Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance:Volume1 Chapter1

Chapter 1: You are my spirit contractor

Part 1

In a quiet forest where the rays of the sun were shedding between the leaves' gaps.

"Paa--"

Suddenly, the sound of water resounded in the air like that.

Kamito, he--opened his mouth wide and stood there.

A girl...In front of his eyes was a fully naked girl.

Not only was she cute, but she was also a very beautiful female student. Her eyes were big and red like rubies, her cherry-red lips were bright and moist, her dazzling white flesh was as silky as milk, and on the surface of the water, her beautiful legs were slender and fine. Also, what caught his eyes more than anything was--

Her twining red burning hair, which looked as sumptuous as handcrafted glass.

Of course, she was naked. Naked.

"......"

Kamito felt cold sweat on his back.

Not good.

It's really not good as she's naked.

......I should really go away quickly. Though he gave that rational advice to himself, his body wouldn't move. Actually, he continued staring, since a scene like this was lacking so much reality in it.

And at that time, the girl--

Her moist and beautiful eyes blinked, and showed herself in a completely naked posture to the intruder.

Tick.

The water drops fell from the young girl's bangs. The sound of water immediately woke up Kamito counsciousness.

"Ah-that......"

Kamito coughed once, and removed his glance from the naked girl, who was standing there foolishly, and quietly moved out.

"How can I say it......it looks like an accident, right, to us this case is an unfortunate accident......"

At that time, Kamito made two errors that cost him his life. First was that the best choice was: Take advantage of the fact that the girl was standing there, and run away from the trouble immediately.

And the other error was--

"Even though it was an accident, I still looked at you in that situation, sorry, pardon me."

Until here it was still fine, but the last part......

"Though, don't worry, no matter how you say it, I'm still a healthy boy, so I don't have that kind of interest. I......"

Looking at the young girl's small chest--

"I have no interest towards a kid's body."

Looks like he stepped on a gigantic landmine.

"......"

The air suddenly froze and solidified.

The girl--remained silent, and lifted her twining red hair in a movement. Her shoulders were slightly shaking. But the reason wasn't because of the cold, but only that Kamito didn't pay attention to that point.

"Sixteen--"

"Eh?"

The girl's delicate lips were mumbling something, and Kamito lifted his eyebrows.

"I-I-I AM ALREADY SIXTEEN-YEARS OLD!!!"

At the instant when she screamed that out, the young girl's red hair hoisted.

"Haa!?"

As Kamito opened his eyes wide in surprise--

"Sixteen!? You're lying, right! How can you have such an incomplete chest--"

He quickly covered his mouth. Though it was already too late.

"......Unforgivable."

The young girl said that in a low, cold voice.

"D-Definitively unforgivable......you, youyou, you peeping demon, pervert, lewd animal!"

"How can I understand what the heck is lewd animal......"

Kamito said that in a low voice.

"Hn?"

......At that time, he noted that the forest's trees were making a low whisper-like rustle.

(Is that the wind? No, that's--)

--- The crimson blazing guardian, The keeper of the furnace which does not sleep! [*TLN : Incantation*]

--- In accordance with the blood contract, Under my name I grant thee to hasten and join!

Coming from the young girl's cute lips, a Yang summoning spirit language. In that instant, a blast of air accompanied by a noise with a scourging flame whip appeared in the hand of the girl.

(.....a Spirit Errand!)

Kamito shouted from his mind.

Spirit Errand --- an existence from another dimensional layer from this world “The Elemental Spiritual World”. There a miserable devil spirit’s actual binding being driven by the elder sister woman's thing. The Spirit Errand employs various type spirit characteristic, capable to exert power freely. It seems that somehow, the girl before his eye has a lonely ties with the flame type characteristic spirit. The thing itself is the girl’s spirit errand, so it’s not something to be surprised. Anyhow, that's the place where the country's excellent spirit errand band gathered together.

(.....Even it’s you, there's no way, you can use a spirit demon equipment)

When summoned from Element Spiritual World into this place, the miserable demon spirit formed a shape of a bear widely separated into two.

First, the original form bear appears one there is no mass and as a lump of divine spiritual energy of indefinite shape. As for this being which was invoked with just the power of the spirit simply, in a case where it uses the spirit’s magic and the like is used as the storage medium.

Second, A portion of the spirit’s existence was being changed into something of a refined form. As for a form which is difficult to control that requires a large amount of divine spiritual might, which being said not only among the people who holds a spiritual errand. However, this girl doesn’t summon simply the spirit, but summoned it as a highly optimized spirit demon equipment.

(.... the case, is? – am I now, in a life and death situation?)

Being hit by his own thought, Kamito pulled his cheek.

In the place where the flame whip touches the water's surface, a gush of white steam rises from it.

“You, You, you have some guts..... “

The girl moaned with her trembling voice. While having a red face, from anger, or is it because of her sense of shyness.

“Rea.., Really you have some nerve, to peek, while I’m taking my bath.....”

“Wai, Wait, it’s a misunderstanding! Let me speak first”

Kamito shakes his head hastily.

“I will not listen to your excuses. You will be turned into ashes, You Pervert!”

The flame whip ignites furiously, from the wielder’s hand while speaking in the pond’s water surface.

“Oh..!?”

Kamito threw his body for mercy in that very instant.

In a hair’s breadth. The flame whip brushed it's way overhead.

The idle red residue remaining from the trees which were cut off is a complete joke. The cross section of the tree trunk’s remaining is unexpectedly clean, without any mark of being burned. So, in order to eaves attacking speed, the flame doesn’t need to spread itself in its surrounding.

Kamito’s hair on his forehead is fluttering down in his mouth while the back of his neck became chilly from the sweat in its surface.

(.....Um, are you joking? Me dying like this?)

Zing, biyutsu – a lightning speed crimson dancing slash inside the vast forest. While paying attention to his surroundings carefully, trying to forfeit from the battle by hiding himself, Kamito hurriedly rushed out.

“You wild beast, stay put and let me hit you!“

“ Nonsense, I’m not a Pervert!“

Kamito cried out while the whip swings downward in his feet, a violent spark scatter. From the ground, the whip immediately springs up toward the direction of the forest woods which was ruthlessly severed. It was said that it’s a blessing in disguise, the girl - Claire's, aim is less accurate. After all, one side of her hand is unfortunately hiding her chest from being revealed, while the most important part was being concealed in the pond in a bend down position. However, considering the ignorance of her position, but how she handles her whip, she was originally talented in using it.

“This, despite being a pervert, please obediently turn into charcoal!“

“As I am saying I’m not a pervert!“

Kamito begins to turn around and face the opposite direction – “in a manner that will” draw attention.

“Hey, are you sure your good in hiding it. Between the gaps of your finger, you can’t hide it delicately”

“......eh?”

Scowling in question. Claire’s facial expression froze. And-

“Kyaaaaaaaaaah!”

Deeply in red like a wonderful cute girlfriend screaming in its peak - holding firmly the chest with her both hands.

“Ah, idiot!”

Kamito involuntarily exclaimed.

Losing control of the grip of the flame whip in her hand, the tree behind the girl, has been cut off. Slowly, the huge tree trunks come falling down at an angle. But, Claire doesn’t notice it with her eyes closed because of shyness, looking at her chest while embracing it.

(Kusooo--)

In that instant, Kamito kicked the ground. Running with his whole strength towards the pond, then jumps digging into Claire’s shoulder.

“Wha!?”

Claire’s red pupils dilate widely. On the other hand, Kamito aggressively pressed her down in the water. Between the events, where Claire’s hand was exposed in the water, a gush of steam rises, and the flame whip disappears. Immediately after, the big tree fell down, and the woods collapse.

Duuuun!

A deafening sound which break the ear. A magnificent large water column rises.

Absorbing the burning flame, a heavy rain descended neatly into the pond water with good acceleration.

..... With some few sand later.

“Um......“

With such a seductive rising voice, Claire slowly opened her eyes. Shocked facial expression, her eyes blinked in wonder. Kamito lying above Claire, while staring into her eyes. If someone pushes his back lightly, as a man his lips will likely touch, due to their sensitive close subject separation. The nape where the twining red hair is stuck. The wet cherry red colored lips. The brittle doll like perfect feature, before his eyes. One scowl ends it all, with an unintentional blush, hurriedly shaking it off.

“......Um are you okay? Are you hurt..”

Single mindedly, Claire nods. Somehow in a situation yet to be understood. Kimito sighed, then stands up into the hot weather.

Funyuu.

Hands under the water, He touched something soft.

“Hwaaah!”

(What is it? Mud?--)

Funyu. Munyu.

“Hm, ya, hwaaa”

From her moist lips came a shallow sweet voice. Exploring Claire’s body soaked in the water, something pink bounced out in the water.

“Um ..this is?”

From here onwards, Kimito finally arrived in a certain male theory. Something......awfully terrible childish conclusion.

(No, let’s hope, calm down, maybe --- its different?)

It can’t be. There’s no such thing. While letting a flow of cold sweat, he deliberately tries to deny such expectation.

“Wh..wha.. wha..whattt .... are..you...do..ing”

Claire’s lip tremble from shaking involuntarily. Blushing face. Her eyes are in tears.

Apparently, it’s probably not.....a lump of mud which he picked up.

“You, PERVERT----!”

“Guwah!”

Considered being hit hard by a knee kick in the stomach, Kimito collapse into the pond's water.

Gugugugugu....!

Wobbling heat energy behind her starts to accumulate, immediately Claire stood up. In that time, the flame whip which is the incarnation of flame spirit was again grasped in her hand. The water in the pond with one scowl starting to boil and bubbles begins to show here and there.

“No..No, it’s a misunderstanding! Wait, I’m really gonna die.....”

“Sh..Shut up pervert, you will die here!”

Together with a loud deafening sound which breaks the ear, Kamito’s body whirled highly into the air.

Part 2

“.....Un”

Few minutes later. Kamito starts to recover his consciousness, before his eyes, a tree within the forest unfold.

Happening trying to rise---

Suddenly, he notices something which is coiled around his neck.

A leather black whip for torturing. (What is this thing…), while trying to remove it,

“Finally woke up, You Peeping Tom Pervert”

The thing on his neck tightens.

“Gweh!? Release me....”

Kamito coughed then looked upward-

Scarlet haired young girl – Claire, swing her hand to her hips. Keeping her slim eyebrow arc raised, her sharp gaze looked down to Kamito.

This time with no sense of protection, the girl is wearing her adorable uniform. The pattern of black line within the pure white, (Areishia Spirit Academy)’s uniform.

The ribbon tie which decorates the chest origin. Instead of a button, a talisman was sewn on it. Two smooth stockings sticking out brilliantly, in her slender beautiful legs. The tiny ribbon hanging her left and right blazing crimson hair. The so called twin tail named hair style. Looking in her still wet hair, it seems that he hasn’t lost consciousness that much period of time.

Claire while tightens the neck of Kamito, her small chest bent a little.

“Well, be grateful. I’m going easy and didn’t kill you”

“I lied. I will definitely kill you!”

“Why am I saying this? Because, I seriously want you to turn into ash”

..... Saying it in a terrible calm manner.

Incidentally, about the obliterated coal, a new fire which was extinguished will result into a soft charcoal.

“The coal which was gained from you will be greedily put into forgiveness. I will give you one last time to respond”

“Yeah, I’m a fair noble person, I’ll certainly listen and calmly evaluate. You are more than an average pervert, in a highly pervert way”

“My evaluation that you are a pervert after all will not change. I’m asking you high pervert, are you seriously more than an average pervert?”

“Wh.. Why.....did you try to help, ee..even, touch, my breast!”

Exerting more effort thinking about it, Claire suddenly shy face turns to red.

(What?)

A particular female response –

Kamito half considered it.

.....Our guy, by any chance a dense person?

“My, our gloomy princess, has a perverted hobby of having fun by whipping a man”

Teasing nonchalantly -

“What!? Wr, Wro, Wrong, I’m not such thing!”

In a sure quick immediately response. (Kaatsu)Shake one's head up and her ears are in bright red in irritation.

“He.. Hey, do you really like to whip that badly?”

“.....m! Wha... What.. are...you..sayi..ng?”

Twirling turning around eyes, a steam puff out in young Claire’s shining pair head. That time creating confusion to a certain degree.

(Oh, as I expected....)

Kimito in his heart smiled bitterly.

(This girl, is really easy to read)

Perhaps, this girl is not that special. After all, at Areishia Spirit Academy, they are gathering sister female seat scholars based with spirit errand. The element spiritual world’s spirit can only communicate solely with a pure woman. Even among them which can summon a lonesome spirit, is holding a divine spiritual strength in a certain degree, Spirit Errand’s connection blood strengthens through marriage of many generations, as a lineage of pure noble young woman.

To maintained, the female’s purity of mind and body, since childhood, they are kept away from males in a boundary as a strict education. The so called Spirit Errand designated teaching area. However, the entire young women in this institute, which are not accustomed to man, are overly boxed into an elder sister ideal.

Knowing the girl’s unexpectedly weak spot, Kamito in that time is maliciously suffering in her weapon. In a knee standing position, looking up to Claire’s bright red face-

“Um, sometime ago, as am I saying to you deliberately ”

“......Wha, What are you, Pervert!”

“This angle, I can see your panties”

“Fuwah!”

Tears begun to float in her crimson eyes, Claire hastily pressed down her skirt with both hands.

“Did you see?”

“With a glance, you are unexpectedly quite daring. It has the same color of your hair”

“......The, The fuck, It’s not red, It’s White, White!”

“So, it’s white”

“......ha!?”

Being hit by a sudden realization, Claire bit her lips-

“U, uuuuuuuuuh~”

..... She let out a huge cry.

With the sudden reaction, Kamito panicked. “What a slut unladylike person, confessing the color of her own panties” and, still teasing her more....true summer came for the poor.

The chance given by Claire’s temper, the whip was fired unwinding his neck,

“My bad, that was quite fun. Sorry”

Standing up, and then hold the girl’s head, which his hand place above there. Claire in that time stops crying, and then her face shows up.

“I have seen your naked body while bathing, then your breast.... which I badly touched as well. But I will not move. Please believe me”

“Wha, What.....”

The truthfulness in Kamito’s eye, Claire in her eyes, is really genuine.

“....You, What is this. If you are not a pervert, then why are you here?”

Naturally she doubted. This forest is under the jurisdiction of Areishia Spirit Academy, known as “Spirit Forest”. There’s a principle that an elder sister can never meet any man inside the academy, in regards with her feelings.

In that place, illicit sexual relationship is against the moral code, which is strictly not to be violated by anyone.

“I was, called here from Gureia”

“Gureia....., by the academy director!?”

Claire became more doubtful in that given situation. Indeed, it’s not something, not to be doubt about.

“I’m not lying. Look, here’s the evidence”

Kimito shruged his shoulders, inside his burned coat’s pocket, he took out a one sheet withered letter. The letter’s writings are from the renowned academy director. Also, 5 big pure spirits appears in a form which symbolize as a rank badge seal pressed down on it.

“Is....that, the country’s obi number one rank badge seal!?”

Claire in her dismay, a shallow voice let out in her lips. A number one rank badge seal is an amnesty badge seal produced through a special method of sealing a spirit. The country’s obi distributed the rank badge seal to those who are worthy to be called inside, by the best highest position; the reply on it is in absolute secrecy and should never tell to anyone.

In a natural manner, fixing her gaze in his groin, the article on it is not some female thing that can use a spirit errand, in a glance that’s the genuine thing in his hip.

“.....It seems the real thing. But, why would the academy director call a man here?”

“Well, that Old woman is my well known Gureia’s guardian, I’m really confused about it”

“That.. that Old woman!?”

Just like that, Claire’s face draws closer.

The Twilight Witch – in her town Gureia, a spirit soldier which was sighted as an Elder Sister having an enraged personality. It was said that within the Orudeshia country obi, she was popular having a dance that rival the most powerful dance ever known. One of the twelve elite general which retired from the group of the most powerful spirit elder soldier, It was noted that a dozen of years later, gain a reputation as a legendary witch which was being feared and revered with respect by other.

(The truth is, lately, I’m having a nightmare about that person....)

In that time, when the letter writing has been tucked away. Kimito’s shoulders shrugged.

“With a little fortune from Gureia, I have came all the way here. but, the academy ground is very large, so I have lost my way”

Areishia Spirit Academy ground is incredibly very vast. After all, the Academy City covers all the mountain range, also, spreading farther more into the Spirit forest owning the whole perimeter of it.

“Then, you were misled dumbfounded by the Spirit Forest, Is that it?”

“.....Yes, that’s it”

Claire puffs into laughter, while Kamito gently nodded.

In the peaceful large ground of the sunny spirit forest exists, the elemental spiritual world’s "Portal" which connects and threatens this world with stray soul. Mostly of the spirit, has no interest in the humankind, but they harmlessly loves to play pranks by deliberately misleading travelers into the puzzled forest. In any event a person was misled by the spirit into the forest; one should look for the academy road which will guide them out from the wilderness.

“Anyway, I’m really glad that I had met a person, in these difficult and horrible Spirit Forest. from here onward, how should I get in the academy?”

“Hey.....for your own information, I shall tell you, that there’s a two hours of walk from here towards the Academy”

“What, that far!?”

To avoid being misled by the spirit of the forest, one should walk away in such a pattern. The academy students here are females, and they are close in this vicinity, so they have thought a way around it.

(.....hmm? why are these people, bathing in this kind of place?)

From this plain forest, a sudden question arises. Certainly today is a very hot day, to come and take a bath and rest here, incidentally for a male to set foot inside the academy in such places. In any case, this girl is not the only girl in the academy, except that she was the one put into shame.

Being asked, Claire dug her hands into her wet twin tail hair trying to comb it,

“I was here for the spirit fissure’s membrane. Brushing aside it, the spring water here, has the highest holy quality are there. And do you know that spirits like a woman which has a pure mind and body?”

“Spirit’s Fissure?”

He uttered a word then, a crack in his left hand’s leather gloves, Zukyu – a throbbing pain. Kamito face grimace, from the burning sharp pain.

“Going away from this place, there is an ancient holy sword in a certain historical shrine. Rumors state that there is a fierce and powerful “Spirit Sealing” which holds it in place, since the foundation of the academy. While no one can, a princess miko successfully place it. Likely, a highly powerful spirit can be found there”

Spirit Sealing – is a medium that holds the demon spirit from the elemental spiritual world.

Some of the Spirits which are sealed in the arms and the equipment are powerful spirit errand of ancient time. Mostly some of them are the one’s being feared by man that brings forth disaster in ancient society, such as, a demon god, rabbit god and etc.

Of course, a human spirit errand is not one of those things, which it deals with. Due, to the huge fear by the people of ancient times in the spirit errand, they sealed them into the arms and equipment by lamenting them two times.

“You, there’s no way you can manage a sealed spirit?”

“It seems that you are saying something?”

“Stop, it’s too dangerous”

“Hmm, rest assured. It’s not that I’m well accustomed with the spirit errand, nor I’m not that well aware of the danger of it, but, you know, I really want a strong spirit errand”

Claire muttered, bitten her tightly close lips.

In a serious facial expression, Kamito involuntarily shuts his own mouth.

“But, you, how about the pear amount of flame spirit sometime ago? That thing quite a powerful spirit, did you not raise that guy properly?”

A Flame Spirit, as the Spirit’s nature which is not that unusual. But, in a certain degree the spirit is a summoned “Spirit Demon Equipment” spirit errand, that is not quite a handful inside the country obi. Besides, there’s a limit of quantity of pure spirit errand that a person can holds, it’s not the case that it’s not possible, but – spirit interference can deteriorate the balance of divine energy flow in the body, unless that someone has an innate talent to control it.

“Scarlett you're an important partner. But-”

“I want power”- and, Claire calmly raised her neck.

“I have only one goal. And that is, to have a strong spirit”

Part 3

Fluffily swinging crimson twin tail on her back, Kamito followed her inside the forest. Claire in her leather shoe sandals, while having a hard time walking and expectedly having an accumulated secant of her spirit errand was walking in a light frivolous way.

“Here”

Then, suddenly her well proportion feet stopped walking.

With her hands on her hips, she looked back with a half eye glare towards Kamito.

“Why are you following me? You pervert peeping maniac ”

“I’m lost, and I don’t know the way towards the academy. As I have said several times, I am not a pervert peeping maniac. It’s Kamito, Kamito Kazehaya”

“Fufu, what a weird name. Crake’s origin?”

Crake is a large harmonious country obi in the eastern region. The Orudeshia language and culture, largely differs in terms in the relationship of people with spirits.

“No, It’s not Crake. I was born in a far remote island minority group village”

Kamito intentionally obscure his own statement. Certainly, he was born in an eastern island country, but, larger half of his childhood life was not spent there.

“Your name is quite a rare taste and mine is, Claire Rouge”

“Don’t call my name in a friendly manner. Anyway it’s a strange name”

“Really? But, I consider it a nice name”

“Wha, What are you saying, stu, stupid!”

Claire face blushes, then suddenly change back to her former direction, and briskly walk faster than usual.

Claire Rouge ---- obviously a Pseudonymn.

Most of the students attending the Areishia Spirit Academy, in their young age learned to use the accumulated secant of their spirit errand, like today’s noble young girl is doing. But, Rouge residence is an unheard family name. For hiding a noble family name, she must have some reason for it, and finding more explanation about it is detrimental.

(.....Anyone, wants to achieved their own inner hidden desire)

Kamito with his eyes glancing in the direction of his decaying left hand inside his leather glove.

Even I -

Claire with her foot movement keeps advancing steadily. Kamito hastily chased the twin tail swaying in her back. Now, losing sight of Claire inside the forest will bring only trouble for him. The dangers of spending one night inside the “Spirit Forest”- is the thing Kamito being aware of.

“Is that dress the academy uniform?”

“Yah”

Claire while walking nods in a coldly manner.

Areishia Spirit Academy Uniform is a robust protective garment that acts as a guard, which undergone spirit’s protection, and sacred in nature which was improve surely enough to last long. The good thing is that a pear amount of spirits acts as a high ceremonial clothes.

“What, are you saying that I don’t harbor value on it?”

“No, it’s not like that. Honestly speaking”

Kamito shrugged his shoulder, and then honestly answer it. Bad mouthing knocking over someone’s – grandfather’s wardrobe, is the overall situation that anyone should avoid.

“Wha, Whatt, What are you saying! I, I’m not an Idiot!”

(Kaatsu) Claire blushes in deep red, while (Pyun-Pyun) waving her whip.

“Uwahh, Calm down!”

“You, you, are you trying to tell me to do a weird thing!”

“I saying a weird thing?, I am just saying that - *in pain*, I know, I know, because, I’m in disadvantage one on one against your whip!”

(....phew, it was necessary to tell her a battle strategy, unexpectedly to meet a chaperone princess here)

While dodging the whip which was swing downward in a paper width difference, Kamito sighed in his mind. The holy blade removing any markings on its way inside the forest, creating a gap in the place, then stopped in an arched way. Claire interfere by restraining the extension force with the tip of her fingers, unwinding its circulation in that place in just an ample of time, Kamito expression then calms down.

“From here onwards, it will be really dangerous, so, stay away from me by one meter”

“If you know that it’s dangerous, why not stop?”

“As am I saying, I need to have a strong spirit”

Claire calmly shook his head, when her pair of legs stumbles upon the small shrine.

Disregarding her warnings, Kamito followed her. As for coming about a necessity of battle strategy as his pretext reason, but the truth is, he was just worry about Claire.

After all “Sealed Spirit” are strong and in the same time has a wild nature. They prefer destruction and chaos, the possibility that they would murder that someone who employs them as a spirit errand would likely to happen.

The frightful hand of humanity can not manage to terminate it --- therefore, they have sealed it.

Sixteen years of age, Claire with such an innate talent of manipulating a spirit, and revered as a deity. However, by any chance, she would release a sealed spirit; she would fail to control it.

Accidentally, the girl encountered the thing we are talking about, but to be overlooked by her.

“Why did you follow me? Do you not understand the situation”

“You sure have the confidence that you will completely tame it”

“Of, Ofcourse!”

“If there’s any problem tell me”

Kamito shrugged his shoulder and, Claire facing him while not paying any attention.

“....Suit Yourself”

Inside the shrine is a dark gloomy misty atmosphere. Mingling in the air inside are tiny fumes of stinking odor, Claire somewhat frowning from disgust.

“......Flame, Bring Light”

Claire from her fingertip, a fire ball immediately starts to glow. The Fire Spirit’s power when summoned gives some basic fundamental spirit magic. The flickering light of the fire ball dimly illuminate the walls of the shrine.

And, from the innermost of the shrine --- It was severed.

“The.....container of the sealed spirit was severed?”

Kamito muttered, while Claire quietly nods.

Stabbed standing in a huge stone with its omitted severed body. A hundred century old seal grade framework severed disconnected in the broken rusty sashimi knife with its wholeness is missing. In its cut off belly, a delicate ancient red inscription dimly radiates palely.

“In this place lies our former beloved, Saint Severian Academy”

“Saint Severian? That was destroyed by Demon King Sulaiman?”

Demon King Sulaiman --- accompanied by his seventy two powerful spirit followers, demolished a major peace agreement which brought chaos in the world, and the only man in history that can control a spirit errand.

It was said that demon king destroyed the Saint Severian Academy.

“Idiot, there’s no way that’s the real thing”

Claire state being engrossed by it.

“In all the places within the country obi, why is that it is stabbed in this stone. This place used to be a village, I wonder why in a deserted village. Now, there’s no way it’s genuine from that severed thing as our lead, It’s reasonable enough because it’s not always the case where a sealed spirit is a strong one”

“.....Indeed. Certainly, It’s not like there’s no such place exist..”

Claire determined with her blade walks toward to him.

“Hey....”

“You stay back”

Approaching Kamito which hands are being restrained, Claire clenched the hilt of her holy blade.

“Don’t overwork yourself ”

“....Got it”

Kamito barely lightly reach the bag guarding the thing on it. The other person in his side which is reluctantly not motivated about the sealed spirit. In the first time, a mature serious silence atmosphere is between them.

“.....Move, Claire Rouge”

Claire breathing deeply murmured informing her own body. A voice meekly trembles from her. A truly complicated scene it was.

--- Thy Sealed Old Holy Blade, Oh Noble Spirit!

--- Wave, I as your master yields your one pledge, Grind as I wave your scabbard along!

A spell coming from her cherry colored lips, a yang spirit language, a one pledge ritual. The red lotus filaments dancing in the air, inside the shrine a roaring wind vortex begins to accumulate. 　

Kamito gulps his breath, looking in a female appearance. The spirit whose recognized master is Claire, once exchange each other a pledge, within her female body there should be a spirit carved seal engraved. A one pledge vow is a final seal agreement. In this moment, a gust of wind swept inside the shrine.

“......eh?”

But, Claire is unfazed. She calmly recite her one pledge vow.

---And, the female clenched the Severian’s holy blade, a blinding light released from it.

(I can’t....believe it, the sealed spirit and the exchanging of one pledge vow!?)

Preventing being swept by the wind, astonished Kamito raised his voice.

Because the holy blade was stabbed in the stone, she was hitting it while releasing a tremendous divine energy. If it was an average spirit errand, she would have already passed out.

“---Three times, I order to wave, wave, I grant thee to plunge!”

And, Claire’s vow reverberates inside the shrine --- in that instant.

Chaaaarge!

“Co, Come out, Come out!”

“.....What, seriously!?”

The blade came out of the stone then brandished it overhead, Claire exclaimed with joy. And then followed by a question mark.

The ancient system engraved in its belly; release a powerful intense brilliant light!

“......ha!?”

Claire involuntarily release from her hand the blade ---

The holy blade thrust into the ground, in that time, the light scattered into pieces.

“Kyaaaaah!”

A short shriek flew, then Claire collapse into the ground.

“Hey, are you okay!”

Kamito quickly run towards Claire.

“Wha, What? Ouch, What is....”

Claire holding her temple trying to get up, quickly stepped back then looked around.

“My, My sealed spirit?”

“No, I....can sense something terrible”

Kamito from the back of his neck, sweats are flowing intensely. A terrified facial expression, with his eyes in the shrine’s ceiling. In that place, swinging while floating in the air was the blade.

It's not the familiar loose broken blade in that place. But, It was a rough sharpness good quality steel blade.

“Is that.....the sealed spirit’s knife!?”

“Can’t you really not tell that’s a spirit sword, rather it’s not time for that”

“The spirit errand is here, but why can’t it understand me”

“As I can see it can understand. Maybe, in its eyes, that thing just can’t comprehend which of us was his faithful master”

“.....umm, It seems like that”

Claire unusual obediently bows her head.

The floating sword slants pointing its tip in a downward direction, exactly motionless.

Then ---

“.....H, Hide!”

Kamito in that instant, push down Claire in the ground. A buzzing sound of an insect grazed contaminating the ear which can’t go away that far in one’s neighborhood.

“Wai, Waa, Wait, where are you touching me, I will turn you into charcoal!”

It was clearly that Claire’s face is deeply red in her carelessness, while in the other hand, Kamito’s heart is beating faster.

“Idio, Idiot, violent!”

Kamito quickly step aside her body, the spirit sword flew away, taking their attention looking on it with their both eyes.

A clattering sound, a flakes fragment of rocks falls down. The shrine’s ceiling was completely cut open cleanly.

“As expected, that spirit came to loose ---”

Claire scowled half opened eye towards Kamito.

“......umm the spirit, completely run wild”

“You, You’re Noisy. Fro.. From Here Onwards, You Will Be Obedient To Me!”

“YOU....”

Kamito surprised, now in a situation which he can’t even talked back.

The spirit sword releases a chattering noise approaching to them. Inside the shrine, it was moving freely swiftly in the air, without any restriction in its area.

Kamito grabbed Claire’s hand, trying to pull her to stand up. Touching each other soft skin, (Doki) a heart beat, then both of them regrettable turn’s each other face away.

“Hwaah”

“Always has a cute reaction. Let's flee”

“Wha.. whaa. whatt.. Cute.. what me, Kyaa!”

“Let’s run outside!”

Pulling Claire’s hand with his hand, while running towards the direction of the shrine’s exit basking with sunshine.

The spirit sword immediately chased after them. As of now it was not yet completely awakens. But later, the opportunity given by this may cause them not able to run away.

Outside of the shrine, the sword wavering tumble came out in a lightning speed in their front. The spirit sword let out a tremendous roar, the surrounding trees successively certainly knocked down.

“Crazy, What a shrewd Spirit, Let’s go somewhere safe my Princess”

“alwa, always, you’re noisy...”

In this time, an awkward atmosphere is between them, and then suddenly an uncomfortable cough breaks the silence, Claire stands up.

“What a rebellious child.....I will give you some proper training”

Her pair crimson eyes which was burning with a fierce determination, saying it in a way as if she was planting rice to be harvest later. Tearing off her Skirt, then took the leather whip which was coiled in her thigh, hitting it hard in the ground. And the other one looking in a shocked manner over the white underwear, it was Kamito -

“Are you insane!? You’re opponent is a high rank sealed spirit!”

“Easy victory, I’m not lower than an amateur like you”

“Where are you getting all of your confidence?, It’s better to run away”

Being grabbed in the wrist by Kamito’s hand, Claire repulses.

“No, you yourself escape. I will absolutely get this guy”

“You, for what reason --- do you need a strong spirit that badly?”

“.....You will never understand”

Claire in that time averts her eyes.

“I want...a strong spirit, not just a spirit but an unbeatable very strong spirit!”

---The crimson blazing guardian, The keeper of the furnace which does not sleep!

--- In accordance with the blood contract, under my name I grant thee to hasten and join!

Claire summoned her “Flame Spirit” by singing a summoning ritual. A crimson flame surges and she was engulfed by a hot air surrounding her.

“Here, In accordance with your seal descend, Scarlett!”

In the same time a typical young flame, there appeared – a Scarlet Red Hell Cat. Instead of a fur, it was a blazing scarlet red colored flame, wrapping the beast body.

(Is that the real form of her flame spirit!?)

Indeed, she really blurted out that thing here. To manifested a beast form, is a proof that thing is a high rank spirit. Stating Scarlett as a name with great affection, perhaps it was not really that spirit name, but a name with the same quality.

Claire wields her whip, and the hell cat growl a frightful roar, then rushed towards the sword spirit. A dancing sparks scattered. The atmosphere trembled and the beast roars. The floating spirit sword whistles, and all the trees from their direction was severely cut down.

“Scarlett, in accordance with your seal!”

In response to Claire’s shout, the hell cat jumps. There above in the sky where the spirit sword is flying, the sharp blazing claws swings down. A high pitched shrill sound. An intense sparks sprinkle, and the spirit sword dropped in the ground.

Claire runs at the same time. Without even a single scratch on it. The spirit sword rise and fly in a split second, rolling over drawing an arc in the air.

The flame spirit chased after it, trying not to loose it from its hands. Again a big jump, hindering it from rising higher.

Two times the rage, a spark scattered. Clare strikes hard the ground with her leather whip, attaching it into the spirit sword cornering it. Battling it with her leather whip in a tug of war, in that time she gave a signal to her spirit.

Scarlett fiercely attack, the spirit sword which was held from moving --- back and forth.

“Eat this, burning fire ball!”

Claire in her palm a huge fire ball was released.

Fire Ball – An ultrahigh burning fire which can terribly burn out anything as its target in the face of the earth, it was a high level spirit magic. The spirit magic’s power, determined by the spirit user’s own divine spiritual energy and the pledge spirit’s strength as a whole.

The released fire ball solitarily flew into the air, blowing up involving Scarlett. The after effect of the explosion in the area, causing every tree to be burned down, is like a scene from the blazing hell.

(What Power......)

At the same time carried by the winds are small stones, Kamito refusing himself to be wind up.

Sixteen years old girl can’t possible have used such powerful spirit magic.

Inside the swirling fire the hell cat figure shows up. Naturally, the hell cat can’t possibly be harmed by the blazing fire as its nature.

The spirit sword – in any case seemed to be quiet. It does not seem hurt waiting in that place. Regardless, Claire wants to bring down that thing with her high level spirit magic without any hesitation. But, the spirit sword is being cautious by pulling itself in that place.

“Scarlett!”

Claire exclaimed. The flame spirit clawed attacked the spirit sword in that place. Melting the iron steel with its scourging hot claws. In any case that’s your average spirit ones neighbor, it would be instantly eradicated. But, the spirit sword quickly turned around, and splendidly perceived by its steel sword body.

In an instant. A metal rubbing each other, strange sound reverberated in the trembling atmosphere.

“Wh...Why?....”

Kamito suppressed his both ears with his hands.

The sound properly received by Claire which has a distorted facial expression from pain, crouching in that place.

The spirit sword which released the strange sound - in such a manner, changed. Generally, it was the length of the sword, switching into a huge “long sword”.

In a flash.

“What!?”

Claire’s flame spirit unexpectedly strike, a huge swing one attack which was immediately countered attack. The body was severely cut down into two, and the flame wrapping on its body vanished in the empty lot.

In that one mistake, one can realized the strength which was about to lost in this world.

(....Damn, what a mistake. It seems that thing was waiting there to completely awaken.)

A curse from the bottom of her heart, Clare took a glance -

In the empty lot where the flame spirit is dying, the girl with her stunned blank eyes looked up at the same time.

The flame spirit which was attacked decapitated thrown away by the spirit sword, Clare aimed her determined sight on it.

From the huge long sword, a loud sound flew -

“Claire!”

Kamito shouted while running, with no such reason, his own body just moved before he known it.

“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”

Diving in front of Clair, the long sword stabbed its blade into his palm. It was not his left hand enclosed by the leather glove – it's his right hand.

(……I, I’m helpless ! )

--- Thy Sealed Old Holy Blade, Oh Noble Spirit!

--- Wave, I as your master yields your one pledge, Grind as I wave your scabbard along!

A huge amount of sweats is floating, it’s the second time the exchanging of spirit one pledge ritual was recited. Thrusting deeply into his hands, the tip of the sword breaks the leather surrounding his palm. The red blood gushed intensely from it.

(.....Gwaah, Gah!)

A fierce attack of divine energy, the soil and sands surrounding them are whirling up from the wind pressure. In his consciousness a sharp pain resounded. But, Kamito tried not to lose his consciousness, protecting Clare from his back no matter what happens.

--- Three times, I order to wave!

“.....No way, a Spirit Pledge!?”

A surprised sound from Clare’s throat.

A mark from his sinking foot can be seen in the ground. And, the sound of his breaking bones resounds from his knee cap.

--- Wave, I grant thee to plunge!

Withstanding the terrible sharp pain, Kamito finished his last word of the one pledge ritual.

In that exact moment. The spirit sword’s blade palely radiates.

(What!?)

An intense flash and a roar filled his consciousness.

Part 4

As he opened his eyes, Claire Rouge’s face was there. Hanging lower into his face was her twin tailed hair tickling his face.

It was a shout, but, it can’t be heard. A roar which can breaks one’s ear.

(.....It appears, I’m alive)

Weary lying on the ground, Kamito is breathing heavily. Lowering his head, it seems that he can’t believe himself that he had won against the spirit.

Raising his eyebrow, he grimaced from the torment pain from his body, raising his right hand slowly.

In his right hand which was stabbed -

Instead of a wound, a two sword crossing each other emblem was engraved on it.

It was the proof of the spirit one pledge vow - The spirit carved seal.

(Aah, this is....?)

Staring closely in the carved seal from the back of his hand, Kamito wondered.

A sharp sense of guilt gauged his heart.

Is that mean that female’s pledge has been destroyed ---

But, Clare who has a relieved expression, in such situation she had failed.

Claire noticed Kamito who just woke up, with her hands in his nape and her face approaching him. A relieved sighed. With her clear crimson eyes, looking at Kamito. Her cherry colored lips weakly trembled.

“......Why ”

"Why, you’re a male, how can you pledge a spirit!”

“......”

Kamito does not answer and slowly rise up. Being ignored, the annoyed Clare raised her eyebrows.

“My, My Sword Spirit!?”

“My bad. Just a moment ago, I had pledge on it”

Kamito sighed and at the same time he has shown to her from the back of his right hand, the spirit carved seal engraved on it.

“Wha, Whaa, Wha, Whaaaat!”

Claire stunned expression with her mouth wide open.

(Well, A natural reaction....)

A long sighed --- Kamito felt a faint ache in his heart. Of course, he could clearly understand such response. In a sense, that only undefiled maiden are the ones who has the privilege for --- the spirit pledge.

The existence of a man which can pledge a spirit, through out the history, belongs solely to one person. And the one who brings chaos and destruction in the world, the Demon King and his spirit errand.

The same spirit pledge strength as the Demon King, Kamito was grabbed by the terror of his thought which he can’t embrace.

Kamito stands up and quietly turns back.

He does not regret. He had helped the girl, because this is the only way, he could think of.

“Wait, as am I saying Wait!”

Leaving away from that place, in his back a voice addressed him.

Turning around, Claire with her hands in her hips intensely glared to him.

"You stole...my spirit...you have to take responsibility for it!"

“Huh?”

Kamito conceal his frown. ....It does not make sense to him.

In such reaction of Kamito, Claire acting impatient with her twin tailed hair in her shoulder,

“I should have been the one who had obtained that spirit, as am I saying, you have to take responsibility for it”

“Re..sponsibility?”

From the unexpected word, Kamito has become more confused.

....What was the girl saying.

“Therefore....”

Claire wields her whip then she points her index finger toward Kamito.

"You have to become my contracted spirit!"