Editing Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance:VolumeEF Chapter7 (section)

===Part 16===

"...Regroup, dance the kagura again!"

Sending layers of rubble flying, Claire cried out.

"Rinslet, I leave Fianna's protection to you&mdash;"

"Understood!"

"Wait, starting right away is impossible. I need to prepare for kagura again."

Fianna shook her head very sadly.

"...How long?"

"I need to construct a simple stage using a magic circle, that takes five minutes... No, three minutes."

Claire gritted her teeth.

"I will buy as much time as possible. Hurry up&mdash;"

At that moment...

Behind Claire and the girls, a bell-like sound was heard.

"...Huh?"

Everyone present turned around.

Then&mdash;

How long had she been there?

On top of the mountain of rubble stood a girl in a dress of pure white.

Gorgeous blonde hair. Jet-black eyes that seemed to contain the dark night within them. The corners of her lips were hidden behind a silver-white mask whose shape resembled a crescent moon.

The bell-like sound just now apparently came from the girl's earring.

"Umm, who are you...?"

Was she one of the idols scheduled to perform in the Elemental Festa?

Claire asked in doubt.

"...Himeragi E. Arsage!"

Fianna whispered with surprise all over her face.

"...Huh?"

"No mistake. Those clothes, that look... It is the legendary idol from four years ago."

"What did you say!?"

Fianna's observation raised a commotion.

However, upon closer examination, indeed&mdash;

Despite a different physique, those lovely airs enveloping her were identical to the legendary idol they had seen in the video.

"W-Why...? When you were supposed to have retired?"

...Did she come to watch the Elemental Festa?

Ignoring the shocked Claire and others, the masked princess maiden stood on top of the collapsed stage&mdash;

Whoosh&mdash;Then she started to dance kagura steps nimbly.

Her body was enveloped in a vibrant and eye-catching glow of divine power.

"...!"

The fluid and glamorous dance performance made everyone present hold their breath.

Finally understanding her intentions, Fianna called out.

"Everyone, dance a kagura in sync with her rhythm!"

"...Huh?"

Claire asked in response. The masked girl silently nodded.

"U-Understood!"  "Acknowledged!" "Everyone, follow her&mdash;"

Claire and the others stood up and began to offer a kagura together with the legendary idol.

...Guh.. uuuuuuu... oooooouuuuu...!

Like the dancing of countless beautiful blades, their dance performance caused to the two berserk divine dragon spirits to emit groaning roars. Himeragi E. Arsage and the princess maidens danced a flowing kagura, dispelling and purifying the darkness ensnaring them&mdash;

...Guh... Gwoooo, uuuuu...!

"Almost there..." "Hold on a little... longer..."

Himeragi E. Arsage took a last and intense step.

Then the instant the song ended&mdash;

The two great spirits roared and returned to Astral Zero at last.