The Elemental Sword Demon King
Episode 104: Time of Departure
In fact, he was on a social status where Kaizo and the like were not even allowed to see his face, but that had already happened.
"If you don't mind, I'll help you. Can I pack as much stuff around here as I like?"
"Yes, that'll help."
Kaizo sat on the bed, where things were strewn everywhere, and began to fill the bag with all sorts of equipment that seemed to be used in the ritual.
Rosaries, royal trophies, folding fans, whips, candles, and even things that looked like animal ears and tails
(Are these things really the equipment for the ritual?)
Such a question suddenly flashed through his mind.
(Well, after all, I am also a beginner in the ritual of the princess maiden.)
However, that was when Kaizo reached out casually, grabbing something that was closest to her. The touch of the fabric is very smooth and nice.
(What is this?)
Knitting his brows, he tried to raise it before his eyes. Kaizo stiffened when he saw that posture.
It was a piece of shiny black fabric. Embroidery thin lace with rose pattern on it. The material may be silk. There was a thin rope attached to both ends of the piece of cloth.
"Did I make a mistake?" Cold sweat gradually appeared on Kaizo's forehead.
A pair of top-class black underwear. In addition there was something wrong with the underwear after being well seen by Kaizo.
(Why is there a hole here?!)
It's not ripped. For some reason, there was an unnatural cut in the middle. It was further torn off intentionally without the help of sharp objects.
(This seems to be meaningless as underwear.)
"Ka-Kaizo?!"
"Well..."
Suddenly her eyes met Tiana's eyes that raised her face towards him. Kaizo still undressed in black in front of him.
"Mr..." Tiana's face turned red.
"A-do you, hate a princess who would wear such shameful underwear?" She asked with teary eyes.
"N-no, I mean, my fault!" With his heart pounding, Kaizo hurriedly stuffed the underwear back into the bag.
"Why do you have underwear like that?"
"I went and bought it impulsively, Ta-but it was indeed embarrassing." He muttered with his face still crimson.
(Sounds he's really embarrassed.)
This princess always says things that surprise and tease Kaizo, but she is actually a green girl who is the same as Victoria.
"I wonder if that's a little too bold."
"You're right. Little, yeah. Ahem." Kaizo.
What blew away that awkward atmosphere to them was a voice that could be heard from outside the room.
"Geez, you still getting ready, Victoria Blade?"
A rather high-pitched and elegant voice. The person who appeared in front of the room was a rival and Victoria's classmate in her Crow class.
It was Aura Neidfrost, the ice demon elementalist. She has beautiful platinum blonde hair. Her emerald green eyes were adorned by beautiful eyebrows. At first glance, she looked like a proud noblewoman, but Kaizo knew that she was a very kind and considerate girl.
"Miss, I'm sleepy..."
"God, Lesley's always sleepy."
The one being dragged away by him was Lesley the waiter.
"Miss, you know that unlike you, my blood pressure is low, huwa~"
"Aura, what is that thing?" Victoria, who had finally come back to life, asked. Aura carried a large wooden box in her hand.
"Hmph, this is the highest grade tea set. A woman from the Neidfrost family must remain elegant at all times." Aura proudly combed her platinum blonde hair upwards.
"You know, we're not going out to play." Victoria shrugged her shoulders in amazement.
And then, this time they could hear Eve's voice coming from outside the window, "What are you doing?! It's been an hour until the time to gather, you know!"
"You're too early!" Victoria turned to the overly serious knight captain and shouted.
(Uniting this team seems to be a difficult task in the long run.) Kaizo shrugged his shoulders in irony while tidying up his luggage.
****
An hour later.
The members of Team Salamander gathered in front of the stone circle which was their gathering point. It was the Astral Spirit Gate located within the area of the Sizuan Princess Academy.
This historic ruin itself was something that had existed long before the academy was built, but it was by no means part of the Empire's technology.
What is even more surprising is that the technology that maintains the Gate that opens into this world, has been completely lost. And excluding such ruins, which were left in various places across the continent.
From now on, the warrior representatives would move to the Astral Spirit and then board the ship prepared by the Divine Ritual Obsession, which organized the Sword Style Festival.
In front of the Gate, the other two teams that had been selected from the academy had also gathered. Team Wyvern, ranked first, was a team consisting only of upperclassmen.
They stared at each member of Team Salamander intently, and then suddenly threw away their faces. They had no intention of getting along, that was probably what they stated.
Their reactions are natural. After all, even though both teams were chosen from the same academy, they would be rivals to each other when the Sword Style Festival really began.
With that in mind, Kaizo looked at Victoria with a glance. There was another reason for the thorny big sister view directed at Victoria intensively.
The sister of the Queen of Disasters, her elder sister who had brought an unprecedented disaster to the empire four years ago.
There were still many students in the academy with unpleasant thoughts about his whereabouts. Victoria didn't seem to care much about it, but she probably suffered in her heart.
"Hm, you guys again." A blonde girl holding a wooden stick started talking to Kaizo.
"'Ah, savage girl. It's been a long time."
"Hey, I'm not a wild girl!" The beautiful little girl puffed her cheeks in anger. This person was a member of the third ranked Wolf Team, which they had fought against before.
He was from the Druid clan, who grew up in the Spirit Forest and used the spirit of a herd of powerful ferocious beasts. As an opponent that they might be up against in the future, he was quite a strong rival.
"I will definitely crush people like you underfoot with the spirits of my horde of beasts!" The druid girl raised her wooden stick while sneering.
And from the shadow of the tree not far from them, someone appeared slowly by holding a small book on the left ground. His right hand holds his glasses.
"Hmph, so the three of you finally got together."
Teacher Emilia Gaia, the manager of the Gate came in a brisk walk.
As he glanced at the academy's clock tower, he said, "I'll take all of you to Astral Spirit after ten minutes. Now finish your business in saying goodbye to your friends for a while."
Saying so, he began to draw a magical formation within the stone circle. Victoria, Aura, and Tiana restlessly turned their eyes to each other.
"N-no need to say goodbye or anything."
"I-that's right. After all, we will only leave the academy for a few days."
"Y-yes, that sounds excessive."
The three of them simultaneously nodded at each other.
(In hindsight, they all had no friends. This group of young women was really difficult. Well, I'm also not in his place to say that about people.)
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*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.