The Elemental Sword Demon King
Episode 124: The Past Revealed
POV: The Victoria Blade
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Inside the forest crackling with flames, four girls were injured all over her body. One of them was Victoria. And at this moment, he was shocked by the fact he received.
"Kaizo is an assassin trained in the Instructional School?" Victoria muttered that, dumbfounded.
Eve, Tiana, and Aura exchanged glances while collapsing on the ground. The Instructional School, if one were to ask the imperial people, there would be no one who had never heard of that name.
Four years ago. At the same time as the Queen of Disasters' rebellion, the dark side of the empire is revealed. In the intercontinental region, orphans who seem to have the right disposition are gathered and trained as assassins by a group of fanatics.
"That kind of thing..."
It's not something that can be trusted right away. But if that's true, Kaizo's extraordinary powers, it also explains why he's stubbornly hiding his past.
(So that's why Kaizo.) Victoria stood still and shut her mouth tightly.
"Ahaha, is that surprising, naughty princess?" Mia said that while sneering and continuing, "that brother is a monster just like me. He's not human."
Suddenly, the head of the earth dragon Tiamat started chanting spirit magic. A monstrous plant with extensions of live tendrils growing from it emerged from the ground and attacked Victoria and the others.
As his energy was completely drained, all four of them were under the power of plants and lifted into the air. They have no energy to fight.
"No!"
"What's this!"
"Fuck you, you brash thing!"
The slimy plants tore off the girls' dresses and touched their bare skin like tentacles. They struggled against that unpleasant feeling, but were unable to put up any resistance.
"Fufuu, that's a good look, naughty princess."
"Tu-wait, fuaa, i-this..." Victoria swung her Fire Whip in an attempt to burn the plants, but the fire disappeared like smoke and was completely extinguished.
(I lost my divine power!)
Spirits cannot be used by anyone but pure girls. Even if you have a close bond with a contracted spirit, this will not change.
The purification ceremony performed by the spirit contracting girls before the sacred ritual or sword style was to reach a condition where they could use divine power.
The reprehensible treatment that seduces it is not without purpose. Mia damaged their bodies so they could not use their contracted spirits.
But there is no time to feel embarrassed to show an appearance unlike that of a woman as plants dig into their limbs. Breathing becomes difficult with creaking sounds from their bones.
"A, guh!"
"You cried with a good voice. I want big brother to hear it too" exclaimed the voice of the plain laughing young girl.
(Kai-zo's.) Within her increasingly dim conscience, Victoria called out that name.
(Save me, Kaizo!)
Just then, a sword flash flashed formed a straight sword trajectory.
(Eh?)
The feeling suddenly floated. After that, Victoria's body fell into the mud. Eve, Tiana and Aura were also successively freed from the plants.
Victoria blinked in surprise. There, Kaizo stood up holding a glittering silvery-white sword in his hand.
"Sorry, I made you wait."
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POV: Kirigaya Kaizo
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Kaizo let out a heavy sigh and stood not far from the roaring Tiamat. His face was pale as if lacking blood and he was drenched in cold sweat. Thanks to Nyx suppressing her condition, she was more or less able to continue standing.
"Kaizo?" Victoria let out a surprised voice.
"So you've heard about my past?"
Silence answered. With just that, Kaizo understood. They knew about his past.
"Kaizo, is that true? That you are..."
"Yes that's right." Kaizo turned away from Victoria and nodded, "i am the same as Mia, an orphan from the Instructional School."
He heard the breath. It's not just Victoria. Eve, Tiana, and Aura as well. They widen their eyes when a cruel truth is added to Kaizo's profile.
The disgusting child of darkness. Maybe a pathetic monster. He doesn't know which is better. Whatever the case, their relationship will change from now on.
(Well, it's bound to come out sooner or later.) Kaizo sighed deeply with resignation and continued forward to stand in front of Mia Vialine and Tiamat.
"Victoria, I'm sorry for keeping it a secret until now, but..." He gripped the Nyx Rune with both of his hands. "I will definitely protect you all. That's never gonna change."
"Huh?" Kaizo let out a voice that completely ignored the atmosphere back then.
There, the whip sounded. The skin whip hit his back as usual.
"That hurts! What's that for?!" While shouting, he turned around. Victoria's shoulders are shaking. His ponytail stood in the middle like a flame.
"H-hey, Victoria?" Cold sweat ran down his cheeks.
(She is angry, this hell salamander girl is very angry.)
"You, what do you mean by that?" Victoria quickly advanced towards him. His ruby eyes were staring at Kaizo.
"About what?"
"The reason you don't want to talk about your past!" A few tears were seen in the corner of his eyes.
"If I knew about your past, you think I'd see you with eyes like that?"
"N-no, since I'm from the Instructional School, that's..." Kaizo overwhelmed and retreated.
"Continue?"
"Eh?"
"Well, of course, I was a little surprised, you know? I'm surprised, but..." Victoria pointed to Kaizo's chest and muttered, "Kaizo is still Kaizo. Isn't your concern stupid?"
Kaizo was stunned and they all said almost the same thing as Victoria.
"Kaizo, that's really stupid."
"Yes, that's right. Stupid beyond belief."
"Oh, Kaizo, that's so stupid."
The other three young women also said the same thing with astonished expressions.
"You guys..."
"Look good, Kaizo." Victoria glared at Kaizo with her eyes turned upside down.
Face near. It was the distance where their lips would meet if they were closer. Or rather, if she really looked, Victoria was completely naked other than her underwear. Even in this kind of situation, his heart was throbbing.
"Your past has nothing to do with it." Victoria looked at Kaizo with a serious expression.
"After all, you are our teammate and my important person..."
"Victoria?"
The three of them stopped what Victoria was going to say. While writhing, Victoria's face flushed red and Kaizo gulped with difficulty.
"Because you are my slave spirit!" He screamed that.
"Yes, that's right." Kaizo smiled wryly.
(I'm really stupid.)
He felt that he should have trusted his friends more. It had only been two months since she met Victoria and the other young lady, but they had gone through all that time together.
Even if they found out about his past, that time was not something that would change easily. Despite the fact that he should have known that he came from a dark and evil environment.
"Victoria, sorry."
"Hmph, what a troublesome slave spirit." Victoria turned her eyes a little shy.
"Sister..." Mia Vialine muttered that, and said again harshly, "What are you saying? Brother is a monster like Mia!"
"Mia..." Kaizo looked at the girl riding on Tiamat's back.
"I've not been the same as I used to be."
"That's a lie, brother can't do that."
Mia widened her eyes and glared, but not towards Kaizo, but rather towards Victoria and the others, "I see, big brother. You've been deceived by them."
"Mia?!"
The Cursed Armament Seal in his right hand began to shine frighteningly. Tiamat roared wildly and the inside grew bigger. The scales covering his body exploded and pieces of flesh scattered about.
"Sister, Mia, is inexcusable. I'll destroy everyone!"
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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.