easy that you can win without countermeasures. Besides, that strongest blade dancer is also taking part in this tournament after all."

"...Yeah, you're right."

Kamito nodded with a bitter face.

The strongest blade dancer ― Ren Ashbell.

The winner at the Blade Dance three years ago.

''...Not me, but another Ren Ashbell.''

Who exactly was she? And what was her goal...?

He had to figure that out.

Kamito tightly clenched his left hand, which was covered in a leather glove.

Regardless of what her objectives might be, there was no doubt that the transformed Restia was acting together with her.

"And you, are you done with packing already?"

Holding on to the nape of Scarlet, who was struggling and mewing――

This time it was Claire who asked.

In contrast with Claire's traveling bag, which was filled up till the point where it was about to burst, Kamito's bag was small.

"Yeah, I don't have much stuff to carry after all."

Kamito, who was wandering aimlessly until just two months ago, carried with him almost no personal belongings.

A few daggers used for throwing and, it wasn't baggage but―― he had the elemental waffe, the sword «Terminus Est», in the sword-belt on his hips. Est was offended by what happened this morning and went to sleep in her sword form. ...It was not likely for her to wake up anytime soon.

But then again, if one was to offend a high-ranking spirit of Est's level, normally one must be ready for the kind of damage like a town being destroyed.

"......"

For those two, it seemed that they still needed more time to pack.

''...Well, they are girls of noble status after all.''

They probably needed various things that a guy like Kamito would have no idea about.

Claire had been randomly stuffing in a bunch of canned peach for a while, but that made him feel a little uneasy.

"Hm?"

Suddenly, Kamito cast his eyes down the floor, where stuff was strewn all over the place.

There were some books that looked like novels mixed among tactical books and documents related to spirits.

Having too much time to spare, Kamito casually picked up one of them.

'The wandering prince and the imprisoned princess'―― A romance novel aimed at teens, with many illustrations in it.

(Seriously, it's surprising that Claire likes this kind of stuff.)

When he tried skimming lightly through its first part out of curiosity――

"Wha-?!"

Kamito's face turned red in a flash.

The contents of the book were about a beautiful princess who got abducted by a cruel prince and had all sorts of things done to her that could hardly be expressed in words――It was that kind of hardcore stuff.

"Y-You... H-Have you been reading this kind of stuff?!"

"Eh?"

Claire turned around.

And then, when she recognized what Kamito was holding in his hands,

"Fuaaaa, g-g-g-give it back! What the hell are you reading without permission?!"

Thump. Thud.

She hit him with the peach cans in her hands.

"Whoa... Are you planning to kill me?!"

"It's your punishment for peeping into a m-maiden's secret! You deserve to die ten thousand times!"

"Then don't leave your maiden secret on the floor."

"S-Shut up~! Idiot! Pervert!"

Bursting into tears, Claire hit him repeatedly and violently.

...At this rate, he might lose his life before participating in the Blade Dance.

"Hey, you are being annoying."

"B-But Kamito――"

Taking the chance when Claire turned towards Fianna――

Kamito opened a page of the book and showed it in front of Claire.

It was a page containing an illustration in which the princess, the heroine of the story, was being tied up with a rope and getting whipped.

"...?!"

"Isn't Claire more of a pervert?"

"...Eh?"

Claire's shoulders turned stiff with a start.

"A noble young lady reading such a vulgar book, don't you feel any shame?"

"W-Well, um..."

The ojou-sama blushed and mumbled in hesitation.

Upon seeing Claire in such a state――

Kamito got a feeling of wanting to play with her a little.

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(...Well, there I go wanting to tease her again.)

It was probably because her act of blushing in embarrassment looked strangely cute.

Moving his face close to Claire's ear, he whispered softly.

"I wonder how everyone will think if they learn that the ojou-sama, whose test results are also top-class, enjoys reading this kind of obscene books."

"Fuaa, wh-wh-wh-what are you saying?!"

"Could it be that you want to get things like stuff in this book done to you?"

"Th-That's not true! How could I want to be tied up like this?!"

"You know, this page has a fold on it."

"...~Fuaaan!"

A tiny cloud of steam erupting from her head, Claire crawled into her bed.

"...Seriously, she's the same green ojou-sama as ever."

Having escaped from his life crisis, Kamito took a sigh of relief, and――

This time he turned towards Fianna.

"Is your preparation going well?"

"...Hmm, it seems that my ritual equipment is going to be bulky no matter what."

Said Fianna while stuffing a large round mirror and a candlestick into her bag.

Fianna Ray Ordesia.

She was the second princess of the Ordesia Empire, and also the princess maiden ranked second at 〈Divine Ritual School〉, a training institution for Queens who served the Five Great Elemental Lords.

A genuine princess, who was once even chosen as a candidate for the Queen of the Elemental Lord of Flame.

However, she was by no means haughty, and was very easy to talk to.

Strictly speaking though, she was at a social status where Kamito and the like were not even allowed to look at her face.

"If you don't mind, I'll lend you a hand. Can I pack the stuff around here however I want?"

"Yes, that will be of help."

Kamito sat down on the bed, where stuff was all over the place, and started stuffing a bag with all kinds of equipment that appeared to be used in rituals.

Rosaries, royal goblets, folding fans, whips, candles, and even things that looked like beast ears and tails――

(Are these things really equipment for rituals?)

Such a question suddenly flitted through his mind, however--

(Well, I'm also just a beginner when it comes to princess maidens' rituals after all.)

――That was when his hand, which reached out casually, grabbed something.

A smooth and nice touch of cloth.

(...What's this?)

Knitting his eyebrows, he tried holding it up before his eyes, and then――

"...?!"

Kamito turned stiff in that posture.

It was a glossy black piece of cloth.

A thin lace embroidery with a rose pattern on it.

The material was probably silk. There were thin strings attached at both ends of the cloth piece.

"Err..."

Cold sweat gradually emerged on Kamito's forehead.

A high class-looking black pair of underwear.

On top of that――

(Wh-Why is there a hole here?!)

It wasn't torn off. For some reason, there was an unnatural cut at the center.

(This seems to have no meaning as underwear――)

"Ka-Kamito-kun?!"

"Ah――"

Suddenly, his eyes met Fianna's, who raised her face at him.

Kamito was still unfolding the black pair of underwear in front of him.

"......"

"......"

"Um..."

Fianna's face turned bright red――

"D-Do you... hate a princess who would wear this kind of shameful underwear?"

She asked him with upturned eyes.

"N-No, I mean, my bad...!"

With his heart pounding, Kamito hurriedly put the underwear back inside the bag.

"Wh-Why do you have such underwear?"

"I went and bought it on an impulse... b-but it is indeed embarrassing."

She muttered with her face still bright red.

...It seemed that she really was embarrassed.

This princess always said shocking things and teased Kamito, but she was actually a green girl, just like Claire.

"...I wonder... if that was a little too daring."

"Y-You're right. A little... yeah."

Ahem, or so Kamito coughed.

What blew away that awkward atmosphere for them was a voice which could be heard coming from outside the room.

"Geez, you're still preparing, Claire Rouge?"

A somewhat high-pitched and elegant voice.

The one who appeared in front of the room was――

Claire's rival and classmate in her Raven classroom.

It was Rinslet Laurenfrost, the demon ice elementalist.

She had dazzlingly beautiful platinum blond hair. Her emerald green eyes were topped by lovely eyebrows.

At a glance, she appeared to be a proud ojou-sama, but Kamito knew that she was a very kind and caring girl.

"Ojou-sama, I'm sleepy~"

"Geez, Carol is always such a sleepyhead."

The one being dragged by her was Carol the maid.

"Ojou-sama, you know that unlike you, my blood pressure is low... Hwa."

Apparently she had been woken up by Rinslet this morning.

...She was the same useless maid as ever.

"Rinslet, what is that thing?"

Claire, having finally revived, asked thus.

Rinslet was carrying a largish wooden box in her hands.

"Hmph, it's a tea set of highest grade. A lady of the Laurenfrost family must stay elegant at all times."

Rinslet proudly combed her platinum blond hair upward.

"You know what, we aren't going out to play."

Claire shrugged her shoulders in amazement.

And then, this time they could hear Ellis' voice coming from outside the window.

"What are you lot doing?! It's already ''one hour'' until the gathering time, you know!"

"You're just too early!"

Claire turned at the overly serious knight captain and yelled.

(...Unifying this team seems to be quite a long-term difficult task.)

Kamito shrugged his shoulders with a sense of irony while putting the baggage in order.

===Part 3===

One hour later.

Members of Team Scarlet gathered in front of the〈Stone Circle〉, which was their rally point.

It was a〈Gate〉to Astral Zero located within the premises of Areisia Spirit Academy.

This historic ruin itself was something that had been in existence long before the academy was built, but it was by no means part of the Empire's technology. The status quo was that the technology which preserved the〈gates〉which opened to this world, had been lost completely, excluding such ruins, which remained at various places around the continent.

From now on, representative fighters would be moving to Astral Zero and then boarding a ship prepared by the 〈Divine Ritual School〉, which administered the Blade Dance.

In front of the 〈gate〉, the other two teams that had been selected from the academy had also gathered already.

〈Team Wyvern〉, ranked first, was a team composed of only upperclassmen.

They gave each member of Team Scarlet a sharp glance, and then suddenly looked away. They had no intention of getting along――That was probably what they were declaring. Their reaction was natural. After all, although both teams were selected from the same academy, when the Blade Dance actually began, they would become each other's rival.

(Besides――)

With that in mind, Kamito looked at Claire with a side glance.

There was another reason for the glance of the upperclassmen being prickly.

The younger sister of Calamity Queen, who had brought about the unprecedented disaster to the empire four years ago.

There were still many students in the academy with unpleasant thoughts about her existence.

Claire did not seem to particularly care about that, but she was probably suffering in her heart.

"Mu, you guys again――"<ref>Exclamation for expressing an astonishment or showing unexpectedness�</ref>

Thus a blond girl holding a wooden staff started talking to Kamito.

"'Sup, savage girl. It's been a while."

"Muu, I'm not a savage girl!"

The lovely petite girl puffed out her cheeks in anger.

This person was a member of the third ranked 〈Team Cernunnos〉, whom they had fought against before.

She was from the Druid clan, who grew up in the Spirit Forest and used a powerful 〈Beast Swarm Spirit〉.

As an opponent whom they may fight in the future, she was quite a strong rival.

"I will be sure to crush the likes of you guys underfoot with my 〈Beast Swarm Spirit〉!"

The druid girl held up her wooden staff as she snickered.

And then, heading over there――

"Hmph, so you three teams have finally gathered?"

Teacher Freya Grandol, the manager of the 〈gate〉, came walking briskly.

As she cast a glance up at the clock tower of the academy,

"I'm going to transport all of you to Astral Zero after ten minutes. Now finish saying goodbye to your friends in the meantime."

Saying thus, she started drawing a magical formation inside the 〈Stone Circle〉.

Claire, Rinslet, and Fianna restlessly looked away from each other.

"Th-There's no need to say goodbye or something."

"Th-That's right. We're just leaving the academy for a mere few days after all."

"Y-Yes, that sounds exaggerating."

The three of them simultaneously nodded to one another.

(Come to think of it, all of them had no friends.)

...This ojou-sama group sure had it tough.

(Well, I'm also in no place to say so about people, though――)

Meanwhile, Ellis was surrounded and overwhelmed by a crowd of junior knights.

Her reddish brown eyes were imposing. Her blue ponytail was swaying in the gentle breeze.

Apparently, Ellis would be going to the Blade Dance wearing her knight armor as well.

That was probably her expression of determination of being a representative of the academy and also the {{Furigana|Sylphid|Knight Order of the Wind King}} at the same time.

"Captain, please fight for us as well!"

"We're rooting for you!"

"Yeah, I will definitely claim victory!"

Ellis nodded at the words of Rakka and Reicia, her two former teammates.�

They had entrusted Ellis with their dream for the Blade Dance championship.�

And then, one more person――

Kamito knew that there was a girl who had entrusted her with a dream.

Kamito whispered to Ellis, who had returned after saying goodbye to her juniors.

"Ellis, that ribbon looks good on you."

"Y-You think so...?"

Ellis blushed and fidgeted with her fingers.

Binding her ponytail was a white ribbon.

It was something which Ellis' elder foster-sister entrusted to her before leaving the academy.

"Now that I'm wearing this, I feel like Aneue is watching over me."

Ellis suddenly smiled.

Seeing her defenseless face from the side, Kamito spontaneously felt his heart pound again.

"The time has come. Everyone, get inside the 〈Stone Circle〉."

Teacher Freya traced a stone pillar with her fingertips, and blue rays of light gushed forth from the earth's surface.

A 〈Gate〉connecting this world and Astral Zero emerged.

Kamito and his group nodded to each other and stepped inside the shining 〈Stone Circle〉.

===Part 4===

A dazzling flash of light. And then a fleeting intoxicating sensation as though heaven and earth were turned upside-down.

"H-m..."

Opening their eyes, what first sprang into their field of vision was――�

All kinds of trees in a dense forest, and a grand lake occupying a large area within it.

A lake that looked like the polished surface of a mirror, which existed only in Astral Zero. At the lake shore where water plants grew thickly, countless faint, flickering light orbs were floating and creating a wondrous scene.

"I have come to this lake before, during the academy's training camp."

Claire firmly descended on the muddy ground.

Members of other teams were also sent to the site one after another.

"By the way, where's the ship?"

Kamito looked around the surface of the lake.

A ship-like object was nowhere to be found.

"Where are you looking? Look, over there――"

Claire shrugged her shoulders and pointed at the sky peeking through the gaps of trees.

"Hm?"

When he raised his head――

An outline of a ship was floating in the sky casting its huge shadow on the lake.

"That's... the Bellfahle-class flying ship of the 〈Divine Ritual School〉..."�

Kamito opened his eyes and groaned.

A state-of-the-art flying ship named after the Elemental Lord of Wind.

He had heard about it in the rumors but this was his first time seeing the real thing.

It had the form like that of a streamlined whale. Apparently its power source was a spirit engine made in the Kingdom of Balstan, and they used an over-6000-year-old sacred tree as material for the exterior.

It was the ship which would lead elementalists, who would dedicate their blade dances to the Elemental Lords, to the stage of the 〈Blade Dance〉.

"Kamito, we are definitely going to win the grand prize."

"Yeah."

Kamito nodded, and tightly clenched his left hand.

(...We have crawled all the way up for the sake of gaining the qualification to board that ship.)

Claire, for the sake of learning the truth related to the incident that her elder sister caused.

Kamito, for the sake of regaining the contracted spirit that he had lost.�

Then Ellis, Fianna, and Rinslet――

Everyone at this place was joining in the 〈Blade Dance〉 with their respective wish harbored in mind.

The flying ship caused flashy splashes as it landed on the lake.

===Part 5===

"――Looks like the boy has already headed over there."

Areisia Spirit Academy, office room.

Greyworth Shelmice faced the wall of the room and spoke.

There was no response――However, immediately from inside the wall, a person's shadow emerged as if it was seeping out.

"Yes ma'am. Just a while ago."

It was teacher Freya Grandol, the shadow elementalist.

She approached Greyworth's office desk, and then spoke without hesitation.

"Still, I cannot understand the reason why you, the academy director, would go that far to support that boy."

"What do you mean?"

"His fighting skills are certainly overwhelming, but the 〈Blade Dance〉 isn't something as lenient as to allow someone to win with just that. You should be the one who knows that best."

"Yeah, it's just as you said. The boy still can't win against the strongest blade dancer as he is now. At the very least, I would like to have him awaken before the real war starts, but――"

"What do you mean?"

"Nah, just random silly talk."

Greyworth shook her head as if to evade the question.

"More importantly, has the investigation on that matter been completed?"

"Yes. I would like you to be moderate and stop using me to spy on the army, though."

"I've been feeling sorry about that, you know."

Greyworth shrugged her shoulders, and then Freiya rudely threw down the report.

"That's the data about the incident four years ago. After the collapse of the institution in question―― 〈Instructional School〉, there were 14 orphans taken into protection by the order of imperial knights. Rumors say that five of them had been admitted into the special forces of the knight order. The remaining nine died several years later under the effect of the Cursed Armament Seals given to them by the institution, or so they say."

"Still, that means the number doesn't match. It conflicts with the data found at the institution."

"Apparently it was not the case that all orphans were taken into protection by the knight order. Jio Inzaghi, who broke into our academy the other day, was also one of the institution's orphans whom the knight order has little information about. It probably won't be strange even if there are still unconfirmed orphans besides him out there."

"I see..."

What came to Greyworth's mind was the eyes of the boy whom she met four years ago.

In the eyes of that boy, who declared indifferently on that day――that he had come to kill the Dusk Witch, there was no hatred, nor was there anger, only an unfathomable nothingness.

(The same kid as the boy back then, huh...)

Young children who got their heart plundered and were raised as battle weapons.

Though they were also elementalists, they were basically different from noble girls who grew up at the academy.

"Academy director?"

"It's nothing. You did a good job. Please continue your investigation as is."

"Seriously, my main job isn't a spy but a teacher, you know."

Teacher Freya once again disappeared into the wall while complaining.

Greyworth gazed outside the window, and then suddenly took a heavy breath.

"A military spirit and an orphan from 〈Instructional School〉―― Is ''she'' actually planning to incite war or something?"

The Dusk Witch was succumbing to impatience.

The strongest blade dancer had yet to awaken.

He was certainly strong.

Even in an academy where first-rate elementalists gather, his power was overwhelming.

However, that was, at its best, just a story in the miniature garden called academy.

As he was now, he absolutely could not win against her.

Neither could Ren Ashbell of three years ago do that――

"Please, successor of the demon king―― Because even I don't have much time left now."

Greyworth suppressed her pounding heart as she curled her lips ironically.
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Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance:Volume4 Prologue

2013-03-18T20:49:19Z

KreinS:

== Prologue ==

Passages excavated in the solid bedrock were piled up in several layers.

A boy had been walking alone through the inside of the institution where crimson flames swirled in.

He had glossy black hair. He was in an attire that covered his whole body in black and could be mistaken for darkness.

His girlish looks still retained some innocence, but his jet-black pupils were emotionless, they just reflected the flames that flickered inhumanly.

Who was it that destroyed the institution of the «Instructional School», that had many combatants, in merely half a day?— The boy had no way of knowing.

Was it the capital's Spirit Knights, or an accident due to a rampaging sealed spirit?

The instructional teachers, who drilled combat skills into the boy, were nowhere to be found.

Had they escaped, or it might be that they were already dead.

If that was the case, the boy would be released and would become a free man.

But.

''Such things are trivial...''

The boy, who had his heart stolen away, had become apathetic to everything.


Except for her, the one and only exception.

The darkness spirit, Restia— the highest level sealed spirit that was given to him by the teachers of the institution.

The girl had granted light to his heart that was shut in darkness.

''She's the only one that I'll absolutely protect.''

Within the blazing flames, the boy's goal was the shrine that was beneath the institution.

In the shrine, there were many artifacts of sealed spirits that were illegally excavated by the «Instructional School» —that was strong enough to even be comparable to a small nation's military strength— resting.

The ring that sealed Restia should also be stored over there.

The spirit seal that was the proof of a spirit contract had not yet been engraved on the boy's hand.

The teachers of the institution were cautious of him possessing more power than necessary and had not permitted the exchanging of a spirit contract.

The boy held the power to exchange feelings with a spirit while having the body of a male— the same nature as the «Demon King».

The teachers were afraid that he would rebel after contracting with the highest level darkness spirit.

"—Onii-sama!"

The sound of a girl came from behind.

"Muir?"

There was only one person who would call him onii-sama.


The boy turned around, and saw a young girl behind him.

She had ash-grey hair that was tied up on both sides of her head.

Along with her blue clear pupils, she had lovely rose-bud-like lips.

Her skin that could be seen from the gaps of her black combat uniform was white like virgin snow.

"Muir, you still haven't escaped?"

"Mou, I was searching for you, onii-sama!"

The girl —Muir Alenstarl— pouted her cheeks like she was angry.

Naturally, the boy, who was an orphan, had no sisters.

'Onii-sama' was just something she called him wilfully.

"What happened to those watching over us?"

"I killed them."

She answered without a flicker of her eyebrow.

"It's because they tried to hinder me from searching for onii-sama."

She neither boasted nor felt regret about the murder.

She just killed because it was a necessary work— It could be said to be something like that.

"I see..."

Although there was no sympathy for those who were killed.


As the ones who had raised her as a slaughtering weapon were none other than they themselves.

Muir Alenstarl was the «Instructional School»'s second ranking combatant.

In this institution of literally composed of monsters, the girl was nicknamed a «monster».

While the boy held overwhelming combat skills, he had not yet killed even a single person. He was a being that drew the line.

"Onii-sama, you too, what are you doing here?"

This time, Muir was the one who asked.

"The ring that sealed Restia is in the underground shrine. I'm going to retrieve it."

"Ah, Onii-sama, as you already have Muir, you don't need things like contracted spirits."

Muir frowned with her cute lips, seemingly bored.

"That reminds me, where's Lily?"

Lily Flame was the seventh member attached to same unit as the boy and Muir.

"Lily? ...Uhmm, she might have been killed by the crimson giant."

"Crimson giant?"

"The thing that attacked the institution a few hours ago. That outrageously strong flame spirit."

At that instant.

The ground suddenly shook.


"—It's coming onii-sama!"

".....!?"

Suddenly, from the depths of the passage, he felt an intense presence.

Crimson flames, spouting out high, burned up the ceiling like it was nothing, and at that moment.

What appeared from within the flames was— a roaring giant of flames.

In its hand that was like a lump of lava, it was gripping a sword of blazing scarlet flames.

''A flame spirit? No, that's...''

It was not a simple flame spirit.

A hair-raising chill ran all over the boy's body.

That was the very symbol of destruction.

Just by looking straight at its existence, his mind began being scraped away.

''I'm certain— That's a '''devil-class spirit'''!''

It was the being that had destroyed the «Instructional School», that held many elementalists, in merely a few hours.

It was said that the power of a devil-class spirit pulled through even a division of the spirit knights.

''This isn't an opponent I can fight without a contracted spirit...''

The flame spirit seemed to have noticed them.

Clad completely in flames, it melted the bedrock as it slowly approached them.


"Onii-sama, leave that to Muir."

Muir licked the ring placed on her small hand.

She planned on using an anti-spirit military spirit

"Muir, that is not a being that a human can manage."

"No problem. Muir isn't a human— Muir is a «monster»."

An ominous spirit seal glowed on Muir's right hand.

No, that was not a spirit seal, but a Cursed Armament Seal that the Instruction School had given.

«Jester's Vice» — It was the reason why Muir was called a «monster».

"Goodbye, Onii-sama."

"—Muir!!!"

The young boy stretched his hands out towards her shoulders and at that moment.

The crimson flames released by the giant thoroughly burned the boy's field of vision.



The '''rampaging incident''' of the spirit led to the destruction of the «Instructional School»

That was something from a year before the boy appeared at the front stage as the strongest blade dancer.

It was an event that occurred at a remote region of the empire that was not even placed on the map.

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Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance:Volume4 Prologue

2013-03-18T20:48:05Z

KreinS: /* Prologue */

== Prologue ==

Passages excavated in the solid bedrock were even piled up in several layers.

A boy had been walking alone through the inside of the institution where crimson flames swirled in.

He had glossy black hair. He was in an attire that covered his whole body in black and could be mistaken for darkness.

His girlish looks still retained some innocence, but his jet-black pupils were emotionless, they just reflected the flames that flickered inhumanly.

Who was it that destroyed the institution of the «Instructional School», that had many combatants, in merely half a day?— The boy had no way of knowing.

Was it the capital's Spirit Knights, or an accident due to a rampaging sealed spirit?

The instructional teachers, who drilled combat skills into the boy, were nowhere to be found.

Had they escaped, or it might be that they were already dead.

If that was the case, the boy would be released and would become a free man.

But.

''Such things are trivial...''

The boy, who had his heart stolen away, had become apathetic to everything.


Except for her, the one and only exception.

The darkness spirit, Restia— the highest level sealed spirit that was given to him by the teachers of the institution.

The girl had granted light to his heart that was shut in darkness.

''She's the only one that I'll absolutely protect.''

Within the blazing flames, the boy's goal was the shrine that was beneath the institution.

In the shrine, there were many artifacts of sealed spirits that were illegally excavated by the «Instructional School» —that was strong enough to even be comparable to a small nation's military strength— resting.

The ring that sealed Restia should also be stored over there.

The spirit seal that was the proof of a spirit contract had not yet been engraved on the boy's hand.

The teachers of the institution were cautious of him possessing more power than necessary and had not permitted the exchanging of a spirit contract.

The boy held the power to exchange feelings with a spirit while having the body of a male— the same nature as the «Demon King».

The teachers were afraid that he would rebel after contracting with the highest level darkness spirit.

"—Onii-sama!"

The sound of a girl came from behind.

"Muir?"

There was only one person who would call him onii-sama.


The boy turned around, and saw a young girl behind him.

She had ash-grey hair that was tied up on both sides of her head.

Along with her blue clear pupils, she had lovely rose-bud-like lips.

Her skin that could be seen from the gaps of her black combat uniform was white like virgin snow.

"Muir, you still haven't escaped?"

"Mou, I was searching for you, onii-sama!"

The girl —Muir Alenstarl— pouted her cheeks like she was angry.

Naturally, the boy, who was an orphan, had no sisters.

'Onii-sama' was just something she called him wilfully.

"What happened to those watching over us?"

"I killed them."

She answered without a flicker of her eyebrow.

"It's because they tried to hinder me from searching for onii-sama."

She neither boasted nor felt regret about the murder.

She just killed because it was a necessary work— It could be said to be something like that.

"I see..."

Although there was no sympathy for those who were killed.


As the ones who had raised her as a slaughtering weapon were none other than they themselves.

Muir Alenstarl was the «Instructional School»'s second ranking combatant.

In this institution of literally composed of monsters, the girl was nicknamed a «monster».

While the boy held overwhelming combat skills, he had not yet killed even a single person. He was a being that drew the line.

"Onii-sama, you too, what are you doing here?"

This time, Muir was the one who asked.

"The ring that sealed Restia is in the underground shrine. I'm going to retrieve it."

"Ah, Onii-sama, as you already have Muir, you don't need things like contracted spirits."

Muir frowned with her cute lips, seemingly bored.

"That reminds me, where's Lily?"

Lily Flame was the seventh member attached to same unit as the boy and Muir.

"Lily? ...Uhmm, she might have been killed by the crimson giant."

"Crimson giant?"

"The thing that attacked the institution a few hours ago. That outrageously strong flame spirit."

At that instant.

The ground suddenly shook.


"—It's coming onii-sama!"

".....!?"

Suddenly, from the depths of the passage, he felt an intense presence.

Crimson flames, spouting out high, burned up the ceiling like it was nothing, and at that moment.

What appeared from within the flames was— a roaring giant of flames.

In its hand that was like a lump of lava, it was gripping a sword of blazing scarlet flames.

''A flame spirit? No, that's...''

It was not a simple flame spirit.

A hair-raising chill ran all over the boy's body.

That was the very symbol of destruction.

Just by looking straight at its existence, his mind began being scraped away.

''I'm certain— That's a '''devil-class spirit'''!''

It was the being that had destroyed the «Instructional School», that held many elementalists, in merely a few hours.

It was said that the power of a devil-class spirit pulled through even a division of the spirit knights.

''This isn't an opponent I can fight without a contracted spirit...''

The flame spirit seemed to have noticed them.

Clad completely in flames, it melted the bedrock as it slowly approached them.


"Onii-sama, leave that to Muir."

Muir licked the ring placed on her small hand.

She planned on using an anti-spirit military spirit

"Muir, that is not a being that a human can manage."

"No problem. Muir isn't a human— Muir is a «monster»."

An ominous spirit seal glowed on Muir's right hand.

No, that was not a spirit seal, but a Cursed Armament Seal that the Instruction School had given.

«Jester's Vice» — It was the reason why Muir was called a «monster».

"Goodbye, Onii-sama."

"—Muir!!!"

The young boy stretched his hands out towards her shoulders and at that moment.

The crimson flames released by the giant thoroughly burned the boy's field of vision.



The '''rampaging incident''' of the spirit led to the destruction of the «Instructional School»

That was something from a year before the boy appeared at the front stage as the strongest blade dancer.

It was an event that occurred at a remote region of the empire that was not even placed on the map.

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Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance:Volume4 Prologue

2012-10-02T18:14:44Z

KreinS:

== Prologue ==

Excavated into the hard, solid rock were several layers of overlapping passageways.

Crimson red flames whirled inside the institution; the young boy walked alone into it.

With glossy black hair, it looked as if he was clad in darkness itself.

His face wore the innocence of a young girl, but his deep black pupils rejected all traces of emotion, only the swaying flames were reflected on their inorganic surface.

Many skilled combatants were possessed by the «Instructional School» institution, how it was one that was annihilated in merely half of that day— There's no way that the young boy would know.

Was it something that was done by a Sylphid Knights' division belonging to the Empire, or was it simply an accident caused by a runaway Sealed Spirit?

If the young boy, who was trained in combat skills by the instructional teacher, was nowhere to be found.

He escaped, or, perhaps was already dead.

If they assumed that, the young boy would be unleashed and become a free man.

But...

''It's good no matter how, after such a thing...''

Deprived of a child's mind, he had become indifferent to everything.

There was only one exception, only '''her'''.

The Dark Spirit Restia — the Institution's instructional teacher had given it to him, their highest ranked sealed spirit.

To his heart engulfed in darkness she was the shining light.

''She's the only one, I'll protect her unconditionally''

In the burning flame interior, the boy's goal was the shrine in the institution's basement.

In the shrine of the «Instructional School», were many artifacts that were illegally excavated — Sealed spirits that could rival even a small nation's military strength were all resting there.

Restia was also sealed in a ring, and would have been stored there.

In the boy's hand, was the spirit carved seal which was the proof of his spirit contract.

The teachers of the «Instructional school», afraid of his skills and powers, did allow him to reach the spirit.

A male with the power to contract a spirit— was someone with the potential to become the Demon King.

That was what the instructors were afraid of the most- him rebelling along with the highest Dark Spirit.

"Say, Onii-sama!"

The sound of a girl came from behind. There was only one person who would call him ''onii-sama''.

"Mira?"

The youth turned around, and saw the young girl behind him. Coal-black hair, piercing green eyes and rose-like lips. The flesh which wasn't concealed by her dark battle gear, appeared to be snow white.

"Mira, you still haven't escaped?"

"Because I needed to find onii-sama!"

Mira (last name) replied with a red face.

No matter what, the youth was an orphan without a sister.

"Onii-sama" was a name she called him with.

"What happened to the others that were watching?"

"Eliminated."

She answered with a flicker of her eyebrow.

"Because they would cause problems while I'm searching for onii-sama."

A proud murderer without remorse.

"So it's like this..."

If it is necessary for the job then kill- something like that was not unheard of.

No, there was little guilt for the murdered comrades.

A girl taught to become a weapon; in a way, he was the same.

Mira (last name) was the «Instructional School»'s second most powerful warrior. In a place full of monsters, she was called a «monster».

With overwhelming fighting power, for someone who has yet to kill anyone, there was a red gulf between them.

"Onii-sama, what are you doing here?"

Mira asked the question.

"There is an altar under here, where Restia's seal lies. I need to get it."

"But Onii-sama already has Mira, you don't need that contracted spirit"

Mira frowned with her cute lips.

"In that case, where is Lily?"

Lily Flame, the seventh member of Mira's group.

"Lily...um...hmm, she might be dead already, by that Crimson Lotus Giant."

"Crimson Lotus Giant?"

"The one who attacked the facility several weeks ago, what an incredible Lava spirit"

In that instant.

Suddenly, the ground began to shake.

"It is coming onii-sama!"

".....!?"

—Suddenly, from the depths of the tunnel, came an incredible killing aura. Crimson flames clinging to the ground appeared in an instant. From the depths of the fire came a roaring Giant. Holding a Flaming sword with his molten hands.

"Fire spirit?, no, it is..."

It was not a simple Fire Spirit.

The youth's entire body was frozen with shock.

It was a symbol of destruction. Its very sight reap the mind.

''That's.... a demon-king-level-spirit''

Even the «Instructional School» full of powerful spirits could be destroyed by this.

The power of the Demon King level spirit, could defeat an entire regiment of Spirit Knights.

''There is no way anyone can fight a spirit like this.''

The fire spirit noticed them.

With flames coiling all over its body, the monster slowly approached.

Mira licked the ring on her finger.

It looked like she was planning to use her military level spirit against it.

"Mira, that is not something a human can beat."

"No problem. Mira is not a human, Mira is a monster."

Mira's right hand glowed with her Mark of Contract.

No, it was not a Spirit Seal, but a Cursed Armament Seal.

«JESTER VISE»— The reason why Mira was called a monster.

"Goodbye, Onii-sama."

"—MIRA!!!"

In that moment, the young boy reached his hands towards her.

The giant released crimson lotus flames, and his world was engulfed by fire.

The frenzy spirit resulted in the complete destruction of the «Instructional school»

It was the year before the appearance of the strongest Blade dancer.

In a place not even recorded on a map, on the border of the Empire.

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Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance:Volume4 Prologue

2012-10-02T16:15:43Z

KreinS:

== Prologue ==

Beneath the hard, solid rock lay several layers of excavated, overlapping passageways.

A certain young boy was walking towards the Institution inside which crimson flames raged.

His glossy hair was pitch-black, and it almost looked as if he wanted to become one with the dark night, as he wore black clothes from head to toe.

There was a sense of child-like innocence lingering in his girly facial features and yet his black pupils were showing no sign of emotion whatsoever. He was simply staring blankly at the blaze reflecting the flickering light.

Many skilled combatants were possessed by the «Instructional School» institution, how it was one that was annihilated in merely half of that day— There's no way that the young boy would know.

Was it something that was done by a Sylphid Knights' division that belongs to the Empire, or was it that they lost control of the Sealed Spirits?

The young boy who was trained in combat skills by the instructional teacher, was nowhere to be found.

He escaped, or, perhaps was already dead.

If they assume that, the young boy would be unleashed become a free man.

But...

''It's good no matter how, after such a thing...''

Deprived of a child's mind, who had become indifferent to everything.

There was only one exception, none other than '''her'''.

The Dark Spirit Restia — the Institution's instructional teacher had given it to him, their highest ranked sealed spirit.

His heart, which was engulfed in darkness, was shown light by this girl alone.

''She's the only one I'll protect unconditionally''

In the burning flame interior, the boy's goal was the shrine in the institution's basement.

In the shrine of the «Instructional School», were many artifacts that were illegally excavated — Sealed spirits that could rival even a small nation's military strength were all resting there.

Restia was also sealed in a ring, and would thus had been stored there.

In the boy's hand, was the spirit carved seal which was the proof of his spirit contract.

The teachers of the «Instructional school», were afraid of his skills and powers, thus not allowing him to reach the spirit.

A male with the power to contract a spirit— was someone with the potential to become the Demon King.

It was what the instructors were afraid of the most- him rebelling along with the highest Dark Spirit.

"Say, Onii-sama!"

The sound of a girl came from behind. There was only one person who would call him ''onii-sama''.

"Mira?"

The youth turned around, and saw the young girl behind him. With coal-black hair, piercing green eyes and rose-like lips. The flesh which wasn't concealed by her dark battle gear, appeared to be snow white.

"Mira, you still haven't escaped?"

"Because I still needed to find onii-sama!"

Mira (last name) replied with a red face.

No matter what, the youth was an orphan without a sister.

"Onii-sama" was a name she called him with.

"What happened to the comrades that were watching?"

"Eliminated."

She answered with a flicker of her eyebrow.

"Because they would cause problems while I'm searching for onii-sama."

A proud murderer without remorse.

"So it's like this..."

If it is necessary for the job then kill- something like that was not unheard of.

No, there was little guilt for the murdered comrades.

A girl taught to become a weapon; in a way, he was the same.

Mira (last name) was the «Instructional School»'s second most powerful warrior. In a place full of monsters, she was called a «monster».

With overwhelming fighting power, for someone who has yet to kill anyone, there was a red gulf between them.

"Onii-sama, what are you doing here?"

Mira asked the question.

"There is an altar under here, where Restia's seal lies. I need to get it."

"But Onii-sama already has Mira, you don't need that contracted spirit"

Mira frowned with her cute lips.

"In that case, where is Lily?"

Lily Flame, the seventh member of Mira's group.

"Lily...um...hmm, she might be dead already, by that Crimson Lotus Giant."

"Crimson Lotus Giant?"

"The one who attacked the facility several weeks ago, what an incredible Lava spirit"

In that instant.

Suddenly, the ground began to shake.

"It is coming onii-sama!"

".....!?"

—Suddenly, from the depths of the tunnel, came an incredible killing aura. Crimson flames clinging to the ground came in an instant. From the depths of the fire came a roaring Giant. Holding a Flaming sword with his molten hands.

"Fire spirit?, no, it is..."

It was not a simple Fire Spirit.

The youth's entire body chilled from shock.

It was a symbol of destruction. Its very sight reap the mind.

''That's.... a demon-king-level-spirit''

Even the «Instructional School» full of powerful spirits could be destroyed by this.

The power of a Demon King level spirit, can defeat an entire regiment of Spirit Knights.

''There is no way anyone can fight a spirit like this.''

The fire spirit noticed them.

With flames coiling all over its body, the monster slowly approached.

Mira licked the ring on her finger.

It looked like she was planning to use her military level spirit against it.

"Mira, that is not something a human can beat."

"No problem. Mira is not a human, Mira is a monster."

Mira's right hand glowed with her Mark of Contract.

No, it was not a Spirit Seal, but a Cursed Armament Seal.

«JESTER VISE»— The reason why Mira was called a monster.

"Goodbye, Onii-sama."

"—MIRA!!!"

In that moment, the young boy reached his hands towards her.

The giant released crimson lotus flames, and his world turned into fire.

The frenzy spirit resulted in the complete destruction of the «Instructional school»

It was the year before the appearance of the strongest Blade dancer.

In a place not even recorded on a map, on the border of the Empire.

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Talk:Campione!:Volume 3 Prologue

2012-05-13T07:08:46Z

KreinS: Created page with "The Prologue still has quite a few errors and some confusing sentences. I hope someone edits it."

The Prologue still has quite a few errors and some confusing sentences. I hope someone edits it.