Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance:Volume2 Chapter3
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Chapter 3: The Lost Queen
Part 1
After that, Kamito, who parted from Claire and the others, headed towards the academy director’s office immediately.
He knocked and opened the door –
“You’re late, how many seconds do you plan on making this lady wait.”
That was the first thing Greyworth, who was sitting at the office desk, coldly said.
The Dusk Witch – Greyworth Ciel Mais.
Her figure was certainly that of a bewitchingly beautiful woman but she was originally a long military servicing spirit knight, who had her name entered first on the list of Numbers (the twelve knight commanders).
She had wavy ash-blonde hair. Her gray pupils were shining behind her small pair of glasses.
“Sorry, I heard that you had business and no matter what my walking became heavy.”
“Hmm, so now you're able to run your rather cheeky mouth, are you? Where did the obedient pure boy from those days go? Really, this thing called the flow of time is cruel.”
“You’re the only one who doesn't change, Greyworth. Your outward looks as well as your tricky character.”
Kamito loathsomely spitted out.
Greyworth is one of the few people, who knew him three years ago.
And she was the perpetrator who called Kamito, who threw away the name Ren Ashbell, to the academy and attempted to make him participate in the blade dance two months later.
She did not tell him the reason for that.
Although, it was often the case that the Dusk Witch worked Kamito hard without telling him anything.
“That’s right, you have certainly changed. Compared to three years ago, you’ve became especially weak. In the practice match a while ago, what was that sorry state against an opponent of that level? If it was the you from the past, you would have overwhelmingly defeated one person in under three minutes.”
“You were watching? …As usual your hobbies are bad.”
“In such a sorry state, your participation qualifications to the blade dance are also doubtful. Or, was it a fluke that you defeated that military-use spirit?”
“That time was—“
Kamito slight mumbled.
It was not that he defeated it with only his strength.
Kamito, who had a chance meeting with his changed former contracted spirit and was struck with despair, was given the strength to stand once again by that red hair hell cat girl.
(…!)
Suddenly, the sensation of her soft lips was resurrected in his mind.
To shake off and cleanse the evil thoughts, Kamito shook his head in a fluster.
“I also think that I’m miserable. I can’t even use my contracted spirit’s power yet.”
Kamito dropped his sights onto his right hand, which was engraved with a spirit seal.
“Is it that you still can’t forget your previous woman? How stubborn.”
“Don’t mess around! Restia isn’t like that!”
“On the contrary, getting hotheaded makes it increasingly suspicious. If you like, how about getting a lover or something in this academy? It might even divert a little of the loneliness.”
“Lov—“
“Or, are the girls in the academy too child-like? If that’s the case… I’m also good.”
Greyworth smiled bewitchingly and slightly pushed open her breast area with her fingertips.
He accidentally saw an adult-like black, lacey lingerie on the interior of her cleavage.
“D…don’t mess around!”
“It’s a joke. Hmm, with that tone, it seems that you have not yet reached that level. I’ve heard rumors that you are made to wait on a tiny breasted beautiful girl and a nude knee-socks spirit and are indulging in an improper harem cohabitation life.”
“Guu…”
Trying to refute, Kamito was at a loss for words.
…Objectively looking at it, that was the truth and so it was painful to be unable to denial it.
“Greyworth, did you call me just to say some worthless jokes?”
“That’s right – but, of course, that isn’t the only thing.”
Greyworth creaked her chair and faced the visitor room at the inner side of the room.
“I have a girl I want to introduce to you – okay, come in”
“Okay.”
From the inner room, there was what sounded like a bell being turned over.
The one who opened the door and appeared was –
A girl who wore a black dress like uniform, different from the academy’s uniform.
It was a beautiful girl, whose beautiful long black hair was impressive, to the extent that he was taken aback.
She had clear back pupils. Without thinking, Kamito was charmed by her neat and clean appearance.
“…Eh?”
The moment his eyes met with hers, she made a puzzled face for some reason.
“Errm, you’re … Kazehaya Kamito-kun?”
While blinking her eyes incessantly, the girl asked.
“Ahh, that’s right, however–“
“But my impression is very…”
…It was somewhat strange but it seemed the girl received a shock.
(Wh…what’s with this?)
“But, that’s right… he’s a boy after all and it’s already been three years.”
The girl was muttering to herself in a voice that Kamito could not hear.
After that, she looked at Kamito’s face again.
“Yes, there’s certainly a resemblance, yeah. Besides, this is fine—“
“What’s up, Fianna?”
Greyworth called out, seemingly puzzled.
“Ah, s…sorry! Err, this is the first time I’ve seen a male spirit contractor!”
The girl called Finna shook her head in a fluster.
“Erm… who is this girl?”
Kamito face Greyworth and asked.
Then, the girl, for some reason, made a sullen expression and pouted her lips.
“I knew it, you didn’t remember… well, that’s fine though.”
“She is the admitted student, who will be entering the same Raven Class as you.”
“Admitted student?”
Ah! Kamito nodded. They were talking about it at the café just a while ago.
(This girl is the one…)
Carol was saying that it was the daughter of a noble social status but in any case the ojou-sama of noble social status in this academy were overflowing near him, so he did not feel anything special.
(After that, she said that… her breasts were big.)
Without thinking, he glanced towards the dress-like uniform’s chest area—
(…Indeed, certainly.)
Kamito consented strangely.
“She is the Ordesia Empire’s second princess, your Highness Fianna Ray Ordesia.”
“…Ordesia?”
Kamito frowned for a moment—
“No way…!”
His eyes widened in surprise.
In Areishia Spirit Academy, which was a spirit contractor training organization, many genuine daughters of nobles were enrolled. This was the result of the empire’s royalty and nobles continuing the bloodline of spirit contractors by marriage that spanned even over several generations.
Naturally, there were also exceptions but speaking of spirit contractors, it was normal that it would be the daughters of the nobles.
Fahrengart, the head of the military family and Laurenfrost, with a history.
Its territory was currently seized but Claire’s Elstein family name was also a noble pedigree.
However, this girl before him was – the second princess of the Ordesia Empire.
She was not even the daughter of a noble.
She was what one would call – the real princess.
(Why would the empire’s princess be in the academy?)
Daughters born into the Ordesia royal family should be scheduled to stack up training as a spirit princess candidate, serving the five great elemental lords, at the spirit princess training organization, the 'divine ceremony institute'.
In any case, Kamito kept that question in his chest for now and knelt down on the ground on one knee.
Henceforth, the second princess completely disappeared from the center stage.
That Lost Queen meant this girl in front of him?
“It’s just as she says. As long as you pass through this academy’s gates, no matter what social status the princess maidens have, there are no special treatments. Even a princess, a male spirit contractor or the Calamity Queen’s sister.”
“There you have it, I’m the former princess but nice to meet you. Kazehaya Kamito-kun.”
Fianna smiled and picked up the sides of her skirt with her fingertips and bowed elegantly.
“A…Ah, nice to you meet—“
Kamito stood up and his expression froze.
“What’s the matter?”
“No, err…”
While scratching his face, Kamito looked away.
“?”
Fianna tilted her head to the side.
“Kyaa!”
It seemed she realized that what she was holding up was not a ball dress but a short length uniform skirt.
Her mature black underwear, weaved with laces, was firmly etched into Kamito’s retina.
“Ka…Kamito-kun… pervert.”
The former princess’ face turned red and she embarrassedly muttered.
“I…I’m sorry…”
“You two, don’t flirt and act lovey-dovey in front my eyes. It’s irritating.”
Greyworth glared at Kamito, with her eyes filled with bloodlust.
“…I’m sorry. And why did you call for me?”
About this witch. It was probably not just to introduce the admitted student.
(To introduce the empire’s princess to me, what is she scheming?)
As if she read Kamito’s emotions, the witch pushed up her glasses, seemingly sullen.
“It’s regrettable, despite specially preparing a special mission for your sake.”
“A special mission?”
“That’s right. It was just nice that I had a mission I want to entrust to her, so I want your team to accompany her as her guard.”
Part 2
—A quest.
Together with official matches with fellow academy students, it was the system that supported the academy ranking system.
There could be various things in the contents of a given mission, from Kagura by a blade dance, the suppression of the rampaging spirit, the excavation and investigation of the sealed spirit, to the subjugation of spirit contractors gone astray.
By completing the mission that had been divided into ranks depending on the danger level, the academy students could raise their team ranking in the same way as winning an official match.
“By the way, this mission’s difficulty level is S rank.”
“S rank?”
Without thinking, Kamito sent back an enquiry.
An S rank mission was presented as the highest difficulty level mission in the academy.
The rising ranking points would be extraordinary but it was a dangerous mission that might even have the possibility of death depending on the situation. It should not even be possible to enter with Kamito's current ranking.
“Did you prepare things behind the scenes?”
“Your hearing is bad. I said that I don’t do special treatment. It just means that the ones suitable for this mission are Fianna and you. If you disagree, then I’ll spread the word around to the other teams.”
“…”
It was not a bad deal. On the contrary, looking at Kamito’s team currently, it was godsend.
Till the opening of the blade dance, there was already two months left. No, the final examination to decide the top three participating team would take place even earlier.
With their current pace, they would not possibly make it by completing normal official matches and missions.
Greyworth was somehow bent on making Kamito participate the blade dance.
Although, pushing in a representative of the empire with the power of the academy director was not possible as expected.
Therefore, she got to the S rank mission, whose danger level was high and competition bonus was also extremely high.
(If the mission could be completed, that would be it – huh?)
He was not pleased to move in accordance to Greyworth’s expectation but??
If it was a mission to guard an important person, he had several experiences from the past.
Certainly, it was far off better than raising the inter-school ranking steady by the official matches.
“—I understand. Explain the details of the mission.”
“That’s the spirit.”
Kamito prompted and Greyworth smiled.
“Do you know Mine Town Gado?”
“Gado? Well, I roughly know its name. It is the town whose mine became abandoned few decades ago.”
Mine Town Gado. It was formerly a town of a large mining ground of spirit ores but during the second Ranbal war, all kinds of spirit ores were excavated and it became a town of an completely abandoned mine.
It should certainly be a ghost town full of ruins nowadays.
“There have been frequent occurrences of strange earthquakes at that mine recently. I want you to go there and investigate that.”
“Investigate the earthquakes?”
For the academy to bring in an investigation request meant that it was probably not an ordinary earthquake.
It was often the case that the earth attribute spirit that rule over the land caused the earthquake.
If that was because it was angry or was in frenzy, it could be appeased by a ceremony of a blade dance. Depending on the situation, there were also cases where a subjugation unit of spirit knights was formed.
As a mission it was relatively typical but—
“Stop joking. Why is an ordinary earthquake investigation an S rank mission?”
If it was just an ordinary earth spirit investigation, he did not think that there would be that level of danger.
In contrast to the mission’s risk, this rank setting was too high.
“You’re being distrustful as usual, can’t you trust my good will?”
“Can I trust it? You never lie. However, you also never speak the truth.”
“Hmm…well, it is like that.”
Greyworth smiled and shrugged her shoulders in resignation.
“At the mine, it seems a strategic-class military-use spirit, who was sealed by the old Ordesia Knights, is sleeping there.”
“A strategic-class military-use spirit…!?”
Kamito spontaneously groaned. Fianna beside him also gasped in surprise.
A strategic-class military-use spirit – it could not be compared to the giant spirit that went in frenzy at Academy Town the other day.
Consequently of its powerful strength, it was impossible for an individual to control it. It could be finally controlled by ceremonial Kagura by several hundreds of spirit contractors – it was surely a weapon of mass destruction.
At the end of the second Ranbal war, the continental nations exchanged a treaty and the all seven bodies should have been sealed and disposed but—
“Don’t tell me, the one causing the earthquake is that strategic-class military-use spirit?”
“At the very worst, it’s only as a possibility. I want to entrust you guys this investigation. If you confirmed that the seal has come undone from the result of your investigation—“
“I’ll perform the ceremony of resealing by the 'ceremonial Kagura'.”
Fianna calmly opened her mouth to speak.
“That’s right. If it’s you, who are the former spirit princess candidate, then this mission is ideal for you.”
“…I see, that’s the reason you called for this princess.”
The spirit princesses, who served the five great elemental lords, were the expert of the 'ceremonial Kagura' that appeased spirits.
They did not receive special martial arts training as a result they were not suited for battle but all forms of ceremony had been driven into their bodies from since they were a child.
In the academy, there was only one former spirit princess academy student– a rare special skill user; the missions can only be accomplish with her, considering that it had to do with a strategic-class military-use spirit, it might be also appropriate to set it as an S rank mission.
“…”
The terms were not bad. However, there was one more thing that he had to ask.
“…But is Fianna alright with this? With the guard being me.”
If it was just to guard her, there should be even more competent spirit contractors.
For example, Ellis Fahrengart. If it was her, whose sense of responsibility was strong and who also had the strength, there would be no shortcoming to her ability as a guard.
There were no merit for the princess to Kamito, who was a boy, as her guard. If he was grouped together by Greyworth as she pleased, ignoring Fianna’s will— he planned to reject this deal.
However, Fianna –
“Of course, I’ll be relying on you, Kamito-kun.”
“Did Greyworth threaten you to group with me?”
“No, after all, I was the one who nominated you.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes. To travel with the world’s only male spirit contractor, isn’t it great?”
Fianna entwined her fingers with Kamito’s hand and gazed with upturned eyes.
Gazing at her clear black pupils, Kamito spontaneously felt shock.
“Hmm, aren’t you popular?”
Greyworth said, seemingly displease, and handed over a document with the mission’s important points written on it.
“If you intend to take up this mission, then sign here. This should not be a bad deal for you.”
It was not bad, far from that, it was an extraordinary deal for Kamito currently.
However—
“I can’t decide this by myself. I have to at least ask Claire too.”
“Hmm, well, that’s alright. But hurry, I’ll have you to leave tomorrow.”
“Claire?”
The one, who raised her voice, was Fianna.
“Ah, my team member but—“
“Could she happen to be Claire Elstein?”
“…You knew her?”
Kamito awkwardly scratched his head.
(That’s right, this girl is… the spirit princess candidate to the fire elemental lord.)
She was the princess maiden that had been training at the same 'divine ceremony institute' as the Calamity Queen – Rubia Elstein.
If that was the case, it would not even be strange for her to know Claire, that girl’s sister.
“That person’s sister…”
Fianna’s lips slightly tremble.
She might be regretting after hearing that the Calamity Queen’s sister was one of the teammates.
“I’m sorry but Claire is my teammate. I’ll accomplish the mission together with her.”
Kamito informed her—
“Yes, that’s what I wish for too.”
While Fianna nodded, she muttered in a soft voice.
“I don’t plan on losing to even the sister.”
Part 3
As the two of them left the office, Greyworth smiled.
“However, that princess also did something bold.”
“—you knew, academy director?”
From the inside of Greyworth’s shadow, a lady quickly appeared.
Shadow spirit contractor – Teacher Freya Grandol.
“Is it about her using a spirit ore during the entrance examination? Of course, I noticed it. She did something impious. Doesn’t that stone cost twenty million rood apiece?”
“Then, I presume you are overlooking this unfair entry, right?”
“Princess Fianna was ranked next to that Rubia Elstein as the second spirit princess candidate at thirteen years-old. If she wakes up again as a spirit contractor, isn’t it the best bargain?”
“However, if she leads an academy life with that thing, wouldn’t she be instantly exposed?”
“I think that’s something she also understands. She understands it and yet she knocked the academy gates. If she does not awaken, that’s all to it but if she awakens, it is a fortune. Therefore, I grouped her with that boy.”
“Academy director, what on earth are you—“
Freya frowned and at that moment, a winged eyeball flew in from the office window.
It was a probe-use spirit, used by Greyworth.
“Hmm, it seems that an uninvited guest has infiltrated Academy Town.”
“Is it the darkness spirit from the other day?”
“Well, I wonder? I do not know what they are aiming for but… Freya Grandol, you go order the Sylphid Knights to strengthen the security in advance.”
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