The Elemental Sword Demon King
Episode 103: Preparation for Departure
Kaizo greeted the other morning as usual, but after breakfast, the situation was a little different. The bell ringing to start the class had long been rung, yet everyone still remained in their rooms in the dormitory.
"This one and this one. This one is also necessary, my God Salamander, don't mess with the luggage."
"Grr?"
The fire spirit in the form of the Hell Salamander was playing by dragging Victoria's clothes as if it was a soft bed for her.
Seeing a glimpse of a white underwear among the blobs, Kaizo turned her gaze in haste and panic as if she was about to put herself in danger.
Victoria and Tiana were sitting on their respective beds, packing things into their own bags. They were preparing to head for Astral Spirit, the stage of the Sword Style Festival.
It has been two weeks since Team Salamander defeated Fort Syclla. Lucia Eva, who was ranked number one in the academy, and obtained the rights to participate in the Sword Style Festival.
Together with the two teams that entered into the designated representative trio, they would fight until the end of a few days from now as representatives of the Eldant Empire.
"Victoria, did you get enough sleep yesterday?"
"of course. After all, keeping your physical condition under control was the basis of an elementalist." Victoria nodded while refraining from yawning which she had done so often.
Perhaps because of her sense of responsibility as team leader, Victoria recently read many books and tactical documents related to the spirits she borrowed from the library until late at night.
"Don't push yourself too hard. We won't know the battle system until the Oracle of the Elemental Lords is removed."
“Yes, I know. Still, it was necessary to prepare a countermeasure first. Those who participated in the Sword Style Festival were the most elite elementalists representing every country,"
Refraining to yawn, Victoria continued, "It won't be easy to win without countermeasures. Moreover, that the Strongest Sword Style Holders also took part in this tournament."
"Yes, you're right." Kaizo nodded with a bitter face.
The Strongest Sword Style Holder, Rei Assar. Winner at the Sword Style Festival three years ago.
(Not me, but another Rei Assar.)
(Who exactly is he? And what's the purpose?)
(I have to find out about that!)
Kaizo tightly clenched his left hand, which was covered in leather gloves. Regardless of what her goal was, there was no doubt that the changed Alicia acted together with her.
"And you, have you finished packing?" Holding the nape of Salamander, who was struggling to escape, this time it was Victoria who asked.
Unlike the Victorian travel bag that was filled to the brim to the point of almost exploding, Kaizo bags are small in size.
"Yes, I don't have much stuff to carry."
Kaizo, who had wandered aimlessly until two months ago, barely carried any personal belongings.
Some daggers were used for stealthy throwing and attacks. It was not baggage, but he had the elemental aero sword Rune Nyx on the sword belt on his hip.
Nyx was offended by what happened this morning and fell asleep in her sword form. It was unlikely that he would wake up any time soon because he had always been like that.
But then again, if one were to attack a high rank spirit of the Nyx level, normally one would have to be prepared for this kind of destruction like a destroyed city.
(For the two of them, it seems like they still need more time to pack,)
(Well, after all, they are girls with noble status.)
They may need a variety of things that a man like Kaizo does not know. Victoria had randomly put in a bunch of canned peaches for a while, but it made her feel a little uncomfortable.
"Hm?" Suddenly, Kaizo directed his gaze to the floor, where things were strewn everywhere.
There are some books that look like novels mixed between tactical books and documents related to spirits. Having too much free time, Kaizo casually picked up one of them.
'Black Hero Revenge'. An adventure novel aimed at teenagers, with plenty of action and comedy scenes in it.
(Seriously, it's surprising that Victoria likes this kind of thing.)
When he tried to skim the first part out of curiosity, it showed something else that did not fit the title of his book.
The content of the book is about a woman who is kidnapped by someone from another world who is cruel and does all kinds of things to her that can hardly be expressed in words.
"You, a-have you read something like this?!"
"Eh?" Victoria turned.
And then, as he recognized what Kaizo was holding in his hand, he let out a funny voice, "Fuaaaa, return! What are you reading without permission?!" He hit her with a peach can in his hand.
"Whoa, w-are you planning to kill me?!"
"That's your punishment for peeping on the e-elementalist's secret! You deserve to die ten thousand times!"
"Then don't leave your girl's secret on the floor."
"Hidden! An idiot! Bawdy!" While crying, Victoria hit him repeatedly and loudly.
(At this rate, I might lose my life even before I can participate in the Sword Style Festival.)
Tiana, who was busy with herself, said, "Hey, you're a bitch."
"But Kaizo..."
Taking the opportunity as Victoria turned towards Tiana, Kaizo opened the page of the book and showed it in front of Victoria. It was a page containing illustrations in which the woman, the main character in the story, was tied up in a room by several men.
"Isn't Victoria meaner?"
"Eh?" Victoria's shoulders stiffened in shock.
"A young noble lady read a book that was rather, yes like that, don't you feel ashamed?"
"Y-yeah, um..." The upper-class young lady blushed and muttered hesitantly.
After seeing Victoria in such a state, Kaizo felt like playing around with her a little longer because she rarely saw a face she never showed her.
(Well, that's how I want to tease her again.)
It was probably because his actions that were flushed red from embarrassment looked very funny.
Closing her face to Victoria's ears, she whispered softly, "I wonder how everyone would think if they found out that the young lady whose test results were top-class, was, would love to read these kinds of books."
"Fuaa, w-what are you saying?!"
"Maybe you want to accomplish things like the things in this book?"
"Th-that's not true! How could I want to be tied up like this?!"
"You know, this page has folds."
"Fua!" A small cloud of steam came out from her head, Victoria crawled to her bed.
"Seriously, she's the same green young lady as always." After escaping the crisis of his life, Kaizo heaved a sigh of relief, and this time he turned his head towards Tiana.
"Was your preparation going well?"
"Hmm, it seems like my ritual equipment will be big at all costs, " Tiana said as she stuffed the large round mirror and candlestick into her bag.
【 Tiana Von Eldant 】
She was the second princess of the Eldant Empire, and also the daughter of the second ranked girl in the Divine Ritual Obsession, a training institute for Queens that served the Five Great Elemental Kings.
A true princess who had even been chosen as the future Queen of the Elemental Lord of Flame. However, he was not at all haughty, and was very easy to talk to.
...
*Connected.....
*Note: This story is fictitious. If there is a similarity in the name of the character, the scene, or the story, it is a mere coincidence and there is no element of intentionality.