Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance:Volume4 Prologue

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 annihilated in merely half a 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?

The young boy, who was trained in combat skills by the instructional teacher, was nowhere to be found.

He escaped, or, perhaps he 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 flaming 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, allowed him to reach the spirit.

A male with the power to contract a spirit — he 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 in 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 would 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.