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

===Part 17===

...The next day, after the Elemental Festa concluded in massive chaos.

"...In the end, what the heck?"

In a cafe at the Academy town, Claire grumbled with a sigh.

Although the Elemental Festa ended up a total mess, the two great spirits were successfully calmed thanks to the legendary idol's sudden appearance. Having gone berserk and destroyed the venue, the flame dragon spirit and the water dragon spirit apparently reflected on their poor behavior and blessed every princess maiden who had entered the Festa.

The girls of Dark Evangel who had partaken in a forbidden ritual ended up in some kind of delirious state, unable to remember anything that had happened at the event. According to their testimony, a week ago, there had been a black-winged goddess. Although the Imperial Knights were currently investigating the suspect's connection to the current incident, chances of locating the suspect were slim.

Kamito's gaze fell upon his leather-gloved left hand, a bitter feeling in his heart.

"That being said, what a shock. I can't believe the legendary idol happened to visit from the imperial capital to watch this event."

Claire's words caused Kamito's heart rate to rise.

"Yes, she is so pretty!"

"Mm-hmm, true idol ought to be reserved to describe a princess maiden like her."

Ellis nodded with slight infatuation on her face.

"Kamito, you saw her too, right?"

"Uh, yeah... I-I guess... very pretty, haha..."

"What's with that 'I guess'? Even though she covered her face, Lady Himeragi was really beautiful."

"..."

Kamito turned his gaze elsewhere.

"But why did she disappear right away?"

"Yes, I wanted to thank her for protecting the town."

"Maybe she hates getting harassed by curious people."

"Hmm, what a charismatic individual, Lady Himeragi."

Fianna was the only one watching Kamito maliciously. Sure enough, she had realized something?

"Although I was already her fan before, I'm now her diehard fan~"

Kamito cursed a million times in his thoughts... The princess had evidently gotten a hold of even more blackmail material.

(...Greyworth, you knew this would happen from the start, didn't you?)

Kamito shouted angrily in his thoughts.

A sensation sweeping through the imperial capital four years ago, the legendary idol&mdash;Himeragi E. Arsage.

Needless to say, her true identity was Kamito, forced into crossdressing by Greyworth.

For Greyworth, this was nothing more than preliminary practice for Kamito's debut as Ren Ashbell... But for Kamito, who had entered the Festa complacently and ended up doing far better than expected, he ended up leaving a deep impression in the public's memories.

(...And to think I made up my mind never to be a damn idol again.)

Only later did Kamito find out, when he went to confront Greyworth, that she had given him Himeragi's costume as insurance, just in case no one succeeded in satisfying the two great spirits. Throwing in the mask for covering his face was the only saving grace...

"Oh, umm..."

Fidgeting with her hair, Claire spoke.

"...In spite of what happened, it was fun."

"Well, I suppose."

"Mm-hmm... It felt good."

"All of us were so cute, dressed in idol costumes."

The young ladies looked at one another and smiled.

...Oh well, compared to before, they definitely improved a lot in teamwork.

(...Well, I guess Greyworth planned this too, huh?)

Indeed, this could very well be better than Blade Dance training.

Kamito shrugged then gripped his left hand on which resided his contract with a darkness spirit.

...The Blade Dance would take place a week later.
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