Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance:Volume15 Chapter1

Chapter 1 - The Imperial Capital's Dusk

Status: Incomplete

Part 1

The falling rain was like mist at the imperial capital. At this location, buried under a great deal of debris from the destruction wrought by the gravity spirit belonging to Leschkir Hirschkilt of the Numbers—

She stood there like a shadow.

"...mito-kun... Kamito-kun!"

Fianna's voice sounded like it was coming from far away.

Ouch, what happened? For a moment, Kamito's thoughts could not keep up.

No, it would be better to say that he already understood, yet his brain refused to admit the truth before his eyes.

While his hand was pressed against the laceration on his abdomen, blood seeped out between his fingers and dripped. Ren Ashdoll's power that previously filled his entire body had vanished completely. His body temperature was also falling.

(I totally failed to see it...)

Let alone the flash of the sword, he had not even been able to see the motion at all.

However, Kamito knew that sword technique, a sword strike as swift as lightning.

Absolute Blade Arts, First Form—Purple Lightning.

...Inconceivable.

Apart from Kamito, there should be no one else who had inherited her sword skills.

However, that flash, that accuracy, everything was superior to Kamito's.

While pondering the question of her identity, he had already noticed this fact.

Precisely because he noticed it, he refused to admit it.

But—

"Well well, even though I held back, I'm impressed that you were able to dodge this skill..."

"...!"

Amid the mist-like rain, that calm voice definitely pulled Kamito's thoughts back to reality.

The young maiden shook off the blood on the blade and mercilessly looked down at Kamito who was kneeling on the ground.

"Greyworth..."

Kamito groaned and forced that name out from his lips.

Greyworth Ciel Mais—The Dusk Witch.

"Why... Why are you here!?"

Kamito cried out hoarsely.

According to intel from the special operative knight, Virrey, who had served as a guide for Kamito and the others, Greyworth was imprisoned at the notorious torture tower of Guas Gibai after falling into Arneus' hands.

If that were true, she could not possibly be here.

No, before considering that, this appearance of hers was—

"Why... Gah...!"

"Kamito-kun!"

Fianna frantically caught Kamito's unsteady body.

"What is going on? About that girl being the Academy's headmistress..."

Fianna recalled the whisper she had overheard earlier.

Her question was not illogical, because the girl currently standing before their eyes—

Her appearance was that of a lovely maiden, the same age as Fianna.

The moniker of the Dusk Witch was widely known across the continent. No matter what, the time when she had been active on the battle was already decades ago.

Fianna could not possibly have known what she looked like back then.

On the other hand, Kamito had witnessed the witch in her prime twice already.

The first was during his attempt to assassinate her in her room while the next was when learning the first move of the Absolute Blade Arts, Purple Lightning, at a wilderness outside the imperial capital.