The Elemental Sword Demon King
Episode 174: The Girl Chat
"You, so that's what you're trying to pull." Kaizo breathed deeply.
(Once, he was sure that this would easily win a man.)
"Even if you don't do that, we will still form an alliance with you."
"really?" The eyes of Herochromia Karmila blinked repeatedly.
"That's right, so don't do it again. Don't use your body as a tool" Kaizo placed her hand on the surprised girl's head and muttered, "Team Salamander and Rupture Division are hereby allied."
"Well, fine then." Karmila breathed a sigh of relief.
To be honest, the advantage of the alliance was not so important to Team Salamander. Holy spirits are useful, but that is only in critical situations. However, this girl is Kaizo's savior. Furthermore, seeing this girl alone losing all her friends, Kaizo felt that she could not leave him alone.
(Looks like I'm really bad at dealing with abandoned kittens.)
Given Victoria's picture of cosplay as the cat girl of the time, Kaizo smiled wryly. Although he was also worried about her, he was sure she would not be taken out easily.
Suddenly, Kaizo realized Karmila was staring at him sharply and asked, "W-what's the matter?"
"Kirigaya Kaizo, if you don't bow, we can't exchange the alliance Oath."
"Oh, be-so..."
The term 'Oath' is used for rituals in which elementalists exchange vows. It was quite commonly used when exchanging important appointments. If an elementalist broke the Oath, that person would suffer severe punishment.
For example, they will be viewed as enemies by the spirit and cut off from the blessing of the leyline for the long term. Depending on the severity of the circumstances, they could even lose the power to summon contracted spirits.
Kaizo bowed roughly as high as Karmila and raised his right thumb. Likewise, Karmila raised her thumb and attached it to Kaizo's thumb.
* ᚠ ᚢ ᚱ ᚲ ᚷ ᛇ ᛉ ᛋ ᛏ ᛒ ᛖᚠ ᚢ ᚦ ᚨ ᚱᚲ ᚹ ᚺ ᚾ ᛁ ᛃ ᛇ ᛈ ᛉ ᛋ *
"On behalf of the Elemental Lords with this I swear. Even if the sky collapses and the earth splits..."
* ᚠ ᚢ ᚦ ᚨ ᚱ ᚲ ᚹᚺ ᚾ ᛁ ᛃ ᛇ ᛈ ᛉ ᛋ ᛏ ᛒ ᛖ ᛗ ᛚ ᛜ ᛞ ᛁᚠ ᚨ ᚲ ᚾ ᛁ *
"The contract we exchanged for this will never be breached. Or the other one..."
*ᛏ ᛒ ᛖ ᛚ ᛜ ᛞ ᛟ ᛗ ᛚᛜ ᛞ ᛟ ᛗ ᛜ ᛟ ᛈ ᛋ ᛏᛒ*
"I will be burned in eternal fire, until my shadow turns to ashes."
The vow is to use tongues. And the last step, Karmila stood slightly on her tiptoes and kissed Kaizo on the cheek.
"What?! Y-you, just now..."
"A kiss is required to make a Oath. You can't possibly not know that, right?" Karmila continued to speak in a monotone tone.
"That's true, but still..." Kaizo scratched his head, very troubled.
(Kissing girls is really too embarrassing.)
Fortunately, there was no rule that required the location of the kiss in the mouth, that was his only safety. After a moment of confusion, Kaizo kissed Karmila gently on the back of her hand.
"Is this okay now?"
"really shocking. The 'unexpected' man'."
"Please get rid of that excessive 'unexpected." Grumbling with displeasure, Kaizo grabbed Nyx who was leaning against the wall. His body was full of wounds but did not stop him from walking.
"I plan to meet my comrades, can we leave now?"
"I agree. Although there is a barrier here, there is no guarantee that this place is safe."
The couple left the cave to find the sky was already dark. Although not as severe as during the storm, the rain still continues to pour relentlessly.
Looking up to find the cliff where he fell, Kaizo let out a heavy sigh. To think he was saved despite falling from that height, that was a stroke of luck.
(May Victoria be fine.)
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POV: Aura Neidfrost
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Meanwhile, inside the forest fortress, Eve and Aura were preparing food. In the pile of stones by the river, the spirit crystal with the sealed fire spirit glowed red.
Although the rain fell quite heavily, thanks to Eve's wind barrier, there was no concern the food became wet due to the sustained rain.
Stirring at the pot, Aura muttered worriedly, "Day is getting dark..."
"Will Victoria and Kaizo be okay?"
"Of course not, oh hot!" Panicking, Aura sprinkled soup into her hands.
"No need to worry about them both. After all, their grades in practical training are the best in school." Say Eve by adding pieces of fish caught from the river into the pot.
"That's right." Aura sucked her slightly burnt fingertips.
"But still, Kaizo does have the nickname Night Demon King, I'm really worried what he might do to the girls he negotiates."
"Ooh..." Eve could not help but pause in her fish preparation.
"Me-indeed that's quite worrying. Of course, I-I'm worried about the girls on the other team."
"Y-yes, I'm worried about those girls too!"
"But even if Kaizo is known as the King of Lust, he can't possibly move on a thirteen-year-old, right?"
"Let me tell you a secret, a few days ago, Kaizo, she did say she wanted to try my sister's sandwich with me and my nine-year-old sister, Minerva!"
Although this was not really the case, this delusion was as good as the truth from Aura's point of view.
"W-what are you saying!? I'm so jealous. Must condemn such indecency!" Eve stabbed the kitchen knife hard into the cutting board.
"Seriously. How should I say this, Kaizo is very natural..."
"The natural public enemy of women!"
"I-that's absolutely right. That person kept saying all these shocking things all of a sudden."
"That's right! In-he made my heart beat, made me act weird!"
"Y-yes. Listening to Kaizo speak is not good for the heart. Therefore, that man is the common enemy of women!"
The two nodded vigorously in full agreement.
Taking advantage of his absence, they had dealt a crushing blow to pin him behind his back. However, what was unbelievable was that they were actually not angry at him.
"Geez, this smells so good." Tiana said as she arrived and peeked at the soup in the boiling pot, and held the spoon.
"If you don't mind, how about I help too?"
"We have enough help here!"
"Please have a proper rest, Her Imperial Princess Royal Highness."
Aura and Eve shook their heads strongly. The two of them were well aware of Tiana's amazingly monstrous cooking skills.
"Come on, don't leave me alone."
As Tiana pouted, there was suddenly a noise from the direction of the nearby trees that swayed violently from a distance.
The three exchanged looks in surprise. If the visitor is hostile, then the barrier will remind them of the contact.
It turned out, the one who appeared from behind the trees was the Spirit of Hell Salamander wrapped in weak flames. Due to the rain, he became extremely weak, which was what caused his fire to start to dim.
"Flamesz!?"
"Have Victoria and Kaizo returned?"
The three rushed towards the spirit of the Hell Salamander that was about to disappear. With his last strength, Salamander pointed his burning tail towards the thicket. Completely exhausted, it eliminated its material body and disappeared into thin air.
The three girls hurriedly put away the bushes and found a girl lying on the ground.
"Victoria!?"
Wet by the rain and covered in mud, Victoria lay falling there. His pride ponytail is scattered and disheveled. There are also wounds all over the skin.
"What's really going on!?"
"O-ooh..." The voice from Victoria's lips gasped weakly.
"He's still conscious. I'm going to do healing magic. Hurry up and get the tools ready for the ritual." Tiana gave the order with a tense expression.
"Don't worry about me, quick..." Panting in pain, Victoria spoke desperately with trembling lips, "Kai-zo, hurry save her!"
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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.